We went finding quite a bit this week and knocked into some interesting people. My particular favorite was an Indian. Their door mat said "bienvenidos" so I was excited that I already knew the family was Hispanic. We knocked and they opened but the guy didn't look very Hispanic to me. I got confused and I don't know why but the first words that came out of my mouth were, "Do you speak Spanish?"
Him: No...
Me: *pointing to the door mat* Why not?!
Haha it was probably the worst door contact I've ever done... He ended up being Indian so that was a plus.
We went to a laundromat to give out some fliers for our English class and a drunk man started talking to us and kissed us on the hand...
That's all.
We were walking by a taco truck and I asked the woman when she was going to teach us how to make tortillas. She told us to get onto the truck so she taught us right there! It brought me back to my Waffle Love days. Then we got free tacos and horchata :)
Mili got her interview this Sunday! Everything is looking perfect for her baptism this Saturday. Her mom is flying in from Mexico for her baptism! She is so excited! She loved conference and she's an angel.
Well, bad news. Mari, our other investigator with a baptismal date, lost her job on Friday and her boss made her move out. She moved out of the mission so we can't teach her anymore. :( We are working to contact the missionaries there and get her taught again, so everything will work out just fine. It's a bummer but I know the Lord is aware of her.
Hermana Homer was teaching a family in her last area that was going to be baptized in March. A lot of hermanas finished their missions in January so there were a few areas where sister missionaries had to be taken out. After they left, the family stopped progressing. We just got permission this week to teach them. We will need your prayers because we have to get them baptized by the end of the month... It will all work out. They have four girls and it's a mad house but they are all really sweet.
We got a call from our mission president and got some exciting news! I'm now a YSA missionary! We get to cover both the Spanish ward and the YSA ward that meets in our building. I get to go on a campus every morning and do some other cool stuff! I'm super excited!
Conference was amazing! Two of my favorite talks were by Bonnie L Oscarson and Patrick Kearon. I loved that she talked about defining moments we all have. We all know the doctrine, but we have to believe it! I loved talk on the refugee effort. Even though the world is crumbling, it was so beautiful to me that there are still people with good hearts. It reminded me that I need to lend a greater hand to those in need. I couldn't believe that it was my last conference in the mission field. Time has flown by. I can still remember my very first conference in my first transfer in the field. I was reflecting a lot about all that I have learned on my mission. I am further in debt to my savior and my Heavenly Father for all that I have experienced. They have taught me so much. One theme I noticed throughout conference was our divine heritage as children of a loving Heavenly Father. Something I have learned throughout the past 14 months is the worth of a soul. I will never truly comprehend the love that God has for me but I have seen a glimpse of the love he has for his children, especially here in Houston.
Con amor, Hermana Jorgensen
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