Jace in Peru: December 7th, 2015

Hello everyone. Jace didn't send a group email this week. He was asked to send a Christmas message to our ward and I told him if he had to forgo the group email to do it he could (I didn't really mean it). But I guess he didn't have time to do both. But I love his Christmas message so I'm passing it along. He also sent pics but no descriptions of what/where they are, so........

Christmas Message:

I love Christmas. I always have. I always will. I love the music. I love the movies. I love the feeling of Christmas. During Christmas you know how you want your life to be: centered on Christ. During Christmas you know that the Savior of the world was born in humble circumstances, to humble parents, with his greatness and glory to come. Those moments of peace, those times of joy, and those feelings of love are so undeniably heavenly that you simply know that there is a Christ. This is why I love Christmas. Unfortunately, however, Christmas ends, along with that knowing feeling. We are left to face the rest of winter accompanied with our doubts, testimony shakers, and unanswered questions. Where is that knowing feeling? Where's my steadfast and immovable testimony? How can I do this when I am so unsure? How can I preach the Gospel when I don't alwats know that it's true? Questions like this used to plague my mind and make me question my ability to be a disciple of Christ. It wasn't until my mission that I found my answer, simply said in a scripture I have known my whole life:

'And now as I said concerning faith--- faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true.'

I haven't always known this is the truth, but I have always hoped. I hope this Gospel is true. I hope I can live with my family forever. I hope the Savior of the world was born into this world. I hope He can forgive my sins. I hope He loves me. This small hope I have is fortified in the last few lines of the scripture, '...ye hope for things, which are not seen, which are true.'

I hope this church is true because it is. I hope I can live with my family forever because I can. I hope I have a loving Savior because I do. I have a Savior who is and can do everything I hope for. He can do even more. I love Christmas. I always have. I always will. I love this Gospel. I don't always have a perfect knowledge that it is true, but I hope someday I will. I say these things in the name of Jesus Chrsit. Amen.

I'm guessing:

1- Teaching English (at a school? Primary? IDK but it's precious)