July 1, 2013
Family and friends! Recap of the week:
Monday
night we met with Sis. Johnson, YW's president, to talk to her about
the YW in the ward and she asked us to teach her kids for FHE since we
were there anyway. We, of course, taught about missionary work and asked what kinds of opportunities they have had in the past. They had tons of
stories for us! And these are all kids under the age of 10! Toward the
end of the lesson, their boy (9, I think) goes, "So, are you gonna give
us a challenge, or what?" and I asked, "Do you want a challenge?" All of
the kids gave us a resounding "YES!" It was awesome. We gave them some mormon.org
cards and asked them to give them away to their friends. That was sooo
much fun! I don't feel like I'm very good at teaching and relating to
adults, so teaching a group of kids was super refreshing for me. It was
like a "oh yeah. This is why I wanted to teach elementary school in the
first place!" At the end, they sang "I want to be a missionary now" for
the closing song. Cutest thing ever.
Wednesday was so fantastic. We had interviews with
President. And it was just good! I don't even remember why it was so
great. I just remember my face hurting from smiling so much at the end
of the day.
We heard back from Blair. She told us that she was in the
hospital again and that her parents are going through a super rough
time. I'm not very happy with the adversary right now. Not that I'm ever
happy with him... but I'm reeeeally not happy with him, haha. We've got
a couple of ideas of things we can do for her.
We just have to make
them happen.
I love the Sabbath. Seriously. I love getting ready on
Sunday morning and just thinking. Pondering the questions and concerns
that I have, and prepping myself to get those answers in a few hours. I
just love it. As we walked out of Sacrament meeting, I got a text from
the ward mission leader, "Hey, I'm not there today. I asked Bishop if he
could find someone to cover gospel essentials but didn't hear back. Can
you teach?" Um... so I walk into class and Bishop's 14-yr-old son was
standing at the front of the room, ready to teach! He just got back from EFY (Especially for Youth Program) and kind of re-taught a missionary lesson he learned there. It was
so great! He called it, "10 ways Ammon was a missionary." One of his ways
was to be an example and he said that we can only reflect His light
when we're standing in it. I loved that! It's just like the moon! If you
think about it, we have all the phases of the moon because we only see
the light that is directly reflected from the sun. Man. Everything
connects to the gospel.
Sister Loader and I went to YW instead of Relief Society
so we could introduce ourselves to the YW. It's been a while! I loved
it! For opening exercises, they asked for "Missionary Moments" and they all
shared stories from the week. Man. This ward is great! After church I found a piano to practice hymns on (yeah.
I'm the designated piano player for district meetings now. Never thought
that would happen) and one of Sister Johnson's daughters came in and
told us that she gave away her mormon.org card! Suuuper cute.
I'm going to try to start a new section of my letters, but we'll see how long it lasts, haha. It's called "Things Elders don't have to think/worry about on their missions." For instance... I now part my hair on the other side of my
head so that my hair doesn't hang over my name tag. Tuesday morning I
told Sister Loader, "This is a monumental day. I hope that you're
excited to be a part of this major change I'm making in my life" haha.
It was good times.
Well, my dear family and friends, I hope you have a wonderful 4th of July and that it's full of fireworks and hot dogs! I love you all!!
~Sister Jacobs.
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