Y'all, Howdy, & Yeehaw 9/8/2021

 HOWDY Y'ALL

First things first, so y'all don't have to be so confused by my subject line: I GOT MY REASSIGNMENT TO THE TENNESSEE NASHVILLE MISSION! SO, now I can actually and officially say y'all (which technically I feel like is proper English since we don't actually have a form of you that's plural, but maybe I've just been hung up on that since I've been doing a BUNCH of conjugating verbs in Macedonian this week). Anywho, I am so excited to serve and know that the Lord has called me to where he needs me to be, whether it be for one transfer or two or my whole mission (probably not though because hopefully my visa comes soon). My companion, Сестра Chamberlain, also got her reassignment there so it will be a party!!
In other news, I survived my first week of Macedonian submersion! Let me tell y'all, it is SO hard. My head is swirling by the end of the day and I pretty much constantly have a headache from trying to think so hard. And it's not like my classes in English where you can kinda pay attention and still understand everything. Nopers, I have to be 110% focused ALL THE TIME. If I stop for even one second I'm completely lost on what my teachers are saying. The worst part is, I know my teachers are all talking very simply and slowly and I still usually only get maybe 50-70% of what they're saying. But I'm okay with that for now. I just spend pretty much all my free time studying and trying to learn more. On Saturday Сестра Chamberlain and I will teach our first lesson in Macedonian and I feel wildly underprepared. But even if I mess up, I know the Lord will help me get the main message of what I need to say across. That's the coolest thing honestly that I've learned from this, the Lord wants to help us !! This is HIS work and I am just the means of sharing the gospel with a few of His children. Because it is His work, He will help me be able to speak, if I do my part, because He wants the people in Macedonia to be able to hear the gospel in their own language. And what a cool thing I get to be a part of !
In other, other news, I have a couple of minutes here and there everyday so I've decided to take up playing the organ. I am definitely not amazing, and usually am just practicing on my piano trying to get the fingering right which is so wonky ahah butttttt, I got to play on the organ last night at the church and it was so cool! Probably won't be helpful in Macedonia since there are only 12 members in the country and they don't even have a whole church building, let alone an organ, but still a talent that I'm sure I'll be able to serve with for the rest of my life.
Okay that's all for this week, stay happy and hopeful because GOD LOVES YOU !!
Со љубов,
Сестра Џенсен (soon to be Sister Jensen ah)
enjoy this pic of my district and I trying to learn Macedonian through osmosis



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