March 5, 2018~ "In God's Eternal Plan Salvation is an Individual Matter; Exaltation is a Family Matter"~ Russell M. Nelson

1.  So do you think the next transfer you will be leaving the office?  
Yeah I will probably leave the offices and train or be a zone leader or something like that.  Trust me I will go hard because I'm pumped to get out and just work super hard...It will be great!!

2.  We were laughing over the video with the little girl climbing the wall and sliding down the post.  Was that during church or after church?  And was she just doing it over and over again?  Haha...yeah it was after church.  The children go crazy and she was doing it over and over again! 

We were all over the place last week but yeah its fun to have a chance to see all the missionaries and have a blast talking to them. 
Yes Elder Bonner is training him... he is huge!  It does help a lot to do exercise and we have started running too so it has been super good to get out and move.  Yeah it was weird to have the hermanas leave because they came with us and now they are gone but hey it was their time to go.

I was asked how I felt so far with my mission and I honestly do feel good with what I have done and well it still hasn't hit me that I have a few changes left but I am still fresh, still verdecito (little green) so I will keep working till I am in President's house again.  I know one day you'll meet Elder Jacobsen's mom.... you always find some way to meet them haha.

I didn't know about Char... that is great!!! That is good that Stock is doing well and will get some time and hopefully he can step up and be a big contributor.  I do know what Top Golf is I just have never been! I heard about it before I left because it was brand new.  When we go, I will show you how to play haha.

Coco is better in Spanish!! It has a lot of culture that is so true...I love it! The singer is from Cuajimalpa where I was with Elder Bonner

I understand what you were saying and it is hard because you don't want your kids to suffer and fall and you want to be there with them always but just like riding a bike you have to let go or they will never learn just like our Father in Heaven did for us and it is true...we were left to do it on our own and he gave us rules and told us to follow them but he is not forcing it on anyone he just knows whats going to happen if we don't follow the rules and so that is why he puts so much emphasis on why its important to follow the commandments and we have to choose whether to follow or not and he doesn't punish us for not following we actually punish ourselves because of the consequences.  What God does is gives us the choice, tells us which one is right and then lets us decide through our desires and sometimes we fall and sometimes we choose the right but in the end God still loves us and knows us personally and will help us when we fall.  He won't kick us while we are down and say its your fault and give us more punishments like sometimes we do to people or the way parents do sometimes but rather he will pick us up brush us off and will help us choose the right. It is hard but if it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. Don't worry I don't feel like I was pressured into doing the right from you guys. I think you made it clear what was right and was what wrong and I suffered with the consequences whether I chose good or bad so its a learning process that we will all have to go through and no one is exempt from it and that is why we just have to love each other and help when they fall because we went through it too and we never want to see someone suffer.

Yes President is a great guy and I look to him as a second dad and I'm gratful to have the best father in the world and a President that loves and cares for us... shout out to my dad... you are the best!!!! and I'm also blessed to be here in Mexico and serve the people and I have enjoyed a lot of moments here and its sad that it will come to an end soon but I will come back for sure and will bring you guys along to see all the wonderful things there are about the people and the culture.

This week was pretty normal. After the new ones came in and we sent them off we went to President's house to help the Hermanas and Elder Bingham with their luggage and plan for the next day.  The next day me and my comp we were in the airport from 4:30 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon.  It was a long day but it was fun and we got to help a lot of people out while we were there so I felt like we were there for that long for a reason.  We were able to be a light to a few people there. After that it was pretty normal... just regular work nothing too crazy but that is alright because we will have plenty of locura (madness) in the upcoming weeks so stay tuned.  Just know that I am loving every moment and pondering and thinking and reflecting on the people I want to be with that last day and I am thinking on how I can finish my mission strong and I'm excited to get out soon to do that for 3 more months before its time for me to go and to leave Mexico but it doesn't mean I don't stop being an example and someone who searches the sciptures.. it doesn't mean that I stop being a missionary when I go back to the real world... now in the mission is a time to learn discipline and I'm being disciplined in what I do so that when I get back I'm disciplined and can help others do the same.  I won't be doing things of the church 24 hours a day but I still will be that 24 hour missionary.  I won't have my plaque on but mine is engraved in my heart and I will remember all the good that came and will remember all the trials and challenges and I will be able to look back and say I did that and I am the Lord's servant and I can teach my future kids that so they know the love of the Lord and they can come to realize that we are in the best times of the history of the world because we have the gospel of Jesus Christ... restored here on the earth. We are blessed and we need to be an example for others so they can see our light and wonder how they can have that too. I leave that with you guys and know that I love you so much and know this church is true and that I'm in the place where I'm suppose to be and I'm doing it with a SMILE!!!