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I had to baptize Chris Sharp 3 times haha! His knee or ankle would come out of the water. The reason why it did cause he was soooo excited to be baptized :D I would close the prayer and he would just smile from ear to ear and dive into the water! Makes me cry to even think about the happiness he feels! Before the baptism when I was dressed down in white and sat next to him, I felt soo much joy! I felt just a little of that joy he must feel! The next day we confirmed him in church. The other elder who got him to the end confirmed him and gave him a really nice blessing! One thing they told him was he was going to be a beacon of light as he went forth among the nations in his Public Relations! He was then ordained a Priest shortly after! I was blessed to have him in my life! The other day he called me and bore his testimony to me on the phone and expressed of the great love and appreciation he had for me! I was happy<3 The 2nd baptism we were scheduled to baptize that evening had to do some important work and could not be there! I felt heartbroken for a sec but hopefully this week or next we will get him baptized!
This week we had an x-change in Newbury! We biked like 20 miles.. I was DEAD haha the reason why cause my tires were low! haha I tried finding a place to fill up the tires but I had to deal with it, the best part was we got a big Donner Kebab at the end of our day! Kebab is about eating like a nasty taco that has been cooked who knows how many times, but hey those are the best ones right :) We have picked up 7 or so new investigators this week which i am very happy for! 1 family that is a potential! What we do is we got to a less actives house and knock 10 doors on each side! Sometimes or almost every time we get a potential! This week we have set some high goals to accomplish so I’m going to be exhausted by the end of this week!
The funny thing that happened to me this week was i had a guy come up to me and ask me if I play for the Dolphins NFL team! He told me that this mission was just a trial of my faith and that he wanted to see me playing ball for the Dolphins when I get home hahaha! He said all you want to do is just play ball! In church this week a speaker talked about the Pie Pieper! It is a story in Germany that has been passed down since the 1200's.. I encourage you to all look it up and see how it can apply to each and every one of your lives! I wish I could write it all down on here but time is scarce today! I will send you a letter home about my thoughts on it okay mom! Also i am sending my SD card home with all the pictures and videos i have taken :) My comp told me this week how good it was that I am always seeking improvement in my work each day! He said you are very prepared! The thing is that I don’t feel that at all! I feel I am very good about loving the people and even though I don’t know all my doctrine well I feel that people want to know more because we are so kind and open! This week has been hard but worth it! Seemed to be like this week more people were out to get us haha but we have seen so many miracles! I don’t know how I have dealt with things like that! Back home I would have flipped out but now I just smile haha! I wake up laughing each morning! I’m weird ;) I’m glad Roberto enjoyed my letter! I was worried about it for a little! Let me know if there is anything I can do for the youth! Perhaps when you have Miercoles Misional you can have an elder send a letter and you can read it to the boys that day! They can share insights and feeling about a mission! This month has been cold but fun because it has snowed a few times! ITs soo funny to watch the English try to drive in snow :) they stop a mile or so before the stop light lol! I was shocked when dad thought about turning that project over to me! I’m only 18! People always tell me that I look like I’m 24! Freak I guess when I’m 40 ill look like I’m 60! ;) I’m proud of the little Roosty that he is doing so well :) he better beat me like he said! I’m glad everything is going good back home! This week I have related to a lot of people through the experiences I have gone through and they now want us to go back because we understand them :) other than that we have Zone Training on Thursday so soon I will send a good letter home okay :) looooooveee yaaaa :)
Elder Jones