Wow, I have never felt so tired in all of my mission. Branchs are really hard to work with, its because everyone is new in the church and we have to do everything, but it was still an amazing week.
So to start things off, we had our Zone Meeting this week. Were thinking about calling the zone the Zone of Giants or something like that, because we have the three tallest Elders in the mission, which is first, me of course, then Elder Kump, that other really tall american, and then our Zone Leader Elder Medeiros. So we literally have high spirits here in our Zone if you get my point. Well we do have high spirits as well. But we have a super awesome Zone and it is going to be super hyped this transfer.
So I thought that I would take this moment really fast to talk a little bit about my area, since I didnt really say anything last week. So for those of you who dont know, Sape is a city in the middle of our mission. Like it is dead-center in the mission. Its not a big city like Joao Pessoa or Campina Grande, but its more of a country city, or its more of a town really. It is full of super receptive people. The people here are super awesome, it is really easy to start up a conversation with someone here. Its a town that needs the gospel of Jesus Christ in it. This place is where all the missionaries in the mission dream of going and I am very lucky to be able to be here. This will probably be my last area in the mission, I dont know, but I will enjoy my time here in the area.
So some things that happened this week, lets count them down.
So we are teaching a lot of people right now. So many people, we are running around everywhere, it is super tiring. One person that we are teaching right now. He has a problem with smoking. His name is L. We are trying to help him stop with his addiction, but he loves the church, he wants to follow the teachings of the church, but he is a little lazy in going and keeping committments. But we will try to work with that.
Next we have two boys that we are working with right now. We might be cutting them this week. They were baptized, but were not confirmed, and we have been trying to get them to come to chruch so we can confirm them, but they keep on trying to get away from us everytime we visit. So well see what happens with them.
We are teaching a recent-convert right now. His name is F Jr. He was baptized in the church, but he hasnt been coming for a little while. He believes that the church is the only true church here on the earth, but he still wants to go to the other church that he was visiting before. So we are trying to get him to pray about what church he needs to go to and which one he needs to leave behind. So we will see what will happen with him this week.
So... my goodness there are a lot of people. So someone I was able to meet on Saturday is actually two people. Lu and S. So these people have been really interested in the church. Unfortunately they didnt get out to church yesterday, because of the rain we have been having, but they are amazing. Lu has so many questions and it is super awesome to talk with her and see what the knowledge of the gospel does to her. We were able to teach the Plan of Salvation to her as well as part of the Ordinances and she loved the fact that she can help her ancestors with their ordinances. I think she will progress immensely.
One more person we got to meet this week is a woman named N. She is super interested in the church and was able to visit yesterday. She loved it a lot. She was so excited to see the church and she told us that she will come more to visit and learn. She is probably going to progress a lot in the gospel.
So another cool thing that happend this week was that I had the opportunity on my first sunday in the branch to give a talk. My talk was on Sacrifices and the blessings that come from them, and how it is necessary for us to make sacrifices, because if we dont have the will to make sacrifices we wont be able to show our faith to Christ. If we were not required to make sacrifices, we would not be able to have the faith to enter into the kingdom of God. So that is just a little bit about my talk. But yeah, so that was a cool experience. We had 12 investigators at church which was another win as well.
So that about raps up with my investigators and these are the ones that I was able to visit this week. But there are still a lot more out there in the area that I need to visit. But it is going to be hyped this next week!
So I also will take the time to talk a little more in depth about my companion. So as you all know from my last email, his name is Elder Larson. He has 9 months in the mission. Hes one of the Elders that I have always wanted to be companions with. He and I have many similar attributes, we love to do many of the same things. Hes a super funny guy and is always super hyper and exciting. We laugh a lot here in the house. We also have two other Elders with us here in our area. Elder Alfonso, who has 21 months in the mission. He will probably end his mission here in Sape, he only has one more transfer after this one. He is super awesome and a legend in the mission, so I am super excited to be with him. Then we have my nephew Elder Degel he is the son of my brother Elder Hansen who was also trained by Elder Goodwin. Elder Degel only has 5 months in the mission, but the way he works makes him look like he has way more time than that. He is super awesome as well. All of us in the house have the same likes, so we all get along pretty well. This will probably be the best house I have passed in the mission.
Well everyone, that about does it for the week. I dont have much else to say. I love you all and hope you all have a great week! Until next week everyone! Falou!
Elder Jacklin
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