I can't believe it's already 2017. The year has flown by! And so much has happened. I feel like I have changed in a lot of ways but I'm also still the same. It's pretty crazy! For New Year's Eve, we had dinner
with Sister Schott. We made homemade pizza! And then since we couldn't go out, we did our weekly planning instead.
This week we got a car! (Just for one day). Sister Peterson was going home-oh yeah, it was also transfers this week, We are both staying, so
her companion was in a trio with the other sisters and since their car wasn't being used, they let us have it for the day! So we got to go down to a part of our area that we don't usually get to go to, since
there aren't very many sidewalks or shoulders to the road. It was pretty fun! That part of our area is right on the river so there's some gorgeous views, and many gorgeous houses! It was really nice to
have a car for a little while.
We were able to see Sister Samuelson this week and she shared a pretty
amazing experience. The Relief Society Christmas gift this year was a
little ceramic tile with the words "Be Still And Know That I Am" on it
in vinyl. And we made them all- probably over 100 tiles. So she told
us that after an extraordinarily bad day she came home and she found
the tile hanging on the door, like a message from Heavenly Father. It
was pretty cool to see how Heavenly Father used that effort and those
little tiles to send a message to His daughter when she needed it
most. I love that verse too- "be still and know that I am God"- I've
seen that so many times on my mission, how God's hand is in the little
things in our lives. He reaches out in so many ways! And He
accomplishes miracles through His people.
I started MyPlan this week (it's a six-week training course for
missionaries in their last transfer). This week it talked a lot about
becoming and developing (something along those lines). It got me
thinking about the big perspective, kind of like those tiles. Missions
are so amazing and they help us become more who God wants us to be and
to learn to rely on Him. And there is still so much to life after
that- God has so much more perspective. Which reminds me about our
mortal life- it's kind of like a mission where we're cut off from our
heavenly home except for prayer and scripture study. We are here to
learn and grow, but we aren't done when we die. That is just another
beginning, and God has so much more planned for us than we can see
with our mortal eyes.
That's about all the cool stories from this week- it was pretty
normal! We took some good pictures too.
I love you all! Have an amazing first week of the year- make it good.
Sister Jacobs
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