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| Hermana Jennings & the Chilean Flag |
This week has been so fun and hard all at the same time. The language is going
well- apparently I am really good at it compared to previous new
missionaries. I am understanding about 3/4ths of what people say. One day this week I was a tad bit discouraged
about my Spanish even though people say I am doing really well. It’s hard when you have so much in your heart
and you can’t get out the right words to explain it. I told my companion about
this and told me the story about when Brigham Young was learning about the
gospel. The missionary that was eloquent and a great speaker did not impress
him that much, but the missionary that was not good at speaking but gave a simple
powerful testimony was the one that made Brigham Young feel the truth of all
things and feel the desire to know for himself.
My companion said I was like that missionary - I may not be able to say
all the things that I have in my head but I can invite the spirit and speak with
the power of that spirit.
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We made my mom's your cheese cake but we changed the recipe and
used crushed up Oreos as the bottom instead of gram crackers and the
topping we made with more cream cheese, condensed milk, vanilla & sugar mixed with more crushed Oreos. It was great! The recipe calls for sour cream and I couldn't find it anywhere here, but all in all lets just say it was heavenly! I love it . Oh another sad thing I cant find sweet potatoes anywhere.
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We
have a huge area - like I swear we walk miles and miles each day. Our area covers
one ward and they are great, but I do miss the good hard workers in our ward back
home. We also have the APs in our ward
with us so our district is split down the middle and we can cross so we don’t
waste as much time walking everywhere. The mission office is like 30 minutes
away and I have never been to the mission home. There is a lady here who is my
favorite, her name is Carmen and she is like my Chilean aunt. We went over to
her house this week to help her make a chocolate cake for the relief society
lunch that is after church this Sunday. It was so fun. She is so cute she
always says, “I love, love, loooovevvee you", to me. She was so funny because she was like - I
want to you marry my son so you can be a part of my family. He is a
doctor....ya there is a catch he is 30, um ya no way! Way, way too old for me! I just laughed.
This week we had zone conference. It was such a great experience and I loved being
with all the missionaries. We got these sweet shirts for our zone, they are
awesome! I loved what I learned at zone
conference also. Our mission president gave a great talk about the prophet Joseph
Smith and talked about Joseph’s point of view. It was not easy, he was not
perfect. He did not go into the grove of
trees looking to be the next prophet. He probably felt inadequate, but the neat
thing is that he just put all his trust in the Lord. Even though he was a
prophet he did not have everything go perfect for him. He had trials and difficulties, but he was
able to do superhuman things because he indeed was a man called of God. It was
so inspirational and helped my testimony grow of the prophet Joseph Smith and
made me even more excited to share the news of the restoration with everyone. I
also learned that we should carry a Book of Mormon in our hands at all times as
a missionary and even more importantly we need to carry the Book of Mormon in
our hearts. If we do that then everything else will be easier because the Book
of Mormon teaches us how to become like Christ. It has really helped me to be
better because I am always thinking about keeping the Book of Mormon in my
heart. When I am about to make a mistake I think about the Book of Mormon and
that helps me make a better choice.
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| Chilean school bus - so cute and small. |
So all is good. There are some crazy experiences as a
missionary and some really great ones. One of my favorite things is the little Chilean
children. One of the girls I met last week came running up to me at church and
started talking to me. It was so cute. I then gave her a primary sticker and
she loved it. Tell Liz Emery thanks so
much those stickers are a hit with the Chilean children. There is also a
daughter of a less active member named Flor.
She is so cute I really want to love her because I know that if we love Flor
then her mom will realize that we love her too.
It was so cute she was showing me pictures she drew and I am going to
draw one for her. I really want her and her mom to come to church.
The members feed us so much food here. So don’t stuff the
poor missionaries in GA haha It’s so hard to eat the huge quantities of food. It’s
not that I don’t like it -it's just so much.
Don’t think the missionaries don’t like the food you serve them, it’s
probably because they have already been served so much food earlier that day. Like
the days when we have 2 dinners is crazy, I can barely walk after.
Missionary work is coming along. Our district where we teach is an area where everyone works and most people don’t
live in this same area so we can’t teach them. We are finding people to teach, but other missionaries get to teach, but no worries. I
love finding people and talking to them.
We do a lot of less active reactivation. So good news this week all of
our less actives we have been working with except one, Flor and her mom, came
to church this week. It was the best I just love them all so much.
Life is good - I hope everyone is doing so great! Love all of you!
Fun quote: family = an eternal
adventure
Love Hermana Jennings
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