Transfer to Royal City!

Well Elder Jacobson is on the move finally and just in time before my green stickers run out on the count down chart! I think he will be OK with the move after some comfort from his sippy cup! Sorry on to his email...

A farewell to la ciudad
Mom,
Thanks for the email. I know a little bit of what you mean as you grow more and more spiritually weary of your calling as RS president, the Lord will support you as you endure to the end of the calling. I felt like that a bit in this area which hasn't been as successful as originally anticipated, as far as baptisms. President Clark told me four weeks ago that I would be staying in Spokane with another native so I had planned on staying. Only this past week I started questioning whether or not I could continue to endure the lack of progressing investigators, the wavering recent converts, and the overwhelming pressures of working in Spokane. I've given everything I've got to these people but not much has come from it. I've killed myself working with the recent converts, but none are as strong as they were, the size of the branch and the recent influx of distraction has debilitated the fulfilment of home teaching, leaving recent converts to allow themselves to fall into apathy as well, despite our daily effort to strengthen them. Basically I was in the midst of the wrestling match but I was falling behind, I would stay forever if I had to, but I was looking for a tag team.
The Lord in his wisdom is changing things in Spokane. The Lord tagged teamed Elder Oliver to take my place in Spokane, and I know that his fresh energy will be able to continue to allow this place to grow. Spokane will certainly be on the ups this summer. As for me, I'm going to Royal City, which is a bit smaller than Warden (Ben's first area), and only an hour away from there. I'm getting a native Mexican companion who has only been out one transfer so I'm "second training," as it is called. I'll be the district leader over there so we'll see how that goes. Elder Cunningham who was in the MTC with me is the new Zone Leader and in our district so I'm pretty excited. I feel I received the experiences in Spokane which I needed most, and now this place is going to explode, and Royal City is just another name for the New Jerusalem if you ask me.
So I leave tomorrow. I'll keep you posted on the work in Spokane as well.
Thanks for your support mom. I love you. Send any letters to the mission home for I do not yet know the address in Royal City.
Farewell Spokane; thanks for the memories, it truly was an honor.
Love you
-Elder Jacobson

Dad,
I'm going to Royal City. also known as royal slope. Don't even bother looking on the map for it I'm pretty sure it can't be found. It's smaller than small and there claim to fame is the apple orchards.
Apparently the work is going incredible out there so I'll try not to mess it up too bad. I'm finally going back to "the zone" where all the Spanish elders are except for us too. It'll be a pretty big change but I'm excited for it. Something I'm really excited for is to go on an exchange in Warden (Ben's first area) because it's in our district! That will be sweeter than sweet.
No body came to church yesterday, as far as investigators, so it was another bummer week, I tried to finish strong but the Lord wants to try me to the very end. So be it, if it's what I need.
I don't hesitate to say I gave this place everything I had. It's a good thing we were in a car otherwise I would have killed myself with physical and spiritual stress. the spiritual stress was enough that I didn't need the physical.
Love you dad.
-Elder Jacobson