Hello,
So last pday was wednesday so it has only been a few days, but I
feel like it took forever to get to this pday. Crazy! But, can you guys
believe that it is almost May?! That is so weird to me! Time is going by
really fast...usually, some days seem to just go on forever though, but
that's ok because eventually each day ends. Thanks for all the advice
and emails everyone! I felt so loved and popular! :) You all gave me a
lot of things to think about, improve on, and to help me get through
this! So, thanks for all the help and love. It truly does make a
difference. I read this article somewhere that said that a mission is a
family affair. Even though we are miles apart the family is what keeps
the missionary going. You pray for us, support us, love us, write us,
encourage us, and help us to feel better and that's what a missionary
needs to get over different hurdles thrown our way! I love you guys!
Mom- you can accept Hope (on facebook). haha I laughed about Sis. Little's comment (on a photo on facebook)! Am I friends with her
on fb? And yes, she finished her mission and went home on friday.
Weird. She went home and I'm already a mother (trainer) of two! ha Please tell
Lexis congrats (mission) and also Cecily and Ethan (engagement)! I was waiting for that one to
happen and was surprised that it took so long. (Answering a question:)The standard of
excellence has to do with numbers and not with who we are. Otherwise I
would be exceeding it! :P It's getting .5 baptisms per month, and 2
baptismal dates, 2 at sacrament, 3 member present lessons, and 3 new
investigators each week. I still have yet to get it, but whatever. I'm
trying! Thanks for letting me know about the times (for calling on Mother's Day). We are going to
figure it out and let you know hopefully next week. I'm thinking it may
be later on in the afternoon/evening, if everything goes how I want it
to. We'll see.
Sooo, I have baby #2 already and she is awesome!! Her name is
Sister Patchett, she's 20, the baby of 6, and from Henderson, Nevada.
She is tall, skinny, and beautiful, and I love her! She loves volleyball
too and played in highschool!!! She is so my child!!! :) She is fresh
out of the MTC and wants to learn all that she can and spread the gospel
to everyone. It's so funny how as a missionary you are all over the
spectrum with your emotions, but I have swung the other way again. We
get along well, and have a lot of fun together, and our relationship is
good. So, now we can focus on the work and helping this area. She has a
lot of faith, and is just like what do we do next, and is wanting to
learn and do all she can. She says that she has learned a lot from me,
can feel the great love that I have for her so that makes her feel
comfortable so she can tell me things that she has gone through and she
is fine with telling me, and she thinks that I am wonderful and can
teach her a lot. She was talking to our district leader on thursday on
the speakerphone, and they were just going back and forth about how
wonderful and fabulous I am as a missionary and that I am just so great!
ha I was dying! I am so excited to work with her and think that we are
going to do great things here. The Lord is definitely mindful of us and knows what we
need to help us and keep us growing and learning. Last transfer was the
hardest transfer by far but I learned so much that transfer! On the
phone, President said that I would be just fine and have success, and
that I would have the Lord much stronger with me this transfer because
of what I have gone through. I have been praying for the Lord to lighten
the burden that I have had and I definitely feel so much better. Sister
Patchett is taking responsibility and wants to do what she can because
of everything that she has gone through and how she feels about the
gospel. My back hurts so badly though because of everything I guess.
Sometimes we try and see who can pop our backs the loudest because she
is always popping! ha
Yesterday, I tried ramps which are some type of onion here and I
didn't like them. They are sweeter or something and now I am going to be
smelling for the next couple of days because of the smell that they put
off. But that's ok because someone said everyone is going to be
smelling like it. ha I think I gained like 10 pounds yesterday because I
was constantly eating yesterday. Everywhere we went it seemed like
people were feeding us a meal. I think I had like 4 dinners or
something. By the end we were so full and I was struggling to eat what I
had, but I did it! I am going to be so fat!! The ward is wonderful
though and is definitely warming up to us. I am being prideful right now
and claiming that to me ;) We have had to gain the trust of the members
back and to help them love missionaries again, and it is working.
Yesterday our Relief Society President was talking with another lady and
hugged me and was just like 'don't you just love her. I completely fell
in love with her and think that she is so cute.' Yes! She was one that I
thought didn't like us cause she never talked to us, but when we were
doing service at the church she was there and I saw an opportunity to
talk to her and jumped on it. We talked for a long time and they used to
live in Springville and she just loved talking to me, and now she
thinks that I am just wonderful! We may not be having the best numbers,
but I know that I am helping the members here and that makes me happy! I
have had a couple different experiences like that just in this area,
and it makes me feel so good!!
Dad, I did service on saturday of picking up trash around a city
and we got these picker upper sticks and we got to wear bright orange
jackets and I thought of you! :) I can't even remember what all has
happened this week, but it has been awesome! I am doing well and
learning so much! Thanks for all your support and love! I love you
all!!
Love, Jenna
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