Saturday, December 30, 2017

Christmas!!!





   I got to do a trade=off with Elder Newman this week in Grenville. I love that area. Though I never have served there. I hope to be able to serve there one day. We had a Grenadian Returned missionary come home. We hope to be able to work with him. The Senior couple (elder and sister Mills went home this week! We dropped them off at the airport and waved good bye! Then we got to take their Brand new Rav 4! :)
The Christmas season here was real busy, but I am glad it is over with. The stores always run out of eggs and milk during the holidays :P
I was really happy to see my family over skype! It has been over 7 months! wow!
Well, Too much to say this week. I took a lot of pics but here is one of me and the "Cummings" family. They are an awesome family!
Hope your Christmas was good too! 
Enjoy the New Year!

AP Trade-off!/ Baptizing/Cooking Crab- December 18, 2017






   We flew to my second home, Barbados! We went on a Ap trade-off with Elders: Hendricks (utah) and Joufrax (france). They were so much fun! We worked our feet off while contacting for 30 hours, but man, It was a fun time being with those missionaries. We had so many fun experiences, and wild things happen, just know it was good. They got me my favorite.... MAPPS! bless their hearts. We drank non-alcoholic wine, and spent the days working and laughing to the fullest.
So many moments where it is just AWESOME to be a missionary!

Elder Orme got to baptize "angel" this week! It was great! Except, He stepped on a SEA URCHIN! During the next day, his foot hurt real bad in sacrament meeting, so we drove him to a clinic. They did a terrible job, but they pulled out a small spine out of his foot. he is getting better now.
We found a large crab behind our apartment, So we caught it, and boiled it! It was my first time, but I made it real nice. It was in a coconut milk soup, and it was real tasty! Even ask elder Orme!
Wow, So many crazy fun things happening. I have really enjoyed this week.
I love and miss you all. I am excited to hear from my family in 7 days. It is gunna be sweet!
Merry Christmas!🎄🏝

December 11, 2017 update- Zone Conference


My responsibilities are ever increasing as the days go on. I now handle petty cash and paying for many bills for the mission.It is hard to remember everything.

Zone Conference was nice this week. The Herringtons flew in again. It is always nice to see them. they taught about our efforts and where to focus them better. We also created new ideas for "finding".
I got to chaperone president and his wife around from place to place and it was fun. They have such a busy month. I am so grateful for them and all that they do.
We did so service for our Land lady. We poer washed part of her driveway and she rewarded us with my favorite kind of mangos! Oh how I love them. 
We also had the branch Christmas party and they had 2 Turkeys! It was so awesome! There were alot of local families there. I am glad I got to taste the turkey.... I miss that stuff. 
Our main investigator "Kendell' is doing much better this week. The senior couple joined in on a lesson and did such a great job with answering  questions and being very open about things. 
I will be flying to Barbados again this week for a few days. I get to do a trade-off with The Assistants to the President. It should be fun. I love those elders.
I ask for your prayers in safe travel. 
Well, i love and miss you all! have a great week!

Sunday, December 10, 2017

MLC/ Problems with the Elect


We had another new greeny fly in this week. Elder Graves was sent to Grenville. I took his passport and I am in charge of filing and doing all of the crazy nonsense the senior couple does, so I got him a visa. I feel like I may be able to manage this role now.... Perhaps
There was another MLC Skype this week. President expressed great concern with our finding efforts. He does such a great job as Mission president. I have high respect for him. 
We were stunned when last night we thought we heard gun-shots, but to our surprise, we Found a large and random firework show! It was quite the treat. That doesn't happen too often in the Caribbean. 
One of my "second" moms, Sister P., left with her husband back to the states. i may not see her again in my mission.... :(

Our main investigator :Kendall, Has gotten a hold of anti Mormon material to place doubts in his heart and he is angry with us now. He is in a very rough situation to teach and I feel that we may have to drop him.....
This is the FOURTH person this has effected here in Grenada this WEEK! I only wish we could have an Apostle come here. 
We have President flying in for a Zone Conference this week. I look forward to be speaking with him on this matter. 
I love and miss you all! Have a great week!


Saturday, November 25, 2017

14 Months!/ Raynol's & Theo's Baptism

This week I  began learning and doing all of the roles that the senior couple does here for immigration and visa stuff. It is really hard and a new world to me. I am doing my best though.
I am also in the process of closing another apartment here in St georges, and it has been a night mare to clean up after old past missionaries.

We visited a Less active I have never seen before. Her name was: Sister Beatrice. She had a stroke a few years back and hasnt been able to come to church since. She is a real sweet heart though she is difficult to understand, she reads her Book of mormon everyday and was crying so much when she saw us! All I wanted to do was to give her a big hug. bro. Cox took care of that for me.
She was so happy to see us. We look forward to see her again. 
While finishing the book of mormon this week, i read over e
ther 12:32. It talks about hope. I cannot share how I felt reading the 7th chapter of Moroni.... Just go read it for yourself.

This week we had 2 baptisms! Raynol and Theo Streete. they are two wild, but cute kids. They were baptized by a med student, bro. Burk... he is so cool.
Elder Orme and I both confirmed one in sacrament yesterday. It was my first confirmation in the mission. It was really neat. 
I love and miss you all! i especially love hearing from the ward family! Have great week!





November 14, 2017 update


Elder Newman and I had a trade-off in Grenville, Wow, I love that place. we did a lot of walking on this big airstrip there. look on google earth, and you will find it.
elder Orme has been driving this week..... and I thought I was gunna die so many times... lol
We taught Kendell more, and he came to church. We also helped a Less-activie with his bakery. We washed the big pans, and he was extremely thankful. It has been nice to get to know him better.

this week, 2 recent converts have left the church due to viewing anti mormon material. It has been a extremely heart breaking thing. Not to mention I interviewed one of them...

Well, I love and miss you all. Love hearing from the ward back home. Have a great week!

November 7, 2017- update

We got to stay in a hotel when we flew to Barbados. The bed was so comfy..  
The MLC was awesome! I got to meet all of the french side elders. It was so awesome! I have been a round president a lot this week. He drove us in Barbados, and also came to Grenada for a zone conference. As a solo Zone Lord, I have been super busy with preparations all week. 
The zone conference was a lot of fun. I had my interview with president. It has been like 4 1/2 months since I have had one.

A crazy story while teaching: "Joso" is an investigator and a collector. So, he had a pet dog that died last august, and he has been keeping it in his freezer ever since!!!! Sorry for the nasty pic, but we thought it was hilarious!
As always, so much to say.
I love and miss you all,
Have a great week!

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Happy Halloween! + Picking up Chicks!


Happy Halloween to everyone back home! We had a branch trunk-or-treat on Saturday with some med students, and locals. It was nice. Lots of kids showed up.

The week was quick. We invited the senior couple on the island(the Mills) to join us for a lesson with Kendell. That went super well, but he didn't come to church :P

We did some service for Sis. P. this week. She had us vaccinate 1400 new born chicks!!! It was super cool! I have never given a shot, but I thought  I would give it a "SHOT"!. 
(HAHA) The sister missionaries just showed up and just took pictures... LOL. 

We are starting to teach a part member family that is returning to church. A single mom with, soon to be, 7 kids!! They are a handful, but we are going to teach the 2 older ones. Ages 10 and 8.

Elder Orme and I will be flying to Barbados this week for a Mission Leadership Conference. It will be our first for both of us. I ask for your prayers in safe travel.

So much to say in so little time. I will say, I love and miss you all. Have a wonderful holiday!

P.S (can you tell who has been out the longest by the color of the shirt?)

RAIN RAIN RAIN -Oct.23rd-update




It started raining last Monday and hasn't stopped since. it amazes me how much water there is in the sky.
Elder Kujanpää left this week :( SO very sad. I will miss that guy/elder.
However, My new greeny (Edler Orme my "son") Arrived in Grenada. He is from Las Vegas Nevada! 
This week started off rough for him. He got really homesick, but he is ok now. After meeting the AWESOME memebrs, he is growing in confidence. We have been working super hard despite this rain. It is so wet here. Not even lying. 
Well sorry this is short.
I love and miss you all! Take care!

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Oct 16, 2017- Summoned to Court/ Transfer Calls


Howdy,
There was a member we traveled far to Gouyave to give the sacrament to, that passed away recently. His name was :Bro. Dave Edwards. We attended his funeral at a different church. The pastor who was there, spoke violently and yelled during his speech. I thought I was going to loose my hearing.
 
Another thing that happened this week was a random guy that wanted to join our lesson with an investigator. This man's name was: Ren. Ren was a bible scholar, but at the time, we never new that. Halfway during the lesson, he brought up Joseph Smith, and bashed him and our testimonies.
We never brought up Joseph Smith, but he insisted to argue about him. Well, He didn't want to hear our message nor our invitation, so We tried to ignore him. Ren became very determined to convince us that his view was right. So, he demonstrated his "Gift of Tongues"............. Just about the stupidest thing I have ever witnessed. He screamed a random sentence of gibberish that lasted an eternity! It sounded devilish. Well, we left the lesson in a respectful way and was kind to his beliefs... even though he was insulting to ours. His view just made my testimony even stronger. (D&C 24:15)

Upon visiting Kendall this week, told and us ho HAPPY he is!. He feels blessed! Things at work are going well. Everything is going well for him and he relates it back to THIS gospel. He is progressing so well. I am blessed to see this transformation in his life take place.
We also have been teaching Isaiah more! Oh  he is on his way! He is drawn into this church because he  cant find anything wrong with it! He has already come across many anti Mormon problems and he understands and believes the things taught. He came to church, as well did Kendall. Our most recent visit with Isaiah, he gave both Elder Kujanpää and I a hug, and said thank you.

We had a car wash finding activity Saturday. It rained super hard, but we still found success... and now I am super sick with a cold. :P
We were privileged to get fed by some member Med student in our branch. It was wonderful to get to know the "Messics" and there two little adorable girls.

I will be attending a court session soon in reguards to the incident on August 13th. It was suppossed to be today but they cancelled
Transfer Calls- I have been assigned to serve as a solo Zone Leader here in Grenada still. I will be a ZLT(Zone Lord Trainer). I will be training a fresh new Greeny! Elder Orme! Should be a lot of fun!

Elder Kujanpää will be going home this week, It will be very sad.... For I will miss him so!

Well, I love and miss you all! Take care!

Sunday, October 15, 2017

October 9th- update


I got word this week that 2 of the people I taught in Georgetown,  St. Vincent Got baptized! So that was good.
Kedar, and My really good friend, "Earland!" I was so happy to hear about that.
It is good to see my old friends doing well. Wish I could have been there.

We had some more intense service cutting bush for a nice guy in Mt. moritz. "Dexter"
That was fun though.
We have been teaching this awesome guy named Isaiah. He is super spiritual! I mean that. He remembers the premortal realm and has the most intense dreams to share with us. He is trying to find faith in jesus. He is still reading the BoM and loves the teachings in it. He is really funny, but we love him. He is a good friend. Hope to see him continue to progress. 
We have been finding many less actives that I have never met and they are wonderful! 
We had a strong spiritual experience this week while at Martins house again. He wasnt talking like he normally was. I wont tell all, but basically, we could feel a very strong evil and he eventually asked us to help him. So we gave him a blessing for that. It was VERY powerful. It was REAL. I felt drained after it and a real good spirit afterwards. It is something I will never forget.
I love and miss you all. love hearing how my friends are doing.
 Take care!

October 2nd- update

We had another Mission Leadership Counsel over Skype this week. They are always great.

We have a referral we have been teaching named Isaiah. He is our age and is super smart. We invited him to read the BoM..... and he did! In ONE DAY!!! It was inedible. when We visited him, he told us the story line.... he hasnt felt the power in it yet, but my goodness. We are currently teaching him as well as his friend in Trinidad. We have lessns with him over a group skype call. It is weird I know, but It is good.

I got to go on a trade-off with E. Rytting this week and that was fun. we shared a common interests in Rc planes.

General conference was short. Seems like the sessions are short because I am so focused. Russel M. Nelsons testimony shook my soul. 
general Conference was powerful.
the missionaries here were so excited to see that e. Alonso was one of the speakers!!! Not to mention, I got to meet him just a few weeks ago. An excellent talk though.

I like Ronald A. Rasband's talk. He mentioned :" The Lord is in the small details of our life." I know that is so true.
This church is so true. If only people will just softened their heart and hear the message. I pray for this daily. 
I love and miss you all. 
Take care.

September 24th - update

WOW! Seems like it has been raining a lot here. Also, Grenada had 4 baptisms this week!!! Aw man, all of them are solid members! i got to interveiw another young man in Grenville. It is wonderful to take part in responsibilities like that.
I had the chance to perform the baptism for a good friend of mine"Rendel Taitt" We play Basket ball together. He was so excited for his baptism!
Right after he came up out of the water, he put his hands up... And said ; "I DID IT!" He had the biggest smile.

We had an intense service project. elder Kujanpää, a member, and I  moved 400 cement blocks!!!! Are hands were shredded! Our arms were dead, and the people we helped were even more grateful. We are teaching "Franklin & Synthia" they have a wonderful family.

We had another service  project cutting bush with our cutlass in the pouring rain. I found a cool looking snake. I picked up too! XD
 
Well, I got a long, crazy, and random story for you all.
yesterday, after church, We came home to find our  neighbor (A very old man) knocking at our door. he needed some help, so we put on some flip flops cause we were about to eat lunch anyways.... So, We helped this man lift a big barrel into his car. It was full of donations fro the people suffering in Dominica. After that, he asked us to come with him to unload it, well, we did and we got in this car and drove into town. Well he didnt know where to drop it off, so he called a friend and drove to a spot to meet him. We got to the marina (Where all of the big, expensive yachts are) and met a random guy. Well, he got out to follow him and meet another guy down at the dock. We followed cause we didnt want to stay in the car. We get to the dock and began to walk all of the way out onto it. Well, as we walked, we looked at all of the nice ships nearby. They are SUPER nice! The old man got onto one of the yachts and began to talk with some random guy who owned the ship. Well, we stood on the dock and were clueless of what we should do. So, we stood there and admired all of the pretty boats. When all of the sudden, and storm showed up and it began to rain. The captain, shouted at us to get on! "We come on the ship?" Then he said: "Yeah, come aboard the ship". So we did. We sat there on this super super nice yacht and sheltered from the pouring rain. Well, 30 min. later, We shook everyone's hand and left with the old man. We felt strangely out of place. But every one on the boat was nice.
So we drove to the big shipping yard and drove right up to the place where they drop the big shipping containers! There was a cargo ship there at the time, and next to it, was the boat where we dropped off the barrel... FINALLY! Well he drove us back and thanked us. This whole time, we were gone for 2 hours! So that messed up our day.... But hey, Things like this happen all of the time!

So many things to say in so little time.
I love and miss you all! i love hearing how everyone is doing!
Take care!

Monday, September 18, 2017

YEAR MARK!!!!



  

 I am a year old! Holy cow, where has the time gone... Well elder Kujanpää and I climbed to the top of our apartment roof, burned a tie and sang the "Star-spangled banner". Yes, It was awesome and funny.
This week, we have been given so much local fruits and veges. It is one of those pro things of being in the Carib. Cons are the storms that pass through. HA! All is well in Grenada though.
My good friend Ricky came back from utah and I got to hear all of the fun things he did! He is so cool, wish I could have been there for him when going through the temple.
  We also drove to Gouyave again yesterday, that was nice. We brought a member from our branch and one from Gouyave. we brought the sacrament to a faithful member up there and we had a devotional with a family as well. It is days like that, that make you very grateful for how close a church is to you. They live at the top of the island.
We had a branch activity on Saturday. That was AWESOME! It was a "localizer" We got to eat a lot of local food and try things I havent eaten before. Ricky  made a giant pot of "oil-down" and he let my comp and I take home the rest of it :D
The work here is really picking up for some reason. we are experiencing countless miracles everyday. We find the most humble people to teach. We are be-befriending the most prepared. But we will see how this next month goes.
Really, I want to say, at the beginning of my mission, I changed. A lot of my behavior changed, but I feel like my nature has changed now that I have been out a year. I really feel privileged to have the opportunity to help people. Sometimes service is better than any worldly things we can receive by the way it makes us feel. 
I love and miss you all, See you in ONE!

September 11, 2017 - Update



My Birthday went well. We had fun Bowling and eating some nice sushi.
I "killed" of my 2 companions today. they made their way home! I have served around Elder Monroe for almost an entire year! Kinda crazy that I was also the one to be his final comp. It was a sad day. It also rained too.
My new Comp. Elder Kujanpää, He is super cool and nice. he is from Highland Utah and his name comes from Finland. I am happy to be serving with him here!
Speaking of rain, The island of Grenada was not affected thankfully. We are praying for those who have suffered this storm. We got word that one of our islands was basically destroyed. Good thing they took the missionaries out before hand.
But all is well here.
We have been givin fresh avocados, breadfruit, coco balls...etc by many random people here. My comp[ has served here before so he knows the area well.
being a Zone Leader is fun and I am learning a lot.
I love and miss you all!

Saturday, September 9, 2017

Transfer Calls / My Birthday


  I am going to spout of everything in chronological order... soo.

This week I have driven to Grenville three times! I have been driving here so much. Glad I am feeling better about switching sides of the road.
Last P-day, We explored some abandoned planes on an old airstrip. I got so many cool pictures from that. We also Got to tour the Grenada Coco factory. they make some NICE chocolate :)
The Branch president asked us to continue to help him. I dont mind, cause I got to improve my caulking skills. 
The sisters in our district had asked us to give a blessing for a lady that had almost committed suicide, but the sisters had contacted her just before she decided that. That was an awesome miracle to be there for that.
I also received a B-day package from my family. I am so Grateful for them. Also anyone that had written a letter to me. I enjoyed reading those SO much!
So as  a hurricane approaches our islands, we have many missionaries flying about. we have many going home including my 2 companions: E. Ashcraft and E. Monroe.
I received my transfer call though, I will be a Zone Leader with Elder Kujanpaa. I met him back in Vincy and he is a super nice guy. He goes home this next transfer so I will be "killing" him. HAHA.
This will make my 4th missionaries I will kill!!!!! It is no easy task.....
We have been teaching many humble people we are teaching in our area this week. I am excited for their progression this next transfer. We did have a success with one of our investigators who is 17 years old. He came to church 2 hours early and traveled far from his house to get here! He loved YM and wants to come back again! His name is Tony. HE plays sports with us on Fridays

I have been celebrating my Birthday today. It has gone very well. we are going to get some sushi and do some bowling latter if we can afford it.
Well, I love and miss you all. Thanks so much for your love and support. Have a great week!


August 30th update


This past week, we did a trade off o\in Grenville. It is on the other side of the island. It is super pretty there. Super cool people.
Also got the car fixed, and I am driving! I feel so weird cause I feel like I am learning how to drive again. It has been almost a year since I have driven! And driving on the left side of the road is not helping me out. The guy that hit us in his car is claiming he didnt, but the police are going to go after him now cause..... I have a picture!!!! Blessings.

We did even more service for Pres. wade this week. Using power tools is the best!

Diava's baptism went soooo well! it was Awesome!!!! Soon her husband will be baptized too. 
It was super rainy that day, but it did not rain during the actual baptism while doing the ordinance. 
Got fed a lot by many memeber here including the Burks who are Med students... they are super chill.

Monday, our entire zone got flown to Barbados! we divides up to serve with missionaries there for the day, and I got to be with Elder McIntyre again! Good times, The next day, we Had zone conference with Elder Alonso & his wife! Zone Conference was great! It brought a good energy to the mission!
I and a few others were fortunate enough to get interviewed by E. Alonso. It was so wonderful to sit down and talk with him. He answered all of my questions about the work and shared his sincere love for me. He is such a great guy. It was a privilege to meet him and his wife. The Herringtons again shared wonderful messages to at zone conference. they work so hard. Bless their hearts. 
We then flew back last night and got back really late. More stamps for the book.
Well, I am really looking forward to apply the skills we learned at Z.C. This mission is awesome.
It is crazy to see 28 missionaries go home next week!!! I will soon be one of the oldest. Soon I will hit my year mark :)
This church is SO true. I pray for you all everyday. be safe, and have a great week!

Sunday, August 27, 2017

August 21, 2017


 Hello everyone, I am still here in Grenada and I had a good week.
Though it was stressful to start off with, because we had to do a lot of paper work for the police and insurance in regards to the incident last week. We should have our car tomorrow and I will be driving in here this week. XD

The three of us helped out the branch president more this week. We got to use a hiltte again and and dig out cement in there front living room. It was so much fun. I just miss using power tools. We worked up a good sweat from that.

This week I interviewed my first investigator, from the sisters area, for baptism. I got to meet Diava . She is from Lithuania and her husband is from Grenada. She fed us dinner and after that, we did the interview. I was so privileged to do that. There was an indescribable spirit there during that, and after wards, When I told her she was ready, she insisted on giving me a hug. Everyone there was just so happy! I will never forget that.

When she, and her husband came to church yesterday, Ashton, got up during priesthood and basically bore his testimony about this church being true. He is a very quiet guy, but when he did that, every local, med. student and missionary could feel a  very powerful spirit there.  
That sunday, we borrowed the sister car, and traveled to Gouyave. The mission recently closed This area, and if you look at a map, you will notice it is very far away from everything. We visited with some of the members there as well as a brother in Victoria. We met Br. Dave, He can not leave his bed, and being with him and giving the sacrament, we noticed he was very touched to have us be there. It was a privilege to be there.

It is wonderful to be serving in this part of the Lord's vineyard.
I learn so much everyday even though I have been out for almost a year. 
Also, I will have been to and from Barbados before I email again. We will be meeting Elder Alanzo of the seventy. So wish me a safe travel.
I love and miss you all, Enjoy the solar eclipse :)

Crazy Crazy Carnival Week!

   Well, before the crazy, I have been out for 11 months!
Also, would like to mention some better things too.
We helped a very old lady living in a VERY large home. We helped here as a district, clean part of her house. "Mrs. Merril" Was so thankful, and invited us to stay as a guest for when we come to Grenada for vacation :) She is a nice lady.
   AND, We got word that all the missionaries on the island are flying to Barbados on Aug. 28th!!! We are having Zone conference in Barbados! That will be so Awesome!
We also have been getting to know the branch president alot more this week. We have been removing tile in his new house he is remodeling. It felt good to grab a hammer and a crow bar.
Sadly, non of our investigators came to church due to a member who fell through on us at the last minute for their transportation. It is times like that, that make missionary work stressful.
We had a fun Branch activity this week with locals and the med students. It was so much fun. 

While driving to an appointment, We were being tail gated REALLY hard by a Silver Subaru Forester License Plate number #PU 313. This guy seemed vexed at us for no reason. When traffic became congested, he got out of his car and approached our car. He told us to drive better and we told him to go away. He tried taking a "swing" at E. Monroe, but he missed. We quickly drove away when traffic cleared. he go t back in his car and followed us and over took us. We glady let him pass. But he got out of his car to approach us AGAIN! We rolled up our windows and locked the doors. He Tried opening E. Ashcraft's door! (The driver).
We yelled at him "GO AWAY!" He got back in his car, drove ahead and pulled over.
E. Monroe called the police, and I took a picture of his car with out him noticing. Yes, I got his plate number! We drove past him to get to our appointment.... but he began to follow us. After a long 30 sec. chase we maintained our speed and and stuck behind a parked car on a main road. THIS DRUNK, rammed us from behind going 25 MPH! We hit a Honda CRV infront of us. The drunk pulled away and drove into the hills. Haven't seen him since. Lucky, no one was hurt in there car nor ours. While waiting for the police and a tow truck, We were mocked by many people. The police concluded we were not at fault for anything. I had a major headache right after the wreck, but I am ok now. 
I believe with all my heart that the spirit kept us safe during this wreck. Details I wish not to share yet.
Somehow, we walked back to town and made it home alive. The worst part was, that we never made it to our appointment :P
This all happened during Carnival BTW. There were many immodest things We have seen people do here while proselyting. It is sad to see a holiday like this, turn some people into wild animals.
Do not ever got to a carnival here.
Always remember, we are children of god. Though the world may have a different view, I strongly encourage everyone reading this to remember that we have a purpose in this life. And if you dont know what that purpose is, meet with the missionaries.
Well, this church is TRUE! Sometimes, I walk down a crowded street and look at everyone who is not a member. I feel sad for them. But I believe they will have every chance to accept it. Just wish it were now.
I love and miss you all. take care, and have great week!

-Love-
Elder Jacobson

A Taste of Shark- Aug. 8



 We have been teaching the recent convert Johnny Martin. He is literally one of the most humble guys I have every met. So nice and loving. It is a true blessing to teach him. 
This week for one of our lunches, We made fried Shark! It was so good! We will be having it more. Super  cheap too.
We had a service project as a district helping out at the Maturine's bakery. we scrubbed like a hundred pans for them and wiped down everything. Love the Maturines.
Also, fasting this sunday was super hard. Going with out water was really hard for me this time, but I have found that the greater the sacrifice, the great the blessings.
Church was amazing, not to mention. We had members from all over the island do a combined 
sacrament meeting here in St. George's.
Many powerful testimonies were given. I will remember that day always.

I was able to fill my entire missionary journal and start on a new one. Probably one of my most prized possessions now.
Yesterday for P-day we hiked mt. Qua Qua. The hike was very steep and extremely muddy. That was the muddiest trail I have ever done. I could get any picture of how muddy it was because My arms and hands were to muddy to touch my camera. HA
It was an awesome hike. We could see from Grenville to my area in Belmont.
Well, Another great week. 
I am almost at my year mark.
I love and miss you all have a great week!

Monday, August 7, 2017

Goodbyes and Basketball




 Well, E. McIntyre left for Barbados and We welcomed the arriving sisters, and a new greeny. It was a sad day for sure. I am sure I will see him again in the mission though.
We found this super delicious restaurant called "Umbrellas" and it has a killer veiw over the ocean. It is our favorite spot to eat as a district. 
This week we helped One of our investigators named Aston. We heped plant seeds for him and in return, we got fresh mangos, and bananas. 
My two companions, who are Zl's, had a 4 hour MLC meeting over skype and I joined in on that. You always learn something new from those skype meetings.
As always here, We have a friday "Sports night". We call it; "SPORTz @ Mt. MORTZ" It is so fun to play Basketball and futbol with the local teens. Believe it or not, but our trio destroys at basketball. We are a solid team.
Also Grenada has their carnival starting up and it is called: JAB JAB. It is super weird, but the people love. I dont advise doing any research on the event....
Well we hiked to the "Seven sisters" waterfall and it was pretty. Grenada has a lot of water falls though.
AS always, I love and miss you all back home. Missionary work here is progressing. So many nice people we meet. Possibly, people ready for this gospel.
love you all,
Take care
-E. Jacobson

July 24th update-

This week was fun yet slow. 
First off. Both elder Mcintyre and I got a cold and we have been coughing a lot. We also both got really high fevers, and joint pains.
Now that I have said all my complaining, this week was fun because I got to eat "oil down" it is a local dish and is AMAZING. So delicious. Sounds fattening, but It is not really. haha!
We also did service up in the mountain for a member named brother Cummings. he is such a nice guy. His wife served a mission. They are such a wonderful family.
We had to hack our way through thick bush to get to his land. It was long and treacherous journey. REALLY it was just one of those moment where you feel like a boss because you cut your way through a jungle.... HAHA!
This week we had a mission wide fast for our investigators. It truly was effective for the mission. Just something I will throw in there.
Transfer calls!
So My comp. Elder McIntyre is moving to Barbados and I am moving just down the street to live with the ZL's (Eler Monroe, and Ashcraft) They both go home next transfer. Our "Trio" is covering both the area I currently work in and as well as the Zl's area. I love both of these areas very much.
Well, that is about it. Cant believe I will hit my year mark in 7 weeks.
I love you all, Have a great week.

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Zone Conference- Grenada



 We had President Herrington and his wife fly into Grenada for Zone Conference. The ^ hour meeting went well. Learned a lot of things for contacting. We can always improve.
We have been assisting an old widow that cant walk or move reall. She has a care taker that forgets her  a lot. She lives in a very big, rundown, mansion. We assist her in anyway we can. Sometimes, we stop by randomly and she is happy because she needed someone to shut the front door. Hope the situation for her improves.
We have been getting up really early alot this week to cut bush for Ricky. He is a member. We feed all of the grass to his sheep. It is always fun. even with the blisters :)

We also had many events this week playing sports with local youth. That includes mostly futbol, and basketball.
The Zl's had a baptism Saturday. Super cool. 
I also gave a talk in church yesterday about amalikiah, and how we shouldn't let Satan bring us down, even just a tad. We should never come down from our mount. I just love where I am at in the BoM. The War chapters are so awesome!
Alright,
I love and miss you all! Always!
Take care!

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Strengthening the Less Active






Well, another week.
We had 3 lessons with Martin this week! Two of them were with a super cool member (Ricky)
It helps so much to have a member who can easily relate with other locals. Unfortunately, He couldn't make it to church for unknown reasons...
We were stopped by a drunk this week who took our hands and insisted praying to Joseph Smith and President Thomas S. Monson...... We gave him a WoW track and left him to read that.
Elder McIntyre and I visited a less active Family (The Maturines) They own a small bakery and needed some help. Yes, they hooked us up with some bake goods after that ;)
Although we ended up giving them to a super poor Less-active, single, mother of 6 kids! They are going through a tough time right now and we have been visiting them. 
BUT, They unexpectedly came to church! All of them! It made our day!
ALSO, I bought my first cutlass! and We helped "Ricky" in his garden on Saturday. I love it so much!
We ended up cutting grass for his sheep. Still a lot of fun.
Well, I love and miss you all!
Have a good week!

Monday, July 3, 2017

Happy July 4th!/ A Hole in my Foot!


This week was good,
We are seeing a larger increase of Americans at church due to people returning to med school here. It is fun to meet new people all of the time!
This whole week, I have had a long, black needle like thorn in my ankle. Got approved to go to the doctor and get it checked out. They decided, to numb me, and cut me open! HAHA! It was crazy, and I spent most of this week resting so this giant hole in my foot will heal.
BUT I am all good!
I love this place!!!!
We also had a member lesson this week for a little girl, and the spirit was strong there, as well as another lesson we had with: Martin.
We have Martin set for the end of this month. It seems as if he has been preparing for 26 years for this!!! We believe he is ready for baptism!
We just love him so much. Everyone here!
Just love this place!!!
Well, I love and miss you all,
take care,
-Grant







Monday, June 26, 2017

The Land of Spice Where Everything is Nice!


Hey everyone!
Grenada produces a lot of nutmeg. weird huh? Their slogan they have is is so true though. everything is nice.
We had a great week with teaching our progressing investigators such as "KIM" they are married and are excited to learn even more!
We also visited Martin this week. He has read 30 chapters out of the BoM and is LOVING it! He was so Crazy to see us and tell us all he has learned. he loves the church environment and the members in it. We are excited to see him baptized on July 15th as well.
So many fun and crazy things to talk about. This place is paradise. The sunsets are indescribable and the people here are so much fun to work with.
Another great week for me. Love and miss you all have a great week!

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Loving GRENADA!!



My goodness, so much to say.
I have so many pictures this week that are so worth sharing, but I'll just show some of grenada.
I am loving my new comp. (Elder McIntyre) He is from Canada. He is a hard working chill guy. Love that Elder.
Our fist lesson we taught together, we already set a Baptismal date for "Kim" (Super Loving guy)
I just have a good feeling about this area. :)

I taught my first District meeting this week! I was nervous, but everyone said I did a good job.... So thats good!
We have four sisters and 4 elder in my district including me. 
I love this district so much, it has been my favorite thus far.
Super crazy week, So much to say, but Just wanted to let everyone know I am here safe, and Loving every second of it!

Panorama for the blog, Me and Elder McIntrye, and the church w/ its view!!!