Nick and Kim Jorgensen returned home to St. George on July 7, 2018 and have since jumped back into the life they left behind the day they entered the Provo MTC on their way to the New Hampshire Manchester Mission. Since they reported to the Southgate Stake High Council and spoke in B7 Ward Sacrament meeting a few days after they stepped off the airplane, he is once again enjoying golfing, hiking, flying and photography and in his spare time he is serving as the ward clerk, as a Southgate Stake auditor … and has recently taken up indexing. Kim says she is enjoying “our new grand baby, our new dog, caring for my aged parents and adjusting to my new calling as secretary to the President of the St. George Temple.”
Of their time spent caring for the grounds at the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial Historic Site, she notes, “It was a lot of hard work, but I wouldn’t change a minute of it!”
In the words of Sister Jorgensen: “Elder Jorgensen and I were one of six couples charged with doing any task required to keep the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial Historic Site beautiful and functioning for the public to visit. Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf once said, 'No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before'."
“And like Elder Uchtdorf said, this mission allowed us to create many things that did not exist before, ie: gardens, Christmas lights, roads, and buildings. I never imagined that in our sixties and seventies, that we would be able to perform the tasks that were asked of us during this past year. We tried to follow President Hinckley's advice when he said, "Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers, pray for powers equal to your tasks."
“Except for parenthood, this mission turned out to be the hardest but most wonderful journey Nick and I have taken together. Not only did we find people we never would have met or loved, but we found a confidence in ourselves which will continue. We learned you don't have to do great or perfect things in order for God to use us.
“We have a testimony of Jesus Christ as the Living Christ, the immortal Son of God who stands today on the right hand of His Father. He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world. His way is the path leading to times of great joy in this life and eternal joy in our life to come. We thank God for the matchless gift of his Divine Son and his gift of his mortal son, Joseph Smith. We look forward to the day when the love of power in this world, will be replaced by the power of love through our beloved Savior.”
Welcome home, Nick and Kim Jorgensen. We missed you!
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