November 15, 2010

My Dearest Family,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LITTLE DANNY BOY! My little man brother! You are
so cute and I am so proud of your decision and strong conviction to
serve our Lord!!!! Happy Birthday little Boo! You are the
best! I am sad that I can't be there with you in this grand moment of
your life. I feel somewhat disconnected to all of the going-ons in
your life....and I am sad about that. However, we are soon to be
connected on a much grander level. We will be serving our Lord at the
same time, and in 2 different parts of the world. I am so excited for
that. I am so excited to write to each other while we are both going
through this experience. I just know that this will bring us closer
than we had ever imagined....

So, family! I have 5 baptismal dates right now, and I have 11 other
investigators! This work is REALLY taking off! Clara and her daughter Jasmine
are for sure getting baptized this week and hopefully her other 2
daughters Melanie and Clarrissa too! They are a bit cold but hopefully
they are on board as well! Her sister is flying in from the DR for
the baptism and I am thrilled! Also, a man that we are working with
from Honduras accepted a baptismal date for Saturday as well, and he
too will be baptized! His daughter just died from
Non- Hodgkins Lymphoma....so that is sad and crazy ! I could not
believe it, but we were able to teach him and he was receptive to the
gospel and I think that his grief has really helped him to come unto
Christ and accept the principles of the gospel. It has been hard
though and I feel really sad for him, and kinda connected to his
daughter in a strange way since we had a similar sickness.

Oh, and Daniel Santos has been an incredible fellowshipper for
him and another one of our investigators and it is so wonderful to see
his strength and his powerful testimony! I love him so much!

I love you!

Love, Jenna (Hermana McDonald)