What a spectacular life God has given me. The salvation and endless blessings I have in Jesus overwhelms me to tears. In response I am driven to pour out my heart in praise and worship to God my Father who deserves to be glorified every day in every way and for everything.

This first month of being in Taiwan studying the bible 12 hours a day has been “the best month of my life” without a doubt.

God throughout my life has spoken to me in many ways and one of those is through my dreams.

Let me explain. I have dreams every night and most of them I don’t remember, but then later on in life, when I am listening to Gods still small voice in my mind, I have Dejavue.

(Basically I am in a situation where I have been in the exact place and environment and with certain people in exactly the same way before. same movements, sounds everything) These are moments I have never experienced in the past but I remember that it was in a dream I had had.

This has been a way of God letting me know that I am on the right track and guiding me.

This has happened 7 different times since being in Taiwan!… I could go into detail but basically I am trying to say that God is awesome and I’m so excited to live out the purpose He has for me.

One ministry I do is I meet with professors here in Taiwan to help them learn English and share the gospel through it. I also do computer and sound stuff for base worship times.

How I wish every person could do SBS and learn to know the bible this deeply. I thought I understood so much of what the bible said before but in this school I am realizing how little understand. Context is sooo important.

I have charted 5 books so far and currently am on Luke. I wish I knew these things 10 years ago.

One awesome revelation I got from God through this time so far is that the joy and reward of sharing the gospel is not the results of what we share but it is the very fact that we believers get to share the gospel at all. The blessing is “Who” we preach.

People all over the world are truly dead and don’t even know it. Jesus isn’t just a comforter for peoples problems, he is the very reason you are able to be made alive.

Until I met Jesus, I was dead. Not only blind, not only sick, not only lost, I was “dead.” And I didn’t know it.

Jesus raised me up, opened my eyes, my ears, my mouth and my mind. I had no understanding of anything in the world yet I sure thought I did. And an understanding was given to me through the Holy Spirit.

There are so many people who are dead and don’t know it. They need Jesus and this is the very reason I am a missionary. My life is for one purpose, to bring glory to God, the one who created me who created everything, and gave the world to us to take care of. There is no greater joy then to live for Jesus and I lay here writing this in total awe of how beautiful He is.

Each day I find new ways to bless others and love them more and be more of a servant. Not for any reward or acknowledgement but because I love them and I adore God. Almost always it is in secret. I tell you this not to make myself look good but to encourage you to bless others in your life also. Even just by an anonymous handwritten note letting them know how much you enjoy having them in your life. It can make someone’s day and you will want to smile more knowing that you made someone feel loved.

I love you and wish I could bless you more so I pray that God fills you with Joy in this moment that you read this. I don’t write this in vain. I have specific people in my mind as I write this and I hope that you are reading.

Love is the answer-Humility is the key-Jesus is the way

Your brother and friend, Jacob President