This week, I learned that
"huckleberrying" is a verb! And that huckleberries are real berries! Not just
the first name of Mark Twain's brain child. Who knew?
First off, we got to go to the temple!
Have you been to the temple lately? Go. It's amazing.
Second off, we got to have Mission President interviews! It's always a joy to see President and Sister
Brinkerhoff, and even more of a joy to spend one-on-one time with them.
Third off, we got to go to Mission Leadership Council this week! It's always such a spiritual meeting, and it's
always so much fun to see missionaries that you got to know earlier in the
mission. The friends you make here you make so quickly and so strongly. It's
always great to reconnect with them!
Fourth off, it was just an awesome week.
Every week is an awesome week! It's a mission! The Lord is leading us to so
many opportunities to teach and help people and stay busy, despite BYU-I being
on break. He truly hears our prayers and answers them in His own due time.
Tyler- doing pretty well! He's been
cutting down on the cigarettes a lot more, and he said that since he's been
cutting down, they've started to "taste nasty" to him. Score! We know that as
he cuts down on smoking and drinking, the Spirit of the Lord will be with him
more strongly, and that will give him more power to quit!
Kamryn- getting baptized early next week!
Aaaahhh!! She's so cute and wonderful and we just love her.
Sarah/Sydney- we finally got to meet
their dad this week! They hadn't talked about baptism, yet.... we'll see what
the verdict is when we go over next time.
Jake- he came back from vacation! Woooo!
We had a very spiritual lesson with him, reading the first part of 3 Nephi 11
and then talking about ways the Holy Ghost can speak to us. He's been reading
and praying so diligently to get an answer. It will come in the Lord's time,
but I have a feeling His time is going to be soon!
There's also this little girl named
Jaralyn we've been seeing every once in a while the past few weeks. Their
family is super busy, so we can't set an appointment with them, but we always
drop by when we're in the area, and we've gotten to talk to them a few times.
She has some interest in coming to church with us, but bailed at the last
second this week. It's ok, though; as the Spirit continues to work with her and
with us, she will feel that this is the right thing to do.
We also had a gentleman approach us in
church and tell us about his wife, who is not a member. He described some
things in the past that have turned her away from the Church, but asked us to
come over. We can tell that great things are going to come!
This week, read the August 2013 Ensign
articles about receiving revelation. I've been learning a lot more about
receiving answers in His own time, in His own way, lately. Just thinking back on when I first built
my testimony, it took months, even years of praying and asking to know if this
is the true Church. When I "got my answer," I realized that I had really known
all along, and it just took building and building it up to finally open my eyes.
I was hoping for an immediate answer that whole time--and thinking back, I
probably did and just didn't notice--but I was looking for something big, bigger
than the Lord was willing to let me have. But now I can testify that this
Church IS true. The Book of Mormon IS the word of God, and if I ever have
doubts, I can look back on how much I have come to know my Savior more, and how
I have become more like Him in reading these things and abiding by its precepts.
I have been brought to know my Heavenly Father and His Son through the Book of
Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and I know it will
continue to bring me closer.
I love you all SO much! Don't ever
forget it.
-Sister Jacobson
-Sister Jacobson
Pics:
Our last Driggs exchange! (They're going to be under a Spanish set of Sister Training Leaders, now.)
Top of the page. Hello, my name is Sister Barnett
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