Hello, its me. Ive been wondering if after all these days you'd like

to hear, about all my life out here in PA!

Well first order of business, I am leaving Dowingtown to head to a

place called Broomall which is about 45 minutes east of D-Town. So I

am staying in the stake and i am moving into President Randall's ward!

Its going to be so awesome! My new companion is Sister Shin from Korea

and its seriously going to be so fun with her! I am so incredibly

excited to keep learning and keep growing!

This week has been crazy good! I have had a great last week in

Downingtown. I am going to miss my friends and family that I have made

here.

Darren hasn't really talked to us this week. We have tried to reach

out through text and phone calls but so far nothing. He responds after

the time we were thinking of for a lesson or just never responds. He

still shows interested when he responds so we haven't dropped him yet.

Who knows, maybe he is just taking some time to really make sure this

is what he wants. I know he will be baptized one day. Its going to

take some time, but one day he will.

Speaking of baptisms! Maurice is getting ready to go to the temple on

January 31st to do baptisms for the dead!! I am so excited for him! He

really caught the spirit of Elijah when we talked about family history

the first time and has been looking for things ever since! He is so on

top of things, he asked us yesterday who he turns his PA background

check into so that he could receive any calling he needed to. He was

truly being prepared for the gospel. He passed the sacrament on Sunday

for the first time and it was so awesome!

Oscar is doing well! He spoke in sacrament meeting yesterday and as

part of his talk he started singing! It was so cute. He is so funny. I

cant even really describe Oscar. Hes just awesome!

In regards to new investigators we found a family to teach! Last week

we knocked on Adriana Kristmans door. She was busy at the moment but

asked us to come back this week on Wednesday, so we did! We went back

on Wednesday evening, and taught not only her but her husband Richard

and their three kids, Emma, Ricky and Issac. Adriana is from Mexico

and is one of those die hard Catholics but doesn't actually attend a

church. Richard is from Lousiana and only joined the Catholic Church

because Adriana's parents wouldn't let them get married if he wasn't a

Catholic. He told us that he has a hard time with the way the church

they go to is run because they have changed things that are spoken to

plainly in the Bible. He talked mostly about how they used wafers

instead of bread and some of the prayers that they say. We talked to

him about how the same church that Christ organized is once again on

the Earth, but the best part was when we gave him a Book of Mormon. He

was blown away by it and was just so excited to read it. He talked

about how he had never thought about the people in the Americas but

that it makes sense! He told us not long after that that his best

friends sister is a Mormon and attends the Pottstown ward with her

husband. Richard told us that he would like to come to church on a

Sunday with his friends so that they can help answer his questions. It

was so awesome.

We also got a Book of Mormon referral named Mildred. Mildred is from

Liberia and ordered a Book of Mormon because she wants to keep moving

forward spiritually. One thing was really interesting, after the

prayer she started just asking question after question. Starting with

"Do you believe in Jesus Christ?" We obviously answered yes. Her next

question was "Kay and that hes the Son of God?" We answered yes again!

Her next question was "So what's the difference?" So Sister Briggs and

I looked at each other and we couldn't figure out where to start

because there are so many differences and we aren't trained to talk

about the differences in religion but the similarities. So we went

through the list of differences Book of Mormon, eternal families, and

so on. It was an awesome lesson!

Are you ready for the craziest story now? I cant remember if I told

y'all about Victoria but we found out that she ODed on Heroine and is

currently in the hospital to start feeling better. They dont know how

or where she got the drugs so no one is allowed to go visit her but we

are religious clergy so what's up! Anyway we went to visit her and she

is cray cray. Like way cray cray. She was a little off her rocker

before just due to her drug use years ago but now its really bad. We

walked in and I didnt even recognize her. The first words she said to

us were in reference to a bowel movement she needed to make and every

two seconds when we were visiting with her she would tell us to get

her out of there or to bring her "husband" to get her out. They had

her strapped down because she kept trying to escape and all sorts of

stuff. When she gets out she is going to have to be under 24 hour care

and will still be under protective service due to the fact that

someone was helping her get the drugs, they just don't know who. It

was a crazy adventure I can tell you that much.

All in all it was a great week! Sister Briggs is training so I am

excited for that golden to have as much fun as I did in Downingtown!

I love this Gospel so much and I love and miss you all so much!

I am working on getting my new address for y'all but I might not be

able to get it until next week. Worse comes to worst just send it to

the mission office because it is in my area now so no worries there. I

will get it soon! The address is 721 Paxon hollow rd Broomall Pa 19008

I love y'all so much!

Love,

Sister Jackson

Williams Family

The Mele Family

The Seaman Family

Gangsta missionaries

Momma Jo

Sister Mitchell

The Iglehart Family

Vino & Anu