Jena started at the DI on October 14th and then at the Church History Museum on Nov. 2. For some reason I can't find the pictures from the DI but here are some shots from her first day at the Church History Museum.
Jena is loving both locations and she admits after 6 hours of working with clothing at the DI that she is a "bit tired". When Gary went to pick her up the first day, a woman approached him and asked if he was Jena's dad. When he said yes, she told him that she had a 10 year old son with Down syndrome. She hadn't realized that he would have an opportunity to serve a mission. She was so excited to go home and tell her family about Jena and to help her son to get ready to serve a mission, too. Already Jena is making an impact on others as she serves. She works there on Wednesdays.
At the Church History Museum she serves in the gift shop and is learning some retail skills. She stocks shelves, dusts, takes out the garbage--she has her own key pad to let her back in the building, and helps bags purchases. You can see her there on most Tuesdays from 10-2.
In addition to serving at these two locations she also attends monthly zone activities. She was gone to a zone conference, a fireside with a famous pianist (whose name I am forgetting at the moment) down at the Conference Center for young Church Service Missionaries and their families, and a Christmas Zone Conference and service project. She loves these opportunities to be with other missionaries.
For awhile this picture below was the header on the LDS Disabilities Facebook page.
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