Oiii tudo mundo! Hope you all had a fantastic week and believe it or not you are here again reading the updates from the islands in Africa. Just want to say Cabe Verde is amazing. Ya girl is now in Praia where we are way closer to everything. Its definitely a different life that I am still adjusting to after living in the countryside of Fogo for 4 months.
Our white washing efforts are starting to pay off and this week was a little better with finding houses without addresses and talking on the phone which is always a challenge in itself. So progress in my book. But the good thing is, Webb and I are killing it. Continuing to party it up when everything seems to be falling apart. haha a blessing about missions, ya always got a companhion to experience it all with ya. And Sister Webb has an amazing attitude and a sense of humor! So, luckily we're still laughing when we get lost and still partying at night.
Yeah, this transfer has definitely been a wake up call for me of the small difficulties and miscommunications you can have in life, but were growing and learning a ton everyday so we can only go up. But its also fun to white wash because we'll find or get in contact with old friends of the sisters here and its always so fun to hear what they remember and get to get to know them at the same time as your companhion. But yeah it has its difficulties too dont get me wrong.
BUT GUESS WHAT! this week we had a member of the seventy here in Cabooo Verdeee! woohooo you heard me right, here in the middle of the ocean we had our first viewing of a general authority and it was awesome. I cried multiple times because of the spirit that was there. Amazing. Elder and Sister Alliaud came for a mission tour and visited 3 of the islands here and the other missionaries gathered in those islands to get to shake their hands and hear them in person. Was awesome and I definitely felt famous after. hahah He talked about the roots of the gospel and how the doctine is the roots, the trunk are the principles, laws, and ordinances, and the leaves are the behavior or conduct. When we are trying to help people come closer to Christ and strengthen their relationship with Christ we need to not just look at the leaves or truck of the tree but dig deeper for the why. I loved this analogy because especially with our testimonies, there is a difference between our testimony and conversion. Conversion is acting on what we believe and demonstrating this love and dedication to the Lord. Elder Bednar taught, "Knowing that the gospel is true is the essence of a testimony. Consistently being true to the gospel is the essence of conversion. We should know the gospel is true and be true to the gospel." I never thought about this distinction before but have thought about this more and more as I have tried to become more converted to the gospel in my everyday life. And I challenge you all to try a little harder this week to show your conversion to the Lord. Especially since CHRISTMAS IS COMING! awh what a time to focus on others and the example of our Savior. :) Literally love Christmas!
Anyways, love you all! Hope you all have a fantastic week of December! Enjoy the cold for me! :)
Sister Jensen ♡
picsssss
last pday adventure!
tis the season!
including our lollipops outside the temple
a random boat in the street, we felt like tourists but we always look like toursits... and a little kid exposed us after and said "selfie" with a huge grin and a thumbs up hahahah funniest thing ever
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