shop after and i was a little disappointed to hear that the elders out here buy knifes with there JP money... that is money from the church given to us, in my case by peoples tithe money, to help us to do the work... and there are elders buying knifes with it!? Sad. I refuse, I will use it for food and soap and stuff I need. Emailing was weird because I was back to the time limmit but it was good, we had some lessons afterwards, pretty normal day.
Tuesday-Specialized training, I love getting to see the President, the training was really good, grateful for the letters that I got as well, 2 from Kelsey THANK YOU! :) Maisha, Jackie, and Jace. Thanks guys! Training was really good, learned a ton, afterwards we had interviews and i was the very first, so I had to sit around and wait for everyone else to finish right? wrong! there happened to be a basketball there :) The AP has been wanting to see me throw it down since my first day here, so he finally got to see it, in my Pros clothes too! I felt young again when I did it again! did it twice, the second time I threw it down as hard as I could and it hit me in the face afterwards! It felt good, then I played with a few other kids that love the game and we played speed tornado... thunder. WHATEVER ITS CALLED! and it was me and one other elder left and he is good, we kept hitting the shot and running back, hitting the shot and running back, President Durrant walked in and we hit about 9 or 10 in a row, neither of us budging, then finally he missed and it was over, splash! I felt so good
Elder Porter asked me to come play with him at Dixie after the mission, in the middle of playing president came out and grabbed a ball and Elder Porter said to him "Dunk it President! if you do, Elder Jackson will" so he grabbed it and started dribbling and then stopped at the hoop and said "I gotta go" We all sighed, we wanted to see this former BYU star throw it down! after the long meeting which went from 9 am to 9 pm, including driving, we went to dinner at DQ on the way back and I heard some more music form Kesha, I heard Airplanes and "like a g6" it is so weird to hear music!
Wednesday-We had a full schedule today, 9 appointments, almost every one of them fell through... but that's missionary work for ya, we have to stress the patience, its in Preach my Gospel. We went to Juans and Rosas Ramos, for dinner with the English speaking elders which was nice, then we had one more appointment clear out in the middle of nowhere and I had to get out and I cut a HUGE cut in my leg from walking in the bushes, its like a forest out here, I tell you.
Thursday-Played BBall in the morning, it was good, but today was planning day so you know how it is, we are in the Apartment all day, we had an alright session this week. Afterwards we went to the hospital to give a blessing to one of Adolfos friends, Adolfo is crazy! wish you all could meet him NUTS. His friend has bone cancer and we blessed her and her husband, then after (suggestion from adolfo) we held hands in a circle and everyone said a prayer in Spanish, probably the best prayer I have said but still it was weird!
Friday-We went on exchanges, I was with Elder Chauntry, it was a good exchange, I did English work though. I don't like it, I love being a Spanish speaker. So much more fun. We went and checked up on Don, a member who had Eye surgery and we played dominoes with him. Awesome guy! We had dinner with the Presidente and had stuffed crust pizza, presidente and hermana where trying to teach the English elders basic Spanish stuff, it was quite entertaining. We had volleyball and I did much better this week! I also got letters from Maisha and Jay, thanks for the letters guys, i appreciate those who write me, you will probably always be thanked for doing so.
Saturday-ULTIMATE FRISBEE we had it in the morning and the elders are undefeated so this was my first game and we had to keep the streak going, we pulled it off to stay unbeaten! had some crazy catches, I suck at throwing though! so used to the Arobe! After getting back we went out to tract and I felt like crap, biggest head ache ever! we stopped to see maybe because we skipped lunch? and yes it was because that. I felt much better after eating something, we had no luck today, so many Catholics who wont even listen to a little of our message, but again, patience comes into play. We had dinner with the English Elders again but at one of there members houses, way good to NOT have beans and rice for once, I thought I could eat beans and rice every day of my life until I got out on the mission. They were awesome people, asking about girlfriends back at home, of course Elder Drake tells them my nickname. "Dr Mailbags" because I get like 7 cards a week, which I'm so so so grateful for! They were awesome though, good food too. After I was so tired and we had no luck at all.
Sunday-I love Sundays, but I had no energy today, at all, these last 3 days I have had such a hard time not just falling over dead. I go to bed on time every night but I never wake up with the energy I need, help? We had dinner at the Acevados, walk in and they got the Cowboys Rams game on the plasma, OF COURSE! but eh dinner was great, the daughter is about to turn 16 and she reminds me so much of my baby sis, LOVE YOU BERBER! she is an athlete, and she is way cool. She asked about me and sports I played and my family. Afterwards we headed to a lesson with Jose, Ana and Mayra, just a check up, I love these kids, they want to add me on facebook haha, such awesome kids too! Did some less active work, which I am so tired of doing! want to find! want to baptize! that's my week in a nutshell, keep following, keep writing, I love you all so much, I have changed a lot but my love for my family, and EVERY one of my friends out there has not changed one bit! Hasta luego!
Elder Jackson
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