Jenn on a Mission

Hi Friends and Family, This past week has been such an amazing week! We have have been so  blessed in this area to be able to find and teach. This week we taught  3 new investigators who are all really great. Trevor was the first  person we taught on Tuesday, he was found by the elders when we did a  district tract in our area. We at first were thinking he was not ours  because he is young, but he lives with his girlfriend which is a  pretty big hurdle. He grew up around a couple Mormon friends but has  no knowledge of the church or of basic christian beliefs for that  matter. It was so great when we were talking to him about the story of  Joseph Smith we asked him if he thought it could be true and he says  "Well I do not see why not" I sat there and thought here is a young  man who has no knowledge of anything in the gospel so if you look at  it with hearing it for the first time with believing eyes it would...

Hi Family and Friends! Sorry last week email was so rushed and crazy, with transfers and  p-day being on the same day it is hard to have time for much. We also  found out that day that we had to move out of the apartment we were  staying in and in with a member. That was fun as we were already  running around like crazy that week. We thankfully got everything done  we needed to and by the end of the week were settled into the new  living space. I am finding in the turn again area that allot of the work is focusing  and working with people who are less active. There are so many people   in this ward who do not come to church. It is just being creative and  figuring out why their fire burnt out and they do not feel the  importance or need to come to church. Or more than that why they feel they where offended and do not want to come back. I know with time and  patience hearts can be changed and these people can re...

Hi Family, This past week has been pretty busy and never changing that is for  sure. Halfway through the week Sister Nay and I got a call from  President Dance and found out that Sister Davis was going to be  joining us for the rest of the week. We were pretty surprised as we  did not expect for more changes. I was just laughing that I was  serving with my MTC companion and my companion I trained months ago, I  love both of them so I was not complaining. We went back and forth  between areas to try and cover the appt's. I found out Monday that for the next 6 weeks I am going to be serving  in Anchorage with Sister Nay. I am excited for sure, I did not think I  would serve in Anchorage so soon so it was a bit of a surprise. The  Turn again ward is great and I am really starting to get to know the  people in the ward and loving it. I will have to tell you all more  about it later as I do not have allot of time today. I...

People come and go in Petersburg! Hi Family! This past week has been a great yet sad as Mark is leaving us to go to Hawaii. We were able to teach him a couple of times and they were great lessons. The spirit is so strong and the Lopez's really help with input and sharing their experiences in the gospel. Mark has never understood the role of the savior this entire time of teaching him, we  have been teaching him who the savior is and the importance. This last lesson he was expressing that he was not sure he could ever fully believe in the savior as he thinks of him as a middle mad. Just then I felt inspired to share a scripture, I had no idea were I was going with it just knew I needed to share it. After figuring out where it was I read it to mark and it expressed to him the nature of the godhead. Right then things just clicked with mark it was amazing, he just went off on how he was misunderstanding it the whole time. He then shakes me hand and says thank you for helping me...

 Hi Family! So this past week has been a pretty crazy week to say the very least.   Tuesday is the day I found out I was for sure going to be flying out  to Anchorage on Wednesday morning. I had allot of people to say  goodbye to that day that is for sure, plus I needed to get all my bags  packed. It was a really long day for sure as I had a really hard time  saying goodbye to some of the people there and I am really going to  miss is in Petersburg. It was an amazing area and I look forward to  the day I will be able to go back and see the people there. On  Wednesday morning Tasha and Joe met me at the airport and took me  shopping before I left. They are amazing and I am going to miss them  the most they have treated me like a family member and I know I will always keep in touch with them. My flight to Anchorage was at 11am and the connecting flight was not  until 8pm which meant I would have a 8 hour lay over in Jun...

Hi Family! I cannot believe it is the new year already, this year sure did fly on  by. This past week has been a little crazy to say the least. I must  say it has been a bit of a rougher week for me in my mission but I  know all things happen and you grow and learn from them. For new years  we went to the members house and were able to spend the new years  there, that was allot of fun. We have a great branch here and it is  fun being able to get to know each of them. On new years day we were able to spend the evening with the Prus  family. Joe is really big on doing fondue and he goes all out. We ate  everything you could with fondue, it was vegetables, meats and fruits.   I cannot believe how full you get off of that, after we had a lesson  about temples. I am excited to see him and Tasha prepare themselves to  enter the temple in a year and become an eternal family. With the harder side of things we are still teaching Brent a...