hey mom.

so another week closer to the close of my time jaja. the new rule is
just for the zone, and the zone is just tandil and a small town called
rauch that is part of our zone. it sure aint easy. but we are pretty
much telling everyone in contacts that if they knew the church is
true, would they get baptized on this date? so we are weeding through
those who will and wont listen to us. and its not working out, at
least for me. yeah, tandil is the toughest area zone wise in the
mission. we havent had a lot of success here. not just me but the
whole zone. elder s is doing good. we just havent had success is
all. as long as we work i am fine. i know what i need to do and i keep
on doing it. we had divisiones on thursday and friday. i was with the
district leader here in my area, elder h. we found two new
people, both named j, and the older one is about 70ish. so we
talked for a little and shared part of lesson one with them. we also
talked about the healing power of christ. he had just had surgery. the
other j is his son i believe and he started crying at the end
during the prayer. so we are hoping we can help them get to church
this sunday. we also talked with l, which didnt turn anything
up. she said she already knows everything but just doesnt want to get
baptized. so we didnt have much luck there. we are still going to pass
by to try and help her but i have little hope there. we also taught
this less active family the first lesson. it was a great lesson. they
were participating and even the hermana at the end shared her
testimony and told us she knows she needs to try and work harder at
coming back to church. she knows she is wrong and she just needs to
put her back into it. but other than that, we didnt really have much
happen. so i guess that is all. i love you mom! take care and until
next monday! chauz!

elder jones

hey mom

well, sounds like things are still interesting there. here, i dont have much to report. the zone has made some changes here, in that we now have to put baptismal fechas with everyone we talk with. so we are going through a lot of people super quick. we havent had much success though. i really am just in a hard place i think, i am trying to figure out what to do but it aint easy. i feel as though i have plateued, not sure if i spelled that right but whatever. i heard that the new president was supposed to get here on friday, but he is having visa problems as well. so pres d is still here and the new pres got here and is here on a vacation visa. so it looks like pres d is staying here even longer than expected jaja. as of right now, no one is progressing. we are still trying with j and her older sister l, but nothing so far. i still dont remember his name, the new mission presidents. so yeah. we have been working our tails off. i did reach the conclusion though that i love empanadas. they are the best! well mom, stay strong as well. i love you!

elder jones

I REALLY ENJOYED LISTENING TO HIM. I LEARN SO MUCH EVERY TIME HE SPEAKS WITH US.

hey mom.

thanks for the emails! i received a lot this week and tell m and t thanks for the letters. that is so awesome that dallin is going to norway! i guess i shouldnt complain about my 8 baptisms i have now. but yeah, i am stoked i get to see him for three weeks! the family is awesome. the hermano is the president of the branch. they do treat us very well here. but yeah. once again, not much to report. elder s and i are doing fine, just not much going on here in the area. we are trying to get things going but to no avail. we just had transfers and the both of us are staying, so i am the first comp elder s has for more than one transfer.  on friday, we had zone conference with pres d. the last one unfortunately. he leaves this friday and the new president gets here friday. so i say i will probably never see him again. but he gave a good couple of workshops. mostly talked about getting the obedience back up. he commented that the obedience of the mission as a whole has dropped and we need to kick it in to gear for the new president until he gets acquainted with us all. i really enjoyed listening to him. i learn so much every time he speaks with us. i will miss him. but the new mission pres will do great. well mom, i love you!

elder jones

I KNOW CHRIST DIDN'T WANT TO BLEED FROM EVERY PORE, BUT HE DID IT WILLINGLY AND SUBMITTED HIMSELF UNTO THE FATHER. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT AT LEAST HERE IN THE MISSION.

hey mom

well, unfortunately the week has been uneventful. i believe i am just in a trying time again. we really are trying to work on what we do here, but to no avail. elder s and i are doing really well as of right now, we have transfers this coming sunday. and we are having our final zone conference with pres d on sunday. i believe it will be his last sunday that day. the other companionship is doing ok i guess. so i found out about the camera. its something that the shop here cant fix. they need to order parts to do it and they arent even sure they can do it. i think it would just make more sense to buy one. what do you think? yeah, the gas and electricity are great to have. its pretty dang cold, we walk out in the morning and there is frost on the ground. plus its humid. so it is pretty chilly. thats awesome about dallins call. i am stoked to here what it is!

so this week, we havent found any new investigators. we have been on quite a low streak of late. i cant think of much to do to try and get more investigators. we are just not feeling so hot either. i know i am feeling a bit depressed and less desires to go work. not much i can do about that though, but go and work. i know Christ didnt want to bleed from every pore for us, but he did it willingly and submitted himself unto the Father. i should be able to do that at least here in the mission and go out and work even though i dont feel good. so i am just trying to find the enthusiasm once more. not sure how, but i got time to figure it out. well mom. i hope i here from you soon. i love you! take care

elder jones

WE ARE JUST PLANNING ON WORKING ON HELPING OUT LESS ACTIVE MEMBERS

hey mom

well i still dont have much to report. its cold, i wake up to seeing my breath in the air. we walk a lot. anything funny last week? not that i can think of. i now cant speak in english very well. spanish words come out all to often and i mix up my words. we havent had any progress with investigators this week. so we are just planning on working on helping out less active members. hopefully we can pull some references out of them. we also had a reference come in last night, we are going to visit it afterwards. hopefully we get some help soon. havent received the package yet. i wish i had more to tell you, but we walk a lot, try to teach people at doors or wherever but to no avail. i took my camera into the shop today to see if they can figure out what to do with it, so next monday i will  let you know whats up. well mom, i love you! chau!

elder jones

hey mom.

yeah, this week was just like last week. not much change. we didnt have any good success. there is a girl here named l who is 14 and goes to church every week. but she feels she doesnt have a testimony so she hasnt been baptized. so we are going to try and start working with her. but yeah, according to my camera, it is completely broken. the front is coming off. and it wont turn on. so yeah. i dont know what you want to do. its kind of sad getting to the end of the mission. i dont like it. but hey, not much i can do about it. the other elders are talking to me about the trunky papers getting here soon jaja. but yeah. i really dont have much to tell you. i wish i had more to tell you but yeah. many a birthdays are coming up soon it being the month of june. happy birthday to all those in this week! love you mom!

elder jones

BUT TODAY WE PLAYED BASKETBALL!

hey mom!

the bus ride was ok last night. i got here just fine. i actually got a
full night of sleep on transfers. my companion is elder s from
boise idaho. he has about six months in the mission. i am in a house
of four elders once more. elder t and elder r. we dont
share an area though. we are in our own area. but the house does not
have gas or electricity. its been about a month that way. and we dont
have closets or anything. its a mess jaja. its ridiculous. but today we
played basketball! there is a court close and i really enjoyed it. i
stink, of course. but hey, what an i say, i i havent played in so
long. well, i like the area so far, the ciber i am in is not great
though. well mom, i dont have much else to tell you. i love you!

elder jones