Mais uma Semana em Franca February 22, 2016

Hey there!

This week was super full of nothing.

We did have some wonderful miracles, but the work is still the work. We are having a hard time finding new investigators here, but we are still working hard for those that we have.

Miracle this week with José and Maria. José invited his daughter and her boyfriend to go to church with them! It was José! We are super happy with the progress that he is making, but still frustrated with his lack of desire to get married. Everything will work out well though.

Other than that, this week was kind of normal. I went to São Joaquim da Barra for a division with our sister training leaders, and it was cool. Actually, it's pretty hot there, but the division was good. And...we had interviews with Presidente Brum on Saturday. He is wonderful! It was so fun to talk with him. It was kind of funny because he usually doesn't interview those that are going home with the other missionaries, but he said he wanted to talk to me. It was great. He basically just wanted to see how I was doing, and then said that we didn't have much to talk about because we would talk again in two weeks. That's weird stuff.

But, I hope all you at home are doing well.

Love you!

Sister Jensen

Semana Difícil‏ February 15, 2016

Hey there again!

This week was full of ups and downs. Our money is delayed (we are poor for one more day!) and lots of other stuff.

To start it all off, our week was great. We were talking with lots of people on the street--everything super-duper great. But, there has to be oposition in all things, so we hit a hard wall. Wednesday, Sister Lourenço and I woke up with terrible head colds. We were so miserable that we had to stay home that day, but we are all pretty much good now. We only had to stay home that one day, so that wasn't too long. But really, there is NOTHING to do in a missionary's house. If you think staying home sick in normal life is boring, imagine how we were that day. The two of us sick with nothing to do. It was pretty bleh.

Other than that, we are going pretty well here. We had a few other bumps in the road this week, but we are excited for another chance to move forward and start the work up again. With our sick strike, we didn't have a lot of new things, very few new investigators, lessons, and stuff like that. So, I won't bore you with talk of nothing.

Sei que o evangelho é ótimo. Temos tudo que precisamos. Eu percebo isso mais e mais todo dia. Sei que o plano do Senhor é perfeito, e se seguirmos esse plano, jamais vamos errar. 

Amo vocês!

Sister Jensen

Carnaval em Franca, São Paulo‏ February 8, 2016

Hey there everyone!

So, this week is Carnaval. The good thing is that here, it isn't super strong, so we shouldn't have any problems. I only had a few little funny problems last year during Carnaval, but we were all just fine and thankfully, nothing happened. 

So, we are having a great time teaching that one family that I talked about. The family of Maria and José. They are wonderful! We even did a skit of 1 Nephi 4 with them yesterday and everyone got into it with towels on their heads for costumes and everything. It was pretty great, and we had a wonderful time. We are still praying for José's heart to be softened so that he will accept the invitation to get baptised, and that he will finally marry his wife, because she wants to be baptized and can't be without being married. Lots of prayers for them.

Um, other than that, things are going well here. We are constantly on the search for more investigators, and are excited in the progress we see in those that we currently have.

Sei que esta obra é super importante ao Senhor. Ele realmente está preparando para a segunda vinda de Cristo. Temos a responsabilidade de ajudar nisso. O Senhor precisa de nós como suas mão aqui na terra hoje.

Amo vocês!

Sister Jensen

Primeira Semana em Franca Conquistada!‏ February 1, 2016

Oi meus queridos!

We had a crazy week this week. Opening an area isn't always the easiest thing. Plus side, I already know and love my companion. Sister Lourenço and I are having a great time together. Not-so-good side, we had to spend a fair amount of time cleaning and re-organizing our house. Everything is good now, and we are going to work our hearts out.

We are teaching a WONDERFUL family that could use a little prayer. The parents names are José and Maria. They have to get married, but it is truly a wonderful family. They go to church, even the activities, read the scripture, and are just great. We are teaching their three youngest kids too, which has been a fun oportunity.

Other than that, it's just the news of starting from nothing to help out this area. 

Amo todos vocês e sou grata por mais uma oportunidade de ter esse dia como representante do Senhor. Ele é tão misericordioso, e está aqui com braços abertos sempre para nos ajudar.

Boa semana para todos!

Sister Jensen

Oi de Novo de Ribeirão Preto January 25, 2016

Hey there everyone!

So, I'm in Ribeirão again today. That's because...today we had transfers! And, I was transferred. The last area of my mission will be for just one transfer. But I'm excited. We have work to do where we are going. 

So, guess who my companion is? It's Sister Lourenço again! I seriously didn't believe the Elder when he told us the transfers. It was pretty funny. I never thought that I would have the same companion more than once, so this will be fun. We are going to need the friendship that we already started creating because we are both new in this area. We are going to the area of "Seminário" in Franca. This area was the only area in Franca with sisters, but for a few transfers, there have been elders there, and there are other areas in Franca with sisters. But, we are going to re-open the area for sisters. Wow. The same thing that we did in Catanduva, but not with the whole city. It will be good though.

So, It was a sad goodbye there in Catanduva, but I will always keep in contact with the wonderful people that I met there. Just six more weeks until this will all sadly feel like a dream to me.

Sei que este evangelho é nosso caminho para encontrar com a felicidade verdadeiro, que Jesus Cristo é nosso salvador. Ao seguir Ele, temos como resolver qualquer problema que esteja a nossa frente. Eu amo saber essas verdades e compartilhá-las com muitas pessoas todo dia.

Com amor,

Sister Jensen

PS. Sorry mom, I forgot my camera cable in my suitcase, so pics will have to wait until next week!