Sister Carlee Jacklin: Love From Minnesota!!!

Hi Family!
 
Thanks for the awesome present! So funny story... I am pretty positive
I am a Disney princess. Just So ya know.... The reason is because this
week I have had a butterfly land on my shoulder, held a dragon fly,
and a frog keeps showing up on our doorstep trying to get into the
house. Well, our little froggy friend was trying to get into the house
again so I opened the screen door to grab him and the package you sent
me was on the other side. I didn't see it. And it fell on him.... But
when I lifted the box, he wasn't dead, he just peed a little bit and
hopped away. It was funny. I wrote the butterfly story later in the
email. But thanks so much! I am wearing the skirt right now. We also
had a lunch with Sister Forbes at Panera Bread (Kneaders is better).
:) We took some pictures with her and she bought me a little pastry
for my birthday. We invited the Burnsville Sisters to join us and that
was a ton of fun. :)
 
This week has been quite an adventure. It's been one of those weeks
that leaves your head spinning. We had our zone pday down south and we
had a blast! We played volleyball and soccer and had sooooo much fun!
We the had our exchange with the St. Peter Sisters and I went with
Sister Thatcher and had a blast! She was trained by Sister Farnworth,
who I came out with. As we were tracting on Monday night, I was
talking to Sister Thatcher and she stopped and said, "Sister! You have
a butterfly on your shoulder!" And sure enough, there was a cute
little orange and black butterfly on my shoulder, we tried to get a
picture but it flew away just as she got out her camera. Then, that
night after working as we waited for the other sisters to get back, we
tried to catch fireflies, and I caught one for a few seconds! They are
everywhere right now and they look beautiful! We had a blast though
and we saw a ton of miracles!
On Wednesday, we had our last District meeting with Hermana Ramirez.
We surprised her with a piñata and then went to Buffalo Wild Wings for
her last district lunch because it's her favorite.
On Thursday, we had an exchange with the Lakeville Spanish sisters and
I stayed in Lakeville with Hermana Fastidio. We had a really good time
and ended up having a super powerful lesson with D.L., our
recent convert of January. Hermana Fastidio is a fireball! We had
dinner with our Ward Mission Leader and his family and they remind me
so much of our family. They even had a super tall boy that reminds me
so much of Connor! It was so much fun! They all teased each other but
you could see that they did it because they loved each other. I had so
much fun with them!
The rest of the week consisted of putting about 2 years worth of
information from our paper area books into the iPads. It was so
tedious! We ended up all going to the church together as missionaries
and had an "Area Book Party" which was not much of a party. We just
played hymns and brought snacks and just typed and typed. We still
aren't quite done so we will be trying to fit that into our schedule.
The good thing though is we still managed to fit 2 meetings in with
N and her mom said YES to her getting baptized! She'll be baptized
on August 1st. We are super excited for her! She is only 15 but she
has read the Book of Mormon twice and has a super strong testimony of
t he Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith! We are just teaching her about the
laws and ordinances and commandments. She already lives the Word of
Wisdom and even asked us to teach her mother the Word of Wisdom! It
was so cool! She is going to be an example for the rest of her family!
We also made it to President's Fireside and the testimonies that were
given were amazing! We got to hear the testimony of a recent convert
that Sister Kirkby taught and an amazing story of a man who had a
rough life from being a gang member to finding the church and becoming
a super strong member of the church. N really enjoyed it. I also got
to see Sister Mower and Y, a little 8 year old girl that we had
been teaching in Anoka and the Andersons! I was so excited to see
them! I also got to say hi to Brother M and he was so happy
to see all of us sisters together that had helped teach them like
Sister Tingey and Sister Sperry. :)
 
Anyways, that was about the extent of my week!

P.S. Oh! And to answer your questions
Yes I have been having an awesome birthday! We are having zone pday
and we will be tie dying shirts! I am so excited.
The teaching is going good. We haven't done much because of the area
book but we are excited for N's baptism! Then we will be on the look
out for more prepared people!
No there is not anything I need! By the way, don't stress about a
yellow case if you can't find yellow! Pink is a good second! I trust
that what you pick will be the best! Everything you have picked has
been exactly what I have asked for! :) I love you!