Thank you thank you for your prayers.
From the beginning I have always felt your prayers but this week I felt
them even more strongly. Last Monday I received the two packets of
letters you sent in September. I read them on the bus ride home--they
were exactly what I needed. This week has been much better which is
slightly funny because our investigators are dropping like flies :)
Hermana Arone and I are improving in our teaching--and I am really
teaching!! I still have a long way to go with Spanish, but I am
understanding more and more each day. It`s great!!
Everyday
we take motorcars or walk to our lessons. It is always a great time to
think, reflect, and talk with my companion. At the beginning of the week
I had my motorcar epiphany on discouragement. I realized as we made our
way up the bumpy road (not really a road, more like a trail) that
discouragement is a powerful tool of the adversary. There are days where
we become discouraged, we are disappointed,and are tired--all of which
is normal. But when we remain in that state,, we put ourselves on the
sidelines. We stop playing the game mentally. We stop looking for
solutions and we stop seeing the good in every moment. This mission
already has been so fantastic in teaching me lessons that I will carry
for the rest of my life. We cannot get discouraged--we must press
forward having a perfect brightness of hope. Because even if the
situation isn`t ideal, we can still find happiness and we can search for
the solution to our problems.
One of my
favorite hours of the day is personal and companionship study. In these
hours I receive so much inspiration and revelation from the words in the
scriptures and latter day prophets. This week I have been studying
President Monson`s talk "Ponder the Path of Thy Feet" It speaks of
walking the path of the Savior. He has marked the way for each of us
personally. I`ve pondered the meaning of this talk as each day Hermana
Arone and I search for investigators, contact and teach the gospel of
our Savior Jesus Christ. What a privilege to follow after the Savior and
preach his gospel!!
This week hasn`t been
prime in finding and teaching, but we are filled with hope for the
future! We have a plan to begin to contact part member families. We hope
that it will help us to reactivate and baptize at the same time!!
I`m
so sorry I would write more but this computer is just awful. Next week!
Love you all so much. Thank you for your prayers--you all help me to
keep going. I will write more next week!!
XOXO
Hermana Jackson
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