Elder Jacob Elgaaen in Jacksonville, Florida: November 27, 2017 Weekly Special

This week was full of awesomeness and gratitude. We had a great thanksgiving with 3 dinners all right after one another. I was so full and stuffed by the 3rd dinner that I was discusted by food! That doesn't ushally happen like ever... Something CRAZY happened down the street from our apartment. A guy went out of town via plane. He left his son and his mother at the house. When he flew in he was exspecting them to pick him up. They never showed up so he got a taxi and went home. When he got home, the house was ransacked and the car was gone along with his mother and his son. The whole street was blocked off Wednesday night and there were police everywhere. On sunday we found out that the Boy murdered his grandma and burried her in his back yard and took the car and left for Canada. The house is still blocked off and surrounded by police today. What a crazy world that we live in today. On sunday we left the church and there was a weird sound coming from the back passenger side of the car. I thought it sounded like a nail and we checked the tire pressure and it said the back was fine if not a little low. After a few hours it droped 1 psi so we decited to check. There was a massive screw in the tire. We will have to get that replaced today which will be fun! Haha. The best news this week is that Torry is going to get baptised for sure on Sunday at 4pm. It is so awesome how he has progressed and how prepaired he is to enter the waters of baptism.

This week I've really been able to focus on being the best teacher that I can and focus on teaching with the spirit. When we teach lessons even in and during church, as we stop and let silence enter into our teaching it allows us personally to let the spirit teach and testify of what is being taught. I have a testimony of that and of its importance. When we ponder and listen we allow ourselves to be filled with the spirit and gain access to the knowledge of the spirit. I love the knowledge that I've gained through the spirit and the blessings I've received. One thing that our mission President likes to focus on is the power of the spirit in being baptism by fire. With the spirit, we can be led and guided but we can also use the spirit to have temptation and the appetite for sin burned away. Just to conclude, as we pray and strive to fill the spirit, we can become more like Christ in so many ways it is amazing! I love all of you and hope you all have an amazing week full of Jesus Christ and his love and spirit.