FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD

I am grateful to have heard from Taylor this week.  Last week was LONG not hearing from him!!!  I am grateful for the lesson that Taylor seems to have learned this week.  It is interesting to me, because in my letter to him yesterday I wrote to him about how impressed I was with his attitude on working and reaching his baptismal goals (as expressed in the last email he had written) so that they could get the temple in Bahia in a year!  I told him how that work ethic would be a positive throughout his life and good things would come to him because of it.  I found it ironic to find out that he had had a "lazy week". I am indeed grateful for all of the lessons he is learning on his mission, and the patience I am learning!


hey mom. 

nope, samantha didnt get baptized on saturday. last week was probably my laziest week here in the mission. i dont want another week like it. being lazy on the mission does not go well at all. i feel bad for wasting the Lord´s time and all. me and elder soderquist said we shall not be lazy anymore. but enough of that. daniel hasnt come to church in a while and neither have his parents but that is something we are working on. mariano has not been able to be found. he is never home. so we dropped looking for him. but anyone else we have right now, not really. we didnt find anyone new last week and i can definately see that faith without works is dead. so then i have to work! elder soderquist is good. we are working with this one investigator paula who is the in law to a menos activo. she seems like she could get baptized soon but i think she may be living with someone. we are going to find out htis week. well, unfortunately that is all the news. i just really need to kick it into gear and find new people and then go from there! i love you mom and hope your wrist gets better!

elder jones