April 23
" WOW, I am just SO SO SO SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:) I LOVE OUR AREA! I LOVE MY COMPANION AND I LOVE THE PEACE I
FEEL EACH
DAY.
I am so happy my family is getting blessed so much! It’s so
fantastic!
It’s been really funny. Since I am nearing the close of my
mission,Heavenly Father has really been laying down the "marriage and
dating"
talks! Every talk at church has been about the temple, and temple
marriage....raising a happy family....etc. and we attended a
woman’s conference on Saturday, and the whole thing was on Womanhood and
being a good mom and wife! HAHA! :)
It’s getting SOO hot here in Vegas. Even at night...you are
baking! The sun will be completely down, and it is nighttime, and it’s
still 90 degrees. It feels like a person has locked you in a sauna and you
cant come out! :) It’s amazing! :)
My body has been in a little bit of a shock. I've been working on
my breathing. Fallon's elevation is 6000 feet, and I left the city
at temperatures in the 50s....and here the elevation is 2001 ft, and
its 95 degrees. Every day it’s a physical struggle to some
degree...but missions are supposed to be hard. I LOVE IT!
Everyone loves us! They are so excited to see sister
missionaries. We are getting into doors, that have been closed to the missionaries
for a long time. It’s awesome!!!!!!!!
Our area is soooo pretty! Las Vegas is a valley, and we are on
the up curve of the valley against the mountains. So we can see almost
the whole city, and we are right across from Henderson.... It’s a
nice view! :) The people are nice as well. Its not a ghetto area at
all. There is a HUGE park by our house, and we live in nice
apartments!!! I’m emailing from computers right by our complex!
My brother Eric sent me a package this past week. He sent me back
a Missionary book I had lend to him, he gave me a tie, a letter,
and a SPIDER he caught!!! It’s a fiddle spider! EEEEK He and his
companion played with it, took pictures of it, and then stabbed it and I
have it in a little box container on my desk. WIERD! ha-ha!!!!
Elder Sprouse is doing soo well!!! I LOVE having a brother on a
mission !! And I AM SOO excited for Emily to go too! :)
Last night, driving home, it was 8:45. We had 15 minutes left to
do something! So, it hit me. We went and parked the car. We walked
out into the desert 30 yards in the dark, and we stared at it. We
stood as we stared at our opponent. We looked across at the towering Las
Vegas Strip.
"That’s what we are up against," I said to Sister Garcia. It
hits us Every now and then, that we are in Las Vegas. The strip is so evil. There is so much
pain here. Yet, we have so much success and Heavenly Father’s
miracles are for all who will come unto him. As we stood there, we didn’t
kneel (Scorpions), but we did say a prayer. We prayed that the Lords
will would be done, and that we would receive all the inspiration and
revelation that we need here to serve the lord. It was wonderful.
I will always remember last night. What is really cool, is that
on the other side of the strip stands the brilliant LDS temple! Far
across on the other side of the valley. As much wickedness and pain there
is here in this city, there is SO much good. That is why Vegas is such a
crazy place to serve. I am learning so much, and growing entirely into
someone the lord would have me be! I am so thankful!~!!! I LOVE
HIM!
I love the lord will all my heart. I need him. In the name of
Jesus Christ, Amen. "
Love! Sister Jenna Julianne Sprouse!