January 14, 2014
Dearest fam and friends,
There have
been so many miracles this week! We have been so very blessed! The weather is
even cooperating! ;) haha My heart is so full this week of gratitude of the
blessing it is to be a missionary and to witness so many tender mercies!
Highlights of this week:
- I had the blessing to be a part of a
miracle presentation at the VC (and when I say VC I mean the
visitor center) this week. One of our investigators Diane brought in
her friend Karen this past Wednseday. Karen has been searching for something
more. The more I got to talk to her, the more I could feel of her strong faith
in Christ and her desire to find truth. The cool thing about the VC, is that
they have it set up in just a way that you can teach the entire first lesson
(the Restoration) using different presentations. Had never done it before, but
I decided I was going to try it with her. The spirit was so strong as I shared
the first vision and she was crying during the entire hour we were together. My
favorite thing about being a missionary, is being able to feel the spirit work
through me to touch those that I'm teaching. Lastly, we took her to the
Christus and bore testimony of our Savior. My goodness, was the spirit strong!
Anyway, just such a huge miracle that helped me to love the VC more and
understand why I am called here. The story doesn't really end that happy
though. Two days later Diane called us and said Karen doesn't believe anything.
I asked her why and she started listing off all these things. I could tell that
she had been looking all these things up on an anti-Mormon site (believe me,
serving in this area, we have heard all the anti stuff). Anyway, so she said
Karen didn't want to meet with us that Sunday. Oh, my heart just sank. I'm so
done with this anti stuff! I can't tell you how many investigators have stopped
learning from us because of it! There is still hope though. I'm going to try
and call her this week, and if all else fails, I know that she felt the spirit
and that hopefully someday she will come to know that it is true.
- We found all of this out on
Thursday (Karen and the anti stuff), and we were just having kind of a bummer
of a day all week, but our very last appointment, we were blessed to witness
such a huge miracle. We had an appointment with Karen. I'm not sure if I've
told you about her, but if not, she's dating a kid in our ward and has been
coming to church with him. We've been teaching her for the past few weeks, but
her big hold up was her family because they are Catholic. On Thursday though,
she told us her family is supportive of her getting baptized now! She was the
happiest we've ever seen her! Seriously, like a totally different person. She
asked us when she could get baptized. What in the world! Nobody ever asks that
question!? haha So, she is planning on getting baptized February 1st! She's so
cute, she wants us to text her every night to remind her to read her scriptures
and she absolutely LOVES the Book of Mormon. The cool thing too, is that her
whole family is from Mexico and her mom doesn't really speak English, so
hopefully I'm going to get to talk to her mom soon. :) Who knows though, my
Spanish is seriously about as a good as it was when I left the MTC! haha
- We had another miracle this past
Saturday too! We went over to a members house to do some service and have lunch
with her, and her granddaughter, Lexi, was there. She's 9 and really wants to
get baptized. We have no idea why she isn't baptized yet, she comes to church
every week. Anyway, protocol is that if kids are 9 and older, they need to
receive the lessons. So, we taught her the first lesson. It was the best! It's
so fun to teach kids! We asked her to tell us the story of Joseph Smith, and
she talked about how Joseph was praying and then the 3 wise men came to see him!
:) haha She's so cute, I told her that my name is Lexi too, so she just started
calling me Lexi and that was the weirdest! It's so weird, I don't even feel
like that's my name anymore! We're so excited for her though! She's going to be
getting baptized on February 22nd!
Wow, I feel
like this email is so long! Too many miracles this week! The Lord always
fulfills His promises as we do what He asks! That, I have a testimony of. I am
so grateful to be serving in Independence! It truly is a sacred place. Yes, it
was hard to leave Liberty, and a piece of my heart will ALWAYS be there, but I
know this is where the Lord wants me right now. I am grateful to be a visitor
center sister. WHAT!? Can you believe I said that!? I thought I would never say
that! haha But really, it is incredible to get to be able to do both
proselyting and serve at the VC. It's so cool because the Lord truly makes up
for the time that we spend in the VC and we are able to teach about as many
lessons a week as the elders. THIS IS HIS WORK! I am so grateful to be His
representative here. I know He lives. With all my heart, I know that Jesus is
the Christ. I love you guys so much! Have a wonderful week :)
love always,
Sister
Jorgensen
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