Happy Easter

Hallo!

I hope you all had fabulous Easter celebrations! We had a good Easter here, too. In Germany, they have a four-day Easter weekend, beginning with Karfreitag (Good Friday) and ending with Ostermontag (Easter Monday... no idea if that has real religious significance, or if they just get an extra day off work. :)) It was a good opportunity to talk about Jesus Christ, and to go door-to-door singing Easter songs. I think I sang, `Christ the Lord is Risen Today` about 100 times.

Another fun Easter tradition here is to have an Osterbaum, which is the same idea as a Christmas tree, but for easter, and not a pine tree, and they hang decorated blown eggs on it. Some are really cool.

We had some really good lessons this week, and there are some new people we´re really excited about, too. Also, my host sister from the MTC, Sister Braaksma (the one who greeted me, took my luggage, and showed me around the MTC) just got home from her mission, and her home ward is Duisburg, Germany, so I see her at Institute every week! It was such a random coincidence. But then it hit me... she was in the MTC at the same time as me, so if she´s home, I must be going home soon, too! Weird.

My two favorite quotes from this week:
“The greatest battle of life is fought out within the silent chambers of the soul. A victory on the inside of a man’s heart is worth a hundred conquests on the battlefields of life. To be master of yourself is the best guarantee that you will be master of the situation. Know thyself. The crown of character is self-control.” - Unknown author, quoted by President Kimball

"your eternal destiny will not be the result of chance but of choice. It is never too late to begin to choose eternal life!" - Randall K. Bennett

I have been studying apostasy, and I read some really interesting verses about it in the New Testament. Everything makes so much sense when you understand the pattern of prophets and apostasy, and when you understand that, then it´s so obvious that a restoration had to happen. If I was a theologian, and I didn´t have a knowledge of the Restoration, I don´t know how I`d even tie my shoes in the morning.

Iwona´s doing great and is very excited for her baptism this weekend. We called her yesterday, and she had been feeling really depressed because her friends are still being so weird around her and not talking to her because of the church, and she was feeling lonely, but then she said, `So I just went out and talked to some people about the church, and gave them some of those cards you gave me´ (passalong cards). If only everyone had that attitude! And one time we called her in the evening, and she was reading Doctrine & Covenants to her kids as they fell asleep. I am just so impressed by her. I feel like I´m the one who´s learning from her, not the other way around.

That´s about it for this week! I love you all!
Sister JensenHallo!

I hope you all had fabulous Easter celebrations! We had a good Easter here, too. In Germany, they have a four-day Easter weekend, beginning with Karfreitag (Good Friday) and ending with Ostermontag (Easter Monday... no idea if that has real religious significance, or if they just get an extra day off work. :)) It was a good opportunity to talk about Jesus Christ, and to go door-to-door singing Easter songs. I think I sang, `Christ the Lord is Risen Today` about 100 times.

Another fun Easter tradition here is to have an Osterbaum, which is the same idea as a Christmas tree, but for easter, and not a pine tree, and they hang decorated blown eggs on it. Some are really cool.

We had some really good lessons this week, and there are some new people we´re really excited about, too. Also, my host sister from the MTC, Sister Braaksma (the one who greeted me, took my luggage, and showed me around the MTC) just got home from her mission, and her home ward is Duisburg, Germany, so I see her at Institute every week! It was such a random coincidence. But then it hit me... she was in the MTC at the same time as me, so if she´s home, I must be going home soon, too! Weird.

My two favorite quotes from this week:
“The greatest battle of life is fought out within the silent chambers of the soul. A victory on the inside of a man’s heart is worth a hundred conquests on the battlefields of life. To be master of yourself is the best guarantee that you will be master of the situation. Know thyself. The crown of character is self-control.” - Unknown author, quoted by President Kimball

"your eternal destiny will not be the result of chance but of choice. It is never too late to begin to choose eternal life!" - Randall K. Bennett

I have been studying apostasy, and I read some really interesting verses about it in the New Testament. Everything makes so much sense when you understand the pattern of prophets and apostasy, and when you understand that, then it´s so obvious that a restoration had to happen. If I was a theologian, and I didn´t have a knowledge of the Restoration, I don´t know how I`d even tie my shoes in the morning.

Iwona´s doing great and is very excited for her baptism this weekend. We called her yesterday, and she had been feeling really depressed because her friends are still being so weird around her and not talking to her because of the church, and she was feeling lonely, but then she said, `So I just went out and talked to some people about the church, and gave them some of those cards you gave me´ (passalong cards). If only everyone had that attitude! And one time we called her in the evening, and she was reading Doctrine & Covenants to her kids as they fell asleep. I am just so impressed by her. I feel like I´m the one who´s learning from her, not the other way around.

That´s about it for this week! I love you all!
Sister JensenHallo!

I hope you all had fabulous Easter celebrations! We had a good Easter here, too. In Germany, they have a four-day Easter weekend, beginning with Karfreitag (Good Friday) and ending with Ostermontag (Easter Monday... no idea if that has real religious significance, or if they just get an extra day off work. :)) It was a good opportunity to talk about Jesus Christ, and to go door-to-door singing Easter songs. I think I sang, `Christ the Lord is Risen Today` about 100 times.

Another fun Easter tradition here is to have an Osterbaum, which is the same idea as a Christmas tree, but for easter, and not a pine tree, and they hang decorated blown eggs on it. Some are really cool.

We had some really good lessons this week, and there are some new people we´re really excited about, too. Also, my host sister from the MTC, Sister Braaksma (the one who greeted me, took my luggage, and showed me around the MTC) just got home from her mission, and her home ward is Duisburg, Germany, so I see her at Institute every week! It was such a random coincidence. But then it hit me... she was in the MTC at the same time as me, so if she´s home, I must be going home soon, too! Weird.

My two favorite quotes from this week:
“The greatest battle of life is fought out within the silent chambers of the soul. A victory on the inside of a man’s heart is worth a hundred conquests on the battlefields of life. To be master of yourself is the best guarantee that you will be master of the situation. Know thyself. The crown of character is self-control.” - Unknown author, quoted by President Kimball

"your eternal destiny will not be the result of chance but of choice. It is never too late to begin to choose eternal life!" - Randall K. Bennett

I have been studying apostasy, and I read some really interesting verses about it in the New Testament. Everything makes so much sense when you understand the pattern of prophets and apostasy, and when you understand that, then it´s so obvious that a restoration had to happen. If I was a theologian, and I didn´t have a knowledge of the Restoration, I don´t know how I`d even tie my shoes in the morning.

Iwona´s doing great and is very excited for her baptism this weekend. We called her yesterday, and she had been feeling really depressed because her friends are still being so weird around her and not talking to her because of the church, and she was feeling lonely, but then she said, `So I just went out and talked to some people about the church, and gave them some of those cards you gave me´ (passalong cards). If only everyone had that attitude! And one time we called her in the evening, and she was reading Doctrine & Covenants to her kids as they fell asleep. I am just so impressed by her. I feel like I´m the one who´s learning from her, not the other way around.

That´s about it for this week! I love you all!
Sister JensenHallo!

I hope you all had fabulous Easter celebrations! We had a good Easter here, too. In Germany, they have a four-day Easter weekend, beginning with Karfreitag (Good Friday) and ending with Ostermontag (Easter Monday... no idea if that has real religious significance, or if they just get an extra day off work. :)) It was a good opportunity to talk about Jesus Christ, and to go door-to-door singing Easter songs. I think I sang, `Christ the Lord is Risen Today` about 100 times.

Another fun Easter tradition here is to have an Osterbaum, which is the same idea as a Christmas tree, but for easter, and not a pine tree, and they hang decorated blown eggs on it. Some are really cool.

We had some really good lessons this week, and there are some new people we´re really excited about, too. Also, my host sister from the MTC, Sister Braaksma (the one who greeted me, took my luggage, and showed me around the MTC) just got home from her mission, and her home ward is Duisburg, Germany, so I see her at Institute every week! It was such a random coincidence. But then it hit me... she was in the MTC at the same time as me, so if she´s home, I must be going home soon, too! Weird.

My two favorite quotes from this week:
“The greatest battle of life is fought out within the silent chambers of the soul. A victory on the inside of a man’s heart is worth a hundred conquests on the battlefields of life. To be master of yourself is the best guarantee that you will be master of the situation. Know thyself. The crown of character is self-control.” - Unknown author, quoted by President Kimball

"your eternal destiny will not be the result of chance but of choice. It is never too late to begin to choose eternal life!" - Randall K. Bennett

I have been studying apostasy, and I read some really interesting verses about it in the New Testament. Everything makes so much sense when you understand the pattern of prophets and apostasy, and when you understand that, then it´s so obvious that a restoration had to happen. If I was a theologian, and I didn´t have a knowledge of the Restoration, I don´t know how I`d even tie my shoes in the morning.

Iwona´s doing great and is very excited for her baptism this weekend. We called her yesterday, and she had been feeling really depressed because her friends are still being so weird around her and not talking to her because of the church, and she was feeling lonely, but then she said, `So I just went out and talked to some people about the church, and gave them some of those cards you gave me´ (passalong cards). If only everyone had that attitude! And one time we called her in the evening, and she was reading Doctrine & Covenants to her kids as they fell asleep. I am just so impressed by her. I feel like I´m the one who´s learning from her, not the other way around.

That´s about it for this week! I love you all!
Sister Jensen