What an incredible week to be a missionary!! God is so good.
Edgar was baptized! And it was amazing!! The week before his baptism was definitely one of the most crazy, stressful, weeks ever, but it was all worth it to be able to welcome him in to the branch as the newest member of the church. I will never forget the moment after his baptism, when he stood up out of the water with his arms raised in triumph, the biggest smile on his face! He has already mentioned some neat experiences with the spirit (feeling clarity of thought, and feeling impressed to speak up), and we missionaries couldn't be more proud. Edgar is strong-spirited and will be such a blessing to this branch, and to the Church! I feel very humbled to have been blessed to teach him.
Johnny moved to Walla Walla this week...and got baptized as well!! We weren't sure how it would all play out (we were planning a baptism for him here on Friday...), but we received the happy news yesterday that Johnny was still able to be baptized. Yay Walla Walla YSA!!
My new companion is Sister Gibson. She is fresh from the MTC and filled with energy and eagerness to do the work. We have already had some wonderful adventures, and found a new person to teach named Melissa (a girl yaaaay!!). We also had a cool experience this past Friday. We were sitting outside the Institute building (because one of the teachers, a man, was in the building) doing our weekly planning, when Sister Gibson's hand was stung by a bee! We were going to go back to our apartment to take care of it, but felt inspired to go into the institute building. There was a lady sitting inside, literally just waiting to talk to someone. We gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon, and she agreed to read it almost immediately. She also was very excited about church and the youth programs (she is a single mom of three kids), and said she would be at church yesterday! We sent her as a referral (because she isn't a YSA) and can't wait to hear what happens next in her spiritual journey. Also, don't worry, Sister Gibson's thumb was okay.
Well...we just got kicked out of the library because someone pulled the fire alarm, so I guess I'll sum things up. Do you remember a few weeks ago when I was complaining about spending too much time at the Doctor and pharmacy? Well, it turns out that even those experiences were blessings in disguise. We met a man from Africa at the pharmacy and left him our number, and he called us back this week! We also found out that one of the nurses we met at the urgent care is on date to be baptized with her daughter! Although we often don't see the results of our efforts, this week I felt very blessed to see some of our hard work paying off. I know that as we each press forward with hope for the future, someday we will be able to see the bigger picture, and understand why things happen the way they do. God had a plan, and it is so much bigger and better than anything we could possibly imagine.
https://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/series/mormon-messages/the-will-of-god-2
Love,
Sister Jensen
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