Pig Carving!

 I found Reese's Puffs!!

Helping with a wedding, yes I carved a pig!!

Coventry!

My new companion is Sister Moser from Ogden Utah.

I have moved!

Dear Family & Friends, Well the big news of the week, is I have been moved! I am now in Coventry! It is the 12th largest city in the UK with a popultation of about 320,000 people. As you can imagine, it is a bit different than Lichfield, with a population of about 35,000 people! I was SO shocked when I got the call that I was leaving. It was rough saying goodbye to everyone, but I managed. I've made so many close friendships with the members in Lichfield but I am excited to now be in Coventry. There are two universities close to our area, so that means lots of solid people! On my first night here, we were walking over a bridge that goes over an overpass on the motorway. There were sky scrapers on both sides and you could hear the rush of traffic. It was BEAUTIFUL and I could help but feel so excited to be here! My companion is Sister Moser. She is my age and from Ogden, Utah. She's the sweetest thing in the world. I can tell we will be great friends. There are 10 missionaries in our ward!! It's a little insane. It makes it really difficult to get to know the members. I have yet to have a Dinner Appointment here. Sister Moser and I are working on a plan for how to get to know the members better and serve them. So with the five sets of missionaries in our ward, the Coventry boundary is divided into five sections. So this complicates things as well. It means that whenever we leave "our area" (Coventry A), we have to request permission from the Zone Leaders. And if we find people that don't live in our area then we have to switch them over to the Elders that live in that area. Sister Moser and I found two solid people this week and had to hand them over. It wasn't fun. :( Oh well, we'll continue finding! We are teaching a few people right now. We taught this guy, Kindness, he's from Nigeria. He's 19 I think and just the nicest guy ever. He's anglican but not for long! Haha. We're also teaching a few chinese people. We went to an appointment on Saturday night with this chinese guy, Ash. Well we got there and started talking to his housemates. One of them, Dolly, we talked to for awhile. When we had gotten there, they were eating dinner but didn't have enough for us so Dolly insisted that she make us a meal. Well she disappeard into the kitchen and when she came back she was carrying a plate with oysters and another with a whole fish. Haha. It still had the head attached and everything... Ha, I was really nervous. But it was actually really delicious! We got to talking to Dolly about God and why we are here. She asked why do bad things happen to good people because her Grandfather just got cancer. She was really receptive to what we were saying and she said she will come to church next week. I so look forward to meeting more people. The people here are SO nice and willing to listen. Well, this past week we had the christmas conference. It was so great to have all the missionaries in one room! It was very powerful. The musical program went really well and I got through my song! Ha. Sister Rasmussen had made sweet pork and rice for costa vida salads! It was the closest thing I've had to it since I was home. Not the same, but it was still good :) We had costco cake for dessert which I couldn't even eat! It's really weird. I think my tastebuds have adjusted to british food because the cake was sooo sweet, I couldn't eat it! Weird. Well as a christmas present we all got a bag of chocolates from President and Sister Rasmussen and a temple-recommend holder with the Gadfield Elm chapel on it and a picture of our zone in the inside. Well, I think that's about all that happened this week! One week to Christmas week! I hope you are all giving something to Christ this year :) For Christmas this year I have decided to seek to adopt the attributes of the Saviour in my ministry and be inspired by His life and sacrifice for me. It's been good so far studying the attributes of Christ and I continue to learn so much from him. I know that He lives and that He guides this church today! I love you all! Have a great week! Love, Sister Jensen

Brilliant Week!

Dear Wonderful Family & Friends! Well, like always, it has been a brilliant week in England!! I have learned SO much!! This week we had the opportunity to go on exchanges. Sister Andersen stayed in Lichfield and I went to Harbourne with Sister Krylbourn. I got to see what the mission is like in a car, and let me tell you, it was fantastic! Haha. We listened to some Alex Boye' as we drove to Harbourne on the motorway. It was pure bliss. Especially when it was raining and we were warm and dry inside the car. Haha. I think I will try harder to get my driver's license! Okay, now the serious stuff! So when we got to Harbourne we went to pick up the Cannock Elders from the Birmingham New street station because Elder Felipe was going to Interview the Sisters' investigator for his baptism. The investigator's name is Thomas and is from Portugal. Elder Felipe is one of the only missionaries that speaks Portuguese so he got special permission to come to Harbourne to do the interview. Sidenote: The Harbourne are is like the center of Birmingham, so VERY busy and diverse. After we got the interview sorted, we drove to the Bishop's home for a Dinner appointment. The other sisters in Harbourne were there, Sister Merrill and Sister Roscher!! YES, Sister Merrill. It was a joyful reunion to see her again. After the Dinner appointment, we were supposed to go teach a lesson but on the way there we got stuck in completely stand-still traffic and had to cancel the appointment. We had to turn around and head back to the Sister's area where we did some finding and stopped by a few potentials. The Harbourne area is absolutely AMAZING. There are so many prepared people there. So many Chinese people! We talked to a few of them and I got to practice my Chinese. :) Well, after that we had to head home and go to bed. The next morning we did a bit of finding, had lunch and then went to see a Recent Convert, Riley. It was such a great exchange and I felt it re-ignited my greenie fire! We had to drive back to Lichfield to make it to our District meeting at 2:30. It was a powerful and LAST district meeting of the transfer. At the end of the meeting we had a testimony meeting which was amazing. I have grown so close to this District and it will be so sad to see it split up this week. We talked about how before we came to earth we promised people that we would find them and teach them. I definitely know that is true. It gives me that little push every day to try my hardest. Another highlight of the week was Stake Conference. Sounds like Sister Rasmussen has already told you guys a bit but we were invited to go to the adult meeting because it was all about missionary work. Elder Kearen of the 70 was there. I actually met him at the MTC when Elder Holland came. He is one amazing man! So I was pretty excited for the meeting. Well about halfway through the meeting they announced that we will now be hearing from Sister Jensen. I leaned over to Sister Andersen and said, "I sure hope there's another sister Jensen in the stake..." Then I looked up at the stand and President Rasmussen was pointing at me and motioning for me to come up. My heart completely dropped! Haha it was so terrifying. So I walked up to the stand and Elder Kearen grabbed my hand and whispered to me, "I want you to just bear your testimony. This isn't a talk, just say whatever comes to your heart." It was sooo scary!! I was grateful for the opportunity though. The Sunday session was so good as well. We got a new Stake President. I love knowing that all of our leaders are called of God and that they will lead us in the right way. I love being able to sustain our leaders. The church REALLY is true!! It is amazing!! I love the gospel so much and my opportunity to be a missionary. I love you all and hope you have a brilliant week!!!

Bowling with the district!

Love to Bowl!

Stake Conference

We spent the evening with 

your daughters at Stake

Conference. Both of them

sang in the choir and Sister

Jensen was asked to share

her testimony. They are

safely back at their apt.

which is in a safe area.

Sister R.

Lighting of Lichfield Christmas tree

Cupcakes for the elders.

Walkin in Sunshine!

Dear Family & Friends, It has been another fabulous week in the EBM!!! I am sooo incredibly blessed and I have really felt that this week. I have my new theme song for my mission... It's called Walking in Sunshine. I think it fits England perfectly... It goes: It's a beautiful day, even though it's dark out there You've got the sun in your face, take it with you everywhere And it warms your heart that's beating, It comes from believing, It's a beautiful, a beautiful feeling... It's like walkin' in sunlight when the whole world's covered in rainclouds (get it??) Like walkin in sunlight, Findin' the truth and livin' it out loud Yeah when you know what's right it's like Walkin in sunlight, sunlight It's amazing to me, how someone else can find the light that they need radiating in your eyes And it warms their heart that's beating And suddenly your leading them to that beautiful, beautiful feeling... CHORUS Basically, I think it is absolutely perfect. It sums up exactly how I have felt this week!! The truth of the gospel is something that shines out of your eyes. You have it and it makes you feel like even if all around you is dark and gloomy, you have the sunlight! I love that I have the opportunity to help others find that beautiful feeling that the gospel brings!! It's the BEST. Well, this week we've been doing a lot of teaching! We met this guy on the street, Steve and taught him twice this week. He's very... eccentric. Haha. But a really nice guy! We also taught Victoria once and that went really well. Thanksgiving was a pretty normal day for us. We had district meeting which was SO good. SIster Andersen and I made Spaghetti for the district as it was the end of the month and nobody had any money left. Haha. It was fun. Sometimes I feel like the Mom of the district as so many of these Elders are 18 years old. That evening the Hiltons made us a Thanksgiving Dinner. Elder VonScheel from Denmark was really confused about "yams." Haha, we had to explain to him what they were. English people don't usually have sweet stuff as a side to a main meal. So things like yams or the pomegranate salad that Mom usually makes they would NEVER eat with their main meal. They might have it for dessert though. So, that was really nice of them. Another highlight of the week was visiting this cute lady, Pat. She was an investigator of the sister's in Sutton Coldfield but she has terminal cancer and is now in a hospice that is in our area, so we've been asked to go and see her. She is a dry Mormon, all the way. She is about 70 years old, I would say and she can't physically be baptized although she really wants to. We went to visit her with the Bishop and his wife. On the drive over there, we decided we'd sing a song a the end of the spiritual thought and we were deciding which one to sing. We decided on Silent Night. Well, we got to the hospice and met with Pat. We had a nice thought about enduring to the end and then we asked her what was her favorite Christmas carol. And wouldn't you know, she said, Silent Night. It was so special. We sang a few songs and she absolutely loved it. She shares a room with two other women and we got to talk to them as well. It was a very wonderful experience that I won't ever forget. Well, I think that's about it for the week. Today we are going bowling as a District so that should be fun! I also bought some boxing gloves and pads so Sister Andersen are getting our boxing on in the mornings, having some good workouts. Haha :) Well I love you all so much! I'm so grateful for all you do for me! The Church is true!!! Love, Sister Jensen