Hello hello all!!
Holy cow the weeks are beginning to wind down for Sister Miller, which means the countdown is beginning for me. I am so not ready for it. Sister Miller is incredibly excited to see her family again and get home haha. She actually tried putting a countdown on my phone for when I hit home, which I promptly deleted. Not ready for that yet.
This week felt pretty productive, we're playing catch-up still from the weeks I was sick, which is unfortunate, but can't do much about that.
Monday we got a referral online from a less active lady requesting a bible to be brought to her. Holy cow she was hard to catch. I had been told she was older with health issues, so you'd think she'd be home, but nope. We were finally able to catch her at home this week to deliver a bible, and actually brought her 2 options, the huge one with big print, or the normal one. (again, I had been told she was older so I thought she might want it) Well she answered her door and looked more like late 50's, not 70's like the ward made it sound, and suddenly I was super worried I would offend her with the big print bible. But I mean it was already in my hands and sorta hard to miss. She appreciated it though and chose the big print over the normal one- safe to say I didn't offend her. (she does have a lot of health issues, bad eyesight being one of them so it worked out) She invited us in to hear her whole life story, which was super interesting. It felt like I was listening to a movie, there were so many plot twists! I definitely learned about the consequences for not keeping the commandments though, that was sadly seen a lot in her grandchildren's lives. She invited us back to read with her though and that will be fun!
Later that evening we joined the 3rd ward youth for a big game of dodgeball, and I think I did alright. But holy cow some of those kids can throw! Literally there were stick skinny beehives throwing harder than me, but I mean we all have our own weaknesses and strengths I guess... They were excited when we were on their team so I take that as a good sign.
Wednesday we had a lesson with William and Colton, the two boys in foster care. Sadly William doesn't have permission to be baptized, which is really sad because of the two, he is definitely more excited and invested. Colton thinks he was already baptized so we gotta check on that one, but regardless, we'll continue to teach them! They are loving the lessons, and it was so cute- when we began this time, William has been going through the youth theme music on gospel library, and asked if we could start with a song. I thought he meant a hymn, but instead he played his favorite song from the album and we talked about what it meant to him. It was pretty sweet and it's amazing to see how sensitive they both are to the spirit.
Thursday we had a great lesson with a Sister who is recently more active in the church. She and her husband had been inactive the past few years, but have come back. She never really learned a lot of the basic principles, so we're meeting with them. They also have a 5 year old son who is non verbal and has autism. He's pretty funny. He likes to give people hugs just to search for their phones. He's super smart though, he knows how to spell and put words together like xylophone... I had to use auto correct for that and he's 5! So he's a pretty smart one. Anyway, it was just Ashley and her son, and it was a great lesson. It felt like we got to know her better and she said they're hoping to be sealed in February!! So exciting! She's already doing missionary work too, she's been inviting a friend to church, fhe, and our lessons. She has yet to come, but Ashley isn't deterred! She said invitations made it easier for her to come back, so she'll keep inviting.
Friday we finally made contact again with Taleysa!! And we have a lesson scheduled for tonight... Fingers crossed it goes through!
On Saturday we did all the filming for the mission's February video. It'll be good...hopefully lol. I think it'll turn out, they always do. We got some good footage so I'm excited (:
Saturday was also exciting because Elder Jeppesen got his mission call!! 😄 Elder Jeppesen is a dwarf that has been out the last two transfers, and because of all his medical issues, he came out as a trial missionary. He was cleared to serve the full 2 years though, and he got his call! For trial missionaries they could be called back to wherever they served their trial mission, or they could be called elsewhere. Elder Jeppesen will be returning to the Idaho Pocatello Mission!!! I think I would have cried if he was called anywhere else, this dude is awesome. The mission would have missed him for sure.
Sunday we were super busy with lots of meetings. We had appointments too, but I think missionaries are usually more booked out by meetings than teaching appointments on Sundays. We are at least. We had a "teaching appointment" with a recent convert, Jaren. We're trying ti get him to go to the YSA (all his friends just left on missions) so we had the YSA Elders join us for what was supposed to be a game and a spiritual thought. Well we talked a bit at the beginning, played a few rounds of this card game, and boom, it was 5pm and we had to head to our dinner appointment. So not much of a spiritual thought... But the goal was to get him comfortable with the elders and I think that happened, so I'd say it was productive.
I hope you all had a great week and enjoyed the highlights of mine. I love and miss you all, and I know the Lord is aware of each of you. Parts of the last few transfers have been tough, but I have seen the Lord strengthen and help me. I hope this week is great, have a good one!
Love,
Sister Jensen
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