Friday, December 12, 2008

Dancing, Dreaming, Doing

Ok so it has been an amazing week!
I went out dancing last weekend to a discoteco and had a blast! I
have never felt as beautiful as i did that night on the dance floor, and it helped he was so sweet, and had an amazing smile, i got to admit it was the first time i didn't want the music to end and we danced for 30 min straight with out stopping. It was amazing! Ok so we all know by now i love dancing, but what else have i done here. We have Costarican men, dancing but what else. Well there has been lunch with the missionaries and la familia de Torelli y este proximo sadado un baptismo, opps ok back to english. I have loved getting to know Elder Butler of the west, Stevens of the East, Mora of Guatamala, y Rojas of Mexico, they have become like my long lost brothers here, and some dear friends :) I will miss that family greatly! They have been a huge blessing to me! Ok so what else I have also had some intreesting food over the past week that i think you should all try chickens feet, mmmm, ok eatable but not prefered. Also i have eated cows toung, liver, and other organs, sometimes it is better not to ask! But i will admit the empanadas and strawberries were also for the middle of december, and well el pina es mmmmm so sweet! Things are going well but i have to run so take care and I will give you more details when i get back with photos
Love you ALL
besos
JJ

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

12 dayts remaining

ok so how many of you have actually been reading this :P
Well i hope some of you have, and even if not i have enjoyed writing. Today is my last class for the semester leaving me with nothing but the final, and if i pass it i will have completed my next degree!!!!!!!!! So pray for me! As far as life here goes it is BUSY running here and there, but i enjoy almost every minute of it. Today was my last Wednesday morning in the temple and it was beautiful. I will get to go one more time before I leave! Things are so busy right now i can`t even think, ummm ok what do i want to tell you about. Well how about my weekend in tres rios.
Well i did a kind of thanksgiving with fajitas and a family of 11, plus two other gringa here, it was ALSOME. And then SLEEP, well the first morning there was precious Saul was the 1st one up, he is 7, So when i went down stair to see who was watching TV he was happy to have someone up, so when i went up stairs for scripture study he followed, then as i was finishing up in English Monsey, one of the younger girls came into my room and so i had her go get the Santa biblia and all three of us read 3 chapters it was so cute!!! Then the faira which is the open market every saturday, CHEEP is all i have to say about that, 2 cents per banana, and mmmmm there are these red spiky things that when you open have the sweetest fruit inside I LOVE THEM. ok and after that we played around and watched TV until time for Dance class, which wasn`t so hot because my partner well lets just say we didn`t match well, And after dance class Cata and i went shopping for Christmas stuff and well i biffed it and twisted my ankle, FUN times. But the rest of the night was relaxing. Then church which was a change that was nice. Then lunch and a nap, and ice ;) then FHE with singles i felt like i was alive again it was great!! I really have missed the singles.
Then back to life as normal, well as normal as i have gotten in another country. Studying, playing, making out I mean meeting new people :) And of course learning Spanish and more and more about who I am everyday!

Monday, November 24, 2008

One More turn!



HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Well these are two photos I figured you might want to see.
One Is me with Bruno the other is me Dancing the salsa!

Something i have learned this week is that roses and thorns grow together!
We have to experience the hard to learn to appreciate the good as well.
And most importantly we have to keep our priorities in check. Bruno taught me that lesson. We may want what we want but above and beyond everything else we need to remember why we are here and prepare for what the Lord has in-store for us!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Learning to follow by learning to lead WHAT!

Well as most of you know by now i have been taking dance classes for 3 weeks now. Well last night I learned an eternal lesson in class. :) Cool i know!
Last night was my one on one and last night took a twist from what i was used to. Last night the instructor made me lead! WHAT but i don`t even know how to follow yet. Well for two long hours i was grilled on how to communicate on the dance floor, needless to say after 30 min. i was beyond frustrated, but all he kept saying was don`t stop. And all I wanted to do was stop and beat myself up about how i wasn`t doing it correctly. But the thing is I`ll never learn how to get it right if i just give up on always getting it wrong.
THAT is kinda like life and striving to keep the gospel if we give up just because we CAN`T then we NEVER CAN. A wise man once said those who give into temptation and say you have no idea how hard it is, truly don`t know how hard it is, because they gave in. It is those of us who constantly fight, and sometimes fall, that pick our selves up and truly fight, and KNOW how hard it is.
As I have been in another country for the past 3 months I have had the chance to look at America with out being in America. I must say with all of the recent changes going on it has made me think a lot about the kind of place my children may live in :( At the same time i count my blessing for knowing what I know and knowing if I am prepared for those temptations and prepare my children we shall not fear!

So remember you NEVER can if you don’t try!
Con todo mi amor

Friday, November 7, 2008

Tender Mercies!

Well I have had a few things on my mind for the past week, and well to be honest I am still wondering a few of them. It is hard to prepared for ones future with out stopping to wonder what I might actually hold. Not only for them but for those they know and love as well. Well for the past week I have been actually a bit weak and sick, go figure the day i eat American food i get sick, but i am on a slow clime back up to normal. However i am still walking 2 miles a day which is very nice. I enjoy it a lot. I had dance class number two this Wensday and turns and hips are my two biggest problems go figure. But well bit by bit I'll get there.
Isn't that one of the greatest thing. Life really is a collection of all the little pieces of our life combined to make what in the end other are left to remember, or read :)
So what piece do you choice to keep looking at! For me up until this trip I focused my time on the pieces I didn't like, but I realized this week with out them the puzzle really wouldn't be complete. You know the bitter for the sweet! And well that really is true. Even when thinking of our future we have to be prepared for both the good and the bad, the sweet and sour, the sunny and dark days. BUT what I am learning to do is look at the puzzle as a whole piece!
Hope with me little by little we can look at the whole picture, of not only our own puzzle but the way we fit into others!

Mi amor para todo! Buenos Suerte

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

SO I am not dead! :)

Ok for those of you who really read this stuff i promise i am sorry for the long laps of silence!!!! So here is a months worth of information for ya!!

  • Kirsten came down to visit
  • Left the country went to panama
  • Got stopped by a flash flood on the bus down.
  • stayed in my first hacienda
  • went all over panama in a private tour, me, kir, & catie lynn
  • had lunch for under 1.50 Rice, beans, new style of corn tortes I LOVE, & meat
  • found out they are building 2 new canals
  • got really stressed over a project
  • went to the temple there IT IS BEAUTIFUL
  • (suggest applying for a visa soon, for those of you who want to be at my wedding) :)
  • found shirts and ties for under $2
  • came back and watched stuff get smuggled across the border, and the bus driver get paid for the help
  • came back and finished my project
  • AND starting working yesterday at the CRE Centro de Recursos de Empleo (Church Resource and Education) center here
  • And well now were up to date :P

Now on the upper side of things, There really is a spiritual need for an occupation, I can`t tell you how happy I am to walk to work every morning and wonder what great surprise await me on the way, and what new words I am going to learn today, and how many times I am going to feel like a kid and not know what to say, no wonder they have temper tantrums. I feel like having them sometimes my self J luckily I normally just eat a fruit instead, or now I watch a movie, or hide in the other room so no one can ask me anything J. No for real I am extremely happy! but a bit sad to think about coming home, as much as I want to see you all I want to be here too. why can`t I just clone myself already. Also I have learned the greatest Joy really does come through serving. Before I left I had a friend tell me to take this time for my self and figure out who I am, well I found out that you find yourself the more you give of yourself!!!!! And so hopefully y I’ll know more before I come home! I also started Jesus the Christ last night, and I am going to start dance classes in 2 weeks!!! Well now I am able to check my e-mail more often so feel free to tell me what`s up, and what is new with you!!!!

Friday, October 10, 2008

yep it´s me with a hair cut



Ok so i thought those of you accually following my life should be the ones who get to see what i really look like now! Not as much of a change as i would like but it is a diffrence to say the least huh! i look older and well hotter it is amaing what you can do with nothing but time. And thisis what i look lik eright now s i type this i am getting ready to go to the temple today. This past week has been a bit hard just becuse i have been really bored but then again that to shall pass. I am learning so much and can´t wait to see you all again! this up coming week is so exciting for me! My dear friend Kirsten is going to be flying in and we are gonna well play turist We will be at the beach then the forest, then panama! Well I love you all and keep working hard! see you all very soon! (ps i did post somemore on face book just well because i can :P)

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Ok who wants the update worth reading twice!!!

*sigh*
how do i begin to tell you all of the change of heart i have had in the past month i have been here. So muchg has changed to the point that the thought of leaving here now is harder for me then i ever thought it could be. The thought of leaving the people here that i love so much, of walking away and not returning well i don´t know i can. I have a great oppertunity here to strangthen the stakes of zion in the later days and to teach in a way i have never taught before. To teach people how to have the knowledge to put food on their table not hoy to get the latest game set, or fancy car. So pending some paperwork and much needed prayer and fasting, and an update on my grandmother ( if all goes well) it apears that I will be returning to the states for the holidays and then working with the government to get all of my visa´s and things and with family worked out for a quick return here to take up teaching english. (luckly spelling isn´t as important as speaking) But don´t worry i will return!!! There are some classes I have to take at State on campus to finish my masters and well after that, lets just say it is in the hands of the Lord. I know a bit crazy huh! Also next week I will have a number for you all where you can reach me, what can i say some things really are nice to have and a cell is just well worth the extra work!
Also news about today it has been 5 years today since i Joined the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and well it has been the most life changing years of my life! But everyday is a dya of change if we choice to let it be. Every day is a new day no matter where you are and today you have never lived before so remember LIVE LOVE and LAUGH!

con todo mi amor
Jenny Jump

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welp now if u need me you know how to get a hold of me

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Buenos

HOLA
well i know it has been a while and i am sorry for that but my days are starting to get full!!
saturday i left my house at 6am and got home at 10pm. i went to the temple then out for breakfast then homework then to an activity and dancing what fun!!

today has been about the same i had spanish class for 2 hr's meet up with Carols V. then we talked for a bit he went to do HW i read and help one of the locals out with english then jamie got there and we played around and then carlos and practices for another 2 hours after he got back. it has been so crazy I haven't even eated yet! but I had to tell you all how wonderful things are getting THAT and i finished ALMA :) :)
well I need food but love you all!
and have a great night!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Out with the sisters

Ok so i went out with the Sisters yesterday! AMAZING but i have to tell you the funniest part. Here roads are not needed to get home becuase most people use the bus and walk so pathways out of town normaly are just walked over areas in the grass that wear down over time. Well yesterday it rained all dya like normal, and we were going to the other side of town and had to take a .5 mile treck on one of these paths well the sisters were slipping and well they been at this for 4 months now and well i i just keep falling! it was the longest walk of my life and when we were done my feet and shoes were so muddy we had to stop at a house so i could clean up but we did get a good contact out of it! i wish you all could have seen it, well maybe not but still, it was so funny! i don´t ever want to hear another missionary complain about bike riding again!!!!!!!! they should count their blessings. i know i am counting mine. welp love you all gotta run today i am gonna go get lost in the city and find my way around to some new places i hope, and to the mall HEHE mmmm fun times. welp peace out and a lot of love!
Jenny Jumper

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Hola IMPORTANT UPDATE ON MAIL

well dancing was well ummm not the same but the same. It was all in english :( and well that was lame but ok. It made me miss home a bit and our dances. BUT Carlos was tired and I sent him home earily and after the dance i went out to dinner with Marco who has been back from him mission for 10 months is 25 and taught me the word Sonreir y reir laught and smile, which was great because that was exactly what i was doing with him. i am so grateful for the new friends i am meeting here. it is amazing and i love it. Also it seems the closer i try and get to the spirit the better my spanish becomes. OH YEAH i also have a teacher hour hours a week one on one! and she is tough but loving. my prayers are being answered in ways i never could have thought. well i need to run i am going out with the sister missionaries today.

OH YEAH
DO NOT MAIL ME ANYTHING!!! Mail here his horriable if you want e-mail me and someone pass the word on to the elders to mail it to my house and it will get faxed to me. NO MAIL please i would hate for you to take the time and me nevver get it. seriously i mailed my self two letters here a week ago and still haven't gotten them

con amor JJ

Friday, September 12, 2008

Going Dancing with Carlos S.

Hola es un mas semana y mas es bien aqui. mi gusta mucho los personas aqui. And well things are picking up. i have to make time for homework now, that feels nice! i'm going dancing tonight to the temple tomorrow, church on sunday, fhe on monday & Costa Rica's independence day!!!! missionaries on tuesday, institute on wensday, hopefully spanish with Carlos A. (2 Carlos both know english and spanish) on thursday and well that's all for now :)
I have such a stronger testimony of fasting and praying now then i have ever had before. also i am LOVING reading the book of mormon from front to back because i get to see the prophesies fullfilled before there given so when there give i have a stronger testimoney that they are true and that the words of the prophets are ALWAYS fulfilled. I just finished heleman and am now off tyo alma! welp honestly not much else but how are you all.
yo tengo mucho amor para ti
JJ

Going

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Change of heart and mind

well only one of you knows i have been going back and forth for the past week about leaving Costa Rica and going home to take care of my Grandmother and to do my knee surgury. Well by the grace of Heavenly Father she is doing better and well as far as my knee goes i am gonna buy stock in pain killers here. I am currently looking for a spanish teacher and some friends. However i am changing day by day. I don`t even know if you will know me when i get back. (HEHE) really though i had an amazing experence this week with church and a baptism and some gringo elders (did not hurt one was cute and played the piano, come on i can`t change all at once) and then i got to do FHE with nancy`s family and this morning i made some changes that changed me from the inside this time. i`m starting over with El Libro De Mormon. i`m gonna finish it before confrence, and my 5 yeah anversiry date. Then i`m going to re-read the new testiment and then old. I figured if i want to stay out of trouble here i need to stay busy ;)

That and honestly it`s about time to really figure out what i want and what i believe and that is were i`m gonna plant my feet, and from that point i will NEVER go back, only forward.

I`m gonna challenge each of you right now stop and take 10 min a day and figure out who you are and where you REALLY want to go and then figure out what you need to do to get there and start running for it!

but remember it is by small and simple things that great things are brought to pass. so start small and end up on the mountain of the lord and we`ll have a bond fire. Don`t worry i`ll be the last to get there ;)

I love you all and remember onward ever onward and don`t give up this isn`t just your fight, i need you too!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Ok Ok i´m alive

Hi all

So I disapeared to the cost for a few days!
So things are getting better here, i´m learning bit by bit. i´m going to institute tonight and i´m so happy :) and i went to the temple this past weekend and it was GREAT and only i could leave my journal in the temple just so i have to go back this week what a shame :P

But there is something I really really really miss and today I figured out how you all could help. I miss gosple conversations in english where I can understand and learn and grow, SOOO
i figured we could do those things here as well.
i have 2 ideas we can either do it by topic or on the sunday school lesson let me know whaat you think

I love you all.
thanks for your prayers and keep up the good work
!mi amor para los toldo¡

Friday, August 22, 2008

day 3

well i did a travel log for you all but it´s to big to fit here.
things are well here, i´ve excepted it´s going to take some time to understand more but in the mean time i´m having do much fun and i´ve been able to learn a lot. it´s amazing how much i can do in a day if i try :) i now go to bed no later then 10 and am up around 5:30, 6. I eat a good breakfast a big lunch and a very small dinner because well i´m still full from lunch, i think i like that. I´m starting my other class today and have two proactive class mates in the FCS class that i have which i think is amazing, and truly a blessing. It´s different not spending a lot of time with people my own age, but it´ll be easier once i go to institute next week and church on Sunday. Yesterday we were coming back on the bus and we passed to missionaries walking. It made me feel so much better, my face glowed with excitement for continuity. And this morning i went on my first long walk alone it was nice to be out with not many cars out at that time. Well i need to go to class but i love you all!

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Yo es aqui

HOLA
you es in Costa Rica!!!

the flight was the same but a bit longer this time. I had fun meeting new people and i got some homework done! it was alsome. Well a little but about here. i live con Nancy Y ellas hijo Ruben. They are amazing people, ruben is so smart and is so cute. we studied for a bit together he helped me pronounce in spanish and i corrected his english. It´s nice that i do know something so i have been able to talk but it´s intresting my face looks so funny when i try because you can tell i´m frustrated that i don´t know more. Nancy and I spent some time together this morning and we will go to market when i get home. well honestly i don´t know what more i can say i haven´t been her 24 hours yet :) I guess i can say i am so graetful for this oppertunity to be here and learn and grow.
Well it´s time for class so talk to you all next week!

Adios amor

Monday, August 18, 2008

All you Need to know

Hey ALL

Well I'm packing my computer away for my flight in a couple of hours. But for those who wanted information I thought I'd give you the best way to get a hold of me.
1st is e-mail Jenny.rae.jump@gmail.com
2nd mailing

Barrio Lujan

Del antiguo Deposito 25 metros al norte

Calzado de Soto

San José, CR



Frente la caballeriza de la Quinta Esencia
Pan de Azucar, Esparza, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

3rd and only to be used for major information
011-506-2-221-6529

I hope you all will join me in this journey of a life time. please know i will only be on once a week and i will update this information then and respond to any of your questions, comments, or concerns.

May the Lord keep and bless you all
Love always
Jenny Jump (on the move)

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Going Going Gone

Hi all,
It's under two weeks before I leave the country and i have been very blessed in the preparations. I have a family that i'm staying with in Costa Rica right outside of San Jose. I'll be leaving on the 19th of August, and well i'll be back before Christmas. I'll post my info here once i get all of it. I'll only be on once a week so this is the best way to get the low down on what's up.
May the Lord always watch over you and guide you at all times and in all places
Love
Jenny Jump