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March 31, 2014

WELL.. drum roll please........

WE HAD AN INVESTIGATOR AT CHURCH... for the first time in 5 months of my mission... ummm what?! she is so cute she is 81 years old from Chile... so pray for her!

Just a few overviews this week was good! I went to the dentist.. literally never had met a ruder front desk lady in my life.. she humiliated me in front of everyone.. because i couldn't talk to my father. my own father to get insurance info.. it was quite a scene.. hah but the hygienist was sweet and nice and said i have perfect teeth.. sooo.. ! it literally was a well needed visit!

Sooo yeah I can not wait for conference to come.. This sister in my mission gave me  the transcript of the last conference and I have reread and studied every talk finished yesterday.. so now I NEED a new transcript but I don't know where you buy them.. if you ever find one or see them I want it! I literally read it in my spare time.. what..wait i don't have free time? haha but I did it!

HERMANA BRAVO SENT ME A PACKAGE. i literally LOVE that family and her so much. i have been away almost 5 months and she still takes care of me.. like what? no one EVER sends a package to a missionary that served in their area..

Transfers are tomorrow and we found out last night at 12ish and this morning Sammy, remember the 28 year old here, called at 7 this morning making sure that I'm still here hahah he is literally a gem. I LOVE that family so much.

SOOO that makes it 6 months here on the Jersey Shore I have another transfer here with sister duke! i am so happy!

This week I had 5 different countries authentic food.. how cool is this mission? literally no where else will you eat food from Peru, the next day Mexico, the next day or same day El Salvador.. then Dominican food! what, it is such a cool experience! it is all imported stuff too so it is legit!

Here is the spiritual stuff..

 Something I really liked that i studied this week says..

 My dear sisters, your Heavenly Father loves you—each of you. That love never changes. It is not influenced by your appearance, by your possessions, or by the amount of money you have in your bank account. It is not changed by your talents and abilities. It is simply there. It is there for you when you are sad or happy, discouraged or hopeful. God’s love is there for you whether or not you feel you deserve love. It is simply always there.

.. Our Heavenly Fathers loves is ALWAYS there..

i love you all so much. Perfection is the word that comes to my mind when I think of our family.

Love you!

Hermana Jorgense xoxx

only picture this week! this sweet girl Fatima!   i love this girl'

Opportunities to help Father in Heaven

March 24,2014

this week! a few things for you all to enjoy!

FIRST THINGS FIRST... WANNNA HEAR A CRAZY STORY! okay so this week during our weekly planning we were just going through our list and one of our favorite less actives moved to Florida so we called the mission office there to see if they could send the missionaries over there and they gave us the # of the district leader in that area... so we called and ELDER NALLY(Landon, Austin, and Kaersins friend) is the MISSIONARY! what out of 200 missions 85,000 missionaries I CALL HIM!! you better believe I had a cow when I heard that... hahah his comp goes what are you like his girlfriend or something because I was dying!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tender mercy of the LORD it reminded me of them!! how cool is that really?! okay maybe not that cool to you but to meeee it was SCHHWEETTTT!!

MIRACLE. so remember how last week I told you we had to drive to Freehold early Monday morning? okay so maybe not but now I did. so we drove there so we could get a ride with the sisters there because we didn't have any miles to get up north to Morristown! well it was early in the morning and there was snow on the cars, as we were walking in, there was this lady taking the snow off her car and I turned around and asked her if we could help and she kindly declined my offer! Well we were looking for the other sisters apartment and we were kind of struggling to find it and she could tell so she asked are you girls looking for paight and Walton? (the sisters last names) and we were like yes how did you know?! and she goes well Ive talked to them a time or two and when you asked me for help I felt the same type feeling I get when I talk to them! We thought nothing of it and went inside the other sisters house and told them what happened and they said oh yeah Lori, she is our investigator! So then the next day they call us and told us they had a miracle to tell us! They said remember that Lori lady you asked if she needed help with? I was like yeah! She said, well we had a lesson with her last night and all she talked about was the question that you asked her. The simple question of do you need help. She said that past week she had been struggling and that Monday morning before she left she knelt and asked God to send her some help. She said literally 20 minutes later I went and asked her if she needed help. She said the whole way she was driving to work she couldn't stop thinking about it. She ended up crying because she knew God answered her prayers. She said that from me asking her if she needed help it gave her inspiration to help everyone she came in contact with that day. She asked EVERYONE that was in her path that day if they needed help.

ummm.. what?! just a simple question of do you need help? I thought nothing of it that morning but it is cool to see the way God works in his little ways!

The next day we went on an exchange with these English sisters that just needed some help. I know one of the girls who got here like 3 months ago and she has been struggling so our District Leader asked if I would go with her on an exchange even though she cant speak Spanish.. well it was well needed! After only being with her for an hour she just broke down and cried to me for like 3 hours.. literally I WISH I was kidding! But I felt so bad for her she is just so stressed and cant be herself. She wrote me a note after and left it in my desk and she just put that she has been praying for help and looking for answers and she couldn't find them the past weeks, and within the first 30 minutes we were together her prayers were answered and she was calmed! She said "sister Jorgensen you may not of baptized and you may not be a trainer or sister training leader, but you are a missionary that changes lives. You allow me to be myself and be a missionary at the same time, you help me truly feel the most comfortable when I am with you. This was a very well needed exchange and God has worked many miracles through you for me." umm wow that was nice of her to say! I sure love that girl because I remember struggling in the beginning of my mission.. not with her same issues but struggling is struggling ya know?

soo this week I am focusing on somethings to change myself and me and my companion choose pride! so if you have any advice about pride not saying I am prideful.. well that was prideful to say I'm not but I just want to be humble! I read the talk beware of pride.. ummm READ IT. loved it.

spiritual thing i loved this week!

We acknowledge that your path will at times be difficult. But I give you this promise in the name of the Lord: rise up and follow in the footsteps of our Redeemer and Savior, and one day you will look back and be filled with eternal gratitude that you chose to trust the Atonement and its power to lift you up and give you strength.

My dear friends and brethren, no matter how many times you have slipped or fallen, rise up! Your destiny is a glorious one! Stand tall and walk in the light of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ! You are stronger than you realize. You are more capable than you can imagine. You can do it now! Of this I testify in the sacred name of our Master and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, amen.

don't let Satan trick you into thinking that even though times might be hard in our life, that God is not aware! He is.. and He loves us.

love you all. xoxx

Hermana Jorgensen!

1. me and my companion... love this girl! 

2. It was this elders birthday today!

Change is Good

March 18,2014

wow this week. i literally have no ways to really explain. SO I am just going to share what have learned this week.

That not everyone is ready to hear the Gospel. 

That people literally think that money is what will make them happy.

Not going to church because you were offended by someone, dumbest thing I have ever heard of.

Gaining your own personal testimony is CRITICAL. 

And being an example ESPECIALLY as a parent is very important.. that's an understatement, it is the most needed thing in a home. besides the Gospel of course. 

Wow I have explanations for all of those things but realistically it would take to long to type out. Just know that those things are happening on my mission. Whether it be from contacting on the street, to investigators, to less actives, to my branch presidents wife.. or to just families in general. They all prove to me that the Gospel is the most needed thing in this life, but yet it is the most unimportant uncommon thing in this life. I was studying the talk by the prophet Thomas S. Monson "I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee." This part stuck out to me.

"We should not need to experience difficulties for us to remember Him, and we should not be driven to humility before giving Him our faith and trust."

I have come to realize how much truth comes from this one line. I am almost drawn to tears to think that before my mission I only prayed or really talked to Heavenly Father when I "needed" Him most. 

I have come to learn that whether we are in times of trial, times of need, times of overwhelming joy, or times of just simple living, we NEED our Heavenly Father. How sad I feel for Him to think that all of His children down here don't pray and talk to him daily.. That is something that has just really affected me. SAY MEANINGFUL PRAYERS BECAUSE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU. 

So did this other part! 

Our Heavenly Father, who gives us so much to delight in, also knows that we learn and grow and become stronger as we face and survive the trials through which we must pass. We know that there are times when we will experience heartbreaking sorrow, when we will grieve, and when we may be tested to our limits. However, such difficulties allow us to change for the better, to rebuild our lives in the way our Heavenly Father teaches us, and to become something different from what we were—better than what we were, more understanding than what we were, more empathetic than what we were, with stronger testimonies than we had before.

This should be our purpose—to persevere and endure, yes, but also to become more spiritually refined as we make our way through sunshine and sorrow.

Change. Change is good. Change is scary. Everything about changing is uncomfortable. Everything about this mission is uncomfortable BUT yet i find this sense of calmness and a sense of assurance that all the changes that go on, whether they be life at home with the family and friends, or my self in general, that all is okay. That GOD has it under control and we are truly doing the Will Of God. Let the hard times be times of learning, and let the good times be reasons to thank our Heavenly Father for what He has given us. 

Hey i love you all. thanks for all that you do literally. 

love. hermana jorgensen xoxx

i love the percino family they made the best birthday and Christmas that i could of had on the mission. they treat us SO well. and have CHANGED so much. 

ps. pray for sammy he just got out of the hospital he just got a blood transfusion. i seriously LOVE that family so much. 

20 Today

March 10, 2014

well 1 year older and... not quite sure wiser but still kickin it on this earth! Can I just say thank you to all that took time to email me.. this email might be a little lame since I don't have that much time to write...umm I had 51 EMAILS TO READ. ANXIETY. but I read them! WOW life at home sounds quite enjoyable.. everyone is just LIVING it TO ITS LARGEST! I mean I wish I could go and meet famous tennis stars or eat panda express with my baby or live in 90 degree weather.. or go to cross fit.. or ummm sleep a little longer than just 7 1/2 hours every night hahah kidding. I love it here!

I have been really happy lately! I have been able to see so many miracles.. small but I know that they are still miracles. first things first.

2 people in my last area got baptized that I taught!

miracle right? I am sooooo happy for them! It is amazing to see them all dressed in white! My old companion sister Garn sent me a picture I was SO happy.

We have this goal in our mission well its like an obedience thing and if you don't do it you are being disobedient. We contact 10 people a day minimum! that is at minimum 2,600 new people a day coming to hear about the BOOK OF MORMON! how cool is that? we have found so many investigators because of it! We only found 3 this week but hey we have so many weeks ahead of us that finding 3 a week sometimes is just to overwhelming to handle! who would of thought I would say that? haha from 3 months of no one to teach to now overwhelming amount of people.. haha

I went on an exchange with some other sisters in the mission.. English ones! Sooo yeah that was a little odd.. haha They don't speak a thing of Spanish and everyone we come in contact with or teach only speaks Spanish.. but THAT DIDNT STOP HER FROM TRYING TO TALK. So lets just say that led to some awkward encounters.. ahah When she would try to talk she would talk really loud and slow... uhhhh excuse me dear "sister" ( I hate saying sister, its so weird ,haha just Hermana) he isn't dumb.. he just doesn't speak English so no matter how slow or loud you speak he will not understand you! So I just had to like take over and kind of leave her no room to talk! I was kind of nervous to have just me and her go out because then I would have no back up from my comp to speak Spanish.. but it actually worked out! I handed out 2 Book of Mormons and found 2 new investigators!

Oh classic story of the century.. this would happen to me. Soo my zone leaders ask me and my companion if we would do a role play in front of the WHOLE zone.. so like 25-30 people.. okay so its like pretty much acting as if it were a real situation but it isn't and after they evaluate you on it.. so its just weird! SO you know me I just get anxiety for no reason.. well actually I just think I say I have anxiety because it makes me feel better.. maybe I actually don't have anxiety.. but anyways I'm like all ready reading my scriptures and PMG to prepare for the meeting and next thing you know in walk the Assistants... WHAT OH MY GOSH. IM GONNA THROW UP. literally about died. This probably means nothing to you because you aren't missionaries but man when the assistants come.. its serious business! anyways long story short we did the role play and it went well!

Umm have any of you read the title page of the Book Of Mormon.. not the intro but the title page. The ending part. like the last sentence.. I wont tell you what it says so that you'll have to look it up but I LOVE THAT SENTENCE. I recently read the talk, come join us, by president uchtdorf and it pointed that line out! I love it because we teach and work with so many less active families that literally don't come to church because they are OFFENDED. oh my gosh it is the worse. PEOPLE ARE IMPERFECT. The doctrines of Christ IS PERFECT.. it just doesn't make sense to me.

I love you fam bam sooo much. sorry these letters are never what I expect them to be, and you read them and probably think oh my gosh she needs some medicine because her ADD is off the chain! haha

But if there is one thing I know is true and that I can focus with is the Gospel. I love this Gospel. I definitely have changed.. maybe not my personality.. I literally am the same in personality haha I don't think I'm going to be this awkward missionary when I come home but I can tell you that my heart has been changed and my eyes have been opened to the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I hope that everyone has the opportunity to feel the mercy from our Savior Jesus Christ. HE WORKS MIRACLES YALL!

Love you!

Love: Hermana Jorgensen! xoxx

20 years old..

1. Monica she moved to Florida!  super sad :( 

2&3. me and my comp!

Santa Vaca

SANTA VACA.

March 3^rd, 2014

wow this week. can I just tell you ups and downs? my companion is AMAZING. God literally loves me so much that he gives me the BEST people ever. I have never argued once or gotten in a tiff with any of my companions have I ever told you that? that is a blessing in disguise because NO ONE can say that. some where down the line people end up arguing or taking a little while to get along. I LOVED sister Daniel's. I will hang out with her after the mission, but missionary work wasn't for us meaning obedience. I am SOO much happier! I LOVE sister duke. we get along perfectly and you know what is even better? WE WORK MIRACLES. we taught 21 lessons this week and that hasn't been taught here for 6 months also we FOUND 6 NEW INVESTIGATORS. solid? I wouldn't say exactly it takes time but is our teaching pool bigger? YES. Que bendicion! We have been contacting like crazy and we have been EXACTLY obedient. this is why we have had this type of success. I can testify to you that obedience brings blessings. I have been having a lot of stress lately.As I was studying the stress thing I came across this quote that I liked.. then realized that my dear inspired perfect sister Lexi sent this to me on a sticky note 6 days into the mtc!

Elder Neal A. Maxwell has said, “When in situations of stress we wonder if there is any more in us to give, we can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capacity perfectly, placed us here to succeed. No one was foreordained to fail or to be wicked. When we have been weighed and found wanting, let us remember that we were measured before and we were found equal to our tasks; and, therefore, let us continue, but with a more determined discipleship. When we feel overwhelmed, let us recall the assurance that God will not over program us; he will not press upon us more than we can bear (D&C 50:40).”

its hard to remember at times to just breathe and stay focused on the important things, but as we do our testimonies will be strengthened! I have been changed by the power of the Atonement. I am becoming someone that my Heavenly Father wants me to become.. even if that means stress/anxiety and all! This is why I am here on the mission. To become and do all that the Lord wants. This is what we as members of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints need to understand better. That is who A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST IS. and that is why we are here on the earth today.

hey I love you fam. you are amazing. you support me in all that I do. you love me unconditionally and I couldn't be more grateful! you work miracles! love you all!

love: Hermana Jorgensen xoxx

ps- funny story there is this investigator and it was her birthday so we made her a cake! it said "28 Santa Vaca" which means holy cow! haha literally... she didn't get it.. haha cause it is an American term! so she was like ohhh its the day for holy cows? haha like it totally back fired on us! that probably wasn't funny to you but it was for us! just thought id throw a lighter note in this letter somewhere! Hahah

1.   santa vaca story!

2. Shirley 

elders are soo awkward… haha