Hello lovelies! This week has been quite the week! We've had a great

time and when we had transfer calls we found out that we will both be

staying another six weeks! We are so excited! Great things are

happening out here and I'm excited to keep watching all of this

unfold!

Life is so good as a missionary, I wish I could put into words. I have

learned so much out here in Kutztown, but number one, the Lord has a

plan that He unfolds on His timeline. Being fully reliant on the Lord

is the only way to live in this life.

This week weve had quite a few lessons! We taught Dave again, I was

here with Sister Crane when we taught him and it was awesome! We had a

whole lesson planned out but when we got there we learned that the

Spirit had a different idea. Dave had a question about the Book of

Mormon and why the Nephites or the Lamanites aren't in history books.

So we used the introduction to the Book of Mormon and a scripture in

Mormon 8 about how the Nephites were destroyed. It was such a good

lesson! At the end of the lesson Dave told us that he would be setting

up a chart so that he could read the Book of Mormon. It was so

awesome!

We also met with Stephanie and her husband, Dick, this week. It was

great! We met with them at the church and talked about a lot of

things! Stephanie loved the missionaries and the church in Montana and

she's so excited to keep learning! Dick had a few questions about

coffee and tithing and all sorts of stuff! It was just a really really

good lesson with two people who are excited and willing to learn about

the gospel!

We also met with Angel again and talked about why Faith in Jesus

Christ is so important. I'm not sure why but faith has been on my

mind. I read Ether 12 this morning and thought about how weaknesses

can become strengths for us when we turn to Christ. It's an

interesting way to look at weaknesses, because really they are so easy

to be rid of when we just turn to Christ and put our weaknesses on

Him.

We met with Kerrie this week and it was amazing! We talked about the

first three points of the restoration and it was such a good

conversation! At the end we asked Kerrie to pray and it was literally

the sweetest thing ever. She thanked Heavenly Father for sending us to

her when she needed that doorbell to ring, she prayed that we will

find those who want to know about Christ, and she prayed that we will

be protected as we go looking for those who want to meet us. It

brought tears to my eyes as I thought about the simple door knocks, or

scriptures read to random people and how it was what they needed. How

it was a possible answer to their prayers. How even if they weren't

interested now, it can open that door for another missionary later. I

think as members we forget how big our impact can be when we are

living worthy of our covenants.

We got to go see Brenda this week and it was so awesome! While we were

there a huge rainstorm came and seriously started to flood her

basement and created two rivers down the side of her house. It was

crazy! However, when we left we said a prayer that her plumber would

get back to her because her pump wasn't working to clean out her

basement, and she texted us about an hour later that he had gotten

back to her. Prayers are real friends, when it doubt, pray it out!

This week we also got to go and help this super sweet older couple

move! They had a lot of stuff, but there was a miracle tucked into

this move. A few weeks ago some people moved back into our ward and

we've been asked to get a hold of them, but we never could. So we get

to this service activity and there is a man there and he goes "What?!

They put sisters back in Kutztown!" We were so lost, and then he

introduced himself as Brother Hillman, the family we had been looking

for! It was so awesome, if we had never gone to this activity we would

have maybe never met Brother Hillman and gotten their right address.

Heavenly Fathers hand was in this the whole time, it all started a few

months ago when Sister Molano met the older woman and told her we'd be

happy to help! Heavenly Father knows what Hes doing, don't ever doubt

that!

The church is so true everyone! How could it not be? With the church

life makes sense, it's not easy but it makes sense. Without the church

life doesn't make sense and isn't easy. I've worked with so many

people whose lives are harder than they need to be because they don't

have the church, or choose not to have the church. I am so thankful to

grow up in the covenant and to have faithful parents. The gospel is

always easier than the world. Always.

I love you all! Have a great week!

Much love,

Sister Jackson

 

Splits with Sister Crane and Sister Cripe

9 months for Sister Bush

Josie and her Froggie Friend