Coventry Ward

 Missionaries for Coventry ward and President and Sister Rasmussen.

Seven are confirmed members of the church.

So Busy!

Dear Family & Friends, Well it's been the most insane week of my mission I think! I've never had a week go by so fast before! It's been way good though. I'll give you a rundown of the week... Monday: P-day! I never quite understood what missionaries meant when they said they have no time to write letters. Haha, I get it now though! P-day is one of our busiest days! We had to end it an hour early this week too so we could go to a Dinner appointment. We did GQ-ing in city centre after our Dinner appointment. Tuesday: We had to be at the mission office at 9:10 for an interview with President Rasmussen. It was a companionship interview. He basically just asked us if we wake up on time, if we're in the flat on time, if we go to bed on time, if we follow the missionary schedule and if we are exactly obedient. Then he showed us the key indicators for the mission. That was way cool to see. Then, we had an interview as a companionsihp with the AP's. They talked to us about accountability and asked us questions like, Do you have daily contact with your investigators? Do you invite them to be baptised on a date by the second lesson at the latest? Questions like that. They are way nice though. After that, we got supplies from the office and took them to our car and then went to the chapel to prepare for leadership council. President gave some amazing training!! He talked to us about living the things that we teach and how we can't teach any of the lessons with power if we are not being exactly obedient. It was so powerful. After the meeting, we ate some homemade food from Sis. Rasmussen. It was great. After the meeting we went straight to Leicester and began our exchange with the Westcotes sisters. I stayed in Coventry with Sister Gilmour. She is so great. She's 34 years old, I think, (that was slightly intimidating!) but she's a sweetheart. She's from Ireland and has a great sense of humour. We had some lessons that night. We met with our investigator, Agus, he's from indonesia and the nicest guy ever! He ended up bringing a friend with him and we taught them the Gospel of Jesus Christ and set them on a baptismal date for next month. Wednesday: We spent the morning doing some finding in city centre and also taught Kindness, Bubble, and Carol. Kindness is doing GREAT. He still isn't on a date but he is reading in the Book of Mormon every day and is really taking it in. Bubble, is our cute chinese investigator and she is AMAZING. She absoultely loves meeting with us. She told us during the lesson that she loved church and she wants to come every week. Also, she said she called her mom and told her about meeting us and her mom was so happy for her! (Which is a giant miracle, most chinese parents don't want them to meet with us or get baptised but her mom is a Christian and counted it as a miracle that Bubble met us!!) So we invited Bubble to be baptised on March 1st and she said yes! After our exchange, we had a dinner appointment and ward coordination. Thursday: District Meeting! I love district meeting. Our District Leader, Elder Packer is fantastic too. He actually reminds me SO much of Jake! He's a big guy but has the most tender heart. He gets really excited and pumped in district meetings and is always trying different things. This week we all sat in a circle and just asked each other questions about what we need help with. We realized that we all needed help with involving the ward more in fellowshipping our investigators so we wrote down the names of all the investigators in the district and good members to fellowship on a whiteboard and then matched them up. It was really helpful. The rest of the day we literally just did finding in citry centre! It was a bit rough as it was just raining all day but we found some cool people so it was worth it. Later we had a dinner appointment with our investigator, Sarah and a member, Tish. I don't remember if I've said much about Sarah yet, so here's her story as a recap. She had a dream about Joseph Smith saying that she needed to find out who he was. So she asked her co-worker (sister Taroni, in our ward) if she knew anything about Joseph Smith and she said heck ya! So we've been teaching her ever since. She's a really slow progresser but she's making some major changes recently. Just this last week she broke up with her partner of 7 years. That was a miracle. She's reading the Book of Morman and she comes to church every Sunday. She's amazing. Her and I have a really special relationship too. She actually reminds me a lot of Lori Park. She's 39 years old I think and has 3 boys but I just really love her and look up to her. Please pray for her this week! Friday: Weekly planning then exchanges with the sisters in Nuneaton. I went to their area with Sis Gardner. She's a young missionary but she is so amazing. We did lots of finding and had a couple lessons and dinner appointments.Lots of fun! ...sorry running out of email time! ahh typing quick... Saturday! Exchanged back! We had an activity later at the church called Chinese hotpot! SO FUN. Tons of our investigators came and we ate traditional chinese food at the chapel with members of the ward. it was a huge success. Sunday: Church! Bubble, Carol, and Sarah came! AND, Sarah brought a friend!!! They loved it and her friend said we would see her the next week! So exciting. Good things happening in Coventry. I love being a missionary! It's the best! I gotta go!!! Haha sorry this is so scrambled. Hope you all have a fantastic week! LOVE YOU!! Sister Jensen <3

In his Service

Dear Family & Friends Well I think I am starting to get the missionary chronic fatigue syndrome. I just feel SO tired all the time! It's okay though because I only feel tired when I sit down. Haha. I have a strong testimony that Heavenly Father strengthens those who are in his service. Well this week was hectic but fantastic! We had our first exchange on Tuesday with the Glenfield sisters. I got to stay in Coventry with Sister Egbert (who is from my MTC group) so that was fun! We stopped by some former investigators, taught some lessons and did some finding. We had two awesome miracles! One of the formers we stopped by didn't live there any more but the girl who answered the door was interested and invited us back for the next day! Also while we were GQ-ing in town, we met a girl, Carol who was also interested. Sister Muller and I taught her the next day and set her for a baptismal date on the 22nd of February. She is from China and is just super sweet. She told us that she's always believed in God and that she has received answers to prayers. She came to church on Sunday and loved it! We found out later that she is also best friends with one of the Chinese investigators, Kathy that the elders are teaching! So cool. The rest of the week was full of flogged appointments and lots and lots of finding! It can be discouraging at times because we get a lot of potentials but most of them don't show up to appointments and they won't answer our phone calls or respond to texts. But when you find that one person who is ready, it makes all of the hours of finding in the rain with frozen toes worth it! The highlight of my week was on Saturday. We had the privilege of going to see Roy be baptised back in Lichfield! It was such a special experience. We got there at 10:40 am Saturday morning and the baptism was to start at 11:00. We practiced the musical number with the Lichfield Sisters. Roy was in his whites and was looking very nervous! Almost more nervous than Roy was his wife Pat, who had been waiting for this day for nearly 40 years. Two of his non-member children were also there at the baptism and the chapel was more packed then it usually was on a Sunday! It was amazing to see my family in Lichfield. The Dracocardos family is moving to Meridian, Idaho! You will have to look them up on facebook and get in touch with them. I think they are only living there for a few months though. Well, the baptism began a bit late but it was a wonderful service. We sang, Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. Then Roy was baptised! He was SO nervous but it went perfectly, one and done! We all went back into the chapel and waited for Roy to come back inside. When he came back, he was wearing a brand new suit. I had never seen him in a suit before and he just looked absolutely amazing. I couldn't hold back the tears as I saw this man who had changed so much in the last 6 months. It was such a testimony to me that it is NEVER too late to change! Even at 82 years old, you can decided to turn your life around and follow Jesus Christ. I am grateful as well for the example of his dear wife, Pat, who never once gave up on him and has been praying for him for 40 years. She is an incredible woman whom I admire. Through faith and prayers, all things are possible! After the baptism, we gathered in the cultural hall for lunch. I got to talk with one of Roy's daughters and she told me how surprised she was when her dad announced his decision to be baptised. She said that growing up he was very Anti and wanted nothing to do with the church. But she said that looking at him now, he just seems to be more even-killed and at peace with everything. What a wonderful thing to witness! I am grateful that Heavenly Father blessed me with this experience. I know that as we come unto Christ, he brings peace and happiness into our lives. Happiness that we haven't before experienced. What a wonderful gospel we proclaim! It is so pure and simple and perfect! Go share it with someone. :) Love you all!!! Sister Jensen

Roy's baptism

Roy's Baptism!