Jacobowski, Felipe

Back at it again! I have a new companion now! His name is Elder Whiting from Southern California, I've spent quite a bit of my mission around him so I'm sort of familiar with him, he was also Elder Smart's MTC companion which is quite the funny coincidence. We've had the chance to help quite a few people now that the weather is getting better, and one of those people that we met pretty early on in the transfer is named Bryce. Bryce is awesome! He has such a cool story of how he ended up owning a farm in Abbotsford, and he's super open to hearing about the church and what we believe in. It's also nice that the blackberries he grows don't have any thorns, so no scratches for us haha. On Saturday we got the wonderful chance to watch Jacob and Jim get baptized! We've been working with them for a while, so it was a really cool experience to be able to see them reach this point in their journey back to Heavenly Father. They're also 2 funny kids so it was a...

So week 88 didn't really have much happen. Both Elder Smart and I got sick for pretty much the whole week, so we stayed home for quite a large part of that week. Luckily it wasn't Covid for either of us, but it still didn't make it any more fun haha. I'm feeling better now, so that's good. Week 89 is when the ward was officially started up as the Sumas Mountain Ward. It's nice to be back covering Mission, it's kind of weird seeing my first area now approaching the end of my mission. We now have volleyball nights in Mission every Friday which is a really great opportunity for missionaries, there's quite a few people that come who have shown interest in what we do and share. We've also been working with Jacob and Jim a lot, they're awesome kids and really want to learn more about Jesus and the gospel he brings to us. They're preparing for baptism, and are both super excited! Week 90 was more visiting out in Mission, as well as getting the chanc...