Ahhhh!!!! I am so beyond excited right now!!! Congratulations to my brother,
Danny and Shelly!
Welcome to the best family in the world, Lexi Lin!!
Heavenly Father must love you because you couldn't have come to better parents!
I can't believe I'm another uncle.... That is how you'd say that right? For some reason it looks weird when I type it... Man, who made English such a hard language?! :)
I'm losing my English....
I had the best week ever.
Really, it was the best Sunday ever.
I'd rather just copy and paste what I wrote in my journal into this email, but I don't have it so.... sorry /: It was a day of miracles to say the least. HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! Our Mothers Day was so awesome here in Kamputhaw! I'll just start in the morning....
We got to church and were greeting everyone a "Happy Mothers Day" when in walks someone I haven't seen in YEARS!
Ryan Ogden! Blake and Kyle may remember him!
We met him at EFY in Santa Barbara and then later on in a few other places of life.
He walks into the church building and we both just stopped what we were doing and were in complete shock. It was awesome.
He is so great! He said he is here for his work doing some humanitarian projects, etc. and he was flying out to Thailand this week to do the next project. It was nice to have a familiar face from home in the congregation during sacrament meeting.
He walks into the church building and we both just stopped what we were doing and were in complete shock. It was awesome.
He is so great! He said he is here for his work doing some humanitarian projects, etc. and he was flying out to Thailand this week to do the next project. It was nice to have a familiar face from home in the congregation during sacrament meeting.
Next, Krys and Jocelyn were at church as well! Their baptism is all set for this Saturday! 6pm. Be there :)
They were interviewed on Sunday and all is well! They are such an inspiration and miracle in my life. I have learned so much as I have worked with them. I love them so much.
They were interviewed on Sunday and all is well! They are such an inspiration and miracle in my life. I have learned so much as I have worked with them. I love them so much.
Aizka (she is getting baptized next week) was also at church with ALL of her 4 sisters and 2 brothers. They are so awesome. Love them. If you remember back a few weeks, it was her younger brother that asked if Sis. Nelson was 100 years old yet. Haha their family is hilarious. And they all speak Tagalog so it's helped me so much in my efforts to learn Tagalog as well as Cebuano as I teach and visit with them!
Okay... You ready for the miracle of Sunday?? BROTHER VALMORES came to church! This is the second time he has come in the last 3 months or so!!. I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are here working miracles in their lives as well as in ours.
And of course... I got to see my mommy on Sunday!!! Happy Mothers Day, Mama! Pinaka-the-best ka :) Love you! I hope Charlie took good care of you!! :) He always has been a loyal and loving dog.
I love life. No doubt - like literally zero doubt - I have gone through the hardest things in my life here on the mission, but wow.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ truly is a gospel of "becoming". I know that I am here to, not just do what I know is right, but to become what Heavenly Father wants of me.
If I could summarize the Gospel of Jesus Christ into an idea or two (completely impossible... I don't recommend trying :)...) it would have to be that. Through the Perfect Atonement, we are given an opportunity to be happy, to be made new, and to become more like our Divine Father in Heaven.
Christ cannot change WHO we are if we don't give him everything we have.
In order for us to become, we need to have our DESIRES in line with our ACTIONS. It may be good to read your scriptures every day, but if you're doing it just because it's your duty and it's still a "burden" , something needs to change.
Our agency is the only thing that doesn't belong to the Lord. He asks for us and we are the only ones who are able to GIVE OURSELVES to Him, desires and all.
Christ cannot change WHO we are if we don't give him everything we have.
In order for us to become, we need to have our DESIRES in line with our ACTIONS. It may be good to read your scriptures every day, but if you're doing it just because it's your duty and it's still a "burden" , something needs to change.
Our agency is the only thing that doesn't belong to the Lord. He asks for us and we are the only ones who are able to GIVE OURSELVES to Him, desires and all.
I know that we can all experience this joy. I know that this is the reason we have been given the lives that we have! Let us not waste the time we've been given. Give yourself to Him and allow Him - the Perfect Sculptor - to make a new creation of you.
"Come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him"
I know that we can do it. It's not out of our reach. I love you all and I am right here with you. Trying as hard as i can to be a little better each day. Let's press forward and become who it is our Heavenly Father needs us to be. Look for miracles. As we live the gospel, they are everywhere. I love you so much and don't forget to smile this week :)
Love,
Elder Jacobs
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