Little tiny Buddhas

Happy Monday,

Today we went to a Vietnamese Buddhist temple. It was under construction but still cool.

The wedding was fantastic! The great news is that J finally got Sundays off! This Sunday at church she totally defended the Sabbath day and said that as she has quit working on Sunday she feels a
greater peace in her home and the kids are calmer. We will be setting a date with her this week!

We will also be setting a date with L!

On Wednesday we had three dinners: pupusas, tostadas, and crepes.... Sooo full.

On Thursday I got to translate for a Harris County Sheriff! It was challenging, but neat! I love Spanish!

M's date was dropped :( His dad doesn't want him to be baptized anymore... He was kind of bummed but it's okay. We are going to try to get his dad to some activities and to church! I love him and M.
They're great.

I got to go on an exchange with the Jersey Village Hermanas! It was a lot of fun! They are amazing missionaries. We got tacos de trompo that night and a man came up to us saying he's been to church before. We're going to go teach him this week!

We got a request for a bible so we went and dropped it off at the requester's house. He was from Ghana and such a pleasant man. We gave him a Bible and a Book of Mormon! We will be returning to teach him this week!

We went finding Sunday night and had a cool experience. A Puerto Rican woman answered the door and we were getting to know her. As we were speaking her family was yelling for her, but she just stayed there speaking to us. We asked her what she believes her purpose in life is. She said she wasn't sure. We shared Alma 34:32 and asked what she is doing now to help her to prepare to meet God. She said she honestly wasn't doing much. It was so interesting to see her just stand there and talk with us even though a lot was going on inside the house. She was so honest and humble. The light of Christ is real!

I remember my first Sunday in the mission field. I was so excited to get a break and even take a nap! I imagined being able to hang out all day at the apartment and relax.  I will never forget how shocked I was when I found out that it was in fact the most stressful day of the week. We had to worry about investigators coming, less actives, and the attendance as a whole. I couldn't believe that we were actually going to tract! I was thinking to myself all day that I didn't feel very rested. Though it was hard to get used to at first, I have now come to realize the real meaning of the Sabbath day. The mission has taught me that it's not about resting in general, but resting from temporal things to focus on the spiritual. Visiting those who didn't come to church, hoping that those you visited during the week and called will come, meeting and counseling together about how everyone can reach out and help those that are struggling. My Sabbath day has most definitely evolved from a day all about myself to a day all about others. I will be forever grateful to the Lord for showing me what true Sunday worship really is. I know that this is the Lord's work. That he is at the helm. His work and glory truly is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of all the children of God.

Hermana Jorgensen