Letter #17 - Week 19: Basically All Pictures I've Ever Sent Home Were Taken or Initiated by Hermana Jensen

January 28, 2019

Hola Everyone!

This Tuesday I left Hermana Jesen in a parking lot and navigated the relatively short distance home with my two new companions. It's been interesting seeing how they do missionary work and figuring out how we're going to do missionary work together. They have been enjoying all of the Asian people though, so this transfer should remain as exciting as ever.

Several weeks ago a Chinese missionary handed me a stack of their Christmas cards because they didn't want to deal with them. I put one on the refrigerator, but after that I just stuck them in my purse with my pass-along cards and kind of forgot about it. A few weeks back I decided I might as well use them and started showing them as an approach for talking to Chinese people, usually just giving them an English class card after. It's been kind of fun to do that, but this week it didn't work as planned. We were riding down an elevator 10 floors with a Chinese lady, so there was a little bit of time. I showed her the picture and asked if she had seen any of the missionaries. She didn't really respond and I went to exchange the photo for an English class card, but she refused it. I tried again, and then went to take the picture back, but she kept it. So basically now an old Chinese lady just has a picture of the Chinese missionaries around somewhere.

Yesterday our stake put on an interfaith music night with lots of different faiths represented. It was very interesting to see, especially being from Rexburg, Idaho. There were musical numbers, prayers, and spiritual thoughts in English, Chinese, Korean, and Hebrew. All the missionaries in our building performed 'Come Thou Fount' for the closing hymn.

Fun Facts: Every week I ask the district leader a silly question during weekly calls. Elder Kang (the older one from South Korea) is the new district leader, so for his first question I asked him was how many kilograms of kimchi he's eaten in his life, and he said not that many because he doesn't really like kimchi. The last picture I sent because of the lack of photos. We walked right behind the Korean Elders and they didn't notice, so we took a picture.

3 Nephi 17:20-25

20 And they arose from the earth, and he said unto them: Blessed are ye because of your faith. And now behold, my joy is full.

21 And when he had said these words, he wept, and the multitude bare record of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them.

22 And when he had done this he wept again;

23 And he spake unto the multitude, and said unto them: Behold your little ones.

24 And as they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens open, and they saw angels descending out of heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those little ones about, and they were encircled about with fire; and the angels did minister unto them.

25 And the multitude did see and hear and bear record; and they know that their record is true for they all of them did see and hear, every man for himself; and they were in number about two thousand and five hundred souls; and they did consist of men, women, and children.

¡Les amo!

Hermana Prue