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!
2. It was this elders birthday today!
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