Elder CJones: Puro Trabajar

Howdy All!!

How are you all?? I hope that August is treating you all well. It is really, really hot here in Reynosa. Walking in the sun all day is a normal thing, but I still feel the extreme heat. We are really working hard right now to continuously find new people with their desire to make covenants with our  Heavenly Father and start their spiritual progression towards exaltation.

Right now we have a couple of people that are listening:

Esmeralda - She is an 18 year old that is 5 months pregnant. She was an investigator about a year ago but she recently started listening to us again. She is really excited about her baptism and we hope that
everything will work out for her. She works in a candle shop with her sister and they are the only two that work there. Her day to work all day is Sunday which makes it really hard for her to go to church and her sister sometimes isn't willing to change days with her. Esmeralda is being really patient with everything. Please pray that everything will work according to plans this week so that she can be baptized.

Rocío - She is a 17 year old that we found in the street and we are doing the best we can to help her. She has a huge desire to come to church and listen to our lessons but her mom doesn't let her come to
church. This week will we be working with her mom to trust us and let her daughter come to church. Please pray that the heart of her mom will be softened to let her daughter come to church and listen to us.

Teo and his wife - Teo is an American that was deported and now works making hot dogs every night to make a living and his wife works in a bakery. We will be starting to teach them this week and we ask that you pray that they will be able to have time to listen to us.

We had a really cool experience this week. On Tuesday, we were looking for people and we heard two men call us out and tell us to talk to them. We found out that they were less active members that they were going out to visit other less actives. They told us that they were chatting with all the other elders in the ward, the others were trying to plan a barbecue, and they decided to do visits, just these two. They had never met each but they decided to go help others. It made us so happy that they took the work of ministering to heart and decided to use their time to help others that needed it.
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Love you all!!
Elder Corom Jones

Elder HJones: Prepare

So throughout the mission I have learned a lot about the word prepare.

We need to prepare ourselves before our missions. Prepare ourselves to work hard, to be obedient, and to follow the will of God. The mission isn't easy. It is full of ups and downs, and we can always prepare ourselves. Not just for a full-time mission. Our missions in all things.

And if we prepare, God will prepare. If we do our part and prepare ourselves first, God will always be there and send blessings.

Jacob 5:61 Wherefore, go to, and call servants, that we may labor diligently with our might in the vineyard, that we may prepare the way, that I may bring forth again the natural  fruit, which natural fruit is good and the most precious above all other fruit. 

 We, as missionaries, are laboring in His vineyard, preparing the way for all His children to partake of the most precious fruit. Not just us as missionaries, but all of us as members of this church.

The Good News of the week is that we have found the most receptive investigator! She is super awesome! Her name is Maribel and she has been prepared from God, seriously. We met her last week in the street and she accepted a baptismal date!! She reads in the scriptures (normally we have to nag twice times already, and she wants to get baptized. She told us that the first time we contacted her in the street her mind was full of worries. She had so many things to do, so many questions. But when we talked with her she was filled with peace and comfort. This is the best part of the mission. When people recognize the peace that comes from the gospel. And the gratitude of being a representative of Jesus Christ!

Have a great week. Happy early Mother's Day!

Elder Jones​

Elder CJones: 17 Months

Well, this week was a pretty good week. The members began to help us with the missionary work and we began working with lots of references. The weather has gotten hot, like really hot, and it's a blessing when the members help us when it gets hot outside.

The heat really kills us and we have been looking for better ways to work so we aren't out in the sun so much. We thought that the help that we are getting with a few members will help grow the confidence between the rest of the members and is and then we will be able to have greater success.

This last week was Spring Break and the youth in the ward have been helping us reach their friends.

Junior, a young man that was baptized almost two years ago, is planning to serve a mission and he went out with us a couple times this week. He is honestly a really good teacher and understand the doctrine of the gospel so well that I know he will be a great missionary. On Tuesday, he took us  to visit his friend Jaqualine. She accepted a baptismal date and is really excited to come to church and learn more. If you can pray for her that her parents will have a more open heart to the gospel and let her come to church.

We also have been working with the Palomarez family. They are a member family that brought a friend to church and we are now teaching the friend and her two kids. They are really awesome. The mom will be getting baptized this week with her kids, we hope. Her kids are Ezmeralda and Junior, but not the same Junior who is planning to serve a mission haha.

Those are our people that Elder Ancco and I are teaching and focusing on at the moment, we are also trying to find more people to teach and it's getting a lot more difficult with the heat and humidity. Pray that we will be able to find some more people and families that are more willing to listen to the message of God.

So, something really interesting happened yesterday. We had stake conference and it was alright, not too well prepared, but it was good. Afterward, we got a ride to where we were going to eat and we got there before the family did so we waited outside in the shade on a small bench. As the family showed up, we saw a man coming toward us and he wanted to talk to us and we didn't feel the Spirit as he walked up and said that he wanted to talk to us.

At this point in the mission, a drunk is a normal thing to see and I know they always want to talk with us. I would have been fine with a drunk, but this was next level stuff. He started asking us who we were and what we were doing in business suits. We told him we had just returned from stake conference. He started telling us the he was the greatest guy ever and that all he had was thanks to Satan. This guy was a legit Satan worshipper! He rolled us his sleeve and he had a tattooed Satan on his arm and told us a bunch of trash about what he believed. He honestly just wanted to fight with us. We were kind to him even though he went off on a bunch of things. It was a very interesting experience.

Well, I have some really cool news!! Back in August and September, when I was serving in Valle Hermoso with Elder Hernandez, we baptized a mom and her daughter, Flora and Julieta. This week, Julieta will be finishing up her mission papers because when she completes a year in the church she wants to go on a mission!! It is one of the coolest things that you could ever hear, that your convert is not only active and serving in a calling in the church, but that they will be going on a mission!!! I am so excited for her!!

I absolutely love the mission and I know it blesses the life of the missionary and the people! Whoever has the chance to serve, do it!! It will only be the best thing you could ever do!!

Elder ZJones: Members! Members! Members!

I have to pay to use the Internet and how much usually depends on where we go. It is usually around 50-100 pesos. I am getting used to the money system, although I don't really know yet how much large amounts are converted into us dollars. I am still trying to get used to things. The food here is pretty good, although I get a lot of Milanesa! I don't think I have gained any weight, but if I have, it has only been a small bit.

We usually have members cook lunch for us . . . when they actually do. If not, we get mission money to purchase food for the week and month. I have had a lot of pancakes and bread. We go to a laundry mat for laundry. It is 100 pesos a load, which is ok.

It gets warm here, too, but it has also been raining a lot for the past few days. It is better than the cold, though.

My Spanish is coming. I am getting the gospel language down. From the lessons we have taught, I am starting to understand the vocab for it.

We had a zone conference on Thursday. Presidente and Hermana Resek spoke to us. Thy talked a lot about becoming spiritual giants. By using the Spirit, the Book of Mormon and all our energy, the Lord can use us as instruments.

Presidente made a new rule. Beginning with the second lesson and on, he wants a member present in all of our lessons. But our ward doesn't help the missionaries. So we are trying to figure out the best way to get out bishop and ward mission leader to help us more with the work.

This week has been awesome! Our investigator Viviana is still is planning to be baptized. She has been investigating the church for years and I really believe she is ready. She has a strong testimony and loves this gospel. We have many other investigators but it has been hard to find them. Ana is one. She committed to baptism and loved the messgae of the Restoration, but for the pasttwo2 weeks we haven't been able to find her. Pray that we will be able to find her and she will be still ready for the gospel.

We had a miracle in church this week. When we got to church there was a man and a woman that we hadn't seen before. Apparently he is a member and hasn't been to church in over ten years. The woman isn't a member but interested in the gospel message and wants to learn more. It is a miracle to see the ways the Lord help us with the work. As we patiently wait and pray for people, He will help us find those we need to teach.

 I was reading this week more about my purpose as a missionary. And I came across this verse. It can apply to us .

1 Nephi 8:12 And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also; for I knew that it was desirable above all other fruit.

The fruit is the fruit of the gospel, the gospel of Jesus Christ. We have it and it has made us happy. As a missionary I am desirous that others can have the same happiness of the gospel. We should all pick some fruit, whatever it may be, Books of Mormon, our testimony, service, whatever, and give them out. This will allow us all to give and receive the love and joy of this gospel. I know that this is true.

The fruit can change others lives and we can be the ones who give it out!

Elder Jones

Elder ZJones: The Gospel is Everything

I am already on week three in the mission.

There are so many feelings that are good into the mission. Frustration. Joy. Peace. Everything about the mission is difficult, but it is totally worth it.

 Not much has changed since last week. We have a ton of investigators we have been teaching. We have one lady named Bibiana Ruiz that has a baptismal date for the 11th of November. Her husband and two daughters are already members. When we went over to teach her she explained to us that she was ready to be baptized. It was an awesome experience to see her making that decision for herself. It is awesome when we are able to change peoples lives, but when they choose for themselves it makes it 100 times better.

This week we had interviews with Presidente Resek and through my interview I was able to get to know him a little more. He explained to me the importance of the Book of Mormon and why when we teach about it when we make contact with people. He also explained that The Book of Mormon testifies of the Atonement of Jesus Christ more than any other book. Throughout my reading I have focused to see how important the Atonement is to me and how it is found all over the Book of Mormon. Presidente Resek has helped me so much and is really loving. He always encourages us to be better and work harder.

Yesterday, in Argentina, it was Mothers Day!! Because of this, Presidente let us Skype our families!! It was such an awesome opportunity. Though it has only been two months it was great to see that my family is doing well. (They all need haircuts though!! ha ha)

 I am grateful for this gospel. The mission is hard but that is the way it is supposed to be. This gospel expects people to change, and if I don't change on the mission, the people won't change either. I know the Atonement is real and the Book of Mormon testifies of Jesus Christ! This gospel is everything and can help us with anything!

Elder Jones

Elder CJones: Little Wonders

"Love to serve, serve to love" -Dad

A typical Valle Hermoso Twilight

This week was a week well planned and put together by my companion and me. We had a lot of success this week and we thank it to our prayers and the diligence in our work.

We are preparing three people for baptism this month and are hoping that a few more will be willing to come to church so they can start their eternal progression. The work that we do together is powerful and we know that is all because we trust in each other and in God.

Flor is a mother who is looking to find happiness in her life. She is about 45 and one of her friends who lives in Utah told her about the church. She is coming every week. She has a desire to learn, to be baptized, and share the Gospel with the people around her. She is going through a lot of family problems and she needs our prayers so she can feel happy and have the blessings of the Gospel and a happy family in her life.

Estrella is another investigator, is 14 years old. We met her one morning as we were walking down a dirt road. She was on the second floor of her house and through the window and we began to talk to her. Our recent convert, Anahi, is helping us teach her so Estrella can feel like she has friends at church. She is really happy when she has the chance to talk to us and come to church.

Marianela is a young mom. She is 20. Her husband is a member of the church and they are looking toward a goal as an eternal family. She is feeling that she needs to wait for baptism but we are trying to help her understand that the longer she waits the longer it will be until they can go to the temple. Pray for them both that they will be able to go to the temple in a year.

 I made Brownies!!

One of the hardest things for me here in the mission is the heat!! The average temprature each day is 104 degrees. Some days are hotter than others. The humidity is deadly! On a normal day, we have 95% humidity. When it first started to get hot I was very against it! The members who know me know that I love the cold. I have gotten used to the heat - - - but not all the way. I was really not a fan this week because it got REALLY, REALLY hot! July and August are the HOTTEST months of the year. During the day we pray for clouds becausethe shade is wonderful. As it changes to night, it's most peaceful and beautiful, with bugs of course.

One night, as we were walking it slowly changed from day to night. I was able to see more stars and the creations of God during the nights here in Valle Hermoso. As I was peacefully walking with my companion, I was reminded of one of my greatest testimony builders before I left, an experience from my job before the mission, Harmons.

Many things can testify of Jesus Christ. One day, when I was working, pushing carts at Harmon's, I heard a song play on the overheard speakers, "Little Wonders,"  by Rob Thomas. It comes from one of my favorite Disney movies. I listened to the lyrics as I took out the trash. As the part of the movie played through my mind, I felt a rush of something I can't explain. It's a feeling that's common to me only at times when I intensely feel the Spirit. As I exited the building, I put in an earbud and turned on the song again, analyzing it for ways it relates to the gospel. The lyrics stunningly, in my mind, related so well to mortal life and the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The following are the lyrics to the song and my attempt to verbally analyze them.
As we repent, we are told that our sins are no longer remembered by the Lord,

Let it go

Let it roll right off your shoulder

Don't you know

The hardest part is over

Let it in

Let your clarity define you

In the end

We will only just remember how it feels

In the end of these mortal lives, we will only remember the unconditional mercy our Mediator shows on us when we truly repent.

In one of the classrooms in the Alta Seminary building, a teacher had a single strand of string that ran the diagonal length of the room. The string, itself, represents eternity, forever extending in both directions. In the middle of the string was a single knot, which represents mortal life. That knot will always be there no matter how long the string is. Mortal life will always determine our eternal kingdom. This mortal life, this blip in time, is so vitally important it accounts for the entire eternity afterwards. Therefore:

Our lives are made

In these small hours

Small tender mercies we see from the Lord:

These little wonders

These twists and turns of fate

Time falls away

But these small hours

These small hours still remain

Again reminding us of the power of repentance:

Let it slide

Let your troubles fall behind you

Matthew 5:16, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” So I thought as I listened:

Let it shine

Until you feel it all around you

And I don't mind

If it's me you need to turn to

We'll get by

It's the heart that really matters in the end

Earth life is critical:

Our lives are made

In these small hours

These little wonders

These twists and turns of fate

Time falls away

But these small hours

These small hours still remain

The power of the Atonement is one of amazement! We will never fully understand its power, but the Lord does:

All of my regret

Will wash away some how

But I can not forget

The way I feel right now

So using the Atonement here in mortal life is so critical to the eternal progression of self:

In these small hours

These little wonders

These twists and turns of fate

These twists and turns of fate

Time falls away but these small hours

These small hours, still remain

Still remain

These little wonders

These twists and turns of fate

Time falls away

But these small hours

These little wonders still remain

I know that each of us receive our promptings from the Spirit in different ways. God knows each one of us personally and He knows how He can touch each of our hearts so that we can have a change. I know that God loves us all and wants us to be successful and as we turn to him, our lives WILL change.

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Elder Corom Jones

"And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up."

-Doctrine and Covenants 88:84

 Zona Poderosa Valle Hermoso
FRONT l to r: Elder Dangerfield, Elder Shipton, Elder Henley,
Elder Palacios, Elder Dias, Elder Hidalgo, Elder Chosco, Yo
BACK: l to r: Elder Hernandez, Elder Cruz

Elder CJones: Preparing the People and a '69 Chevelle

Valle Hermoso is a really really cool place.  It's small enough that it doesn't get too crazy and yet, it's easy to memorize, and it's big enough that there are some really fun things here are well--like power outages . . .over and over again. This week we had another power outage, the third since I have been in the area.

My companion has been working in two areas. He goes once a week with a zone leader to a town called Sauteña. It's a tiny, tiny town about an hour away. During this time I get the chance to work with the other zone leader.

We have been working a lot with Anahi. She is preparing for her baptism on Friday. She is really really excited to get baptized and she has been waiting patiently for each week to come to church so she can learn, meet new people, and have the three times at church so she can get baptized. She has made a lot of changes in her life and is so excited for Friday!

We have been working to find a lot more people this week. At times, it's difficult to find more people to teach depending on the day and the area. My companion and I have been working really hard to teach and help as many people as we can. We are the leading area in Valle Hermoso this month. As we keep praying and searching for people we are receiving blessings of the great things and miracles of the Lord.

I know this church is true and I know that nothing is better for a personal testimony than a mission! I love you all and I want the best for you!

Oh, I saw my favorite car this week, even though it is going through a hard restoration process, a 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle.

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Love you!
Elder Corom Jones

"Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God's love encompasses us completely. ... He loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, awkward, sorrowful, or broken."
-Dieter F Uchtdorf

Elder CJones: A Clear Mind and A Spiritual Force

Well, this week I started off on exchanges with two of the three zone leaders in our area. Before I explain too much, I got the permission with one of my zone leaders, from the president, to play on a public basketball team with our bishop and members of the ward! This is one of the reasons we had exchanges, as well. We use these games to contact and find people to teach. After the game, I was talking to one of the two leaders and they were explaining the importance of baptismal dates. He explained it as a goal--like the end of a race. Without a goal or finish line we are working towards no goal. Therefore, I learned a little bit clearer the importance of setting goals and baptismal dates for the investigators.

During the rest of this last week we worked on setting these goals with the investigators and we saw more success as we worked hard. We had 3 investigators come to church, Anahi, one that I talked about last week and 2 new investigators, little girls, Estrella and Alma.

I recognized that as we set goals and work with the investigators with these goals, we will find success because the Spirit and us as missionaries have something to work with. This week, we lead our zone of 14 missionaries!

I know that we as a church have success. This week I finished reading "A Marvelous Work and a Wonder" by the apostle, LeGrand Richards. As I finished, my testimony of the Gospel was strengthened. I know that we are blessed as a church for having the truth and relelation from God. For all who wants to know the message we share as missionaries, I challenge you to read that book to understand the message that we share to the entire world.

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Love you all!
Elder Corom Jones

"The Mormon people teach the American religion; their principles teach the people not only of Heaven and its attendant glories, but how to live so that their social and economic relations with each other are placed on a sound basis. If the people follow the teachings of this Church, nothing can stop their progress — it will be limitless. There have been great movements started in the past but they have died or been modified before they reached maturity. If Mormonism is able to endure, unmodified, until it reaches the third and fourth generation, it is destined to become the greatest power the world has ever known."

Elder CJones: Family is of God

"Pray as though everything depended on God.
Work as though everything depended on you."

-Saint Augustine

Well to start it all off, I got to Video Call my family this week!! It was great to talk with them and see them all--LIVE--face to face. I know that families are of God and I am so grateful for my family!

Today has been crazy! Along with the Mother's Day present, we also received transfers this week! I am one who is getting transferred again. I will be headed to another city called Valle Hermoso. Valle Hermoso is a small city a few hours from Rio Bravo and Reynosa. It's more to the south.

Image Source: http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Valle-Hermoso

I will be leaving some really great people and investigators here in Rio Bravo. Recently, we were teaching a man named Adrian. He has been having some doubts about the Church and he has a lot of questions, but he has a desire to read the Book of Mormon and find the truth. He works a lot and doesn't have a lot of time to go to church. He is a really cool guy and I am praying that he will progress and one day be baptized.

We recently met another family, the Morelos family. They have been searching for the truth for a very long time. They are hoping that through the Book of Mormon and our discussions they can find the truth and find out which church is the true church of Jesus Christ. They are praying to find the answer as they read and study, their names are Sergio and Ana.

Our last investigator from the Mexican state of Campeche. Her name is Ezperanza. She is here helping her daughter take care of her baby. We passed her house one day and knocked on the door. She answered and we talked about her life down where she is from. She has come to church once and plans to read the Book of Mormon we gave to her. She has really strong faith and feels the the Gospel and the message that we bring is right. I pray that she will follow her desires and the promptings of the Spirit.

I know this work is true. I know that even when things go wrong (and they always will). May we be willing to rise up and never stay down when we will find times that are truly tough. Sometimes, it will be hard to follow up on something when it never seems to be going our way. Sometimes, we feel let down and sometimes we feel alone. At times, we my feel that we are the only ones suffering through the pain and disappointment. But there is Someone out there who wants to help us. His name is Jesus Christ and He knows all of our pains and afflictions. He is our greatest Friend and Helper and when we feel that we don't deserve anything good, He knows the best. He will always help.

One of my favorite movie series of all time is that of the Batman Trilogy by Christopher Nolan. I have learned some great lessons from those movies. One of the examples is in the first movie "Batman Begins.' After he is trained and is given an option to destroy his city, he makes up his mind to help the city and he would help them as long as they let him. Batman's trainer becomes angry because Batman will not destroy the city. In the past, I have thought about this and the importance of how this can apply to the Gospel. Those bad murderers in the movie are like Satan, he knows that we are imperfect and wants to destroy us, our Savior is like Batman. (Yes and I am really comparing this). Our Savior wants to help us but only as long as we let Him. Though Jesus Christ anything is possible. Yes, it's hard. Yes, we will suffer, and yes, it will hurt.  But just like Batman is said, "The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming."

I testify of the grace and mercy of our Savior Jesus Christ and the power that comes through his Atoning sacrifice. When we turn to the Lord, our hearts will change and we will become like Him.

Love you all,
Elder Corom Jones

"Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share. That's why it's so important. It separates us from them." -Dialogue from Batman Begins

Elder CJones: Choir Practices and Investigators

"Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can—working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!" 

 -President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Well, this week was full of a ton of different emotions. But, that's okay because the Lord is behind it all and His is the one in charge of this work. Once we become knowledgeable that we are nothing, than only through the Atonement of Jesus Christ can we possible to anything. Without the Atonement, we would be nothing.

This week was full of new contacts and new lessons. Tuesday we found nine (9) new investigators that want to change their lives and go to church. The Martinez Doran family, Jose and Paula, the Cardena family, the Maya family, and the Fonseca family. They are all our investigators that we are working with to get them baptized and working with them with the members help. Using the members is the best way to get the people to come to church and stay, because they have friends that are helping them.

We worked a lot this week to help and teach a lot of families. This week we headed down to Puerta Sur, it's an area that's really, really far south and it takes a long time to get there. This was the first time for us working in that area. Well, the first lady we encountered was completely drunk and wanted a Bible. She also attempted to remove my glasses from my face which was really, really weird. We gave her a pamphlet of the Word of Wisdom and just let her do her thing. That is when we met with Jose and Paula. They are investigating the church because their grandchildren, which where little kids, where killed and they needed some security and love in their lives. We taught them about the Plan of Salvation and they are expected to be baptized on the 25th.

We met again with the Maya family. They are the ones that were having the marriage/family problems and we have been praying for them to fix the problems. As we have returned this week, we have been blessed as they have been keeping their commitments. They are really ready to be baptized and my prayer is that they do, so they can enter the temple in a year and be sealed together as a family. I pray for them constantly and I hope that everything will work out with them. The family is so important and they are the key reason for us to be here because after this life, there will be no callings, just those in the family.

I love this work and am really praying everyday that the youth in my ward back home and all my friends will seriously consider the importance of a mission. It WILL change your life. I promise you that you will never be the same ever again. You will be a changed person and you will be happier than you ever have been. I have seen missionaries from my group that have changed for the good. They have used the Atonement and it's cleansing power to change their lives and they are the happiest.

I know this Gospel can change lives. I have seen it. I have witnessed it. I have experienced it. I know that without this Gospel we are nothing. We have been given the opportunity to live here on the Earth only through Jesus Christ. We owe Him our lives. So, let's promise to lead our lives in a way that will emulate Him. Let's shine the Light of Christ in our everyday lives because the world and the adversary are trying to destroy us. It's little by little that he comes into our lives and destroys. We must constantly look to the Lord and use Him as the way to live a better life. I share my testimony of the power of the Atonement.

This week we have been practicing a song as a zone. On the 23rd of February we get a really, really cool opportunity to meet President Russell M. Nelson! He is coming to the mission to talk about the work and to give counsel to the members. We get to sing in Spanish and meet him. We are all really excited about that!!

Now to the fun stuff . . . Well, when we went on exchanges one day, one of the investigators in the other area brought out a marijuana leaf and we got to hold it and see it. That's something that will never happen in the United States. But I got that opportunity to do that here! Other than that, we like to throw empty beer bottles when we are walking in the middle of no where and we order pizza when we have exchanges. My companion, Elder Carrizales, loves to sing David Archuleta songs. Well, that's because he looks like him. We also share our greatest stories and he is a really, really good story teller. Other than that, the work is great, the work is is hard and fun at the same time and the mission it's always work and walking. We have fun sometimes, too. Like experiencing wacky stuff, like gun shots and ambulances. But I feel safe and protected 100% of the time.

Puro Animo!!

-- Elder Corom Jones


"In the Book of Mormon we learn of a people who had discovered the secret to happiness. For generations, 'there was no contention . . . And surely there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God.' How did they do it? 'Because of the love of God which did dwell in the hearts of the people.' 

"Whatever problems your family is facing, whatever you must do to solve them, the beginning and the end of the solution is charity, the pure love of Christ. Without this love, even seemingly perfect families struggle. With it, even families with great challenges succeed." -President Dieter F. Uchtdorf