Best Days ever!

Dear Family & Friends So, what to say about this week. It was (can you guess what I'm going to say?) GREAT! Monday: So we were going to go to Costco, but we found out only one set of missionaries could go.. :( So we just chilled at home for the afternoon. Some of the other Elders were allowed to go to Costco though and they brought us some ice cream! That made things better. :D I had a driving lesson that night. It was terrifying and I almost started crying! It was really dark and we drove on the motorway (which is basically the highway) and it was raining and the driving instructor kept telling me I was going too fast and that I needed to pretend I was driving for the first time. Poor Sister Moser was dying in the backseat. Missionaries are definitely protected! Tuesday: Probably one of the best days EVER. We were just so so happy the whole day... here's why: So last week we decided to tract this street, and before we knocked on any doors, I could just FEEL that someone amazing was there. And there was! His name is Chris. He is 18. He invited us back to talk with him on Tuesday (this day). I was a bit nervous because first of all, he's English and they "can't be bothered" and second, he said when we knocked his door "I'll have a lot of questions for you." So I was thinking, "Man, he's gonna' just want to bash and be silly with everything..." But, as you probably can already tell, that was not the case. He is SO amazing and so spiritually sensitive! He started to get emotional when we shared the first vision with him. He said he really wanted to come to church with us! So yeah, after that I was just so so happy for the rest of the day. I was honestly thinking the rest of the day "Was that real? Did someone hire him to mess with us? Is Ashton Kutcher going to pop out from the bushes and say you've been punked?" Haha. Luckily he never did! Wednesday: ZONE MEETING! It was fun. Nice to see all the missionaries in our zone, as always. The rest of our day was a bit weird because our ward meeting and our lesson were cancelled, so we talked to some people in town (We will be helping a Chinese guy with his English!), and we visited some members. By the end of the night we were both completely drenched. It's pretty normal though for England.... Now some sad news... Chris texted us and asked for some advice, because he told his parents about our visit and they weren't too happy. They said he has too much going on in his life with school already and doesn't need anything else to fill up more of his time. So they told him he couldn't come to church... We told him if his parents would like to meet us and ask us questions or whatever, we would totally be happy to do that, but his mom said no... we will still see him this next Tuesday, so hopefully we can come up with some sort of solution. Thursday: We met Kindness and tried SO HARD to figure out why he won't come to church or commit to be baptized. We're still a bit confused, but we did help him understand how important it is to find out for ourselves if the Book of Mormon is true. He said he will read and pray about it. Then he took us out for lunch to African Village so we could try some Nigerian food. It was surprisingly delicious! I had some jerk chicken with this jollof rice stuff! Friday: We had exchanges, so I stayed in Coventry with Sister Dorado. she's from Bolivia but has lived in London since she was ten. We did a lot of finding and we were supposed to teach a lesson to this other guy, Chris. But he flogged the appointment and we got a text from him later saying he didn't want to do this anymore and sorry. So that was a bummer. We went into town and did a bit of finding and then had a lesson with this guy Pedro. It was AWFUL. He didn't care about what we had to say and was a horrible listener. He just kept interrupting us and preaching to us. At the end of the lesson we invited him to read the book of mormon and it almost broke my heart when he literally pushed it away and said that he's "filcked" through it before, knows what it's about and has no desire to read it. Well we left feeling a bit disheartened but oh well! Saturday: We played football with some ward members, LA's and investigators. It was the best turn-up we've had so far! There were about 9 Chinese people there and Kindness came too. After, we were supposed to have a lesson, but it flogged so we did some tracting. Then we exchanged back! We then had a lesson with Sarah, and we brought along one of my favorite ladies from the ward, Tish. They just chatted for AGES! Which we wanted. We are really trying to give Sarah some more connections in the ward. And they both seem to get on very well! :D Then we had dinner with Tish, which is my favorite because she is such a good cook. Then we went to the chapel to teach Abdul who is a recent convert, and it was CRAZY there because they had a youth convention for seminary. When we showed up they had just started the dance (So tempting to join them! JK JK) so it was hard to find a quiet room. Oh man, but Abdul is AMAZING! I just love his testimony. While we were waiting for him to arrive, tons of youth were piling in and I got to see some from Nottingham and Lichfield! It was the highlight of my evening getting hugs from loads of the Young Women that I love. Sunday: So, for the past couple weeks there have been LOADS of Chinese people going to church! I counted them this time and there were 12! We usually only have about 3 or 4 investigators at church, so it's insane! I love it. One of the Chinese kids, Joe who just got baptised got confirmed during the meeting. In his blessing it said how it was no coincidence that he had met the missionaries and that if he stayed faithful, the Lord would use him in establishing the church in china when the doors will be opened! It was SO cool especially with all the chinese people there. Heavenly Father really does work in mysterious ways and he is definitely preparing China already for the gospel to roll forth! It is amazing to me to be able to look from the sidelines and see his miracles. I love this work so much and I testify that serving others is what will bring you the greatest happiness! Love you all SO much! Sister Jensen