Vou Ficar Velha esta Semana!‏ August 24, 2015

Oi todos!

hey there, y'all! This week was one unlike anything else I have seen on my mission. Wow! Sick comp is no fun! Sister Lourenço was super sick this last week and is still feeling a little off. We spent 2 days in the hospital here just to find out that she doesn't have dengue (thank heaven!) and that all her tests came back normal. So...we basically never even found out what was happening with her, but oh well. She is feeling much better now.

We FINALLY have a map of our area here. That is going to make a huge difference! I am super excited to work here---the area is TINY---something that I have never, ever experienced before, and there is a lot of work to do here. We have TONS of less actives in the ward (like 700 of the 800 members) and lots of receptive people to find and teach here as well. 

Olha, este evangelho é a única coisa que nós traz a alegria eterna. Só isso pode nós ajudar. Cristo é nossa fonte de esperança e Ele nunca nós deixará sozinhos. Ele é nossa luz  na escuridão desse mundo. Eu amo este evangelho e sou muito grata por ter este tempo de servir nosso Salvador.

Amo vocês!

Sister Jensen

ps. this photo is us with Daniel and Nádia´s family. I love that family so much!

Semana Perdida August 17, 2015

Hey there everyone!

So, sorry mom, I forgot my memory card at home, so baptism pictures will have to be next week. Anyway, this week was super stressful. Both my companion and I are new in this area, so neither of us knows anything. We spent the whole week practically lost in our area. I love my companion and the other sisters we live with (Sister Meza from Mexico and Sister Furtado (her trainee) from Belèm, Pará, Brazil). It's a wonderful atmostphere. But, we still have a TON of organizing to do in our area book, because it is a complete disaster, and we still have to find where we can buy a map of the city because we don't know anything about our area. I have never felt so lost in my life! But that's okay. I'm where the Lord needs me to be and I will do what He wants me to do here.

Love you all!

Sister Jensen

Oi de Ipiranga, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil! August 11, 2015

Hey there!

So...we got transfer calls on Saturday, and...I went back to Ribeirão Preto. Sorry I didn't have time to email yesterday because we were traveling all day. Anyway, I am here in Ipiranga, and it is going to be a wonderful transfer. My companion is Sister Lourenço and she has 7 months on the mission, and is from Alagoas (another Nordestina!). I am really going to miss Sister Lima da Silva, but I am super duper excited to serve with my new companion. She is super sweet and we already get a long super well. We live with two other sisters, one of which is basically at the end of her mission, and her companion will be a brand new missionary that arrives today. So, basically we haven't met one of the Sisters yet, but we are excited.

I feel so grateful for all the time that I had in Araraquara. It was truly a wonderful experience that I will never forget. I will have to send all the pictures from there next week though because I forgot my camera at home. I just have my flashdrive with me right now. 

Anyway, Araraquara was a miracle area for me. Sure, it wasn't always the easiest, but I feel like I grew so much there, and I was able to see some wonderful fruits of our work there. We had the baptism of four of the five kids of Daniel and Nádia. Their kids (Daniel, Gabriel, Juliana, and Adam) that were old enough to be baptized were so excited that Saturday afternoon! And cute little Daví whos 5 was so angry and frustrated that he couldn't be baptized yet--you will have to see in the photos that I will send next week--it's super cute. This family is absolutely amazing, and I feel super blessed that we got to meet them. They were warmly received by the ward. They will be such a strength to the church here.

Com meu amor,

Sister Jensen

Oi de Ribeirão Preto!‏ August 3, 2015

Hey there! This week's letter is coming to you straight from Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil! 

We are here until tomorrow night because my companion has to be here for the leadership training...which means that she will probably be a sister training leader next week. Which means that I will probably stay in Araraquara but with a new companion. Wow! I'm excited though and know that all will be great.

Hey, we have an awesome miracle that will happen this Saturday. I have been waiting my whole mission for this...we will have four baptisms---of a family! Four of the five kids of Daniel and Nadia will get baptized this Saturday morning. The youngest won't because he is only five (but he really, really wants to get baptized) and the parents won't because they have to get married. The mom really wants to get married and baptized, but the dad is being stubborn. We love this family so much and really want the best for them. They understand the gospel SUPER DUPER well and are truly incredible people. Everyone is excited and it is going to be just great!

Other than that, we aren't really teaching anyone, but I am loving it here. We still are having problems like any other area in any other mission, but we truly see the hand of the Lord every day in the work.

I love you all, and hope the best for all of you!

Sister Jensen

ps. check this out---i got sunburned! it has been so many months since i got sunburned--and in the winter too!

Semana Incrível, Cheia de Milagres July 27, 2015

Hey there!

This week was absolutely great! We are absolutely exhausted (because we worked our tails off and had a helping hands project) but everything is great as can be. I am so excited for these next few weeks to finish off this transfer with a bang!

We had the wonderful opportunity to invite Daniel and Nadia's family to be baptized again. And... the four of the five kids older than 8 are more excited than anything to be baptized. One of them kept asking my companion yesterday in church over and over again when he could be baptized. They will be baptized August 8th, and we are all super duper excited. They understand really well the importance of the gospel and what they will have to do to live it. They are the best!

With another week of 100 contacts, we have a few new investigators, but I feel that no blessing could be greater than that of seeing people so excited to continue to get the blessings of the gospel. 

I love you all and hope nothing but the best for all of you. The gospel is true, and when we put our trust in the Lord, all things will work out for good. We just need to remember to have faith and wait for things to happen in His time and in His way.

Com tudo meu amor!

Sister Jensen

I will try to answer all the questions that the kids are asking.

Where do you email us?
 We email in an internet cafe that is super close to our house in downtown Araraquara.

How do you do your laundry? Where do you do it? And do you have dryers?

We have a washing machine that works normal--nothing too different. its in our apartment in our kitchen. we don't have a dryer, but we have clotheslines in our kitchen in the part with the washing machine where we hang our clothes to dry.
 
Are you still walking lots or do you take the bus?

We still walk a lot, but we take the bus about four times a week normally.
 
The food at the service project looked amazing! Is this normally how you eat?

The food was yummy! We normally eat rice and beans, some meat, and usually a salad and sometimes pasta. I am not eating pasta anymore though. I went gluten free about three weeks ago because I wasn't feeling too well and that helped a lot. I tried eating gluten this last week and my stomach was hurting for three days, so that's it for gluten for me! The food is really yummy here though!
 
Besides grocery shopping each P day do you shop for other things or shop at other places?
Yes. Sometimes we need other things in our apartment, or we want to buy things. they have little dollar store type things that we go to to shop for the other random things usually. 

What do you do on p days besides email us and grocery shop?

I write other letters, we do other errands around the city, sometimes we sleep or if we are really excited, we watch the testaments :) Usually we don't have too much time to do other things.

Semana de Milagres e Dificuldades July 20, 2015

Hey there all you great people!

This week was crazy. Talk about an emotional rollercoaster! I have never seen such craziness in my life! We started out the week just great--we had an investigator in church last sunday, various less actives there that had never been wehile I was serving here, and lots of good stuff. 

Later that night, we got a call from some elders in our zone with a referral from someone that visited their ward, has already seen a baptismal service, been to a ward activity, and has friends that are members. There is nothing better than that. Not too long after, our district leader called us to pass that same referral that the stake president had passed to them. Yes. The same person--a young man named Renaldo. We are super excited to teach him, and help him to accept the gospel.

Our investigator that was in church last sunday was Olavo. He is a young man that we are teaching that just happens to be a friend of a member of our ward! He is great, and we are trying to help him gain a testimony. He really likes the church, now it's just to help him see that the church is not just a good thing, but the only way that he can truly find eternal happiness.

We are also teaching the family of one of our doormen (I think that's the word in english) of our apartment. His name is Daniel, and his wife's name is Nadia. They have 5 kids, and are super family oriented. It's super fun to teach them, and they also have lots of friends that are members in our ward.

The week was hard, because we are feeling less and less support from the bishop, but everything will work out. We are finding other ways to get the members involved and help them see the joys and blessings of missionary work.

This gospel is true, and it truly is the only way that we will find eternal joy and everlasting peace. There are no shortcuts in life, but one straight and narrow path that leads us exactly where we want to be.

Love you all!

Sister Jensen

Semana de Contatos e Divisão‏ July 13, 2015

Hey there!

This week was a little crazy. We did 106 contacts (whoot!) and had a wonderful exchange with our Sister Training Leaders. They are great!

Gosh. I don't hardly know what to say this week! I do have to say though that I said many a times that I seriously can't believe that I have a brother that's a missionary too! What a cool thing! There is just about nothing better than serving a mission and helping all the people that the Lord puts in our way. It is so amazing to see the love that He has and to try our best to serve all these people wherever we might be serving.

Oh, we had an absolutley wonderful zone meeting this week. My zone is amazing, and I feel super blessed to have great zone leaders. I left there so excited to keep up this work here. This city is going to explode with missionary work, and I can be a part of it! The Lord has a huge work going on, and nothing can stop it.

Love you all!

Sister Jensen

ps. the pic is my awesome zone!

Here's us and our sister training leaders, Sister Huamani from Peru and 

Sister de Oliveira from the south of Brazil!

Semana Difícil Demais!‏ July 6, 2015

Hey there everyone!

Yesterday was probably the hardest day I have had on my whole mission, but the rest of the week was really great!

I got to see a young man in the ward open his mission call to serve in Natal, Brazil, got to go to a super fun ward activity (Festa Junina--a super fun winter festival they have here) and other good stuff too. 

Yesterday was hard because we had to cut Patrícia and Alex. I cried a little when I had to tell Patrícia. I am surprized that I wasn't totally bawling, because it was seriously the hardest thing I have done here yet, and I have already had super hard things on the mission. It is absolutley amazing to see how much Heavenly Father loves His children. I really was able to feel that love for this family. We told Patrícia that we can't visit them until she starts to show her effort and start reading the Book of Mormon again and start going to church again. She told us yesterday that Alex right now doesn't want anything to do with the church because his aunt kept on saying ridiculous and untrue things to him. It will take more time for this family to get to that point as an eternal family, but I know that they can be someday. I really truly can see it, and I just cannot wait until that day comes for them.

Other than that, like I said, this week was great. I just have to keep working and we will have a way to help everyone here.

I love you all, and I miss everyone a ton. This gospel is true, Jesus Christ is our Savior, and the Atonement is real. It's power is infinite and eternal. Without it, we are nothing, but with it, we have infinite worth and potential.

Com todo meu amor,

Sister Jensen

ps. this pic is of an absolutley adorable teeny tiny pineapple that we found yesterday.

Here's some sugar cane that I ate!

Here's the decor for my 9 months

Sister Beserra and I at the multi-zone conference

My district last transfer

Oi da Araraquara de Novo! June 29, 2015

Hey there everyone!

Here's to another transfer here in Araraquara! I stayed here with Sister Lima da Silva for another transfer. More fun here in the sun! Well, it's actually winter here, but it really doesn't seem like winter to me. Oh, random good news, we got our shower fixed today! No more cold showers in the winter! It has been about six months since I have taken a shower with hot water. Our shower broke when I was in Ribeirão Preto, and our shower has never been working here. It's not bad at all to take a cold shower when its super hot, and you are gross and sweaty after a long day of work, but in the winter it's a little different. 

Anyway, this week was great, and it really flew by! We had a multi zone conference, and it was amazing! President Brum really is called of God to lead this mission. I always leave those conferences with loads of things that I want to get better at, and with so much enthusiasm to do those things. It's super great. He really receives inspiration for us. 

The area here is doing great! We don't really have any new investigators, but all the ones that we are working with are same old, same old. I am determined to have a change around here though because I love these people so much and I want them to get all the blessings that are available for them.

Amo muito vocês e espero que tenham uma boa semana!

Tchau!

Sister Jensen

Última Semana da Transferência‏ June 22, 2015

Hey there!

I seriously can't believe it! We are already here in the last week of the transfer. That means we will get that one phone call here Saturday night. Yikes! Who knows what will happen!

Anyway, this week was great, and hard, and great!

We did almost 100 contacts (whoot whoot!) and that is super good for our area right now. We had a day without a single lesson (that reminded me way too much of some days serving in the states and also my first area here in Brazil) and some super great lessons too all the other days. We have been finding some great people here. We haven't been able to teach them much though still, so I'll update you guys on them as we really get things going. I hope to have more time here in this area. I love it so much here, and I don't know if I'm ready to leave. I will only know here this Saturday if I stay or leave. This week will fly by though because we have a multi-zone conference tomorrow. Those are always cool. Anyway, transfers will be here before I know it.

Patrícia and Alex are doing great! We didn't get to teach Alex this week because he was working. I love their family to death and hope to see them one day here not too far away at the temple as a forever family. They are truly amazing! Faith moves mountains, and I know it will continue to work miracles with this family as well.

Amo muito vocês e espero que vocês estejam bem. Este evangelho e verdadeiro. Esta é a igreja restaurada de Jesus Cristo, e Ele ainda está dirigindo ela. Temos tudo que precisamos para voltar a nosso Pai Celestial com nossas amadas famílias.

Tchau! 

Sister Jensen

Metade da Missão Aqui! (Whoot! Whoot!)‏ June 15, 2015

Hey there all you great people!

Guess what? Here in two days, I will complete 9 months on the mission! I seriously don't believe it yet. All of a sudden, the time flew past me and left me here in the dust. I have already spent more than 6 months here in Brazil, and now...I have 9 months here. That's really not that much time when you stop and think about it. Seriously. The "mish" is soaring by.

This week was great, and normal, and hard all at the same time. We had a harder time having lessons this week, and don't have any new investigators. That's kind of a bummer, but we are going to work our tails off this week to change that.

But...we still have lots of great investigators that we have been teaching for a while.

Let's start with Patrícia and Alex. Alex is working this week when we visit their family, so we wont see him for a while. He is still reading the Book of Mormon though, which is great! It is making a difference in his life. He still is being stubborn about the whole marriage thing, and that is driving Patrícia crazy. It is just one of those things that will happen in the Lord's time, and we just have to do all we can to strengthen his faith, and continue to help the rest of their family.

We are also teaching Alex's mom (Josefa) and sister (Josi). To tell the truth, we are teaching his mom more than his sister. Josefa is trying so hard to find a way to strengthen her faith and find hope in this life. We invited her to be baptized yesterday, and she accepted! Sadly, we found out that same day that she isn't married. She is in the same situation as Patrícia. She wants to marry her husband so badly, but he doesn't want to. Sound familiar? Anyway, we are going to keep pressing forward with these families and they will be one big happy eternal family one day. I just know it!

Hey there, I love you all with all my heart and miss you a lot, but I wouldn't trade this experience to serve the Lord. It has already flown by, and now I am on that downhill slide. Wow! This gospel truly was restored and is here on the earth just for us. All of us. It's not just here to make noise and flash lights. It is here to actually help us with our greatest goal---that of returning to our Heavenly Father's presence someday with Jesus Christ, and our families. There is no greater truth than this, no knowledge more valuable, no opportunity greater than this that we have now to follow Him.

Amo vocês muito!

Sister Jensen

Outra Semana Legal aqui no Araraquara‏ June 8, 2015

Hey there everyone!

So...guess what? Tomorrow, I will have been here in Brazil for 6 months. WOW! Time really flies on the mission. Seriously. It's kind of incredible!

I have seen some super cool things here this past week. Remember Jany and Jonas that we were teaching here a few transfers ago? Well, we are teaching Jany again, and she went to church yesterday! Whoot Whoot! And...Patrícia went to church with her kids! Alex couldnt go because he was at work, but next week he shoulds be able to go. It was stake conference, and it was awesome! It was great to be there with great people that are learning how to find the joy of the gospel for themselves. 

Oh! We have another cool investigator that we met here recently. I don't think I've talked about her yet. Her name is Solange and she is an awesome lady that we have been teaching a little bit. She has to stay home and take care of her aunt, so she hasn't had a chance to come to church yet, but she really wants to, and has faith that the Lord will provide a way for her to come. She understands the things that we teach super well, and is now reading the Book of Mormon. 

This week, sorry, I don't have any cool pictures, or really any at all. I will send them on when I have them, and I can't really think of anything else to share this week. It was kind of a normal and chill week.

Love you all!

Sister Jensen

Semana da Chuva!‏ June 1, 2015

Hi there from wet, beautiful Araraquara.

It has rained quite a bit here this week, and we did quite a bit of walking in the rain, so I have been happy as ever. It is funny to see everyone freak out and offer us umbrellas all the time when its raining, but that's all good. We happen to always have our umbrellas when it's not raining, but not have them when it is. Anyway, super good stuff.

We have had a great week with our investigators. Patrícia and Alex and their family are doing awesome! They still haven't gone to church again yet, which is no fun, but they will. I know they will. It is just a little hard when every week, someone in their family is sick. They are an absolutley wonderful family, and I love them lots and lots.

We are also teaching a young man named Fernando and his parents. He is super interested and is looking for the light that the gospel brings to help him turn his life around. It is amazing to see the hope that the gospel brings into people's lives when they let that small seed grow into something bigger. We only just started teaching them, so stay in tuned for more stories in the weeks to come.

Other than that, um...life's pretty normal around here. I am still playing the piano in relief society and in sacrament meeting, but, I might start to teach a little class each week to help the sisters of the ward learn how to lead the music, because a lot of them want to learn. That would be cool, and a good oportunity to help the ward.

I love it here, I love the gospel, and I know that through the thick and thin of life, the Savior is ALWAYS by our side.

Love you guys!

Sister Jensen

Semana muito Legal, Boa, e Outras Coisas Assim. May 25, 2015

Hey there!

Well, we are one week into the new transfer here, and there were lots of great miracles this week. We walked A TON because we did lots of contacts to find new investigators (because we are a little short on investigators) but that's just fine. I'm pretty used to walking by now. 

Our greatest miracles this week were with Alex (Patrícia's husband). He is doing just awesome! Remember how I said that he never prayed or read the scriptures, in like his whole life...well, that has changed quite a bit. Their family is reading scriptures and praying together now, which is huge. And...Alex totally surprised me this week. At the end of a lesson, he handed me his Book of Mormon and said that he didn't want anything else, that he was done. But he was joking, and then asked me to mark another chapter for him to read. I never ever would have imagined that. The next time after that when we visited, he had read, and at the end, asked for another part. We decided to have them start reading the Book of Mormon from the beginning. We marked specifically the Title Page and the Introduction for him to read, but told him he could continue to read too. He finished the title page before we even left the house! Miracles really do happen. I promise!

Hey, I love you all and hope that you are having a wonderful week wherever you are. This gospel is the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and is here to bless each and everyone of us.

Love you!

Sister Jensen

Here's Sister Sena and I with Irmã Mariê and her daughter Giulia

Here's the supermarket across the store from our apartment, taken from our apartment window

heres the view from the same window in our apartment, just looking in the opposite direction

Here's a pic of me with the scripture case with the mission logo

Here is Sister Sena and I with Irmã Naly and her husband João. 

She teaches gospel principles, and is super awesome.

Sister Sena and I with Patricia and Alex's family (with Alex's mom)

Here's a cool big dinosaur bone that is in a museum here. I thought that Sam would like it.

Outra transferência aqui no Araraquara May 18, 2015

Oi todos!

That's right...transfers were today and...I stayed here in Araraquara. Sadly, Sister Sena was transfered, but she is going to do great in Jaboticabal. I am now companions with Sister Lima da Silva. She is from Fortaleza, Ceara (it's in Brazil), and she has one transfer more than me on the mission. She is super sweet and I'm excited to serve with her here. We are going to rock Araraquara and do this work!

Anyway, things are going pretty great here in Araraquara. We have had an absolutley awesome time here this week. Lots of miracles, let me tell you. Wowie Zowie! The biggest was with Alex (Patrícia's husband). It is amazing to see how prayers, faith, and the gospel can soften someone's heart. He is reading the scriptures and praying now----for really the first time in his life----so that's super cool. Now, we just have to get them married and their family can be a forever family! I have loved seeing the joy that the gospel has brought into their home and how it has changed their lives. 

Seriously people, if you aren't happy, try the gospel out. If you are happy, try the gospel out. You can never be too happy. And, better yet, the joy of the gospel is not just happiness for a minute or two, but for all eternity. That's just my tidbit of advice for today. Seriously, it makes a difference.

Love you all and hope for the best of you in your lives wherever in this great, big, wonderful world.

Com amor,

Sister Jensen

ps. the picture is of me in a museum of Archaelology and Palentology (I totally forgot how to spell those words, so to translate, a museum of old stuff and dinosaurs) that we found here in Araraquara.

Here's a picture of a cool arrowhead for Sam. It was in the museum we went to last week. I have lots of pictures of fossils and stuff like that that he would like. I wont have time to send them all today though.

Feliz Dia das Mães!‏ May 11, 2015

Happy (late) mothers day to you all!

 

This week was pretty great, and Skype with the fam topped it all off. Seriously the best, but now I have to wait another 7 months or so to do it again (Christmas). So...that was definitely the highlight of the week.

 

The work: the meat and bones of it all. I don't remember if that is even an expression in English, but whatever. This week, we found a few more wonderful people, and have continued teaching some others.

 

Patrícia and Alex. They are an amazing couple that we have been teaching with their two kids, Bia (7) and Pedro (5). Patrícia has an amazing and firm testimony. Each time that we go and teach them, she goes and prays that very night, and Always receives and recognizes the answer. Nothing will shake her. She is a wonderful woman and is a great example to me in many things. We truly can receive answers to ANY question that we have. We are working more Alex right now to help him gain a testimony, and...to help them get married! They are great and we truly want the best of the best for their family.

 

We are also teaching Antônia. She is a wonderful lady that we have gone to visit here two or three times. She reads the Bible and prays, which is awesome because through the scriptures and prayer, we can learn everything that we need. We met her daughter Carol the other day and are going to start teaching her too.

 

Other than that, we are finding new people and working with some others that we already have. Patrícia, Alex, and Antônia are the people that we are visiting the most right now.

 

Hey, I love you all and know that this gospel truly makes a difference in our lives. We can find the joy that we didn't even know existed through this gospel.

 

Com carinho,

Sister Jensen

 

ps. the pic is our zone this transfer. :)

Here is a fun Picture that we took today in front of the city. we took a bus out there just to take 

these pictures. We have been wanting to do it for weeks, and we finally did it!

In front of the "welcome to Araraquara" sign at the front of the city

Só uma semana até...Skype! May 4, 2015

Hey there!

This semana was super crazy for us. Not necessarily crazy as in busy, but as in abnormal and strange. So, we went to a viewing/funeral. Yeah. And the elders even helped to bring the casket into the chapel for the viewing. Talk about new experiences that not everyone gets on a mission. It was one of our lessactives that passed away. She was having lots and lots of health problems, so that is why she was inactive. It was amazing to see the difference that knowledge of the plan of salvation does to help our lives. Her entire family is not members, and it was very sad to see the other side--without hope of seeing her again. We know though, without a doubt that we will all see our families again after this life on Earth. 

Other than that, we also had a sad week. Patrícia won't be able to be baptized this Saturday, but we know that someday she will be. It will just take some time to help her husband gain a testimony. Patrícia has a testimony so strong, and I can see the joy that it brings into her life each day. 

Other than that, the other crazy thing is...Mothers Day! Skype party on Sunday with the fam! I am super duper excited for that. Seriously guys, families are super important. They are the central purpose of everything and the way that we can find the greatest joy in this life.

Amo todos vocês!

Sister Jensen

Here's a fun ice cream shop with my name

Semana de Milagres‏ April 27, 2015

Hi there everyone!

 

This week was truly a week of miracles for us here in Araraquara. I forgot to talk about a contact that we returned to visit last week. When I was working with Sister Beserra, we met a lady and her daughter briefly in the street. She said that we could visit her and her Family. Sister Sena and I returned the very next day. Let me tell you, the Lord puts people in our path that are prepared. We are now teaching Patrícia (the lady we met in the street) and her Family, comprising of her and her husband, and two kids of 5 and 6 (almost 7) years. They are wonderful! Seriously, they have a desire to live the gospel and follow Christ unlike anything else I have ever seen. Patrícia brought her two kids to church yesterday, and she is going to be baptized May 9th! We are so excited for her and the desire that she has not only to recieve the blessings of the gospel for herself, but for her family as well.

 

Other than that, our week was pretty chill. We are looking to do more contacts this week (the number we did this last week was considerably lower than that of the week before) and we are going to find more wonderful people here.

 

This gospel is the gospel of Jesus Christ and this is His restored church here on the Earth today. The blessings that we find as we follow Him are innumerable, and extend beyond this life into the life to come.

 

Com todo meu amor!

Sister Jensen

Semana dos Contatos‏ April 20, 2015

Oi família e amigos!

This week, we are starting to do lots more contacts (talking with people in the street) like we did over 100 this last week and are going for around 150 this week. Whoot Whoot! We are really working on finding new investigators because we want to help everyone, and there are lots of people here to help and find. 

We went to Ribeirão again this last week for Sister Sena to go to the podiatrist. She is having lots of pain in one of the bones in her foot. It was super annoying though because the doctor we went to did nothing. He just prescribed a medication that she was allergic to (it had lactose in it), told her to change her shoes (which she already knew), and then told her to stretch and exercise her feet each day (which she has been doing every day her whole mission). So we just left Ribeirão irritated with that doctor, but that's okay. 

The day after that, we had exchanges with our sister training leaders. And the cool thing about that is that...Sister Beserra is one of our sister training leaders and I got to go and work with her again for a day. That was super fun. She is an incredibly powerful missionary and Im so glad that I got a chance to work with her again. 

Love you all and hope you all have a fantabulous week!

com amor,

sister Jensen

ps. the photo is of ALL THE MISSION at the mission tour with Elder Grahl, and guess what else? I found out that as of now, there are only 6 american sisters in the whole mission. wow!