Sorry about last week everyone!

Hey everyone, I´m sorry that I forgot to write this email. It completely slipped my mind because I decided to write personal emails. But that last week was about the same as every week I sent, work was relaxed, we baptized another person, and transfers happened as you guys saw in my pictures, which I will send more in a seperate email from this one.

Anyway this week was awesome in my new area. This area is perfect for me. It´s huge! It´s like walking from my house to Orem everyday to work. It´s about 20km because our area is the richest part of Paraíba and a place that we can work is what I said in distance. It´s large. But our work had many fruits this week. We made I think 8 new investigators and we confirmed a man named Bruno and baptized a woman named Jessica. It was a really good week this week and the next will be even better. Well that´s all, I´ll leave my Scripture for the week. They have been scriptures that have helped me a lot, and I know if you guys really study them you can recieve amazing blessings. 

They´re 2 Nephi 32:9 and Mark 6:36 Tchau para tudo, eu vou mandar estes fotos em algumas minutos, eu tenho muitos!

Élder Jacklin

Today at the Chapel

Baptism of G

My New Area (Alti Plano)

The Joy that is in my heart for this past week is beyond my Comprehension!

Wow! This week was awesome! It started out a little week though because at the start of the week we had a Game of the World Cup and a Zone Conference after so we couldn´t get much done at the start of the week. All in all, it still came out with a bang. The Miracles that happened at the end of this past week were amazing! We had so much success, we were on our knees begging the night before that we could at least get one of our investigators to come to church, and I know with out a doubt especially now, that God always answers our prayers in Faith. We came into the Sacrament Hall and we had 9 investigators there! The joy that I had was beyond my comprehension. I was so happy. I almost fell to the ground because of it. To add on to that miracle. Is that we recieved 8 references after that, and one of them we talked to and marked to visit tomorrow. She is so awesome! It added even more to my joy. We also prior to Sunday had a Baptism on Wednsday. We unfortunately weren´t able to confirm him but we will get that done this coming Sunday! After all of this and when we got back to the House yesterday I fell on the floor because I was so overcome with joy, I testify that Miracles do exist, they did not cease with the Apostles of Old, they continue on as long as we have the Faith and kneel down before God always. I have a Scripture I´d like to share for this week. It´s Alma 22:16 and it says;

16 But Aaron said unto him: If thou desirest this thing, if thou wilt bow down before God, yea, if thou wilt repent of all thy sins, and will bow down before God, and call on his name in faith, believing that ye shall receive, then shalt thou receive the hope which thou desirest. 

I love this scripture a lot. It is something that has helped me a lot this past week, or since Friday when I read it. It is when Aaron is teaching the Father of King Lamoni and he wants to know a specific thing that Ammon said unto him. And Aaron told him that if He would bow himself down unto God, or as I studied it. If you will kneel down in Faithful, Sincere, and Humble Prayer before God. Asking and also begging for forgivness of all your misdeads. Then asking in Faith for the things that you desire, believing on the name of the Lord and having Faith in Him unwavering. He will grant unto you that desire that you wish for. I know that this is true. I have witnessed the Miracle of it this past week. It has been an amazing comfort to me my companion and our work. I know that these things are true without any doubt in my Heart. I know that the Lord will bless me as I have Faith and Hope in Him, and I use His gift of Charity that I may bless all of you and all of my investigators and members here as well. This I leave with another scripture that I love as well that can be a blessing to all of you as you study. It´s Moroni 7:40-48. It´s a fantastic Scripture that I love very much and want to leave with all of you, that you guys can study it and apply it yourselves as well. That´s all for this email. I´m sorry but I don´t have as many pictures as before. Até o próximo! Tchau Tchau!

-Élder Jacklin

Picture Time!

Pictures from Zone Conference! (First 3)

Baptism of C

Miracles are happening here in Brasil! Another Baptism, another win in the Cup!

Ei! What´s happenin family! How's life where you guys are at! Life is crazy here in Brasil. Especially with what happened this morning! Brasil did it! We got another one! Brasil 2-0 Mexico! We´re moving on! I hope that we can make it to the final... actually I don´t hope for that. I don´t want the work to stop this year. Apparently what happens here is when they win a World Cup, the whole year becomes a Holiday. That´s what my companion says anyway.

We got another Baptism this week! Her name is G and she is such a high spirited person. She did the exact same thing her sister did when I baptized her sister as well. We went down into the water and she just fell and I barely caught her before she went in, and had to explain to her that after the prayer she could go under. The water was probably 0 degreeses. It was a very great experience and we confirmed her a member yesterday! But anyway that´s the Highlights for this past week! I´ll end by leaving the message like I always do! Hope all of you are doing great! Até o próximo carta!

President James E. Faust taught: 

“Hope is the anchor of our souls. …

“Hope is trust in God’s promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future. …

“The unfailing source of our hope is that we are sons and daughters of God and that His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, saved us from death” (“Hope, an Anchor of the Soul,” Ensign, Nov. 1999, 59–60).

As you can see it´s about Hope! I´ve been studying a lot about hope this past week and something that it says in this quote really helps me out a lot. Hope is our Trust in the Lord. When it says, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future... I love that a lot. It helps me to know that when I have Faith in the Lord and Trust in Him, the things that I´m desiring to be blessed in my life and especially in the lives of others will come to pass as I continue to put all my Faith and Hope in the Lord. I leave this challenge with you this week, or whenever you read this. To put all Faith and Trust in the Lord, in whatever you do. Don´t have doubts, when you have doubts or troubles in your thoughts or acts, continue to just face them positive and always say; I have faith in the Lord, and I will always Trust in Him that these doubts or troubles I am having will go away. Just keep saying this phrase over and over when you have problems. It has helped me a lot and I know it can help you in all of your trials as well.

Wow that´s BIG!

Here´s some pictures as well!

Funny Pun

Suave at the Beach

Beautiful Sunsets

São João is finally here!

My area (First 3)

Baptism of G (Last 2)

Hello EveryBODY!

Hey everyone how´s it going down! The highlights for this week is that not much really happened but out of that stuff that did happen it was awesome! First of all Brasil beat Costa Rica 2-0! (#worldcupchampions2018). But this week we got a Baptism in! His name is Gabriel and he is a great youth. Just before the Baptism he asked me when he could serve a mission. He´s fantastic! Our work this week was a little weak because my companion got sick on me. As well as the Cup is being a little bit of a road block in our work. But we´re getting by. Last week we found 11 new people to teach. So next week we´ll be going strong! Well that´s about all. I´ll leave my scripture for the week, it´s Alma 56 this chapter has so many great points but one thing I love about it is where it talks about how if we do not doubt in God, He will deliver us from our Trials and Bless us. That´s all for this week! Tchau meus Amigos!

-Élder Jacklin

P.S.-What the what?! I had no idea Wyatt was 18! Tell him that he should do his papers because the Mission is one of the Greatest experiences you can ever have!

Baptism of Gabriel

Hour of the Game! (#icouldsleepintheroadandnoonewouldhitme)

R$750.000 photo right here

Hello everyBODY!

Hey sorry I´m running short on time so this email will be short. Everything is going great here. The world is going nuts right now because of World Cup and every time that Brasil has a game we are asked to stay in our house. So yesterday at 3 in the afternoon we were asked to stay in the house and we couldn´t watch the game! It was sad! We heard that they tied as well so that stinks. But what was so funny is we could tell when something was happening in the game because every time someone came close to scoring a goal the entire city would light up with yells, guns, and fireworks and by guns I mean like fire crackers and stuff. It´s just chaotic. This week is going to be hard to work. But we have three people that are going to be baptized this week and they are all fantastic. Well that´s all for this email! For those of you who are Missionaries and haven´t given me your addresses yet, I´m getting the next letters ready to send! I hope that you all enjoy them. This weeks Gospel Message from me is to study Alma 26 The whole chapter is amazing, it has so many things that have helped me and I know that they can help you all too. This is your missionary in Brasil saying, Tchau, até o próximo!

-Élder Jackling

Photos!

Hot Rod Baby!

I think I´m gonna die!

Waiting for lunch in Paradise!

I´m proud to be a Brazilian! (#worldcupchampions2018!

This is a Special Email

Today Elder Jacklin sent us a recording instead of an email. It was great to hear his voice. His mother will be informing him this week that although a recording is amazing, an email to family and friends is still required each week😎. He is doing well and enjoying his new companion. He is going to be starting to teach an English class this next week which they are excited about because there are many who want to learn and it gives the missionaries a chance to teach the gospel while they are teaching the language. He did send pictures though so enjoy!

This is what your table looks like when World Cup is going on.

Water...WATER....WAAAATTTEEEERRRR!!!! I want to Swim!

Só vai at the Ocean!

Missionaries of João Pessoa!

Where´s the Bowling Alley (#Jacklintheexplorer)(#ihopeyouguysunderstoodthatjoke)

First Place BRO!

What...In the world...is this?

Transfers to ´´Leadership``

EYYYYYYYYYYYY BOIS e MULHERES! Família! Muito tempo quando eu tinha uma email como isso.

How´s everyone doing! Good I hope, this week has been wako! This week we had transfers and I am really sad that my buddy Elder Kozlowski will be leaving me this week. I´ll be staying in Manaíra though. He is going to be a Zone Leader, and I´m the senior companion. My companion only has 4 months in the mission. His name is Elder Saldanha. He´s my first Brasileiro companion. This transfer I will be his leader and he is the leader of the District, just until he gets used to the Area. So I have the phone, keys, and responsibility in our area and he does the Key indicator calls and I do training with him at District Meetings. 

G was confirmed yesterday and she was really happy about that. We have a lot of new References to work with this week. It´ll be awesome this transfer with the work. I´m going to be speaking fluent in no time! I hope that all of you are doing well as well. I´m praying for you all everyday and I am hoping that you all are using your time wisely in all that you do. I love you all, Tchau Família, até o próximo!

Élder Jacklin

Photos Caras!

The Last Stand of the Four Americans of Manaíra and Tambaú

Goodbye Elder Kozlowski

The Four Greats (Goleiros)