Elder Jaxson Scown

Hola! I apologize for slacking hard core on the weekly emails these past few months. Fortunately and unfortunately for me this will be my last official email as a representative of Jesus Christ in the Xalapa Mexico Mission. I still can't even process that this is officially my last week in the mission and within a matter of a few days and hours I will be on a plane back to the good ol USA. Poza Rica is a considerably hot place, and I'm trying to soak it all in before I have to go to Arizona where it's even hotter. I'm going to miss this place so much.  My companion and I were working extremely hard and balancing it with some fun. We've planned several inspiring activities with the ward to encourage them to stay active in the church and their callings. I can tell that the ward is very excited with the new changes and I feel that things are going in a really good direction. We were blessed to see 4 amazing people participate in the sacred ordinances of baptism and con

Hello my amazing friends and family! It's been an amazing 6 weeks since I last wrote a weekly. Here are some updates for y'all.  I have officially started my last transfer in my mission. I got transferred back to the good old Poza Rica and my new companion is Elder Hernandez from Mexicali. This means that I officially never had an American companion my entire time being in Mexico. I am really stoked for this last transfer and we have some good people we are teaching right now.  Last transfer to be completely honest, was pretty rough. President and Sister Perkins went to the United States for their son's wedding and were on do not disturb for a few days. Between my comp and I and the Senor couple in the mission, we were trying to keep everything under control. When the Perkins got home, they got Covid and my comp and I were forced to go into quarantine for a full week because we were exposed to them. We dedicated that week to preparing trainings, zone conferences, and other