Heyo, friends and family! This week has been good! A little crazy, we

had a snow storm this Tuesday and our cars were grounded. So Sister

Shin and I tried to do some service for people but with no snow

shovels and living right next to the freeway it kind of keeps you

trapped inside. We did a lot of emailing potentials and got some good

studying in!

We had a good time this week, on Wednesday we had a meeting in the

city so we got to get some awesome pictures of the temple! The

building in center city is amazing, you can see the temple from almost

any room in the building! It was so cool! We also had interviews with

President and it was awesome, he's such an inspired man and he just

always knows what to say to help you feel like you're succeeding in

life. Its awesome!

We had a lesson with Brother Waters again this week and he's doing

well, sadly he got sick Saturday night and was unable to make it to

stake conference. We will hopefully go see him sometime this week!

We had an awesome Facebook lesson with Sister Cofield this week! We

read from the Book of Mormon with her and it was so powerful! We just

kept it simple and talked about why it's so important to read the Book

of Mormon every day! The Book of Mormon has all the answers in it for

all of life's questions!

We did meet with a man named Jeff and talked about the Book of Mormon

again! We read the introduction and talked about where the Book came

from so that he could truly understand why it is so important! He was

very interesting and had a lot to say about a lot of things! He was

very impressed with the church and its standards though!

Unfortunately because of the snow we were unable to see Cynthia this

week, we will be meeting with her tomorrow and it should go well!

James is doing so great! We saw him last night and he's just loved

having the Holy Ghost with him at all times! He talked about how he

knows the Holy Ghost helped him be at peace and not get angry about

little things, and it has lead him to continue to be a good kid.

Agnes is doing so well! Unfortunately we had to postpone her baptism

for a few weeks but she will get back on track in a few weeks! She's

seriously so awesome, her faith is absolutely incredible, like so

incredible that you could almost touch it. I love her so much!

This week I have learned a lot about our Savior and his life, I

learned a lot about faith.

In 1 Peter 1:7-9 it says

"7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold

that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto

praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not,

yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."

I love how powerful Peter is in writing. I especially love verse 8. I

love the phrasing of how we haven't seen Christ, but we love him, and

we still don't see him but we believe and because we believe we have

more joy than we could say and are full of His light and glory.

I love my mission. I love our Savior and I love that I get to testify

of Him each and every day. Life is good, and Christ is great.

Much love,

Sister Jackson

Josie's district

Sister Jackson and Sister Shin

Philadelphia Temple