I'm a skilled wedding planner and bday party organizer

February 24, 2014

ALL RIGHT GABBY GABBY IS ENGAGED?!! I'm dying.  SO sister Daniels is out. I love that lady. but it is time for change! SISTER DUKE! wooooooo! She is sooo normal and sooo cool! the best part is… we get along great. sooo here are some cool things that happened this week.... I've realized why I was assigned to Eatontown.. more importantly why I came on my mission.. so wait okay real quick the overview of my week. I've acquired great skills of becoming a wedding planner and a 1 year old birthday party organizer... 200 people came to.. imported balloons from  Mexico.. this thing was off the chain! ME AND MY COMP DID IT ALL. AT THE CHURCH ON Thursday from 8am-9pm doing a wedding.. then Friday from 7am-9pm.. LITERALLY SO STRESSED. then Saturday we were out like from 12:30-9:00 knocking doors.. those days make for long days... but okay back to why I realized I came to Eatontown. sooo the family Percinos right I told you about them? They weren't coming to church when I got here.

 Isai- the dad hes been like less active.. addicted to work because that is why he came to America to work for his family back in mexico..

Chay- 32 years old. served a mission for a year at 18 was endowed but now.. inactive

Sammy- 28..  loves to fight people just totally taken a turn for the wrong

Gabby- 24 inactive good guy at heart just in active `and is living with his girlfriend and their baby.. vero is his GF remember the baby I sent you a pic of?

okay so we were over there  last Monday the last time we were with sister Daniels.. and as we were ending our lesson the dad started tearing up and he said can I say something? and we were like yeah.. he started crying and said I just want to express my love for you 2 girls. Never in my life did I think I would see me and my 3 boys at church.. I have seen an incredible change in my family. Sammy has changed his life around. You girls are special. And although Daniela may be leaving and jorgie (me) will be leaving sometime, your spirit will never leave this house. your impact will never be forgotten. Then Chay asked if he could say something. He started crying and couldn't even speak. He just started and just said thank you. Thank you for changing our lives. You have changed my brother Sammy. He said there has been missionaries that have tried to come over and talk to them and no one has ever entered. then Sammy starts talking and he starts tearing up... he said just said ya know I am thankful for you girls. he said right when I first met you 2 everything just clicked.. he said I don't believe that there is anyone else that could of gotten me to go back to church.. then there cousin iram started crying and she is the only one here in the states and the rest of her family is in Mexico and she started crying and said..you two feel like my sisters.. then she couldn't stop crying! we got up to give her a hug and she whispered in our ears.. please don't forget about me

 :( AHHHHH IT HAS BEEN 14 YEARS SINCE THEY HAD GONE TO CHURCH! they come every week now! THEY STAY FOR 2ND HOUR SOMETIMES! they literally feel like my family. Its so weird because the first time I met them we taught the restoration... They literally forgot everything we taught them as if they were brand new investigators and now to see them going to church... SAMMY WENT ON A TEAM UP WITH HE ELDERS 2 WEEKS AGO... he was so nervous he called us before and like had us go over everything like 10 times hahaha but HE DID IT!  I didn't go to church yesterday and Sammy called me and was like are you doing okay we heard you were sick? I was like yeahh.. and they were like can we get you something? soup? medicine? anything? soo sweet of them. they take care of us soo well! I love the percino family. I have truly come to learn that CHANGE IS REAL. I love less actives.. I have seen so many people change on my mission. more importantly I have seen myself change. I am not the same person I once was 10 months ago.. and the scary part is that I still have 8 months more to mold into that person that Heavenly Father wants me to become. that means I have a lot of CHANGING TO DO. I love my Heavenly Father. I know that God is real. That He is behind all of this work. I hope everyone is doing well and that all is working out! I miss you all like crazy! I hope this next week brings you all the blessings and more that you need! LOVE YOU.

XOXX HERMANA JORGENSEN

1.   the percinos

2.  Setting up the wedding 

3.   the bride and groom.. they are getting baptized in 2 weeks! 

4. THE 1 YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY PARTY

  

1. the one year old

Sunrise in our PJ's and a little IHOP

February 17, 2014

This week.. wooooooow it has been weird! I've been sicker than EVER! literally. Ive been sick for like 4 days but I'm getting better, I had this unreal weird rash on my legs.. I had to get a prescription for it because I literally lost sleep over like SCRATCHING MY LEGS! Umm Sister Daniels and I are getting split up tomorrow! Ahhh I have a love hate relationship for transfers because I always love my companions SOOO much! But its good that we get split up! I have had literally the time of my life as in funnn! we are ALWAYS laughing! ALWAYS. 

 This past week has been good though.. wait have I said that already like 10 times? yeah soo what did I do? umm nothing actually except this morning we woke up and went and watched the sunrise in onesies! and then went to IHOP! FREEZING! but cold  actually there was snow on the sand.. AND it was frozen... WHAT?! NEVER WOULD OF THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THAT! I cant wait to get to the WARMTH! We've had a great opportunity to get close to our members! 

Anyways till the next week I love you all!

sunrise.. unreal!

us at IHOP in our onesies!

The frozen tundra of New Jersey

My branch president and his family! HE IS AMAZING!

Yep I cut my hair

February 10, 2014

I got the package woooo hoooo! thank you thank you thank you! I loved everything! The shirt fit perfectly! The picture thingy.. i looked at it for days best thing EVER! all the letters, pictures.. vitamins.. hahaha peppers.. and everything else were just perfect! This week.. some good days some not so important. I'll just write what happened.. 

MONDAY: Well Monday p-day it was.. snowed in at the chapel with all the missionaries from 8-4:30. Well that night the only thing we could do was drive home.. so we were at the other English sisters house and I was like hmm maybe i should cut my hair.. i was like ahh okay I'll do it.. i knew if i waited to go get it cut i wouldn't do it. So I made sister Collins take her regular papers scissors and just take a big CHOP!  well yeah so then we RUSHED to a members house and I had her fix it.. well language barrier.. she uhh gave me 1000 LAYERS...  BUT I DID IT.

TUESDAY: normal day...

WEDNESDAY: normal day..

THURSDAY: normal day..

FRIDAY: normal day..

SATURDAY: Saturday.. here it goes. So we get to the church at 8 am for a funeral.. that sister Daniel's and I witnessed the old man pass.. so sad! It was a good funeral, after though we went to teach a less active with the elders and then after we went and met a lady in our branch from Brazil at a Brazilian restaurant! The one we went with the other time.. but i couldn't eat that much the last time because we went to a SLAUGHTER house before.. Well we didn't this time so i was determined to eat a lot cause last time it was awkward…  Right after we went to see this inactive that we NEVER see.. 

 she gave us a dove chocolate you know how it has sayings in the middle.. well i open it as we are leaving and it says "be good to yourself today" Better than a fortune cookie right.

SUNDAY: ummm i have hives all over my legs i don't know whats going on.. something from the dairy i ate? I'm so sick. i went to bed at 5:30 in my proselyting clothes name tag and all.. i was out until today (Monday) at 6:30.

Love you all always

me eating sushi where my Mexican branch president works.. idk how he doesn't speak English hahha

super inactive lady! 

 Alice and Fatima remember the girls i told you about the ones whose fathers aren't members

Snowed in at the Church

February 3, 2014

This week:

1. The weather. It was incredibly cold this week, but then yesterday was 45..... now we're snowed in at the church today. Up down, up down.... I HATE SNOW

2. Monica- So we have been visiting Monica a bunch this week. She's in a tough pickle. Her and her her husband and her 2 boys live an apartment that is the same size as ours... She wants to move back to Florida, it makes things twice as difficult that her husband isn't a member. He comes every week to church to support her, but still isn't the same. 

3. Bobby's baptism. Sunday the English sisters had a baptism. He was a 10 yr old boy, his mom just came back and started being active. It was really special because his mom (Jackie) has a family of 11 siblings and they are all members. So for the first time in my mission a convert had all of his family there, to support him and love him in the decision that he was making. It was really nice to see. The spirit was really strong. 

4. Percino's came to church!!! the less active family that we are working with!! isai, chay, Gabby and Sam! Ahhhhh i just love them! 

ANYWAYS i love you all. snowed in at the church.. nothing better! 

me and the percino family! 

  and that is our cars.. snowed in at the church...

A week in the life "of this missionary" :)

January 27, 2014

this week. here we go. Lets just say this mission is humbling, faith shaking, adventurous, exhausting, rewarding, heartache, happy, but most of all life changing.

Monday: faith shaking. WELL lets just say this day was the worst day on my mission thus far. One of my most scary moments as well. Last Monday was great, during the day. But me and my companion decided to drop in on less actives/inactives that didn't make it to church like they said they would. Well they have 2 sons, one is my age and the other is 16.. Everyone was home but only the son my age answered the door and was talking with us. We were talking about the Holy Ghost and he said that he had never felt the Holy Ghost really except one time when an elder told him in the church parking lot about the Holy Ghost and what it like feels like. He said he felt it there. Well he has never felt it again until one of his friends from Syria showed him these videos about Islamic beliefs. Well he pulls one out to show us.. like 4 minutes long. As he was showing us literally there was this dark feeling that entered the room. Well as the video is still going on his phone, his dad called him into his room to give him his dads phone. He was talking on the phone in front of us and some lady was like "what are you talking about with the sisters? "How long have they been there?" other things that we couldn't really pick up because it was in Spanish over a phone across the room.. but then he paused and pulled the phone away and said she wants to talk to one of you two.... WHAT?!!! So we end up talking to her, it ended up  being a member... she asked us what we were talking about.. how long we had been there and then told us to leave... it was really weird. So we left and as we were walking out I just felt SOOO UNSAFE. It was dark and our car was kind of parked in a sketchy alley.. we get in the car and head for home.. there is this UNREAL DARKNESS.. not gonna lie tears are rolling down my face.. my comp said a prayer.. We made it home and did everything to get the bad spirit or feeling away. We called the member after we left and asked her what happened and she just said come over tomorrow.. that was it.. sooo weird! My comp at this point is hysterically bawling.. lets just say our FAITH WAS TRIED. We started doubting everything.. like what if Jesus was just a prophet? or what if we are just being brain washed to believe the stuff we believe? or what if the Koran is the true "Bible"... We sang some hymns before we went to  bed and read the scriptures forever. SATAN IS REAL.

Tuesday: snow day. WELL snow day.. we stayed inside because it was BLIZZARDING AND COLD. but in the morning we still felt weird. We went to that members house and pretty much she told us that we weren't necessarily doing what was right just stopping in on them.. (well they don't answer our phone calls.. they juke our appts. and they don't come to church.. WHAT ON EARTH ELSE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?!! that was our only option.. ) But we still had this weird unreal feeling of doubting faith. I ended up crying when we were talking to her.. I'M A BABY. Don't ask me why! But we ended up meeting the Elders at the church and they gave us blessings. Instantly when the elders (18 year old boys... might I add) laid their hands on my head I cried and had an overwhelming sense of feeling that THE PRIESTHOOD AUTHORITY OF GOD IS REAL, AND IS ON THE EARTH TODAY.

Wednesday:  NOTHING SIGNIFICANT HAPPENED. I WAS A MISSIONARY TODAY.

Thursday: zone conference. Woo today was a good day. We had zone conference and it was SOOO GOOOD! President Jeppson.. He is literally chosen by God to be in charge of the missionaries here in NEW JERSEY!  President talked about how his vision for all of us missionaries is to "TRUST IN THE LORD". At first i thought YEAH. That's really good, how in the world do I get to that point. He said to Pray for it, study it and LIVE IT.  The best part was he talked about the MUST NEED KNOW of a testimony. When our faith is shaken just remember these 3 basic things and we can get through any trial. 1. God is our loving Heavenly Father. 2. Jesus Christ is the son of God, and the Savior of the world. 3. The first vision is real. God and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith in the sacred grove. He then moved on to the the NEED TO KNOW of a testimony. *Christ performed the infinite Atonement. *We have a living prophet. *The BOM is true. *The priesthood has been restored. *The church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints is the Lord's Kingdom on the earth. At the end of the meeting I had the opportunity to bear my testimony. BEARING TESTIMONY OF WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE.

Friday: hopes crushed. RAMON......well this would happen to me.. like always.. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST. SIONARA RAMON! I called ramon Thursday night to set up an appointment for Friday.. In the phone call he says, "Hermanas. I'm sorry I can't see you anymore." I think about the worst thing possible, great he got antied.  He says. "I'm moving to NY." Mind you this is Thursday night. I said...." Okay well you should come play soccer tomorrow and maybe we can swing by for a minute to share a lesson before." Ramon. "No hermanas I'm leaving tomorrow. I have to be in NY at 1." COMO?!?;Friday morning we drive over to his apartment at 10 am, give him a book of mormon and wished him luck. Planting seeds... CLEARLY THAT'S MY CALLING.  PLANTING SEEDS.

Saturday: service & love. Service service service! woo we did service today! Nothing big but small enough that it made me feel good! It was bloody cold outside but we went to the church and stole..(we borrowed them commawn I'm a missionary) from the church snow shovels and went to some peoples houses and just SHOVELED SNOW... dead arms I tell you! Me and my comp wore her hunting hats HAHAH stoppp I know we are so funny! Service makes me SOOOO happy! Anyways to the love part. I TALKED TO HERMANA BRAVO TODAY ON THE PHONE. I called her.... I JUST DIED! I miss her SOOO much. Her family. I talked to them for like 30 minutes.. every time she just says when are you gonna come back and just tells me how I'm her favorite.. and how nothing is the same.. ahhh I just love her so much! we talked FOREVER! GOSH I LOVE THEM. I kind of feel bad that they were in the beginning and first of my mission because I promise you right now I will never love anyone more than them.. :) THE LOVE OF GOD IS REAL.

Sunday: baptism (not mine haha) spirit. overwhelming feeling of gratitude. WOOO HOOO baptism down here in south jersey shore! Lesder an 11 year old boy got baptized! It was so great to see someone be baptized! Keeps me pushing forward. As we were waiting for him to change my comp was playing the piano and we all were just waiting. Well there were these 2 girls Fatima (9) and Alice (10). I was talking to them and asking them about their baptism. They were talking about how cool it was because they could remember it (they are converts) The told me how Elders baptized them, and then asked me Who baptized me.. I said my Dad did :) They both said wow lucky.. I wish my dad could of..

I sat there and I just looked at the ground for a sec.. I started forming tears in my eyes.. of course.... and I looked up and looked at Fatima and she had tears in her eyes.. She said "Ya know my dad is a good guy.. he just likes to drink.. a lot.. everyday. But me and my mom and my sister have been praying that he will stop and 3 days ago he didn't drink as much as usual one day ... (tears are rolling down her cheek).. I sat there and really started just tearing up.. okay I was like crying at this point.. I said "you girls are great examples to your fathers, and VERY strong examples to me of faith. I know that one day your fathers will come to accept the gospel.. I asked them what they like about the church. And the 9 and 10 year old said I like that in this church that you learn things. That you can come and learn more about Jesus Christ and Heavenly Fathers plan for us. I said oh really what have you been learning in primary.. They said, "That families can be together forever"... Both of them started crying at this point too.. As I looked them in the eyes they told me how they keep praying and wish so very badly that their Dad's would come into the church so that they could be sealed with their family for ETERNITY... more things were said between us.. but then lesder came in and we had to continue with the baptismal program.. I was leading the last song and we sang "I am a Child of God" As I stood up there leading the music I looked down on those two girls who had just poured their life out on me.. at age 9 and 10.. then I look over at our AMAZING ward mission leader who is 24 who just got back from his mission like 6 months ago who is THEE ONLY MEMBER in his family.. At the verse that says " ... has given me and earthly home, with parents kind and dear.." I look over and he has tears rolling down his face.. so what happens to me? CRYING.. NOT SHOCKED I AM CRYING IN FRONT OF 40 SOME PEOPLE AT A BAPTISM TRYING TO LEAD THE MUSIC BUT I COULDN'T. my eyes have been opened. my heart has been filled. and my love for my Heavenly Father increased. I am beyond grateful for wonderful worthy parents of this gospel. For a father that HONORS his Priesthood and treats me so well. MY LOVE FOR MY HEAVENLY FATHER IS ENDLESS.

SATAN IS REAL. THE PRIESTHOOD AUTHORITY OF GOD IS REAL, AND it IS ON THE EARTH TODAY.I WAS A MISSIONARY TODAY. BEARING TESTIMONY OF WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE.PLANTING SEEDS. THE LOVE OF GOD IS REAL. MY LOVE FOR MY HEAVENLY FATHER IS ENDLESS.

this is HIS church. I am humbled by this work daily. I love the Gospel with every fiber in my being.

love. Hermana Jorgensen! xoxx

ps. played come thou fount and sang with a guitar in a lesson for this less active family.. super nervous but it happened!! woo hooo  

1.   ramon 2. service 3. lesder the one who got baptized!

2.     1. santamarias! 2. Belmar new jersey

2.     1. santamarias! 2. Belmar new jersey

Comparing dad to a boyfriend.

January 20,2014

 Its crazy here in Jersey that's for sure! Let me tell you in 1 day I ATE puerto rican food, Mexican food, and Arabian food! NONE SPEAK ENGLISH! how they survive here.. i have no idea!  I got a lot of packages and letters this week.. well actually not that many but from people i wasn't expecting! Stevo Montgomery gosh that just made my day! What a great letter. There is a great quote that me and my comp just loved. He said, " I'm trying to simply be worthy to receive the spirit, stay out of judgement, and live in joy." WHAT? THAT'S THE BEST THING IVE EVER HEARD! so simple so profound. typical stevo! Then a letter from Kendra bacon which was incredibly sweet of her, super short super sweet and just what i needed to hear! Dad all of your postcards.. its like hmm how do i put this. Whenever your boyfriend texts you something sweet and that you love to hear you just go back and re-read it, well one of dads letters was JUST LIKE THAT! I kept re-reading it although it was like something I've always heard like he loves me but it was just something i needed this week! YEAH I JUST COMPARED DAD TO A BOYFRIEND... hahaha okay! ANYWAYS! I got the nature box... THE BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO ME!  I DIED. best thing in the world.

This week what did I learn.. Well a lot of things! Every week something new. Every week I am humbled.. I am shown that I definitely am not a good missionary and need so much help! WOO.. HARD BUT GREAT. Can I just tell you of the miracle that we had this week. WE FOUND AN INVESTIGATOR WHO IS INTERESTED IN THE GOSPEL AND NOT US! I have been out almost 9 months.. half way.. i have never had an investigator before that has actually been interested in what the gospel has to offer them rather than what me and my companion look like or have to offer them.. That has been a complete struggle my whole mission. Everyone or anyone i teach hits on us.. its very uncomfortable and yeah we don't or i don't exactly know what to do.. BUT this investigator Ramon from Mexico, OAXACA! He actually seems sincerely interested and needs help. He is an orphan. He is 28 and we can tell he needs to feel love! His mom abandoned him at 5 years! Now he is here alone not able to speak English.. so pray for him that he will truly keep investigating in the church and not just us! HE IS OUR ONLY INVESTIGATOR! We had 3 last week but dropped 2 of them because they are CREEPY. Its really sad. It happens ALL THE TIME. I don't understand!

I went on an exchange this week! Wow it was good! It just shows me that like missionary work is the GREATEST thing in the whole world. Well although its hard it is worth it.  SISTER DANIELS AND I HAD 7 LESS ACTIVES AT CHURCH AND 1 INVESTIGATOR! Our zone leaders say we are together because we have the personalities to warm people up to a great image of the missionaries.. that's literally my purpose i feel like every where i go.. I  feel My Saviors love through you and through others! Tender Mercies all the time. As I was studying I came across the scripture in

D&C 64:33

"Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And of small things proceedeth that which is great."

WHAT?! Answer. to. my. prayers. God lives. HE LOVES AND IS AWARE OF US. i love you all. tell next week! xoxxx

Hermana Jorgensen

jersey shore! and my favorite member here ANGELICA!

Angelica's daughter Shirley! I LOVE THEM!

LAST WEEK.

1. That awkward moment when your playing soccer and you say your goodbyes to everyone and you walk outside in the POURING rain and find that you have a completely flat tire. So you sit there for 5 minutes thinking about what you should do and then everyone comes back outside. Everyone I said goodbye to has to change OUR flat tire cause we have no idea what were doing. SWEET.

2. January 6. El Dia de Los Reyes Magos. Mexican holiday when you get together as a family. And cut up this bread that's in an oval shape.... why? I don't know. Okay and guess what's inside. 3 baby jesus' Yes. I'm not kidding. And the 3 people who get them have to make tamales on the 2nd of Feb. Guess who got 2 out of the 3. Yup. Sister Daniels and I. WE'RE AWESOME! Ask me if I know how to make tamales? Mexican cooking for dummies? 

3. GOD IS AWESOME. Details. Saturday night, were in Asbury park. We visited one of the English sisters investigators because her mom doesn't speak any English! She's from Puerto Rico. Her bedroom is in her living room. So we are all awkwardly sitting on her bed. But while her mom was talking to me, her daughter kept translating for me. THANK YOU but i understand Spanish. haha that's why we came over! Then she has a friend visiting, who brought 2 babies and her daughter in law. So image all of us sitting on the bed, babies crying, English in one ear and Spanish in the other. WHAT? Pit bull in the other room scratching at the door. It was even weirder than I can explain, but just ponder on that for a moment. Then this white woman is just chattin away.... "girls you know you're in asbury park... it's not safe here." My comp says. Okay well "it's not safe for you either." Crazy woman. "I know, but I don't back down, I DON"T BACK DOWN." I'm on the other end of the bed, talking to our hope to be future investigator, Repentance is real ya know? Then I hear, " YEAH God is awesome." hahaha okay never would I use those 2 words in a sentence, but it's okay when you are sitting on a bed in the living room and enjoying 3 conversations.
WE'RE ALL GOD"S CHILDREN!

New jersey lovin.

Love. Hermana Jorgensen xoxx

Weather here is so crazy

January 13, 2014

Well this week is hard to explain! Lets just say little miracles of the Lord left and right. So many and so little that I cant even tell you them! General over view this week was good though! We have been working hard.. This week Vero had her baby!!! Shes the Percinos "sister-in-law" Not a member, doesn't want to be, doesn't like the Mormon church but for some reason or another.. LOVES me! Its kind of weird! hahah I love her though! Gosh sooo yeah she has a baby on Wednesday at like 2 and at 4 we call her to tell her congratulations and she asks if we will come see her at the hospital! WHAT?! I don't know about you but umm the day after I have my first baby I guarantee the missionaries will not be the first people I will call or have come visit me! BUT guess what she has no one here. no family and not really many friends! We were the only people that went and saw her in the hospital! We decided to share one of the scriptures that talk about the love that God has for everyone especially little ones! SHE COMMENTED BACK! Usually I kid you not she just sits during the lessons and says NOTHING and laughs cause everything i say she finds completely hilarious even when I'm not trying to be! BUT she talked back! She told us how God loves everyone and how she knows that and yadyadada seriously just a miracle... Anyways then she invites us to come to her house.. not necessarily to be the missionaries for her but just like her friend.. We never go to her house without sharing something so she will always hear something from the Book Of Mormon.. She wont become a member I know while I'm here because she has a long ways to go but I know she will convert sometime in her future! I LOVE HER. Her and her "husband" gabby, (one of the brothers of the percinos) always want us to come over, and before when i wasn't here they didn't want us too.. according to Sister Daniels! They texted us and said that there house is our house and that they love us! Weird that never happens.. this probably means nothing to you because you aren't living my life right now and know nothing of what is really going on but here was just some random words for you all to just gaze at to know that I'm still living!

JOE DONELLY IS GONE?! Gosh Rhea she better still be kickin it until i get home! thank you for informing dad.. :) hahah

The weather has been weird! Kind of warm one day then freezing the next! There is this family in our ward the Malpartidas. The moved here 3 years ago from Peru and the dad works as a janitor at a high school.. We went to their house for dinner and they have NO heat. They cant afford it.. It was literally FREEZING.. you could see your breath every time you would talk.. it was a whopping 33 degrees inside.. umm we left and I felt so bad I drove home and got my heated blanket and brought it back and gave it to them.. :) soooooo yeah I don't have a heated blanket but it is being well used! They are so thankful.. I just couldn't bear it any longer knowing that seriously they are freezing in their little trailer.

Quote I loved this week.

"Remember the pattern recorded frequently in scripture: We gather to hear the words of the Lord, and return to our homes to live them."

-Robert D. Hales.

I'm living by this quote the rest of my life. This gospel is what makes the world happy..  LIVE IT. i love you all. Sorry super short no time as usual!

love. Hermana Jorgensen xoxx

vero and the baby! and the malpartidas!

Let the gospel change you

January 6, 2014

This week has been good! Transfers happened and guess what.. I'm still here! Jersey Shore forever! Do I love it? Umm yeahh it is getting better! Maybe just not that much because I don't know maybe its like 8 DEGREES HERE! yeah what? One  day it is 51 degrees.. like today and the next day it is like 8... like tomorrow.. sooo yeah I'M AWESOME! I LOVE COLD WEATHER.. not. Ask me where I'm living the rest of my life... California or Nevada or Arizona! Not a chance I'm moving somewhere where it snows or rains... I hate it all! give me those rayyyyysss :) ANYWAYS! I'm sure you want to know how my week went.. and you all already know how much I LOVE to email.. NOT. But I will because yeah cause that's just what I know you all want..

This week was good! Our New Year resolutions are harder than ever to say the least! But we are trying hard! Satan really wants us... I wont lie I don't think I've ever felt so wanted by someone my whole life than now! KIDDING! My heart is locked : But Really! So lets just get to what I really want to write. This week I had the opportunity to go on an exchange with another Sister Missionary! She is called a Sister Training Leader.. So kind of a zone leader for the sisters but definitely doesn't have the priesthood and not as important hahah BUT I went! She came here with me and I was in charge of the area! We went and visited this Family The Castillos? I feel like I have told you about them. Well the mom is the one that we brought roses to because she went through the temple alone. Well I kind of warned Hermana Jane (from Mexico) about the Dad! We get in there and we teach the restoration and through out the whole thing the Dad is asking the most obscure and off topic questions like "Why do we have the 3 Nephites?" "Do you know them?" "Why did Jesus Christ suffer on the cross?" "Why do we have fighting chapters in the Book Of Mormon?" Like they are good questions but they have NOTHING to do with the lesson. He just stares at his ipad and also when he asks them he kind of smirks and knows that he is throwing our whole lesson off.. Like weirdly enough the spirit leaves.. maybe because I get frustrated or I just give up. But that didn't happen this time! Sister Jane like wouldn't take those comments she was just like well you know what right now we are talking about the restoration but I will gladly answer those questions later for you. She didn't even tell him the answers she made him look them up in the Book Of Mormon! He was kind of like uhhhh... just kind of mad! But anyways what I am getting at is the things that I have learned from that. Well 1. the spirit was SO strong. I don't think I have ever taught where the spirit just was consistently there. After leaving the lesson I just felt so.. content I don't even know how to explain it. 2. The second thing I learned is that honestly you can find every answer to any problem in the BOOK OF MORMON! Like why I didn't read it before when I had problems.. I DON'T KNOW! Why people go and pay millions of dollars to get help from therapists when they could just read the Book Of Mormon for free.. I will never understand! It was so refreshing to go on the exchange though.. I learned so much. I honestly learn so much out here everyday its like overwhelming to even begin to tell you what and how much I have learned.

Yesterday we sang in sacrament because there is Elder who is leaving to go home on Wednesday he had no idea we were going to sing it and sister daniels, elder wilcox, elder galvez and I sang God Be With You Till We Meet Again. Let me tell you standing up there singing and looking down at him just  BAWL made me choke up and think holy cow I do not want to leave! It is HARD here. It is so HARD. But it is worth it. Every second it is worth it. This is the best decision that I have ever made in my life. I now have a testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know this is the Lords Church, I have learned how to live the way He would want me to. There is a quote by Bonnie L. Oscarson that I love. "The conversion is more than merely having knowledge of Gospel principles and implies even more than just having a testimony of these principles. It is possible to have a testimony of the Gospel without living it. Being truly converted means we are acting upon what we believe and allowing it to create "a mighty change in us, or in our heart's!" I know what she says is true! Until you really start letting the Gospel change who you are and become as the person that the Savior has planned for you to be, then you aren't truly converted! LET THIS GOSPEL CHANGE YOU. I love you all.

Love: Hermana Jorgensen xoxx

ps- i can play come thou font on the guitar.. mhmmmmm :)

1. me in an igloo! 2. its a world class joke here that "jorgie" likes to eat a lot so they gave me ALL of there fruit... with a red bow :) hahha