Week 13-August 24, 2015

Week 13-August 24, 2015

Mom: MOMMA you're gunna be an amazing YW president. I have a testimony
that leaders are entitled to revelation and inspiration and if the
bishop called you to be the YW president it's because that's what the
Lord wants you to do. As a first hand witness to the way you love us
kids I'm jealous of the young women who are going to get that same
love from you.

Dad: holy cow!!! Yiwei and his wife are taking the missionary lessons?

That's fantastic! Your example must have had a serious impact on them.

Keep it up. I think you're being real smart about how to slowly pass

them off to the missionaries... Remember that they are called by a

prophet to do what they do and from first hand experience I know that

missionaries don't feel special or more knowledgeable than a more

senior member with years of wisdom and experience but I think the Lord

gives missionaries a special power and authority to bear their

testimonies. Placing your trust in them will show yiwei that you

respect their calling and have faith they will do a good job in

teaching them. So do what you think is right but my opinion would be

to air on the side of letting the missionaries do what they do as soon

as you think it's right. You may be surprised at what the a spirit

teaches yiwei and his wife through them! As grandpa says, the Lord

does the heavy lifting. As for work I hope you get the microscope! And

the raise... Hahaha

Lydia: way to be an example. Who cares if it was awkward when you

asked everyone about the cuss word cause I've found that moments like

those define you and its not about the other people its about who you

are choosing to be! look for the opportunities to make those decisions

and be an example.. youre becoming such a fantastic young woman :)

keep the boys away until i get home plz or else ill have to send nasty

letters to them from here and that would be weird

Natalie: i havent stood on a soap box and yell at everyone about the

restoration because that isnt really a tradition anymore but maybe one

day i will it would be scary but if i do ill make sure to take a

selfie with all the angry people behind me ;) and you got McCulley for

algebra!!!!!! SWEET! youll love him. hes a really really good guy.

tell him i said hello would you? sorry if he puts you in the corner

right away when he sees your last name is jensen because i remember

having some friends in that class and talking a lot.. hahaha dont

worry he wont im just kidding. Thats exciting that you and Mandy will

both be at Foothills! holy cow.. i cant believe how old you two are

getting. way to go taking up my challenge by the way too! youd best be

keeping the boys away too. 8th grade means people will be getting

boyfriends and girlfriends and none of the boys in foothills are

worthy to even tie your shoes. idk if you can tell but im strongly

against any of you girls having any boyfriends.

Mandy: dont get any boyfriends in middle school, you hear me? just

kidding hahaha i cant believe youre old enough to be a sixth

grader!!!! i remember the first day of middle school when i went with

mom and ashley and then ashley knew what to do and so it was just me

and mom and i wanted to be a big kid and not be a mommas boy but let

me tell you i stayed as close to mom as i could until we found my

class and then i finally let her leave... i was so scared! but it

turned out to be really fun and i know you'll end up loving it even if

its scary at first :) also im so glad you got to go in the ocean this

time and that your ear is doing better! thats great news..

benjamin: i didnt get any emails from Ben jamin J this week but i hope

you're doin good little man!  miss you

Ashley: Its so much fun to read your emails because kinda like mom and

dad say they hang onto every word we tell them, i look forward to

reading your emails so much!!! It so good to hear of your successes

and failures and crazy experiences dealing with abusive husbands and

all kinds of wack stuff... keep doin what youre doin. it was cool to

hear that you are the hardest working sister in the mission. im not

surprised. I really wanted to tell you that i said hello and started

talking to a man probably two months ago during my first transfer and

he turned out to be columbia and we got his number but nothing came of

it until about a couple weeks ago on a whim i called him up and we

have taught him two lessons, he's reading the book of mormon, came to

church twice,  and we passed him off to the other elders because he

turns out to be in their area not ours. But the cool part is that he

speaks very little english so i whipped out my old spanish 2 skills

off the shelf, dusted them off, and was able to get my points across

and understand him well enough to make all that happen! Ever since it

seems like we have run into so many spanish speakers and my spanish

speaking skills have tripled in just a few weeks! it has been a huge

blessing and i know it was a blessing because i have never been able

to speak the way i have been. its so much fun!!! anyways i guess i

just wanted to brag to you a little bit hoping you might be proud of

me hahaha but like i said I dont think it was me i think it was the

Holy Ghost.

whole fam: this week was really good. i dont have much to say but we

have been doing a lot of service and have had some really cool

experiences and saw some people make some real progress. and we also

had some discouraging moments but its all part of the game. what i am

learning is that members need to be missionaries... because that is

where the best work happens and so i encourage you all to keep up the

good work and be missionaries! example is the best teacher and actions

speak louder than words so live the gospel and others will notice and

things will happen. You are the best family in the world and I love

you so much. I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Yours truly,

Elder J

me and elder chronister after getting some free cookies... long story
???

A photo of Elder Chronister and I with Augusto and Carlo our super good friends. Augusto is such a stud (the one inbetween) he was baptized at 17 in the philipines and went on a mission and was AP and everything and then came to england 8 years ago and went inactive but since we have met him and started seeing him he has been coming to church every week again and it has been the biggest blessing to see him allowing the gospel to reenter his life and be there with him every step of the way. Carlo is his good friend who is a chef and has come to church a couple of times with us and we have taught him the Restoration and i have such high hopes for him.. he is a quiet guy and we love him so much and this week we were so happy because he has completely opened up to us two and completely trusts us and isnt so quiet anymore! hes going back to the philipines for a month this week with his partner and son (he works so much and so hard to send money back to his family there) but when he returns we will try to keep teaching him! 

old but good photos someone sent me from the MTC! seems like just
yesterday me and elder withers were companions in Preston... i thought
id send these to you cause were sorta just chillin in a mall with wifi
and im bored.