Elder Jacob Elgaaen in Jacksonville, Florida: July 22, 2019 Transfers

This past week flew by again. We had our transfer call this week. Usually we would get on a mission wide conference call and announce where everyone is going. Now the Mission President and his assistants call the Zone Leaders and they call up the members of the zone and tell them each where they are going. I will be staying in Branford for my last transfer and Elder Birch is going to Alma Georgia. My new companion will be Elder Miller. I am excited!

On another note, the teaching highlight of the week was for sure Pam. Pam is a mother of a bishop and said she wanted to meet with us so her son (the bishop of another ward) referred her to us. She seemed pretty interested when we called her and set up an appointment for this last week. We went by and had a super good lesson. Pam told us she isn't finding true joy in her church and sees that joy in her family members. She called her sister and mom right before we came and found out that they were both members too. She is super elect and loved everything we shared with her. She also had a bunch of veggies and fruit that she grew that she gave us. She is super awesome!

There was also a Regional Family History Day they had at our stake building. We went to help people set up accounts for familysearch.org as well as recover passwords... It was super fun. One lady came in and she didn't think she had an account. We started making one and put in her Member Record Number and it said she already had one. We tried everything and it took a long time to finally make it work. We had to figure out her church account. She was super appreciative and it was fun getting to know her. There was another lady and her grandaughter who both wanted to sign up. The older lady couldn't figure anything out and the 9 year old was done in seconds. The older lady made her account and forgot the password before she could log in again. Haha it was a mess but it was super fun.

We also had interviews this last week and the new mission president is so awesome! He demonstrates such Christ like love for everyone! It's so crazy how I will be starting my last transfer in 2 days! It doesn't seem real. When I had my interview with the mission president, I did a temple recomend interview and probably for the first time ever really understood the interview questions. I am so greatful for my growth and testimony. I know it comes through living the gospel outwardly as well as on a inward personal level. Love you all and hope your weeks great!