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Last Pday Sister Stott and I went snow-shoeing with a member which was super fun!! Sister Thompson took us out with her dog Ava and we hiked up a canyon that's right in her backyard. We took tons of pictures, they'll go into my Feb folder(:
That night we got to meet with a few families, and taught the first lesson to a less active family we've begun teaching. They were super prepared for us to come so that was really cool! Most of the time people forget or have to gather everyone up and some kids decide not to come listen, but they were all there, ready and waiting! The parents said they aren't really interested, but their sons are so we're teaching them more about the gospel. Both were baptized and attend seminary, but they don't know a ton about the church. It will be fun though! We got to see them a second time this week and they had even made lemonade for us to try! (it was bomb lemonade btw) They're a fun family(:
That night Sister Stott and I exchanged with our STL's, Sister Whitmer and Sister Taylor. I went into their area with Sister Whitmer and Sister Taylor joined Sister Stott. Fun fact- the STL's live in a doll infested house. I took pics, for your enjoyment. We had a great time on exchanges and got to meet a few people they've had a hard time catching.
We exchanged back before dinner and Sister Stott and I got to teach the YM a mini mission prep! It was pretty fun, we basically did a big Q&A about missions and the MTC and how to prepare and just funny questions the boys have always wondered. One boy in particular asked if missionaries sleep in missionary attire. I said no, then jokingly said that the elders have to sleep in their suits, but just the elders- and the poor kid took me seriously. It was a fun time though, for the most part the boys had really good questions and I think we helped them get excited to start preparing for missions. The YM leader also had fixed ribs and potatoes for them and sent us home with a rack and a half of ribs so that was nicex) I think he forgot that sisters have slightly smaller appetites than elders.
Next, Valentines Day! This was pretty sweet, the members who fed us on Valentines day, (I know they were still willing to share their valentines day with us!!) gave Sister Stott and I each a rose(: It was super sweet, the couple has two girls and they handed us both rose and the husband was like "each girl deserves to get a flower on valentines day" SO SWEET!!! They're a wonderful family and we had a good night(:
Drum-roll please for Thursday, AMANDA HAS A BAPTISMAL DATE!! :D We were really struggling with her actually, we couldn't seem to get a hold of her or catch her home and were honestly wondering if she was still interested. On Thursday we decided to stop by and first, she said it was kinda weird we were there because her boyfriend had told her the day before that she needed to meet with us "like tomorrow" and she hadn't remembered to call us. We didn't have a plan really, we went in kinda shocked to have caught her home. We then talked with her for about an hour about random church subjects and eventually she was saying something about Georgia having no Mormons, (where she's from anyways) and she goes "They're gonna have one now!" And we were like "wait...so are you saying you have a desire to be baptized????" She said yes and we set a date and I"M SO HAPPY FOR HER!!! If all goes well she'll be baptized March 31st!! :D
We're on a roll i guess because then the next evening, Sister Stott and I taught our new investigator, Nathaniel. He's 12 and he was so prepared for us! We had left him with a restoration pamphlet and when we came back he had filled out all the questions in the back, read all the scriptures, and only left one blank because it referred him to a pamphlet we hadn't left with him. Holy cow this kid is amazing! We taught part of the plan of salvation and asked about baptism. He wants to be baptized too!! We weren't able to set a date because he's in foster care right now so we may run into some legal issues, but this is amazing!! We have 2 people who want to be baptized!!! This is crazy!!
This week has been amazing, and definitely exciting(: I have a testimony of this gospel and of the way it can change lives. I'm looking forward to the coming week and hope i'll be able to find more people that the lord has prepared for us(:
Love,
Sister Jensen
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