Friends and Family,
Let me start out this email by announcing some exciting news! I'm having a son!!!!!!
Well not just me, but I will be trio training this next transfer and I am so excited. My new companions name is Elder Nelson and he has about 9 or 10 months on the mission! We are both super excited and its going to be so much fun!
Anyways how was y'alls Christmas? Mine was absolutely fantastic! I was able to call my family and my sister Callie was able to join us too from Temple Square so that was a huge blessing! Such a fun time! We then went out and worked like a normal day which was really good! We helped build an dresser and then loaded it in a truck and then had to get a file cabinet from an upstairs bedroom, around a tight corner, down some stairs, out the door, and into the truck! Let's just say it was an interesting time and there were only like 2 or 3 holes/dents in the walls!
But then we went and talked with a lot of people, and it was so funny because almost everyone we talked to, told us to go home and spend time with family! We told them we were spending time with family by talking with them! But it was a fun day, and an interesting Christmas for sure!
Funny Moments:
1. We had a district gift exchange for Christmas this past week, and I definitely got the best gift. It basically a blanket but in the form of a mermaid tail. And the best part is it said one size fits most kids, so it fits perfectly! :)
2. As we were walking one day there was this huge dog who was up on a fence just barking at us. We walked by because the dog could hurt us because it was in a fence, but after our lesson we were walking back and somehow the dog had gotten outside of the fence! So we quickly darted to the other side of the street and had to go full James Bond mode to make sure the dog didn't see us. We were ducking around cars, garbage cans, and basically anything that could hide us. Luckily after a little bit, the owner came our and put the dog in the fence, and we walked normally back to our car. But it was a fun time going spy mode!
3. We were contacting people in the streets one day and we started talking to this man from Honduras. We were talking about what we do as missionaries, and then he stopped us and asked if I was from Spain. I said yes I am from Spain, and he completely believed me! I eventually told him I was just a gringo from the United States, but it was a pretty uplifting experience.
4. So the member we just happened to run into in a gas station last week, we were finally able to contact him this week! We had a lesson with him in McDonalds and then he said he wanted to come out with us. So he spent most of the afternoon with us and he's a really funny dude. He is trying to learn English and he likes American music, so we were walking in the streets and he was singing Brittany Spears and Rhianna songs to us! It made the walk really fun!
I hope everyone has a safe and fun Christmas and I hope everyone has a great new year as well! I love you all!
Elder Jorgensen
Pics:
1. My mermaid tail!
2. So glad I was able to meet up with my family on Temple Square! Blessings for sure!
3. Cool thing Baltimore! Also can you see the homeless man!
4. Another family home evening we had last night!
