Eler Jones Week 25

Oh my gosh DAN!! I`m really glad you`re okay but that really scared me. I`ll keep him in my prayers. I`m sorry you guys got the stomach flu too. 

This week was great though. We went to the Temple with Jesùs Pachas, Jacky, Estephany, Harold, Mara, Consuelo, and ANGELO. All recent converts and Angelo who was recently reactivated. They all did baptisms for family members and it was a really awesome experience. Jesùs got baptized for his father and he was so happy while I was talking to him afterwards. 

I made Thanksgiving too! I made Lùcuma no-bake cookies, mashed potatoes, and I made alfredo sauce from scratch for pasta, with peas and carrots. It was sooo good. Even the leftovers were amazing. And I made all of it with our tiny electric heater that we have for a stove. 

Isabel and her family are progressing really well. On Wednesday we had a lesson with Isabel and her mom Delia and we asked her if she had been able to read recently and she said "no I haven`t been able to read yet today", but all the other days she had been reading a TON. Her book of Mormon is completely marked up and she always has a bunch of amazing questions for us. So yea she`s going to be a convert. We had a really awesome FHE with the familia Fonseca and the family of Isabel and Delia. We played killer frog as the activity!

Sometimes I feel like it`s not fair for other missionaries in other parts of the world how many people God has prepared in Lima. We`re the smallest mission in the world and we have 250 missionaries in our mission. Tomorrow we`re getting 24 more missionaries. In January there are going to be 6 missionaries in our ward. It`s just crazy how much the church is growing in Lima. We had a training from one of the 70 a couple weeks ago and he said that every 15 minutes, someone is baptized in Perù, Ecuador, Colombia, or Venezuela. 

So tomorrow we have transfers and Today is my last day with Elder Torres. It`s weird that I`ve only had one companion in my mission so far except for the CCM. Oh! I almost forgot! We found another family that is going to get baptized. It`s a mom and her two daughters. Celestina, Brisa, and Rosilla. They`re so awesome. They live really really high up in the mountain and we teach them on the rocks outside of where they live. Yesterday we taught them at night and we could see the entire city lit up. I think once I leave Caja de Agua one of the things I`m going to miss most is teaching lessons with an airplane view of the city. 

But yea tomorrow is transfers. I just really hope I get a companion that wants to work and loves the people. I`m excited to talk to you guys! It`s going to be so sad when I wake up in the morning on Christmas. I hope you guys have a great week and you all start feeling better! Bye!

Elder Jones