Hellora! (Sister Bush was texting a member a few days ago and managed

to say hellora instead of hello) I hope your week has been good! It's

been an adventure out in these parts as it usually is. It's been rainy

and sticky and tons of good wholesome fun!

So this week we've seen quite a few miracles, the first one being

Sister Silfies. I hadn't seen her for a long time and one day out of

the blue she called us! She had come to church that Sunday and then

called to tell us that she wanted to take the lessons so that she

could re establish her faith! It was so awesome, we went over and

taught the Plan of Salvation and it was so awesome! She is amazing and

she loves the gospel so much, you can see how it lights up in her eyes

when you talk to her!

We also taught Angel again this week and he's doing great! We have a

thing for teaching the Plan of Salvation so that's what we taught him!

We had him put it together by himself and teach it to us, about

halfway through the lesson his mom came and joined us. Which was

great, except his mom understands English, for the most part, but

doesn't quite speak it. Neither I nor Sister Bush speak Spanish.

Luckily we took Karina with us! Karina speaks great Spanish since she

grew up in a Spanish home and was able to teach her! It was so

awesome!

We also taught a lady named Rhonda. She is a born again Christian, and

she loves the Bible. She had met with missionaries before and has a

few misunderstandings about the Restoration. We spent most of the time

talking about scriptures and why they are so important. It was really

awesome to talk with her!

We also met with the Skidmores twice this week. They are doing

awesome! We taught them about how service is so important and that it

is so key for us to have in our lives. We also talked about a Hope

Works video about asking ourselves questions when we start to have

hard times.

We met with Dave this week and he came to church on Sunday! He seemed

like her enjoyed it and he told us that he wants to get baptized! We

still have to teach him a few things, before we can get him baptized

but he seems like he really wants to know about the gospel and he

really has a desire to learn more about what we believe. He's so

awesome!

Last but not least we met with a girl named Emily this week. She is a

friend of a member of the YSA and she's not happy with her current

church. So we went on a hike with her and Josh and we got to answer a

lot of her questions! She had a lot of really great questions for us

and she really wants to find a church that fits right with her. A lot

of the things she's looking for apps. Be found here but everyone has

to make their own decision.

We also had some exchanges this week! I was able to be down in

Philadelphia 1st ward with my MTC companion Sister Stubben! It was so

great! We taught a few lessons and the spirit was so powerful in each

one of them! We also ate dinner with a less active from Mexico and she

made us the most delicious tacos that I've had on the east coast. It

was so good.

So this week Sister Bush and I were getting to our apartment after a

long day of work and as we are walking to the door we see the scariest

sight. In front of our door there are two bushes and between the two

bushes in front of our door there was a spider, just chilling, making

a web. We couldn't walk to our door because we'd have to walk through

the web. So we ended up cutting the web with a piece of junk mail and

running inside the house. Later on we went back out with our handy

dandy broom and tape to catch it and kill it. #itneverfails

This week while tracting we decided to ask people if they had seen a

miracle in their lives. Well we knocked on this one door and a man

answered and we asked him if he'd seen a miracle and he said "Well I'm

looking at two of them aren't I?" Sister Bush and I were so happy

because up to this point no one had answered our question and so we

jumped right in to telling him who we are and what we do, and that is

when he told us that he's a Catholic Minister. It was so awesome! He

politely turned down our invitation but wished us good luck on our

quest.

I feel like the longer I'm on my mission the more I gain a deeper

understanding and thankfulness for things of the gospel. I am just so

thankful to be apart of the restored church. I am thankful to be

spreading the word to all within the sound of my voice. I am thankful

for a Savior who loves me enough to die for me. I am thankful for

temples where I can be sealed to my family for all time and eternity

so I will never loose them. I am thankful for the blessing of taking

the sacrament each week and how it renews our spirits. I am thankful

for a Father who love me and answers my prayers. I am thankful for the

people I've met who have changed my life. I am thankful for so many

things that I don't have the time or energy to write them all down,

but most of all I am thankful for these things because of my Father in

Heaven who gave them to me.

I love you all. Happy Pioneer Day!

Much love,

Sister Jackson

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