Sister Jorgensen : Service with a Sunburn

WEEK 64: December 11, 2017

I think some of you (who am I kidding, only me) might be pleased to know that the weather cooled off this past week and it was ballin during the night time. I actually said the words "I am cold right now" more than once. WHAT A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!! This past week was pretty good though. We had our Christmas party and interviews with President. All the districts did their own skits and it was good to just sit back and laugh for a little bit.

Two weeks ago we also had the chance to hear from Elder Johnson of the area 70. He was able to come and do a mission tour and gave a training while here in Fogo. He talked a lot about revelation and it was a great training. The spirit was so strong and he is definitely called of God. It was a cool experience to meet him and shake a member of the Seventy's quorum hand.

Not much else exciting happened this past week, but I did want to share a quick thought about the influence that we as missionaries AND members have WHEN we are being obedient and diligent. There were quite a few moments this past week where Sis Miller and I walked into situations that were filled with satan...hahahah sorry I can't think of any other way to say it. My english is terrible... anyway, moments where people would be smoking and immediately hide their cigarette the minute we walked up. Or when our recent converts mom and random guys were all drinking in her newly converted bar and made us go through the side door...it was moments like that where I was able to realize not only can people feel a difference when being in church or in a lesson with us, but just merely OUR PRESENCE has an influence on them. Both of those situations were with people who knew our purpose as missionaries. They knew we would either invite them to change OR bring the spirit into the room which would cause them to feel uncomfortable about breaking the commandments of God. It really blew my mind to just think about that and realize how much "power" we really do have as members of the TRUE AND LIVING CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. Think about that for a sec people. I challenge you all to have more courage this week and invite someone to come to church or get involved with the "light the world" campaign. Your examples and influence are more noticable than you think ;) Love you all and hope you have a fab week xo

Much love, Sister Jorgensen