Letter From Jackson

Hey todos!! I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas!! This time of year is something very special.  As I have really come to know and appreciate in this time of year is remembering the birth of Jesus Christ. Remembering why he came here and what it means for us. I'm so grateful for our Savior and His atonement that he suffered for us.

This week was a weird week. On Tuesday my comp and I traveled 2 hours like usual for our district zone stuff, and I had to stay there with the zone leader while my comp came back to our area. It was only supposed to go one day, but stuff happened and it turned out to be a week! I didn't have a ton of cloths for a whole week so that was a little rough.
On Saturday we had 2 baptisms also! They are super cool! The kid, Paul, is the son of my comps converts from a month ago and it was super cool to see him get baptized!  The girl Lijia was waiting for her parents to give her permission to get baptized and they finally did!! It was super cool and awesome to see the smiles on their faces!

Well everyone, I hope you guys have an awesome New Year!!! Love you all, bye!

Merry Christmas From Jackson

Update from Jackson

Jackson wasn't able to write a group email this week, but he did send some pictures.  He also informed us that he had  emergency transfers again,  and is now in the sector furthest away in the mission. From Guayaquil it's 9 hours. It's a place called Pedernales. He says his comp is "gringo and is super cool and from Idaho. Elder Lowry, born in Omaha also when his dad was in dental school." (Jackson too was born in Omaha while Sam was in dental school.  Sam said that he graduated with his dad.  Pretty crazy!)   He has been out for about 4 months.

Have a great Week!

Letter From Jackson

Hey everyone!! This week has been pretty good. It's been a good grind trying to get to know my area better. It's huge! The hardest part is finding where all the sisters live where we have lunch everyday.  Takes a little bit at times. But today we had tranfers.... I'll be training again! It's my fifth kid. But at least I know that he is from Peru. I'm here in Guayaquil waiting for a few days until he gets here. I will still be in Manta. We have been finding a lot more people that can really progress to be baptized! But it will take a lot of work to resolve their problems and to help them be excited. But that's why I'm here right? To do that work. It was sad to say goodbye to my comp, he was literally the funniest guy! We laughed so hard all the time about whatever thing. As a zone before our weekly planning, we made french toast! It was so yummy and cool to do as a zone. Anyway, hope everyone has an amazing week and keeps working hard in whatever thing that you are set to do. Trust in the Lord and follow His guidance! Bye!

Elder Pollock

Letter From Jackson

Hello everyone! All is well here in Manta Ecuador. I'm not back in my same sector, but I'm right next to it. I like it here because it's got the ocean breeze here and in the morning it's cold! I'm a big fan of that. My comp is one of the funniest guys and a super hard worker. I'm super blessed to be with him. He makes me laugh a ton which is pretty good. Not a whole lot happened this week. We are trying to find a lot of people and also help all the people that we are teaching. It's easy to get comfortable with the people you teach and forget about finding. That's something I need to work a little bit on. On Saturday we had a baptism and I didn't even know him until we went to his service! It went good and he seemed super happy!  I love to see the way the Lord changes lives of those who want to hear His voice. Always remember that he is always ready to bless us, but we must act first. I love everyone and hope you all have fantastic weeks!! Bye!