Week 27

Hey All! Here's week 27:

It's finally Christmas!! But before any of that, there's a couple events that happened before the special day.

On Tuesday we did another exchange, this time with our Zone Leaders. It was awesome to learn from them and see how they've grown over the course of their missions.

On Thursday I was able to call my dad as it was his birthday! It was great to chat with him for a bit.

On Christmas Eve we went to the Stelnicki’s house for dinner and nativity, we were 9 missionaries total, it was so much fun, there is a video but it’s too long to share here, haha, you can see some of the pictures though.

Then the special day arrived! We started off our Saturday morning with calling home and opening our gifts. It was amazing seeing the generosity of the members in the ward, and I'm super thankful to them. We then did an awesome brunch with our district, followed by a mission wide zoom call. We wrapped up our day with a visit with our landlords, where we played board games and shared spiritual experiences. It was an awesome time and awesome way to spend my first Christmas as a missionary.

Another big thing to note is that we actually had a white Christmas! It's been snowing for the past few days, and it's been really crazy to see how much people react to snow that's so common in Ontario haha. It's been really fun seeing the snow.

Honestly, I'm super grateful for all the awesome and fun things I was able to do these past couple weeks, but I'm also grateful I can be a missionary at this time. Sharing the birth of Christ and the impact that had on the world has been an amazing blessing, and I'm glad I have another year and a half to continue sharing the good news. Like it says in Isaiah 9:6

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."

I know that Christ is truly the Prince of Peace, and that through him we can all feel that. I hope you're able to see that as well, and I hope your Christmas was as joyous as mine was.

Merry Christmas!!

Elder Jacobowski

4. Elder Samuel Robins

5. Our Christmas tree got so much better after we found the stand and some lights

7. It reminds me of home

9. My parents watching me open my Christmas gifts

12. Christmas nativity