February 10, 2014

Hey family,

How are you this week! I hope really well! Sister Kreiberg and I've

had a pretty good week.

We were able to have a few lessons with Nathan and the Snavely family,

and they all went really well. Nathan tells us that he's not sure that

he can get back into religion and during our lessons we are always

afraid that we might lose him, but by the end the spirit is very strong

and he always asks when we are coming back. He also likes to joke with

me and call me the hammer because I always know what to say and confuse him I guess.  I like to think of it as I ask questions that make him

think hard. Even though he is a little skeptical he always keeps his

commitments, which is really great. We also had a really great lesson

with Emily and her family this week. We have been trying to contact

them for a while and it's been a little hard, but the Clark family

Emily's friend, had offered for us to come over and have dinner with

all of them and Emily's family so that we can meet them and teach them

a lesson. Emily's mother is more religious like she is and was really

into the things that we were teaching.  Also as we introduce the book of

Mormon she got excited and said that she would read it. Emily's father

and brother however are less religious but the lesson was so good and

the spirit was so strong that Emily's father asked most of the

questions. He wanted to know where the book of Mormon came from and

what is the evidence that Joseph Smith is a prophet. We were able to

explain all of these things to him and the spirit was very strong in

the lesson. It was so nice to have it in the Clark's home, having the

members there makes the lessons more powerful and more comfortable for those we are teaching. We are very grateful for the testimonies that

the Clark family was able to share. Hopefully this week we will be

able to see Emily's family again and follow up on how the book of Mormon

reading has been going. Sister Clark is so excited about all of it

that she called us this morning and asked what it was she could do to

contact them through the week invite them to church and have them in

her home again. It’s so great to see the members get involved in

these types of things. Their desire to do missionary work grows and it

makes our job so much easier. The people we teach trust us more and

they are more willing to have us over more often when they have

friends that are members as well. Sister Clark also told us this

morning that Emily had said last week that she was walking through the

house and she walked past her brothers room Alex and he was at the

foot of his bed praying. For Alex this is a huge since he just got out

of rehab and he is not too religious himself. The family is going thru

some major changes and you can see them slowly turning to their father

in heaven for help. During the lesson Alex and the father seem to

listen very intently which was very exciting for all of us. We know

that if we can get the father on board and start praying about the

book of Mormon the son will as well. And that the conversion for

this family will go so much smoother. It is always nice when families

take the steps together. Also this week we have been having troubles

with our car. As we drive the brakes go on and it makes it very

dangerous. We took the car into the shop to get it looked at, and they said

that the sensor is broken. On Friday after it was fixed as we drove

the brakes locked themselves again. We called the mission office and

have been telling them about it and they keep telling us to get it

fixed. This week hopefully Sister Kreiberg and I will be able to go

do some service for an investigator of ours. I am not sure what we will

be doing but it should be fun we will be at her work. Well I love all

of you and I will talk to you next week.

Sister Jamison