Last week at the CTM!

Feliz Natal família! It´s my last week here at the CTM. Just to clarify that question you had, I might have put the 29th but I meant the 19th. I also might get to call when I´m at the airport next week as well. So if you get a call either really early in the morning or late at night, that will probably be me.    I´m sorry about Uncle Wayne. It´ll be sad not to see him again when I get back. I will have prayers for Aunt Linda. Tell her I´ll work even harder just for her!

Well to start off the past week, nothing much happened. It was kind of our average day at the CTM this past few days. We had proselyting this week though. We didn´t get any contacts though. We talked and said hello to some people but most of them just kept walking or didn´t want to learn more when we did talk to them. I do have to say Elder Stratton and I are progressing far with our investigators. We have both of them committed to being baptized this Saturday and one of them we started to talk about preparing to receive the priesthood. He looked at us and said, ´´Wait, I can do that?`` It was a fun and spiritual lesson. ( I know that these investigators are just our instructors acting different, but they told us that these are real people where they used to serve, so we treat them like real investigators).

I am ready to get out of the CTM. I mean my language half is telling me, NO you still have a lot to learn. But I´m really hyped about going out into the field. I have to say it still gets hard with being home sick. I miss the things I used to love doing so much. I miss holding Oreo. I miss hanging out with my D&D friends. (Especially Hunter, because he was the one person that turned from being one of the people I disliked the most, to being one of the Best people I have ever met outside of my family. Tell him that I really miss hanging out with him). I´m also happy that those guys were happy about getting my old Noodle Swords. It has been a hard December. I think about all the traditions we got to do. I miss putting up the Christmas tree, and listening to all the Christmas songs. But I know that it will be amazing here in Brazil. I hope all of you are having a wonderful holiday season. I can´t wait to see you all on the 25th. I would also like to ask you to do something for me. This holiday season I challenge you to go out and serve someone you think may have challenges in their life. Help them to understand that no matter how hard the times get that they will always feel love from someone. Show them kindness, even give them something. Whatever you feel can help them. 

That´s all I ask for this Christmas. I don´t care if you send me money, or packages. ( I´ll admit that would be nice). But please give it a try. Be happy this Christmas season for me okay. Be kind to one another in the family and to your friends. I´ll also be sending some letters home today, hopefully they get to you before Christmas. Don´t open them until you are all sitting around the Presents on Christmas morning. Read them a loud to one another. Start with Mom and Dad´s first.

I love and miss you all.

Feliz Natal, Merry Christmas!

Elder Jacklin

 

Last trip to the temple before they go to the field.