Was That All That Was Required?

Dearest friends and family,

Transfers are this week! Sister Carver will be leaving me (for the Richland YSA haha) and I will be receiving a new missionary from the MTC! I will be training again ahh.

Edgar update: 
He passed his interview and is planning to be baptized on the 17th (and he's NOT going to Hawaii- we checked)!!! He has made so much progress this week. He told us that if he dies before next Saturday, that we should take his name to the temple as soon as possible so he can still be baptized.👍 He came to both sessions of stake conference, which is super awesome as well. He was able to meet our mission President and Elder Acosta, the visiting general authority, and they connected well (well enough that they started speaking Spanish and so we have no idea what they talked about). Edgar is awesome!

We taught Andrew a couple times this week. He asks some really hard questions, but we always have a pretty good conversation. I will keep you updated on his progress! 

Our Monday activity was speed dating (yay YSA), and although we were tempted to use it as an opportunity to practice teaching the restoration in 3 minutes, we helped scoop ice cream instead (which was definitely a better idea). Sister Carver's brother got his mission call; he is headed to Brazil wahoo! Our last institute class for the summer was on Thursday, which is sad, but luckily it will be starting up again in September. 

I love what Sister Reeves said about trials in this week's Come Follow Me lesson. “I do not know why we have the many trials that we have, but it is my personal feeling that the reward is so great, so eternal and everlasting, so joyful and beyond our understanding that in that day of reward, we may feel to say to our merciful, loving Father, ‘Was that all that was required?’" This is so applicable to being a missionary! Seeing how people change as they become converted to Christ brings the greatest joy, joy that makes the hard moments so worth it!

Love,
Sister Jensen