Mighty Mighty Joneses: Sister Jones Week 31

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Sister Jones Week 31

I really love the cake that Allie made it is super cute :) Also I am super jealous of the concert that dad got to go to. When is Holly's baby due? So this week was super hard but it was a good experience. I really learned that your attitude really makes all the difference. The first half of the week I was super stressed and didn't know what to do. Then I just learned to enjoy it and focus on having the spirit and having fun. Then the week was so much better. It is a little funny having a new companion because you forget how hard it was at first like speaking the language, cleaning your laundry, and even just walking all day. I feel like this cambio is going to help me a ton with my Spanish. It is like I am here in Mexico with a baby and I have to do a lot more than before. One thing I love about having a new companion though is they are just so excited to do everything and just so obedient. One day I was having a kind of hard day and I was asking my district leader what to do and he just sent one phrase... "The distance between you and God is the same distance between your knees and the ground." I loved that so much because sometimes I forget that when we are stressed or going through a hard time that the first person we can turn to is our heavenly father. Oh I forgot on Monday at night they called sister Wood and said that an hermana came that they weren't expecting and they needed a trainer so hermana Wood is training too. It was super stressful because at the presidents house all the trainers were downstairs and we waited for about 2 hours to go upstairs. Then they call the new hermanas one by one and announce who their trainer was. I was one of the last ones to get my daughter so I was super nervous. It is so funny though because I have 8 and a half months in the mission so everyone says that my baby is a premature baby. She is my daughter in the mission. Also it is super funny because there are two more hermanas in our ward and one of them was companions with my companion at the MTC. Also the Elder in our ward has a son straight from the MTC. So our ward has 3 Americans straight from the MTC and then
me and then an Elder from Peru and then just one hermana from Mexico. It is so funny. Anyway I hope you guys have a great week!

Love,

hermana Jones