Hey mom :) and hello family :)
Christopher S. is doing really well! We set a baptismal date for the 10th of December but he hasn’t been to church because of school and such, but he promised us he would come to church this week :) We felt like that he needed a little bit more time so we are thinking about moving it to the 24th :) It would be amazing to give Jesus that present don’t you think? <3 Wayne and his family (the one in the accident) are slowly making progress..The other day we met up with him and taught him about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.. He has a hard time thinking about having a Heavenly Father.. At 1st he said he would never read the Book of Mormon and guess what??? He promised me he would read 60 pages! It’s amazing to watch your prayers get answered :) makes my eyes water up sometimes.. The Perez family is having a slower time progressing but I know they will be baptized one day!
Tell Elder Rowe’s Mom to tell him I said happy b-day! I sent him a letter the other day! He might just get it today haha England is getting cold! Since its humid here the cold feels extra cold which isn’t very fun, but I don’t mind it.. I looked at the area Appledore from where the Jones’s came from and it’s not very close to my area! Maybe I’ll get transferred somewhere more close so I can go see that place :) Keep me updated on those little areas so hopefully I can see them.. Thats great that you got that letter :) I’m so happy! I’ll try and get that picture from elder Burton! He has one on his camera as well. Today we have a little Zone Conference! Everyone is going to get together and play some games! It should be fun! We also got invited to eat some good food on Thanksgiving at the Ambroses house! She is American but her husband is English! She is a nice lady :) Other than that i did get that Envelope! I was sooo happy to get it! That jerky was AWESOMMMEEEE!!!!!! hahaha I set up that little turkey thing on my desk! :)
Tell Uncle Tony I love him! Thank him for always taking care of me <3 I owe alot to that ward!! Each person has a part in my life :) Tell everyone I am doing well and I thank them for their prayers! I see them answered each day.. it always makes me so happy to hear that people are always asking about me.. It gives me that extra kick to keep working hard :) I always love getting pictures! Dad sent me 2 haha.. It’s sad to see the boys miss.. If they only knew what they were missing out on.. My advice to give would be to work with the ones that do attend regularly and talk to the parents of the boys who don’t attend.. Tell them if they want there kids to go on missions they better ephasize it a little bit more for them.. Speak BOLDLY ;)
Thanksgiving sounds really exciting this year! I hope you guys have tons of fun! I can’t wait to get those boxes :) Our mission does let us Skype! So get that set up next month and make sure all the internet connections are working.. The update on Elder Wright being here.. He talked about feasting upon the words in the Book of Mormon.. He said there are rooms in the Book of Mormon that you need to find.. Picture walking into a room and you see a bed, curtains, windows, etc well that’s the same in the Book of Mormon. FIND THE ROOMS and study them.. I never looked at in that way you know.. He also said we need to recognize our dependence on the Lord.. and when we struggle to take those problems in mighty prayer! Sometimes we let out fear control our faith in most occasions.. If our faith isn’t great, we can’t really move mountains as it says in the Book of Mormon or that the trees will obey us.. Faith is a hard thing but only through trials that is where we test our faith.. This week in church was very special to me.. I learned that temples are a Sanctuary, School, Salvation, and a Sealing place.. Your light isn’t sufficient enough by itself.. You need a greater light! The speaker really broke down those 4 S's. the next thing I thought was interesting was that we think things are soo hard and we can’t do them and we have to sacrifice things and such. If we prepare for that sacrifice, if we prepare for those blessings, if we prepare to receive them, God will do the rest.. That struck me.. We need to prepare a lot more.. and when we don’t we feel we are sacrificing.. I hope you get what I’m trying to say hahaha things just speak to people in different ways! That is why we have the holy ghost to speak what they need to hear..
That is my letter for this week.. I hope that something in my letters may answer a question, satisfy a need. I love you.. Thanks for your letters :) <3 Elder Jones
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