tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7258219239694119462024-03-13T16:04:51.423-07:00 the jensen familySara Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16878338666174444049noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725821923969411946.post-89519718013863982992020-02-11T14:07:00.002-08:002021-02-13T18:56:58.175-08:00 2 secrets for rekindling love in your marriage at any stage! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you ever wanted a secret formula for rekindling love in your marriage?</div>
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Has your spouse or someone you know ever asked you what your perfect day would look like and you struggled to even know the answer the that question?</div>
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Are you surrounded by opportunities to help others so much that you forget about your own needs? </div>
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<b>skip to the end to read the secrets or read my journey of how I discovered them for myself!</b></div>
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A few years ago we decided to expand our family. It was exciting and also scary since we had planned to be done having kids quite a few years before that. After much pondering, prayer and consideration We decided to have one more baby. Then we discovered that the one baby we were planning for was actually a set of twins! Both twins were boys joining their 4 other brothers and 1 sister. In a last attempt to get a sister for our single daughter (now with 6 brothers!) we tried one more time and had another sweet son. So we went from a family of 7 to a family of 10 in a matter of months! This period was one of the sweetest of my life! </div>
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I was giving everything I had for those 3 babies. Then I started to realize that days and days would go by without my getting dressed or even taking a brush to my hair. </div>
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One day I asked my husband if there was anything I could do to make his life happier. His answer shocked me. He wanted me to love myself enough to invest some time into me. </div>
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How could loving myself help me love my husband more? This has been a question I have been on a journey to discover. I’ve still got a long way to go but what powerful lessons I’m learning about myself, my husband and our partnership. </div>
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About a year ago I realized that 2019 would mark 20 years of marriage for us. Being owners of a wedding venue, we get to work with couples and families and watch them in the beautiful process making the most important decision of their lives. We get to meet people when they are full of life and full of love; taking on a new adventure with faith in God, faith in their companion and faith in a future that is unknown and uncertain. </div>
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20 years of marriage for us has seen the most incomprehensible joy as well as plenty of heartache and sorrow. We supported each other through 5 combined university degrees, living in various homes in 3 states. We’ve had 8 beautiful children together and I am constantly amazed by them! Together we’ve both laughed and cried bitter tears. We’ve rejoiced over births, unions and successes and mourned over the loss of dear ones and other devastating trials. </div>
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As a way to honor all that 20 years has meant to me I longed to do something different, something, bold and amazing. My idea was a little quirky but as soon as I thought of it I couldn’t let it go. I was going to set up a photoshoot that would mirror our wedding of 20 years before. I would need to revive my outdated dress, do my hair, and of course make a bridal bouquet (no problem since I do that for other brides right?) the idea was beautiful, but I soon encountered all sorts of roadblocks....</div>
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Trying to run a household of 10 people and run a family business takes up most of my energy. When there’s not much time or energy left in the day it feels really uncomfortable to take any time for myself. When my dress was taking longer to update and my hair and makeup helpers became unavailable, I had to take time out of my day for a solid week to focus on getting ready for this photoshoot. I felt pangs of guilt. My negative self talk was pulling me down: “you’ve got more important matters to attend to than working on this old dress....why would you care about this shoot when you’ve got so many other things going on at home?”....and on and on. </div>
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I called my sister for moral support. She said the most profoundly beautiful thing to me that changed my perspective completely. She said: “Derek can only love you as much as you love yourself”. Wow. I began to remember his request all those months before to take time for myself. This was all he had wanted!. That week I did take time for myself. I colored my hair, I fixed that dated dress and made it photo worthy and I made myself a bridal bouquet.</div>
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We would do the shoot in our brand new venue location that we had worked with our own hands to renovate from top to bottom. </div>
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This venue to me symbolized our family and all the work we had put into loving and shaping our precious children. When we first purchased the building, it was old and dated and needed a ton of love, but with consistent hard work and care we were able to make something beautiful out of it. Isn’t that just how it is in a family? Everyone has great potential for good wrapped up in weakness and difficulty. It’s the persistent work that makes a family beautiful. </div>
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Finally the day came for the shoot. It was magical. I seriously felt as though we were getting married for the first time. The photographers were incredible and knew just how to pose us to make us feel amazing about the whole presses. I seriously felt butterflies standing there with my husband of 20 years as though we were just starting out.</div>
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Why am I sharing all of this? Because having that experience taught me that it is not just OK but it is vital to take time to love yourself. Yes, we all have demands placed upon us by our busy lives. The people we love and care for (little and big) are of such great importance to us that we fear to take our focus from them, even for a moment, but as we take time for self care we magically become more capable of caring for others! </div>
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The other valuable lesson I want to share is that by doing something a little crazy and out of the ordinary with your spouse you can rekindle your love in ways you never knew possible! Maybe a wedding photoshoot isn’t your thing, that’s ok! Think of something crazy that would unite you with your husband! What did you both love doing together when you were first dating? Maybe you’ve only been married 5 years or even 1 year, perfect! </div>
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Nothing worth anything ever comes easy!</div>
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1-You can’t love your spouse fully until you take time to love yourself.</div>
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2-Do something every so often that is so out of the ordinary that makes you fall in love with your spouse all over again.</div>
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Even the strongest marriages need a boost now and then. So, after taking care to love yourself, do something with your companion that says: I love you even more than I did the day we were married! Go on, do it! I challenge you! You won’t regret it!</div>
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<br /></div></div>Sara Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16878338666174444049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725821923969411946.post-60629652140666657992019-08-18T13:46:00.000-07:002019-08-18T14:51:47.227-07:00Being Clasped in the arms of Jesus; finding peace in Christ while battling depression and anxiety<div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">As I entered the temple, my anxiety began to melt away and I felt peace. I still didn’t know why I should speak but I knew I would be given the strength to do it. As for a topic, there was no clear and official title that came to my mind, all I felt was that I needed to tell my story. The story of my journey of motherhood, the real story, not the version where everything is amazing all the time, but the real, raw, super exposing myself version. I had a month to do it but even if I had had a year it wouldn’t have been easy.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">During that time I attended a fireside with my children on mental health issues. They began the fireside by singing the new theme-song written for the youth for last year called “Peace in Christ”. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As they sang the words, it’s message filled my heart: </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">The fireside was beautiful. I came away knowing that 1.) I needed to go to that fireside to learn that I was I was not in a healthy place emotionally and 2.) I could find peace in Christ. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">That day God gave me an opportunity to find my pathway to peace in Christ. Through inspired council from church leaders at a ward conference, I made a game plan to strengthen myself and my family and find peace in Christ.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">One day on our trip as Derek went to the Paris Opera house, I stayed behind and wrote down all of my thoughts. I just wrote from my heart sharing my crazy life and how following council from church leaders had helped me to find peace and face the depression and anxiety I was experiencing. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So many times I questioned myself: was I sharing too much? Was there any value at all in what I was sharing? I knew if I thought too hard about it I wouldn’t be brave enough to give the talk at all. So I decided I wouldn’t change it. After we landed in the states I got another call from president Erickson, this time he was letting me know the lineup of speakers. It turned out that besides the mission president and members of the stake presidency, I was the representative “normal” person to speak. Oh yeah and there would be a visiting authority there as well. The Newly called (newly as in called 3 days prior) apostle <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Elder Soares. Wait, what? I’m going to speak alongside an apostle? Me with my stories about all the babies and the diapers, the feeling overwhelmed and sad and anxious and searching for peace? </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">If I had felt self conscious before, this news took things to a whole new level. If I started over I could rewrite the kind of talk everyone would expect to hear at stake conference, but how could I come up with a new topic and a whole new talk with so little time left? I knew I had to give the original talk. Surely if I had been given the strength to process all these crazy emotions I could be given the strength to share them with a few thousand people right? </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">Elder Soares gave a beautiful, humble talk. What an amazing man. When it was over we all stood to allow elder Soares to exit the building ahead of us, he wouldn’t be able to stay to greet people. As he passed the leaders on the stand he shook each of their hands. When Elder Soares approached me the warmth of his smile gave me the assurance that I had craved that I was enough, that what I had shared was in fact what the Lord had wanted me to share. With all my weakness and my faults and my anxiety, I did have a story to share however unorthodox.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">As I anticipated a firm handshake from this giant of a leader he did something that I will never forget. He opened up his arms and gave me a warm Brazilian hug. This tender servant of God, a very ambassador of Christ had taken a moment in his rush to get on the road to remind a small unimportant person that what she does every day matters to God. That raising the babies, the littles, the middles and the teens although unglamorous in the eyes of the world was exactly what God wanted me to be doing. He didn’t say any words to me but I felt all those things in his simple embrace. Why Elder Soares took a moment to give me that hug in the midst of all the handshaking that came before and after will never be fully known to me but I felt that day </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">(as Mormon describes) that I was “clasped in the arms of Jesus”. (See Mormon 5:11)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">In that time of darkness I felt peace in Christ through one of his anointed servants. There have been many hard days since that day. I have tried many things to improve my mental health, some have worked better than others. I know that no matter how hard life gets there is always peace that can be found through following God’s chosen leaders. It doesn’t take away depression or anxiety, it doesn’t make our hard times go away, but I’d does give us a sure path to hope and peace. Peace in Christ Is definitely a journey not a destination. It’s a road we </span><span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">travel every day. It’s impossible to say we have “arrived” on our journey toward peace in Christ because just when we get comfortable with the way things are God gives us another opportunity to grow and come even closer to Him if we allow ourselves to. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKuwqIsF2DOSFANNuiQUVathwk9c6SDYVpNZ8rfeapjjG9bU_2P0VcgMJ6IblDmOl8u-uXp5iPX0ZNPrqjvJYTxEsw7wGL0sDfJ0vSt9xhwjLyFyH1pOPYYHztkp78aacfviaZjtYARyI/s1600/0B85DC28-ADEF-41AA-A187-923C2C8A65D7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKuwqIsF2DOSFANNuiQUVathwk9c6SDYVpNZ8rfeapjjG9bU_2P0VcgMJ6IblDmOl8u-uXp5iPX0ZNPrqjvJYTxEsw7wGL0sDfJ0vSt9xhwjLyFyH1pOPYYHztkp78aacfviaZjtYARyI/s320/0B85DC28-ADEF-41AA-A187-923C2C8A65D7.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>
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Sara Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16878338666174444049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725821923969411946.post-6550212339210707732018-12-11T21:23:00.000-08:002018-12-11T21:23:09.496-08:00Live like you were dying; a tribute to my Dads<br />
Sometimes it takes an extraordinary experience to recognize the magic in the ordinary. Sometimes its losing someone you love so dearly that makes you realize the gift it is to have each day with the people you take for granted. <br />
<span style="font-family: uictfonttextstylebody; font-size: 17px;">Today my Dad turns 81 years old! One year ago on this </span>day<span style="font-family: uictfonttextstylebody; font-size: 17px;"> I was in New Zealand with my parents and siblings for the trip of a </span>life time<span style="font-family: uictfonttextstylebody; font-size: 17px;">. My amazing Father served a mission 60 years ago in New Zealand. I grew up hearing his missions stories of this amazing place and attending mission reunions where we would hear more stories and get a small taste of this beautiful culture. I longed to visit there one day and my Dad promised that one day we would go. Growing up the very middle child of 10 children we never had an abundance of money, just an abundance of love. I never imagined how this dream of seeing New Zealand would ever come about. 25 years later, my Dad was turning 80 and my brothers decided this was the year for our family to finally visit New Zealand together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: uictfonttextstylebody; font-size: 17px;"> They offered to pay for the trip as an incentive for people to feel like they could make it work. It would be a dream come true but Benj was still so little and the thought of leaving him was excruciating. One night I prayed a very specific prayer explaining to God How much I wanted to go on this trip and fulfill my childhood dream but that in order to feel like I could go I would need to have another mother somehow be willing to take Benj while I was away. As I prayed I felt like the person who would be the best match for my wish was my dear friend Teresa. How on earth do you ask a person to take your baby so you can go across the world for several days? I knew I couldn’t consider asking her! As it turned out I didn’t have to ask, the very next day I saw Teresa and she said: what if I took Benj so that you won’t have to worry about him while you’re gone. It was as if the very </span>longoing<span style="font-family: uictfonttextstylebody; font-size: 17px;"> of my heart had been whispered to hers! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody"; font-size: 17px;">What pure miracle to have such a heartfelt prayer be answered so quickly and perfectly! The timing for this miracle couldnt have been better. With 1-year old twins, a newborn and 5 older children my days were filled with diapers, dishes and disciplining and my nights were spent loving my baby (which didn't leave me much sleeping time). To add to that we had just opened our wedding venue and the stress of how to manage and run a small business was weighing heavily on my mama heart. This escape from reality is just what I was craving.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody"; font-size: 17px;">The day before I departed I had the thought to live my last day at home for my family as if it were my last day with them so that they would have no doubt that their Mama loved them. When my daughter asked me to play a game with her I took the time to sit and play it. I went to my son’s basketball game even though there were plenty of other things I could have justified doing instead. I loved my babies more and just enjoyed the ordinary sweetness of being the Mom to my family. It was a perfect day. It was a perfectly ordinary perfect day. I remember wishing I had the strength to live every day like that day. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody"; font-size: 17px;">The trip to New Zealand was beyond magical. My brothers went to great lengths to make it in every way the most amazing time of all our lives. From meeting precious Maori people to hearing of stories of my Dad designing the landscaping for the famed hill of the Hamilton NZ, Temple. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody"; font-size: 17px;">From singing Christmas songs to residents of the local rest-home(just like we had done all growing up) to going to Hobitton (the set of the famed Movie Lord of the Rings), the glow worm caves and even Bungee jumping with my Dad for his 80th birthday (My Mom went too!!!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody"; font-size: 17px;">Can I just pause this story to say, I couldn’t possibly love my Dad any more. I can barley write this without crying. He has lived his whole life as a sacrifice for those he loves. When I was struggling to know how to best share some research I had done in grad-school he spent hours asking me questions about it so that he could understand it well enough to advise me on how best to present it to others. Just a few weeks ago he came for a very short visit to Rexburg to attend a Veterans Day program. As a retired military veteran, he attended my daughter's program, then with the remaining hours he had left in the day he worked tirelessly to help me finish a making some tables for our venue that I had been longing to finish. We worked into the night. Finally after <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824); color: black;" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">1:30 AM</a> we completed the job. I had so much weighing on my heart that day and I wanted to ask him to give me a Father's blessing. I felt so much guilt to ask him for anything since he had just sacrificed so much time to bless me already. I reluctantly asked him for a father’s blessing. In the darkness of the night he counceled with me and laid his hands on my head to bless me through the power of the priesthood with words of wisdom and comfort. The next morning there was a funeral they had wanted to attend so without hesitating, or even stopping to rest he packed up his clothes and left. I got into my warm bed as he drove straight home through the night in order to attend the funeral the next morning. My 80-year old father had pulled an all-nighter to serve me and my family. Although these examples are of extreme circumstances I could tell hundreds more stories of perfectly ordinary perfect moments with my Dad. He is brilliant, full of integrity, hard working and fun. I have never managed to beat him in tennis but he always applauds my efforts in trying. He serves his community in countless ways. He is currently serving his 3rd full time mission for the church with my angel mother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody"; font-size: 17px;">How special it was to be in such a place to honor my Dad for his birthday. While we were there, one lovely Maori woman told our family that for the Maoris the most important thing in the world is: People, people people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody"; font-size: 17px;">The trip was so unreal that even as I write this I almost can’t believe it ever happened. Perhaps the most lovely part of it all was experiencing the miracle of having my baby taken care of and the miracle that happened inside of me as I realized how much I loved my own family I had left behind. Having that perfectly ordinary day before I left made it such a pleasure to come home to my perfectly ordinary life after such an unreal adventure away from it. I felt such a sweetness about being home and such a love for those I had left behind. I thought so often of the Maori woman's words: "What matters most is: people, people, people."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody"; font-size: 17px;">A few weeks after our trip to New Zealand my dear father-in-law passed away unexpectedly. The sting of having him leave us so abruptly left me crying my eyes out for weeks at every thought of him. As I reflected on the life he had lived and the many accomplishments he had made, what stood out to me the most was all of the ordinary things he did. Not the awards or special honors he had received from his 40+ years as a faculty of UVU, head of the wellness center and trusted counselor to hundred of grateful students. No, what made my father in law great was how much he loved people. Just like the Maoris, he loved people. He loved my husband. He was his best friend, he loved my kids and he loved me. He showed his love by being present at all of our important life events. He was there for every baby blessing, ordination, and even special sporting events. He traveled hours and hours to watch a game that was minutes long. He wasn’t a man of many words but he didn’t have to say much to make you feel like a million bucks. </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstylebody; font-size: 17px;"> I’m not a great connoisseur of country music but I love the song by </span><a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" style="font-family: uictfonttextstylebody; font-size: 17px;" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2" x-apple-data-detectors-type="misc" x-apple-data-detectors="true">Tim McGraw</a><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstylebody; font-size: 17px;"> called:<i> Live like you were dying</i>.</span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstylebody; font-size: 17px;"> Truly, my father in law lived like he was dying. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody"; font-size: 17px;"> Of course, you don’t have to go across the world to discover how perfectly wonderful it is to live your ordinary life. We don’t have to feel the risk of losing those we love to realize how precious they are to us. We don’t have to be given a few months to live in order to see life as the precious gift that it is. In order to live like we were dying, we just have to choose to live that way. To choose to make the people that are the most important part of your ordinary life feel like they are the most important thing in your world because in the end, that’s all that matters, people. People are what matter. Your people are what matter. God's whole work and Glory is people. shouldn't our glory be the same? people, people, people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">Planning is an essential part of living. I once heard that dreaming is a form of planning. We need to dream. We need to plan. We also need to understand that there are times when God respectfully takes our plans and alters them. This can be painful and confusing. What we don’t always understand is that God’s version of the plan is perfect, and leads us down the exact path we were meant to be on. Our job is to recognize His hand in all things so we can have confidence in the way things are going. As I write this I realize that I’ve still got a long way to go in my own personal journey of recognizing and embracing God’s version of what my path should be, but I sure am grateful to know that the grand navigator has a perfect knowledge of my preferred destination.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">For many years I’ve been decorating weddings at various venues. I love taking an ordinary space and making it into something extraordinary. A couple of years ago Derek suggested that our family should open up our own wedding venue to use my love of decorating and also to give our many children an opportunity to work. While driving home from Canada we talked about our dream and how we would pull it off. After the trip was over Derek likely forgot about our conversation but I couldn’t get the idea out of my mind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">The next year and a half was was much occupied with bearing and nurturing the twins. After they turned a year old I revisited our dream of opening a wedding venue. I was expecting Benjamin but decided to search for a possible location until he was born at which time I would be able to focus on him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">After months of researching real estate trends and prices per square foot both for renting and buying local properties I felt confidence in making an offer on a lovely little building. My offer was denied because the land was tied into a larger piece of very valuable real estate that they didn’t want to separate. I went on in my search and had many more failed attempts at securing a building. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">Just before I was to have Benjamin there was a beautiful lot I was trying to buy to build our venue on. The property wasn’t zoned as commercial and the process to switch it over was quite involved and costly and wasn’t a sure bet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">After praying about it I felt like I just needed to focus on having the baby. Then when Benjamin was only 3 weeks old my sister Becky came in town and while she was in town we saw a property that I immediately knew I would want for our wedding venue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">The fact that I would finally find the right venue when I had a 3-week old baby made no sense to me. In order to secure the property we had to commit to it or lose it. It broke my heart to take on the pressure of starting a new business when all I wanted to do was to focus on and love my last baby. Also, how in the world would I find the time or energy to do all I needed to do while being up at night with a newborn? Each time I faced doubt about these issues I reminded myself of the hundreds of prayers we had offered asking for guidance for our family business dreams. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">If we had faith enough to ask for heavens help in getting a place, we needed to have faith that God’s timing for the project was also par of His plan. I received a blessing that promised I would have the stamina to do what was required of me for my family and for the business and miraculously I did! In extreme cases we worked past midnight and came home to a baby that needed to be fed for his late-night feeding. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">Working alongside my boys was pure magic to me. At home there is so much noise and so many big and small needs that need to be met that I feel like I just go into survival mode and try to feed the mouths and put out all the fires. But when I would take one or two boys over with me to work then instantly all that noise was gone and it was just us working together for something good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: 17pt;">They learned how to use a chopsaw, a gigsaw, and a nail gun as we put up shiplap and a pallet wall. Together we measure, painted, nailed and unpacked furniture. It was sweet to see how we transformed that space into something beautiful but the sweetest transformation that took place was not seen with the eye. It happened inside us as we could feel less contention and more love working toward a common goal. </span><br />
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During this season as we celebrate the miracle of the birth of our Savior, I am reminded of a talk I heard about God planning millions of years ahead of time for a single star to shine down on the stable at Bethlehem on the very night of Christ's birth and that if God can orchestrate this detail so many years in advance then certainly the details of our lives are also very much a part of His grand plan.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYBcZ9eeUJdObaxokczMIzbOnoejJKhtgDBqqLQ9LH-XP8mO9Trx98WG9FVJHJzL9nRa1iu6HXs3kxA_biFYTBkXze48ZVTOp-Dp3iahmBb7Af4qe4HYwZpVud4op5xIzorDLzcj0n84/s1600/79247652-456F-4061-B323-79C464998006.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYBcZ9eeUJdObaxokczMIzbOnoejJKhtgDBqqLQ9LH-XP8mO9Trx98WG9FVJHJzL9nRa1iu6HXs3kxA_biFYTBkXze48ZVTOp-Dp3iahmBb7Af4qe4HYwZpVud4op5xIzorDLzcj0n84/s1600/79247652-456F-4061-B323-79C464998006.jpeg" /></a></div>
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As I prepare to give birth to our sweet baby boy I have been trying find a way to say goodbye to the twins as the babies of our family. It has always been hard for me to make these transitions, but with two of them I find it to be even more emotional. These little boys have had such a profound effect on our lives and although they will be ours forever they will very soon be sharing their place in the family with a new precious one.<br />
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Life's transitions often bring pain but generally also provide overwhelming opportunities for growth. I think of the very important transition of helping a little one sleep through the night without assistance (nursing, comforting etc). Every parent faces this challenge with their baby at some point but with our twins we felt compelled to sleep train earlier than we had with our other babies out of sheer exhaustion and the need to care for 5 other children including older kids who kept us awake at night for other reasons.<br />
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As parents we know that sleeping alone is going to be a skill that will bless the child (and the rest of the family!) with needed sleep, and subsequent growth that can only occur during intervals of quality sleep. We also know that in order to gain this new skill, the child must experience the feeling of total abandonment in order to recognize that he can truly make it on his own. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEhXM5tDUq2Vvmy96NxgzQD0LJT4oMcUqJkB0dFLH1b1txViH5bIX83Gck5mKFvcZ0gRYES7deeiXwtja3yWzaSfnAcrplaebvnJAfWSV-qcg7xmweHV9a00b17T0vVN9-A4lJcpu0yY/s1600/IMG_20170706_163329339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="901" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEhXM5tDUq2Vvmy96NxgzQD0LJT4oMcUqJkB0dFLH1b1txViH5bIX83Gck5mKFvcZ0gRYES7deeiXwtja3yWzaSfnAcrplaebvnJAfWSV-qcg7xmweHV9a00b17T0vVN9-A4lJcpu0yY/s320/IMG_20170706_163329339.jpg" width="180" /></a><br />
What the child doesn't know is that during those moments when he feels the most abandoned and confused that the parent is really very near. Many nights I have waited outside my child's door just feet away as they cry in confussion, I lay there listening praying, sometimes weeping, pleading with the Lord to help my child to make it through the night without me.<br />
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As adults we continue to make painful but needed transitions. We finish school and move away from home, we get married and follow our spouse across the country to a new and unfamiliar place, we lose someone who is very dear to us, we feel inspired to do something that doesn't turn out as we envisioned. These times can make us feel such loss and abandonment. Why is it that at these times we look for God and sometimes wonder where He is?<br />
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As the parent of all mankind, it is during our painful transitions when God is outside our doorway listening, waiting and asking the Lord to comfort us as we push through our own painful transistion in order that we might gain the new skill of greater spiritual strength and maturity.<br />
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Since discovering that this baby would be a brother and not the sister that I was sure would come to us I have tried so hard to understand God's plan for me. I find myself asking Him: was the sister the baby I lost last Fall? Am I supposed to have another baby to actually get her here? Am I just spiritually off and not able to actually discern what Thy will is for me?<br />
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I have realized that perhaps I don't need to know the answer to these questions now. Perhaps I will not know them in this lifetime. I do know that although I have felt intense pain over this lack of understanding that God has not at all abandoned me. I believe He is closer than ever waiting, listening and pleading with the Lord to give me strength as I grow the new skill to trust and follow and believe in His power to guide, lift and nurture our family to new heights.<br />
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In less than 24 hours our little town will witness total darkness during midday during a total eclipse of the sun. This miracle of total darkness to full light is not unlike the miracle we all experience when God through His great power can take us from full darkness to endless day as He heals our broken hearts and makes us even stronger than we ever knew we could be.<br />
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Our babies turned one year in January.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I reflect on all that has happened in our
lives since they became a part of it I am filled with emotion. Even the idea
that we could have chosen not to have another child (which became 2) is unthinkable
to me now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The depth to which our lives
have been touched by these little people is almost impossible to describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe we are all better, happier and less
selfish because of the sweetness their spirits have brought to our home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wouldn’t be honest if I didn’t also admit
that this last year has pushed us physically, emotionally and spiritually in
painful ways. There have been so many times when I wondered how I could be
strong enough to do what was required to help my growing family to become all
they could become with my limited abilities, many other times I felt strength
come at times when I knew I was not doing this alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Truly God has sent heavenly and earthly
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There was a time while on my mission in Russia, that I had
felt that when I became I mother I would have 8 children and had shared this
idea with Derek even before we were married.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This dream quickly faded as we married and had our first child and I
realized my many, many weaknesses regarding parenting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I struggled deeply with feelings of
inadequacy, self doubt and discouragement that I would never be the kind of
mother I had dreamed of being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Derek
lovingly encouraged me to keep trying and doing my best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had our first 3 babies within 3.5
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a crazy time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved my boys so, so much but continued to
feel overwhelmed and discouraged. I didn’t suddenly gain confidence in myself
but in quiet ways I could feel myself becoming stronger and more capable of
feeling joy in the journey of motherhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I remember having a very special moment during these difficult years
when I distinctly understood that what I was doing for my children could not be
done by anyone else. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had left the classroom to spend my days
changing diapers and cleaning toilets. For years I had wondered if anything
that I was doing in my home from day to day made a difference. At that moment I
knew that it made a world of difference to these little people in my care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students come and go but these little people
would be mine forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even in all my weaknesses,
I was giving a gift to my children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was choosing to bring them into the world and doing all I could to help them
grow to be the people God hoped them to become.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was a sweet turning point. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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More years went by and more sweet babies joined our
family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After each baby came I
experienced a degree of the postpartum depression I had felt with my first
baby, but I could feel my sense of purpose gently growing and strengthening me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After we found out that baby #6 would
actually be 6 and 7 we both remembered the experience I had as a missionary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqnWdA3zE9p8oFAUlOTGH7loJ0EJPPozqy3ney8FkD5BtP-qwxnosUNxDfeh1WRsBaZ4ma1_3IDVEdinO00w8oLMm1iAWn4rCvGBljShe7Wo0fj-GsVzxkZ8Cr9j6FSjZ2YeD_zXALg4/s1600/20170409_222737%255B1%255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqnWdA3zE9p8oFAUlOTGH7loJ0EJPPozqy3ney8FkD5BtP-qwxnosUNxDfeh1WRsBaZ4ma1_3IDVEdinO00w8oLMm1iAWn4rCvGBljShe7Wo0fj-GsVzxkZ8Cr9j6FSjZ2YeD_zXALg4/s320/20170409_222737%255B1%255D.jpg" width="166" /></a> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42O832EUvCpqkvTCcBahYq-fL9Hq8RBTlRPzrMKFd-dax8kL0T9Pz-bkRV7k3Ev1eWo1IVrOUujCvBxhRK2cAJ6mIyrX_dIsTE138wum2yQOFS3sPUykTzbvZyQYH0Ud3AXoejTEfIHI/s1600/20170409_221729%255B1%255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42O832EUvCpqkvTCcBahYq-fL9Hq8RBTlRPzrMKFd-dax8kL0T9Pz-bkRV7k3Ev1eWo1IVrOUujCvBxhRK2cAJ6mIyrX_dIsTE138wum2yQOFS3sPUykTzbvZyQYH0Ud3AXoejTEfIHI/s320/20170409_221729%255B1%255D.jpg" width="224" /></a></div>
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When I went to the ultrasound revealing the twins gender I
had felt certain that one of the babies would be a sister for Adelaide. When the
ultrasound tech told us we would have 2 little boys I immediately commented to
Derek that we could possibly have one more baby meant to join our family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure that was the right moment to
bring up the idea as we were just digesting the thought of having 6 sons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided to keep this thought in my heart
and think on it a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not too long
afterward my Sister Becky had a deeply spiritual experience in the temple
during which she felt impressed to share with me that there may be a sister to
join our family at some point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so
happy to hear her experience and knew that if I was meant to have another baby
that Derek would also feel the same eventually and he did.</div>
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At my postpartum checkup after the twins I made a plan with
my OBGYN about the best window for conceiving our last baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was fast approaching my 40<sup>th</sup>
birthday and knew that we needed to try for it sooner than later but the doctor
reminded me that after a C-section I needed to allow at least 18 months between
births.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I started reading up on my
odds of conceiving at my age I tried not to be discouraged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also realized that since Adelaide was a
happy surprise, we had never successfully figured out how to conceive a girl.
All our attempts at conception have resulted in boys. Despite all these odds I
pushed forward with confidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
found out I was pregnant I was overjoyed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Less than 8 weeks later I lost the baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At this point I felt spiritual confusion and doubt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew I was supposed to try for this last
baby but was my age the reason for the miscarriage? Did God want me to keep
trying or was all of it just meant to be a spiritual exercise? I had followed
heart and done my best, was that enough?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps that little sister was only meant to be conceived and not ever
born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these thoughts kept me from
feeling the confidence I had once had at trying for one last baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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One night I said a simple prayer explaining to God that I
wanted one more baby but didn’t have the confidence or strength to move forward
and that I didn’t know how.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God heard my
simple prayer. On Christmas day, I discovered that I was pregnant again!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2016 was a truly remarkable year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one calendar year I had carried 4 babies! The
twins were born in January, I became pregnant again in October and then again
in early December.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think of all those hormones,
no wonder I’ve been so emotional! </div>
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<br /></div>
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Tomorrow is our 20 week ultrasound and I find myself feeling
excited and nervous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that
Adelaide’s little sister could very well have been the baby that didn’t make
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This helps me feel that no matter
what we learn tomorrow we will win. The idea of having 7 sons is crazy but sweet
and amazing and of course if it’s a girl we will also be thrilled. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If God can bring us to it, He will bring us
through it! </div>
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Cast your vote and let us know what you think our baby will
be!</div>
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What sweetness to have two brothers ordained in one day! David revived the priesthood on the same day that wes was ordained as a teacher. I love this photo!! It shows a devoted bishop that we all love, my two precious sons, my most incredible husband and my rock-star of a father in law who never misses a special day for our children!!!<br />
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I spent so much of my energy worrying about how tricky it was going to be having 2 babies, but I didn't realize that the babies were not going to be the tricky part...The trick is figuring out how to parent a teenager, a couple of tweens and two younger kids while spending sleepless nights rocking babies and changing messy diapers. I absolutely LOVE my babies!!! </div>
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And I absolutely LOVE my big kids, but their needs are so very different and when you feel like your brain is full of baby food and then you are hit hard with a very real, very heartbreaking older-child trial that requires prayer and pondering and clear thinking it gets challenging and you wish you could just snap your fingers and pause the messy diaper need and put your whole heart into another issue that requires your love and attention.</div>
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This week I was humbled and changed by 2 amazing mothers. The first is an amazing girl who signed up to bring me a meal after my twins were born having never before met me. She brought enough food for a small army; homemade muffins, homemade bread and minestrone soup (yes homemade!) "Who is this girl?" I wondered, that would spend an entire day making this amazingness for complete strangers. I soon learned she was expecting and vowed to bring her a meal when her baby was born however inferior my meal would be to hers. I waited for her baby to be born. Then, today in Church I learned that just days before her baby was to be born, his heart stopped beating. Yet, today, only a few weeks after this devastating loss she stood in church speaking on the topic of hope in God through covenant keeping. </div>
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The other mother that changed me this week gave birth to a sweet baby just weeks ago. The doctors told her that due to a rare condition he had he wouldn't survive their stay at the hospital. Defying their predictions, this little one has left the hospital and is making a brave go at life. Although this family knows their time with their baby will be short, they live each day with courage and faith enjoying the moments they do have together. </div>
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I know that things at my house are crazy and that there are moments when I just long for a little peace, but I wouldn't wish it away for anything. I want wake each day with joy that we have the opportunity to live this day with our children. Life is beautiful! Life is fragile! Life is hard! We all have our own fire to pass through to refine us into the individuals that God intended us to become.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">For the longest time, I felt like adding more children to our lives would be too difficult and I feared I wouldn't have the strength for it. I have come to learn that the inspiration to bring these little guys into the world was not meant to be a trial as I had feared, but a gift. They are a prize, a treasure that is getting me through difficult times I have with the other children. Whenever things get crazy I only have to glance at their chubby faces to know that ALL IS WELL. And truly it is!</span>Sara Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16878338666174444049noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725821923969411946.post-75111269951913911952016-03-08T14:03:00.002-08:002016-03-08T14:03:59.821-08:00Doubly Blessed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've never felt so close to my mom...as I did while watching her folding my laundry (all 49 loads!), loving my babies (and big kids), seeing her cry when we talked about all the miracles we've witnessed with these little ones and knowing that she went through this 10 times!! <br />
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... as they did when there was no one home but them to help Mom with really hard jobs!<br />
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<br />Sara Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16878338666174444049noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725821923969411946.post-2717369203703503812016-01-15T10:34:00.000-08:002016-01-15T10:34:51.678-08:00A growing heart; my greatest gift!!!<br />
At 5:33 and 5:36 January 13, 2016 two tiny loves entered our family and changed our world forever! <br />
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For weeks leading up to the birth I tried to imagine what life would
be like with 2 more children; 2 more small, sweet, helpless people who
would need a mama that could nourish and love them around the clock.
How could I find a way to freeze time and the needs of the rest of my
family in order to give these babies all that they would need to
survive? And more importantly, how could I stretch my heart in order to
give the love needed to sustain my family emotionally?<br />
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Evenings can be magical times for communication at our house. Sometimes communicating with boys is tricky. They don't always gush out their emotions so you have to be ready to listen when they are ready to talk. <br />
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My little ones have a ritual of Dad or Mom "talking" to them at night.
They have to be all ready for bed and lying down in the darkness to earn
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With the older boys we bond in the evenings by watching an episode of
one of their favorite shows. This has also been a really sweet time
with no younger siblings competing for our attention. Although the
older kids have mostly grown out of the evening conversations there are
times when one or both of them will say: "Do you want to talk?" Many
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On Sunday evening I got pretty emotional realizing that by the next
Sunday all would be different in our home. I went to each of the rooms
of the 3 older boys and had a talk with them, telling them how much I
loved them and that even with two new brothers coming my heart would
still be with them. For weeks I prayed sincerely that I could truly be
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When I got to hold the babies for the first time I knew that my prayers had been answered. It was perhaps not unlike the moment when the apostles gathered the few loaves and fishes they could find and after distributing enough for all in need they found their baskets overflowing in excess, a true miracle. At that moment my heart was bursting with the most intense love; love for these sweet little beings, love for my husband for the amazing journey we traveled together to get to that moment, and love spilling over and over for each of our special loves at home. I knew I don't have to try to be enough all by myself. With God, ALL things are possible. We are ALL enough because of HIM!Sara Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16878338666174444049noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725821923969411946.post-19935554960746954262015-11-15T14:24:00.001-08:002015-11-15T14:24:26.160-08:00Gender reveal!<br />
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We are having 2 BOYS!!!! It has taken me a little time to write this post. I needed time to take it all in! The first day we found out we were having twins I told Derek: " I don't think I could ever raise twin boys!" I said this over and over to myself and others for several weeks, Being a mom of many boys, I know that 2 (or 3 or 4..) boys together means energy, noise, teasing, fighting, tears (sometimes theirs, sometime my own) and sometimes even blood. I know that my stewardship over my children includes teaching them to love and most days it's hard to recognize progress in this area with all of that going on. <br />
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All of these thoughts filled my mind as the ultrasound tech announced that we would be having 2 boys. I must have looked pretty flustered because she asked me multiple times if I was OK. Derek on the other hand couldn't keep from laughing out loud which made the whole situation even more comical.<br />
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Shock was only the first of the emotions that hit me, next I went through denial, and then a strange sadness. My sadness was for the loss of the sister that I had somehow been sure was coming for Adelaide. After feeling this sadness, I then felt guilt for feeling sad (why would any human being ever feel sad when she is able to bring 2 beautiful children into the world?) These thoughts recycled themselves over and over in my mind. After about a week I gathered the courage to tell my extended family who had kindly reported that they were praying that we could add another girl to our family.<br />
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Before I had announced the gender of the babies to neighbors, I got a call from a sweet friend who told me (without knowing our news) how glad she was that there were strong families raising boys who could one day marry daughters like hers. I know she was inspired to call since I think the adversary had been filling my heart and mind with just the opposite idea: that I was already doing so poorly with the boys I was raising now that adding to that number would only make everything worse.<br />
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In time I was able to recognize that my feelings off loss for the sister we wouldn't give Adelaide did not equal sadness at having 2 baby boys. It was a totally separate emotion. Working though those emotions I was able feel, peace, then total joy at the privilege of welcoming these little spirits into our home. I have also come to realize that although I cherish the sister relationship I enjoy with my own siblings, God has sent me "sisters" who, while not my blood relations are every bit as dear and precious to me as my own family. I have no doubt that Adelaide will be equally blessed in her life as she finds dear friends to fill in those gaps. Besides, she will ever be the lone princess in the Jensen home, and who wouldn't love that?<br />
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Although it would be a while before I would feel this complete peace I could feel God whispering peace to me the very evening of the ultrasound. As I drifted off to sleep I could hear the words of a favorite primary song come to my heart: "We are as the army of Helaman...". 6 boys, could potentially mean 6 missionaries. That would be pretty awesome! I may not be the mother that I dream of being, Many moments of our day are filled with all those boy things I mentioned above and more but a home full of boys also can mean a home of strength (physical and emotional), a home of service, a home of missionaries, a home of protection and a home filled with the priesthood. Who wouldn't feel so blessed to have all those things? Besides, if my boys end up anywhere close to being like Derek, they are going to be amazing.<br />
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Yes we are having 2 more boys! I can now say with a smile (and a twinkle in my eye!), Isn't is womderful!?<br />
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Baby "B" 3-D facial imageSara Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16878338666174444049noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725821923969411946.post-74102686490574663202015-08-21T13:19:00.001-07:002015-08-21T13:19:15.307-07:00Guess the gender of our twins!!!!<span style="font-size: large;">I recently did a photo shoot with my kids and got these photos, some were a little happier than others to have their photo take:). Looking at these beautiful photos warms my heart and makes me realize how quickly they grow! It also makes me wonder what things will be like in a few months when we add 2 more to the mix. What will the twins be? make a guess! Will they be boys? Girls? or one of each? comment below!</span><br />
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This photo was taken when Adelaide was just days old. At the time it seemed crazy to see that many little feet belonging to our family. Having Adelaide join all those big brothers made our family feel a level of joy we didn't know was possible. I wondered how I could ever want for more. As time passed I didn't feel a void necessarily but I could never feel peace about being all the way done with the "having children" phase.<br />
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All the moms I talked to had their own stories of feeling closure; some said they knew their family was complete the moment their last baby was born. Others said that over time they felt peace gradually sometimes over a period of years. I figured since I hadn't had any revelation about it that my closure would have to come gradually. I prayed for peace, I had faith that if I gave away all my baby toys, car seats, crib, changing table and blankets and bought a car with exactly 7 seats in it that I would be showing God that I had the courage to look forward to our next chapter: "Child Rearing".<br />
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I even told Heavenly Father that His helping us get over to Russia with a family of kids could be a sign that we are ready for that chapter by going on cazy adventures with the children we already have. Things were going great, or so I thought, Soon after getting home from our traveling I was awoken by a little voice whispering "Mom". When I opened my eyes there was no one there. I was tired...was I just hearing things? Then it happened again and this time it was so real to me that I actually answered: "what?"...when I opened my eyes again there was no one there.<br />
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I began a very long very painful battle with myself. I wanted to have another child, if it were God's will, certainly I would be obedient if I felt prompted to do so, but each time I asked in prayer I felt that His answer was that the choice was mine. "Well, if the choice is mine" I reasoned, "Considering the challenge it is to raise the 5 very dynamic children that we have and considering every one of my many weaknesses, I choose out of pure logic to be done." Yet that answer would never really bring me peace. <br />
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Weeks and months passed. I asked for a priesthood blessing, attended the temple weekly, fasted and prayed earnestly begging for an answer. Each time the answer was the same; this choice was mine to make. I have made many decision based on faith and obedience. I feel like obedience was not the issue, God clearly wanted me to be strong enough to decide on my own and to own my decision. Why couldn't He just tell me the right choice? <br />
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Finally one day my answer came. Oddly, it happened on my temple day but not at the temple. Although it was my day to be at the temple, I hadn't gone since I was expecting family to come in town. I was standing in my kitchen washing dishes as my two younger kids played with play dough. We were listening to Janice Kapp Perry's greatest hits CD, when my very favorite of her songs came on. <br />
"Where is heaven? Is it very far? I would like to know if it's beyond the<br />
brightest star...I can see it, that it's not so far, when you're with the ones<br />
you love it's <i>right</i> <i>where you are."</i><br />
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And it was, for one moment as if heaven really were in my kitchen. I was overcome with peace, joy and a desire to bring another child into our home. Not because I felt like I should, or because I wanted to obey. I wanted it with all my heart. I had made the decision for myself! It felt so good!<br />
I immediately sent a text to Derek telling him that I really wanted a baby. He has ever been wary of having a child too far apart from the other kids. He replied: "Well, if we are going to go for it, let's just have 2!"<br />
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I suppose that sending us twins is just the remedy for Derek's concerns. Now I see God's wisdom in helping me choose this choice on my own (with His help of course but without feeling compelled or commanded). I feel it had to be that way in order to have the strength to accept that our family will be jumping overnight from 7 to 9! Jensen town is about to get just a little crazier than it already is! I say: Bring it on!<br />
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"Look unto me in every thought, doubt not, fear not." D&C 6:36<br />
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shopping is like going on a treasure hunt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some people avoid thrift stores because they are filled with other
people’s old, unwanted stuff organized under one roof like a glorified garbage
dump. In Order to find the gems that are hidden there one must put in the time
and be patient while sifting through the mountains of other stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People who avoid thrift stores will save
themselves the much time and effort it takes to search for treasures but they
may <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>never find that first edition book
or discontinued toy among all the clothes from the 1970s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that being a parent is a lot like
thrift-store shopping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most days are
really hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are piles of dirty
laundry to clean, loads of dirty dishes to wash and toilets to scrub (all of
which I actually enjoy doing if I have the luxury of having a day devoted to
cleaning.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s really hard is
watching your children struggle or quarrel or fail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then there’s the glorious gem that comes
when your child does something amazing that really surprises you, or they
finally understand a principle you have been trying to instill in them for
years.<br />
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Our whole experience in Russia was much like this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each day was filled with trials, frustration,
discomfort, inconveniences and let downs (many of which I was fully prepared
for and glad about for the sake of my kids who had not known a life outside of
the ease and comforts of small-town Idaho.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And then there were some sweet, amazing moments that could never have been made possible with out all the sadness.
</span>I thought that by taking my kids to a local orphanage and getting them
acquainted with some amazing orphan kids that they would really understand the
gift that it is to be a part of a family (albeit a crazy one!)<br />
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It took a lot of persuasion to get the director of Orphanage
#3 to allow our family to come do service there which was no surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Before heading to Russia </span>I had worked for months trying to find a
service opportunity for our family during our time in Saint Petersburg with no
luck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know if it was the fact
that we were Americans or that they simply didn’t want outsiders in their
children’s homes. After setting up a meeting with the Orphanage director
she told us we could help with the English class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I imagined singing songs and doing fun activities with loads of little sweet
orphan children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we got there they
lead us to a nice room with 5 teen-aged orphans who already spoke really good
English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could we really do any good for
these kids? I had a flashback of when I went to Russia 21 years ago with a
youth group bringing gifts to orphanages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each orphanage that we visited put on a huge show; singing songs and
giving us gifts in return.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so
strange because all we wanted to do was to serve and do good but it seemed
equally exhausting for them to host us.<br />
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Even though it was not what we expected we were excited for
an opportunity to do any service. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had
a lot of fun and the English teacher invited us back for the following week,
only the message must not have been communicated to the director because when
we arrived no one was ready for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everyone was scrambling when they saw us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ended up getting an unofficial tour of the
orphanage (given by one of senior orphans) where we were able to meet orphans
of all ages and see their living quarters etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was so cool to have this very real, very sweet glimpse into their
world. These dear children living at Orphanage #3 lived in rooms with 5 kids
per room and 3 rooms per group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each
group had a common area and a grandma that lovingly watched over them; helping
with homework, laundering clothes, making meals and giving encouragement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The kids seamed much like siblings very
comfortable together, they were put into groups of varying ages and many of
them shared similar hobbies as siblings would.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We taught one group how to make bracelets and they gave us
some Russian coins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a wonderful
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We told them we would see them next
week and made a plan to make bracelets for each orphan (about 60).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we bumped an assistant director she
looked stern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said we shouldn’t have
come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a feeling that catching them
off guard was going to bring consequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sure enough the director sent me a text the next week telling me that
they were unable to accept us regularly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We had promised the kids to meet them the next week to finish making
bracelets together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried calling the
director just to ask if we could see the kids one more time but she didn’t
respond to my calls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why did it have to
be so hard to do good?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know if
anti-American sentiment had anything to do with it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m certain the director thought she was doing
what was best for the children, but allowing them to choose I’m certain things
would have been different. </div>
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We had already begun making bracelets for each of the
children and promised to return so we decided to continue to make the gifts and
see if we could drop them off sometime before heading home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took us several weeks to make and assemble
60 gifts but we finally got them all ready and wrapped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to drop them off on our last day
in the country (which happened to be a Sunday and I was hoping that the staff
might be reduced allowing us to actually go inside the orphanage and give them
the gifts ourselves).</div>
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I decided it would be wise to only bring Wesley and David so
as not to be too overwhelming to the children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have to pause and say at this point that a certain one of my children
had protested every outing we had gone on since day one in Russia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I prayed that he would agree to going to the
orphanage because I knew that if we could get in that it would be a very
amazing way to end our trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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To my surprise although given the chance to head home with
Dad, he offered to go with us!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before
entering the orphanage we huddled together and said a prayer that we would be
permitted to go inside and give the kids the gifts ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we approached the entrance I recognized
the grandma on duty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She smiled and
warmly greeted me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told her that we
were leaving the country in the morning and asked her if we could give the
children some hand-made gifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said
yes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a sweet thing it was to give
our gifts to each child along with a card with our contact information that
read: “you always have a friend in America”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once
inside with the kids we sang and laughed and enjoyed a wonderful time
together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wished I could have stayed
with them forever!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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One Darling girl Liza (age 15) was so excited to have us
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved her so much and wanted to
give her something special since our gifts were more for younger kids. I
realized that I could give her the earrings out of my ears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I gave them to her she squeezed them in
her hand and said, this is the best ever! She asked me if I could take her
home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My heart was so full of sadness
that I couldn’t just take her with us, how I wish I could have!!<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we mounted our
scooters for the journey home we said another prayer to thank God for His
kindness in helping us have that experience with the kids. Then that same child
who had not been much excited about anything during out trip had a mighty
change of heart, he said: “Mom, do you think we could ever adopt a Russian
orphan?” My heart could have exploded with happiness at the sweetness of that
moment. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I explained to him that Vladimir
Putin had recently made it illegal for Americans to adopt Russian orphans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Even though our experience with the orphanage was definitely
not what I had dreamed it would be, the joy of that evening spent together with
those kids will stay forever in our hearts.</div>
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Our family may be quirky and loud, we may have times where
we disagree, fight, yell, cry and hurt feelings but we also love
and forgive one another and we never give up on each other because we are
working for the eternal prize of being together forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having the chance to be with and love those
kids made us all realize how precious it is to be a part of a family, one you
can hold onto forever no matter what.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
like finding the treasure in the thrift store after hours of searching, during
those final hours of our time in Russia we had found our treasure and it gave purpose
and meaning to all of the struggling and heartache.<br />
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“Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present
time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come
hereafter, and the glory which shall follow after much tribulation.” D&C 58:3</div>
Sara Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16878338666174444049noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725821923969411946.post-61364901554990199382015-01-14T14:57:00.001-08:002015-01-14T15:23:54.369-08:00Rest and Relaxation in Riga!Have you ever reached into the pocket of some jeans you love but haven't worn forever to find a 20-dollar bill? Best day ever right?<br />
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It's even sweeter when you really really need the money:). I recently found my own lost treasure, one that I really really needed, only it was much more valuable me than money:). Towards the end of our Russian stay I got a message on google plus from a dear dear friend whom I hadn't seen or heard from in many years.<br />
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Sister Kearns was an answer to prayer for me in the MTC when she joined me and my companion to make a threesome halfway through my stay at there. Her energy, smile and completely completely real personality helped me to ease up and smile more as I tend to take things a little too seriously. I loved her! How could I not totally love her! We served in different missions and ended up losing track of each other over the years. Hearing from her was such a treat! Even more exciting was the fact that she was working in Riga, Latvia not far from Petersburg! She invited me to come visit and offered us to stay in her lovely home. Even though we were getting short on time there I really wanted to go!<br />
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Since we knew we would already be traveling to Moscow we took a 14 hour bus ride from Moscow to Riga (it seems like would be drudgery but actually it was SO much fun my older boys and my sister Chrissy...can I just say that traveling with her is the most fun EVER, she has been all over the world but that doesn't stop her from being perfectly amazed and thrilled by each new place she travels!)<br />
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We even met a Latvian Olympian on the bus who had participated in the Salt Lake games which I had attended (small world!)<br />
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and when we got to the train station we met some sweet Russian-speaking missionaries (yay!)<br />
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Being with Amy was once again an answer to prayer and just what we needed during that time.<br />
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I hope with all of my heart that I can be someone's lucky penny sometime as she was for me and that I can strengthen the feeble knees and lift up the hands that hang down. Viva La Riga!<br />
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Have you ever given your child a promise that something
good would happen to them if they chose to do something that was hard and then
prayed really hard that something good really would happen?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a child I always imagined that my parents
knew everything and made all the right choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now that I am a parent I understand that parents are on their own
journey; trying to be the best example for their children while finding the
strength to face and overcome their own challenges.</div>
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In Saint Petersburg I always looked forward to Tuesdays
because Tuesdays were missionary days. We would make the long journey to the
church which was a 1.5- mile scooter ride to the metro, then 30+ minute metro
ride changing from the red line to the orange line, and another mile on the scooter
to finally get to the church building. Since it was such an effort getting
there and back we generally spent the whole day there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I taught the missionaries Russian grammar
classes while my kids ran around the gym in the church and got their wiggles
out (remember our grumpy neighbor who didn’t want us to make noise while in the
apartment?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did our best but it was
basically impossible with 4 wiggly little people sleeping in one room so this
time each week was important for them as well).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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On this particular Tuesday, I had gotten word that there
were some brethren from Salt Lake that would be doing some training with the
missionaries so we changed the lesson time to accommodate their arrival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also asked Chrissy to stay at home with the
kids so that we wouldn’t disrupt the training but I thought it would be special
to invite the older boys to join me in hopes that they would be able to meet with
the leaders from Salt Lake. David was interested so I told him to wear nice
Sunday clothes just in case we were able to meet the brethren.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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That day the water source for our whole building had been
shut off so we did our best to look presentable without running water. We
started off on our scooters through the dirty, wet rainy streets. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always like to leave very early because you
never know what may happen on the way but that day we had gotten a later start
than usual. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had brought David a pair
of gloves knitted by a very dear woman which were completely irreplaceable and very
special to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I realized that the gloves
had fallen out of my pocket we retraced our path all the way back to our
apartment building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t find the
mittens and David became discouraged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Mom, we are going to be late, we lost your special gloves and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went through a mud puddle that put mud all
up the side of my pants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s just go
home and forget about it!” </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recognized a great
teaching moment!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life in Russia was
anything but convenient and I understood the frustration that David was feeling
but I also knew that most experiences that are worth anything take effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told David that the missionaries were
counting on us and that when we want to give up that’s the moment when we have
to work harder to make things work. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
bravely agreed to keep going despite our setbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so proud of him and wanted so much for
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When we got to our metro station David was surprised to find
a metro token on the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To really
appreciate what this means you have to know that we are a family of coin
collectors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We collect coins everywhere
we go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have been known to reach
awkwardly under a dirty bench while people are still sitting on it in order to
retrieve a kopek worth far less than a penny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To find a coin that actually had value was a bonus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finding the metro token on the ground that
day to me was pure evidence to David that God was aware of his maturing
testimony and his desire to do good and to preserver despite the setbacks we
had encountered that morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told
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After our Russian lesson with the missionaries we decided to
wait near the elevator to see if we could greet Elder Randy L Ridd and Jorg
Klebengat on their way to the conference where the missioanries eagerly waited
for their training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t want to be
annoying, but I really did want David to be able to shake hands with these
amazing men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the elevator doors
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Klebengat <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>how much we enjoyed his talk
in conference just a few weeks earlier (it was SUCH and inspiration!) He then invited
David to attend the missionary meeting. Fortunately he was dressed
appropriately (I had wiped the mud off of his pants and it wans’t even visable)
so we were able to go and join the missionaries in the chapel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning of the meeting Elder
Kebengat called David to the front of the meeting and told the missionaries
that David was his special guest!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
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of a very special man called of God to do His work and to love His children, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">every</i> one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although those men had been given the charge
to go to Saint Petersburg to train missionaries, the spirit whispered to them
that there was a future missionary that needed to be strengthened that day as
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who had made a promise that all would be well if he would just do his best and
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If you are looking for an amazing place to visit Moscow will never disappoint! </div>
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In its 800 years of glory Moscow has provided a rich history, </div>
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and all sorts of fascinating places to go...</div>
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....Where did Wesley and David want to go the most of all these places? Lenin's tomb. Lenin (the founder of communism) died in 1924 but was never buried
instead his body was preserved under a glass case for all his admirers
to see and to this day he is on display in Red Square, creepy right?
Although the tomb was closed for a Russian Holiday we did get to visit
the outside. This was my 6th time in Moscow and I had never been able to catch the tomb tour, maybe I will have to make a 7th trip to Moscow if I really want to see dead Lenin:). </div>
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Fortunately for me, I didn't go to Moscow to see the sights, instead I went to see a dear, dear member whom I had taught in Petrazavodsk (see the Petro Post) who had moved to the outskirts of Moscow.</div>
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This Stalwart young mom was just a teenager when I taught her family the gospel. Now she has been on a mission, married to the temple had a daughter born in the covenant and is expecting her second baby. We had a lot of fun crashing on her couch and pampering her the next day with Chrissy's professional pedicure and facial skills.</div>
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This is a little picture I found in their house describing the order of their Family home evening. I was so proud of her for being firm in the gospel and for raising a righteous family. It was so sweet to me to hear her pray with her little daughter Inna who was lucky enough to be born into a strong family. <br />
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It was so special to look through her mission photos! <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzhC0ACuzw5jAvT-Gem70mkALN7zfwnBAZdqGideQcHQOQDOUaZSiM1iGGHTUoHLCm4WjcG5VP3BqwEthMrX2lBpy2bYdf3RJOlQcM7W-WyuQ_epKGpFvqdNWz75N52U6WtfE8CdCFU4/s1600/Anya+on+her+mission.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>One photo she showed me was of a girl whom she had taught who was currently also serving a mission. Whoa. Talk about amazing! It then hit me like a ton of bricks. I served a mission and helped teach Anya the gospel, she served a mission and helped to teach someone else the gospel who was currently on a mission teaching others the gospel!<br />
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Why is this so completely overwhelming to me? Because during the time that I taught Anya's family was one of the most difficult times of my mission and of my life. During my time in Petro my grandfather passed away and I didn't receive word until he had been gone a month. There were many other trials that I experienced there that were so very intense. We were so far away from the rest of the mission and from the world that I felt so very alone. I read my patriarchal blessing daily and fell asleep each night looking at a picture of the Savior in Gethsemane. I prayed constantly for peace. I asked permission to call home to talk to my parents knowing that a few words of encouragement could be just what I would need to have the strength to keep going but I was advised not to call.<br />
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Anya at her own baptism 1998<br />
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So despite the fact that I myself was super struggling, I did my best to share the greatest gift I had with others, and from my weakness God made something so beautiful out of it! It reminded me of a tiny pebble that makes just enough of a splash to create a ripple which then gently ripples outward despite the weakness of its tiny beginning.Sara Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16878338666174444049noreply@blogger.com2