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

I AM OF COURSE STILL HAPPY, TIRED BUT HAPPY.

hey mom!

wow does time seem to blur by. these last two transfers have blown by. as you know, this upcoming sunday, we have transfers. i think i am leaving. and to make it a double, its also mothers day. on saturday i will send you an email telling you what time i can do the call. we are planning on doing skype. if i do stay, i will be calling you about 5 or 6 my time. if i leave, i will be calling 1 or 2 my time. but i will send the confirmation email on saturday. i think i have a total of one more area in me. i have had three transfers in each area, after this transfer in which i am in, i have four more. so we shall see how it goes. but yeah, i still am not sure what i will do when i get home. i am of course still happy mom. tired but happy. the new mission president gets here about beginning of july. today we went and took pictures all over bolivar in preparation of transfers.

as for our investigators, n and j are doing ok. we went by and she still hadnt read. but we found out she speaks english a little and helps out kids with homework. j, her son, has a disorder in which he almost has autism but its not near as bad. we are going back tomorrow to visit her. r, r and a arent progressing at all. they dont have any desires to listen to us or put forth an effort. r is not with any desires either. we walk up to her house and see her run inside every time and then doesnt answer the door when we knock. o is our only true investigator for now. his problems are with smoking and drinking. he is having a lot of trouble leaving it behind. we had his date set to get baptized this week on sunday, but he didnt make it to church. so we moved it to the 20 de mayo. it does give him more time to leave his vices behind though. other than that, we only found one new investigator this week. her name is l l. she is about 55 years old.she has 5 kids, all grown, the youngest being about 11 years old. a sixth had died at about 5 years of age. she lost her husband to cancer and she also has cancer. they have passed through it all. she is catholic by tradition but doesnt go to church. she loved our message and paid attention. we are going to go back later to try and see how she is doing with reading and praying. she said she loves to read, and would get baptized if she knew the church was true. we are very excited to have found her. well mom that is all for now. i love you! say hi to the family!

elder jones