MARTES-I woke up and had some awesome studies this morning, wasnt way tired like i am usually, so i was happy about that, We went tracting and as we headed back to the car to head to dinner we heard a scream and some guy came running out of his house saying "HEY HEY come in here lets talk about Joseph Smith!" So we both walked in and thought for sure he was going to bash with us, but his mom is a member and his sister too! So he wants to change his life. We left for dinner and had cat fish chips, really really good! We visted some people like Cassie and Alfonzo and Jose, Ana and Mayra. Then we ended with Poletas at La Michoacana!
MIERCOLES-We had District meeting today and i gave a training to the district on using the scriptures, it was really good and we have a new elder in the district, Elder Parker, ALSO from Sandy Utah, so now we have 3 elders from sandy in our district, Elder Parker is a beetdigger as well, he says he thinks he has seen me before at a basketball game or something, I told him it probably was me. We had hemphill BBQ, best BBQ in the world! might fly back here just for that. We headed back
home and went on exchanges, i went with Elder Chantry, went and visited Don and played a bit of cards and then headed to a lesson with a girl who i talked to on the phone right when i got the new phone before heading out east. Great lesson, Sherry is her name, very open as well. Had a good exchange.
JUEVES-HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!! My favorite holiday of the year, it was a good one, a time to be thankful for everything you have in this life, so all those who complain about things? or dont really have a good reason to be down? SMILE! you have so much to give thanks for, be glad your breathing and living here! We had a turkey bowl in the morning, a lot of fun, played some more
yaka puk! Went and played volleyball with the ward and went to alfonzos to teach the word of wisdom before dinner, also stopped by Jose, Ana and Mayra to wish them a happy thanksgiving! I was pretty tired all day today but happy as could be. We went to dinner and it was pretty good, for a mexican culture trying to do thanksgiving it was pretty good, first time I have had spagettii on thanksgiving?
It was good, after we played a game, we had a football with "bendiciones" written on it, which is spanish for blessings, and we tossed it around and shared what we were gratefull for in our lives, the spirit was so strong there and well... im just so grateful for everything i have for my awesome friends that support and write me, for my amazing family that send me stuff and letters, for My mom and Dad and their amazing support in what im doing, and the fact that even if i was doing the wrong things right now, they would still love me. Grateful for Aubrey, Austin, Amber, Adam, Aric, April, Zoey! I love my family and its happiness that cant be exceeded by any item in a store, or any amount of fame or cash. I'm gratefull for my savior, for with out what he has done, this life would have no purpose. For the gospel in my life and the impact it has had on me. Alma 34:38 is one of my favorite scriptures, i encourage you to look it up because it helps us realize we have so much to be thankful for. Good thanksgiving, way good day. So happy!
VIERNES-We headed over to the Bueses for left over turkey, for lunch. They invited us over for Christmas eve, they want to cook a goose! They are awesome, we got back and did half of our planning and headed out for the day to visit people and invite to the fiesta de Thanksgiving we had that night with the rama, it was a really fun party and more food, i ate a good amount. We went and played Yaka puk after again, the game is a addicting! And i know that the Davises would be proud of this one, its just like phase 10 and i played phase ten last pday!
SABADO-We went and played football in the rain and the mud, i came back soaked and with mud all over haha, it was so worth it though, a ton of fun and the weather was perfect. Checked mail and I got my new ipod today, awesome, thank you so much mom and dad for that, i love the pictures that are on there of my friends and family. We went to dinner and had Cicis pizza, first time for me. We taught the restoration to them and headed to the Guerreros, taught them it as well! and she went off about the Virgin Mary... she seems to believe that the Virgin Mary is more important than Jesus Christ. It was really bad, the more she talked about the catholic church and its history... hard to understand why anyone would go to that church, but we showed love like we always should and after the English Elders came over and... more yaka puk!
DOMINGO-Good sabbath day today, Alfonzo came today, i blessed the sacrament today and got a compliment from presidente on my Spanish, we had dinner with the Acevedos after and then headed to some lessons we had, we stopped at Ronnies house (crazy guy who came out yelling at as on Tuesday) and set a date for Christmas eve, how cool would that be if we get to baptize on Christmas eve!!! I love this work, hope you enjoyed the blog this week, getting closer to calling home and talking with the fam, so so excited! Love you all, keep following, keep writing!
Elder Jackson
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