Wisconsin

Jaclyn Jolliff was born in Ontonago, Michigan, and moved to Watertown, Wisconsin, with her parents when she was two years old. She attended the local public schools and achieved a well-rounded education despite her personal challenges caused by a mild cognitive delay disability. Now as a young adult, she lives with her sister Janice and is locally employed. Her dream is to someday share her inspirations and imagination by writing children’s books.

All of her life, Jaclyn has had a sincere love for God and an eager desire to learn more about Jesus from her Bible. This is why when she saw the sign "Adventures in Prophecy" on a neighbor’s lawn, she was excited about attending the lecture series. While attending the first few meetings, she became fascinated with what she was hearing about God’s Word.

As the series continued, Jaclyn became aware of the seventh-day Sabbath and desired to keep it, but she had to work on Saturday. Her employer refused to give her the day off. Every time she came to the meetings, her prayer request was to be able to keep the Sabbath. She even composed a song to express her desire to keep the Sabbath.

By the time Jaclyn had attended only half of the lectures, she knew she wanted to become a Seventh-day Adventist and made a commitment to be baptized and join the Watertown Adventist Church. Her employer changed his mind and gave her permission to have her Sabbaths off. She praises God for this answer to her prayers.

Jaclyn Jolliff as told to Joan Johnson and written by Bruce Babienco, volunteer Lake Union Herald correspondent