Dear family,
Well its been another great week. Another Sister who just got here in Paraguay had to go home and so Hermana Plummer recieved a call late Tuesday night and we had to take her up to the office in Asuncion to have a companion change and take this sister´s place. At first i was really sad because she litterally is like a sister for me and i love her and miss her lots. But there is a purpose in everything and I already love and am learning so much from Hermana Arnell. It was really hard for Hermana Plummer to leave.
Our investigator Norma is progressing really well. She still has a lot of fear of changing her religion and actually coming to church but she is reading sooo much in her Book of Mormon and learns quickly. She is the lady that I wrote about a few weeks ago and we had contacted her weeks before and found her house por fin weeks later. Her youngest son Gabriel is really insistent with his Mom to come to church and is alwasys asking when they are going to go.
We were so worried about one of our investigators, Midium. She is a mother of two little girls and lives with her "marido" Christian. They still arent married. She had been progressing so much and then we had a lesson with her a few days ago and it was like she didnt have any interest any more and wasnt excited about her baptism date. But she told us Saturday that she had been asking herself, "Why do I feel so sad again?" And she told us she remembered how she had felt when she had been reading and studying her Book of Mormon. So she opened up the next day and started reading in 3Nefi11 that we had left with her and she and her daughter read together and marked with pen their favorite scriptures all the way to 3Nefi 22!!!! We have set a baptisimal date for the end of this month. She came to church yesterday but could only stay for sacrament meeting because her little girls were scarred to stay for their classes, but the members made her feel very welcomed which made me very greatful.
Vincente is doing great. We are still working with him and his mom to go to the temple together to do baptisims. They practice reading together almost every day. He was going to pass the sacrament for the first time this sunday, but got there late so the Young Men couldnt show him how to do it. Every time you are with Vincente, something funny happens.
I cant get these pictures to work, but I will send some next week.
I just want to bear my testimony. I love this Gospel. I am so greatful for the knowledge that I am a daughter of God and He loves me and has sent me to the Earth to learn and to grow to become more like Him. I am so greatful for my Savior and am learning more and more every day just how much in debt I am to Him and how I could never ever ever repay Him for His life and sacrifice and so with that, I learn to love sacrifice. I have a long ways to go, but I am learning and He is patient. I love the scriptures and am greatful for the gift of the Holy Ghost and the knowledge of the plan that Heavenly Father has for each one of us. Everything that I know and believe traces back to that one point. We have a Father in Heaven. He loves us. I testify of that in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Te quiero a todo de ustedes,
Hermana Natasha Jones
Monday, March 5, 2012
Week 22 (Feb 27, 2012): Light in Gilda's Eyes
Dear family,
It has been a great week. Lots of work and I have really felt like we have been guided this week... or more like we have really learned and are learning to listen to the Spirit better this week.
With a lot of our investigators that we had planned for this past week, we are working on finding them in casa. A lot of their dates fell through because they did not come to church. But we, this next week, will apply more what we learn about extending and following up with commitments in our studies with our investigators and work on having more members in lessons. That was a miracle that we saw this week. One of the members of our ward, Hermano Miguel, has been in almost every lesson with a family that we are teaching, Alquilina and Laureano. He has really taken them under his wing and tries to do everything that he can to help them. Thanks to him, Laureao came to church, and his señora would have too if she hadnt been having problems with her diabetes. So this week, we are going to be working on that. With another one of our investigators, Norma- a mother of three boys, this will really help her. She is reading and praying, but just needs to come to church to reacieve an answer!
With less-actives and conversos-recientes, we are still working with Percio Segovial to come to church again. We need to make another plan with him to drop alcohol. Vincente Francisco is preparing to go to the temple with his mom to do baptisms and we are helping make a plan for him to learn to read on his own. For this next week, we will be preparing him to pass the sacrament!
As we teach, it is so neat to see the Spirit literally change their countance. We were teaching Gilda yesterday. She has been through sooo much. As we started the lesson, she couldnt even smile. Her dad just passed away and she has a lot of family problems. As we taught and read from the Book of Mormon, her countanace changed and we could all feel the Spirit and there was the tiniest bit of light in her eyes again and she was smiling so much. The Lord guides this work. He lives and this is HIS church. I testify of that in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Te amo... mas que puedo decir!
su Hermana Natasha Jones
Typical paraguay- sunset as we were walking to our appointment with Gilda...a mother of two boys. Typcial Paraguay with beautiful sunset and a fire on the side of the street where the family is burning their trash :)
"Shadrack, Mesheck and Abendago" - I love being in a trio! First I get to keep my first companion AND I get to have one more extra! There is power in numbers for sure and we are each so different and our talents are so different that we really help eachother out a lot and, even more importantly, our investigators here in Ñemby! Hermana Arnell is from Riverton, Utah.
It has been a great week. Lots of work and I have really felt like we have been guided this week... or more like we have really learned and are learning to listen to the Spirit better this week.
With a lot of our investigators that we had planned for this past week, we are working on finding them in casa. A lot of their dates fell through because they did not come to church. But we, this next week, will apply more what we learn about extending and following up with commitments in our studies with our investigators and work on having more members in lessons. That was a miracle that we saw this week. One of the members of our ward, Hermano Miguel, has been in almost every lesson with a family that we are teaching, Alquilina and Laureano. He has really taken them under his wing and tries to do everything that he can to help them. Thanks to him, Laureao came to church, and his señora would have too if she hadnt been having problems with her diabetes. So this week, we are going to be working on that. With another one of our investigators, Norma- a mother of three boys, this will really help her. She is reading and praying, but just needs to come to church to reacieve an answer!
With less-actives and conversos-recientes, we are still working with Percio Segovial to come to church again. We need to make another plan with him to drop alcohol. Vincente Francisco is preparing to go to the temple with his mom to do baptisms and we are helping make a plan for him to learn to read on his own. For this next week, we will be preparing him to pass the sacrament!
As we teach, it is so neat to see the Spirit literally change their countance. We were teaching Gilda yesterday. She has been through sooo much. As we started the lesson, she couldnt even smile. Her dad just passed away and she has a lot of family problems. As we taught and read from the Book of Mormon, her countanace changed and we could all feel the Spirit and there was the tiniest bit of light in her eyes again and she was smiling so much. The Lord guides this work. He lives and this is HIS church. I testify of that in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Te amo... mas que puedo decir!
su Hermana Natasha Jones
Typical paraguay- sunset as we were walking to our appointment with Gilda...a mother of two boys. Typcial Paraguay with beautiful sunset and a fire on the side of the street where the family is burning their trash :)
"Shadrack, Mesheck and Abendago" - I love being in a trio! First I get to keep my first companion AND I get to have one more extra! There is power in numbers for sure and we are each so different and our talents are so different that we really help eachother out a lot and, even more importantly, our investigators here in Ñemby! Hermana Arnell is from Riverton, Utah.
Week 22 (Feb 27, 2012): Into a Threesome
Dear family,
Just a quick update on how the work is here... We are finding lots of new investigators this past week! It really has been a week of miracles. Enjoy the pictures that I sent Nick and I will send you more stories about the work next week!!!
I have felt the guiding hand of the Lord this week. We have changes... we are going to be in a threesome because they are only recieving one new sister and 6 weeks isnt enough time to open up a new area... I am excited!
I know that my Savior lives and guides this work. The church has been restored. I know the power of the atonement is real and is for everyone of the children of God. And with that comes great, great hope. And it is my priviledge to bring that to my brothers and sisters here.
I love you all!
con mucho amor,
Hermana Natasha Jones
These two friends, Paola and Rosa, live next to eachother and we have been teaching them and the daughter of Paola the past two months, but they have just not been progressing. We will come back to try and teach them again in two or three months, but for right now, their names are in the Area Book. That is the hardest thing to do... to stop teaching someone for a little bit...it doesnt mean that they wont accept the gospel, but it just wasnt their time and either us or other missionaries will help them to teach them again in the future. Sure do love them.
After lunch on Sunday with the familia Correa- I already sent a picture of Mili´s baptism, but I had to send another picture of them. Her husband is working in Virginia and he sends used tennis shoes for her to sell at their house. Her goal this year is to give your more Books of Mormon to her clients. She is building a book shelf to fill with church materials, especially books of mormon to give out to clients. We can always depend on her to take care of us...I am really starting to LOVE the people here...I told president that I want to stay in this area my whole mission...He told me to pray really, reallyhard so the Lord will tell him that! ha
Just a quick update on how the work is here... We are finding lots of new investigators this past week! It really has been a week of miracles. Enjoy the pictures that I sent Nick and I will send you more stories about the work next week!!!
I have felt the guiding hand of the Lord this week. We have changes... we are going to be in a threesome because they are only recieving one new sister and 6 weeks isnt enough time to open up a new area... I am excited!
I know that my Savior lives and guides this work. The church has been restored. I know the power of the atonement is real and is for everyone of the children of God. And with that comes great, great hope. And it is my priviledge to bring that to my brothers and sisters here.
I love you all!
con mucho amor,
Hermana Natasha Jones
These two friends, Paola and Rosa, live next to eachother and we have been teaching them and the daughter of Paola the past two months, but they have just not been progressing. We will come back to try and teach them again in two or three months, but for right now, their names are in the Area Book. That is the hardest thing to do... to stop teaching someone for a little bit...it doesnt mean that they wont accept the gospel, but it just wasnt their time and either us or other missionaries will help them to teach them again in the future. Sure do love them. 
After lunch on Sunday with the familia Correa- I already sent a picture of Mili´s baptism, but I had to send another picture of them. Her husband is working in Virginia and he sends used tennis shoes for her to sell at their house. Her goal this year is to give your more Books of Mormon to her clients. She is building a book shelf to fill with church materials, especially books of mormon to give out to clients. We can always depend on her to take care of us...I am really starting to LOVE the people here...I told president that I want to stay in this area my whole mission...He told me to pray really, reallyhard so the Lord will tell him that! ha
Week 21 (Feb 20, 2012): Nick's School Project
Dear Nick(and family),
I am sending a bunch of pictures for you bud so that you can maybe use them in your project... I took a lot during Pday, but hopefully you can use some of these as well.
BUDDY, sure do love you boys ( and family) so much! Nick, I hope these pictures help you with your project... the only thing is you have to talk at least a little bit about the church and missionary work, okay?! That is the only prereq with using all of these pictures...! have a great weekkkk!!!!!
This is a picture of the "asesimientos" or government housing that they have here. It is really diverse. We live right next to a mansion but then just one cuadra up is a neighborhood of homes like these with nothing but dirt floors, tarps and wood for their walls. It is very humbling. A lot of them that live in neighborhoods like this just cook all of their dinners over an open fire and their form of work is to make and sell anything they can... collecting plastic, selling tiny cakes or emañadas...living from day to day but still very giving of what they can. We were in a lesson with a lady named Alcalina and her husband Laureano and they were so excited to make us some fresh "limeade" from their lime tree after we finished the lesson.
They have open markets were there are TONS of people selling different fruits and vegetables, but because the Sisters in the mission are pampered, we shop at this grocery store that is only a 20 min walk from our house... I buy fruit and vegetables here for less than half the price in America. You litterally could live off of the fruit that is just found on the trees though. Mango season has stopped, but for my first two months here, I sometimes wouldnt pack anything to eat for the day, but we would just eat the mangos that had fallen from the trees!
There is A LOT of religious diversity, but the main religion is Catholic. You can find little shrines like this even in the poorest homes or sometimes just in the streets and people will come and leave an "offering" to show their respect to the virgin maria
Every city has a "plaza" where vendors will come and sit outisde and sell just about anything they can. There are often people passing with baskets of freshly made "chipa"... everyone eats emeñadas and chipa!
This is a picture of "colectivo" or bus that we take every once and a while to get to an appointment if we are in a hurry. In the mornings, they are JAMMED packed with at least 60 people going to work... heading west to work downtown in Asuncion... we live about 25 min from Asuncion.
All of the roads are filled with this read dirt and "empedrada"... you get used to walking on it after a few days! I think I can count on one or two hands the number of paved streets that we have.
Sometimes when it rains, you have to take draistic measures! We walked from appointment to appointment wearing these tarps becasue an umbrella just doesnt do it!
Nick, I couldnt fit in the file of the quick video that I took... but every weekend, especially Sundays, everyone visits family and they sit outside under the shade drinking tedere (I am not sure how to spell it.. it is a yerbe mate drink) and listening to their Guatani music blarring... their music is something VERY typicall to Paraguay and their Guatani language. They are very pround to be Parguayn and to speak Guatani. They teach it in the schools starting when the kids are really young.
I am sending a bunch of pictures for you bud so that you can maybe use them in your project... I took a lot during Pday, but hopefully you can use some of these as well.
BUDDY, sure do love you boys ( and family) so much! Nick, I hope these pictures help you with your project... the only thing is you have to talk at least a little bit about the church and missionary work, okay?! That is the only prereq with using all of these pictures...! have a great weekkkk!!!!!
This is a picture of the "asesimientos" or government housing that they have here. It is really diverse. We live right next to a mansion but then just one cuadra up is a neighborhood of homes like these with nothing but dirt floors, tarps and wood for their walls. It is very humbling. A lot of them that live in neighborhoods like this just cook all of their dinners over an open fire and their form of work is to make and sell anything they can... collecting plastic, selling tiny cakes or emañadas...living from day to day but still very giving of what they can. We were in a lesson with a lady named Alcalina and her husband Laureano and they were so excited to make us some fresh "limeade" from their lime tree after we finished the lesson.
They have open markets were there are TONS of people selling different fruits and vegetables, but because the Sisters in the mission are pampered, we shop at this grocery store that is only a 20 min walk from our house... I buy fruit and vegetables here for less than half the price in America. You litterally could live off of the fruit that is just found on the trees though. Mango season has stopped, but for my first two months here, I sometimes wouldnt pack anything to eat for the day, but we would just eat the mangos that had fallen from the trees!
There is A LOT of religious diversity, but the main religion is Catholic. You can find little shrines like this even in the poorest homes or sometimes just in the streets and people will come and leave an "offering" to show their respect to the virgin maria
Every city has a "plaza" where vendors will come and sit outisde and sell just about anything they can. There are often people passing with baskets of freshly made "chipa"... everyone eats emeñadas and chipa!
This is a picture of "colectivo" or bus that we take every once and a while to get to an appointment if we are in a hurry. In the mornings, they are JAMMED packed with at least 60 people going to work... heading west to work downtown in Asuncion... we live about 25 min from Asuncion.
All of the roads are filled with this read dirt and "empedrada"... you get used to walking on it after a few days! I think I can count on one or two hands the number of paved streets that we have.
Sometimes when it rains, you have to take draistic measures! We walked from appointment to appointment wearing these tarps becasue an umbrella just doesnt do it!
Nick, I couldnt fit in the file of the quick video that I took... but every weekend, especially Sundays, everyone visits family and they sit outside under the shade drinking tedere (I am not sure how to spell it.. it is a yerbe mate drink) and listening to their Guatani music blarring... their music is something VERY typicall to Paraguay and their Guatani language. They are very pround to be Parguayn and to speak Guatani. They teach it in the schools starting when the kids are really young.
Week 20 (Feb 13, 2012): Refinding Norma
Dear family,
We have found a lot more "new investigators" this week! It is always interesting to see and feel the hand of the Lord helping us in the work. The Lord literaly guides us to them or them to us. For example, this past week, Hermana Plummer and I we looking for this house that were we had wanted to teach almost two months ago now and we were just not having any luck. As we were walking, praying that we would find this house, I had the distinct impression that we needed to turn down a particular street, almost as if someone had told me, "turn down this street". It was a little tiny dirt road and it didnt look like there were any houses down that street. I said in my mind... okay, we can go down that street, but I know this family we are looking for doesnt live there! I took one more step forward and once again the impression came to my mind "no! turn down this street". So we did. There ended up being this tiny little white house. When we clapped at the gate, the little boy outside playing ran inside. A few seconds later, his mom came out and let us in. She was really excited to see us and told us "its been a long time!". I was really confused because i didnt recognize her and had never taught her before. We had forgotten that we had talked to her, Norma, in the street one day with her son Gabriel and had promised that we would visit her, but could never find her house. She shared with us how her husband died 6 years ago and her sons who are my age now are working to help support the family. I have never felt soo happy leaving a lesson. I knew that angels were guiding us to her and her son.
I love this work. I love my Savior. I am learning to love sacrifice and I love all of you! Have a great week!!!!
con mucho amor,
Hermana Natasha Jones
Primer Conferencia de Zona- Our Zone Conference was great. President Callen and Sister Callen love to and have mastered working hard, working by the Spirit, and just being happy and so it is always really great to talk with them and get lots of ideas of how we can improve and work more effectivley as missionaries.
Lots and lots of rain- it rained a lot this past week...and when it rains, it POURS! This is a picture of our backyard. Luckliy it was raining this day while we were studying instead of trackting!
"Campo por la eternidad"- every morning Hermana Plummer and I run around the outside of this cemetary that they call "campo por la eternidad". It is beautiful. There is this little old man that sits outside and sells flowers and ribbons (one of which i mailed home for Alexandra) every day and just sits outside the gate drinking his "tedere" (It is kinda like iced tea... just ice water and herbs and they ALL drink it... everyone walks around with their big thermouses of ice!
Sneaking mangos- I snuck this foto when we were leaving the chapel this past Friday. Vincente is the little man in the green shirt eating a mango...very typical. He often will sneak out of class during church to eat mangos that have fallen from the trees outside! One day he came back to class with mango all over his chin and was really surprised when I asked him after calss if he had been eating mangos... "how did you know?!", he asked. hahah
This is just an example of how much it rains... because almost all of their streets are "empedrada" or stone and sand, when it rains, the streets flood within minutes...
You cant really tell from the picture, but there was so much water in the streets that we were wading through (the water was only up to our ankles) but this branch was being carried down the street!
They all burn their trash here. It isnt as bad as India, but there are often piles of trash en todos lados. I thought this was funny... right under the sign that says no trash, there was a huge pile of trash
We have found a lot more "new investigators" this week! It is always interesting to see and feel the hand of the Lord helping us in the work. The Lord literaly guides us to them or them to us. For example, this past week, Hermana Plummer and I we looking for this house that were we had wanted to teach almost two months ago now and we were just not having any luck. As we were walking, praying that we would find this house, I had the distinct impression that we needed to turn down a particular street, almost as if someone had told me, "turn down this street". It was a little tiny dirt road and it didnt look like there were any houses down that street. I said in my mind... okay, we can go down that street, but I know this family we are looking for doesnt live there! I took one more step forward and once again the impression came to my mind "no! turn down this street". So we did. There ended up being this tiny little white house. When we clapped at the gate, the little boy outside playing ran inside. A few seconds later, his mom came out and let us in. She was really excited to see us and told us "its been a long time!". I was really confused because i didnt recognize her and had never taught her before. We had forgotten that we had talked to her, Norma, in the street one day with her son Gabriel and had promised that we would visit her, but could never find her house. She shared with us how her husband died 6 years ago and her sons who are my age now are working to help support the family. I have never felt soo happy leaving a lesson. I knew that angels were guiding us to her and her son.
I love this work. I love my Savior. I am learning to love sacrifice and I love all of you! Have a great week!!!!
con mucho amor,
Hermana Natasha Jones
Primer Conferencia de Zona- Our Zone Conference was great. President Callen and Sister Callen love to and have mastered working hard, working by the Spirit, and just being happy and so it is always really great to talk with them and get lots of ideas of how we can improve and work more effectivley as missionaries. 
Lots and lots of rain- it rained a lot this past week...and when it rains, it POURS! This is a picture of our backyard. Luckliy it was raining this day while we were studying instead of trackting!
"Campo por la eternidad"- every morning Hermana Plummer and I run around the outside of this cemetary that they call "campo por la eternidad". It is beautiful. There is this little old man that sits outside and sells flowers and ribbons (one of which i mailed home for Alexandra) every day and just sits outside the gate drinking his "tedere" (It is kinda like iced tea... just ice water and herbs and they ALL drink it... everyone walks around with their big thermouses of ice!
Sneaking mangos- I snuck this foto when we were leaving the chapel this past Friday. Vincente is the little man in the green shirt eating a mango...very typical. He often will sneak out of class during church to eat mangos that have fallen from the trees outside! One day he came back to class with mango all over his chin and was really surprised when I asked him after calss if he had been eating mangos... "how did you know?!", he asked. hahah
This is just an example of how much it rains... because almost all of their streets are "empedrada" or stone and sand, when it rains, the streets flood within minutes...
You cant really tell from the picture, but there was so much water in the streets that we were wading through (the water was only up to our ankles) but this branch was being carried down the street!
They all burn their trash here. It isnt as bad as India, but there are often piles of trash en todos lados. I thought this was funny... right under the sign that says no trash, there was a huge pile of trash
Week 19 (Feb 6, 2012): Giving my Card to Emi
Dear family,
This has been a great week! We are still having a tough time finding people to teach and really finding and teaching people who are ready to progress BUT I have also been amazed by the blessings that the Lord continues to pour out on us. As I sit down at night to hurry and write as much as I can down from that day in my journal, I am amazed by just how many miracles we see each and every day!
I will share just one for now.
My first week here, we had a lesson with a 21 year old girl named Emi. We havent taught her since because she was on vacation with her familiy for a month and after that we couldnt contact her a bunch of times. I remember durring the lesson, we were teaching about the Book of Mormon and how we can find the answers to the questions that we have if we read in the scriptures. Sister Callen, our President´s wife, had made us these really nice cards with all of the "questions of the soul" with their relating scriptures from PMG and had laminated it for us to have as a book mark and reference for lessons. Because it was my first week I remember not really understanding anything in the lesson but when it was my turn to teach and bear testimony, I had the strong impression to give her the card. At first I was hesitant because I had been so excited about this book mark and they had put a lot of time into making it for each of the new missionaries. I ended up giving her the card and the past two months have been wondering and hoping that even though we hadnt had another lesson with her that maybe the scriptures and chapters on the card would be important to her later.
With that, we were walking to an apointment this past week close to her house and ran into Emi!!! We stopped to talk and she explained how her brother was so sick that he had been hospitalized the past month and the doctors had not been sure if he was going to make it. She said that he is fine now and is recovering. She also told us how "it is so true! you really can find answers and so much comfort from reading the book of mormon!!" She told us how she would have a question, and would look on the card and then read the relating chapter from the book of mormon. She found so much comfort in reading the scriptures. Ah!!!! I wanted to cry i was so happy! I never want to ignore a prompting that I get from the Spirit!!!! We are going to visit her this upcoming week.
Well, tomorrow we are getting up at 5 or 530 to take a bus to the office for my first ZONE CONFERENCE! My zone leaders told us that we will be having up to 5 hours of role plays and practices with the lessons! Pray for me please! ahha but no really I am really excited. I love my mission president so much and his wife so it will be great to see them too!
Well... I know that the Gospel is true. I know my Savior lives and loves us. I know that Heavenly Father loves us perfectly and has a perfect plan for each of us and that if we just humble ourselves and truly turn to Him, we can be happy now and in the life to come. I love the scriptures, I love the words and examples of prophets and richeous leaders... I love my mission... oh and I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH. I couldnt say all of that enough.
Te quiero,
Tu Hermana Jones
familia correa... one of the families that I absolutley love!!! Her daughter Mili was just baptized this weekend and she was so excited about it every day she would remind us about her baptism. The lady next to HPlummer is one of our investigators, Sussana!
thank you for the present!!! I got the package this past week and it was better than Christmas! The andes mints are not in the picture because I had already eaten all of them! hahah love you all lots
This has been a great week! We are still having a tough time finding people to teach and really finding and teaching people who are ready to progress BUT I have also been amazed by the blessings that the Lord continues to pour out on us. As I sit down at night to hurry and write as much as I can down from that day in my journal, I am amazed by just how many miracles we see each and every day!
I will share just one for now.
My first week here, we had a lesson with a 21 year old girl named Emi. We havent taught her since because she was on vacation with her familiy for a month and after that we couldnt contact her a bunch of times. I remember durring the lesson, we were teaching about the Book of Mormon and how we can find the answers to the questions that we have if we read in the scriptures. Sister Callen, our President´s wife, had made us these really nice cards with all of the "questions of the soul" with their relating scriptures from PMG and had laminated it for us to have as a book mark and reference for lessons. Because it was my first week I remember not really understanding anything in the lesson but when it was my turn to teach and bear testimony, I had the strong impression to give her the card. At first I was hesitant because I had been so excited about this book mark and they had put a lot of time into making it for each of the new missionaries. I ended up giving her the card and the past two months have been wondering and hoping that even though we hadnt had another lesson with her that maybe the scriptures and chapters on the card would be important to her later.
With that, we were walking to an apointment this past week close to her house and ran into Emi!!! We stopped to talk and she explained how her brother was so sick that he had been hospitalized the past month and the doctors had not been sure if he was going to make it. She said that he is fine now and is recovering. She also told us how "it is so true! you really can find answers and so much comfort from reading the book of mormon!!" She told us how she would have a question, and would look on the card and then read the relating chapter from the book of mormon. She found so much comfort in reading the scriptures. Ah!!!! I wanted to cry i was so happy! I never want to ignore a prompting that I get from the Spirit!!!! We are going to visit her this upcoming week.
Well, tomorrow we are getting up at 5 or 530 to take a bus to the office for my first ZONE CONFERENCE! My zone leaders told us that we will be having up to 5 hours of role plays and practices with the lessons! Pray for me please! ahha but no really I am really excited. I love my mission president so much and his wife so it will be great to see them too!
Well... I know that the Gospel is true. I know my Savior lives and loves us. I know that Heavenly Father loves us perfectly and has a perfect plan for each of us and that if we just humble ourselves and truly turn to Him, we can be happy now and in the life to come. I love the scriptures, I love the words and examples of prophets and richeous leaders... I love my mission... oh and I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH. I couldnt say all of that enough.
Te quiero,
Tu Hermana Jones
familia correa... one of the families that I absolutley love!!! Her daughter Mili was just baptized this weekend and she was so excited about it every day she would remind us about her baptism. The lady next to HPlummer is one of our investigators, Sussana!
thank you for the present!!! I got the package this past week and it was better than Christmas! The andes mints are not in the picture because I had already eaten all of them! hahah love you all lots
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