Back in Hamm

Hello, all of you wonderful people!

Sorry that the past few weeks have been so crazy. I have been seriously neglecting my letter writing and emails! They have been piling up and piling up. One of these days I am going to sit down and write you all back, I promise.

Highlight of the week: I'm back in Hamm!

Düsseldorf is a beautiful city, and I had lots of fun with Sister Hansen (Sister Schenk's golden). But man, am I glad to be home! The whole week was pretty stressful. I had packed really random stuff into my suitcase, it turned out, and so I had like three coats, and my first aid kit, but no skirts and shirts, haha. Bad planning. And because Düsseldorf is so enormous, we were always running after trains and getting lost. It also didn't help that Sister Hansen had only been there for three weeks, so she didn't really know her way around, either. But we miraculously made it to all of our appointments, and we so some really cool miracles along the way. I was able to commit an investigator to baptism, and to bond with a less-active girl who felt totally lonely in the ward.

Sister Schenk is now out of the hospital. We worked together in a Drit for a couple of days, but now she's doing okay, so I was able to come back home! I'm really glad to be back here. I would love to serve in Düsseldorf, or to serve with Sister Hansen again, but maybe under more normal circumstances next time, haha. It was frankly pretty weird to serve with Sister Schenk again. I kann tell that I've changed a LOT since we last served together.

Oh, also, while I was in Düsseldorf, I got to go to a meeting in Frankfurt with Elder Gonzales from the presidency of the 70. It was such an inspiring meeting! I have a lot of new ideas for missionary work now, and I'm stoked to start putting them in practice! It occurred to me that missionary work is basically PR. I thought, 'Why haven't I been treating this like a PR campaign all along?' After all, the messaging is already set up, we just have to target it to the right audience and put it in the appropriate channels.

Thank you all again for the love! You are all so wonderful. I pray for my family often. :) You're in my heart.

Lots of love,
Sister Jensen

P.S.
Mom - What is this about you getting marriage proposals from Laotian men? :)
Jessica - I got your letters, both the one sent to Friedrichsdorf and the one to Hamm! Thank you for the totoros ^_^
Grandma Jones - I got your letter, too! Thank you so much. My companions love your elegant handwriting.
James, Kelsey, and Zoe - I laughed so hard at the package! I can't decide which part was my favorite. Probably the glow-in-the-dark dinosaurs. You are such amazing people. Also, Sister Hansen saw the picture of Lauren Watt and totally knows her! Hope your enjoying Florida, Kels!
Love you all!
~Sis.J