Second Week in O'Fallon
We had our baptisms this week! FOUR! so SICK! Jenn, Kaylee, AJ and Landon. Jenn has progressed so much!!! and its cool to see it because most of it has happened in the last week! But she really is amazing! Even though she doesnt know to much about the gospel, she is always asking questions and bearing her testimony at church! its awesome!
Kaylee and AJ are siblings and they are Champions!! they're parents were less actives and so they didnt get baptized (you know because they didnt come to church) but since we have been visiting them we they have developed the BIGGEST desire to go to church and be baptized. Last week during fast and testimony we sat towards the back bench and AJ was all "I wanted Front row seats!" hahaha hes amazing!! Landon was the sisters baptism so i dont know to much about him, but we went and helped his family move this last week and his little siblings have TONS of energy! so one thing lead to another and me and Elder Gallegos were having lightsabers fights with these kids hahahaha So much fun!
Mom dont worry about me eating well. if anything you should worry about me eating to well! Im serious! with Elder Lewis leaving this Wednesday Every Family just wants to cook the biggest and best meals for us! There is a family in the ward (The Johnson Family) who cooks the best food EVER! Get this... HE SMOKES HIS OWN MEAT!!!!! oh my goodness!!!!! we had soooo much pulled pork and ribs! and they were the Best pulled pork and ribs i have ever had! Elder Gallegos destroyed himself and had six plates! but it was so good. and they are moving to Utah in june, just up at traverse mountain! so when i get back... they're going to teach me their ways ;). Also we went to another area to eat at the Contes, St Charles i think, where elder lewis served in a spanish branch. and they were going to feed us sooo much food! and apparently its offensive to them if you dont eat it. so us Elders always see how much we can get the other Elders to eat. "Jones you want more?" and then the family would get all excited and be like "more?" but everyone was speaking spanish so i didnt know what was going on and i didnt want to be offensive so i had like three plates of food for the first course. and it was only lunch! luckily we had to another appointment to get to so we didnt stay to eat all the other food. But it was crazy because everyone was speaking spanish and since three of the 5 Elders there spoke spanish they just assumed i did too. So it was way cool! but i was completely lost and would just say "Si" all the time.
Anyways the members here feed us good and most nights i go home feeling like crap because i've eaten to much.
Well we have a baptismal date set up for May 18 and right now we are looking at a possible 8 baptisms!!!! WHAT?!?! pray that our investigators feel the spirit and the desire to be baptized.
One of our investigators was supposed to be baptized this last week but we didnt think she was ready and neither did her grandpa and so we moved it back. Her biggest set back would have to be here grandpa. He used to be an "Area 70" (i think thats right) but something happened and he left the church and now he is just this bitter old man. Hes very intellectual in the gospel, but his heart is hardened and he loves to argue and stuff. And he just keeps coming up with excuses why stephanie ( our investigator) still needs time before shes baptized. and its frustrating. He thinks by September but she could definitely be baptized next week if he would stop... "getting in the way." We think that if we can get her baptized then he will stop being stubborn and maybe we can get him to come back as well. Does that makes sense? Anyways pray for her.
Anyways things are going great! it would be better if i had my ukulele (hint hint) but you know... Today is P-Day but not just any P-Day, Today is Zone P-Day!!!!! im so pumped! I found out that Elder Branham from my district at the MTC is in my zone so im way excited to see him! We are going to have a barbeque and play ultimate frisbee and volleyball and all sorts of stuff its going to be soo0ooo fun!!
Well i love you guys and hope everything is going well at home. keep sending me stuff... its the best :) love you!
Love, Elder Chris Jones
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