so this week was a heartbreaker but AWESOME!!!! so we had blessings vs trials, TIME, and so funny stuff 

so this past week we started with 6 baptisms planned out that were super promising!!! but the devil sorta got the best of us and we only baptized 2 paula and mirta her mom :) (BLESSING!!!). but it was almost comical to see how that really is how the mission works. when we are teaching people and their gaining a stronger relationship with god they also receive WAY MORE TEMPTATION!!!! and its really rough as a missionary to see it all happening and having to put our confidence in god!!! worst feeling not being able to do anything!!! but it was really cute Mrta the mom was in a class with us and our president of the mission walked in the the class out of the blue. so i introduce her to our president and she instantly starts crying tell ing president that he cant take us (her angels) out of the area because we have done so much for her... i was just sitting there tearing up. we really are changing the lives of these people for the better and i dont care if your member non member atheist no importa That is an amazing thing. ( and it totally worked the president is keeping us here in carlos paz!!!!!!!!)

so i did a intercambio with my 2nd comp in the mission and i was with him when he turned a year in the mission FOREVER AGO!!!! so we were talking walking around and i started to contact these girls and he just stood there and watched me do it with his mouth open... so i finish the contact and look at him saying like what happened bro?? and he just looks at me and goes jax a lot of time has passed  do u realize that you can speak spanish?!?!? and we just sat there like OH FETCH!!!!!!! I ALMOST HAVE A YEAR IN THE MISSION !!!!!!! WHAT?!?!?!?!? hahahahahaah crazy how fast time flys!!!!!!!!

so i had a rough 24 hours tuesday... i woke from a dream that made me just wanna go home which happenes so no biggy i get up do my prep  and my studys that happened to be ALL ABOUT MARRIAGE!!!!! so after that we leave to go make some visits and after that we went to clean the baptismal font, good activity right? WRONGG!!! I TOTALLY ATE CRAP FROM THE TOP STEP OF THE FONT !!!!!!! HAQHAHAHA i hit every step on the way down and landed face first into a foot of super bleachy water!!!!!! hahahahaah then to add salt to cut right after that we went to go play soccer with some investigators and all my cloths were wet so i had to play in pants AND I RIPPED THE CRAP OUT OF THEM !!!!!!!! from the belt loop to the zipper !!! hahahaha oh the freakin mission gotta love it :P 

love you guys thanks for all your prayers and support!!! it means alot!!!!

be good and ill see ya`ll in a lil bit :P

Jackson 

P.S. SOPHIE HOOT GET GOOD GRADES !!!! + love ya :)

P.S.S. HEY AJ THANKS FOR YOUR AWESOME DRAWING KID!!!!! I HAVE IT HUNG UP AT MY DESK !!! YOUR THE BEST BUDD!!! :D

Pictures Sept. 13, 2016

Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016

so this week was a heart breaker but AWESOME!!!! so we had blessings vs trials, TIME, and so funny stuff 

so this past week we started with 6 baptisms planned out that were super promising!!! but the devil sorta got the best of us and we only baptized 2 paula and mirta her mom :) (BLESSING!!!). but it was almost comical to see how that really is how the mission works. when we are teaching people and their gaining a stronger relationship with god they also receive WAY MORE TEMPTATION!!!! and its really rough as a missionary to see it all happening and having to put our confidence in god!!! worst feeling not being able to do anything!!! but it was really cute Mrta the mom was in a class with us and our president of the mission walked in the the class out of the blue. so i introduce her to our president and she instantly starts crying tell ing president that he cant take us (her angels) out of the area because we have done so much for her... i was just sitting there tearing up. we really are changing the lives of these people for the better and i dont care if your member non member atheist no importa That is an amazing thing. ( and it totally worked the president is keeping us here in carlos paz!!!!!!!!)

so i did a intercambio with my 2nd comp in the mission and i was with him when he turned a year in the mission FOREVER AGO!!!! so we were talking walking around and i started to contact these girls and he just stood there and watched me do it with his mouth open... so i finish the contact and look at him saying like what happened bro?? and he just looks at me and goes jax a lot of time has passed  do u realize that you can speak Spanish?!?!? and we just sat there like OH FETCH!!!!!!! I ALMOST HAVE A YEAR IN THE MISSION !!!!!!! WHAT?!?!?!?!? hahahahahaah crazy how fast time flys!!!!!!!!

so i had a rough 24 hours tuesday... i woke from a dream that made me just wanna go home which happens so no biggy i get up do my prep  and my studys that happened to be ALL ABOUT MARRIAGE!!!!! so after that we leave to go make some visits and after that we went to clean the baptismal font, good activity right? WRONGG!!! I TOTALLY ATE CRAP FROM THE TOP STEP OF THE FONT !!!!!!! HAQHAHAHA i hit every step on the way down and landed face first into a foot of super bleachy water!!!!!! hahahahaah then to add salt to cut right after that we went to go play soccer with some investigators and all my cloths were wet so i had to play in pants AND I RIPPED THE CRAP OUT OF THEM !!!!!!!! from the belt loop to the zipper !!! hahahaha oh the freakin mission gotta love it :P 

love you guys thanks for all your prayers and support!!! it means alot!!!!

be good and ill see ya`ll in a lil bit :P

Jackson 

P.S. SOPHIE HOOT GET GOOD GRADES !!!! + love ya :)

P.S.S. HEY AJ THANKS FOR YOUR AWESOME DRAWING KID!!!!! I HAVE IT HUNG UP AT MY DESK !!! YOUR THE BEST BUDD!!! :D

Pictures Sept. 5 2016

August 29, Monday

Joshua Lyndon Jackson <jljackson@myldsmail.net>

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29 Aug at 10:17 AM

so this week was CRAZY!!!!!!! we had service, sickness, and success!!!!

this week we served like mad men!!!!!! seriously everyday we just left the house with our bags full of service cloths. we did everything from cleaning yards to cutting trees down and stacking the wood. it was a blast !! and at the same time super funny cause everyday we just woke up with the feeling that someone would need service so we packed our cloths. its crazy sometimes to think about the stuff that happens in the mission!!!!

so this week we got invited to an investigator house to eat with her family. so we show up with a big coke thinking like were just gonna have a nice sandwich or something like that NOPE!! shes got 10 pizzas ready with a big salad and churrizo!!!!!! so we sit down and go to the attack with this single mom, her daughter(our investigator) and her 3 CRAZY BOYS!!!!! who were all having a pre party before they left to go clubing. IT WAS A BLAST!!!! dont tell my pres but we were there till like 12:30 it was so much fun but when we woke up the next morning we were both just sick as dogs !!! so we get to church and as soon as i walk in the door i run to the b-room and puke my guts out. so we get home and i run to the b-room again and got stuck there for the rest of night haha i have never felt such pain in my life!!!! haha so i hopped in the shower and fell asleep there for 6 hours im still all wrinkly haha sooooo yeah perks of the mission and the crazy food we eat. (you ready for it mayson G???)

ok so for the past 5 weeks i have had to go to church without investigator which really breaks a missionary's heart but this we my comp and i saw some miricles!!! we had 9 INVESTIGATORS IN THE CHURCH and 5 of them are going to get baptized next week!!!!!!! it was super funny cause we showed up to church about 45 minutes late (cause we were helping our investigators get all their kids ready) and we walk into the reunion and 5 of our investigator were already there sitting with members. their is no better feeling as a missionary than seeing all your hard work pay off.

thank you for all your prayers and support!!! ill see yall in a little 

Jackson  

Pictures August 29

August 22, 2016

Today at 11:22

SO this week was rough we had a rough turnout in the church, a feo noticia. 

this week has been really rough. my comp have been a FOOL finding new familys teaching really well feeling the spirit its was killer!!!!!! and saturday we planned our day out and found out that if we invited everyone of our investigators and could get them to go we would have 12 PEOPLE WITH DATES TO GET BAPTISED IN THE CHURCH!!! crazy right !!!! so we do our visits and every single one says yeah well go to church!!! so we were super excited!!! but the morning came around and NOBODY SHOWED!!!!!! after we had talked to every single one that morning nope. so i was heated to say the least and with all that emotion i had to give a talk. i got up their and just was a hot mess haha i couldent even focus. so i finished the talk then walked outside to just catch a breath. it was a heart breaker to see all these amazing people not in the church feeling the amazing spirit of god. BUMMER !!!!!!!!! 

and the best part of the whole situation is that my comp and i are getting talken outta our area at the end of this transfer. which realy sucks cause it means we dont get to see any of our investigators be baptised and it also means that most of the people we are teaching are gonna be forgoten about or droped by other missionarys. makes it a lil rough to work... BUMMER!!!!!!

so just for all you young boys getting ready for the mission i just want to let you know that the mission is not for the faint of heart. i have never been more broken hearted in my life, the mission is by far the hardest thing ive ever done... BUT I WOULD NOT TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!! i will forever be greatful for my time in the mission so GET YOUR BUTTS OUT ON THE MISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

love you all to death be safe and ill see yall in a lil bit :)

Jackson 

and hey for all the spanish speakers YOU HAVE TO LOOK UP 

Circulito consigue trabajo -- Cuadradito y Circulito

its a video on youtube and its freakin HALARIOUS!!!!!!!!!! we watched it in our zone meeting. we learned that we need to have passion for the mission like circulito has for messing stuff up hahahahahahahah love the mission 

hey CAHOON FAMILY!!!!!! YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST !!!!!! I JUST GOT YOU LITTLE LETTER AND YOUR GUYS ARE THE BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH FOR THE LETTER IT MADE ME GIGGLE !!!!!!! BEST FAMILY EVA!!!!!! 

and hey mike your gonna get a crack outta that video its sooooo dang cordobeas hahahah