Hello World!!!!
This has been the longest and shortest week and a half of my
life. The MTC has ruined all concept of time I thought I once had haha. But I
have learned and grown SO MUCH it's insane. After facing my fear of teaching
like six times a day I'm starting to get a little less scared of it. I've
learned just how necessary it is to teach by the spirit, and we have truly seen
miracles because of it!
The day we arrived at the MTC, we had an orientation to
introduce new missionaries to a few of the new investigators they had on
campus. Then, as a group, we tried to share a message of hope with them. (which
was extremely difficult because we had been at the MTC for mere hours and
literally knew nothing.)
It started to get better though as we went from
investigator to investigator; Except the last one. I'm going to change her name
to Rebecca for privacy reasons. Rebecca had been through SO many hard things
that I would never wish upon ANYONE. Everyone tried to share our message of
hope with her, but she simply would not have it. She believed that because she
prayed during many of her times of trial and Heavenly Father didn't answer her
prayers, she obviously wasn't worthy of his support and he didn't love her.
Did
I mention she's also a huuuuge talker? Every time one of the missionaries tried
to explain our message and God's love for her, she would shoot them down and
talk for 20 minutes explaining why they were wrong. Needless to say, we were
terrified. Two days later, Sister Forsgren and I received our TRC investigator
assignments (two more people that we would be teaching all this week)
and...Rebecca was one of them!! Not gonna lie, I panicked. Our whole district
was panicking for us haha. Our nerves were calmed through much prayer and
priesthood blessings.
We've met with Rebecca three times now - the first two
were difficult. She's such a talker, we were only able to get in about 3-4
sentences in our whole 45 minute lesson! And most of it she didn't seem willing
to listen to or accept. BUT, we kept praying and praying that her heart would
be softened and she would be willing to listen to and ponder about what we had
to say. Last night was our third time meeting with Rebecca, and we were able to
read a section of the Book of Mormon with her, and answer a lot of her
questions/concerns AND SHE BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND. Miracles DO happen, folks.
She
has met with SO many pairs of missionaries here and hasn't seemed willing to
listen with an open heart with any of them. Until Now. We're taking baby steps,
but it's SO hard not to be overjoyed at her progress. I know that the Lord
answers our prayers in his own way and timing. He loves all of his children SO
much. I know that this church is true and I am so excited to find the children
of God who have who have been prepared and are ready to receive his gospel. I'm
so grateful for our savior and his atonement! It is truly the most amazing
gift. The peace and comfort we can receive from that throughout our times of
trial is truly a miracle.
Love you all!!!
Love, Sister Jensen
Pictured:
Our awesome district
The cute sisters in our district. I love them ♥ my companion
is the one in the red!
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