November 25,2013
My dearest fam and friends,
Boy am I one blessed girl! You guys
are the best! I could feel your love yesterday! I seriously had such a
wonderful birthday! I was spoiled rotten here! It started the night before when
Brother Kesler brought me flowers and a card. Then, the next morning, Sister
Stevenson brought the most delicious chocolate bunt cake I've ever tasted! That
night we had dinner with the MacDonalds, Burchs and Wheelers (3 of my 5 top
fams in this ward). Dad, you would definitely have approved of the party, over
20 people and full of fun. I felt like I was at Sunday dinner with the fam. All
of these people have become my mission families. I love them to pieces! So, it
was more of like a birthday weekend and it ended just a few hours ago after
Sister Sommer and I went and got pedicures with Sister Stevenson and then the
Stevensons took us out for Thai food. I was completely spoiled, end of story! I
have met some of the greatest people on the mission.
As for the rest of the week, Sister
Sommer was sick for about three of the days and the jail has been pretty slow,
so in the beginning of the week I was going nuts because I felt like we weren't
doing much. It picked up a little bit more at the end though.
Miracles of the week:
- Sister Sommer and I had a lesson
with Lhaylla on Wednesday about baptism, the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the
end. At the end of the lesson, we invited her to be baptized and she said,
"of course!" (in a no duh kind of way). This girl is the definition of
prepared. We are hoping she'll be able to get baptized in the next month but
they are still checking with the program so we will have to see. I just want to
know now, but this is teaching me patience! We also watched the
Testaments with her on Saturday in Portuguese. Never thought I'd be doing that
on the mission!
- Two miracles happened on Saturday
night at the jail. The elders in our ward brought their investigator Steven and
his daughter Audrey to the jail and we got to take them through. The spirit was
so strong, and at the end, we were all sitting facing the jail, and the elders
asked Steven if he knew Joseph Smith was a prophet and Steven said yes. They
then invited him to be baptized and he said yes! :)
- Also on Saturday, we got a chat
from a girl named Tina. I don't even think I've told you guys about chat. So,
for 2 hours of our 6 hour shift we get to make phone calls and answer
chats from people who get on mormon.org. It's actually pretty cool.
Sometimes we get people who just come on messing around, but other times we get
people who are awesome like Tina. So, Tina's family has been meeting with
missionaries. Her parents aren't really interested but she knows it's true and
came on to chat to find out more. How prepared is she! We only got to chat with
her for a little bit but we got her email and were going to start emailing her.
She is going to try and talk to her family this week and express to them how
she feels about the church. Were excited to keep in contact with her.
- Lastly, the Burchs, their son, his
girlfriend, his friend, and his friend's daughter all came to church on Sunday!
Lisa was beaming! She loved having her family with her. They are all visiting
from Wisconsin for Thanksgiving, so they'll be here all week. Their son is a
member but his girlfriend and friend aren't. They came to the MacDonald's last
night and we shared a message there and Lisa wants us to come over this week.
Well, I love you all so much! I'm so
grateful for your love and support. I feel it a few thousand miles away. Have a
wonderful week! Happy Thanksgiving! XOXOX
love always,
Hermana
Jorgensen
1. Here was the start of my wonderful
birthday! Bro and Sis Kesler dropped these off Saturday night. How sweet are
they?! I love them!
2. Then Sis Stevenson made me this
delicious chocolate bunt cake :) So yummy!
1. Alma made me a cake! I love this
boy! We went to the MacDonalds for dinner/ a little bday party. The Burchs and
the Wheelers (our ward mission leader who I love) came too.
2. John and Lisa :)
Then, we had a little party at the very end of the day
with all the sister I live with! Yes mom, we used all the bday stuff you sent
me :)
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