Happy Father's Day!!

Hello all!

Happy Father's day to all the dads out there! I want to say how thankful I am for the wonderful dad I have been blessed with and his example to me. Luckily we weren't asked to speak on father's day, (like we were for mother's day) but I still got time to think about the example my dad is to me. I know my life would look very different if he had chosen not to follow the gospel. I love my Dad and I hope everyone got a minute to share their appreciation for their fathers.

So last Monday, after we finished emails and everything our district went on a hike! We planned to go hike to the Pocatello "P" on some hill.. Well it was a pretty easy hike getting to the top of the hill, but the P wasn't there. Our district leader said it was just over some ridge, right off the trail. So we went. Nothing bad happened, but we did go a surprise 3 miles and holy cow I was dying by the end because I am not that in shape and was not prepared. An obvious gospel analogy here, but stay on the path. Even if you think it's worth it to wander, you'll be kicking yourself by the time you're too far to turn back. It's not worth it.

That evening we went on exchanges!! Sister Stott came here to Poky with me and Sister Ziegler went out to Inkom again! I promise we prayed about it. It was great to have another day with Sister Stott, I think we both needed it. She joined me for FHE, which was fun, we played kickball(: We're both soccer players so we enjoyed that haha. And what was better, a member brought his friend Mark, who is wanting to investigate! I say wanting because he's sort of at odds with his parents about it right now and we really don't want to do anything to create tension between his family and him. So it's sort of a waiting game, but he has a Book of Mormon and he loves how well it fits with the Bible. He's been reading it a lot and he really is ready for the gospel, eventually he'll find a way to meet with us.

On Tuesday we did a booth on the ISU campus and invited people to an activity that one of our wards is putting on. We were out in the sun for an hour...and then another half an hour because the Elders were super late. It was pretty tragic, but I didn't think to put on Sunscreen and then by the time the elders were supposed to be there I thought about it but was like "nah, they'll be here soon so we'll be leaving..not worth it." My poor skin, I burned BAD. I was wearing a coral dress I have and when I asked Sister Stott if I burned, she was like "nope I don't see anything." Then about an hour later I asked again and moved my dress a little and she was like "oh...yeah you did...it just blended in with your dress..." So you could say i got a little pink.

That evening we exchanged back and Sister Ziegler was back in Poky(: We definitely had a good exchange and learned from our sisters(:

We made some chocolate frogs with a member on Wednesday, that was super fun haha. Apparently she's made like 200-300 for Halloween before. Which blew my mind but it was fun. That evening we went out to institute in Arimo. It was a good lesson, we talked about the restoration and how the Book of Mormon and the Bible work together.

Thursday we had interviews with President Hancock. It was bittersweet, this was my last interview with President Hancock. We talked about the YSA and what it's like to serve there. It's hard to imagine having interviews with anyone else, so it'll be weird to have interviews with President Southward from now on. That evening we had institute and we went with one of our less actives. I think she's definitely doing better, she was already planning on going when we asked her about it(:

On Friday we had our last district meeting for this transfer. It was Sister Ziegler, Elder Cepeda, and Elder Rodriguez's last district meeting for their mission. I was feeling a little discouraged about our area, as were the other Elders in our district. Our district leader noticed and we had an awesome discussion about what we want to see happen in our area and made goals to accomplish it by next Friday. I walked away feeling very motivated and uplifted, and I think it was a great last district meeting for Sister Ziegler and the Elders to have.

Saturday we had a lesson with Alma, the young man preparing for a mission. He is definitely more set to go now and we talked about the Plan of Salvation section of Preach My Gospel. He recognized the opposition he faced this past week in trying to finish his papers and identified what Satan was trying to do to keep him from going on a mission. It was great to see his resolve to go solidifying and I can't wait to see where he gets called too. That evening we also finally met this girl we've been trying to get into contact with! We've been trying to stop by so we could invite her to the YSA and when we talked with her about it, she already had plans to start coming! SO that was great, hopefully we start to see her more(:

Sunday was great as well. Again, Happy Father's day to all the Father's out there. Unfortunately for the 7th ward bishopric, they still had to go to ward council in the morning...(it was their choice to do it, I'm not sure why it wasn't cancelled, but oh well) The meetings were all good, everyone was a little confused that Sister Ziegler was still with me because of exchanges earlier that week. We took a lot of pictures and assured many that she still had one more Sunday. That evening we attended a fireside at which Elder Foster and his wife spoke. Something his wife said really resonated with me, she spoke briefly about God's love and said "you are probably doing just fine in your Heavenly Father's eyes and if you don't believe me, get down on your knees."

I hope you all had a fantastic week, and if you aren't sure of God's love for you, do as Sister Foster directed and ask.

Love,
Sister Jensen