well here i am sentado at the computer pooring out my feelings over the miracle
that is E-mail. it was a good week, we continue to work hard and enjoy
ourselves.
on tuesday we had another conference with the a member of
the quorom of the 70 Elder Gavarret. it was really good. he is one of the
heads of the mision department in salt lake. he taught us alot of cool things
about how to work effectively and teach. but one of the things i liked most was
that he told us that in everything we do we just need to trust the lord.
sometimes its hard to get my head around the thought, but when you really think
about it we have no controll over anything. as much as i sometimes dont like to
beleive it, i dont have any power to touch people hearts, or make them change
years of habbits and traditions. regardless of how hard and effective i work, i
cant really make a big difference on my own. Heavenly Father on the other hand
is in charge of everything. He knows every heart personaly, He doesnt need
help in His work, He will do it, and do it perfectly. all i have to do is try
my best to be an effective instrument in His hands to do His will. like i said,
sometimes i forget or have a hard time understanding, but little by little im
changing my thought process. its pretty cool.
well my book of mormon
experience continued this week. like i said last week we gained the confidence
of the counseler (the servents) but we still needed to win the trust and
confidence of the President (the King). in my reading i realized that one of
the secrets of both ammon and aarons success was that the spirit of the lord
worked in both of the kings to convince them of the power of the misionaries, so
i had been praying to have a spiritual experience with the president. on friday
he agreed to go out with us. i was hoping to find some investigators to teach
with him but no one was home, i thought he might want to go back home but he
said lets try a few more, where else can we go. i started thinking and
remembered a less active member who had been fighting with an alcohol problem,
we heard he was drinking again so i said lets find him. we went there and found
him and his wife in the house. we taught with the president and it was such a
spiritualy powerful expierence. President carlos talked about when his son died
and he wanted to go drink, but he wouldnt do it because he knew no good would
come from it. alot of tears were shed (none by me of course). it was crazy.
on sunday he couldnt stop talking about it he told everyone about the great
experience he had going out with the missionaries, and encouraged everyone to do
it. its just like in the book or mormon. how cool huh.
well freak im
already out of time. i wrote a long letter to president marravilla today so i
only had like 20 minutes to write. but its been a good week. we are trying to
focus on opening our mouth and talk to everyone and we are finding alot of
people to teach. i feel like more and more i am becoming completely submerged
in the mission. tommorrow we go to the temple in xela, im so excited. i love
you all. i hope that everyone is good on health, dont be afraid to ask for a
preisthood blessing, they work. have a good week. keep working hard and never
get discouraged with life. be happy, i know i sure am. ADIOS
Elder
Jacobson
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