I'm back

Dearest family and friends whom I Love!

I'm back on the square and it feels so good!!! My goodness this has been quite the journey but one that i am so grateful i went on. First day back was hard to say goodbye to Kira and Owen! They are my best friends and I will miss them so much. But sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven!
I got to the square about 1:45 and unloaded my stuff for about 10 min and then bam we were back on the square!

On Saturday my companions Sister Sanders from Germany and Sister kuo from Korea were so loving and welcoming me back! I had a sign on my bed saying Welcome home we missed you Sister Mettra!! It made the transition a little easier for me because I have separation anxiety a little bit ha!! I ate a banana and said lets get out there!! I took a moment to look at myself and who I had become over this month. I saw myself as i hadn't really seen before, As a true Daughter of God. Tears came to my eyes and the spirit said, " your ready Jenna you have done well." I humbly smiled, looked in the mirror and put my tag across my heart and said a prayer in gratitude for all i had been through. i know that there are moments in our lives when we can't walk another step alone, i know the Lord has carried me and will continue to do so until i finish my mission for him. I am not alone and i have grown to have so much faith.

We walked onto the square and i had a different spirit about me i felt like I could truly relate to every guest even more then before! We only had 1 tour and it was pretty short and I remembered everything!! It was like I never left. As I walked around in my bright yellow cardigan ha sisters eyes just lit up as they saw me! One by one they came over and gave me a big hug and said welcome back sister Mettra EVERYONE missed you. You are just glowing you look amazing. I saw sister Rathgeber and we shared some tears as she welcomed me back. I miss being her companion we had a lot of fun together and taught very well together! Ha i am now with a German, Korean and then me the crazy American! haha LOTS of culture! We took a korean tour and I tried to introduce myself in korean..... aka didn't quite work out they just laughed and so did I! ahhaha

The most amazing feeling so far were the 2 miracles we had :)
First night we went into the RC and i called a guy from my list that I had on there since conference! I said a prayer the spirit would be with me. I called this guy mike and he literally laughed at me when I said I was a missionary. And i said, " oh really tell me everything you know about the church" and he knew quite a bit! But the spirit came as I told him about the Book of Mormon. I said, " Mike do you think God loves his ALL of his children? he said I know he does! " Well mike God loved the people in America just as he loved the people in Jerusalem. And he goes i guess your right. And i said, I would love to send you a Book of Mormon for yourself so you can have one and find out. He said, you know I always said if I was given the opportunity I would accept it. And I said well I'm happy I called then, he said me too... he refers for missionaries to come teach him more and receive the book of Mormon. I called his friend that refers him and she just cried! She said thank you so much. I know that I needed to be back today to Call mike!

I'm ROMAN CATHOLIC...THANKS
ha lady from new york with a very strong belief in the roman catholic Faith comes and we start talking about Jesus Christ. Sister S and K were talking to someone else and we were walking upstairs to the Christus. I bore my testimony to her about when Jesus Christ came to the Americas and read 3Nephi 11:15... she said I have a lot to think about when I go home. She didn't want a Book of Mormon quite yet but I know she felt the spirit.

Muslim ...and from Malaysia
Sister Sanders and I took this man from Malaysia around he spoke some English but was a very devote Muslim! The spirit was so strong the whole tour! Especially in the Assembly hall when the light came in through the window and I was baring my testimony on the power of prayer. We took him to Scripture and Revelations and taught him about Joseph Smith. He was just silent and said that was a very powerful experience that boy had. And we said yes because God restored his church back on the earth through Joseph smith!.... sister Sanders told him more about why this was so powerful. And then I took a moment gathered my thoughts and bore powerful testimony that his was not just another Book and that through this book he would see how much God loved him! I said :) We would love to send a Book of Mormon back home to you in your own language with missionaries to explain more! Because its that important!.... he said he would love that!

Even though its only been a couple of days and my companion is now just Sister Sanders! I love this mission and all the change that constantly happens! I know the Lord needs me here now and I'm so humbled by that! Thank you for all the love and support through all of this i have felt Gods love so strong! Its starting to get COLD!! and I'm wearing my coat and gloves daily!!

ps. We were about to go for a mission activity to the art museum at BYU... it was so touching and just what i needed to see. There was one painting by Carl Bloch that I loved when the savior is in the garden of Gethsemane and there is a an angel holding him! I know that Jesus Christ really has felt everything we would ever go through!

i love you all MISS YOU!!

Love Sister Mettra