Happy Halloween!

Wow, that's weird. It's still August right? I just left home right? I

haven't been in PA for SIX WEEK RIGHT?! Ugh, too fast people. Too

fast! No transfer news here, oh WAIT, there is. Our Elders who covered

half of the ward are getting doubled out, and we are not getting new

elders in. Sister Nutting and I are the only missionaries for the

entire D-Town area, if you're wonder what that includes look at a map

of PA. Our area is from Parkersburg (literally the edge of the

mission) to Exton and then up to Honey Brooke and down to Delaware,

it's fine. We get Coatesville though! Man, Coatesville. It's a great

place to be! I'm just like PRES COME ON IM STILL A BABY AND YOUVE

DOUBLED ME IN TWICE. it's fine, I still love President, he's the

coolest. It's just a sign for the rest of my mission right? I'll be

doubled in everywhere. My address has not changed so don't worry about

that, I'll be here in D-Town until January 17th most likely.

Sadly this week we had to drop three investigators Vinobh & Anu Samuel

were dropped because they would not come to church or accept baptism,

it's cool, gotta do what you've gotta do. We also dropped a guy named

Jim, we haven't even met him because he refuses to call us back so

that's fun. We gained all the elders investigators so we can't

complain, plus with the Samuels it just started to feel like we were

wasting not only our time but also theirs. So it was a clean break you

could say!

Man this week was crazy, hard to believe that it was all this week! On

Tuesday this week Sister Nutting got sick so we were inside all the

day long until our appointment at 5 for an FHE with a family in our

ward. It's okay though, I called a lot of people. Most of them didn't

want to talk to me but most were pretty nice. The week got better from

there! We had lots of lessons with RCLA's and some investigators!

Oscar, oh Oscar, I just love him. He made us food this week and man it

was so good I can't even tell you how good it was. It sucked though

because Sister Nutting and I had literally just had dinner with a

family at Olive Garden so we were so full. It was not funny. He's

doing really well though! He loves the Gospel and he's starting to get

more from his Book of Mormon readings! We love him for sure! Maurice

is a man that we just started meeting with and he's so cool! We showed

him a short video on the first vision and he was like "I have never

seen this video before but what was happening was so familiar." WHAT?!

He's just too cool. Too cool guys. When you're looking and praying for

the elect you find the ones praying and looking for you! He's also

read up to 2 Nephi 8 in about a week and a half so I mean, wow. Before

we dropped her we also taught Anu, she gave us this weird Indian candy

called Soan Papdi. It's like a buttery, nutty cotton candy thing. It's

weird. If you can find it, try it. Just do it.

We also had the Bangura family again! Sister Bangura has a job

interview tomorrow and we re hoping and praying that it goes well

because she wants to come back to church so bad. She misses it so

much. She tells us everytime we come over that she misses it. She has

that desire and we are just hoping it all works out! We also had

Philomena Smith this week, we just stopped by randomly and she

happened to be home! She's a little harder to get through too, she

doesn't see the reason behind why she needs to come to church every

Sunday but she wants to have Gods protection for her and her children,

so who knows, maybe we can use that to get through to her somehow!

We taught Iryna and Denise again this week as well! Iryna is still the

coolest, she talked a lot about her life back in Ukraine a lot and her

family that still lives there. She's got an awesome testimony of the

Gospel and of family history. She is hoping to get to the temple soon

so that she can be baptized for her mom! I love her! Denise is going

great as well! She came to church this week for the first time in

about 2 weeks, her living situation is still a little weird but there

is really nothing we can do to help that, she can't live on her own

and wouldn't leave her kids, but her kids are a big part of the

problem, Coatesville man.

Sarah Dise, where do I start? She's a very interesting lady. First off

she goes to the West Chester ward but lives in the D-Town ward. She

also doesn't need lessons or anything but likes to use the

missionaries as her "spiritual therapists" which isn't a bad thing but

it's hard for us because we have so much work to be doing and she is

the type of person who needs what she needs now and nothing else

matters but that. We are hoping to find a way to work with her around

all that but who knows.

We had a ward Halloween party this week and it was so fun! The Sagers

were in charge and I love that family! They're a family I would come

back to visit! They are just cute and fun and so creative. It was

awesome! We also carved some pumpkins this week at correlation, I'll

send pictures!

Creepy story of the week. So Saturday we were helping set up for the

party and then had to go straight to correlation. So we start driving

and the GPS tells us to turn so we do, soon enough we are on this road

with weeds overgrown on it, overturned shopping carts, an overgrown

gazebo, and some of those old laundry basket rolling things just in

the middle of the road (like Addams family type stuff K?). We reach

the top of said creepy road & it's totally blocked off. Sister Nutting

and I are officially freaked out and late for correlation by this

point. Anyway we turn around and finally make it to correlation and

tell Brother Borneman this story. We were literally driving the road

to the old insane asylum of the D-Town area. It's fine. Just headed to

a haunted hospital as missionaries NBD.

On another note, we got to meet the elders progressing investigator

Susie yesterday so that she would know who is going to start teaching

her. She was as drunk as a skunk. It was so sad, the elders didn't

even know she was drunk until we asked them later if she had Word of

Wisdom issues. Again, Coatesville man. Just kidding, she was still way

sweet and seemed excited to meet with us and learn more! She told us

that she loves to read the BOM so drunk or not we can't complain!

All in all it was a great week! I love and miss you all!

Love,

Sister Jackson

Ward Halloween Party

Love from PA

Vampires!

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