It
was very sad to hear about Brother Weagley. I was in shock because I never would
have thought something like that would happen but I will keep them in my
prayers. I will send you guys some pics and the poem that I sent is one of my
favorite poems ever.
This week I learned so much I, feel like in the Disney song "you will learn things you never knew you never knew". One thing I studied was
about resurrection and I never realized that there was more than one! Maybe this
is common knowledge but it blew my mind. I spent the whole week studying the
millenium, judgement, and resurrection. Anyway that's why I love the mission, you
just are constantly learning things.
This week was funny to read your letters
about summer break and the 4th of July because nothing was different this week
for us. Although I did read a talk this week that was super good and I think
Allie should read it. It is called "Your wonderful Journey Home" and
it is by Pres. Uchdorf. It was super good. This week I also had the best food
ever that you guys should try. You put a tortilla in a frying pan until it is a
little hard then you rip a hole in the middle and then you crack an egg in the
middle and let it cook and then flip it. It is super super good especially if
you put cheese in it or hot sauce. I ate the hottest pepper ever this week and
felt like I was going to die. It was caled a chile manzana.
Anyway this week
was great, our investigators are progressing and coming to church. One of Maria
Teresas daughters who is 26 and thought she was baptized at 8 turns out that
she was never baptized so we are getting things ready for her to be baptized.
Also this week I learned how important members are, if not more important than
the missionaries. There is a family who was baptized about 4 months ago and
they were super excited but soon they stopped coming to church and then stopped
answering the door when we visited, we were so afraid that they were going to
go inactive after just a short time in the church, when a lady in the ward
brought her kids to go visit this family. All of a sudden this family had new
enthusiasm to go to church becasue they had a friend.
The most important thing
a member can do in missionary work is be a friend to those who need it. We have
a list of over 200 inactives here en El Oro and we went through and wrote what
these people need to come back to church and for almost every single one of
them it is a friend. Someone who cares if they come to church and visits or
calls if they don't. There is little point of bringing new people into the
church if they leave just a few months later. I know that there is no one in
this world that can't change, that can't repent, that it is too late to have their heart touched, or that God doesn't love. Every person on this Earth has a special role
and we need them all. I don't remember if I shared this in my last letter but I
was reading in Corinthians and it says we are all members of the body of Christ
and the eye can't say to the leg we have no need of you. Every person has their
talents to share.
Love Hermana Jones
Here is a picture of a place called "Hidden Waters" in my area, and some pictures with other missionaries.
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