Hello from the greatest state on the Eastern Seaboard! I hope you all

had a great week and that you are all enjoying your freedom from

school (for those of you who haven't made it yet enjoy the taste of

freedom, youre almost there!) Well the weather has been kind to us for

the most part, it has been super muggy and super humid today though so

thats been real great.

This week I have been humbled and humbled and humbled again! We spent

most of the day Tuesday and Wednesday knocking and talking! At the end

of the day our feet killed, our skin was dry and we were pretty sure

we were sunburned. I wish I could report that at least one of the

doors we knocked on we found someone who said yes, but we saw some

amazing miracles in other ways!

On Tuesday we were just about to head home for the night when we

decided to try one more door. We knocked and a man named Issac

answered. He had dinner cooking on the stove so he did not have much

time but said he would watch the Prince of Peace. We showed it and

then talked with him for a few more minutes, we ended up setting a

return appointment! He was our fourth floor, last door after a long

day of rejection and sweating.

Wednesday we sadly just knocked all day to no avail. Thursday we saw

the miracles from our hard work and obedience to the Lord! During

weekly planning we got a referral named Jean,  well we called Jean and

she answered the phone by saying "Hello!"  When we asked if a Jean

lived there, she said "This is the one you are looking for!" Needless

to say we set up an appointment and will be going there tonight to see

what happens! Next miracle was at the end of the day, after two great

lessons and a few minutes to go finding we went to Walmart to get some

things that we needed on our dinner break. Well we were a little ahead

of schedule when we walked in, and we met Janet. Janet works at

Walmart as a greeter and it was so awesome to talk with her! She had

met with missionaries before when she was younger and had even read a

little of the Book of Mormon! Anyway, we walked in and she stopped us

and had a few questions about the plates and about Joseph Smith, which

we were able to answer! We were able to get her number and address so

that in a few weeks we can go by and give her a new Book of Mormon

because she told us if she sees us in Walmart again shed "love to buy

one of the Bible's from us." We told her that they are free and we

would love to bring one to her house sometime! She agreed! It was such

a tender mercy from the Lord!

So, also on Thursday we taught Yao and Dave! Yao had a lot of

questions about the plan of salvation and agency and the premortal

life. We did our very best to answer them and ended leaving her a

commitment to pray and to aak Father her questions and then to read

the scriptures to find her answer! As for Dave, WE HAD THE BEST

LESSON!! If you remember last time we met with him we invited him to

be baptized and he said that he would think about it. Well, he thought

about it, guess what his answer was? Yes! He said he would like to be

baptized. We taught a great lesson on the plan of salvation and on how

his wife is learning about the gospel in the spirit world, just as he

is in this world. He is going to pray about a date to be baptized and

then this week we will talk about it!

Also, another miracle this week! Since we cover the whole stake for

the YSA branch we get all the YSA investigators from the whole stake.

Well, the elders in Bethlehem sent us an investigator with a baptismal

date! Shawntiana is so great! We are going to be meeting with her

tomorrow and it is going to be great!

We have had some crazy times, Sister Bush and I. We have cleaned our

trash can in the shower, stacked our beds on top of each other to

clean our apartment, and killed a bug that flew and jumped in our car.

Sister Bush is awesome, she is from Cedar City and love the missionary

work! She has a golden fire, that is for sure! Plus we make the two

presidents with our last names, Jackson and Bush. So you cant go wrong

with that!

This week has been amazing. We have been studying about repentance and

there is a great quote from Elder Bednar, "We refer to Christ as the

redeemer, but we dont appreciate redemption." How often do we just

think we can do the process by ourselves? How often do we think we

have fallen to far to be redeemed? My friend and family, Christ came

to Earth to help us, to redeem us and to forgive us. I have said it

before and I will say it again. Trust in Him. Believe Him.

I know that obedience brings blessings, that God answers our prayers,

that Christ loves us, that we can overcome the world, and that the

church is true. The Book of Mormon is the word of God, and you will

find yourself within the pages of that book.

I love you all!

Much love,

Sister Jackson

 

Sister Bush and Josie

JOSIE 

Still our Josie

9 month celebration!