Final Exchange!

Dear Family & Friends,

So this email will probably be really lame, and I'm sorry about that! Haha. We are leaving to go to Cardiff soon to look for a carry-on bag! It's been a wonderful week and kinda crazy as well. Monday night we went to teach Judith but she wasn't there :( So we did some tracting around the area. Tuesday morning we had to leave early to train into Birmingham to go pick up the car. We got there at about 12:30 and we got to have a nice chat with President. Sister Rasmussen also took us out to lunch! It was great to spend time with her. We always talk about Eagle together :) Haha. But then we feel bad because it leaves my companion out of the conversation so we have to stop. We went out to eat at a place called Tinseltown which is an American restaurant. They had big televisions set up with music videos playing and pictures of celebrities all over the walls. After we left, Sister Stapley and I were talking about how AWFUL we felt in there! It was so weird and felt so worldly. I kinda felt like I understood what it would be like to be a celestial being living in a telestial world. (Not saying i'm celestial by any means!!) It was strange though and kinda freaked me out about coming home. Well, we didn't make it back to Blackwood till about 6:30 that night and we had a lesson with a lady called Beverly. She is so cute! We met her in week 1. She's a mum of a 5 year old boy, but her partner and her aren't married. WE had a really good lesson with her and he little boy loves us! Before we came, she told us he said, "Mum, when will my lovely ladies be here? I just love them." haha He's so cute! AFter beverly we came in for the night.Wedensday was coordination and district meeting. We had a lesson with two potentials Mike and Jean. We met Mike last week and he said we could come back. His wife joined in on the lesson as well! They are in their 70's and the NICEST couple. It was such a powerful lesson and the spirit was so strong. Jean told us at the beginning that she didn't believe in anything but she would listen. Her heart totally softened. At the end of the lesson, Mike was just sitting there, looking really in awe. He said, "I just can't describe what it is, but there's something coming from you both. You just have something about you, I don't know what it is! The only word I can think of is clean, but that's not really it either..." Then his wife said, "Yes, I can see it too. It's incredible, and I envy you both!" Haha, IT was so cool. It's amazing that the light of Christ is visible in people. If you have the spirit with you, people will be able to see it; and that comes from righteous living. It was a powerful experience for everyone involved.

This week we also had exchanges. I got to go to Merthyr Tydfil with Sister Appleby. I was happy to have my final exchange done! It was fun though and I love getting to know other sisters. Sunday we got to teachthe youth in Sunday School and it was pretty difficult to get them to participate. Haha. It was a beautiful sabbath though and I was very grateful for the opportunity to bear my testimony for the final time in Britain. :'( I also got my flight plans on Saturday and I refused to open the envelope for about forty five minutes after we came in. I burst into tears as soon as I saw what it was. Everything is starting to feel so surreal. I'm just really happy I still have one week left in this beautiful country and I'm excited to give it all I've got. I love you so much family and will speak to you in a week!

xxxxx

Sister Jensen