Hello all you lovelies! It's been a great week in PA and I hope it's

been a great week wherever in the world you and yours might be! It's

been a little rainy out here the last few weeks but it has been worth

it! The rain created the most beautiful spring I have ever seen! It's

so green and pink and white and vibrant! It's so beautiful, so I can

testify that April showers do bring those May flowers!

This week we were able to meet with Kate again! Kate is the wife of a

member and she has been investigating the church for a few years but

there have been some things holding her back from entering those

waters! Well on my first night in Kutztown we had dinner with her and

were able to talk about those things holding her back. So this week we

had lunch with her and did follow up on what she was able to find out

from reading scriptures and from praying. She wants to be baptized!

The amazing part is that her two kids want to be baptized too, so she

wants to have all of the be baptized at the same time! She is just the

sweetest lady and she has such a testimony of the things she has seen

and learned over her years of meeting with missionaries and going to

church.

We also went to see one of our investigators named Yao. Yao is from

China and has basically been unavailable for the last few months, she

went back to China in January and was gone for two months. Then she

had a baby, and she's graduating from college so they've had a crazy

few months! We were able to sit down with her for a second and talk,

she is seriously so cute! She's also super excited to come to church

again and to introduce her baby to the ward!

We also had something super sad happen, we have a man named Dave who

has been meeting with missionaries with his wife, Ethel. Well just

last week Ethel passed away from Leukemia. We stopped by Dave just the

other day and he's doing good! He also wants us to keep coming by to

visit and to talk about Jesus Christ.

We visited the Bensons recently and they are so awesome! Brother

Benson went to USU for a little so we had a nice chat about good ol'

Logan! Sister Benson is less active but loves the gospel so much. We

showed the new Mormon Message "The Music of the Gospel" (it's amazing!

If you have not seen it drop everything and watch it right now) and

then had a nice chat about how now more than ever we need to have

strong testimonies of our Savior and to feel the music of the gospel,

not just do the dance steps!

This week we finally met with a Less Active/Recent Convert who we've

been trying to get into contact with for forever! Sarah is attending

Kutztown University and it's finals week so she's been crazy busy.

She's so sweet though! She is the Vice President of the drama club and

just loves it! She told us about how she had a show during general

Conference but every time she wasn't on stage she was in the back

watching it so she could have a spiritual break! It was just really

good to see her and talk with her!

Gosh, I just love the Skidmore family. I wish I could just have all of

you meet them because I know you'd all love them too! I can't remember

if I gave background but they are all recent converts, they've been

baptized about a year and then their 10 year old daughter, Alex, just

got baptized in December. They are so awesome. They love the gospel so

much and they love to share it all the time! They always bear

testimony of how this gospel has changed their lives and you can see

it when you look at them. They are incredible people and they are

living testimonies that this gospel works, and that it works

wonderfully!

This week we had the coolest dinner appointment in the history of

dinner appointments. We had dinner with the Kirkland's. Sister

Kirkland is a Jewish convert and Brother Kirkland is from Idaho. They

are the best people ever. So we get to their house and we are having

this nice conversation and then I meet Oso. Oso is their Portuguese

Mountain dog and Oso is his nickname, its short for oh so big and he's

huge! The amazingness didn't end there. Soon enough they took us up to

the LOTR room. That is right, they have a whole room dedicated to Lord

of the Rings. It was amazing, I have pictures. It still didn't end

there! Brother Kirkland told this story of how Sister Kirkland asked

for a one carat ring, so he made one, and now he gives one to all the

sister missionaries who come for dinner! It's so cool! I also have

pictures! It still didn't end there I'm telling you these people are

so cool. They then took us to their granddaughters room where Brother

Kirkland runs his business of making, that's right, FAIRY HOUSES. They

are so incredible. I have pictures. This family is awesome!

Today was good! We went hiking with Sister Jameson and her baby

Charlie. It was so fun! Also there is this thing about Pennsylvania so

you can swing from vines out here. So of course we had to try it!

Well, I went last and the vine literally snapped as I was swinging! No

worries I didn't hurt anything other than my pride, but I get why it's

so hard for George to swing now!

This Sunday we had a stake conference broadcast from SLC and it was so

good! Elder Perkins of the 70 spoke and he talked about repentance. I

know repentance is so important it's the only thing that can help us

get back to our Heavenly Father. I know repentance is real and that it

works, I know that it brings us true joy and happiness. If there is

anything holding you back from becoming who Heavenly Father wants you

to become I invite you to change, or repent, and get back on track. I

know its worth it and it works because I have seen it in my life.

I love you all! I know Christ lives. I know the gospel is real. I know

this is His work, and I've never been happier. It's a great time to

serve the Lord.

Much love,

Sister Jackson

Sis. Abbott, Sis. Jackson, Sis. Kuta, Sis. Jameson

Skirt Sewing day

He put a ring on it!