Why am I not Hispanic?

Buenas tardes,

On Monday our investigator's friend made us some alligator! That was one of the highlights.

M, our golden investigator, came to church! She had never been before and loved it! The members did a fantastic job at making her feel welcome. We taught her some of the plan of salvation this week. She has terrific questions and loves to learn. It's amazing! She reads the Book of Mormon everyday and loves it. We are going to finish teaching her the last part of the plan of salvation and we will set a baptismal date hopefully for April! She is so prepared and excited to receive the gospel.

C, our other awesome investigator, is doing really well. He is also reading the Book of Mormon everyday and comes to church every week. He has felt a little uneasy recently about being baptized soon but we had lunch with a member family in the ward  and they explained to him that this is his chance to follow Christ. He feels a lot better about it now. He fasted this weekend and said it was an awesome experience! We are going to set a baptismal date with him as well!

The Gascas had us over for Sunday dinner again and made us another feast of meat and guacamole. Why am I not Hispanic?

I had the privilege of teaching the atonement to quite a few people this week and also had some experiences that taught me more about it. I've always loved this scripture because it describes so beautifully all of the ways that the atonement heals us:

Mosiah 14:2-5
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out
of dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see
him there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted
with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised,
and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did
esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his
stripes we are healed.

I know that Christ died for me. It doesn't matter what we are going through, he suffered and died for every single struggle, pain, weakness, hardship, etc. that we experience. I've never felt the power of the atonement so strongly in my life. It truly gives me strength and has changed me.

Con amor, Hermana Jorgensen

McKenna with Hermana Galvan who McKenna says is hilarious and teaches the missionaries how to do family history