Jacob is currently serving in the Hamburg, Germany Mission. He reported in August of 2009, so he has about a year and a half left. Since he can't really say much about his life right now, here is the latest email from him:
okay so this area is great and it has a lot op potential. my comps name is
> elder bertuleit. he comes from stuttgart. it is great having a german comp
> this way my german will get a lot better. he speaks really good english as
> well! but he also speaks pretty much a different langauge, where he comes
> from they speak swabisch, it is suppose to be a different dilect of german
> but i can only understand a few words of it. he speaks hoch deutsch as
> well(high german) but ya he plays guitar as well and we are getting along
> elder bertuleit. he comes from stuttgart. it is great having a german comp
> this way my german will get a lot better. he speaks really good english as
> well! but he also speaks pretty much a different langauge, where he comes
> from they speak swabisch, it is suppose to be a different dilect of german
> but i can only understand a few words of it. he speaks hoch deutsch as
> well(high german) but ya he plays guitar as well and we are getting along
> great!
> stadthagen is a really big ward, we watched all but the last 2 sessions of
> conference the past 2 days and i thought they were really good. we have a
> lot of investigators but we have only met with one so far. we have 2 people
> on baptismal date, his name is sasha he is a pretty young guy and the other
> is jorget and she is also fairly young.
> i havent really taken too many pics of my area yet but i will, i also filled
> up my card so ill send that home eventually.
> i do remember mike dill and that kid, that is so great that she is doing
> stadthagen is a really big ward, we watched all but the last 2 sessions of
> conference the past 2 days and i thought they were really good. we have a
> lot of investigators but we have only met with one so far. we have 2 people
> on baptismal date, his name is sasha he is a pretty young guy and the other
> is jorget and she is also fairly young.
> i havent really taken too many pics of my area yet but i will, i also filled
> up my card so ill send that home eventually.
> i do remember mike dill and that kid, that is so great that she is doing
that, hopefully
he will follow and do the same!
> so it is kind of funny being here in stadthagen because i have done
> exchanges here a couple of times before. it was in the same district as
> though!
> oh and apparently it says in d&c 89 that it is against the word of wisdom to
> eat anything other than fish during warm times. it says only eat beasts and
> fowls of the air ion times of winter or cold or need. and elder bertuleit
> says it works for him really well and makes him feel physically healthier so
> i am going to try it out, so if you could please send me some fish recipes
> :)
> ill have more to write next week just because by then i will know the
> investigators and the area better.
> but ya i think that is all for now...
> love yall!
> elder cox!
> so it is kind of funny being here in stadthagen because i have done
> exchanges here a couple of times before. it was in the same district as
> that, hopefully
> nienburg but nienburg is now in a district with hannover. i like it here> though!
> oh and apparently it says in d&c 89 that it is against the word of wisdom to
> eat anything other than fish during warm times. it says only eat beasts and
> fowls of the air ion times of winter or cold or need. and elder bertuleit
> says it works for him really well and makes him feel physically healthier so
> i am going to try it out, so if you could please send me some fish recipes
> :)
> ill have more to write next week just because by then i will know the
> investigators and the area better.
> but ya i think that is all for now...
> love yall!
> elder cox!
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