Kelsey's Call to Serve: Better Late Than Never

Hey Family and Friends!

Sorry I'm emailing a day late, because of Martin Luther King Day (the holiday) we had a proselyting Monday and p-day is today (Tuesday).

January 11: We had an awesome p-day last week where our district and the zone leaders went mini golfing. It was so much fun and to top it all off I won in the group I was in so that is even better!

We then went out and had an awesome night knocking.

January 12: Today we got to teach Evens who we found by trying to contact a less active. Super funny we showed up to our appointment and he wasn't there and we tried calling him and he didn't answer. We were getting a little discouraged and were trying to figure out if we should leave when all of a sudden Evens walks around the corner and it was better late than never that he showed up. Then we taught him an awesome lesson.

January 13: Also an amazing story from knocking today. We were walking down this street in Lakeworth and we felt impressed to go back and knock this door we hadn't previously seen. At that home was Marcus who come to find out had previously not been a church person, became a church person, got his family to become church people, and then decided he didn't want to be a church person. A little confusing but that doesn't matter, what is important is when he told his pastor that he didn't want to be active in that church anymore the pastor told Marcus that if he wasn't then God wouldn't hear his prayers or walk with him. It was cool because as representatives of Jesus Christ we could tell Marcus that God still loved him and heard his prayers. We truly got to be the hands of the Lord and tell Marcus that he was loved.

January 14: Today we got to teach Bory his recent convert lesson about the restoration and temples and it was amazing the spirit in the room as we talked about how Bory could live with his family forever and that the Restoration and the priesthood would bless him and his family both now and eternally. He is seriously so cool and I cannot wait to see what he does in his life from this point on.

January 15: Funny story about dinner this evening. We were up in Lakeworth which is Latin Land and we were at Pollo Tropical and me and Sister Erickson were the only white people in the whole restaurant. We definitely stood out and now I kind of understand how foreign missionaries feel because everyone stared at us and all the Latin boys were flirting with the two white girls. It was so funny and worth it because man I love Pollo Tropical.

January 16: Today was crazy! It took us so long to figure out what we needed to do and where God needed us today. But God is good and figured it out for us. We went to this apartment complex where a less active member lives and as we walked into the building we met a different less active who wants to start coming back to church. Yeah!! And to top it all off the last door we knocked was the home of Guerline who was visiting her boyfriend from New York and we shared a prayer with her and it was exactly what she needed. When she goes home to New York she is going to ask to go to church with her Mormon friend and she is so excited to read the Book of Mormon.

January 17: Today was just an amazing day and Bory wrote me and my old companion the sweetest notes thanking us for our missionary service and changing his life and helping him to reach his true potential. It was amazing because that is truly why I am on my mission to help people reach the potential that God knows they can.

January 18: We taught Gloribel today!! We have had a hard time getting a hold of her and finally did. We taught her all about the Plan of Salvation which answers the questions of where we come from? why we are here? and where are we going? She told us she knows the Book of Mormon is true and we asked her to pray about being baptized on February 13th. She told us it was too early but we told her we know and God knows that she can be ready on that date because we have been praying to know what date to extend to her.

Love you all,

Sister Jennings

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