Week 22: New Year! New Weather!

For the most exciting news, we got snow yesterday!! We had to go
outside and play in it of course, before church. It was awesome.
Except they cancelled third hour and our meetings after that so we
suddenly had three extra hours to figure out what to do. It was a
great day though- mostly visiting members so we didn't freeze, and
talking to people in between.

The rest of the week was pretty normal. On Monday we had our first
appointment with Adam and we met his wife Alicia! They'd actually
forgotten we were coming but Alicia had prayed for help that morning
and then there we were. So that was awesome! Mostly Adam wanted to ask
Brother Mallicoat questions about what it's like being a convert. But
we did teach a little bit and committed them to read and pray. They
didn't make it to church but hopefully next week!

On Tuesday we found a new person named Gordon Big Back. He was excited
when we told him the Book of Mormon was about his ancestors! We are
going back this week.

Wednesday was exchanges so me and Sister Floyd spent the day together.
It was a lot of fun! We had our district meeting, which was awesome,
and then some great lessons with less active members.

We have a young woman in our ward who just recently got baptized and
is less active and we've been trying to reach out to her. Well, we
decided to go talk to the Young Women's president about it and see if
they can do anything- she really just needs a friend. We're hopeful
that they will be able to help!

We celebrated New Year's on New York time- they had us go inside after
dinner- so we had candy and Martinellis and dos some planning. Then
New Year's Day was weekly planning so we finished that!

Anyway, it's been a pretty drab week- everyone is very relaxed with
the holidays and then the snow just shuts things down. There's no
plows or salt or anything, so it just turns to slush or worse, ice.
It's not too bad today but they told us to drive as little as
possible. It's very pretty though and it feels just like home!

 Thought for the week: Doctrine and Covenants 122:9, "hold on thy
way...fear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and
ever." If we are following the Lord's way, He will be with us. We can
feel the assurance that he is there and that He loves us and will take
care of what we cannot. I found out this morning that my grandpa
passed away this week and immediately I felt this conviction that he
is working hard on the other side. He has a job to do, helping those
who died without a knowledge of the gospel to come unto Christ. I felt
that confirmation - it was quiet and gentle, but it was firm. We must
hold on our way so we can say as Paul did, "I have fought a good
fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." (2 Tim 4:7).
Then we can see our loved ones, and most of all, we will see our
Father and we will see our Savior. What a day that will be!

I love you all. Fight the good fight, and keep the faith!
Sister Jacobs