Coronavirus Can't Stop the Lord

Dearest Friends and Family,

Yes, I know that Washington is all over the news. Don't worry, I'm washing my hands. Our mission has told us to stop shaking people's hands and to stay away from sick people, but we aren't too worried about Coronavirus. Any news we hear is by word of mouth, so we get the extremes on both ends, but we have decided to just be sanitary. That being said, for some reason all the stores are out of toilet paper and bottled water...which doesn't really make sense anyways. 

Surprise!! Russell was baptized on Saturday! We found out on Wednesday that he could be (I was on an exchange and when the sisters told me and I couldn't believe it!), and he passed three interviews on Thursday (Bishop, District leader, and Mission president). Everything happened so fast. The day of the baptism, Russell's friend who was baptizing didn't fit in the suit we had for him. Ten minutes before the baptism was supposed to happen we had no idea what to do! We said a prayer, and immediately after Salenea got a text saying they found a way to make it work. Apparently our ward mission leader ran to the distribution center without us even knowing, and he found some white pants and a shirt that were able to fit him. It was a true miracle, and an answer to our prayers! Russell told us after the baptism that he couldn't be happier. He has a new light in his eyes, and we couldn't be more excited for their family.

As I have been studying the restoration, I came to the realization that the gospel of Jesus Christ is eternal. It is never-ending. So when we talk about a restoration, it really is a restoration of God's people to the Earth! We are the factor that's changing, not the gospel. We are being restored!

Love,
Sister Jensen