Milagros

May 27, 2014

this week. holy cow i always feel like i am dead tired at the end of my day.

1st. i got pooped on by a bird.. in the middle of a contact.

2nd. i was scared out of my mind last Monday and Tuesday. SCARY things happened again. i wont fill you in but we got them taken care of. our member had to come to our house at like 10 to makes sure the guy left our house. everything is under control! so don't worry :) i just was terrified haha

3rd. thank you for the post cards and love.

2 stories of the week.

We get a text from our zone leaders and they were like okay everyone needs to try to teach 4 lessons this week. sister Cole and i taught 2 already, and we had to go to the church which is 20 blocks away so we couldn't possibly make 4 lessons. we were walking and i prayed in my heart to have a miracle happen to get that goal. We found a lady sitting on the side of the road we talked to her for a second she said she just stopped for a little because she didn't feel to good. we ended up teaching her for a little! We said a prayer and asked her name on the way out her name was "milagros".... WHAT?!!! (that means miracle in Spanish) GOD WORKS IN FUNNY WAYS! there is obviously more details but you know no time so sorry.

the other story.

 We go to church. And there is a baptism that the elders were having.. the elders decided to walk up to me after sacrament and tell me... sister jorgensen the person that was going to speak at the baptism didn't show up... so we were wondering could you speak? i just paused for a second.. then they opened up the program.. AND MY NAME IN INK ON EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM TO GIVE THE TALK!!?!!!! WHAT? 

ohhhhhh you KNOW i had anxiety! sooo out of the 8 missionaries there are 4 natives.. and they chose me! i was like elders why? they said " well we were like who should give the talk? and you came to our minds first... so it was revelation sister jorgensen!" OHHH I WAS MAD AT THEM! hahah not really! so there i was i just got up in front of everyone and wung it. banking on a prayer and i gave a talk.. in Spanish.. without preparing.. hahah Thank you Heavenly Father for giving me help because honestly i don't know what i said!

sorry there wasn't much time to email.. ummm but next week should be better! tomorrow is my last interview with president. I'm excited.

I'm working hard, and trying my best. not quite sure why I'm here with who I'm with, but i am trusting in my mission president and my Heavenly Father that the people here in union city, or my companion needs me.

love you. till next week! Xoxx

went on an exchange to bayonne with a bloivian! show mckay i thought of him :) my area.

 

what i eat.. my diets gone down hill… 

Walking my feet off...

May 19, 2014

woooooooww. literally union city. my dream. where "dreams do come true" because you feel like you have literally been walking FOR A WHOLE WEEK IN DISNEY! boy do my feet hurt. HOLY COW! soooo union city. Sketchy.. especially because I'm white.. tall with blond hair. It is strictly Hispanics. signs are in Spanish.. this library that i am at.. that doesn't workk.. like I've restarted the computer 10 times and the cursor wont work so I'm working from pushing the "tab" button.. I'm mad haha anyways the libraries only have books in Spanish.. it is literally crazy! 

Driving area to walking area.. CULTURE SHOCK. it is straight up loco. You talk to SO many people a day. Shake so many dirty hands, and kiss EVERY ONES cheeks. people i will never see again.. nor know where their cheek has been but that is A OKAY! The Lord is funny. I hated contacting before.. like hated it. NOW because I'm forced to i LOVE IT! seriously we contact so much. I am just dead tired at the end of the day because 1. i have been walking everywhere and 2. we are talking to EVERY human we see. whether it be hola, a 20 minute shindig, or a whole lesson. But that's good because my Spanish is increasing due to demand of speaking it. haha I live on 45th st. and the church is on 25th.. so yeah you can imagine just walking to church and back is a trip haha we usually go there like every other day. and church starts at 10 on Sundays but we have a meeting at 8.. so we have to leave at 7:20ish.. 

Now to the ward. Yes a ward. Oh my gosh literally everyone wants to serve here.. why? Because the ward is so proactive about missionary work. We have a team up a day! its crazy sometimes all we do is contact with them! They don't even have any English wards in union city.Just one ward and it is only Spanish. I miss my Mexicans. Everyone here is from literally EVERYWHERE! the majority.. well there isn't its so mixed but the fewer population would be those from Mexico, which makes me sad because I'm obsessed with Mexico. Church was perfect yesterday. This ward is HILARIOUS! They all think i look like "Carmen diaz" as they would say.. but is cameron diaz hahah they get a laugh out of it! They always go where is the hermana from las Vegas. They joke is always "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.. except hermana jorgensen." hahah that's not even funny but to them they die! 

I have a lot to learn, and I'm nervous because this is sister Cole's 4th transfer here so I'm probably going to be running it in 5 weeks.. which is a while. but working this grid is a little tougher than it sounds! Its generally safe.. obviously we stay away from weird people.. or try to.. cause usually they come up to us. Literally its probably 5 every 30 minutes that someone hits on us.. its really uncomfortable and makes me super sad. BUT I pray to Heavenly Father every night that these people might see me as a representative of Christ rather than some white girl that can speak Spanish.. sometimes its scary.

Last night in the middle of the night our door bell rings.. my companion wakes me up at like 12:15 and goes someone is at the door. Lets go get it.. i was like WHAT? She starts walking down the stairs and i just had this weird dark feeling of being scared and told her no don't get it. she kind of got mad at me, but we looked out the window and there was this guy probably in his 40's drunk with a bottle of vodka standing at our door... she thinks he needed help... street smarts... sometimes its scary what she decides hahah but i just said a prayer and asked for safety and peace.. cause I'm not going to lie I was scared. All was okay and I fell asleep! 

 Walking days in the rain. Dad that rain storm that hit NYC.. hit UC

and yes we as missionaries that don't have cars have to preach and walk in it. SOAKED. my shoes.. just drenched skirt hair dress.. everything. i would have to say it is miserable preaching in rain because no one wants to stop and listen. SO with that being said prayer that it doesn't rain here :) 

Spiritual stuff. Sister Cole and I teach well together.. well we try to. Oh I feel like you don't even know sister Cole.

She is 20 from Idaho, has never left home, super musically talented, has a good heart,  has so much to teach me. She has been here for 5 months.. and still doesn't really know her way around so i feel like sometimes i am trying to lead us. its a trip to say the least haha i just laugh at the things that frustrate me, and try to think of them positively. We have been praying pretty hard to find those to teach! Something that I learned this week. Prayer. Wow prayer literally becomes your favorite thing to do when you are having a hard time. Literally my Heavenly Father is probably just overwhelmed that I keep talking to him because literally I pray so much. I have been focusing my prayers on.. comfort first off but the second thing is, listening to the spirit. I am trying so hard to be able to follow the spirit better because there are people every where and i want to be lead to those that are prepared. WOW. 

things to pray for:

it wont rain.

the spirit will guide me.

i might find comfort or love from my companion.

my Spanish.

and that people don't hit on me. really it is hard.

i love you all. thank you for your support.

hermana jorgensen

I got transferred to Union City

May 14, 2014

I got transferred to UNION CITY! MY DREAMMMM!!!!!! The most densely populated city in the united states.. and I'm literally not kidding it is crazyyyyyyy here. its a walking area! THANK HEAVENS!! The only thing splitting me from new york city is the river! Literally everyone wants to serve here. Ive been here for 1 day and literally i hurt from walking! I cover streets 37-49! It is a crazy lifestyle like seriously EVERYONE is outside and always walking going somewhere... and no one speaks English. SO my Spanish should be getting better lets hope! haha i haven't really met the ward yet.. yes WARD! I'm in a WARD!!!! But this is the most amazing ward in this mission! so I've heard. They ALWAYS are involved in missionary work, and have the most baptisms here in the mission! There are 8 missionaries in the ward as well! My companion is named Hermana Cole from Idaho! Her mom is Mexican so shes like kind of native.. but she speaks Spanish pretty goood! We go home together! Shes my first "native" companion :) She is super cute, everyone tells me she is hard.. but eyyy its okay, I'm not really here to argue or get mad. Just work with patience! We definitely aren't the same, but hey that's okay too! 

Every time I leave an area I get homesick.. but not like HOMEsick, but homesick like I miss my last area! Anyways I'm excited to do this work here! You should look it up on google maps and look at how crazy the lifestyle is! Some times i get nervous though.. A TON of creeps.. especially because I'm tall..and blondish.. so i stick out..and people tell me to be careful haha it makes me nervous but i'll be good because NOW i pray for my safety! haha and i actually mean it when i ask for Him to protect me!

I miss my last area and companion. i loved sister duke SO MUCH. that girl she literally saves lives. But on Monday my last day we rode bikes on the beach for 5 hours.. on the board walk! I GOT FRIED ON MY ARMS. sister duke and i did!  Sammy is so sweet he was like "jorgie ya know you are my best friend. you'll never be forgotten here. I'm not saying your house is my house, but whenever you wanna come back you have a place to stay"  it was so hard saying goodbye! but its okay, Sister Duke's trainee is SOOOOO CUTE! I'm not even worried! Alfonso is in good hands! 

Anyways I LOVED seeing everyone on mothers day! words can not express how i felt! I miss you all and love you all! Ill email more on Monday, and send pictures! 

OH my address is

 4527 cottage place #2

union city, new jersey

07087

 

BUT the best thing is... we cant get mail because it is SO SKETCHY! it doesn't work.. so there is a member that lets us get mail at her house but even then its obnoxious to get it from there but here is her address

 

1435 45th st. #1

North Bergen, New Jersey

07047

 

 

 

alright. i know this church is true. IT CHANGES LIVES. i am so thankful i have this time to serve my Heavenly Father, and help others come unto Christ. i love you all.

 

love hermana jorgensen xoxx

 

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!

May 5, 2014

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!

holy cow. good week down here on the shore of jersey!

This week entailed I'M A WHOLE YEAR OLD!!!!  2 packages from my sweet sister and family, an exchange down to Toms River, Zone Conference, 4  NEW investigators, 3 at church, and 1 less active that I have worked with the whole time (6 months) I have been here to get to church and she FINALLY came!!!!!!!!!

My exchange down to Toms River with another missionary was good. That was on my 1 year mark! That was the 1st time that I taught in English.. EVER... not really sure how I feel about it. It was a struggle. Well no it wasn't, I just felt like I didn't ever know when to stop. Like with Spanish its just no fluff just straight to the point, and in English its like.. uhhhh sorry I just spoke for like 15 minutes straight and you have  NO idea what I just said cause it was so.. not on topic haha anyways something that I LOVED though was I got to go to a ward correlation in English.. I've been in a branch my whole mission.. and there isn't any work being done. So I went and literally my mind was blown how the ward is so interested and so involved and so eager to help make this work push forward! It made me so excited to go home and work with the missionaries and our ward!

That leads to my branch's progression. We have had numerous hours of meetings with the branch and with just the missionaries to think of a plan to help support this branch because it is going down hill... With much praying and seeking revelation we have come up with a plan to help this branch.. not with missionary work, but with BEING MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH! We already gave a training and  proposed our idea to the presidency, and in 3 weeks we have a training with all the auxiliary leaders in this branch to train them in their roles as to who they are in their calling. Then we are going from house to house and setting goals and plans to help put forward this plan of all becoming unified.. it is seriously so draining and SO much work. The branch is depending on us...6, 19 and 20 year olds, but oh is it worth it. My heart just aches for some of these people that grow up in the church but haven't had a solid church experience where they know they can rely on each other and see a functioning branch family. My love for these members literally is indescribable, I cant ever put words to how much love I have for the Hispanic culture. These people literally, literally I just have a totally different outlook on them. Thank you to my Heavenly Father for allowing me to understand them, and to be able to serve them. I'm not even kidding you when I say I'm coming back to hang out with aunt Arlene all day EVERYDAY! tell she can teach me Spanish :) hahah

We had zone conference this week. It was our Mission Presidents last one ever! HOLY COW! I cant believe he is gone in less than 2 months.. it literally makes me cry thinking about it. He is PERFECT. He is the most Christlike human being to ever walk the planet. At zone conference the spirit was SO strong l literally just cried I think the whole time. It was on my year mark! It was cool, and a Sister that came out with me in may 2013 went home after 5 months.. she just came back out 4 days ago, and her first night they put her with us because she needed to go to this zone conference so she needed to stay somewhere, and wow it truly made me open my heart and thank my Heavenly Father that I stayed on my mission, because that would of been SO HARD to come back out. Honestly couldn't of done it.

Sister Duke and I found 4 new Investigators! 

1. Guadalupe (Mexico)

2. Alfonso (Ecuador)

3. Sebastion (Spain)

4. David (Colombia)

5. Josue (El Salvador)

Sister Duke is literally amazing. She is a hard worker and is super obedient. She has A LOT of faith and a HUGE testimony about blessings coming when we are obedient! She is such a gem, and truly makes this work enjoyable! Now we aren't quite sure if half of them are interested in our message.. or the messengers.. hah yeah.. our favorite but we establish our purpose and bring team ups and let the Lord establish if they progress for the right reasons or not! Ya know I hate when they like the messengers more.. I'm like seriously what good do we got going on for us over here with these mid calf skirts and sleeved shirts! ALRIGHT I GET IT! its the spirit..we know it ;)

I was studying this week His Grace is Sufficient by Brad Wilcox and I literally cant get over this talk, especially this paragraph, it says, "The miracle of the Atonement is not just that we can live after we die but that we can live more abundantly (see John 10:10). The miracle of the Atonement is not just that we can be cleansed and consoled but that we can be transformed (see Romans 8). Scriptures make it clear that no unclean thing can dwell with God (see Alma 40:26), but, brothers and sisters, no unchanged thing will even want to. "

Holy cow. I need to change. Changing is so uncomfortable but honestly it is the only thing that God requires us to do. Change to who he wants us to become.. Is that to much to ask for? YES! haha kidding.. sometimes it seems like so, but we need to understand that it is because Heavenly Father loves us so much and wants us to return so he has a plan, we just need to change our course to His!! but guess what.. ITS HARD TO DO SO! but nothing in this life was easy. The most simple and kindest act that our Heavenly Father has ever done for us was send his Son to suffer for us.. hard. So there we have it, our example, our Savior, our Redeemer, and our older brother has done hard things, I think we can to!

Yeah why don't I take my own advice? hahah its even HARD to do that! but I'm trying! I'm learning and trying to apply... not as easy as I want it to be!

anyways, let this scripture carry your week!

- 2nd Timothy 1:78" For God hath not given us the spirit of ^afear; but of ^bpower, and of ^clove, and of a sound mind."

I love you all! literally you ARE PERFECT. talk to you on Sunday :)

love hermana Jorgensen xoxx

ps. I'm singing in front of people at a zone meeting like 25ish or more.. hahah what has gotten into me? no I didn't choose to I got asked.. I wanna throw up I'm so nervous hahah

The sister that just came back out, and me and sister duke on my year mark

1.   elota. corn with mayonnaise and tajin (chilie) yummmmmyyyy 

2. THis is letty!

were still normal..

1.   iram who came to church that I have been trying to get to come since I've arrived!

2.     1. angelica (member) Fatima (former) I love them SO MUCH.

2. some relief society folk! haha love them

 I love these girl on the right with the tank top, branch presidents daughter!

 2. primary kids

recent convert. most solid member we have! I love them. 

2. inactive lady! haha

happy cinco de mayo with my favorite people in the whole world hahaha

One of the driest missionary weeks

April 28^th, 2014

This week. hahha seriously one of the most driest weeks of missionary work for us! We worked so hard but saw such little outcome of our work! We only got in 11 lessons this WHOLE week! BUT we talked to SOOOOO MANY PEOPLE on the street!

Me to a man, "ohh Hey where you going?"

the man, "My house...?"

Me, "Where you coming from?"

the man, "uhh city hall... I'm the mayor?..." 

SO FUNNY. He was so offended we didnt know he was the mayor. classic. Hopefully he checks out mormon.org haha  

I seriously love missionary work... And at the same time I hate it. Did I just say that? haha Everything we do I have the most mixed emotions.. I'm sure everyone can attest to that, those who have served a mission. Its like one day you are like oh my gosh I love this we taught so well together, people wanted to listen to us, we only got fed once... I got a letter in the mail.. hahahha and then another day its just straight opposite. My Spanish just went a-wall, our unity.. what even is unity? we had 3 meals and ITS BEEN WEEKS SINCE IVE GOTTEN A LETTER! hahah am I complaining? NO! Its all worth it though! Its like I almost feel accomplished when I get rejected because its like well hey at least I'm trying to help these people but they just don't want it!

Still in shock brad is getting married? what is happening to this world? Julia? gabby gabby? brad? I mean  Spence and Ali are already done and married! Whens nick getting married? Tell him to wait.. no not wait for me but for me to be able to be there HELLO!  Literally I swear if lexi is hooked before I get home.. I quit I'm flying home real fast and getting her back out here on the mish!

I read Pam honey's talk that she read. INSPIRING. Like wow The Eldorado Valley Ward is unreal. Missionary work sounds incredible there. The missionaries sure are blessed. That leads to thee uhhh LACK of missionary involvement here. I don't want to toot mine and Sister Dukes horn but I would consider extending the call of Elders Quorum President to Sister Duke and I if there was ever such a thing! This week, all we needed was the least of help from our branch. Our investigator Alfonso was moving, remember I told you all. Well he was moving on Wednesday and we knew on Sunday. Literally starting from Sunday on, sister duke and I had called EVERY MALE SPECIES in the branch to help us with this move, 1- because someway or another our mission leader couldn't find anyone, and 2- because no one would offer or say yes to helping us. We had anxiety. Like do you think I'm kidding? no. Tuesday night we literally have called everyone. There is no way that we were going to be able to help him like hello we drive a little 4 door Chevy cruise we cant fit anything in our car, and needless to say WE ARE WOMEN! Wednesday we called our last option, well not last option just someone that didn't answer that we tried again. He said sure! But we have to push it back so he can make it back from work! OKAY WE'LL TAKE IT! We get to meet him at quick check because our investigator doesn't even have a car but our GPS couldn't pick up where he lived. So the members followed us to the quick check. We asked the members if they could just drive him to his house which was super close by the way.. but that was almost, to say the least, too much of a burden to ask.. (we were thinking in our mind wow great opportunity for our members to befriend the investigator) hahah sometimes you just gotta laugh at what happens before you are just straight mad... drum roll please.. they put the 6'4 investigator IN THE BACK OF THEIR MINI VAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT?!!! 

HAHAHHA seriously SIster Duke and I just couldn't stop laughing because we didn't want to be mad!!! .. then to top it off we get to his house to move the stuff from his house to the car and literally no one helped but me, sister duke, and alfonso.. they just stood there... uhhhhhhhh I don't really understand how any of this was appropriate. well okay now just to make it even better, after we dropped everything off at his house and moved it in (we called the elders to come help cause.. well no one else would) which might I add took us a total at MOST 45-50 minutes not even. So I'm talking with the members and my companion and the Elders are talking with the investigator as we are talking the members and I.. The man (ex-branch president and missionary) says, "I really don't like doing service. I only do it because letty (his girlfriend who is a member) told me to do it. And I only do what she says." hahah uhhh..... awkard silence... I didn't understand how I was supposed to feel after that comment... to make this WHOLE experience worth it.. It truly did mean a lot to Alfonso and he could truly see the help from the church.

Paulo and ALfonso came to church! They LOVED it! Paulo felt so welcomed back into the ward, people were hugging him and he literally LOVED IT! He got a blessing for his health and literally he just feels like he's on cloud 9!

Goodness gracious this week was a little hard personally. Ya know I LOVE missionary work but its like I HATE getting changed. I don't want to leave this area. Ive cried the past 2 nights because I'm so sad to leave these people. I'm literally so sad to leave the percinos. Especially Sammy. We had an appointment with him and his friend Sergio on the beach last night.. BEAUTIFUL! 

it was so fun!! I really cant wait for you to meet them! They literally are so good to sister duke and I. Like we were there on Saturday and I just started crying at there house. Sammy is so funny haha hes like "ya know what jorgie no matter where you go we will be friends forever okay silly. Hello forever. You really have changed our lives." Of course I just lose it. Spanish is also a struggle. its okay though I try to have patience I've been studying it a lot I just ughhh I'm not the smartest so it isn't coming as soon as it is for everyone else.. or else this whole gift of tongue thing just isn't working on me!  Family I almost know Spanish but I just actually don't at all. If that makes sense, since there are so many words to learn.

Hey I love this mission. I literally LOVE the mission. I get sad to think lexi is going home soon, but to see her finish faithfully and strong to the end has been such a blessing and more than anything an EXAMPLE. I am so grateful for a LOVING Heavenly Father that answered my prayer to stay on my mission. Some days aren't easy, and nor are they in real life, but when we understand that it is only stressful or hard for our mortal life, we may have a better hope and understanding to CONTINUE looking forward to eternity.

I love you all sooooo muchhh! 1 year on the 1st! 

love: hermana jorgensen xoxxx

Spring Rain

Making yummy dinner with members!!!

Meeting Elder L. Tom Perry

April 22, 2014

wow this week. INCREDIBLE. and I only have an hour to email... that would happen to me!

First things first I am dying over the pictures of cruise. I wont even make any comments because well.. I'm just straight jealous! SO anyways. Lexi.. going home soon doing her dying testimony already.. umm REALITY CHECK THAT IS CRAZY! I cant even imagine.. that makes me sick thinking about going home.

So just some fast updates.

The English Sisters had a random # in their phone and they said they couldn't understand them so we called them and they spoke Spanish. So we went to their house and long story short they haven't been to church in 13 years because they were offended.. (hispanic thing I SWEAR) So literally within the first 6 minutes we were there they said to us don't think we are coming to church, and if you keep inviting us you are not allowed to come over. We were like uhhh yeah okie dokie since that is NOT our purpose.. hahah please we will invite you to church you just don't have to come. Anyways we went there a week later and only had a lesson with the son (40ish years old) and we taught him and he just kept saying don't invite me to church I wont go and  wont come back if you try. So then we bring a team up and go back the next week and we teach him, and he is talking about not feeling the spirit yadyadada and our amazing team up brought him to tears.. He accepted to coming to church but was hesitant and nervous of others judgments. long story short HE CAME TO STAKE CONFERENCE IN EAST BRUNSWICK... 40 MINUTES AWAY! Our team up drove him with her family. He sat by us and was brought to tears in Stake Conference and said after, this is where I belong. I feel perfect. I will be coming to church next week. WHAT?!!!! it was a tender mercy of the Lord to see Him feel the loving grace of our Savior Jesus Christ and repentance.

We had a lesson with Alfonso. Not my best Spanish speaking lesson ever but more importantly the Spirit saved us. He told us he will be baptized. Soon but probably not till after I'm gone. He prayed after perfectly and keeps all of our commitments! We are helping him move tomorrow.. and we talked to the Assistants and they gave us the whole street of Joline because before we only had half! SO either way he will be in our area to teach! YAY!

We were doing studies after Stake Conference on Sunday and I just couldn't focus. My A.D.D. is out of control! SO I was like okay lets leave and go walk to some less actives house to see if we could contact them. As we were walking  this man was on the phone and we walked by and threw out a quick hola! We kept walking about a mile away he comes zoomin behind us and he was like MORMONAS!!! we were like yes. He goes ME TOO! I was like you were baptized he was like yessss! We said how did you know we were mormonas? He goes I could feel a special spirit.. as if I saw 2 angels walking on the street. ummm well I could take that creepily or I could take that like wow we really do have the spirit with us. SO to not CREEP us out we took it the 2nd way hahahah But he has not come to church in YEARS and hasn't had any connection with the church but HE WANTS TO COME BACK! inspired A.D.D. moments. Thank you Heavenly Father for making my weakness a strength hahahahaha

Okay ELDER L. TOM PERRY CAME. what? milagro. literally I can not tell you how it feels to be in the same room as an apostle of God. First things first fun facts. President Jeppson coolest man alive. Sister Perry is his first cousin, and He is L. Tom Perry's lawyer. So yeah I forgot we are working with coolest man alive. President Jeppson is like Best Friends with all the Apostles. Like I'm not kidding.

Anyways Elder L. Tom Perry walks in the room and we all stand up, and literally tears just flowed down my face. The feeling is surreal and undeniable that He truly is a prophet, seer, and revelator of our Savior Jesus Christ. We all got to go and talk to him and give him a handshake and his sweet wife a hug. He talked about the Preisthood. And how it has all been restored and how important Women are. He then allowed us to ask us him any question for an hour! it was AMAZING. He literally is so classic. SO funny. like I cant get over how funny he was.

Funnies:

have you ever seen anyone eating Burger King with tortillas? YEAH ONLY HISPANICS! HAHAHAH so funny

It was Sammy's birthday and we got in a cake fight! hahaha love them!

I got a letter from Elder Landon Shelby a few days ago and I really liked this quote that he sent to me. Well no he said it and now I'm quoting him.

"The amazing thing about the mission is when we have our trails, difficulties, or hard times, that is the BEST opportunity to show our Love for the Lord through our Patience, Diligence and Charity."

-Elder Shelby

I love what he said. He has made me think a lot. When we are frustrated or upset or mad. Are we exercising Christ like attributes or are we letting Satan win us over?

Just something to think about!

I love you family so much! sorry this was so short and probably not making sense.. 1 hour.. the struggle is real.

Hermana Jorgensen xoxx

sister Atkinson sent me this stuff from Africa!

old home week Elder Trasdahl from home

More old friends from the miss