This is Jennifer piecing together her email to send out to everyone. It sounds like she is learning a ton and not missing home at all...which is good! If you want to send a letter/package to her in the MTC, here is her address:
I've felt while here. I love it! I love being a missionary! I have an
iPad while in the MTC so y'all can literally write me everyday and I
can read it! Also, we may or may not have opened a few of our
Christmas presents just because of a couple hard days, so like if you
feel inclined to send any and all of the caffeinated sodas they would
be GREATLY appreciated, because there's no caffeine offered in the MTC
so like I've just been taking a sip of the DP a day. I LOVE YALL!!
It's been so fun being here, I love my district so much. We've talked
together about how we just felt like we've known each other before we
came here, and I told them how when I was struggling before my mission
I had that blessing that told me I had made promises and covenants
with people in the pre existence that I would find them on my mission
and I said how I truly believed that we knew the people we would teach
and knew the people we would be teaching with and the spirit in the
room just intensified immediately and all of us just stopped for
second and were like whoa... it was PRETTY COOL. so the people in my
district are awesome. We're like a family and we all get along super
well. We went through a little rough patch yesterday, but we had a
district inventory and everything is SO GOOD now. Being here just in
this week I have truly learned the importance of companionship
inventory. Like my companion and I get along SUPER well, but one day
we just were off, we weren't of the same page, we were both getting
really annoyed with each other and we were trying to plan a lesson for
one of our investigators, Angela, and we couldn't do it. We were both
thinking different things and she wasn't talking to me so I stopped
and she's like what? And I just said something is wrong. The spirit is
not here and we aren't going to be able to plan this lesson without
it. And she was like well should we say a prayer? And I was like no.
We need to do a companionship inventory. So we stopped planning and
started the inventory, we went over things that were bothering us and
I did what my branch president recommended me to do, which is say
"I've noticed that when you get _______, you start _______. Why?" And
I was like BRANCH PRESIDENT YOU ARE GENIUS. so I did that. And it
helped SO much. But like in the middle of our inventory we had to go
teach a lesson and like it went okay. Like we aren't going to
completely ruin her salvation or anything but I know it could have
gone better had we been able to have the spirit while we were planning
and while we were teaching. It was rough. But we're a lot better now
and she's awesome! Love her. She's given me a lot of opportunities to
turn out instead of thinking about myself. She has struggled a lot
with being here and such and so I haven't really had time to think
about myself, which is cool. I haven't really been homesick, except
Friday, Friday was a little rough but just because right after lunch
everyone got mail and I thought we only got it once a day and like not
on Saturday so I was SO SAD. because I thought I wasn't going to get
anything from y'all for my birthday and it was rough. But we got stuff
after dinner and I got the package and everything was good. Just
remember that I do have an iPad and you can send me letters brought
dear elder EVERYDAY! I would love to get anything you want to send.
I love being a missionary! It's so nice, and my
district is awesome, my companion is awesome, I was called to be the
music coordinator for our branch, surprise. It's been chill, we had
the Piano guys come a perform and give a devotional for us on Sunday,
no big deal. We're just pretty much spoiled beyond belief in the MTC
and especially now because it's the Christmas week, but STILL SEND
CANDY AND FOOD AND SODA. PREFERABLY WITH CAFFEINE. please. We've
learned a TON this week and the first four days were LONG but as soon
as you make it to Sunday the week just FLYS by. It's amazing. Also. To
all future missionaries. Study preach my gospel. Study your
scriptures. Learn how to pray sincerely and with real intent. Learn
how important you are to the lord and STAY HUMBLE. Recognize what your
father in heaven has given you but don't be boastful about it. And
most of all. Learn how to play foursquare. AND EXCEL AT IT.
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
district is awesome, my companion is awesome, I was called to be the
music coordinator for our branch, surprise. It's been chill, we had
the Piano guys come a perform and give a devotional for us on Sunday,
no big deal. We're just pretty much spoiled beyond belief in the MTC
and especially now because it's the Christmas week, but STILL SEND
CANDY AND FOOD AND SODA. PREFERABLY WITH CAFFEINE. please. We've
learned a TON this week and the first four days were LONG but as soon
as you make it to Sunday the week just FLYS by. It's amazing. Also. To
all future missionaries. Study preach my gospel. Study your
scriptures. Learn how to pray sincerely and with real intent. Learn
how important you are to the lord and STAY HUMBLE. Recognize what your
father in heaven has given you but don't be boastful about it. And
most of all. Learn how to play foursquare. AND EXCEL AT IT.
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
#thegospelislit
REMEMBER that Heavenly Father LOVES and KNOWS you.
Sister Dimon.
REMEMBER that Heavenly Father LOVES and KNOWS you.
Sister Dimon.
Ps I'm senior comp so like yeah. That's a thing. And I've been working
on being more bold with my words when I feel a prompting. Like
trusting that this is what I, called to do and knowing that the words
I think are from the spirit SO if I feel prompted to tell someone like
hey. You're feeling the spirit right now and I know it. And like if I
feel prompted to ask someone to get baptized to ask because I wouldn't
be receiving a prompting if it wasn't what the lord wanted me to do at
that time so yeah.
#SisterDimonOut
Go watch "The Hope of Gods Light" Mormon message. It's amazing. It's
one of my favorites.
on being more bold with my words when I feel a prompting. Like
trusting that this is what I, called to do and knowing that the words
I think are from the spirit SO if I feel prompted to tell someone like
hey. You're feeling the spirit right now and I know it. And like if I
feel prompted to ask someone to get baptized to ask because I wouldn't
be receiving a prompting if it wasn't what the lord wanted me to do at
that time so yeah.
#SisterDimonOut
Go watch "The Hope of Gods Light" Mormon message. It's amazing. It's
one of my favorites.
