Jensens in Guatemala

For our last week-end in Guatemala, we were invited to go through the temple with Johana and Rodrigo and their 2 little girls to be sealed. They had set several dates but had never met them. This time we told them when we were leaving to go home and they said, "Okay, we'll be ready then". And they were.
Johana wore her original wedding dress to the temple with a shawl over the shoulders. Their 2 girls were beautiful in white. The whole experience was very special and very spiritual. Johana later said that she had felt the Spirit especially in certain rooms in the temple. It was beautiful to see their family kneel together and make sacred covenants to the Lord.
In our branch, we had a get together with their family members that night. They were able to bear their testimonies. He said that it was the most special day of his whole life. She expressed how special it was for her also to see her daughters kneel with them together.
We couldn't have asked for a better way to spend our last Saturday in Guatemala. The time has gone by sometimes quickly and sometimes slowly, but it has passed and now we are looking forward to going home to spend time with our family again.
The Lord has surely blessed each one of our children and their families. He has also blessed our parents and siblings. We thank Him for that. Our testimonies have been strengthened and we have come away with a greater appreciation for the youth of the church and their desire to serve the Lord.
Many of the missionaries here in Guatemala come from split homes where they may be the only member, or they live with their grandparents. They have come to serve because they know it is the right thing to do and many have seen miracles in other family members showing interest or taking the lessons, as well as receiving scholarships after serving which they thought they had lost, etc. They are still 18, and 19 year olds, but they are here with a purpose and they know what that purpose is.
We have been blessed to be a part of that for the last year and a half and we thank Our Father in Heaven for that. It has been hard, but it has been worth it to minister to the missionaries so that they can minister to others. We have seen miracles and we have been blessed every day.
The friends we have made will be eternal. We are grateful for that also. We have so many wonderful memories especially of the people here at Victoria Suites. We will love these older missionaries always and forever and hope to have other times with them as they finish and return home also.
This may be the last blog as we finish up this adventure. We are not sure what the Lord has in store for us in the near future but we love Him and we are grateful to Him for the blessings that He gives to us continually. This is our testimony, that we know that He lives, and that He loves us and cares for us. We are blessed because of His great atoning sacrifice and we thank Him for that.
The Book of Mormon is true and Joseph Smith was strengthened to be able to accomplish all he did in bringing forth the restoration of the gospel in these the later days. We have a living prophet who leads and guides us. If we follow his guidance we will be blessed and we will feel peace in our lives. We would hope that our example in serving will help our grandchildren to have a desire to serve also. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.