"DANCE! Boogie wonderlAAAnd."

 Happy Monday Friends! I have so many things to tell you! Let's just get crackin'! 


Well great news!!... drumroll please... OUR FRIEND IVAN IS GOING TO BE BAPTIZED!! WOOT WOOT! I don't really know how to explain it, but my whole body just hurts because it's about to burst from being so happy! Being a missionary is such a blessing! I love being able to be apart of someone's life journey with Jesus Christ! I love being able to see the light growing (physically GROWING) because they are reading the Book of Mormon and learning who Christ is in their lives! So yeah! February 11th! Mark your calendars! And mark it for February 4th too because that's Justin's baptism day! 😁

Okay to continue, we had the most BOMB lesson with one of our friends Amir! Literally a heaven sent, elect man from God! No jokes! We met up at the park with a member from our branch and when he showed up, he pulled out his Book of Mormon and there was a bookmark in it because he has been reading it on his own! Like what?! First, we didn't even ask him to read it every day and he did it on his own! I almost started crying! (It was a little dusty outside I guess you could say) our member and him were just hitting it off, Sister Arlint and I felt like we were 3rd wheeling! It was great! Then we cried when we got to the car! Good tears of course:) 

Anywho, there's just so much to say! AAAHH well okay, I can barely remember what I had for breakfast, let alone the whole week?! We went to visit a new member that just moved into the branch, Maleek! Okay, I just love him! He gives off the best vibes, and is just so happy and pure:) we already have a handshake; so you know it's good! But anyways, back on topic:) when we came over the first time, his roommate Korey was walking out and we asked him if he wanted to join us, but he was headed out, so he couldn't! DARN! It's okay because he made up for it! This last time we showed up, and he goes, "You guys are FAST!" He said that because just an hour before we showed up, he was filling out a referral online to meet with missionaries:) CRAZINESS! THE coolest guy ever! He and his other roommate ended up coming to institute and church yesterday! 

Alright, I know this email has been 5 ever long, but we're almost done, so just bare with me! If you made it this far, you're a true homie!! So, we got this referral from a guy named Frantz, and he was super cool and ELECT, until he blocked us... why?! So we went to his house, because he's the one that gave us his address and when we came up to the neighborhood... it was gated! Of course. So we prayed and went up to the little visitor kiosk thing, and the first guy came up and just opened the gate! Well, as many know, we aren't the brightest, so we pulled up to the wrong gate!! We noticed the gate on the other side was open, so Sister Arlint jumped out of the car (like James Bond) and backed me (good times) buuuuut we didn't make it! We went around again, but the new lady on the phone didn't let us in... so we decided to go around one more time and pray really hard for a miracle, and sure enough, a different lady opened the gate for us and we were able to go in! I'm convinced that the 2 people who let us in were angels! 

Now to sum up some other things that happened, I'll just put some bullet points! You're welcome;) 
- zeid aish called, sent us recordings of him singing! And that's where the title of my email came from! Oh I wish you could hear it! We have rock solid abs now! I love him:) 
- korey said, "you're ella... like frozen." I don't know what it is, but everyone thinks I'm a cartoon character here! Girl from the Lorax, lucy from despicable me, and Anna from frozen! It's great! Haha

I just have one more thing to share: 
1 Nephi 22:25
And he gathereth his children from the four quarters of the earth; and he numbereth his sheep, and they know him; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd; and he shall feed his sheep, and in him they shall find pasture.

Jesus Christ is a gift! He sees our weaknesses as opportunities to grow, and He knows how to help you attain the attributes you want! I know He lives, and I know that Heavenly Father's prescribed path leads to the best eternal outcome:) 

Love, 
Sister Jensen 

Pictures: 
- sunsets on the ocean!!
- kiosk adventures:) 
- a text we got from our new friend Maleek! Love that man:) 

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