Hello Wvweyone

Hello everyone!

This week was the best week of my mission! I have a new companion, Sister Bognár, and she is so awesome! We get along so well. We're already having so much fun and teaching more and finding more. Seriously, this is the best companionship since Alma and Amulek.

Sister Bognár is 23, from Kerekegyháza, Hungary, and she is SO funny! She plays volleyball and loves missionary work. She already served in Düsseldorf before (from Feburary until July), so she is excited to be back and already knows the members and some of the investigators. My companion, Sister Hansen, went down and took her place in Darmstadt, and Sister Bognár came up here! It has been so great these past few days. I know great things are going to happen here!

I attatched a photo that we took at transfers in Frankfurt. I'm on the right side standing next to Sister Hansen (red jacket) and Sister Römer, my old companion. Sister Bognár is on the far left, with the purple scarf. President and Sister Schwartz are in the middle. Oh, and for Grandma and Grandpa Jones, Sister Bulloch is also in this picture (third one in from the left).

On New Year's Eve we were home by 6:00 pm and had some time to relax and set goals for the new year and stuff. New Years in Düsseldorf is kinda crazy. They have a lot of fireworks that sound like weapons (like machine guns and bombs and shotguns and stuff), and they were going off all night and it sounded like World War Three. The next day we were up and fresh and heading to church by 8:00 am, and the busses and trains were full of drunk and hungover people, haha.

Yesterday, Sister Bognár and I were out doing some door-to-door, and just singing songs for people, and we met some super nice people. With one lady, we sang her a song and then told her that we knew God loved her and was always there for her. She almost started crying and said, 'Yes, I hope so, but sometimes hard times come and it's hard to believe that.' She lost two very close loved ones this Christmas, and was really doubting if God was even there, and we just told her we knew that he was there, and that he cares. I know that's true. I'm glad to be here, bringing light and hope to people, because I know I couldn't live without it. I know there's a God, and he wants to hear from us, and we can pray to him at any time and pour our heart out to him, and he will be there to comfort us.

I am loving life, loving the mission, and feeling great! It was so nice to Skype over Christmas and see Mom, Jess, Matt and Melinda. I love you all and pray for you, and I hope everything is going well!

Have a happy new year!
Sister Jensen