September 16, 2013

Hey there Family!

Started this week out with Mission Conference! So good! Elder Godoy of the seventy came and spoke to us and it was so powerful. The spirit was strong and it really touched me. It helped me evaluate my mission, like everything. Especially events leading up to my mission. And the coolest part was the change i felt during that conference and also the change ive made my during my mission. I love conferences and meetings! they make me want to do so much better and even though im doing great it makes me realize that there are a bunch of little things we all need to work on. You can always improve.

This week was weird! We had the same plan almost everyday, but something would come up and our plans would switch like that! First off let me say there is sooooo many service opportunities in Danville! On Wednesday we got a call asking for help doing drywall in someones kitchen. But when we got there nothing was ready. So we made a plan and after looking at the kitchen walls (they were warped) and everything that needed to be done, the lady we were helping decided she was just going to paint it. So we were able to move the piano out of the living room and then all the kitchen stuff into the living room. Guess what. She was getting rid of the piano so we said that we would take it and... now we have a piano in our apt. crazy right? But we helped her tear down all the wall paper and then start to put up primer. The next day we went over and helped her finish up the rest of the painting. Her kitchen is looking great and the Danville South Elders now have a new investigator! Service is a good thing.

Two new members in our ward this week! One of them is Reis. She is 8 and she has been a member for... a long time but now its official :D The other is Kim McCoy. The Danville South Elders had a baptism this past weekend and it was so cool! This lady has been an eternigator (investigating a long time) but now she has become an awesome new member to the Danville ward! I love seeing baptisms! Sheep are coming to the fold! And that is awesome.

Well saturday we finally got to do what we kept planning to do and that was to contact some referrals and tract! (one of our referrals we were asked to "tract" into) The first house we knock was this pentecostal guy who just came out and started telling us about the "gift of tongues" It went nowhere. We met our referral and he said to come back another time. Continued tracting and finished the street. Not a lot of success. But the very last house, we ran into was a non-demoninational pastor. He just wanted to bash. Which to be honest is something i have always wanted to try... we won obviously but it wasnt worth it. I felt like i was playing pokemon. just running around the tall grass until... "WILD NON-DENOMINATIONAL PASTOR APPEARED!" Thats probably the best way to describe it... haha

Thats all for now! I hope you guys are doing great! I pray for you all the time! keeping living the gospel it truly is the way to Lasting and Eternal Happiness! Stay Strong! I love you guys.

Love, 

~Elder Chris Jones~