9 months and daily manna :) May 18, 2022

 Howdy yall !! 

Sorry in advance this is long, but don't worry there are lots of pictures 

I've been thinking a lot about the children of Israel and laman and lemuel. Both stories include people who were covenant children of God. Both were asked to leave their previous lives behind, whether in Egypt or Jerusalem. Both were promised that the Lord was asking them to leave so that they could enter a promised land. And both complain, and murmur, and forget God even though time after time after time, God shows forth his power to them. 

The Israelites complain saying: "were it not better for us to return into Egypt?" (Numbers 14:3)

Laman and Lemuel murmer saying: "these many years we have suffered in the wilderness, which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land of our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy." (1 Nephi 17:21)

In both circumstances, God also miraculously fed them, one with manna and the other with raw meat. The israelites complained that they couldn't have meat and laman and lemuel complained that they couldn't build a fire to cook their meat.

There are many more comparisons I could make but this will suffice for my point: How many times do we get so lost in the journey that we want to turn back and go back into captivity (Egypt or Jerusalem)? How many times do we complain that the miracles we see along the way (the manna and raw meat) are good but not what we want? How often do we think that what we have to endure to get to the "promised land" is not worth it? How many times do we even believe God is directing us to this promised land?

I realized these stories are mine. I have wondered if it would be better for me to just go back home. I've wondered why God has not provided the miracles that I expect, or maybe the reason I thought I have been in a reassignment for so long, if he actually wants me to be here and not Macedonia. I've wondered why if God is so powerful, he hasn't used this power to give me a visa. I've wondered if this is even what God wants for me. But in doubting all of that I forget to see the DAILY miracles God has given me. While I don't have a visa or experienced the joy of helping someone be baptized, I have seen the hand of God everyday. Here are a few dew drops of manna from this week:

☆Our friend Roberto is on date to be baptized!! He is the most tender man and is really praying and seeking to know if this is Christ's one church. Please keep him in your prayers

☆because of a spiritual prompting from the beginning of this transfer, we had an Arabic Book of Mormon in our car we were able to give to our Egyptian friend, Ereeny.

☆during our morning exercise we saw our friend Shawn who we hadn't been able to get in contact with for a month. She was having such a hard day and we were able to talk with her and set up a time to meet again.

☆the last 2 days we have found the COOLEST 3 people !! Please pray for Savannah, Constance, and Erica (they are literally all so cool and I could write entire emails on just them but this one is already long enough)

God is so good ALL THE TIME ! Sorry for the monster email, but don't forget to look for your daily miracles while waiting for the big miracles. 

Со љубов

Сестра Џенсен 

9 months !! District pics, I HELD A SNAKE, fireflies !! Arabic bom, pretty TN, I made a cake for district council