Last Week in Notts4

Dear Family & Friends, Man, it has been such a bittersweet week! I will most likely be transferred this Wednesday. I will find out tonight during "dodge calls" where I am going! :( It has been a pretty harsh reality, and I'm not ready for my time here to end! I have grown to love all the people here and it will be so hard to say goodbye. This week we had Zone Conference which was just amazing. We learned about how to center our lives on Jesus Christ. President is such a powerful man. It was great learning from him. I also got to talk to Sister Rasmussen for a while. She is my hero! I am amazed at her selfless service. She does so much for us missionaries. One change was made in our mission as the work is moving forward! As of August 7th, all missionaries will now have texting! YEAH!!! This week we met SO many people! Notts 4 is booming and I'm sad I won't be here to see it grow. There are so many people that have been placed in our paths who are ready for the restored gospel. We taught Donna and Eddy on Thursday and while we were there, their friend Athe came inside and we were able to teach her as well and get a return appointment. On Friday, Sister Merrill went to the training meeting in Birmingham and I went on splits with Sister Thomson in Derby. It was great being in a different area. Derby is probably 20 minutes by train from Nottingham and they're basically competing cities. Haha, it's kind of funny. Anyways, we did a lot of finding that day and also taught a couple of lessons. On Saturday, our Sister Training Leaders came to our area. IT WAS AMAZING! I love being able to learn from experienced Sisters in the mission. We did a ton of finding and we found some AWESOME people to teach! Sister LeFever and I were walking on High Road in Beeston and I saw this lady standing outside a shop with her dog which was a Jack Russell terrier. I went up and started talking to her about her dog and told her I used to have one as well. We just got talking about everything and then her husband walked out of the shop and started talking to us as well. I love when you can talk to someone and it's so natural! She eventually just asked us what we were doing in England and we started to talk about the church. She told us that she has 2 teenage daughters and she feels as if they have been missing something in their family. I talked to her about how having the gospel in my life has helped me to have high standards and to get through the teenage years. I could tell that she really felt the spirit of our message. I asked her if we could come by next week and see her family and she said yes! So we set up a time for next Friday and it wasn't until I was walking away that I realized I won't even be there! Later that day, Sister Turnbow and I taught Emma (Chinese RC) and at the end of the lesson I asked if she thought any of her friends would be interested. She referred us to her friend, Flora and gave us her address. On Sunday we stopped by and she let us inside! She is SO amazing!!! She told us that she has always believe in God but in China everyone believes in Buddha. It was such a testimony to me that everyone KNOWS there is a God, they have just forgotten that they know. All we do as misisonaries is remind people about what they already know. She said she wants to learn more about God and have a relationship with Him. We talked to her about how God is her loving Heavenly Father and that he has a body. We told her that she can live with him someday if she does certain things on earth. Normally we would teach the Restoration on the first lesson, but we just felt like she would benefit more from lesson 3, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. After we were done teaching her, she just smiled and thanked us. She said, "Nobody has every told me these things before. Thank you." Ah. It was incredible. I'm really sad I will have to leave her, but I know she is in GREAT hands with Sister Merrill. Looks like the weather at home is really nice! We had a couple of rainstorms this week. The weather here is SO deceiving! Every day I think it looks like good weather, so I leave my rain jacket at home and then we get caught in the rain. Yesterday, we were walking from one appointment to the other and it started downpouring. We were walking on the pavement and a car drove past us and all the water from his tires flew at us. Needless to say, we were drenched. I felt like I was in one of those car insurance commercials. Haha. The appointment we were going to flogged us so we started knocking doors on the street. We met one guy and got a return appointment with him and he lent us his brolly, (umbrella.) As we walked away, we were like, "Sweet, leverage! He has no choice but to meet with us again" Haha. So, just a funny story from this last P-day that you might enjoy... So we usually grocery shop at (now) Costco, Tesco, and Sainsburys...which are fairly normal prices, (except at saving $$ Costco! Woot!), and everyone raves about this place, ALDI (which is a german chain), because it is mad cheap, and everyone loves it! So we thought we'd give it a try. Two Words: N E V E R A G A I N ! Let me tell you about our funny, and made the day so much better, because I have never laughed so hard in my entire life experience. So we went, and we try to get a trolley, but they are all locked up with chains connecting one to the other. What grocery store locks up their trolleys? So we see a pile of baskets, and figure, we'll just use the baskets...fine, its annoying, but whatever. We grab a basket, and when we walk in we see a trolley....in completely open space, no one is around it, it is completely empty, and well....we need one, so we take it, and continue shopping. About three minutes later, this lady walks up to us, and asks (mind you..she is yelling, actually yelling) "EXCUSE ME, DID YOU TAKE THIS TROLLEY FROM OVER THERE?!" Sister Merrill: (very candidly) Yes. This woman, FLIPPED OUT, She yelled "THAT'S MINE! I PUT MY POUND IN IT!" She grabbed the trolley, and walked off. Uhhhhh....what?! She put her pound in the trolley? Sister Merrill and I were so confused, and couldn't help but laugh. Whatever. We later came to find out, that you have to pay for your trolley...you put a pound in the trolley and it releases from the line. Really England? Anyway, we laughed even harder when we realized what this lady meant by "putting her pound in it" we legitimitely thought she placed a pound and it fell through...and whatever....we thought SHE was the stupid one, someone was going to jack her trolley AND her pound! hahahaha. Anyway, we get our food, which isn't even impressive, sure it is cheap, but it is also ghetto! And then when we were done, and were checking out, we already knew that here in England, they don't bag your food, haha. But they'll usually offer to give you a bag so you can bag your food. After we paid, we awkwardly stood there, we asked if we could get some bags and the cashier said "That will be 3p!" Uh...? WHAT? You have to BUY your trolleys AND your bags? What is this place? haha. Sure, it is only 3p! But still!!! We bot some bags and quickly left...We held the line up long enough. Sister Merrill and I had quite a laugh, but we will probably never shop at Aldi again! Haha. Well, I love you all so much! Thank you for your constant prayers and love. They are felt! Love, Sister Jensen