Week 39: This Is Not The Ammonihah You Are Looking For

This week has been a long one- I had a few moments where I was
convinced that it had actually been two weeks! It was a good week
though.

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 It started out with an adventure- we had FHE at a ward member's house
and we're just going right along when we hear an odd noise! Well, we
determine it must be the fridge making ice. About ten minutes later, I
look over, and....drip.....drip....through the ceiling onto their
kitchen counter. Well this throws the evening into disarray!
Everything is on hold,and we're distracting the kids with scripture
games while dad gets out a shop vac. Turns out the faucet head of
their bathtub had popped off and water was pouring out- they had a
solid inch, and obviously it had soaked through the floor/ceiling. It
was a wild ride!

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Tuesday was much tamer. We went over to a new subdivision- big, fancy houses. Now, for those of you who have read the Book of Mormon, you can skip the next few sentences. Ammonihah is a Book of Mormon city
where the prophet Alma went to preach. At first he was preaching to the rich, but when he found that they wouldn't listen, he turned to the poor and they were humble enough to hear his message of Christ.

Now the reason for my subject title is this- in our area (on opposite sides, in fact) we have the previously mentioned subdivision, and on the other side, government subsidized housing. The funny thing is, the people who are poor are the source of our biggest frustration, and in this rich subdivision, we were able to find someone who invited us back. So we laughed about that this week. So the point is- economic
status does not define where someone's heart is! Sometimes a change in economic status is how the Lord softens a heart. Other times, it's a different way. The Lord works with each                                                                     person in the way that will best help them.

We got to see Stephanie this week- they got cats! And she is just
about over the pneumonia. The cats actually arrived while we were
there, and they're just bigger than kitten size. The kids were super
excited. Sister Dearden wanted to name them Miss-tachio (she had a
mustache) and Miracle. Her names might stick too.

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We also saw the Morrises! They are on track for the temple- they are working on more closely following the Word of Wisdom and on paying
their tithing. They are determined! Dean designed us a cool Van 3rd missionaries sign too.

We got in touch with Nicole again! Well, we got in touch with her husband Casey, who is also pretty interested. We gave him his own copy
of the Book of Mormon and set an appointment for next Sunday night. They're super busy but definitely willing and interested!

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This weekend was also stake conference. The subject definitely revolved around the family and raising children- now Sister Dearden and I are totally pumped to start raising families of our own!.....in a few years. It was really good though. They broadcast it to our building so we didn't have to go to the stake center (the parking lot there is really small).

Anyway, it's a lot of walking and a lot of fun. I got a pedometer at the beginning of last transfer, and so our grand mileage total for the month of April is......drumroll......154 miles! (Approximately).  That's twenty miles less than last month, since we had a car for a little bit. So we're super fit.

I love you all- have an amazing week! And Happy Mother's Day!

Sister Jacobs