Wow, What a week. The lord is pushing my limits until the end. We have had an extremely tiring and rewarding week. The lord really tested one of our investigators this week and we got caught in the middle of it. It was extremely stressful but many prayers and some much needed revelation helped the week and on a great note. This has been a great week. And it was my last full week. I feel so sad to admit that but I know they won’t let me stay. I will talk to all of you more when I get home about this week. There are some supper sweet experiences that I can’t put online for confidentiality reasons. I love all of you. Thank you so much for your support and trust over these past few years. This has been the best experience of my life. I which I could continue to serve her but the lord has other plans. Have a great week and I will see you all in the next couple weeks.

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Elder Jacob Gibson of the Iowa Des Moines mission

This was a busy, busy week and it went by really fast. I am surprised to already be writing again. We witnessed so many miracles this week. we were out of our area a lot this week and put about 600 miles on our car just driving around from place to place. We had to drive way down to Missouri a couple times, but overall it was a really good week. We also spent a while in Illinois helping some missionaries out there.

                But the week ended really well. We saw the baptism of a couple young girls who we have been working with. They are an amazing family, the mom has been coming back to church and we have watched as the family has changed. The girls were so excited for their baptism and everything went well. We have another baptism next week. This is the only time that I have found someone just by knocking a street who is going to be baptized. I will talk a little more about them next week.

                I am so excited to be a missionary this is the best time in my life. I don’t have a lot of time left now but this week is already set up to be super busy. We are working hard. We are teaching a lot of lessons and I am amazed at how many people are ready to change their life’s for the better. I am so grateful for this work. I know that it is true. Have a great week.

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Elder Jacob Gibson of the Iowa Des Moines mission

This was a great week. We spent a lot of time knocking doors and talking to people but it was a really great week. The baptism that was scheduled for Saturday got pushed back a week but for a legitimate reason. They will be baptized this week. And then we are working with a guy who will be baptized in a couple weeks. He has been smoke free for a week and a half and is progressing well. We are so excited for the way that the lord is hastening his work. The highlight from this week was meeting a lady who sees demons all the time. Apparently there where 20 or so flying around her house while we were teaching along with the 3 Jesus who were there. I love Iowa.  We meet so many people who are not willing go listen. The promise we have to offer is that anyone who truly pursues this church and asks god about it will come to know it is true. I know that that promise is true. I have seen it work and I have had it work for me. The work is moving forward. I love our savior and I am so grateful that I have this chance to be a part of this work. This church is true. The spirit tells us so. I thank you all for your love and for all that you are doing for me. I don’t have long left but I am making every minute count. I love you all have a great week.



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Elder Jacob Gibson of the Iowa Des Moines mission

Hello every one? My letters are probably going to be getting shorter and shorter because I am having less and less to talk about. We set another baptism date this week. I have talked a little about the lady who has been investigating the church for 30 years. Well her soon to be daughter in law is now going to be baptized with her. There were some sweet miracles that we saw this week. The man we tracted into about a month ago, is giving up smoking and is working hard to reach his date of Aug 25. He is progressing quickly and I am excited to see him reach his goal. We also have a couple young girls who will be baptized this weekend. The only bad thing about this week is that we were up until 3:00 Am Sunday morninghelping take down the stage and chairs and buildings from the Nauvoo pageant. We got home, got a couple hours of sleep then went to our early morning church meetings. We were dead tired all day and we were fasting but the lord made things work and we still saw some great miracles. The lord truly is hastening his work. The number of missionaries is increasing tremendously and the lord is giving them work to do. I am so grateful to be a part of this work at this time. I thank all of you for your faith and your love. I am so glad the lord has blessed me with knowledge of his restored gospel. I know this church is true and that is it is the only completely true church. I am so grateful that the spirit has touched my heart and told me this. I love you all have a great week.