Carnival Season

Sorry this is so ridiculously late! We've been stealing internet from the neighbors, and for some reason they had it shut off this last week. Anyway, here it is! -Jess


Hi everyone,

It's a gorgeous day today! Sister Thaden and I just got back from Frankfurt, where we played soccer with our zone. It was lot's of fun! I'm already sore, though, haha.

Highlight of the Week: The Restoration DVD

If you haven't seen the 20 min. Restoration movie yet, the one that came out a few years back, you should watch it! It's a great depiction of Joseph Smith's vision and the early history of the church. We ran out of copies a while ago, but we got a box at Zone Conference. We have now watched it with two investigators, and both times it really invited the spirit and helped them understand the Joseph Smith story. We watched it yesterday with our investigator Peter, and he LOVED it. He was taught by missionaries a while back but lost contact with them, and he was really struggling with Joseph Smith and understanding why he was important. I think the video really helped him. It's a great movie!

Also, Germany is heading into Carnival season, which is pretty intense here. In some areas of the mission they actually pull missionaries out and have them stay somewhere else around Carnival time, because the festivities get really intense, and some cities aren't safe/good for missionaries to be in while the parades are going on. Luckily, it should be pretty quite in Friedrichsdorf. On Thursday they have a funny holiday called Altweiberfasnacht, where girls go around with scissors, and anyone they find wearing a tie, they chop the tie off and give the guy a kiss. They warned us about it at ZoKo, and advised the elders to wear a scarf to hide their ties, haha.

Also, at ZoKo, I won an award! Just a small thing. They have this missionary development program in our mission, where you can earn different levels based on tasks you accomplish (study topics, Book of Mormon reading, german study, etc.). I earned the 'Basic' level, and I got a little certificate and a Toblerone :)

Well, that's about it, nothing too exciting! Pretty slow week. We had some really good lessons, though, and a few really nice eating appointments with members. We're trying to get more people excited about missionary work.

Hope all is going well back home! Love you all,

Sis. Jensen