"Hard" is an important part of life. Accept hard. Work through hard. Make "hard" a challenge that will not beat you.

Helloooo!!


So my mom sent me this picture and asked if I was drowning!!!

MOM!!!! I'm fine!!! The floods are normal. I can't even count the times I have walked in water up to my knees (in the middle of the street) but it's good and makes for great adventures.

 Most of the time, when a flood hits, we go to members' or investigators' houses and ask if we can help bail water out of their houses. They are okay though. Because it happens so often, it's kinda just part of life so they don't get mad or discouraged or anything.. Just tired.

I love these people. They focus on simple things in life like family. They don't need too much to be happy!

Okay, this was an awesome week. 

We had lots of meetings in regard to what is called the iPEACE Interfaith Religion Festival that is being held this week. 

There were 4 zones and 3 stakes involved. What happens is basically all the religions in the surrounding areas come and set up booths and invite everyone to learn - (basically what our wonderful church does every day). We had different zones scheduled for the different days. Central Zone (ours) was yesterday so from 3-9pm we were at Plaza Independencia talking to EVERYONE. 

I can't even explain how tired I was last night.

Cleaning up after the festival

We helped the Assistants take the materials back to the mission office after and then did our best to get home as quickly as we could, but wow... that was a long day. 

And I loved it :)

The streets after the festival. Crazy.

But this week I actually wanted to write a little more specific letter today for those who are planning on serving missions and those who already are. 

About something that I have learned that I can't imagine not understanding as a missionary.  It's all about mission life. 

I was studying a few days ago in Preach My Gospel and found two sentences that got me thinking:

1) "You should not, however, become discouraged; discouragement will weaken your faith. 

2) "When you have done your very best, you may still experience disappointments, but you will not be disappointed in yourself."

Under the topic of "A Successful Missionary", I found these two sentences super super insightful. 

So I did a study on them. When searched in the Topical Guide, "Discouraged" reads "See also Afraid", meaning that these two words are closely related. I thought about it and realized that's so true..

 After being rejected 5 times, naturally, we wouldn't want to try again for fear of just being rejected a 6th time; therefore, we feel discouraged. 

A mission is hard. I don't know how many times I have said that in my emails, but it's so true! The difference here is that we understand that WE NEED TO DO HARD THINGS. We cannot go through our mission or our lives shrinking from HARD things. 

One of my favorite all time scriptures is Section 122 in the Doctrine and Covenants. Verse 7 reads: 

And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness,and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience,and shall be for thy good.

IF WE ALLOW IT, all things will be for our good.

 I then went on to study a little in Alma 26:

Verses 29-30: And we have entered into their houses and taught them, and we have taught them in their streets; yea, and we have taught them upon their hills; and we have also entered into their temples and their synagogues and taught them; and we have been cast out,and mocked, and spit upon, and smote upon our cheeks; and we have been stoned, and taken and bound with strong cords, and cast into prison; and through the power and wisdom of God we have been delivered again.  And we have suffered all manner of afflictions, and all this, that perhaps we might be the means of saving some soul; and we supposed that our joy would be full if perhaps we could be the means of saving some.

I love this. That is my life every single day. Well, I'll be honest.. I haven't been smoted upon (sp?), stoned, or cast into prison. 

As missionaries, we have every reason to be discouraged, but instead, we CHOOSE to have faith. We choose to keep going to find that one soul. It's a choice. And that's where our attitude comes in. One thing I have learned is how in control we are of our own attitudes. So be happy!! Why would anyone not want to be happy?!

This is what I gained in my personal studies: Satan won't be stopping any time soon - what matters is that we start to accept his role in the Plan. We need to stop asking ourselves why these trials or hard things come into our lives. We need to understand their purpose and their importance.

 Brigham Young has an amazing quote that I LOVE!

"Do not imagine that I am in the least finding fault with the Devil. I would not bring a railing accusation against him, for he is fulfilling his office and calling manfully; he is more faithful in his calling than are many of the people."

"Hard" is an important part of life. Accept hard. Work through hard. Make "hard" a challenge that will not beat you.

Disappointment is a negative part of life - especially mission life - but that doesn't mean we let Satan win and let this disappointment negatively affect us. 

I know and have a testimony that Satan is doing exactly what he needs to.

We just need to fulfill our part and prove to our Heavenly Father that we can win the battle. 

I know that each and every one of us has the power to do this. I know that, no matter how hard, boring, or stressful a situation may be on the mission, or in school, or in life, we have the power to control our attitude. 

So let's do it! I know that we have the BEST reason to be happy! We have the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ!! I love it. And I love all of you. Keep on doing what you know you need to be doing... And let's do it with a good attitude :)

Love,

Elder Jacobs

What in the world happened to MY HAIR?

Magandang Tanghali Everyone!!

Haha so my Mom wrote and said "What in the world happened to your hair (or lack of...)

Funny story so I'll share it really quickly.

We went to the hair cutter place (English word?....oh ya....barber) a couple weeks ago... 

Before this, I didn't really like how short they always cut my hair. They call it a 2-4 and it's basically what they just do if you come in and say you want a haircut.

 So this time I got in and he asked what I wanted. I decided to give him more direction.....I answered something along the lines of "definitely NOT a number 2 on the sides". 

So he says okay and starts trimming the top and stuff. Looks good so far. 

Then, he starts on the sides. After about 2 cuts I ask him, "That's not a 2 is it?" and he answers, "no way... 1.5..." 

Ughhhhh hahahahaha I'm not exactly sure what happened in the translation, but he just figured I meant anything short, just not a 2? Not really sure. But I'm alive and never looked more gwapo ;) haha..... It'll grow fast Mom!

Elder Cube on the right...never mind the photo bomber!!

So I want to tell you....my companion is AMAZING!!

 I love Elder Cube! No, not cube. It's like Kobe - as in Kobe Bryant... 

He is such an awesome missionary and I can tell that this is going to be one amazing transfer. 

He speaks Tagalog!! As you may or may not have got from my greeting at the beginning of the letter, I am making him teach me Tagalog! We speak Cebuano here in the mission. 

Tagalog is the National Language so everybody knows how to speak it... except me... yet...but I will soon :)

Elder Cube is a hard worker. The BEST kind of companion to have!

Jessica got baptized almost just as planned! Haha she was supposed to be baptized on Saturday night, but then Bishop asked if we could move it to Sunday morning because there was a Single Adult Activity that night!

So Jessica was fine with it and actually went to the activity in Lahug! She didn't know how to get there, didn't have anyone to go with, but she went anyways! She said it was the most fun she's had and when she got there, it turns out she knew almost everyone!! I love this church! So Sunday morning, before church, she was baptized! So awesome!!

Looking forward to 50 more people cramming on this bus.....

We have an event coming up called "Walk for Peace" in our zone's area. It is a week long celebration of religions. I'm still not exactly sure what we do, but it should be more clear tonight, after we meet with the Mission President! I LOVE planning events. Reminds me of home!!. I do know that we will be having booths and missionaries will be assigned to work so it should be super fun!

This past week I was studying on the subject of Faith. 

I started studying about what it is and how it got introduced to the world in the first place. I realized something interesting. 

In the beginning stages of the world, Adam's posterity had faith in God - however, it is interesting to trace back to the source of their testimonies. 

Adam was the only one (with a few exceptions including Cain) who had a pure and concrete knowledge of God. He walked and talked with God in the Garden of Eden. The Fall did not cause him to lose the knowledge he had. As he started his mortal life, he preached and taught his posterity about God. ALL of the knowledge that these early people had came through the medium of Adam - they heard him teach and believed his words. So, in a sense, their faith was just in the testimony and teachings of one man. 

I was thinking about how much this relates to each and every one of us. Our faith in God - at one point or another - was rooted in the testimony of another person. Maybe our parents. Or maybe that friend who introduced the Gospel to you.

But we have to get to a place where we have faith because of OUR OWN KNOWLEDGE AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES. There is very little power in faith if it is rooted through another person. Our faith has to be our own because of our prayers and experiences with our Heavenly Father, and his Son, Jesus Christ..

 The amazing part of this gospel is that Heavenly Father gives us a way to know for OURSELVES. 

I have been able to experience this first-hand. And you can too. REALLY!! Read the Book of Mormon. Pray to know if it is true. You will get an answer. I know that we can come to know and understand the truth through the medium of the Holy Ghost. I know that, as we do our part, we will be blessed with witnesses and manifestations of truth. I know that we can get to the point in our life where our faith is not rooted in the testimony or teaching of a person, but centered in the Lord himself. I know that this is the first step in order for us to be able to exercise this faith unto Salvation and Exaltation. Let's start now and work on getting our own testimonies.

And now it's time for my delicious dinner........

I love you all soooo much! And miss you all! But I am sooooo happy where I am right now. I love this gift of life. I just pray that more will start to see the big picture and act accordingly. Have an amazing week!! Love you!!!

Love,

Elder Jacobs

I didn't necessarily know exactly what to expect for a birthday on the mission!

HELLO!!! I love you all!

Okay, where do I even want to start......I feel like this past week, I got to taste a little bit more of what the Celestial Kingdom must feel like. It was honestly I think one of the best, if not THE best weeks of my life. 

I LOVE SERVING A MISSION!!

On Friday Hero and Riza Alidon were married!!

We got permission to go with them down to Minglanilia for the ceremony. 

It was done by a judge and Elder Buque and I were asked to be witnesses. That basically means you get to stand next to them during the ceremony and then you sign the license thing after. 

I was SO happy that day. This family has been so patient and so willing to do whatever they need to do in order to be baptized. 

All in all, it was a great day - with an even better day coming next!

Saturday....oh man.....I think it was one of the longest days I've had on the mission. 

Water. Everywhere. Every single day.

Elder Buque and I walked EVERYWHERE and we were just not getting let in ANYWHERE. 

But, it was the excitement we both had for later that night that kept us going. 

We couldn't wait for Hero, Riza, and Anthony to be baptized! 

Seven o'clock comes around and we start the baptism.

 It. Was. Amazing. The spirit was so strong. 

This cute little family of 5 has just truly started down a journey that will literally

change their life for eternity. They know and understand how important it is that they are sealed in the temple one year from now. 

I love my calling. I love being able to share truths that change peoples lives for the better. What is more rewarding than that??

So, I'm not gunna lie, I didn't necessarily know exactly what to expect for a birthday on the mission.....

but if every birthday was like it was Monday, I would be down to have the rest of mine here in the Philippines. 

It was Sister Dreu's (sister in our zone) birthday as well. 

 Little did I know, the other members of my wonderful zone were sneaking in and setting up the other room! Long story short, Sister Dreu and I walk in and there are TWO HUGE CAKES with our names on them sitting on the table and everybody is singing happy birthday!! 

I don't think I've ever really had a cake with my name on it so... that was awesome. 

(This is Mama Jacobs....Jimmy certainly HAS had birthday cakes with his name on them but obviously they were not as memorable!!! Everything is BETTER on a mission!!)

Anyways, we stopped by the mission office to take care of a few things and said a personal happy birthday to President McCurdy as well!

Later on in the day, we actually got invited to Family Home Evening at the Osumo's house. 

They are in the Sikatuna Ward, but I have gotten close with them as well.  We got there and they had COSTCO PIZZA for us to celebrate!! There is a place here called S&R that sells all Kirkland Products as well. That was an amazing surprise. 

Anyways, after that, we got called over to Bishop's house for a quick dinner. Get to the end of dinner and.... Yep! You guessed it.....Another cake with my name on it!!! Okay, am I in Heaven?? I love these people!!! I honestly feel like I'm just at home here. Best. Day. Ever.

 And to top it off, I got mom's package as well!! I LOVE the books. Thank you so much!!! Been reading/studying during all my free time.

We were invited to attend the sealing on Tuesday of a family that Elder Buque taught at the beginning of his mission. They were sealed as a family in the Cebu Temple yesterday. This was by far on of the most spiritually impacting experiences I have had since being here. I cannot begin to explain the feelings I felt yesterday as I saw three little angels dressed in white come to join their parents at the alter. I love this gospel. 

I realized something yesterday and today that really hasn't sunk in for me until now. 

The purpose of being sealed in the temple. Why is that so important?

We are sealed as families in the House of the Lord so that, when we arrive in the Celestial Kingdom, we may claim our family as ours. It is what links this family chain together.

HOWEVER, it does not guarantee us our inheritance in the Lord's Kingdom.  I realized today the important relationship between the two ordinances. The purpose of our personal temple ordinances/covenants is to get us to the Celestial Kingdom. Once there, if we have been sealed as a family, we can claim what is rightfully ours - our family.

Brothers and Sisters! Families! I hope you can feel a little bit of just how much this means to me. It is everything to me. 

I hope that we can all get the point in our life where this Gospel of Jesus Christ becomes REAL. 

There is nothing more real than this, but many people are so quick to forget. We need to slow down and really think about the purpose of our life here on earth. 

I know that the temple is the House of the Lord. It is only within those walls that families are sealed together for eternity. Our loving Heavenly Father wants ALL of us there. I love my family. I am so grateful that I have been blessed with the parents and siblings I have. I know that we will live with each other throughout eternity.

Love you all so much!! Thank you for the birthday wishes! Whoa.. I'm 20.. Weird.

Love,

Elder Jacobs

P.S. Shout out to Sis. Dayley!!! Thanks for taking cake and balloons to my Mom on my birthday! That was awesome! 

Did I just see my MOM???

HeLLoO to all!!

Wow, what a week. This was seriously one of the craziest weeks of my life. Haha I feel like every week I say that; but it's true every week!! We had a great last minute meeting with Elder Shane M. Bowen of the Area Presidency, a wonderful baptism, Stake Conference, and lots of work!

Imagine my surprise when I saw my mom's car over here. For a split second I was homesick...but only for .45 seconds!

What the??? Really??? My MOM is following me???

Last Thursday we had an amazing Cebu Mission Conference with Elder Bowen. It was an unbelievable experience. I felt his strength and dedication and I know he has been called of God to teach the Gospel all over the world.. We had a great workshop on the four topics I mentioned last week. It was fun and enlightening to hear from a general authority the truths of this wonderful gospel. 

A small Army of Helaman....

After the conference, Elder Bowen called a last minute meeting with all of the Zone Leaders.  

We talked for about 2 hours on the keys of the Priesthood and the organization of the Kingdom on Earth - as found in D&C 107 and 124. 

I am so grateful for the pure, simple, straight forward instructions that The Prophet received in relation to building up this true church of Christ. As we were discussing, I couldn't help but marvel at the fact that a young man, Joseph Smith, under the direction of Jesus Christ, put forth the exact order and organization of the church.

Every possible thing that could happen is discussed in these revelations. I can't help but to laugh at the thought that there are so many in the world that say Joseph could have just made this up from his own mind with his third-year elementary school education. 

I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God.

On Friday we held the baptism of Cherrybeth Gantuangco! It was great!! It was even better because her friend and fellowshipper, Gaveriel was able to baptize her. She will be confirmed this upcoming Sunday - due to Stake Conference last week.

Saturday and Sunday we had Stake Conference and Elder Bowen and his wife and President and Sister McCurdy attended. It was so great for our members and investigators to experience.

Last week I mentioned the awesome Family that is going to be baptized soon. Their babag (obstacle? something holding them back?) has been marriage! Hero and Riza have three beautiful little children, but they haven't been legally married yet. 

The Cebu Temple

Elder Buque and I decided to get that fixed this transfer AND.... they have all of their papers ready and signed, they have a wonderful member to sponsor the cost for the judge, and we are all meeting at the church tonight with our Bishopric to discuss what day they can be married. It will be held at the church, but they are so amazing because they 100% understand that the true marriage won't happen until they are sealed as a family in the Cebu Temple in one year! 

I love this gospel!

I had an amazing personal study on what it means in the scriptures when Christ says that He is IN the Father, the Father is IN Him, and that we need to be one IN  Christ as well. 

Many many many people in the world today take this to be literal, however we know and understand that, because both Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have bodies of flesh and bones, it would be impossible for them to literally be inside of one another. 

This is a tactic the Adversary uses to confuse billions of people. If he can get them to create a false image of God in their minds, he's got them. 

We read about something called Divine Nature in 2 Peter 1:4 (the only place you will find those words) as being something we partake of - meaning we put inside of us. When we study about this "Divine Nature," or God's Nature, we learn that it is every characteristic, attribute, and quality of God. 

So, in essence, what I learned was this: As we come to gain these Christlike qualities and become more like Him, we are putting Him inside of us - therefore, becoming ONE in the Father and the Son. I love Moroni 10:32-33 because it literally summarizes the entire theme and purpose of the Book of Mormon in two verses: To "come unto Christ and be perfected IN him." I know that as we do this, we truly will come to know who we really are and what is really waiting for us if we make and keep our part of these sacred covenants. I love the scriptures.

I love the Gospel and I love coconut!

Thank you so much for all those who email every week.

 I really am so grateful to have all of you to support me. I love you all and pray for you all by name every day. 

Let's continue to do all that we can in our individual callings at this time in our life. Let's be happy and let's make others even happier. Promise to make someone - even a complete stranger - happy this week through an act of service. Promise? Good.

Love you!!!

Elder Jacobs

This sign is so funny...it basically is a warning not to "Hang out" there between the hours of midnight and 7am!!

Hahahahaha....don't worry about the dog....

You have no idea how your gift of reading glasses answered prayers!!

Hello to all the coolest people in the world! (2nd to the Filipinos, of course...)

I literally cannot express my feelings right now. I think I might be breaking mission rules because I feel like I just emailed all of you like yesterday. It is the next week, right? This week has FLOWN by and I don't know what's going on!!! Missions are crazy.

First of all, I want to thank ALL of those who gave reading glasses for my mom to send. You have no idea how many prayers have already been answered just because of your huge desire to give a simple pair of glasses. 

I actually want to share one story really quickly.. 

Elder Buque and I have an investigator right now whose name is Sunny. He is about 45 years old and he and his wife really weren't progressing at all - until this week! 

Literally, the day after I received that package of reading glasses last week, we visited them and taught another lesson on the Book of Mormon. The first thing out of their mouths were, "I can't read, my eyes are bad." I immediately thought of ALL OF YOU and I was so grateful that I had put a pair of glasses in my bag earlier that morning... Don't you love how the Spirit works? 

Anyways, after explaining some things, I let him try on the glasses. He said it was magic.. That everything was clear on the page. 

We had a great lesson and at the end, I did my best to help him see that the glasses didn't come from me, but from his Heavenly Father. His Heavenly Father wants him to be happy and to do what he needs to do to understand this wonderful message. I told him he could have the glasses and there is no payment necessary except to commit to follow our Savior, Jesus Christ. Sunny had never been to church.....until he walked into the chapel this last Sunday. 

I am so grateful for all of you and for the love that you have shown the people I am working with. I am so grateful for my Heavenly Father and his watchful, loving eye that keeps us doing what we need to do. I gave out the rest of the glasses from that package to my zone. I advised each companionship to have one pair of glasses at all times. I know miracles will continue to happen in this zone and it's because of you! I love missionary work.

On Saturday, our stake - Central Stake - had their Youth Roadshow!!!

We told the zone that they would be able to attend if they kuyoged (accompanied?) an investigator. It was so awesome!! 

Our ward got 2nd place overall, but first place in almost every other minor category. It brought back so many memories of our Roadshows!! 

I would LOVE to work with the youth of this church. They are such examples to all of us.

 

 

We also had one of our investigators, Cherry,

We keep very careful records.

be interviewed Saturday night for her baptism this Friday!! She is 28 and is a great example of a determined daughter of God set on making her life the best it can be. We have a few other baptisms coming up as well, but we are still finalizing some marriage plans for a young couple before they can get baptized. I love working with these amazing people. 

We also had an opportunity this last Monday to go on exchanges with our District Leader, Elder Musgrave. He is from Gilbert, Arizona. I worked with him and it was amazing. 

I am so grateful and feel so humbled in the work I am doing right now as a Zone Leader I am so humbled and grateful to be able to work side by side with the quality and caliber of missionaries that we have here. 

My companion, Elder Buque, is phenomenal and I have learned so much from him every day. I love opportunities to go on splits with our DL's because, although technically I am supposed to be training them, I have learned more from them than they could ever learn from me.

Someone lives here.

The past few days, in preparation for a conference we are having tomorrow with Elder Bowen (Area Presidency), I have been studying four topics: 

The Baptismal Covenant, The House of Israel, The Abrahamic Covenant, and The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood. They are each individually AMAZING studies, I highly recommend the adventure ;) 

Today I focused on the phrase "Many are called, but few are chosen." 

I realized that, even though we are all adopted into the House of Israel when we are baptized and confirmed, we  we are called, but not yet chosen for Exaltation. I love Matt. 22:1-14, Alma 5:37-38, and D&C 105:35. 

I know that Jesus Christ calls each and every one of us. Those not baptized are called to be baptized in the true church. Those baptized are called to go to the temple and make covenants with God. Those who have made the covenants already, are called to continue on in faith and righteousness unto the fulfilling of their covenants. 

I know that, no matter how you feel, Christ is ALWAYS calling out to YOU. Let us all answer the call and be worthy of Exaltation.

I love you all soooo much! I know that I am doing the right thing. 

Sometimes it's hard for us to know with 100% surety that our walk of life is pleasing to our Heavenly Father but I can testify that if we are doing our best every day in the things we know we need to do, in all obedience, we can be confident before the Lord. I hope we will all continue to experience this confidence in the presence of our Savior, Jesus Christ. 

Keep on serving others and making sure that they are as happy as you :)

Love you!!

Elder Jacobs

As for me...I am feeling good and strong and don't want anyone at home worrying about me one little bit.

Hello All!!

First and most importantly.... thank you ALL who joined us in fasting and prayer this last Sunday. I truly felt the power of prayer and know the entire mission did as well. 

A quick update: Elder Ngungutau is doing GREAT! Everything worked out with his donor and he is recovering very well! He was released from the hospital two days ago and even did a little light work this week, showing his true desire to serve. He had Dengue Fever.

As for me...I am feeling good and strong and don't want anyone at home worrying about me one little bit.

After being in the jungle for six months,I now feel like I am

in New York or something. There are areas here in Cebu where the city is HUUUUGE. It really feels weird... haha

These primary kids in the picture on the left were practicing for the primary program that is coming up! I can't wait. It is going to be awesome.

This week we had our ZTM (Zone Training Meeting). That's where the Zone leaders  (Elder Buque and I) relay the information that was given to us by the Mission President to the missionaries in our Zone.

 It went really well and I am glad to get my first ZTM out of the way! We Taught and discussed the doctrine of obedience and the doctrine of Adversity.

This Wednesday we ate at a member's house!

They are awesome and the food was delicious! It is such a wonderful thing when members welcome us into their homes.

 I love the Spirit we felt there. We were able to teach a short lesson after dinner.

    John is 8 and his older siblings are all baptized. 

We had three (3) baptisms in our Zone last Saturday!!

This little guy was pretty excited about getting baptized! He is doing the "I'm getting baptized" dance! Of course, we joined him in that little jig!

 

John's older brother baptized him. Pure JOY!

In the morning on Tuesday, the sister missionaries in our zone called and said their stove was broken and it was "about to explode" which caught our attention.... We got there as soon as possible and........

Their left burner wasn't working... Hahahah sisters.... 

Anyways, we traveled to the mission office to pick up a replacement stove and got that situated in their apartment.

AND yesterday I think I had one of the oddest days I have ever experienced on my mission. Just read:

1) We came across a urinal. 

Sorry for the visual........i know...you want to vomit.....

On a wall.     In the middle of a not-so-populated street.      Many people will casually just stop and take a bathroom break in the middle of their journey or errands. How convenient............

2) We were walking on a VERY-well-populated street - the highway - and I noticed a very very old nanay (grandma) walking behind an electrical box type thing... She didn't even make it all the way behind before she pulled down her pants and started..   ????? going to the bathroom I'm guessing? 

Not too sure seeing as I looked away as soon as humanly possible. Umm... Yea.

3) I think this is my favorite...... 

We were at our investigators' house last night and Elder Buque was trying to teach a lesson.

Little Hiza (10 months old) who wasn't wearing her diaper at the time walked in and peed on the ground. But really?? Who can blame her? She's 10 months old!! 

We thought that was it, but then she walked over to Elder Buque and basically pooped on Elder Buque's foot. Hahahhahahahahaahahaha he was just sitting there and then randomly yells, "NAGPOOP SIYA! Nagpoop siya sa akong foot!" 

Hahahahaha it was awesome. I was dying from laughing so hard. Ahhhh memories for a lifetime.....

I'm sorry for the bathroom related humor... But it was an interesting day. It all happened in one day!

Anyways...back to serious stuff....Again, I am so grateful for the prayers of all those who helped this past week. I am so happy to be here on the mission and know that it has eternal benefits that I can only begin to understand. 

We all can do better at being obedient in the situation we are in right now! For me, it's the calling of a missionary, but it is different for all of us. Do your best, know you are accountable, and I can promise you that you will feel the confidence and trust the Lord will put in you.

I Love you!!!

Elder Jacobs