August 20, 2013
MAS!
So, today we got to go down town
Kansas City to the Crown Center (headquarters of Hallmark). Our ward mission
leader is an artist so we got an incredible tour! It was so much fun. How cool
is this. He made it! Bro. Kesler's so talented and seriously the greatest ward
mission leader ever!
Let's just start off by saying, I
have the best family ever! I know I say this every week, but seriously. I feel
so loved! Thanks for all the letters! They mean so much to me.
Well, my
email this week probably isn't going to be as long because my time is short
with going to Kansas City for most of the day, but I just wanted to
tell you about a few great things that have happened in our area this week.
Things are looking up! On Saturday, we had a great lesson with AJ
about the plan of salvation and we invited him to be baptized and he
said YES! :) HALLELUJAH! who knows if that's even how you spell it hahaha
but you get the point, we are so very EXCITED! Bummer is, he didn't come
to church on Sunday so it's a little rocky. We are seeing him tonight
though. I talked to him on the phone yesterday for about 20 minutes trying to
figure out what's really going on because he said he would come and we
even had people go get him and then he didn't come. He said he's been
feeling a lot of temptation in the past few days. Well, of course he is,
whenever we begin to take giant steps toward Christ (like baptism), Satan steps
right in to try and mess it all up. So, we talked about that and I invited him
to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. He said he knows that the plan of
salvation that we taught is from God but still isn't completely sure about the
Book of Mormon. Logically it all makes sense to him, but I told him he needs to
really know and feel it and that that comes through study, pondering, and
praying. Isn't it funny that those three simple things are what build our
testimonies. So simple, yet easily forgotten. He
reminds me a lot of Jimmy.
We are also
now teaching an older lady (she's 78) named LaRetta. Her husband died a few
years ago and he was a member but never active during their 50 plus years of
being married. So, she knows a lot about the church and has met with a lot of
missionaries before. We are hoping that this time it will just click with her
because she's in a very different place now with her husband having died and
she's very lonely. We had a powerful lesson with her about the restoration and
pretty much just laid it all out there. We're meeting with her tomorrow to
teach the plan of salvation and were really excited!
We also got
to finally teach this lady named Gale and her two daughter Ashlyn (16) and
Emma (10). They are good friends with a lot of people in our ward. They are so
great! Gale's a lawyer and Ashyln's name is Ashlyn Danielle! Can you believe
that?! FATE! We've done some service at their house in the past few weeks
(like picking up the dead toad from her driveway ;) ) and the previous
sisters got to teach them about the Book of Mormon before I got here, but we
finally got to teach them about the restoration and it went really well. They
are very receptive so were so excited!
So, long
story short, this past week we have been very blessed with a lot of sit-down
teaching appointments and it looks like that's the way this week is hopefully
going to be too. It feels so fulfilling! It has taken us a while to get to this
point, so we are really praying that this next transfer we will see a lot more
of it!
So, for a
quick Liberty Jail moment, I've been thinking a lot about the very first verse
of section 121 and the very last one in section 123. 121:1 says, " O
God, where art thou? And where is the pavilion that covereth thy hiding
place?", and 123:17 says, " Therefore, dearly beloved
brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may
we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for
his arm to be revealed." There is truly a different feeling about these
two verses. In describing his experience here in the Liberty Jail, the prophet Joseph Smith said that he came out of jail a different man, that his heart would forever be
more tender than when he went in. I've thought a lot about our own
"liberty jail moments" and how we get through them, we can either become
bitter or better. That truly, all our experiences can be for our good, but it
is our choice to make them that way. I believe that it was here in the Liberty
Jail, that the prophet came to know his Redeemer in such a deeper way and that
it is in our own "liberty jail moments", that we can do the same, by
clinging to the rock. I know that Jesus is the Christ and that this is his
restored church on the earth once again today. We are beyond BLESSED! Love you
guys to the moon and back! XOXOXO MUAH!
Con Mucho Amor,
tu Hermanita Jorgensen
Finally got some pics of Sis. Rackham and I at the Jail :)
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