Hello lovely people! Gosh I hope your week was as good as mine! We had

an amazing week out here in Broomall. I love this area and I love the

people here.

Just as an FYI transfers are coming up this week! I know its been six

weeks already?!? So crazy, so I will let you all know next week what

is happening. I am pretty sure I will stay here but it isn't unheard

of to get transferred out after one transfer!

Our investigators are doing awesome! Sister Agnes is killing it,

literally! She asked us this week if she could be a missionary just

like us after she is baptized! The smiles on our faces were so big! We

happily told her yes! She is so excited guys, like so excited to get

baptized! She just loves the gospel, and loves sharing it! We took her

to a baptism for the Wiedner Ward and it was for a lady from Sierra

Leone, so they spoke in Creole. Then Sister Agnes was so touched by

the spirit in the baptism that she just expressed how excited she is

to be baptized and asked if Sister Shin or I would baptize her. We

quickly explained that we don't hold the priesthood so we cant

baptize, but we can talk or pray or do whatever she would like us too!

She is seriously so awesome and I love her so stinkin much, I cant

wait for her to enter into the waters of baptism to truly enter into

Gods kingdom! She is getting baptized on March 19th so Sister Shin and

I have had to plan all her lessons out so that we dont have to

postpone her baptism because she is so ready, she would've been

baptized in our first lesson if she could have!

James is doing so awesome! HE GETS BAPTIZED IN TWO WEEKS!!  March 12th

he gets to enter into the waters of baptism, and he is so ready! He

loves the gospel and he loves primary so much! He's starting to really

open up to us too, hes more talkative and focused each and every

lesson! He is incredible and his parents are too! Sister Hansen-Sayles

is just amazing, she has had an incredible life and has an incredible

story. I love her.

We had dinner with some non-members this week and it was incredible.

Last week I mentioned the Enoch (Enos) family, we stopped by and the

dad was so excited to see us! He had us make an appointment right then

and there! So on Saturday we went back for dinner and it was

incredible. We sat down and were greeted with so many questions "What

the Book of Mormon?" "Where do you get the nickname Mormon?" "What

place do women have in your church?" "Who is Joseph Smith?" "What is

it like to be a missionary?" "What do you do?" And so on. Sister Shin

did our very best to answer these questions but the best part was when

we shared the message. We shared the Children's Bible Video "Who is

Jesus?" (If you haven't seen any Children's bible videos go watch them

right now) and we asked the same question right after. The answers

were different from what a member might give, but they were spiritual

none the less. The spirit was so strong and the father said something

at the very end that I will never forget. He got teary eyed and said

"The softness and the strength with which you carry your faith did not

go unnoticed. It is powerful." They happily accepted a return

appointment.

We also met with Brother Diamond this week and discussed the plan of

salvation, he had so many spot on questions about God and His plan for

him specifically. He is a little slower on the progression but he is

incredible, he is truly striving to understand this gospel and his

position in it.

We saw Brother Ha again this week and hes awesome! I cant understand

is lessons because it is literally all in Korean, except for when

Brother Kim translates, which isn't a whole lot. So I try and follow

the spirit for most of it and when I do that I can kind of tell what

they are talking about but not enough that I could teach without a

translator. I can just understand what subject they are on and thats

about it.

We met with Brother Waters again this week and guess what?! HE CAME TO

CHURCH AGAIN! Guys, to understand this Brother Waters has not been to

church since 2014, and he is coming. The best part of this is that the

Sayles saw him and invited him to sit with them. He just makes my

heart smile because I think hes starting to realize all that this

gospel has to offer and all that it can do for us. He looks happier

than he did when I first met him, and I know it's because of the light

of Christ entering into his life even more than usual.

We saw Sister Cofield with Sister Holladay. Sister Holladay is another

missionary who came with us because her companions are also the STL's

and had to go to a training meeting. Anywho, Sister Cofield is doing

awesome! She really wants to come to church but she always gets stuck

babysitting her godchildren and grandchildren, because she is too nice

to say no. We love her so much though! She just loves everyone and

she's so funny, the stuff she says sometimes is hilarious.

We had another awesome phone conversation this week! We went through

our area book just calling potential investigators and we called a man

named Michael. Michael called us right back and told us he wasn't

interested in discussions at this time but he would hold onto our

number. Anyway, we talked with him for a minute and he just kept

changing the subject but right before he gets off the phone he just

pauses and goes "God's awesome, isn't he?" We agreed and he just kept

talking about how God is so awesome and then told us goodnight and

hung up. These are only the kind of phone calls you will get as a

missionary.

We also did some service this week for Sister Mack, who is moving back

to Arizona on Tuesday. She is hilarious, she needed to clean the

apartment from top to bottom, including the light fixtures. Well she

is pretty short and couldn't reach the one in the kitchen and I am

pretty tall so she asked us to get it down for her. Well it ended up

turning into a thirty minute adventure because one of the screws that

wasnt supposed to come unscrewed came unscrewed, so we ended up almost

taking the whole fixture down. It was crazy, I will attach pictures.

This week I was reading in 3 Nephi chapter 2. In verse 4 the leader of

the Gadianton Robbers proclaims himself to be an "unconquerable

spirit" I was thinking back because I knew I had heard that before

because I liked that it was a great adjective, and in Alma 52:33 it

describes, Jacob, the Zoramite leader as an "unconquerable spirit" I

found it interesting that these two wicked men are described with

having an "unconquerable spirit" so how do the righteous describe

themselves? In Alma 62:1 we read how Captain Moroni's heart did "take

courage", in Helaman 5:24 we read that Nephi & Lehi's hearts did "take

courage", in Alma 5 we read that we must have a "change of heart", in

Mosiah 5:2 King Benjamin says we must have a "change of heart" and

lastly in Alma 19:33 we read that King Lamont had a "change of heart."

Now, I love the difference in these descriptions, the righteous all

focus on the heart and how our hearts can change into better people

and become "unconquerable" with God, but the wicked focus on the

spirit and the natural man, instead of letting their heart change to

be with God, or to take courage because of God.

I also read a conference talk this week that I loved! Its called

"Models to Follow" by President Monson. In it he talks about people in

who we should try to emulate, both in scripture and in modern day. He

says "May we have the unfeigned humility of John the Baptist, the

unquestioning obedience of Abraham, the unlimited patience of Job, the

unwavering faith of Noah, the undeviating loyalty of Ruth, the

unflagging determination of Nephi, the undaunted courage of the

Prophet Joseph Smith, and the unfailing optimism of President

Hinckley. Such will be as a fortress of strength to us throughout our

lives." I just love the qualities he talks about and how it is so

important it is to have all of them, not just some of them.

I love you all and miss you all! I hope you all have a great week and

before we know it ill be emailing again!

Until next week,

Sister Jackson

Broomall Zone

Service