The Errand of Angels: Week 27 Bicycle Helmets in the Bathtub

Hi Everyone!

So Sister Bush and I had a great week! And a funny week and rather an exciting week! It is officially hurricane season here in Florida. Even though Tornado season is over, hurricane season also means possible tornadoes and water spouts. Well, we had a couple tornado warnings and watches Thursday this weekwith Tropical Storm Andrea. Its wonderful that Sister Bush and I are so witty and like to have fun in all situations. One was at 4:00 AM. So at 4:00 AM we hopped in the bathtub with our bicycle helmets (mission rule and actually very smart indeed) and a camera, and ended up having a blast. We created a show called "Bicycle Helmets in the Bathtub." In the show we both talk in British accents. We give great advice on what you should do in a storm, even though its actually really bad advice. Picture me with a bicycle helmet on, sitting in the bathtub, speaking in a British accent, "In the event of a tornado eat all of the food in your 72 hour kit as quickly as possible. The heavier you are the less likely are to get blown away." (Please don't really do this). I have to admit, its pretty funny. We had a blast with it all day Thursday as we jumped in and out of the tub during various warnings. Do not worry, we are safe and sound. We did have a tornado hit Gulfport though, which downed some trees and a single mailbox (woo!). It was really cool though. The tornado started at the beach and went straight up the street toward our church building. The tornado turned west right before hitting the building and totally avoided. Can anyone say, God protects His Church? We obviously didn't see this because we were inside the whole day on lock down from the storm. I totally had cabin fever.

Studying in the bathtub: Sister Bush hogging the pillows

4 A.M. Sillies

Destruction: So there was hardly any damage down besides a couple of downed trees. One sign was damaged, a mailbox was down, a couple cars were damaged from trees. But not much. So on all the papers here they have a picture of this building (a tree fell on it). This is really the only damage. Which is sad, but just seems funny when you see it on the top of newspapers "Devastation of Andrea" with a picture of the corner of this building. I heard the owners are super nice. And that the food is delicious. I do feel bad. I guess I'm just really grateful not much happened.

After Andrea

Other highlights from the week:

Dad, I met someone who was in the Utah State Prison the same time as you... as you were working there ;) He knew you from the Cell Study program. He really liked the program and would send men to it all the time. He cried when he talked about the education he received in Utah and in prison. His mother is a very pleasant woman and a wonderful cook. We are trying to encourage her to take the lessons and come back to church.

Our Deaf investigator has a baptismal date! And we just set a date with another investigator, which leaves us at a total of 5. I am so humbled at this. Many of these people have some things that they will need to overcome, but the date set will give them a glorious thing to work towards. Ooo! Our lesson with our Deaf investigaor was in ASL. That was the first time I had taught the first lesson in sign language. That was so cool. Its amazing to see the gift of tongues, with me communicating with him and my companion actually followed along very well. I don't know if I shared last time, but we are now doing language study a couple days a week in ASL. She is picking up quickly. The lesson pamphlet DVDs are helping amazingly, thanks Mom! Its so cool. Heavenly Father is really blessing us and I'm so grateful He is blessing Sister Bush.

We had a couple investigators come to church again! We have been working extra hard at this, probably the last month. It is so nice. Like many things in life, you might not see the fruits of your labors right away, but you will see them. And I love with missionary work, and with God, no effort is ever wasted.

We were over at the home of a family we teach. They told a story about how they were watching a movie and a picture of Christ was in it. Their 4-year old daughter ran and grabbed The Book of Mormon and flipped to the page with a picture of Christ. I don't think we ever told the girl that the picture was of Christ. Its beautiful how in tune children are :)

One other highlight was finding a super prepared new investigator yesterday. Its amazing the strange things people think about Mormons. He had heard lots of things, but let us pray with him. He was then open to talking and asking questions. We corrected a lot of misunderstandings. He said that the message really made sense and went along with how he knew and understood the Bible and how the Holy Ghost works. It was amazing. He saw the need for a second witness, The Book of Mormon. I feel so blessed.

I this work. It is great. It is wonderful. It is fun. It is exciting. It is hard. It is rewarding. It was just beautiful. I love being a missionary.

My invitation to you this week is to: 1. Check out Mormon.org. It is a great website to explain the Church's stance on issues and how to answer questions, plus for those who aren't Mormon, you can read about what we really believe, and look at profiles of Mormons (mine is on there!). 2. Check out this talk I lovehttps://www.lds.org/youth/article/his-grace-is-sufficient?lang=eng Its called "His Grace is Sufficient." Its about Christ. One of my favorites. Great read for families, especially those with youth. I love it and read it often.

Have a wonderful day!

Sister Jenkins