First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! I
hope you have a fun b-day with your fam. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY WESTON on
May 15th. Love you guys. It was so fun to chat with you all yesterday.
Everyone seems happy! I can't believe that was my last phone call
home on the mission. Today I'm being transferred to an interior of my
mission called Itacoatiara. Everyone tells me that my area ia awesome
so I'm really excited. My new comp is Sister Tancara from Argentina. I
already know her from doing exchanges and she is really cool. It
should be another great transfer. Also, I will travel to do an exchange
with Sisters on the island of the mission. I think it is called
Parintins. I have to catch a plane to get there.
Yesterday I was reflecting on a lot of things. It
started when I said goodbye to one recent convert Luis Fernando. He
took my hand and his eyes started to fill with tears. I couldn't help
but feel grateful for every experience here. I think I don't yet
understand what my mission has done for others, but I have felt and
recognized what it has done for me. Nova Esperança will always be a
sacrad place for me. I learned a lot there from every companion and
from the people I taught and served with.
I also reflected on my mom and family. But
especially my mom because it was Mother's Day. She is the most hopeful,
loving, strong woman that I know. I'm grateful for example of faith.
I'm grateful for her example of service. Many things I'm learning to
change on the mission are attributes that my mom naturally has. I'm
grateful for her sacrifice and help she has given me on the mission. I
have seen many blessings on the mission and at home because of her
diligent prayer and fasting. I cannot do enough to thank her for the
truths of the gospel she taught me. Especially for what she taught me
about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I think about the 2,000 stripling
warriors in the Book of Mormon and their mothers:
47 Now
they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think
more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives;
yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt,
God would deliver them.
21 Yea,
and they did obey and observe to perform every word of command with
exactness; yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them;
and I did remember the words which they said unto me that their mothers
had taught them.
I love that even in the Book of Mormon we can
read about the influence and importance of Mothers. They truely are the
heart of the home. I hope that I can one day be half the woman my mom
is. I will love her forever and I'm eternally grateful to walk this
Earthly journey with her. Happy Belated Mother's Day to all moms!
Love you,
Sister Jensen
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