Chocolate And Flowers

Bonjour!
I hope everyone had an amazing week!

My week was good—I had French class, French class, French class, and French class! I'm getting closer to holding conversations with the Francophones. Still rusty without my conjugation book, but it will get there.

Don't have too much more to report back on because I'm just grinding French all day, every day.

Yesterday had me so ready for the field. I mentioned we moved to the French branch last week, and I had been asked to conduct (embarrassing doing a cappella in French). They announce who's speaking in the announcements over the pulpit, and I was up first! After, we taught district lesson in French, then I got called to say the prayer at devotional in French! FRANCOPHONE!

This week, I inherited a new type of clientele. Over the past weeks, I've helped sew up a few holes here and there on the girls' dresses in my room. Word travels faster than Perry in here! When it's 9 p.m. and I get back to my room, it's only a matter of time until somebody needs nails painted, hair done, or clothes fixed. I'm already out of black thread! I've had to explain that I have to cut back my hours in order to sleep, and that did not make the crowd happy.

Valentine’s Day was FIRE! I found myself in an AMAZING situation that night! (Background: They passed out chocolate for lunch that day for all of us!)
Well, to my surprise, multiple elders felt prompted to save theirs for me! Not saying no to that! Me and my companions ate BEAUTIFULLY that night!

This will be my last full week here! I'm pumped and sad at the same time. I truly never thought the day would come for me to go to the field. My French is petit petit, but I know God will pull through on what I need! I came across a banger of a song this week in the children's hymnbook—#164 "I Will Follow God’s Plan." When I was reading the lyrics, I just felt like I've never had this much trust in the Lord's timing. Just in the middle of Ghana, going a day at a time, but the Lord makes it doable when we trust in His plan for us. God just needs us to trust Him, and He will do the rest.

The temple here is so cool, and it gets better every time I go! I encourage y’all to go this week if you can!

Love you all tons!
Sœur Jenson

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