Sister Jenna Ludlam: Moi se misyone legliz Jezikri pou sen denye jou yo

Hmmm...couldn't get into buildings, eh?

Hello Fam!

This week was good. We didn't meet as many stinkers (the ones that invite us in just to argue and Bible bash). But we didn't meet anyone who wants us either.

Hnas Hunt, Ludlam, Samaniego, and Salazar for exchanges

This week we contacted apartment buildings. We couldn't get into the buildings so we sat outside and pushed the intercom buttons and hoped someone would answer us. One building would play the classic door bell song when we rang the button. The first apartment didn't answer, so we pressed the next one. The button played the same song played the same song, but this time with two dissonant tones. The next apartment added another dissonant tone. Each apartment door bell added another off tone. The glitch made us double over laughing. It reminded me of me and Livi's Irish Washerwoman arrangement.

We made friends with a goat!

I had a nice intercambio (companion switch) with Hermana Samaniego in a town called Ivan Guzman. We had to avoid certain streets at night because it was dangerous. We contacted on apartment building which was also a salon. The woman let us come in but didn't talk to us because she had a client. After 15 minutes we thought we should just go, but we decided to just hang out for a bit longer. Then another client came up the stairs and told us a woman was just robbed at gunpoint just across the street. Good thing we didn't go out.

Also, Hermana Samaniego knows boxing and she taught me some boxing. I am not good at it.
There's a fun Haitian family in our ward with 7 kids and they all speak Creole, French, Spanish, and English. They taught me to say "Moi se misyone legliz Jezikri pou sen denye jou yo." It's missing the accents. Translation: I'm a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Froyo at Sweet Frog with my house mates

Yesterday during testimony meeting, I was thinking about people who go inactive and why, and I realized that if we put our trust in our church leaders, we'll see how imperfect they are. If we put our trust in God and trust that He guides this church, we'll see just how perfect He and His church are-- just that He has to work with very imperfect people.

As a missionary we rely a ton on our leaders to help us and when they don't do everything we expect them to do, it's easy to criticize. I think Joseph Smith was the one to say that personal apostasy almost always starts with being critical of our leaders. Almost every less-active member I know proves this statement. The opposite of criticizing is sustaining. What do you do to sustain your leaders?

The April General Conference is coming up and I am SO pumped! Does anyone have ideas to send me of what they're doing to prepare? (Mum has sent a calendar now) Pres Nelson says it's not going to be like any other conference, and that it will not only be memorable, but unforgettable. "The time to act is now" he says.

I hope everyone has a great week as they start preparing for this historic conference that is just around the corner!