April 6

Mother,
Josh will be fine, he will just have to learn how to rely on the Lord in an incredibly different way than he did on his mission. He'll be having experiences completely new to any of us, and he'll be fine. Good man that brother of mine.
I know what you mean when you say that the more you pray for miracles the harder things get. That's just a test the Lord lays down to see how serious you are about getting these miracles. March of Miracles was a tough month because there were few instant miracles, most of the miracles are still developing and we will see the harvest with time, in this Astonishing April.
So two nights in a row we had really powerful lessons. Last week when we taught about the Book of Mormon the Spirit was so undeniably strong and I have no doubt that Jorge (the investigator) felt it two. The next week we taught him again and we felt the same spirit; each time time I had to fight back tears. Then last night this guy was reduced to tears when we talked about the atonement and it's ability to free us from guilt and shame. He's ready for the atonement to free him from his past.
Mom thanks so much for the support and the weekly emails. I appreciate all you do for me. This month is going to be a good one. Love the Mission. Love you Mom.
-Elder Jacobson
D y C 31

Dad,

Quick, hook me up with advice on training a new missionary.
Everything is going good in Spokane, we are looking forward to a very wet April 11, as of right now one is scheduled, but we want to get 7... it'll take a miracle.
hopefully we get some funny stories with the greenie so I'll hook you up with them.
Elder Davila and I have a bad habit of having eating competitions, which I almost always win even though he's 40 pounds more than me. Our last competition was curry. It made me sicker than sick, I think it gave me the flu, I could hardly see straight or walk straight. Luckily I was given the strength to still deliver my talk in church. Whom the Lord calls he qualifies.

My greenie is whiter than white, but he speaks OK Spanish, he just can't understand any of the natives yet. Things are going well though so far.
He hasn't tried to lay down to study though, they get you out of that habit in the mtc.
We had a tough week as far as current visual success, but we did find 5 new investigators that should produce something, if not I'll be extremely disappointed.
I will just assume that you sent me an email but it didn't work. I just have a question, can Josh read his email?
Hopefully you're enjoying being an empty Nester, crazy how time flies right? So we had some amazing lessons this week and I think my testimony of the Book of Mormon multiplied by about 100. The spirit and feelings which enveloped my soul as I bore testimony of the Book of Mormon are undeniable.
It was a feeling that I had never before felt; it's an indescribable feeling. The Book of Mormon is true. I'm excited to go tell more people about it.
Thanks for everything Dad, I love you. keep up the good work.
-Elder Jacobson
1 Nephi 1:1