June 12, 2017
Hey hey!!
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| Selfie |
This week we had an AMAZING miracle. Remember a few weeks
ago when I emailed home that story about the guy, F, who we gave water to and
invited to church? Sister Ogawa and I had both felt really prompted to talk to
him and invite him to church, and he had said no...so we kinda accepted that it
wasn't his time for the gospel and that we were just placed in his path to get
him water. Well, in the course of the conversation he mentioned that he lived
on Pinto Street, but didn't give us an exact address. For a few days after our
encounter with him Sister Ogawa and I were both like "Okay. We're gonna go
and tract out all of Pinto street one day and find him." but then we
started looking at the map and we realized that Pinto street isn't just one
street...but it's multiple streets extending all the way across our area and
beyond into other stakes even! So we decided that it wouldn't be the most
effective use of our time to go and tract out Pinto looking for this one guy.
WELLLLL....this week we had a lesson with a less-active member on Pinto Street,
and that went super well...and when we left there was this guy on his driveway
a few streets down so I peddled up to him and was like "Hello!!" and
he turned around...AND IT WAS F!!!!!! I was SHOCKED. I literally went "No
way." and then I composed myself and was like "F!! How are
you??!" and we talked for a little bit and then he was like "I don't
feel much like talking right now. I'll see y'all later, but this is my
house." and he walked away...but Sister Ogawa and I got his address! We
were so pumped. And we couldn't believe that we found him again. I mean
seriously, what are the odds that we would find him again?! That's divine right
there. But then later, we were biking in a totally different part of our area
and we saw F riding his bike!! So we talked to him briefly there again...that's
two times in one day. I know the Lord is placing him in our path to prepare him
to accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We're going to stop by this week and see
if we can get in and teach him. :)
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| Northern Zone Conference w/Elder Pearson |
I had exchanges on Saturday with my STL, Sister Utsch! It's
been weird only going on one exchange this transfer, since the whole time I was
being trained I had at least one exchange every week. I stayed in my area and
led out. I was pretty nervous because I hadn't led out this area before and
honestly Sister Ogawa just kinda takes control of the planning and I just help
execute...but it ended up being a really great day and we only got kinda lost
once! Sister Utsch is awesome--she's a great missionary and I learned so much.
We had tons of appointments on Saturday--a lesson with our investigator, M, a
service activity in the afternoon in a house filled with creepy porcelain
dolls, a lesson with our investigators, B and A (which they forgot about...even
though I confirmed THREE HOURS before...), and a brief stop-by which actually
ended up turning into a lesson with our investigator, S. So a story about S: he
has a dog named Dory. S is one of those people who you text to set up an
appointment...and he responds like four days later. He's really busy with work
so it's hard to catch him at home unless we have an appointment...do you see
our problem?? However, a few weeks ago we discovered that EVERY night at 7:30
he takes his dog for a walk along Sagebrush Street. We discovered this because
we had appointments in that area consistently for like a week...and every single
night we saw him and we would stop and talk to him. So now...whenever we need
to set an appointment with S we go looking for him at 7:30 on Sagebrush. We
call this activity Finding Dory [and S] ;) So I was with Sister Utsch and we
started heading towards S's house and we found him (and Dory) on the street and
asked him how he was doing, and he said not well. I asked him why and he said
that his father-in-law had just died and they were really close and he's having
trouble accepting it. He also mentioned that his wife is distraught and his
children are really upset. We asked him if we could come by his house and tell
him more about where his father-in-law is and he was like "yeah! I'll meet
you there in five minutes." Sister Utsch and I went there and were able to
talk briefly about the Plan of Salvation and share a few scriptures about the
purpose of this life/what heaven is like with him and his family. When we left
S walked us out to our bikes and he said "Have either of you ever had
someone close to you die?? How do you find peace?" And we both testified
of the peace the gospel brings to us and how because of the Atonement we're
able to live with our family forever. Before we left we said a prayer with him
and he thanked us and mentioned that for the first time in a few days he felt
hope. We also left a Plan of Salvation pamphlet with him and asked him to read
it before our next appointment and he said he would. Sister Ogawa and I are
looking forward to meeting him this week and really delving into the Plan of
Salvation.
Yesterday in church we were sitting in gospel principles and
this member leaned over to us and was like "I heard that one of your
investigators was at church last week!! That's awesome!!" and we were
like...who?? We didn't have any investigators in that ward last week haha. And
this member was like "A ten year old girl named M, she's friends with my
daughter! She said she's been taking the missionary lessons with her
family!" And Sister Ogawa and I were like…What?? We don't have an
investigator named M...what missionaries are poaching from us haha. But we did
some digging and found out that this girl hasn't actually been taking the
lessons, she just would LIKE to take the lessons! We're not sure if her family
is open or if it's just her...but Sister Ogawa and I were SO excited! We're
looking to set up a Family Home Evening with M's family and the family that
brought her to church and hopefully open the door to start teaching them. A
super promising potential. :)
Honestly that's about it...It's been crazy busy and we've
been working SO hard but those are the highlights from the past five days! :) I
love being a missionary and I love this work!
I love you all! Have a fantastic week! :)
Sister Jacobson
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