Cool Book of Mormon Stories

Hey, everyone!

I just have a cool story for this week. But first, if you haven't seen this video yet, got watch it: http://www.youtube.com/MormonMessages#p/c/4E784EC0770935C0/5/3dNYpXZIN_c
It's about five minutes long, and really good.

Anyway, the hightlight of my week (and this shows how us missionaries are so easy to please): We have an investigator, Iwona, who I love a lot. She is so cool, and she knows the Bible really well. The only problem is that she never read in the Book of Mormon. We explained that the Book of Mormon is a major part of our belief, and, essentially, is the difference between our religion and all other Christian religions. We also explained that we are promised that we can get an answer about its truthfulness if we just read it. But she never "got around" to reading it.

But anyway. We kept meeting with her, and she was always pretty skeptical, and asked a lot of complicated questions, and always wanted proof for things. That was also okay, because that's what we're here for -- to answer questions -- but the spirit wasn't there. There was always an edge of contention. She was trying to prove the Book of Mormon to be wrong without reading it. So, finally, we simply asked her again to read the Book of Mormon: at least one page a day. She said, "Well, if I'm going to read one page a day, I might as well read a chapter a day."

We came back the next day, half-expecting that she hadn't read anything. She had read 10 chapters! She said that the words really spoke to her. She still had questions, and we gladly discussed them, but that contention and "bible-bashing" wasn't there. It was just nice. We came back two days later, and she had read until Mosiah 11! (about 170 pages in). I can't even describe how she had changed, but there was something different about Iwona. She was glowing. She looked so happy and beautiful. And I mean literally beautiful. I think that may be one of the best-kept beauty secrets in the world.

We later found out that Iwona's friends and former pastor are trying to get her to stop meeting with us. They told her that we're some weird cult, or that we're dangerous, or that we're going to grind her children's bones to make our bread or something, and she told us, "I told them to get lost. I'm going to find out if it's true or not, and no one is going to stop me."

There's a power that comes just from reading the Book of Mormon. The words written in it are powerful, but there's something else in the book that has almost nothing to do with the words on the page. I don't know why anyone wouldn't read it. I mean, if it's true, it's the most amazing and wonderful message in the world! If it's not true, it's still worth reading for curiosity's sake, because 14 million members throughout the world read it in 200 different languages and base their lives on it.

The only reason I see for people not reading the Book of Mormon is lack of time. It is kind of long, I guess. But the audiobook can be downloaded for free! :) I think you can download it here: http://mormon.org/book-of-mormon/


We also had Zone Conference this week in Dortmund, and that was cool. What else happened? Lately I feel like the days feel like weeks, and the weeks feel like days. I'm having a great time, though. Sister Bognar and I are enjoying what little time we have left together as companions! We think we're going to get split up for our last cycle. But luckily that's not for another three weeks.

Love you all!
Sister Jensen

P.S. Pictures!
No.1 - Spring is (almost) here! These were the first blossoms I saw.
No.2 - Sister Bognar and I eating "Wunderbars." Sometimes, when appointments fall out, or we get a way bad rejection, we just need chocolate.