September 23, 2013

This week was pretty great. The Bayside sisters are still sleeping in our living room, but it's been really fun to have roommates for the past three and a half weeks. They've slowly been getting better, but every time they have to go home to get more clothes they get sick again. They still don't know what's wrong with their apartment, but hopefully they will have a new place to live by the end of the week. Transfers are next week and it will be more than the usual amount of crazy to have transfers and have them sleeping on our floor.

We taught a great lesson to Nick and Jackie. We reviewed the baptismal interview questions with them and taught them the Law of Chastity. I love teaching the Law of Chastity. It's so important to help people understand true doctrine about how to treat their bodies and proper moral behavior. They agreed to live it, which means they're ready to be baptized! We encouraged them to pray about talking to their parents about their decision to be baptized. They agreed to pray about a day when they could tell their parents.

We also had a great lesson with Tyler, a less active we started teaching a week ago. He served his mission in Japan, but since he came home from his mission he's slowly lost his testimony. He wants to come back to church, but he doesn't have a testimony of a lot of things. He asked us to keep meeting with him to help him find a testimony again. I love teaching people like this, who have such a desire to change, they just need to be shown how to do it. Through the guidance of the Holy Ghost we are able to discern their needs and teach doctrine that helps them come closer to their Savior.

The elders had an investigator that got baptized on Saturday. Last Sunday, Shauna asked us if we could come and meet with her to go over some of the details for her baptism, like what she needed to wear, because she was uncomfortable talking to the elders about it. We met with her and went over everything and then came early to the baptism to help her find the right size of jumpsuit. We stood in at the top of the stairs in the font and gave her a towel when she came up. It was wonderful to watch her make this step toward eternal life. The Spirit was so strong when she came up out of the water and I was so happy for her.

I'm out of time, just like always. Transfer calls are this week, so don't send mail after Thursday until I know where I'm going. I love you all and pray for you often!

With love,

Sister Jasperson