Saturday, May 30, 2015
Monday, May 25, 2015
Hermana Jones week 60
Ok, so I sent a lot of pictures because the computers we are using are pretty good.
When is the last day of school? I saw pictures of Dan and he looks suuuper different. I can't believe that that is the same Little Dan Dan... he looks so tall....he is probably going to be taller than me by the time I get back. Today we also had exchanges and I am in the same place, but I have my fist companion who is from another country other than Mexico or the United States and she is from... LIMA PERU! I was super excited to have her as my companion, and she seems like she is going to be really fun. Her name is Hermana Infante.
Anyway, this week was super fun. We didn't have a lot of time to work because we were with the Seventy on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and then we had a half Pday on Wednesday but it was still super great. We had a baptism this Sunday of Miguel Angel, and it was super great. All of his family was inactive but they are starting to come back to church and we baptized the youngest brother in their family. It was a really great end to the exchange.
This week was also pretty cool because my companion thought she would be leaving so she took me to part of our area that we had never gone to before called Las Misiones. In that second I remembered a family that had gone to church a few times while I was in Sauces but then they moved to LAS MISIONES!!! So I went home that night and looked in all my agendas and I found the number of the mom and we are going to go visit her this week! yay, I am so excited because she is the same lady that was in the pictures of my birthday with the piñata so I am going to see them again!
Also, funny story from this week-- we were walking for a really long time when we came across a group of about 15 dogs that were all fighting and we were super scared because they started surrounding us. I could just imagine them biting us because almost every missionary has been bitten by a dog here in Mexico. They started surrounding us and I started praying and singing, who knows what hymn... and we both went behind a pole and let them pass. They didn't pass, so we stared walking but the dogs followed us! They weren't fighting any more, but it was still scary, so we decided to turn around and walk the other way so they would keep walking, but they turned around and followed us. Then we crossed the highway, and they followed us! Wherever we went, we had a huge group of dogs following us. It went from super scary to super funny we pretended that we were Moses leading the people to the promised land while my companion sang "Let my people go." Then we went into a gated community so we thought the dogs would leave because they couldn't get in, but when we came out three hours later they were still sitting on the lawn. So all day we had our army of Street Dogs. It was pretty awesome.
Anyway, this week was great. Oh I forgot that the hermano who baptized Miguel angel is about to go on his misión, so he was super excited because it was his first baptism! I hope you guys have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Jones
When is the last day of school? I saw pictures of Dan and he looks suuuper different. I can't believe that that is the same Little Dan Dan... he looks so tall....he is probably going to be taller than me by the time I get back. Today we also had exchanges and I am in the same place, but I have my fist companion who is from another country other than Mexico or the United States and she is from... LIMA PERU! I was super excited to have her as my companion, and she seems like she is going to be really fun. Her name is Hermana Infante.
Anyway, this week was super fun. We didn't have a lot of time to work because we were with the Seventy on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and then we had a half Pday on Wednesday but it was still super great. We had a baptism this Sunday of Miguel Angel, and it was super great. All of his family was inactive but they are starting to come back to church and we baptized the youngest brother in their family. It was a really great end to the exchange.
This week was also pretty cool because my companion thought she would be leaving so she took me to part of our area that we had never gone to before called Las Misiones. In that second I remembered a family that had gone to church a few times while I was in Sauces but then they moved to LAS MISIONES!!! So I went home that night and looked in all my agendas and I found the number of the mom and we are going to go visit her this week! yay, I am so excited because she is the same lady that was in the pictures of my birthday with the piñata so I am going to see them again!
Also, funny story from this week-- we were walking for a really long time when we came across a group of about 15 dogs that were all fighting and we were super scared because they started surrounding us. I could just imagine them biting us because almost every missionary has been bitten by a dog here in Mexico. They started surrounding us and I started praying and singing, who knows what hymn... and we both went behind a pole and let them pass. They didn't pass, so we stared walking but the dogs followed us! They weren't fighting any more, but it was still scary, so we decided to turn around and walk the other way so they would keep walking, but they turned around and followed us. Then we crossed the highway, and they followed us! Wherever we went, we had a huge group of dogs following us. It went from super scary to super funny we pretended that we were Moses leading the people to the promised land while my companion sang "Let my people go." Then we went into a gated community so we thought the dogs would leave because they couldn't get in, but when we came out three hours later they were still sitting on the lawn. So all day we had our army of Street Dogs. It was pretty awesome.
Anyway, this week was great. Oh I forgot that the hermano who baptized Miguel angel is about to go on his misión, so he was super excited because it was his first baptism! I hope you guys have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Jones
Elder Jones Week 50
Hey guys! so great to hear that you are all doing so well! Seriously I´m so happy to hear that everything is well.
I´m still in Rímac!! And I was able to bring my converts to the temple on Wednesday! It was a great experience. Especially Olinda had a great experience being baptized and confirmed for her mother. She said she felt a great warmth on her head when she was confirmed. She´s blind, so she couldn´t see the inside of the temple, but she said she could feel her mother´s presence. We had a few investigators go to the temple with us. One of them is Leeloo and she´s getting baptized on june 13th! She really wants to go inside the next time she goes. Also Richard, Rogger, Wudullnara, Isabella, Sofía, Alex, Jairo, and Roberto were able to go for the first time. It was a really great experience.
Today I was able to talk to the missionaries from Caja de Agua and I´m proud to report that Jesus Pachas is still going strong, cleaning the church every week and doing his hometeaching. He wants to get his endowment in October when he completes one year of membership. Jackie´s family that was once anti mormon is now completely baptized. The Concha Quispe family is still doing great. I don´t know if I´ve ever told you guys but Delia, the mom, and Josephina, the cousin, got baptized as well right after I left Caja de Agua. So all that news makes me really happy.
We have a baptism planned for Saturday! His name is Dominik. He´s 9, going to be ten years old on June 14th. He reminds me so much of Dan. He´s so much fun to teach. His mom is less active but we´re going to reactivate her this week. His sister is serving her mission in Brazil. They´ve been attending church for a few weeks, but we hadn´t been able to teach him until this week because they were never there for their teaching appointments, but we taught him on Wednesday and he really wants to get baptized, and his mom and sister really want him to get baptized too. So we are excited for that.
We had a solid week of work. We´re working really well in unity and we´re getting better every day as a companionship. I´m really enjoying my time here in Rímac. Also Happy Birthday to Tyler! I forgot to say it last week. Can´t believe he´s getting ready for the mission that makes me really happy to think about. I hope everything goes well with you guys this week. Love you guys!
Elder Jones
I´m still in Rímac!! And I was able to bring my converts to the temple on Wednesday! It was a great experience. Especially Olinda had a great experience being baptized and confirmed for her mother. She said she felt a great warmth on her head when she was confirmed. She´s blind, so she couldn´t see the inside of the temple, but she said she could feel her mother´s presence. We had a few investigators go to the temple with us. One of them is Leeloo and she´s getting baptized on june 13th! She really wants to go inside the next time she goes. Also Richard, Rogger, Wudullnara, Isabella, Sofía, Alex, Jairo, and Roberto were able to go for the first time. It was a really great experience.
Today I was able to talk to the missionaries from Caja de Agua and I´m proud to report that Jesus Pachas is still going strong, cleaning the church every week and doing his hometeaching. He wants to get his endowment in October when he completes one year of membership. Jackie´s family that was once anti mormon is now completely baptized. The Concha Quispe family is still doing great. I don´t know if I´ve ever told you guys but Delia, the mom, and Josephina, the cousin, got baptized as well right after I left Caja de Agua. So all that news makes me really happy.
We have a baptism planned for Saturday! His name is Dominik. He´s 9, going to be ten years old on June 14th. He reminds me so much of Dan. He´s so much fun to teach. His mom is less active but we´re going to reactivate her this week. His sister is serving her mission in Brazil. They´ve been attending church for a few weeks, but we hadn´t been able to teach him until this week because they were never there for their teaching appointments, but we taught him on Wednesday and he really wants to get baptized, and his mom and sister really want him to get baptized too. So we are excited for that.
We had a solid week of work. We´re working really well in unity and we´re getting better every day as a companionship. I´m really enjoying my time here in Rímac. Also Happy Birthday to Tyler! I forgot to say it last week. Can´t believe he´s getting ready for the mission that makes me really happy to think about. I hope everything goes well with you guys this week. Love you guys!
Elder Jones
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Hermana Jones Week 59
So this week was super super great. First of all, I am super happy that you got my package. Hermana Daniel is one of the nicest members that I have ever met. I was really interested what you guys would think about the candies that I sent. I remember the beginning of my mission I hated tamarind and they put it in everything here. There are tons of candies that are made with it.
Also, here you almost never drink just plain water. They either make water out of blended up fruit, Jamaica, or they put tamarind in it. So I drink tamarind water probably at least once a day. Hahaha, so now I love it. I am glad you liked the gummies-- those are my favorite candies here in Mexico.
They also make something that it kind of like caramel apples but instead of covering it in caramel they cover it in tamarind or a paste that is chilies mixed with sugar and... mmmmm it is super tasty.
This week I also got your package, and everyone was amazed with the jelly beans. I shared them with some of the people in the ward and they loved them. Hahah
So this week has been super fun and crazy. The family that I sent you the picture of went to church this week and loved it sooo much. They are so amazing and I am sure they are going to get baptized.
Then on Monday we went to a meeting with a Seventy. It was super super amazing. His name is Elder Nash. I was a little nervous because I was singing with my companion in the meeting, and then I got more nervous when I got there and saw my name on the program that I was going to bear my testimony and then me and my companion got called on to do a practice in front of everyone. It was pretty nerve wracking to do a practice in front of the mission with the mission president and a Seventy watching you, but it was fine and everything went good. I learned a ton from the meeting. So that was on Monday.
On Sunday night we had the sisters from Tianguistenco come to our house because we had to leave at in the morning to get to D.F. in time for the meeting with Elder Nash. It was super fun, though, to have us six in the house. It was like a sleepover.
Then the best moment of my life happened yesterday. There was a meeting in Toluca for all the recent converts and I saw all my converts from Sauces. It made me cry but I was sooooo happy. Then today we have Pday and tomorrow we have to go back to D.F because there is a meeting with all the leaders of the mission with Elder Nash so I am super excited to see what he will say.
Also a miracle I saw yesterday is we were contacting, and a lady came up to us and said she wanted to got to church on Sunday. We were obviously super excited and gave her a Book of Mormon. Then it started raining and hailing super hard. To the point that it hurt a ton because it was hail the size of marbles hitting us on the head so we stayed under a tree and a family saw us from their window and invited us inside their house. Thy are going to church on Sunday too. So many miracles happening here in Mexico. I have really gained a testimony, though, that you can't find greater joy here on Earth than sharing the gospel. Super cool to hear that everything is going well for you and I hope you guys have a great week.
Love,
Hermana Jones
Favorite scripture that I read this week
Alma 36:3
About the photos: Baby bananas here in Mexico taste the best. Our get-together with the other hermanas. The best family ever-- I am missing their oldest daughter and dad in the picture. Mexico has the best bread, and just my luck, I got to see how they make it!
Also, here you almost never drink just plain water. They either make water out of blended up fruit, Jamaica, or they put tamarind in it. So I drink tamarind water probably at least once a day. Hahaha, so now I love it. I am glad you liked the gummies-- those are my favorite candies here in Mexico.
They also make something that it kind of like caramel apples but instead of covering it in caramel they cover it in tamarind or a paste that is chilies mixed with sugar and... mmmmm it is super tasty.
This week I also got your package, and everyone was amazed with the jelly beans. I shared them with some of the people in the ward and they loved them. Hahah
So this week has been super fun and crazy. The family that I sent you the picture of went to church this week and loved it sooo much. They are so amazing and I am sure they are going to get baptized.
Then on Monday we went to a meeting with a Seventy. It was super super amazing. His name is Elder Nash. I was a little nervous because I was singing with my companion in the meeting, and then I got more nervous when I got there and saw my name on the program that I was going to bear my testimony and then me and my companion got called on to do a practice in front of everyone. It was pretty nerve wracking to do a practice in front of the mission with the mission president and a Seventy watching you, but it was fine and everything went good. I learned a ton from the meeting. So that was on Monday.
On Sunday night we had the sisters from Tianguistenco come to our house because we had to leave at in the morning to get to D.F. in time for the meeting with Elder Nash. It was super fun, though, to have us six in the house. It was like a sleepover.
Then the best moment of my life happened yesterday. There was a meeting in Toluca for all the recent converts and I saw all my converts from Sauces. It made me cry but I was sooooo happy. Then today we have Pday and tomorrow we have to go back to D.F because there is a meeting with all the leaders of the mission with Elder Nash so I am super excited to see what he will say.
Also a miracle I saw yesterday is we were contacting, and a lady came up to us and said she wanted to got to church on Sunday. We were obviously super excited and gave her a Book of Mormon. Then it started raining and hailing super hard. To the point that it hurt a ton because it was hail the size of marbles hitting us on the head so we stayed under a tree and a family saw us from their window and invited us inside their house. Thy are going to church on Sunday too. So many miracles happening here in Mexico. I have really gained a testimony, though, that you can't find greater joy here on Earth than sharing the gospel. Super cool to hear that everything is going well for you and I hope you guys have a great week.
Love,
Hermana Jones
Favorite scripture that I read this week
Alma 36:3
About the photos: Baby bananas here in Mexico taste the best. Our get-together with the other hermanas. The best family ever-- I am missing their oldest daughter and dad in the picture. Mexico has the best bread, and just my luck, I got to see how they make it!
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Elder Jones week 49
HEY GUYS! Great to hear about how you are doing this week! So we had a great week to end the transfer. Richard and Wudullnara got married!! We had the opportunity to attend their marriage. It was a massive marriage-- 114 other people got married that same day! They had their wedding reception in the church building, and then right after the reception was the baptism of Jairo and Alex. They`re two really strong young men that always accompany us.
And then on Sunday after the meetings we had the baptism of Richard and his son Rogger baptized him. It was a really great baptismal service and I can`t wait until a year from now when they go to the temple. Rogger is seriously thinking about serving a mission now. When we met him 3 weeks ago he said he wanted to enter into the police force, but he had 3 exams this last week to enter into the police force and he said that if he didn´t make it in he was going to go on a mission, and if he did he was going into the police. And he didn´t make it in! I let him borrow my white baptism tie for Richard´s baptism and told him to keep it for his mission. Hopefully I don´t leave Rimac this week so I can actually go to the temple to get a white tie.
As of now, all our recent converts and reactivated members that qualify to go to the temple on Wednesday have a family name to bring to the temple! So that´s a great relief for me. Isabella taught the Gospel Principles class on Sunday for the first time and she did a great job! We´re thinking that she´s going to be the new teacher for gospel principles because we haven´t had one for a couple of months, because she wants to teach the class, and because she wants to serve a mission a year from now.
Also we had a really awesome sacament meeting yesterday! we`ve been teaching this family with a child prodigy violinist. His name is Rodrigo Castillo. His dad wants us to look him up on youtube but we can´t but maybe you guys can if you want. They live in the floor below Olinda, and whenever we´re teaching Olinda we always hear him practicing violin and he´s amazing. He´s also 13. We´ve taught them a few times and they love the Book of Mormon. He also speaks English and he´s been to Chicago before. So anyway we gave him a hymnbook and told him that it would be great if we could do a special musical number in church someday and sing "the Spirit of God" while he plays it on violin. He said he would like to but they rarely have time for teaching appointments, much less church. But he showed up out of nowhere yesterday in church yesterday with his dad and his violin and told us that he wanted to do it. So Elder Price and I sang the Spirit of God while a Child prodigy was playing it on violin and his dad, Fernando, accompanied him on the piano. It turned out so well.
And the best part was that we had 10 investigators attend church yesterday. The mission is seriously the best. There is nothing like this. I hope I get to stay a while longer to be able to go to the temple with these people. I hope you guys have a great week!
Elder Jones
And then on Sunday after the meetings we had the baptism of Richard and his son Rogger baptized him. It was a really great baptismal service and I can`t wait until a year from now when they go to the temple. Rogger is seriously thinking about serving a mission now. When we met him 3 weeks ago he said he wanted to enter into the police force, but he had 3 exams this last week to enter into the police force and he said that if he didn´t make it in he was going to go on a mission, and if he did he was going into the police. And he didn´t make it in! I let him borrow my white baptism tie for Richard´s baptism and told him to keep it for his mission. Hopefully I don´t leave Rimac this week so I can actually go to the temple to get a white tie.
As of now, all our recent converts and reactivated members that qualify to go to the temple on Wednesday have a family name to bring to the temple! So that´s a great relief for me. Isabella taught the Gospel Principles class on Sunday for the first time and she did a great job! We´re thinking that she´s going to be the new teacher for gospel principles because we haven´t had one for a couple of months, because she wants to teach the class, and because she wants to serve a mission a year from now.
Also we had a really awesome sacament meeting yesterday! we`ve been teaching this family with a child prodigy violinist. His name is Rodrigo Castillo. His dad wants us to look him up on youtube but we can´t but maybe you guys can if you want. They live in the floor below Olinda, and whenever we´re teaching Olinda we always hear him practicing violin and he´s amazing. He´s also 13. We´ve taught them a few times and they love the Book of Mormon. He also speaks English and he´s been to Chicago before. So anyway we gave him a hymnbook and told him that it would be great if we could do a special musical number in church someday and sing "the Spirit of God" while he plays it on violin. He said he would like to but they rarely have time for teaching appointments, much less church. But he showed up out of nowhere yesterday in church yesterday with his dad and his violin and told us that he wanted to do it. So Elder Price and I sang the Spirit of God while a Child prodigy was playing it on violin and his dad, Fernando, accompanied him on the piano. It turned out so well.
And the best part was that we had 10 investigators attend church yesterday. The mission is seriously the best. There is nothing like this. I hope I get to stay a while longer to be able to go to the temple with these people. I hope you guys have a great week!
Elder Jones
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Hermana Jones Week 58
So I just talked to you yesterday, so there is not a lot to say so I will try sending some pictures and see how it goes. Did you get the picture that sister Brady sent you of the Relief Society wishing you Happy Mothers day?
On the pictures, one is of our zone, one of the sisters in the zone. Also, I am officially on the wall in Mexico. The girl is the one with the hernia that we helped her and her brother at church.
Love,
Hermana Jones
On the pictures, one is of our zone, one of the sisters in the zone. Also, I am officially on the wall in Mexico. The girl is the one with the hernia that we helped her and her brother at church.
Love,
Hermana Jones
Elder Jones week 48
Hey guys!
It was great talking to you all yesterday!! You all seem happier than I`ve ever seen you. Glad to know you're doing great! I had a great week.
So, like I told you yesterday we were going to have a baptism yesterday for Amadea, Laura´s mom, and she didn`t come to church and when we went to her house we couldn´t find her. So she didn`t get baptized so that is sad BUT we did reactivate a pair of 15-year old twins named Orlando and Javier. And we`re going to the temple with them on the 20th! We have been visiting them for a couple of weeks after we met them in the street and recently this week we were able to talk to the entire family, and it turns out that the father wants to get baptized! but he just needs to get divorced to his ex-wife and get married to the mother of the twins. The mother of the twins is also attending church again. She said she felt like something was missing in her family when they weren`t attending church. They`re a really great family. The twins have always attended seminary every day despite the family being inactive.
So today I`m not going to have a ton of time to write because we just got back from the Municipality with Richard and Wudullnara helping them with their papers to get married this Saturday! It turns out that there was a cheaper massive marriage in another district of Lima on May 16th so they decided to choose that one. And Richard got a job this week! and what's better is that it doesn`t make him work on Sundays! This family is receiving sooo many blessings. I can`t wait to see where they are a year from now. We`re in a good ward with a good ward council so I`m sure that they`ll be sufficiently prepared for the temple a year from now.
Isabella is progressing really well. She just got a calling this week as president of the Gospel Principles class. She did a great job welcoming the class. She still wants to go on a mission. Next week she`s going to teach part of the class for Gospel Principles. She´s going to bring the name of her grandpa to the temple the 20th and one of the other converts in our ward, Cristian, is going to get baptized for him. We`re also working on getting names printed for Olinda, Sofía, Richard, Wudullnara, Rogger, Samuel, Orlando, Javier, and Kevin so they can all go to the temple for the first time! We`re going to have a family history activity on Friday just to get everyone ready for the temple trip on the 20th.
We had a couple of great experiences teaching tithing this week. last week in the fast and testimony meeting almost everyone that went up to bear their testimony spoke about the blessings of paying tithing, and this week we talked to a few less active members that noticed and want to pay their tithing now because they have faith that they will be blessed when they pay it.
Also I forgot to tell you about the craziest thing that happened this week!!! We had a surprise baptism on Friday. No one came to our English class, except for Robert who is 18 and was going to get baptized a while ago but his mom didn`t let him. But he`s 18 and therefore doesn`t need the permission of his mom, so we were talking to him and we asked him if he wanted to get baptized. He said yes. We asked him if he wanted to get baptized that same day, and he said yes. So we filled up the baptismal font and baptized him at 9:30 at night. It was a crazy experience. He´s got such a strong testimony and a lot of faith.
I had a great week, and I hope everything goes well for you guys this week!
Elder Jones
It was great talking to you all yesterday!! You all seem happier than I`ve ever seen you. Glad to know you're doing great! I had a great week.
So, like I told you yesterday we were going to have a baptism yesterday for Amadea, Laura´s mom, and she didn`t come to church and when we went to her house we couldn´t find her. So she didn`t get baptized so that is sad BUT we did reactivate a pair of 15-year old twins named Orlando and Javier. And we`re going to the temple with them on the 20th! We have been visiting them for a couple of weeks after we met them in the street and recently this week we were able to talk to the entire family, and it turns out that the father wants to get baptized! but he just needs to get divorced to his ex-wife and get married to the mother of the twins. The mother of the twins is also attending church again. She said she felt like something was missing in her family when they weren`t attending church. They`re a really great family. The twins have always attended seminary every day despite the family being inactive.
So today I`m not going to have a ton of time to write because we just got back from the Municipality with Richard and Wudullnara helping them with their papers to get married this Saturday! It turns out that there was a cheaper massive marriage in another district of Lima on May 16th so they decided to choose that one. And Richard got a job this week! and what's better is that it doesn`t make him work on Sundays! This family is receiving sooo many blessings. I can`t wait to see where they are a year from now. We`re in a good ward with a good ward council so I`m sure that they`ll be sufficiently prepared for the temple a year from now.
Isabella is progressing really well. She just got a calling this week as president of the Gospel Principles class. She did a great job welcoming the class. She still wants to go on a mission. Next week she`s going to teach part of the class for Gospel Principles. She´s going to bring the name of her grandpa to the temple the 20th and one of the other converts in our ward, Cristian, is going to get baptized for him. We`re also working on getting names printed for Olinda, Sofía, Richard, Wudullnara, Rogger, Samuel, Orlando, Javier, and Kevin so they can all go to the temple for the first time! We`re going to have a family history activity on Friday just to get everyone ready for the temple trip on the 20th.
We had a couple of great experiences teaching tithing this week. last week in the fast and testimony meeting almost everyone that went up to bear their testimony spoke about the blessings of paying tithing, and this week we talked to a few less active members that noticed and want to pay their tithing now because they have faith that they will be blessed when they pay it.
Also I forgot to tell you about the craziest thing that happened this week!!! We had a surprise baptism on Friday. No one came to our English class, except for Robert who is 18 and was going to get baptized a while ago but his mom didn`t let him. But he`s 18 and therefore doesn`t need the permission of his mom, so we were talking to him and we asked him if he wanted to get baptized. He said yes. We asked him if he wanted to get baptized that same day, and he said yes. So we filled up the baptismal font and baptized him at 9:30 at night. It was a crazy experience. He´s got such a strong testimony and a lot of faith.
I had a great week, and I hope everything goes well for you guys this week!
Elder Jones
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Hermana Jones week 57
Sorry I don't have a lot of time to write because we only have half P-day today but I hope you guys are doing great. This week has been fun. Monday we went to D.F. for training and yesterday I gave a talk in zone conference on how to strengthen the faith of members and help them participate more in the work of salvation.
I am pretty tired today because Monday we went to D.F. and Tuesday we had zone conference in the morning and then I went with a hermana to work in her area. Everything is great here though. I think we are going to call on Sunday at 5 our time because my companion's parents have church at 2 because they live in Utah haha.
Yesterday in exchanges I tried dorilocos for the first time and they are delicious. You open a bag of Doritos and they put peanuts in it and shredded carrots and a vegetable that I am not sure if we have in the U.S called jicama and then they drench it in hot sauce. I think I am going to be sad coming back to the U.S. because we eat so much hot sauce here I don't know if I have taste buds any more. Even when they give us rice in the food they pour hot sauce all over it.
Also, we went to a house of some recent converts yesterday and they have a wall in their living room that is covered with the names of all the missionaries that have ever come to their house and they have them sign their name and write where they are from. So I got to write my name! hahha they must really love the missionaries to let them write all over their walls!
Anyway I will see you guys Sunday! Have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Jones
hermana Jones
I am pretty tired today because Monday we went to D.F. and Tuesday we had zone conference in the morning and then I went with a hermana to work in her area. Everything is great here though. I think we are going to call on Sunday at 5 our time because my companion's parents have church at 2 because they live in Utah haha.
Yesterday in exchanges I tried dorilocos for the first time and they are delicious. You open a bag of Doritos and they put peanuts in it and shredded carrots and a vegetable that I am not sure if we have in the U.S called jicama and then they drench it in hot sauce. I think I am going to be sad coming back to the U.S. because we eat so much hot sauce here I don't know if I have taste buds any more. Even when they give us rice in the food they pour hot sauce all over it.
Also, we went to a house of some recent converts yesterday and they have a wall in their living room that is covered with the names of all the missionaries that have ever come to their house and they have them sign their name and write where they are from. So I got to write my name! hahha they must really love the missionaries to let them write all over their walls!
Anyway I will see you guys Sunday! Have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Jones
hermana Jones
Monday, May 4, 2015
Elder Jones Week 47
Hey guys! I`m so happy to hear all this great news! I can`t wait to talk to you all Sunday! I`m thinking about skyping at 4pm on Sunday if that`s okay.
We had a great week! Today for Pday basically all we are going to do is help Richard and Wudullnara (the parents of Leonardo and Gabriel) with their marriage WHICH IS SATURDAY. And Richard is getting baptized on Sunday, and his 18 year old son Rogger is getting reactivated and will be ordained as a priest on Sunday, and then baptize his father a few hours later. So this week is going to be a little crazy trying to get all the forms and certifications ready but I know we can do it! Keep them in your prayers because this family is seriously the best.
We`ve been working with Laura and Miguel and Laura still really really wants to get baptized, so we`ve been talking about a marriage in July. We also reactivated Miguel yesterday, and he`s doing so much better and their family has much fewer problems. Honestly the best way to help a family is through the application of gospel principles. They are so much happier.
We also have so many less actives that we are working with, too. Yesterday we had 14 less actives attend church. And all of them are going to get reactivated this month. We`re going to the temple on May 20th (the day after transfers) and we`re preparing all the people that are going to be reactivated before that day to bring a family name to the temple. We`re also working with all the recent converts, including the ones that will be baptized before the 20th to bring names to the temple. There is so much family history work to do with the recent converts and reactivated that we would definitely feel overwhelmed if the ward wasn`t helping us so much.
There was a ward activity on Friday and it was a huge success. Almost every member came with a friend and we met at family of 10 that are really good friends with president Huapaya (the counselor of my mission president who lives in my area). We have a family home evening with them tonight.
There is seriously so much work to do. We are finding so many prepared people and the members are helping us out so much. That`s the only way to go in missionary work, with the members.
I had such a great week and I can`t wait to talk to you guys on Sunday!
Elder Jones
We had a great week! Today for Pday basically all we are going to do is help Richard and Wudullnara (the parents of Leonardo and Gabriel) with their marriage WHICH IS SATURDAY. And Richard is getting baptized on Sunday, and his 18 year old son Rogger is getting reactivated and will be ordained as a priest on Sunday, and then baptize his father a few hours later. So this week is going to be a little crazy trying to get all the forms and certifications ready but I know we can do it! Keep them in your prayers because this family is seriously the best.
We`ve been working with Laura and Miguel and Laura still really really wants to get baptized, so we`ve been talking about a marriage in July. We also reactivated Miguel yesterday, and he`s doing so much better and their family has much fewer problems. Honestly the best way to help a family is through the application of gospel principles. They are so much happier.
We also have so many less actives that we are working with, too. Yesterday we had 14 less actives attend church. And all of them are going to get reactivated this month. We`re going to the temple on May 20th (the day after transfers) and we`re preparing all the people that are going to be reactivated before that day to bring a family name to the temple. We`re also working with all the recent converts, including the ones that will be baptized before the 20th to bring names to the temple. There is so much family history work to do with the recent converts and reactivated that we would definitely feel overwhelmed if the ward wasn`t helping us so much.
There was a ward activity on Friday and it was a huge success. Almost every member came with a friend and we met at family of 10 that are really good friends with president Huapaya (the counselor of my mission president who lives in my area). We have a family home evening with them tonight.
There is seriously so much work to do. We are finding so many prepared people and the members are helping us out so much. That`s the only way to go in missionary work, with the members.
I had such a great week and I can`t wait to talk to you guys on Sunday!
Elder Jones
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