Merry Christmas to all! Well... it's almost Christmas:) How is everyone? Boy do I sure love all of you.
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| Like our cool ride? Do you see me in my shades? |
I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying this beautiful Christmas Season of 100 degrees and 90% humidity ;)
Oh wait....is it 100 degrees and 90% humidity where you are???
Haha I just realized today how used to this weather I am. I l.o.v.e. it!
So, as I was thinking about what I was going to write, I realized that you probably don't want to just read my boring studies (for you maybe.. ;) ..) every single week.
This week I just want to give an update on mission life! It was an awesome week and I am so looking forward to this next week.
Last week was MLC (Mission Leaders Conference) and it went great - I think I already reported on that? What I didn't get to write last week was the fact that we are preparing a sweet presentation for our Christmas Conference coming up!
Carcar Zone is going to take the prize for best Christmas skit....hands down. Haha okay I'm not going to get too ahead of myself, but come on... Of course we will.
We have a member that we worked with here in Carcar Ward that helped us mix some music for a dance/story thing. (I get to dance...YES)
I'll send you the song, mama!
Okay i just realized that MLC was on Thursday, not Tuesday like usual so I didn't share that with you all.
On Wednesday, we traveled to Cebu to spend the night there.
That night we ate at a place called Casa Verde and it was delicious.
Four of us split, this HUGE milkshake and a 9 inch burger. It was hands down the best American food I've had in a long time.
The next morning, about 8 of us Zone Leaders kept the tradition of playing basketball at about 5:45am. It was awesome!
This last Saturday, our ward here in Carcar held their annual Temple trip! We attended and took with us three of our investigators: Michelle, Siglo, and Kissy. They LOVED it! It was so fun to be so close to the temple and to be able to conduct a few temple tours.
We have our Cebu Island Christmas Conference tomorrow! I am so excited! I can remember vividly last Christmas Conference and it was so awesome. An amazing workshop, lunch, and talent show. Our zone will be performing this year. I'll send an update on that next week :)
This December 27th we will be having the baptism of Jojo and Johnjohn Mariño. John Ross is 12 and Johliver is 11. They have moved in with their grandparents who are recent converts. They are planning on staying with their Grandparents and so we started teaching them back in October/November so they could prepare for baptism. I'll keep you updated on that as well.
Elder Consigna and I are absolutely loving working right now. Carcar is such an amazing area to be in! We are truly seeing the hand of the Lord in our work. We had our Zone Training Meeting this last Monday. The Doctrine we discussed was given by President McCurdy at MLC and was on "Making our Calling and Election Sure." I loved it. Like many times before, I have mentioned how real this gospel is... It is SO TRUE.
I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that, through Him, we have a possibility of Life Eternal. I know that, as we learn to repent perfectly and align our lives with the Father's will, we can experience the saving power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I know that He did not only suffer our sins - but rather, every possible feeling that we can experience in our mortal state. Let us not forsake Him. Let's turn to Him and follow Him. I love the Christmas Message (see the link below) the church has put out this year. He - Jesus Christ, the Son of God - is the Gift.
I love you all so much! Have an awesome week :)
Love,
Elder Jacobs
Hey Mom!!! Thanks for the AWESOME Lego Advent Calendar!!!!!
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| The kids here will LOVE these Legos!! |
