December 28, 2015

Okay so not much has happened since we talked. I really did love

talking so much. I was so worried that I would be sad and nervous. But

it made my day and my week. And I can't wait until Mother's Day haha.

I guess Mother's Day in England is in March? But we can choose which

month to Skype. So we will see, maybe I can do both hahahaha. Just

kidding. You guys all seem like you are doing so well. Some injuries

but I guess Parkin’s just are bound to get injured. I'm surprised I

never suffered any major injuries skiing to be honest. I guess we will

see when I get home haha.

But nothing else has really happened, except for the baptism! It was a

wonderful experience! I had the opportunity to preform the ordinance

for D. WOW! He is huge! Haha I struggled a bit but I have been doing

lots of push-ups and workouts the last 4 months so I felt pretty

confident haha. I took dads advice and baptized him forward instead of

backwards. It worked just great! It was super spiritual experience and

I loved it so much. I was super nervous. But I felt and feel the power

of the priesthood in baptism and performing these sacred ordinances.

But before all this spiritual powerhouse, we had some conflict haha,

Doe was suppose to arrive at 1:30 so we could preform his and Oliver's

in the same service. But Doe was traveling from Preston and was

suppppeerrrr late! Like 2 hours late. So we did Oliver’s, which was

amazing. He had his mom and all his brothers and his friends there.

They were all so loving and supportive. The night before, we met with

his Father and step mom, and they told him that they wanted him to

wait and that he should wait until Easter! All Oliver wanted was to be

baptized tomorrow. We even told him either way would be okay. He told

his dad and step mom that he shouldn't have to wait on being the

happiest he has ever been. So, he signed his own paper and showed up

the next morning in faith that his dad's heart would be softened. We

prayed and prayed that it would be!  And it was!!! His dad didn't come

to the baptism but he sent him a text right before telling him that he

loved him and that he was proud of him. Oliver told us that it was his

dad's way of supporting him. It was a miracle. A real Christmas

miracle. The service went well, we waited around for Doe, I was

getting super super nervous just because of sitting around. It's like

when you sit at the top of the jump or big cliff skiing and if you

wait to long you just start freaking out. I just wanted to do it right

away! But he finally showed up and was super excited! It was worth the

wait. Oh ya and he was wearing a XXXXXL jump suit. Now that was crazy

to see haha. But it was an amazing day. I was ready for bed when I got

home though, that's for sure.

Oh one more thing! So in a year or so, Elder Ammermon and I are

allowed to go to the temple with Doe! He and his wife are planning on

working towards that really soon! It would be such an amazing

experience to see them sealed in the temple. And it would give us the

chance to go to the temple while we are here!

I am writing this on the train, we are headed into London right now.

The transfer was pushed one more week so I will be Staying in Bedford

for sure this week. And we will see next week. We are going into

London because Elder Ammermon is helping the office with some

electrical stuff haha. Perks of having a computer genius, we get a

London P day! We may not be able to stay around super long but we're

going to try and see some sick stuff.

Love you guys so much!

Best P-day spent in London!!!!

Jacob and his MTC companion

panoramic of Trafalar Square