Week #55 I find myself trying to send all emails in Spanish

 I find myself trying to send all emails in Spanish more and more.  :p  All is well here.  We had a very busy week.  We have been working with Yerko and Frecia since they have baptism dates.  We are just super excited for that!  :D  Also, Elder Sarceno and I are starting to work a lot on teaching more fluidly together.  He is becoming much more confident with his abilities.  It is just so amazing to see!  

Today for pday, we went to a nature park and went to a place called Las Aguas de San Ramón.(The waters of San Ramón for you grengos :p)  It was a VERY long trip.  It took about two hours in bus and metro to get there.  After that, it was a three hour hike through the mountains until the last waterfall.  It was absolutely gorgeous!  It made me feel very much at home to be out in nature.  I think from that, I have learned that I will always be a country boy at heart.  I just feel so much better hearing the running trivets, the birds chirping, wild horses....it`s just amazing. :)  We went as a group of 14.  It was some of us from the zone and some other friends from other zones.  :)  I feel so blessed to call these servants of God my friends.  It`s truly amazing how the gospel can unite people.  Without anything in common, different stories, different languages, different personalities...and yet you love each other for your mutual love of the Savior and your desires to serve Him.  I just love it!

Another lesson I have learned this week, as weird as it sounds, is the blessing of being a father.  I really do feel that training my dear Elder Sarceno is preparing me to create a family of my own;of which, he will always be a part.  I can`t really describe the way I feel when I am able to help him learn, to understand something new, to feel joy in the gospel, to grow as a man of God.  Though I know that I fault in many, many aspects of this sacred calling, it has and continues to bring me great joy.  I can`t really describe it, but I imagine what I am feeling is very similar to the way that God feels when he looks down on us learning, understanding his gospel better, serving others, finding  real joy in living his commandments, and smiling.   I mean this in the least trunky way possible, but this gives me so much happiness in the knowledge that one day I will have my own loving family.  That I will teach them, guide them, and help them to understand the will of the Father in their lives.  This makes me want to push myself to be just a little bit better every day. To be just a little bit better as a trainer so that Elder Sarceno and I together can call down the blessings of Heave. 

I know that Jesus Christ lives.  That he is guiding me.  That when I ask for his guidance to better complete my calling, he answers me through my study of the scriptures.  My invitation is this, that each and every one of you, it doesn`t matter what your calling is...mother,father, bishop, ward missionary, gospel principles teacher...would meditate on this message, pray to Heavenly Father to ask him what it is that YOU can do better to magnify your calling, and in such exalting his name.  I testify to you that as you do this, you will find unexplainable joy.  You will see your prayers answers.  You will grow more than you EVER thought possible.  And best of all, Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ will smile down on you and bless your endeavor.  Of this I testify, in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Con Amor,

Elder Jackson

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