Sister Carlee Jacklin: Love From Minnesota!!!

Dear Family,

Give Connor a big hug and HAPPYYYYY BIRTHDAYYYY! From me! I can't believe that he is so old now! I still feel like time should just stop when you are on a mission so that I don't miss all the cool changes that happen. But then again, the changes wouldn't seem as awesome if I was a part of it. I probably wouldn't even see it! :) haha

Well, in response to your email. I didn't eat a pepper because I didn't think there was enough but it turns out there was but I will be making it up! We are going to the temple on Friday with the Burnsville sisters and so we will be having a sleep over with them and they are bringing Malta Goya, an African Soda that they said is nasty so we will be trying it and film it for you so you can see me squirm too. :) haha

How is Zac doing too? I sent him a little email last week and will send him another one. I sent him the pictures already. :)

Anyways, So I do have a question about the challenge you issued. Sister Kirkby brought it to my attention that I don't even know the rules! :) Or I am a blonde and totally missed it when I was reading your email. Is it if I spend it on groceries? Or if I spend it at all? I am just wondering because there are personal items that I can't purchase on my MSF. But if you would let me know again the rules, that would be nice. :) haha :) Love you!

Anyways again!!! :) Our week went really well! We had an awesome lesson with K again and she is moving closer to being able to have a date for baptism! We love her so much! She is so much fun! She has been more active than most of our active members. She comes to every institute without skipping a beat! She fully participates too and is never afraid to ask questions. She will be ready super quick!

We also have been working with N to get her ready for baptism this Saturday!!! :) And, we had a super awesome miracle! We went see N and her mom answered the door and asked us to come in. We then sat down and S, N's mom, started talking about how she and N had been talking about baptism and how it isn't just something that you do because your friends are doing it. We were nervous because it sounded like S was taking back what she said and didn't want N to be baptized. We already had her written consent but we were nervous that she wanted to take it back. Then, she asked N to get her bibles. N came out of the room with every version of the bible and S had us each take one and we read in the New Testament about baptism. She then talked about how baptism is the same in each of the bibles and was so excited about N being baptized! Say whaaat? We were so happy! We then made sure that we had the baptism at a time that she could make it and then she told us that she would try to get work off so that she could see her confirmed!!!! Such a turn around from what we were expecting!!! :) It was such a cool miracle!!!

We also had some really good lessons with our recent converts too! And I have a hilarious story for you that I totally forgot to share with you! So, as missionaries, I am sure you well know that we have a specific rule that you cannot be in a room with someone of the opposite gender without another woman or 2 other men. So, we were having a lesson with M and J and Sister Kirkby needed to send an email of J's pictures of his baptism to M but the wifi connection was crummy. So, Sister Kirkby and M stood at the doorway to her apartment to look for a better signal... and then the door shut... I sat there for a minute and then the realization hit me like a ton of bricks... my companion and M were in the hall.... and I was in the room with J... So I screamed and ran out of the room. M and Sister Kirkby heard me scream and looked at me in confusion as I came out. We looked at each other for a minute and then I watched their eyes get huge and they both busted up laughing and they apologized and we all laughed our heads off. J didn't know about the rules so he looked all confused. So M explained and he laughed. :) It was funny! But they are both working on reading personally and also are studying together! It is so cool! It's a lot easier for J now that he has it downloaded on his phone. He is changing so much and is doing really well! We are gearing him up to tell his family because he really doesn't want to yet so we are working on helping him. He seems more and more confident every time though that it will work out. :)

Anyways, that is about it for now. We are working to plant some more seeds this transfer and hopefully find a ton of new people that are ready to progress! :) Hooray! :)

Love you!!!

Sister Jacklin