Sister Jenna Connell

Holy cow today is my last p-day in America. This time next week I'll probably be stepping off the plane into a totally foreign country where I'll live for the next 16 months! That's crazy!! Anyway this week has been so good! This Thursday we had our first in field orientation to make up for the one we will miss for Thanksgiving! It got me so excited to go out and meet real people!! Even though we won't be able to understand each other (our teachers told us native speakers will probably only understand 50% of what we say haha yay :/) We got our flight plans Friday and holy I am so excited and so nervous haha!! The mission is about to get real! Also if anyone challenges me to a game of 4 square you will lose. All we do for gym time is run, play 4 square and volley ball and then yoga in the mornings. It's fantastic We had an awesome Devotional on Sunday about Thanksgiving and Christmas!!! I LOVE this time of year!!!! Anyway it was the first

Xin Chào Gia Dinh Và Bạn! Wow it has been quite the week so i guess ill just start right in Tuesday : For the  Tuesday  Night devotional you will never guess who came to speak! President Nelson of the Quorum of the 12! it was awesome! We got to sing a beautiful missionary medley with I hope they call me on a mission, iI will be valiant, army of Helaman, and Called to Serve. It was awesome! Our choir teacher told us we have been waiting 6000 years to come on our missions. We were chosen and saved for these later days so we could come to the earth and proclaim the gospel before the second coming of our Savior! Its awesome! Anyway President Nelson talked about how missionaries are an epistle of the Lord. When we have the gospel of Christ written and embedded in our hearts others can see the light in our eyes and our will to do good continually. Then he talked about how God wants our safe and successful return, much like my parents do now, and how we have embarked on a

Xin Chao Gia Dinh va Ban! What is up everybody! I'm just living it up here at the MTC! It's crazy but I only have 2 and half more weeks until I'm on my way to good old Vietnam! I am so excited and also terrified haha! It's weird being here for so long because i see a lot of friends come and go and I am still here. Elder Tredwell officially left yesterday so that's sad, and Elder Sonne leaves  tomorrow  which is crazy cuz he literally just got here! Same with Elder Mendosa, Sister Godfrey and a ton of other missionaries I know (which turns out when you live in Utah you know a lot!) Anyway this week has been good! We got to be the Missionaries who demo-ed "How to begin teaching" to all the little newbie missionaries last Wednesday! It was super fun and it was in English so that rocked! TEACHING: SO teaching has been interesting this week. We taught our less active member Anh Minh and it was the worst lesson I have ever been a part of in my entire