Dad,
Things in Othello are going legit. The sister missionaries in our ward have been working some intense miracles, so Our ward is on fire, and pretty much everyone is really excited. My only fear is that in two weeks they will mandarme de aqui. I hope to stay but it's in the Lord's hands now. It's almost set in stone that my companion and I will be split up though.
So the next planned baptism we have won't be until early April, the weekend after conference. we say it's to give the ward a break because between us and the sisters since the beginning of the year there has only been four weekends without any baptisms, and a few weekends with multiple. The choir director was getting a little desperate to have choir practice since the baptisms replace the choir practice time so we figured we'd let them practice. joke, but we certainly have seen a lot of miracles, and they haven't stopped by any means.
So hopefully things in Utah are going well, the weather is great here which is actually annoying because they won't allow us to take our benditos suit coats off until after conference, so we have to suffer two more weeks.
Well it was good hearing from you dad. Thanks for all you do and for your good example to me.
-Elder Jacobson

Dad,

This week was legit. Actually it was slow, but it was legitified on Sunday evening by two things: first, the sun didn't go down until seven thirty which was awesome. We survived the winter where the sun goes down by four fifteen! and second, and more importantly. Oscar was baptized at five o clock. He was baptized by his brother in law Francisco, who was baptized this last valentines day, and his sister Marisol (was baptized with her husband Fransisco a month ago) gave a powerful talk. So powerful that the bishops mouth was left wide open in shock.

Other than that the miracles keep coming each week, the trials of faith still occur, however these last two and a half transfers with Elder Reyes have really helped me raise my faith, and my vision in what the Lord can do, when two are dedicated to one cause, and do it without fear. Most of the people we teach our from southern Mexico, focused in Guerrero, and some from Jalisco and Michoacan, though there are people from Guatemala and other parts of Mexico as well. There are a couple south Americans in the ward as well. Pretty much everyone comes here to work. If there was money in their towns they would have stayed there, but most are from tiny towns with terrible schools/living situations so they have no knowledge/skills so there is no way to make money if they were to leave their impoverished town, so they come here. For those with vision, it usually works out, for those without vision most of their money is just wasted on booze so no progress is made. All of the mixteco people are super short, I'm pretty sure that most of the woman are legal midgets. its kind of funny to stand next to them.

I heard about the earthquake as our ward mission leader's wife was right in the middle of it. In her town, where she went to visit most of the deaths have occurred. But her and her family are doing well, definitely a miracle.
Things in Othello are legit. Keep praying for our people, thank you very much. This weekend we should see a young boy be baptized who has been waiting for about a year and a half since he turned 8. His mom was flaky, but now she is catching the vision, as well as her non member husband. More to come on that, so he should be baptized this weekend. Alvaro. I just love Othello, the area, the stake, pretty much everything about it. I'd be content staying in this area for the rest, but I think the Lord may have other things in store for me, and if so, I trust that they will be bomb. I love the mission; need the mission. Miracles are a daily occurrence and my anxiety for Othello is scarcely contained. Stake conference proved to be a family reunion for me as I knew the people from 6 of the 11 units (wards and branches) plus people here and there from exchanges. The Warden people even remembered me still, though I'm not sure how, it was a while back since I was there, but not that long ago.
I love the Othello stake. It feels like my home stake now, I certainly know the people better here than I ever did in my own stake.
Love,
Elder Jacobson