May 17, 2010

My Dearest Family, So this week was kinda hard in one way and really AMAZING in another. The great thing was that Elder Anderson came to talk to us on Saturday....it was truly amazing and I goty to shake his hand. HE was great and it was really uplifting. I really enjoyed it. The hard thing is that I am getting transfered today, away from My Hermanas and away from Tampa. It is right in the middle of this transfer so it is weird and unexpected. There was a sister who had to go home for some reason I think it was depression of some sort. Anyways, she had to leave, so Thursday night we got a call from Pres. and he said that I would be transfered down to Bradenton today and serving with Sister Ellsworth. I was so sad to be leaving my hermanas right in the middle of the transfer like this. It was really hard.

On Saturday I got to meet all the Spanish Sisters at the conference with Elder Anderson. They ALL seem super awesome! I met Sister Ellsworth and she seemed really great. So, it made me even more excited. And she trained Sister Kortsen and she told me that she owes all her spanish to Sis Ellsworth because she is so great at it... and also that she (Sis Ellsworth) is really fun. And so now I am already with Sis Ellsworth, and she was crying because her companion had to leave... but now we are here e-mailing and I am so happy to be with her...and hopefully cheer her up in some way. It has to be hard having a comp go home.... So anyways, hopefully this will be great! And in addition, I will get to drive by the OCEAN today!!!!! Yippee!!!! I have not seen it once since I have been here in Tampa. That will be great!

So that is my week in a nut shell....pretty cool how the Lord helps us and uses our weaknesses to make us stronger. Oh, and one more thing.....there was a very spiritual moment with Elder Anderson when he was bearing his testimony of our Savior and of the Atomement, and since I was front row and center... he was looking straight at me the entire time and we made eye contact and it was aweseome.... But I want to share with you all that I KNOW that our Savior lives....and I KNOW that we can all have a very personal relationship with Him. It is up to us. VERY PERSONAL. I am just beginning to understand the magnitude of this statement, but I hope that you all can understand it too, and work your very hardest to learn more and work at this. It really is CRUCIAL to our eternal salvation.

I love you all! Love Forever, Jenna