Jensen, Emma

This has been such a long week because I have been soo tired! It's a good tired cause I have been having fun and LOVING life but man was I excited for p day. I went on exchanges this week with one of my STL's, Sister Gonzalez. She taught me how to bare my testimony in Español: Sé que el Salvador vive y que el templo permite estar con nuestras familias para siempre, En el nombre de Jesucristo amen. Sad story of the week: I was passing around our meal calendar and while it was being passed around someone STOLE my orange pen!! I loved that pen so much and it will be greatly missed.. My birthday was this week!! It was such a good day:) Sister Peterson planned a surprise breakfast and all the girls in my district came over. She also made a video of a bunch of my favorite people wishing me happy birthday! It was the sweetest gift ever! My mom sent me a file of a bunch of her families stories. I love family story's, they make me so happy to read them This week in my personal stu...

This new transfer had felt so busy! I don't know if it's because I am leading the area that I feel more motivated or what but I feel like Sister Peterson and I are running around like crazy people. We have been painting our friend Patty's shed the past week and it is so fun! She is the funniest person haha, she is 75, has barbie hair, is deaf in one ear so she yells everything she says, and is the most energetic person you will meet. Last time we went over she had us carry a full size toilet into her room that she is going to use to potty train her cat. To thank us Patty took me and Sister Peterson to Turtle Bay for dinner which is SUPER FANCY AND EXPENSIVE!! Sister Peterson is teaching this lady in Nigeria that watches over 19 orphans. When we called them the other day it was the lady in the center with all 19 of her kids surrounding her and after we would finish saying something they would blow kisses at us and say "may God bless you more and More and MORE" Zone...

My goal that I set for myself at the beginning of my mission was to journal everyday for the next 18 months. I am so greatful that I have been able to keep up with my goal because I can not even remember what I did yesterday so my journal has definitely come in handy when it comes to writing my emails every week. We taught our friend Kawehi again this week and we officially put him on date!! He is set to be baptized March 25!! We still have a lot to teach him before that but I am so excited for him! Transfers was yesterday, I am staying in my same family ward but I have a new companion. Her name is Sister Peterson and she is the sweetest person ever! We actually told each other a couple months ago that we wanted to be companions at some people and this is her last transfer so we are both really happy to be together:)  I am also the designated driver this transfer and I am pumped! Friday was the first time I have driven in 5 months and it was kinda scary haha. Didn't realize ho...

My mom just let me know that she is making a book out of all my emails i send on my mission. I think that was just her way of making me write one every week. Here are some updates from the past 2 weeks:) -we went to get our tires rotated and oil changed in our car and they forgot to put all the tools away that they used. We drove like a mile then realized the loud noise our car was making was a wrench attached to the bottom of our car -someone came into the Visitors Center and told me where the Mormons come from. In case anyone was wondering we come from Germany and we don't use electricity in Canada. Now I know for when the next person asks me -we had more lessons with Kawehi and we taught him the Plan of Salvation and asked him to pray about a baptism date. He has such a desire to be baptized! -played pickle ball as a district and I was SOO GOOD!! I've decided I'm going to go pro -did serve for members and they had the CUTEST pet duck. It's name is Mingming -our power...