Oi tudo mundo! Nhs sta fixe?
Can't believe it's already the middle of May and boy is it getting warm over here :)
These past 2 weeks were crazy, like always! Our daily schedule has almost completely changed with the temple so everyday is a surprise and adventure!!
We now have 6 sisters serving in the same area here in Achada. Yeah, quite a party. And today we'll receive 2 more that'll be helping with the temple this week. What a time to be a Sister serving in not only Cabo Verde but in the main island Praia!! Here are some highlights!!
- We got to help at the temple for a special open house for the people who helped build the temple before it was opened to the public
- Got our own personal tour through the temple for the sisters here!! It was AMAZING, definitely shed a couple tears inside
- 2 more sisters joined us in Achada!!! Sister Alves and Sister Gibson have joined our family and will be staying with us for the rest of the transfer too!! Everyday is literally an adventure
- we did a good deep clean of our house which I don't think has happened for a couple years in that house And got another Celestial house!!! Fun fact, I'm the missionary that has the most house checks in the mission hahaha
- the open house of the temple has officially started and for the first day, 800+ people came and received a tour through the temple (yes we helped at the temple all day that day, 9 in the morning until 9 at night)
- real quick run down about what we do at the temple... we receive the guests in the chapel next to the temple, and a couple sisteres form groups of 10 or so and send them with a tour guide to a video room. Here there are 2 more sisters who welcome everyone show a 10 minute video from the church about temples and then explain what will happen and what is allowed or not inside the temple, and express our excitement and what a blessing it is to have a temple here in Cabo Verde now!!!!
MIRACLES!!!! Just wanna take a quick second to testify of the power temples have!! One of the first days it was open, we had only journalists come through. One of these journalists came back and was crying to the tour guide who then called us over. We did some introductions and my companion mentioned how she's seen her on TV her whole life.... anyways, so shes pretty famous... so then we were talking and she mentioned how strong she felt the spirit in the temple, and wanted to learn more because of that. Another man came up to us and was crying as well and told us he knew it was all true after walking through for the first time. And I even shed a tear as I got to walk through for the first time in about 10 months with my bestie from the MTC!! What evolution... arrived here in Cabo Verde, the temple wasn't completed. Arrived back in Praia, did lots of contacts on the street in front of the temple. Then got to help prep the clothing inside a couple times, and now helping with the open house and getting to enter myself!!!
And believe it or not, this week will just be crazier since the real open house will start and we'll start hosting sisters from all the other islands as we help in the temple! Yeah, pumped for it all!! :) have a fantastic week!!! Love you all :)
Sister Jensen ♡
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