Heaven is just a continuation of the ideal home

  Dear Ones,

 

That is a quote from Preach My Gospel that Sister Eyre and I studied on the WEDDING DAY about eternal marriage in honor of the sealing of my beautiful sister Tressa to Dr Rylee Stevens!!! (Stephens?) hah woops! anyways! despite the fact that I wasn't there, Heavenly Father blessed me with lots of things to think about this week, I'll try and describe to you my week!!!

First, it was zone conference! So with the Mehrs, President and Sister Mehr and such such WONDERFUL people. The best part about them is that they both just wish they could be missionaries like us again haha and Sister Mehr actually went with us to an appointment that was just awesome. Anyways, so at zone conference we learned we have to use our time wisely and I just loved listening to President and Sister Mehr. They are so wise. And then I had my interview and I learned I will be TRAINING NEXT TRANSFER! Staying in Goyave THANK GOODNESS!! but training a 24 year old from Florida! She knows Creole so I'm gonna learn some Creole hopefully!!! SO STOKED!!!!! I can't wait. Sad to leave Sister Eyre but we both had a lot to think about this week because she's opening up a new area and I get to train a girl! good times!

So. This week! Sister Valmy. I've talked about her before she is a ward missionary who is the definition of magnifying your calling! she literally took our whole schedule last night haha so she could work with us, this is how missionary work should be people!! Member work is really the BEST thing that works! So she is just fired up to work with us and it is the best. So also, her daughter Jeanne, has a friend Chloe who she invited to an activity first, then church and now we've been teaching her! and she's my LENA!! If you remember Tressa's mission experience! haha and ask SIster Eyre, I have been searching for my Lena. Anyways, so we taught her with Sister Mehr and then we felt like she could be baptized May 3. So, this is an experience that I will remember the rest of my life. We went to the Valmy's house to teach Chloe, and first we showed her Joseph Smith history video which really invited the Spirit, then we taught about baptism and asked her if she would be baptiized on the 3rd and she said 'how do i know?' and so we asked her to pray with us right then, so she did. But then after the prayer Sister Valmy was like 'Chloe, if you want to know, you have to be specific!!!' so then sister valmy offerred a prayer, and then Chloe was really excited and offered a prayer but first we told her how it would be like in DC 9 8-10;. so after her prayer, we said 'chloe, how do you feel,' and she was like 'rien.' (nothing), and we just waited. then she put her hand on her heart and was like ' i feel it! in my heart, its happy, its joyeuse! its warm! ...thats wierd!' and we said 'chloe, thats the holy ghost' and it was just so spiritual and we were just so happy and excited. so now, she knows she should be baptized on the third but this week we were just working with the mom to get permission! oh man....  she knows she has to get baptiized the third!

but, sinon! iif not! still! sister valmy's 9 year old son is not baptized yet because her oldest son isnt a priest yet, but this ssunday he got it! because of us! sister valmy is so happy shes like 'thanks to these 2 soeurs, samuel has the preisthood and now daniel is getting baptized!!'

so. this week i have been busy! Heavenly Father blessed me with a busy week and i was sad i wasnt there but im happy that my sister is now married for time and all eternity!!! and i nkow i needed to be here this week to help all these wonderful things happen! i know this church is true! and i know that heaven is just a contiinuation of the ideal home because i want heaven to be just like my home was and how im trying to help the homes here be :)

love you all!

Soeur Tenney

Christ-like love can change the world

Hello everyone!

My week! First it started with the greatest april fools prank because we had district meeting on april fools and we totally got our district, the other elders, with the classic toothpaste in oreos trick HAHA! they were so mad! and most of them actually ate them!

Then, that same day, we taught this wonderful family that we found contacting. they are so great! we taught them the plan of salvation with the Book of Mormon and they are reading the Book of Mormon now, the mom and her daughter in law are now! wow! But boy is the Spirit strong in families! They were so receptive it was amazing! its like Elder L Tom Perry said heaven is loving families living close together. That's what the celestial kingdom is! loving families living close together! im so grateful for my family that has raised me so well! 

We also do splits every Thursday with Sister Richmond, the senior couple here from Tahiti, and Sister Valmy who lives here and is from France. They are like my two moms, I love them both so much haha so don't worry mom I'm being taken care of here. Haha but I still miss you, but anyways I love to see the faith of members working. Our religion is a religion of FAITH and HOPE. i love it!

Conference was so good too. We got to watch it at the 'stake center' in english with all the misssionaries. In between sessions my district president, President BonBon was cutting coconuts with a machete for us to eat and drink, haha so Carribean!

Love you all so much! One of my favorite quotes from conference this week was from Jeffrey R Holland.'Pure Christ-like love can change the world.' I wanna change the world! my new goal is to give everyone I meet some pure Christ-like love. Love you all!

Sister Tenney

Closer to Christ

Mom and Dad,

Hi! So this week I just really want to talk to you and dad like I'm talking to you! I just want you to know whats up in my life!!

Missionary work itself! There is this man, his name is Patrick. Sis Eyre found him with her old companion. by the way this is sis eyre's 3rd transfer in the field... crazy! were both so young!!!! anyways Patrick, he's kinda crazy, he doesnt come to church and sometimes dodges our rendezvous... but he knows its true!! my secret desire is that he will get baptized on the 26th to distract me but thats really selfish. Anyways, we have a lesson with him with the branch president, president Bon bon and it was so good! He knows he needs to get baptized! He just hasn't come to church recently... man. but! the lesson was so good! we were talking about the temple and he was just like smiling so big it was totally a celestial smile and i was just so happy! iI just really wanna give him a hug in the celestial room! Patrick is the best! but hes a bit all over the place! wWe have a talent show on friday and he said hes gonna write a song about Jesus and sing it and we're gonna sing the chorus with him... haha!! PATRICK! i love him! i really want him to get baptized so he can help this branch and for his eternal life!!

So we've got a lot of people were teaching and people love to talk to us but we're just trying to get these people to PROGRESS!! wWe always have stuff to do, people to teach! I love my missionary life in Goyave im scared when it will change! We have to move, but thats ok, we'll still be in goyave till the end of this transfer.

I read ch 6 of Preach my Gospel this week and I really think its changed my life. read it mom, youd love it! and dad! and family! everyone should love it! Our purpose as missionaries is to bring others closer to Christ and I know when I act like Him thats how I get closer to Christ. And I just always try to bring anyone around me closer to Christ. That is literally why I'm here, I love Christ so much and I just want everyone to know how good he is and all that He's done for us!

Actually mamacita, french is good! I can have fluid conversation now. like solidly!! I work really hard to improve it because its not beautiful or good french but i can hold a conversation pretty solidly! such a miracle! and i realizwe at this point, i just have to work really hard to be that missionary I want to be. If i want someting to happen I need to make it happen! and Im really trying to make me the person I want to be.. a leader, like Christ, fixing things that bug me about myself. why wait, what a better time than now to do it?

Well I love you both so much, Im so lucky to work with Sister Eyre. Pdays we just  hang out all day and look at each other and say 'AND we get to teach people about Jesus together!" I love her so much! we love each other so much!

I love you both so so much, thanks for your love and support, im tryin to make you proud! love you!

 

Sister Tenney :)