March 25, 2013

Hello everyone! This week will be another short one. There is really just never enough time! I hope everyone is doing well and having fun. It's almost spring, which is exciting for all of y'all that live in snowy places. It snowed here in Williamsburg yesterday and we prayed last night that it would melt so that we'd still be able to leave the house this morning to come and email our families. (We aren't allowed to drive if there's snow on the roads.) Fortunately the snow did melt, so here we are!

The biggest news this week is that we won't be teaching Marilyn any more. Her family situation kept getting worse and worse. We're still praying for her and we'll try and call her this week, but she had to return to northern Virginia. She didn't get baptized while she was here, so I hope she finds the missionaries wherever she is going. Sister Jepson and I cried when we said goodbye to her on the phone. We just love her and we can only pray for her now. God will take care of her.

We're finishing things up for our Easter program. We called every single Christian church in the phone book (it was a lot, in case you were wondering. Williamsburg is a pretty big city.) We went and visited most of them too, and every single one of them said they weren't interested. We even had a few who said yes, and then called us back later saying that they had talked to some friends and determined that our two churches had radically different views on Jesus and that it was best for them not to participate since we worshiped a different God. We were pretty disappointed about the results, but we've still put together a wonderful fireside and we've really encouraged members to invite their friends. If even one nonmember comes we will consider it a success. 

We had a Sisters Meeting with all the sister missionaries in the entire mission last week. It was absolutely wonderful. Our mission president, his wife, and his assistants did some great training just for the sisters. We talked a lot about Elder/Sister relations (one of my favorite topics...) and about allowing yourself to feel like you are good enough. It was great to see all of my friends from the MTC and other sister who had been transferred out of our zone in the last transfer.

I have to run, like always. I love you all!

With love,

Sister Jasperson