A Young Man Prepared (or Preparing)

(He says he's smiling in this picture - and I don't know what's up with the Alfalfa hair)

Jacob is preparing to serve a mission. It is quite a feat - to think that a young man at age 19 would sacrifice his time to serve anywhere he is sent for 2 years - and pay for it on top of that! And to think that same young man has kept himself morally clean thus making himself worthy to serve! He is an awesome guy!

He has completed all the paperwork and just has the interviews left to do. We expect those will happen within the next 2 weeks or so - so we anticipate that within maybe 6 weeks he'll know where he is being sent and when he'll go. (We think he'll probably leave in June)

He has been reading the Book of Mormon in earnest (he made a goal to read it once before his birthday - April 8th - and one more time before he departs). He's been attending Scripture Study class and the Missionary Correlation Meetings and has been going out with the missionaries about once a week.

He is also trying to get in as much video game time as he can - going cold turkey will be hard!