The Kentucky Temple Visit

Jacob sounded so happy in his letter that we received today.  He was able to go to the Louisville, Kentucky Temple

on Friday, and said it was truly wonderful.  And, the day before, they had a zone conference with a musical presentation about Joseph Smith.

He said it strengthened his testimony immensely and when they went to sing the closing song "Praise to the Man", he couldn't sing, he was so overcome!  I love experiences like that! He said he wished we could all hear what he heard, and I wish it too!
Jacob spent quite a bit of his week doing service for a member of the ward who has been so good to him and all of the Elders (Brother Blackwelder)...he feeds them almost every Sunday.  Brother Blackwelder has a warehouse full of old vinyl records.  Along with his son, Denis, Jacob and his companion had to go through and find the records that were still good...not warped or damaged after 30 years in storage...and box them up.  He said it was a HUGE project and took up a great deal of their prostlelyting time, but he was still able to visit with the Zagottis.  The Zagotti family has set a baptismal date! and Jacob says that they are truly a fantastic family and they have a real intent for learning about the Gospel.  They WANT to know.
And...Jacob loved the "Mormon "Minion"aries I sent him.

He said he almost doesn't want to eat the twinkies because they are so cute...which made me happy, because it was something that made him laugh!
And...last of all...he hasn't lost all of his pictures like we thought!  He still has his original flash drive and it was the copy that disappeared or was ruined in the mail.  So, we sent him another drive, and I should hopefully be getting some current and fun pics soon :)