wow December is probably the craziest
best/worst month of the year! Especially being down south! why? because we have
so many activities up north and it takes us 2 hours to get there but
then jersey traffic so probably 4 hours and then 4 hours back so our days are
shot! About 3 days out of the week! Its been great though! Last week we went up
to the mission home to do a Jingle with the Jeppsons! President and Sister
Jeppson made us breakfast and then we all dressed up and put mustaches on! But
we played a scripture game and the sisters got scarves and the elders got ties!
Then we played songs with bells! It was SO fun! President and Sister Jeppson
played some songs for us and of course it was incredible! Then we all read
about Christ's birth and dissected it. President Jeppson gave us his insight on
Mary. He talked so highly about her. I promise you he will one day become in
the Quorum of the 70! He is the most inspired incredible man I have ever known.
Ive really been studying the Christlike attributes because this season is all
about Christ. Ive been studying hope because I feel like I've been losing it a
lot out here. Just because I haven't baptized anyone and I just don't know I
feel ineffective. So, I decided to study. I was studying the attribute hope
and I realized that with hope there are 3 attributes that come with it.
Hope->Patience->Charity. Without hope we can do nothing.. but when we hope
for things we must be patient and believing that God will answer our prayers.
Then we need to have Charity. Charity in all things. Ive been really trying to
master these 3 attributes. I feel like there is no better time than right now
in this season to become as our Savior. I love the scripture in Romans
8:24-25 it is perfect! Look it up! But studying about Christ just isn't enough.
IT IS ONE THING TO STUDY ABOUT JESUS CHRIST, BUT ANOTHER TO BECOME LIKE HIM. That is the quote I am trying to live by here on my mission. Its hard but it is
a work in progress. Goodness what a great opportunity I have to be out here on a mission
to try to change! Why is the mission hard I ask myself? Because all I want to
be and do is perfect. Perfect how my Heavenly Father would want me, but I
always seem to fall short. It is so hard because I know I am so hard on myself
but I have grown to love my savior, my Heavenly Father, and the Gospel so much
that I want to do the best and live it exactly as they would have me live it.
BUT I'm human and I fall short. I know it is something that we work on everyday.
Thank goodness for our Savior Jesus Christ. How can anyone deny Him as the
Christ? The Atonement is SO REAL. Okay off my spiritual rant.
We went to the
temple on Thursday! It was Great! I went with a question in mind. "Why am
I on a mission?" But as I was sitting in the celestial room, I sat there and
said a prayer and asked Heavenly Father that question. I was just flipping
through the Bible. don't ask me why because I have never read it before. Well I
started reading it a week ago for the first time (which i love it) But i
started reading through and I just randomly read Romans 8:28 it says "And
we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them
who are the called according to his purpose." .... hmmm well i realized
that maybe i just need to be content and trust in Him that since I'm called for
HIS purpose that all will be well. Gosh as if I'm just not humbled enough out
here! The temple was a special experience for me! It was cold! NYC was FUN! all
like 25 missionaries walking through NYC was sooooo fun!
Tender mercy well
first had to give a talk in sacrament yesterday haha welll hmmm knowing me you
know i couldn't pronounce a word so i just laughed and asked a member sitting
on the first row to help me pronounce it... well i was talking into the
microphone so the WHOLE CONGREGATION said it together and then everyone
LAUGHED! haha gosh these member just love me! they cant take me seriously!
I cant take myself serious either haha but Sunday we drove up to Union City
with those same elders and we all had a Spanish fireside so ALL the Spanish
misioneros came and we did a whole like performance in Spanish! Well guess who
came... THE BRAVO FAMILY!!!! talk about a tender mercy. I walk up to them after
and as I was walking towards her she started crying.. :( She just kept saying i
really miss you :( we talked for like 40 minutes and then we had to start
saying bye and she starts crying again and all she said was hermana i know you
will be back. I keep praying.. :( gosh i love her. AND I LOVE HER SALSA SO SHE
BROUGHT ME 2 THINGS FULL! I love her and her family so much. I can NOT wait for
you to meet her! We stayed the night in West New York last night and then drove
home with the elders today and now we are back in business! We have a Christmas
party with the whole mission Friday ALEX BOYE IS COMING! wooo hoooo! HEY i love you family. You are all beautiful and the
greatest family i could ever ask for!
love: hermana jorgensen
ps. tell krissy, the lyons, and LEXI THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
PACKAGES!
NYC!
hahah having some fun in NYC! oh elders!
Winter
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