Beautiful week!

Fall is in the air! It is finally starting to cool down here in Lawton! A couple great things happened this past week!

1. General Conference!! I hope all yall enjoyed Conference! It was so great! It is wonderful that we got to hear from the leaders of our church this weekend. I watched it at the church and it was pretty much just the missionaries there haha :) Here are some quotes that I liked, "Exaltation is our goal, discipleship is our journey"-Dieter F. Uchtdorf... "As we make Christ the center of our lives, our fears will be replaced by the courage of our conviction"-President Monson

2. Fort Sill! The military branch still had church yesterday, so it was their fast and testimony meeting! Sacrament Meeting was such a spiritual experience! Probably the most spiritual Sacrament Meeting I have had on my mission. So many soldiers shared their short but powerful testimony. A lot of soldiers talked about how they have been less active for a long time but since joining the military have come back. (I think there is something about being in the military that brings the soldiers to Christ) They talked about how the second they walk through the church doors they feel like they are home. They feel love and the sense of family. 2 soldiers who aren't members (they came for the first time last week) bore their testimony. One talked about how even though he had only been reading the Book of Mormon for a week, he has noticed a difference in his life. He said he looks forward to the day now and has added strength to make it through the day. The other talked about how he hasn't been able to put the book down since he started reading. Others just added to that testimony about how it is the simple things: prayer and reading the scriptures that bring so many blessings. The blessings may be small but they come. Another soldier talked about how the missionaries are going to invite everyone to do things and how they should keep those commitments cause they truly do bless our lives! It was such a powerful experience! I also taught the first lesson yesterday. I had 4 visitors in my class and 3 of them were pretty interested! Hoover had come to just learn more about Mormons and by the end he told me he had never heard anything like this before and how he was going to read the Book of Mormon! Rauch told me he has been to every church out there and is truly seeking for truth. The comments and conversations I have with these soldiers amaze me every time. They are so prepared to hear the gospel!

3. Helped Karen with her gardening! We went over to Karen's house to help her with her gardening. We were able to help her plant some flowers and rearrange her pots from her back yard to front yard. Doesn't her flower bed look so pretty! She even sent us home with some flowers for our yard! She is the sweetest!

4. Allen! He is our 11 year old investigator that we have been working with since I first got here. Well this weekend we finally saw him! It has been a couple weeks since we have seen him. He has made so much progress! He said the prayer all by himself for the first time since we have started teaching him! He also asked when he was getting baptized!! And he watched General Conference with the Goodwins! He is amazing and doing so well! 

I am so grateful to be a missionary and helping others come unto Christ! Russell M. Ballard said, "Christ is always near, waiting and willing to help us." I know that is true and that living the gospel will make us the happiest! Thanks for all the prayers and support! Have a blessed week!

All my love,

Sister Jackson

Sister Wedemeyer had a baptism in her old area so we went back to Edmond on tuesday! This is the four of us: me, Sister Wedemeyer, Sister Drinkall (Sister Wedemeyer's old companion), and Sister Trotter :)

We all went to dinner after General Conference.