Elder Vickers-Jacklin : Transfer Time has Come, January 2, 2017

Hey everyone well things have changed a lot sense I got t call home. I a now in a new area ....Joliet 1st north ward it's a lot different from being in the corn. My new companion is Elder Fia he's is from Tonga. So our planner is in tongin.... it's so confusing but I'm figuring it out. So we white washed the Joliet area which means that the elders who served in the area before us will leave the area and two new elders come in and have no clue of what the area is like.... so we are lost. Well we are in a car share with the district leaders and I am now the designated driver. The car we we have is a Ford Escape and that car has too many buttons and is very touchy I do not like it but it's better then walking everywhere. We get fed alot in this area and my companion can down food like a king. We went to lunch with brother Ranchero and Elder Fia downed twelve plans of food at Golden corral. Let's just say it amazing because he does that at every meal and he still looks like Elder Zachary Jacklin. He loves chicken we have that with every meal it feels like. I a back into a ward now and it's a little bit different having three hours of church again and not having church in the dentist office and only have twelve members who come regularly.

I d miss mamma Tammi but I plan on seeing that family again so I am not to worried. I a ready to serve in the Joliet area even if it means starting over on getting settled in.

Thank you all for the letters and such that you sent it means a lot to me and I hope your Christmas season and new year was swell.

I hope you saw the light of Christ in this Christmas because I sure did. Let's try and keep the light of Christ throughout this year now.

New poem

Mission

We take a break from everyday life to invite others to come unto Christ

Not knowing what in pack we will have on someone's else's life.

We leave home showing courage that we can stand as witnesses of the truth

Not knowing that someone has been waiting for this time sense they were a youth

We leave behind all personal affairs so that we can share a message that is full of light

Not knowing that someone has been in darkness and is now receiving their sight

We leave behind loved ones so that we can bring others into the fold

Not knowing that we are full filling promises of old