Ooolllaaaaa gente!!!!
Believe it or not this was the last week of the open house here at the first temple in Cabo Verde!!!! And we successfully invited the whole world and met the church's goal here with visitors!!! Literally would invite people on the street and everyone already had an invite or already visited!!! The best feeling after doing contacts inviting everyone for a month. Other facts about our time serving in the temple.. spent a total of about 120 hours!!!! Watched the welcoming video about 250 times, and all the sisters chacos tans got a little bit darker. Hahaha but definitely never gonna forget this opportunity we had to serve here and help so much at the open house!!!! I was able to see so many miracles from the temple and the Spirit there. We received a ton of references from the temple so this week we'll be on the grind! Also tried to help a couple single men here by mentioning mutual, our attempt to save the next generation;) sadly they have a bazillion fees here in Cabo Verde so it didn't work. But it was hilarious watching our besties set up accounts for a solid 30 min.
This week we also had to switch to the famous chocopic everytime we left the house after noon. Needless to say I missed a couple more phone calls than normal hahaha this week was also Sister Gibsons birthday! Which we started out with a nice run to the beach in the morning which was a blast! Then we threw her a surprise party at night after our lesson with our homies! One who has a baptismal date!!! So excited for him :) we hosted two of the sisters from Sal, Sister Lopes e Willey and they made a beautiful oreo ice cream cake that was divine!!! :) Pics included down below...
Then we had to say a good four goodbyes this week after the party week... First to sisters from Sal, then Sister Alves on Sunday after church, and then Sister Gibson's leaving today. Lots of packing and tears shed. Yep, a house full of sisters is a party but sooo sad when it all has to end. Luckily this weekend we'll be hosting the sisters from Sal again for the dedication. So some of them will be coming back.
But this week is transfers and the didication with an apostle and the whole mission will be coming to Praia so this week's gonna be crazy amazing!!!!!
Spiritual thought of the week: this week at the temple, we met a lady with 3 kids that we were chatting with after her visit at the temple in the sala de recepção after her tour and after we asked her how it went she started crying and touched her heart multiple times. She responded with the answer that she felt something so different and special in the temple. But immediately after starting to chat she asked us how she would be able to enter again. She then explained to us that the reason she asked is because she felt something so personal inside the temple that no one else could feel that again for her, and no other place could bring that same feeling. She needed to be able to enter the temple to feel that kind of spirit again. I know the Spirit is real and that the temple is the house of God. Its so fun to see the change in the people as they feel and learn that too.
Something super interesting I learned from this experience is that conversion, feeling the spirit, is soooo personal. She described this feeling and explained how nothing else could bring that feeling. No one else could feel what she felt. It was her way of feeling God's love, the spirit touched her heart and I know that when the spirit is involved, conversion is real.
God loves you all and I do too!!!!
Hope you guys are all doing amazing! Let me know if I can do anything to help :)
Sister Jensen ♡
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