Easter Excitement

Hey Friends and Family!

Wow I cannot believe it is p-day time seriously flies by.

March 21: Today we had the funniest experience. We walked up to these guys to give them pictures of Jesus and they then gave us a 10 minute lecture on how Jesus was actually black and that the Jews at Jesus' time were actually Ethiopian Jews. Seriously so funny, we then went home and told the sisters we live with about it and one of them pulled out a brochure for the Israelites and it was like reading word for word this guys lecture. Also he said he was going to go visit the nearest LDS church when he got home to St. Lucia, so good luck missionaries down there.

March 22: Today we taught Gloribel about the Word of Wisdom (we don't drink coffee, tea, alcohol, we don't smoke or use other illegal or harmful drugs) and she didn't want to give up coffee. But it was cool we talked to her and promised her blessings and she agreed to give it up even though it will be hard since she works at Dunkin Donuts.

March 23: Went on exchanges and worked in Boynton today. The Sisters we live with are working with some super cool people and it was cool to meet them.

March 24: Today we went to visit a less active and got to the appointment early so we decided to knock doors a street up and the first door we knocked on was another less active named Phillip who is in drug recovery. Seriously a cool miracle to find him.

March 25: Today while knocking we met this super cool Haitian family (awesome referral for the elders). After the prayer the mom said she was "so so happy" and as we were getting contact information everyone wanted to give us their information (some of them might have been trying to flirt with us). We set up a return appointment for the elders and the next day they were walking up to the appointment and met one of the family members outside. As they were talking with him the guy said "I have an appointment with some white guys like you....right now" Haitians freak out when they meet white guys who speak fluent Creole.

March 26: Today we did some awesome service for a member. This member is moving from Boca to Lake Worth and is fixing up a house. Well we went and cleaned the floors and chipped off all the paint splatters and it was cool because the member didn't know when she would have time to do it and there we were to help her out.

March 27: Today the less active we have been working with came to church and he was so excited to be there and  he could not stop smiling. Truly the gospel has brought him so much happiness and it has been exciting to see him change over the past month and I can't wait to see how he continues to grow and progress. Also today was an amazing Easter!

Have a great week everyone!

Love,

Sister Jennings

Funny No Soliciting sign.                                               

 We aren't allowed to eat in the car it's kind of funny when we want to eat a quick snack.

Cute new Easter dress!

Birthday Bash!

Hey Friends and Family!

Wow I cannot believe it's been another week! Time just flies when you are serving the Lord.

March 14: For p-day we went down to Boca to party with the Boca Raton and Boca Rio sisters and we had Brazilian Stroganoff and man it was delicious. It was also fun to hang out with the sisters in my district. 

March 15: Today we had a mission conference and got to see a lot of the missionaries I know. Also it was Sister King's birthday (my trainer) and it was just so much fun to get together and learn more about how we can be effective missionaries and how we can be safe missionaries. Later this evening we had a lesson with Gloribel (who I've been on and off again teaching since I got to Florida) and we talked about the Restoration and set her with a baptismal date for March 31st and she is finally ready to learn and make changes in her life.

March 16: Today we went on campus and tried talking to everyone we could see and it was awesome we actually got to talk to some people about the gospel. We then had two lessons today one with Tesh, who is a referral from Shawn our other investigator, and Gloribel. I truly do love teaching and wish I could do it more, but first you have to find the people to teach.

March 17: Today we went knocking down in Boca Raton but we accidentally put the wrong address in and ended up in Deerfield. It was really funny especially since we were in the nice part of Deerfield and it was a lot different than when we went to Deerfield 2 months ago. We ended up finding where we needed to be and I definitely saved that location in the GPS to avoid further confusion.

March 18: Today was my companion's birthday! We started off the day with a surprise birthday party and good thing I'm stubborn or else we would have gone out to eat for lunch and she would have missed the whole party. For dinner the Deforests fed us for her birthday. Sister Deforest is like my mission mom, she really takes care of us and it is always a fun time when we go over to her house. 

March 19: Today we saw Miguel and the good news is he is coming to church tomorrow! We finally got it cleared with his house arrest officer so that he can come and man he is so excited. Also thank God for court orders to go to church because that means he's coming the next few weeks (also so he can have some social life). But really Miguel is so cool and it has been amazing to see how he has grown since I first met him, he is starting his mission papers as well so that will be cool.

March 20: Today at church only Gloribel came investigator wise, but we had a lot of less actives that we are working with come which is amazing. I truly love this branch and loved to see how much they have grown and matured and how much love they have for one another, they truly are a family.

Well love you all, have a great week!

~Sister Jennings

#WreckStuart

Hey friends and family.

Just to start, I love you all, thanks for all your support, you truly are amazing.

March 7: P-day was so much fun! We had a multi-zone activity and it was a blast, we played kickball and soccer and charades and really just had a lot of fun as a bunch of missionaries. #WreckStuart was our text theme all week as we totally demolished them in our activities. Super fun to see them all though!

March 8: Today fun but bad experience. We had a meal appointment with a member tonight and they cancelled last minute. We were trying to figure out where to go eat when we got a text from a different member saying they had food for us and we should come pick it up! Yes!! Except it was Haitian soup which is made of like straight oil. Let's just say our stomachs did not thank us for that and we felt sick all night and part of the next morning.

March 9: Cool miracle today. We got a random text from a guy named David who had previously been investigating but didn't have time because of work. Well now he is ready to learn again so that is awesome. Truly a blessing because we haven't been able to find people to teach for a while and we've been knocking doors like crazy.

March 10: God is truly so good. Today was a crazy day and we were all over the place and didn't really know where we needed to be. Well we still needed to knock for an hour and decided to knock these apartments by us. Well we met Richie (over the age of 30 so not YSA darn) who was truly touched that we had the courage to walk up to random people and offer to pray with them. He'd had a bad experience with religion in the past but had recently turned to God a little more and wants to come to church because "if they are half as nice as you two girls it must be pretty great".

March 11: We got to do service today which was awesome. I love service! It's cool because when we go they call us Sister Sister. Also cool thing is they are starting to trust us a lot, we got to do intake of donation items for the ReStore and kind of be the face that people see today which was awesome.

March 12: Today most of our appointments fell through and our investigators weren't home. Funny experience though we walked up to these two guys on the street and were talking to them about church and one of them said "the street is my church, I learn all the lessons I need from it". It was so funny! He did say he would try and stop by our church on Sunday (not sure if he knows the right one since he thinks its the Church of God but that is the name of a different church near ours.)

March 13: Sunday was truly just a miracle day. A former investigator texted us telling us he wants to come back to church and meet with us again. We had people come to church, Yeah!!! An investigator who hasn't really wanted to meet with us told us she is finally ready to start working towards baptism and wants to be baptized in April. Our investigators brought friends to church. Crazy how great God is.

Love you all! Have a great week!

~Sister Jennings

Miracle March

Howdy Ya'll! It's another great week in Paradise City!

February 29: Today was leap day which means I have an extra day on the mission (technically) which is awesome because I truly do love serving the Lord!

March 1: Today we had our mission tour with Elder Dube of the Seventy. It was awesome! He is so funny and was definitely inspired on what our mission needs. Super cool today we were knocking doors and knocked into this girl Evelyn who not only has heard of the church but has a Book of Mormon. There is a member of the ward here who passed out 50 Books of Mormon last year and Evelyn was one of the recipients. Thing is she never opened the book so it was doing her no good sitting on her shelf so we invited her to read, we'll find out how it goes.

March 2: Went OYMing (Open Your Mouth) on Palm Beach State College today and it was so cool there were so many YSA (Young Single Adults) on campus and we got to invite a couple to church and tell them about Jesus Christ.

March 3: Went to institute and got some awesome referrals from our members as well as met a less active member who just moved here from Hawaii. It was so cool talking to him about Maui and understanding exactly where he was living and the places he was talking about.

March 4: Cool miracle. We were trying to visit this less active and showed up at her parent's house to see if we could get a current address. It just so happened that she was actually visiting her parents on a rare occurrence and that is when we felt prompted to go visit her. It was so cool because normally she is not there and her parents it turns out don't know her new address so the chances of us meeting her were really slim but God is good!

March 5: Every week we go and do service at the ReStore here in Delray and because we come every week they are starting to recognize us. It made my day when one of the workers was glad to see us that day and that now they refer to us as the sisters. They might think we are mormon nuns (or maybe just nuns) but it is cool that they are starting to recognize who we are and we will fix their understanding of who we are.

March 6: Church was a miracle! We got to help rescue two less actives! It was awesome because I truly love these two girls and have loved seeing how the gospel is once again blessing their lives and to see them happier than when I met them. I'm so excited to see how they continue to blossom and grow.

Love you all!

Sister Jennings

 

At Elder Dube conference with my mission sister (same trainer as me), my mission mom Sister King, and me

Playing indoor soccer for p-day.

God Has Perfect Timing

Hey Friends and Family!

Wow I cannot believe it is that time again to talk to all of you wonderful people. Time really does just fly by.

February 22: Today we were knocking in what turned out to be a pretty sketchy neighborhood but God is the best protector. We had been one street over and praying to know what street we should knock on and decided to knock one over. As we were knocking doors we got invited in to two different homes and spent like 20ish minutes talking to each of them about the gospel. One of the families told us that on the street right next to them (the one we were originally going to knock) was really sketchy and had a bunch of kids who had jumped an old man the week before. They told us we really shouldn't have been knocking in that area at night. Wow though, God really does love and protect his missionaries.

February 23: Today was a really rough day and all of our plans fell through and we were asking God to really just help us have a good day. We had the thought to go talk to people in this nearby park, so we plugged it into our GPS and drove to the very end of Prince Park. Well at the very last parking lot away from all other people was John and Miriam whose car battery had died. They asked us if we had any jumper cables, we did not, so we told them we would find someone who had cables. Well we found someone! As we drove up with Juan, our nice Samaritan, to jump start this car it was so cool, John told us that when he saw us drive up he knew the cavalry had come. It really was a neat experience to be where God needed us to be and also that God had truly provided a tender mercy for us.

February 24: While knocking today we met a lady named Debbie down in Boca Raton. I felt really bad because as traveling missionaries we cover the entire county of Palm Beach and I do not have all of the building addresses and meeting times memorized and so I didn't have the church information to invite this lady to church. However, it turns out that missionaries over a year ago had invited her to church and she had never been able to go, but she had kept the card which had the church address and meeting time. It was a sign to her that she really did need to come visit and she said she was going to come this Sunday.

February 25: Today we got to teach Shawn who the elders found and passed to us. It was so cool we taught him a 20 minute Plan of Salvation discussion and set him with a baptismal date for March 12th. It truly brings me so much joy to watch people love and except the gospel.

February 26: Super funny as we were driving in Lake Worth today this guy pulled up next to us on the road and rolled his window down and motioned us to roll ours down. There in the middle of the road the guy asked us where we got our bike rack hitch because he wanted to get one like ours. We explained we didn't know it was a mission car. It was just so funny though, and I'm glad there were no cars behind us because the light had turned green.

February 27: Today was truly just an amazing experience of being in the right place where God needed us. God truly has perfect timing.

February 28: Shawn came to church and absolutely loved it. Watching him after church it seems like he has been here for years instead of just his first time. Also both of the less actives we've been working with came today!! Also my former investigator came to church and told us she wants to meet with us again and even set up an appointment with a member so that we can teach her. Also an investigator for us came to church at an earlier time. Today was a miracle from God and I am so thankful to him for it.

Well love you all!!

Sister Jennings

P.S. We went to Burger Fi for p-day

A Florida sunset. Man I will never get sick of views like this.

My Life is Full of Change

Hello Again Friends and Family!

To start off I get to stay in my same area until April so I'll spend more than 6 months here. Crazy!! Also my title comes from the fact that everywhere I go I am always looking for Ghetto Pennies (the random spare change on the ground), so my life hasn't actually had a whole lot of change but this last week I picked up like a dollar in coins so it really is full of change.

Now to my week.

February 16: After emailing all of you wonderful people we went out and knocked some doors and then got to go to Activity Night with the YSA. It was so much fun and there were a lot of people there. They played extreme spoons (the card game spoons except the spoons were hidden down the hallways and they had to run and get them). Also super cool some of the YSA from NOVA came up from Plantation, FL to hang out with our group and some people brought their friends.

February 17: Today we got to teach Thomas about the Book of Mormon and we committed him to read 3 Nephi 11 which starts on page 427. His eyes then got super big and he was like "no way that's my birthday" and then he went to put in a reminder to read the Book of Mormon the next day and when he looked at the time he freaked out even more "Guys it's 4:27". So God told Thomas he needs to read the Book of Mormon through all of these coincidences and it was just super funny his reaction. 

February 18: Two crazy miracles happened today. 1. As we were driving to go visit a less active I noticed a little blue dot on our GPS (indicating a member) and was super curious then as we kept driving we just got the feeling that we needed to be somewhere. So we pulled over to pray about where we needed to be and that little blue dot came to mind. We drove back to contact this member and the address didn't exist as written and I had the thought try 427 not 527. After knocking a few doors asking if anyone knew who this member was we knocked on 427 and there she was and it turns out she wants to come back to church. 2. Today we went to Bible study and saw our less active Lolo who we miraculously found last week. Well after Bible Study we were talking with her about transfering her baptisimal records. Come to find out that she has never been baptized but she really wants to be. So that is how our less active turned into a new investigator.

February 19: Today was the weirdest day knocking and I can't even explain all of it. Let's just say for example one lady we knocked into was so upset we were knocking because her church was on and she was missing the end of the sermon.

February 20: Awesome day! We met with our less active Yourlanda and she is so excited to come to church on Sunday and we even have a ride lined out and everything. Also she wants us to teach her cousin and the Creole elders to teach her mom so she is just an awesome missionary in her own home.

February 21: We had two gators at sacrament today!! It is so cool to watch how our branch just welcomes everyone in and makes them feel like they are part of the family. 

Well that's all for this week. I hope you all have amazing weeks and remember to rely on God because he is so Good.

Love,

Sister Jennings

P.S. Found Art in the Alley #4 and it literally made my day!! I love Art in the Alley!

Doing Business in Babylon

Hey everyone! How are all of you? Well this week was great!

February 8: We had an Amazing Race at the mall doing a scavenger item for things (ex: Guy with greatest Duck Dynasty beard, how many Miami heat snap-back hats at lids, throw a penny in the fountain, etc). Then we went out to work.

(Amazing Race funny photo)

February 9: Today while knocking we had two crazy cool miracles. We were knocking doors near a member and this YSA answered the door and said of course we could say a prayer with him. When we invited him to church he already knew where the church building was and who we are because his friend had invited him to basketball at the church. It was super cool to see how this member had reached out to his neighbors just to invite him to an activity at the church and as a result when the missionaries knocked on his door he was really friendly to us. Also as we were headed to our YSA activity we decided we should knock for 15 more minutes and had this apartment complex near the church in mind. As we were driving there I felt that we shouldn't be at that complex but the neighboring one. As we drove into the complex Sister Erickson felt we should knock this one building. The third door we knock on was a less active YSA that no one knew about and she wants to come to church. She came with us to the YSA activity and the branch welcomed her in with wide open arms.

​(YSA playing Human Foosball)

February 10: Today while knocking we ran into another less active YSA that no one knew about. We seem to do that a lot finding less actives that no one knew about and they are mostly people who want to come back to the church. Also crazy knocking experience. We were up in West Palm Beach knocking and we decided to OYM this guy. As we walk up to him and offer to say a prayer with him he says he has seen us before. So we assumed he has seen us knocking there before, but nope he saw the two of us in a vision/dream sort of thing. We got super excited and were pumped to invite him to church and be baptized and learn about the gospel and all that but nope he said he doesn't define his relation with God. But super funny maybe one day he'll meet a different set of missionaries and decide he is ready.

February 11: Today we taught Michael the restoration and he is so cool and has such amazing questions. Its really cool to see how God prepares people to be ready for the gospel. Also our YSA are so cool and love bringing their friends to activities which is awesome because then they can ask us, the missionaries, questions about the gospel.

February 12: Today we went to stop by our investigator Nico's house because his dad canceled his phone because he is taking lessons from us. Well Nico wasn't home but his sister was and told us that Nico would not be learning anymore from us. So sad how his family won't let him make his own decisions. Cool thing though, this less active recently decided she wanted to come back so we got to meet with her and we taught her cousin who was there and now she wants to learn more about the gospel.

February 13: We taught Neoline today the restoration and she is excited to learn more. Also I set a new record for the number of hours I knocked.....5 hours knocking doors. Also today we had stake conference and the YSA choir sang and we got to be apart of that.

February 14: Happy Valentines Day!! Today we taught David about the gospel and it finally clicked for him. He has been coming to church every week for the past two months and he finally has decided that he no longer needs to learn about religion for his school but for himself and so we might be able to set him with a baptisimal date this week. 

February 15: Cool miracle! Yesterday this guy Thomas called the church to find out how he can learn more about it and a member actually answered the phone that always rings but no one answers. Well today we went and taught him and he is so cool. He is going through rehab right now and decided he wanted to have God more in his life. Being in rehab he hasn't met a Mormon and figured we must have our life figured out. Also all the Mormons he's met have all seemed happy with their religion so he thought he might just try it out. So that was super cool.

Transfers: I'm staying here in Gateway YSA with Sister Erickson!! Yeah!! I love this branch so much!

Address:

2301 S. Congress Ave #113

Boynton Beach, FL 33426

Love you all! Have an amazing week!

/Sis Jennings