More P-Day festivities

This is Jeanette and Hermana Hansen. They both have big smiles even though you can tell it's hot and humid in Richmond, Texas.

Just a break to cool off by the pond.
Jeanette chasing ducks at the local pond. What form! Why is she wearing all black on a hot, humid, day. I think it's time to send her some lavender or lemon colored pants.

Volleyball on P-Day

The English district and part of the Spanish district together. This is right after playing volleyball in 95 degree weather. Everyone was really happy that Jeanette suggested they have this picture taken. Jeanette was tired but it looks like she's giving attitude. That's Jeanette!

Zone Olympics

Here is Jeanette waiting to hear the question.


She thinks she knows! Fastest hands in the west

Apparently she knew the answer. YES!!!


Looks like a fun zone conference with different activities. The picture below is the "Prettiest Sister Missionary" contest. Jeanette was on the green team. You can see her scores on the chalk board. I know who I would pick as the prettiest. And it's not the team below!

Hermana Burke wearing her sweat band.

Hermana King doing her "I just won the bike olympics" wave.

La Cucaracha

This is how big the cockroaches are that I've seen. Not too big yet but we'll hang on to this picture and compare with others she may find! Looks like a nice house key.

Hermana Kearl

Hermana Kearl and Jeanette despues de la reunion, translado. Realmente, mi cabeza no es tan grande. (After the transfer meeting. My head really isn't that big!)

Jesus and Hermana Kearl. Jesus without a moustache. How weird! He looks very different!

Just a little sample of my p-days here. Hna King was taking pictures without me knowing. Good thing I don't look confused. April 28, 2008

Turns out Alonso is better than me at my own game. He could get some serious air, but jumping twice was not good.

Dimas, and Alonso learning the ways of double dutch from the girls.

The Brazos Sisters! Hna. Hansen, Hna Ramos, Jeanette, Hna King. Hna Ramos may look small, and I may look chubby, but that's only because we are 5-2-08

What the group looked like during my first transfer. Not my district, but the group we'd see most often in our area. Spanish and English

L-R Jeanette, Hna King, Elder Sessions, Elder Funk, Elder Persians, Elder France, Elder Russin, Elder Fudim (April 21, 08)

New Member

This is a picture of Jesus and Jeanette. Jesus is a newly baptized member.

Temple Zone Conference

Here are pictures of Jeanette and her MTC Companion, Alexandra Burke. In the top picture Jeanette's companion, Shanna King, and Hna Burke's companion are included.

Let's Eat Out!

"Here is a picture of two of our recent converts, Alonso and Dimas. This was taken last night at an El Salvadorian restaurant. We took them out to dinner and it made their day. They were so stoked on life and a little more excited to be a part of the church".
Can't say that I blame them for being excited about the church if they can go out to dinner with two beautiful senoritas!

Happy Birthday Jeanette!

"It turned out to be a fabulous 22nd birthday. The elders and Sis king threw me a surprise birthday party (that's how hard my district works around here). But I really enjoyed it".

What? No Pinata? Jeanette's birthday is April 8th.

We Are Family!

While we're waiting for more pictures from Jeanette's mission, we will fill up the space with a family picture (minus Dan, Nicole, Jordan and Jacob) taken on January 20, 2008 -3 days before she entered the MTC.

A sample of Jeanette's letter on April 7, 2008

Holy Frijoles, ya'll (a little sample of the Rosenberg populations right there in that sentenceOk but can I esplain why yesterday was incredible? Oh I hope I can do this justice. Just keep in mind that on a daily basis I'm learning my role here as a missionary and realizing that I'm not going to be spending every day knocking puertas and handing out cards. I thought that was what I should be doing but a huge part of what we do is keep our new converts active and use them to find other people to teach. Well, exactly that happened yesterday.After conference, I was stoked because I actually talked to the people in the ward more and became good friends with the new converts and had some good laughs with them and was able to not only get my foot in the door with them, but have them swing the door open and I let myself in and helped myself to making a sandwich in their kitchen. Figuratively speaking. It was a good feeling. But Hna King was actually doing missionary work during this and she was frustrated because the people we'd been working with this week weren't keeping commitments, some didn't come to conference like they said they would, Hugo still wasn't keeping his baptismal date, and Jesus, the guy i mentioned before who has a really strong testimony of the gospel but has fear to get baptized seemed to still be in a rut. Not only that but Hna King was called a witch by Hugo. I'll punch the guy later. So we were both suffering a littleOk well after conference we got in the car and went to appts that we had with new contacts. All three weren't home. Our hopes were low. But when one door closes, another opens. We ran into a new convert in the ward who said his daughter was home and that we should go visit her and her live-in boyfriend. Angelica and Jose are their names and they had received missionaries before but didn't show interest. And when we got to the house, this 23 year old lady seemed kind of annoyed that we were there. Ok so long story short, as we were about to end our spiritual thoughts, I asked what desires they had in their lives and that invited the spirit, Angelica cried, and they told us to come by again.Then Jesus called. He wanted us to come visit and we took 5 minutes to pray and prep. We really wanted to get the message across that he needed to be baptized. But when we got there, Jesus was talking to his working buddy Julio who had so many questions about Jesus's beliefs that Jesus invited him to talk with us. And that night we sat outside and taught Julio about prayer, faith, modern prophets, and the like. He was blown away that we knew so much. And even better, Jesus helped answer his questions and bore his testimony which in turn helped Jesus realize he wanted to get baptized. He called us after we left and told us he needs to get baptized to have power. Then he asked me, Hna Lastun, when Hna King leaves, can I come with you to help teach others? He really liked teaching Julio and I'm convinced he's going to be a powerful member.But our prayers were answered. And in ways that we didn't expect. And through my experiences this weekend, i'm starting to see what role I can play being here in Texas. I'm starting to realize that my personality is needed here to bring people closer to Christ.).

Houston-Get Ready 'Cause Here I Come!

Here she is in Houston! Hermana Shanna King, from American Fork, is Jeanette's new companion. Good luck with the humidity! We love our beautiful Hermana Langston!

When It's Early In the Morning...

March 25, 2008 Early in the morning at the MTC. Jeanette, Hermana Burke, Hermana Wiseman getting ready to leave for the airport to go to their missions. Jeanette and Hermana Burke are going to the same mission!

Four of the most beautiful Hermanas. Bottom picture is: Hermana Langston, Hermana Burke, Hermana Wiseman, and Hermana Larsen. They will be leaving the MTC on Tuesday, March 25.

Jeanette and Hermana Burke both sick. Ahhh poor babies.

Here is a picture of Jeanette and her companion, Sister Burke and her cousin Abram (Elder Langston) and his comp. The picture on top is Jeanette, Elder Langston and some unknown elder who wanted to be in the picture.

This is a picture of the sisters in Jeanette's district. Hna Torgerson, Jeanette and her arm, (reminds me of a hymn "Lean on my Ample Arm") Hna Larson in the reclining position, Hna Burke, Hna Wiseman, Hna Tsosi in back, Hna Carroll.

This picture was taken with Jeanette's new camera. They put it on the timer. Sister Larsen's head is half gone but I think we still get the picture.

Here is Jeanette and her companion, Hermana Burke, at the Referral Center in the MTC

Jeanette and her companion, Sister Burke, won "Hablas Su Idioma" (Speak your language)- the reward for using Spanish in every day conversation. They got to leave their names on the trophy. Way to go Jeanette and Alex!

The Houston, Texas, South Mission. Power to the Texans! L to R Elder Campbell, E. Roberts, Hermana Burke (Jeanette's companion), Jeanette, E. Olson

Two Langstons in the MTC! Jeanette found her cousin, Abram, and got this picture taken. They later found out that pictures weren't supposed to be taken in that gym. Ignorance is bliss. Abe got to the MTC a week after Jeanette. He's going to Australia.