August 5, 2013

Well this week was great. I cant believe it went by so fast! Time is just whizzing by!

Well this week has been weird. We have been doing tons of service! On Tuesday we helped a member move in to a new house and we were helping them till like 3 in the afternoon. W didnt have any dinner plans that night so they invited us back to have pizza at their house. So basically our whole day was spent with them.
Wednesday another member was moving so we helped them.Then we went on exchanges and i went down to the south area of our mission. It was great. I asked one of the Elders here, Elder Brooks, his story, and what brought him to the gospel. And as he told me his story tears began to fill my eyes as he told me the trial and testimony builders that brought him here. After hearing his story i look up to him so much!

On Thursday me and Elder Smith met with this lady, Dona, we were teaching and she hasnt progressed at all. We have been trying to set up a church tour for her and she keeps flaking on those. She also isnt keeping any commitments (hence why shes not progressing) so we visit with her and she started to say "i dont think you can really know for sure." and Elder Smith got pretty upset at that and started getting contentious. So I stopped him settled it down, and told dona that she hasnt been keeping commitments so we were going to have to drop her. The rest of the day went pretty good and we visited some Less actives on our list.

Saturday. More service. its been good though. We have been trying to gain the trust and friendship of the members and i think all this service has really helped out on that. Hopefully we can start seeing some results.

Yesterdays Fast and Testimony meeting was Amazing the peoples testimonies were so strong! Elder Brooks got up and bore his testimony, and knowing his story, it made it that much better! Hearing others testimonies is the best! I feel like i learn so much from them.

This week we will be getting transfer calls and all that fun stuff. i dont think i will be leaving. But this transfer is the largest transfer our mission has seen. We have 30 new missionaries coming in! Thats the largest yet. Ours was the largest with 24. The mission is the greatest! i love it!

Thats all for now. I hope everything is going great with you guys. I love you an miss you! 

Love, 

~Elder Jones~