Mom,It made me trunky to move to Mexico when I saw you're picture. You should go to Cuba next, you'll like them too.
I'm glad you enjoyed the trip. We'll go down there one day too.
Everything here with us is going good. I hope you had a nice trip. I can't even remember where you went. Maybe I'm a bad listener or something. Or bad reader. It's true though I'm not as good grammatically when I write in English any more, you should see how many times I have to hit the back space.
So on the 14 we will be having a baptism of Andres from Yucatan Mexico. He's a great guy and he even gave me a yucateco shirt, authentic. It's awesome and I look more guapo than guapo in it.
So I decided that March would be named "March of Miracles." Well the miracles began a little bit too early as on Wednesday we received a call from a man from Cuba who was baptized 7 years ago, but hadn't been to church in a year, he wants us to talk to his brother about the Church. When we told this guy, Mario, about the Spanish branch he decided that he wanted to get involved in the church again, he told me, "Elder Jacobson, I will see you Sunday at the Church, and I will bring my brother so you can meet him." It was pretty awesome. His brother has only been in America for 2 months but Mario has been here for like 10 years. It was awesome, we didn't do anything and were suddenly given a golden investigator. Mario even signed up to feed us on the calender.
Miracle number two (again, before March began): I silently prayed for a miracle because I was getting discouraged about our investigators, and not five minutes later a mysterious phone call came from a lady explaining to us that she had given a Book of Mormon to a family one year early. Alas, the parents had not read it, but the 13 old boy read it cover to cover, and he wants to be baptized. Too bad that was just coincidence, that couldn't have been a miracle. We get mysterious phone calls like that all the time.... yeah right, give me a break. So pretty much we are going to try to get the whole family, and this 13 year old kid is going to play a big role. It's good to have God on our side to give us miracles otherwise we'd pretty much be stinkin it up over here.
-Elder Jacobson
Alma 26:22
Miracle number two (again, before March began): I silently prayed for a miracle because I was getting discouraged about our investigators, and not five minutes later a mysterious phone call came from a lady explaining to us that she had given a Book of Mormon to a family one year early. Alas, the parents had not read it, but the 13 old boy read it cover to cover, and he wants to be baptized. Too bad that was just coincidence, that couldn't have been a miracle. We get mysterious phone calls like that all the time.... yeah right, give me a break. So pretty much we are going to try to get the whole family, and this 13 year old kid is going to play a big role. It's good to have God on our side to give us miracles otherwise we'd pretty much be stinkin it up over here.
-Elder Jacobson
Alma 26:22
Dad,
I agree about the going down there again, but not on a cruise. Too expensive, too American, but still fun. It would be superior to go through Mexico, or to Cuba, or to South America or something. How sweet would that be? I believe we're in accord that it would be sweeter than sweet.
Yes we have a baptism the 14 of March, see mom's email for more details.
It's been pretty rainy here which is good because I like the rain, beats the snow at least. Even though I like snow more just not as a missionary. I'm getting pretty pumped for Spring, and for The March of Miracles. This month is going to be packed with them. Hurrah for Israel! I hope that I stay in Spokane for like 6 more months. How could I leave this place. Plus it makes us feel cool to think that we are the only Spanish missionaries out side of the Columbia Basin, which means that Warden is the closest place with other Spanish Missionaries, which means that's how big our area is.
I'm glad you put in the point about how if you trust the Lord to help you then he will. I actually had the same thought the other day. We're on the Lord's errand (not just missionaries but members of the church in general, no matter the calling), so we shouldn't just hope for miracles, we should expect them. Has the day of miracles ceased? if it has it's because you're faith has ceased. As Elder Holland puts it, "if you have to call down angels to do it, THEN CALL THEM DOWN!" I wish I had caught that vision before, and I hope that I never lose it.
A member opened my eyes the other day as we retaught the doctrine of "return and report." In my mind it was broken down as a bishop has 50 hours of work to do every week, and the more hours that other people spend, it takes that much away from the bishops load. Basically, if the bishop could, he would visit every family, but he can't, so he relies on home teachers. If he could, he would collect fast offerings, but he can't, so he relies on the deacons. If he could he would make his schedule as effective as possible, but he can't so he relies on his Secretary.
Another example, if the mission president could he would preach the gospel to the entire mission, but he can't, so he relies on the missionaries. If these people don't return and report then things could get done more than once or not at all. It's like a giant pyramid going back to the Lord, or like we are in a vineyard. Thus it doesn't matter where you are assigned to labor, but that you do you're best because you are working in place of the Lord. Whether you're the prophet or a home teacher it doesn't matter, because we're in the same vineyard with the same goal. we must each do our part to have success.
For some reason I had never realized that before. Thus, I thank you for always saying, "when you're done, return and report," when you were making us do chores or something. Although I found that rather obnoxious and I figured you said it to keep us in bondage of escaping the labor, I thank you for teaching me that eternal truth.
Love you Dad.
-Elder Jacobson
Helaman 5:19
I agree about the going down there again, but not on a cruise. Too expensive, too American, but still fun. It would be superior to go through Mexico, or to Cuba, or to South America or something. How sweet would that be? I believe we're in accord that it would be sweeter than sweet.
Yes we have a baptism the 14 of March, see mom's email for more details.
It's been pretty rainy here which is good because I like the rain, beats the snow at least. Even though I like snow more just not as a missionary. I'm getting pretty pumped for Spring, and for The March of Miracles. This month is going to be packed with them. Hurrah for Israel! I hope that I stay in Spokane for like 6 more months. How could I leave this place. Plus it makes us feel cool to think that we are the only Spanish missionaries out side of the Columbia Basin, which means that Warden is the closest place with other Spanish Missionaries, which means that's how big our area is.
I'm glad you put in the point about how if you trust the Lord to help you then he will. I actually had the same thought the other day. We're on the Lord's errand (not just missionaries but members of the church in general, no matter the calling), so we shouldn't just hope for miracles, we should expect them. Has the day of miracles ceased? if it has it's because you're faith has ceased. As Elder Holland puts it, "if you have to call down angels to do it, THEN CALL THEM DOWN!" I wish I had caught that vision before, and I hope that I never lose it.
A member opened my eyes the other day as we retaught the doctrine of "return and report." In my mind it was broken down as a bishop has 50 hours of work to do every week, and the more hours that other people spend, it takes that much away from the bishops load. Basically, if the bishop could, he would visit every family, but he can't, so he relies on home teachers. If he could, he would collect fast offerings, but he can't, so he relies on the deacons. If he could he would make his schedule as effective as possible, but he can't so he relies on his Secretary.
Another example, if the mission president could he would preach the gospel to the entire mission, but he can't, so he relies on the missionaries. If these people don't return and report then things could get done more than once or not at all. It's like a giant pyramid going back to the Lord, or like we are in a vineyard. Thus it doesn't matter where you are assigned to labor, but that you do you're best because you are working in place of the Lord. Whether you're the prophet or a home teacher it doesn't matter, because we're in the same vineyard with the same goal. we must each do our part to have success.
For some reason I had never realized that before. Thus, I thank you for always saying, "when you're done, return and report," when you were making us do chores or something. Although I found that rather obnoxious and I figured you said it to keep us in bondage of escaping the labor, I thank you for teaching me that eternal truth.
Love you Dad.
-Elder Jacobson
Helaman 5:19
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