April 21, 2010

Hi there! How is it going?

So this week has been super awesome and cool. Remember last week (well, maybe I didn't tell you) but we had 7 of our investigators come to church. We were super stoked. This week we had 6. We have been patiently working with faith and obedience for the last 10 weeks and now the blessings are coming.

We went to the B. family last Friday. The High Priests had a fast for them on Thursday. When we went we found out that K's CT scan shows that she doesn't have cancer anymore so the blessings of healing and the fasts and such have worked! It is great! They told us after dinner. Brother B told us that they had a message that they wanted to share so he told us about K. We were so excited! I almost cried, which doesn't happen, as you all know....Then he told us that wasn't it. He said that after the blessing 6 months ago he knew. He had prayed for someone to come and Bro. M came and gave her a blessing and answered a lot of questions. Anyway, he said that since then he knew that it was true and with the confirmation that K is healed he told us that he wants to get baptized! He is on fire and is so excited. We know that Sister B and K will follow but we are praying and trying to work with their son. It was funny because after the exciting news, Brother B put his elbows on the table and said, "now the real challenge will be to get N. We need to all start working on that." It is true! But as for now he will be baptized on May 1st, along with C. Hopefully M and K will be baptized that day as well. Our goal for May was 5 baptisms. That seemed so far fetched before, but that was what was confirmed to us from fasting and prayer and now I know that we can do it! The lord is blessing the people and allowing us to be a part of it.

The ward is so great! They are all getting involved with everyone that we see. We have members coming out with a few nights this week and hopefully they will continue. They are trusting us with their friends. We have so much to do and so little time! We are both hoping that we don't get transferred. That would be so sad!

Brother P is going home teaching. They told us they would be so sad if we got transferred. They are so grateful and I am so grateful that we were able to meet. The mish is great! I am so glad that I chose to come on one so I could be here experiencing gospel joy with people. We all have what people need! That is the peace and comfort of the gospel. It is true! It really does bless lives and families! I love it! Hmm....can you tell it has been a good week? haha. I love "ya'll" too! ;)

S. G. still wants to be baptized. We heard from them on Sunday that her and B. will be getting married so we were reallly excited. We went in with a few scriptures about baptism and we were going to help them choose a date for her to be baptized but when we got there it wasn't right. We ended up talking about the golden rule and service for the other without selfishness. I am really sad about their situtation and I wish that I could just fix it, but that isn't what I am here to do. I am here to help them feel the spirit and help motivate them to make the changes themselves. she just called and said she needed to talk so we will call her after emailing and see what is next in the saga. Hopefully some sort of good news, but really, whatever news there is, it is usually a catch 22.

I am sending home two packages. I wish they were more exciting but they aren't. They are full of clothes, letters, CDs, DVDs, and such. Although, I did include some "slap yo mama" seasoning. It is hotter than Tony Sacheres but you may like it. Just put a little on at first. I also am sending a tape! Yay! I finally finished one! Well, ok, it isn't finished completely, but it is finished as much as it is going to be and it is going to the mail in half an hour so it is what it is....haha

The dentist was good. Remember how my teeth shifted when the retainer broke loose? Well, It was bugging me and I kept getting food stuck underneath it and I thought it was going to break off but the lady reassured me that it was CEMENTED to my teeth and the reason it popped off before was because it was weak. I have more confidence in it now. She cleaned them so I could have a fresh start on cleaning them and I will do betetr about taking care of them. It feels so nice to have clean teeth! I love that feeling! My bottom retainer doesn't fit anymore but she said tha when I go back to talk to the Ortho and see about taking off the permanent retainer and then working back on aligners to where my teeth are straight again. I doubt Dr. Anderson will do that because he wouldn't the last time, but for now I can live with it and we'll see what happens.
(p.s. The office sister is Sister H...I love her so much! :D )

Oh, another bit of news is that Sister W. had to go home because she wasn't getting any better from her illness. We are working with Sister M. and are having to cover a HUGE area....H and A wards. We have more progressing investigators and more people with baptism dates so our ward mission leader isn't very happy with sharing but we are doing well. We are getting a lot of member involvement to help our wonderful friends progress in the gospel. (I just realized that I type my "P's" with the wrong finger. That is a habit that I need to break! It is going to cause me some health issues in the future, I just know it!)

Anyway, right now we are in the H library and watching all the people. There are so many people in the cities and it freaks me out but I am trying to get used to it. I drive like a pansy here....Well, I drive really defensively. Though, when I'm not driving I think it is more scary because I have no control. Though, there are more people in the cities so we are able to talk to many many people about the gospel.

I'm sure I'll keep you updated more on what is going on in my life....I just don't know what else there is! There is so much going on! I love it!

This week is Stake Conference. I'm pretty excited about that although it is hard to keep track of everyone that we need to keep track of.....That is ok though, it will be a very spiritually uplifting experience, I'm sure.

Also....I love you! I don't know if I mentioned that yet or not...haha. just kidding, I know I did!

Are you so proud of me, I wrote you a super long email! I don't know if this can be regular, but I was in the mood to type today....haha...gotta love that!

Oh, I was going to say, you should tell Justin that you don't make lesson plans for yourselves, but you make lesson plans so the Spirit can go before and prepare the hearts of the people....Well, ok, you don't have to tell him that, but it is true.....really...

Love you all so so so so much! I will try to get on my Texas accent for when I talk to you soon....I don't even know when but it is coming up they tell me....

Adios!

Jackie

oh, p.s. Transfers are this weekend so by next wednesday everything in my life could be changed! ;)