Week of Amazingness ~ (Elder Holland)!!!!

OH MY GOSH SOOOO MUCH TO EMAIL THIS WEEK!!!!!!!! ill try to type it all if not ill write home the rest, but OH MY GOSH!

I was in a tripanionship for a couple days. Hermana M is my new comp/trainee, Hermana P just left for A....!

To start out with... ELDER HOLLAND came to OUR mission, the vancouver mission. he spoke to US missionaires!! AND we ALL got to shake his hand.. YES i have a couple seconds face to face with elder Holland AND got to shake his hand :) he looks RIGHT into your soul! well I took 5 pages of notes on what he said for an hour and a half.. so i cant even being to tell you what he told us.. He felt such a special spirit about our mission, the minute he walked into the door! Ill write home what he said(i dont have enough time to email it all!) 

BUt some other amazing news, YES i made it safe and sound to Vancouver, and my new companion is Hermana M, she is so ready and willing to work!! We are goign to do amazing things together :)  I absolutely love my companion, love Vancouver and love the branch!!

Well monday and tuesday i said bye to my home in Hood River :,( sad day but i will return soon!!! 

Saying Good-BYE to my Companions (trainees).  S  & V. 

The Amazing J Family!!!!

Amazing News:  a part memeber less active family that came to church on my last sunday in Hood River, the N family... well the two kids are now on date for baptism and the mom is loving coming back to church!!

Wonderful N family ~ and I love these cute Young Women who have helped us!

My trainer/mom Hermana A came back to visit the mission, so happy i got to see "mi madre" :)

R, my Trainer/Mom in the Mission Field. I love her!

We had some amazing little experiences this week by simply listening to the Holy Ghost.. WE have talked and taught many people about the gospel and they are so interested!

First day with the Spanish Branch, we went on a "Trek".   There are 4 sets of Spanish Missionaries in the Branch.

Hermana A came back to visit.  And little L between us!

The amazing miracle this week was listening to the prompting to walk and talk to a lady at a park. she invited us back to her home for water and food. we taught her about the Book of mormon and she is excited to hear more!!!!

GAHH AMAZING THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE!!!! love you all so much. take care!

Hermana Kelsey Jaeger

Early Birthday Celebrations!

Our tri-panionship.  The 2 Hermanas that I am training. They are amazing.  

Well this week was ALL a blur!!!!! We got a few new investigators this week, they are all very interested!! So many little miracles i cant even explain! Well still no one coming to church :/ but we are doing our best, even going with members to go pick up our investigators for church. This is a short email this week because i don't even remember what all happened! we continue to teach amazing lessons in spanish and english. little by little we improve our teaching and expand our knowledge of what and how to teach people. 

All the ermans in our District.  4 are Visa waiters :)

I got all 3 birthday packages last week at our Sisters training... i opened them.. hahaha :) sorry i couldnt wait!!! saturday we will be working so i wanted to open them asap! we laughed so hard when i opened the bottel of RANCH! We are having a party as a zone today so i get to use all the stuff you sent me:)there are only 13 of us, plus an elder couple.. so a total of 15. we want to celebrate and party today! Thank you also to everyone who continues to send me love and those that sent me a little birthday surprise and other things!!!  :)

My Birthday Boxes :)

Little miracles this week, like getting in to teach certain people that never showed interest before. Planting MANY little seeds of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I learned many things this week. most importantly is that we dont always see the fruits of our labor... just as we plant a seed, me may not see the tree grow. or we may not see the fruit begin to grow. all that is important is to plant seeds every where any time. You never know what the future holds :) 

Don't be afraid to be you! be who you are while being a representative of Jesus Christ. we all have different identities and ways to learn and teach and grow. no one is exactly the same, which is why everyone is assigned to serve a mission EXACTLY where they need to be. A mission is for us to grow and learn. we all make mistakes in this life. I am thankful for the Atonement of Jesus Christ that i can try and try and continue to try to be better. 

Well time to enjoy the rest of P-day.. we are going to make cupcakes and celebrate my brithday early with my Zone! and then we all get back to work haha. We are going to have a pinata and use all the  birthday decor I got in the mail.  Sorry I opened all my birthday gifts! I couldnt wait :)  I love everything.

I opened my gifts early.  Thank you!

Time is going by so fast. i come home in 1 year... WOW!  keep working and keep serving!  Cant wait we are listening to Elder Holland come and speak to us August 24th!

I love my family so much :)  Again thank you everyone!  love you all so much!

stay healthy and stay happy :) --  Hermana Kelsey Jaeger

 

Love the Birthday t-shirts  ~  Have you heard of Sheris?  Well, it was yummy!!