Hello all!!!

Downingtown, Pennsylvania is the coolest place you're ever gonna find.

Just saying. Want a place that looks like Logan Utah but is not Logan

Utah? Downingtown is the place for you! The people here are well,

nice, when they don't think you're solicitors. "One way ticket to

heaven! Get 'em while they're hot!" Just kidding, we only had one lady

think that. Tracting is hard because most doors go unanswered and when

they do answer they aren't interested but I LOVE the work. Knocking

doors all day just to get them shut is the greatest thing I could ever

be doing. I am so blessed, for real.

My trainer is Sister Nutting from California, she is awesome! Super

into the work, not trunky and always keeps us laughing! The first

night we were here in glorious Downingtown, she realized shed left her

bedding in West Philly (her last area) and slept on a bed of clothes

until we could meet the west philly sisters and get her bedding. We

just opened the apartment here and so we had to make an emergency

grocery run, because we literally had zero food. We went to this store

called Aldi, and it's awesome. It's the cheapest place you'll ever go,

promise. We also are doubling in (white washing) and so neither of us

have any idea what we are doing. It's fine, we are rocking it! We also

had to go to Walmart & spent ten minutes on the floor looking for a

good candle because our apartment smells like smoke. Lol.

One thing I love about the PPM, is that we are not called greenies, we

are goldens. Because we have a golden fire for the work. I just love

it! President Randell is super cool and loving. Sister Randell is an

amazing cook and will just tell you how it is. I love my mission, I'm

never leaving. We also had this way cool experience our first night

here, president circled us all up & said "bear your testimony in one

sentence." We all did & it was so spiritual, I can't even explain, the

tears were real. I love it.

So we have two really progressing investigators right now, Oscar and

Darren. Oscar has a date for December to get dunked! He set it up with

the sisters in our area before we got here so it was not our doing p,

but we love him! He's an older gentleman and has a love for our

Savior. All the older people here have a hard time calling me sister,

it's just me too. They call sister Nutting, Sister Nutting. They all

call me Miss Jackson. I blame Janet for this. Oscar has started

calling me sister Jackson now though! He's so awesome. Darren is

amazing, he's super buff, and has the cutest granddaughter (also

called me Miss Jackson). He is so ready for the gospel & I was crushed

when he didn't make it to church on Sunday. I got to invite him to

baptism and he accepted!! We just gotta get him to Church! I've got

the faith we can do it!! I believe!

We had this awesome service project this week! We cleaned out the

garage of a less active couple, it was like being on an episode of

hoarders. I'll send pics. We found 3 mice, 2 alive, 1 dead. We also

found a dead bird & tons of spiders. It smelled like death. But hey I

got a cool original painting out of it. Valley View 3 by Perez. (Idk

who that is but its cool) we also got homemade cheese steaks out of

it! It was super fun believe it or not!

One of the elders in our district is literally elder Lange. Every time

he talks I'm like "umm Alec you're supposed to be in AZ" it's so funny

to see people who remind you of people from home out here. There's a

lady in our ward that's literally going to be my mother when she's

older. She's super nice & can talk your ear off and I feel right at

home with her! She fed us last night and man was it good. There is

also a young woman in our ward, Josi, who is going to be my best

friend cuz we have the same name. We talked about it, she's down. I

love it here guys, so much. The things that have happened since we

landed in Philly are amazing. In fact, our pilot from Detroit to PA

was a member and was so excited to talk to us that he found us before

we left to go find president. I will never forget what it was like to

walk through the doors and see the AP's with a giant banner for us,

welcoming us there, and then the Randell's so happy to see us and just

laughing and talking with us. Unforgettable. One of the best moments

in my life so far.

I love you all, I love the work, I love our Savior.

Look up "Lord I Believe" by Elder Holland you will not regret it.

April of 2013 general conference. ALSO WATCH GENERAL CONFERENCE!! It

will be amazing. I pinky promise. I don't know how many of you ladies

got to watch the general woman's session, if you didn't go watch it.

If you did, watch it again. President Utchdorf gave this amazing talk

about not giving up. He spoke of the missionaries that converted his

wife, Harriet, and oh my, oh man. It was the best story for me to

here. Like I said we tract ALOT and we rarely get the door answered &

when we do we get told no. He talked about how these missionaries in

Germany walked past an apartment building and felt impressed to go

inside and knock doors, so they did. First floor? Nothing. Second

floor? Nothing. Third floor? Nothing. Fourth floor? Nothing, until the

last door. Where young Harriet opened the door and invited them in. We

all have to keep going until we find our fourth floor, last door. It's

out here in Downingtown for me at this moment. I just gotta keep going

and I'll find it. I know I will. Fourth floor, last door.

I know & feel my Saviors love for me & you is real.

Love,

Sister Josie Jackson

Ps my address for letters & such is 1 Blackhawk circle apartment b-15

Downingtown PA 19335

 

Josie on Jackson Drive

Service Project - Garage Cleaning

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Downingtown Greenway Hike

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