Elder EJones: Family Search

Hola all!!

Halloween!

This past week, in our email from President Rodrigues, he challenged us to look for families. To find families to teach them the gospel so they can enjoy the power of the gospel and of the priesthood in their homes. He also challenged us to find those that would be future possessors of the priesthood as well. I'm learning that the Lord provides all the tools necessary to do His work, I just have to know how to use them, and use them in the right way.

We found a couple families today that have the desire to learn.

Waiting seven hours for our visa . . .

I learned while reading about the Savior coming to the Americas, the need for baptism and a remission of sins through repentance and the Holy Ghost. I thought a lot about the power I have as a missionary, to be able to preach the same things the Lord did as he visited the Americas.

Pray this week that the families we found, and will find, will open their heart to this message so that they can receive the blessings of the Gospel and of the priesthood in their lives!!

Love you,
Elder Jones

We got A/C . . . what a blessing!

Elder EJones: Week Fourth in the MTC

I am doing super good here in the MTC!! Yes, there's some gas and constipation that goes along with the food, but it's not that bad ha ha. Everything is good with my companion. The Elders in our room are really great and are great examples to me. We help each other out a lot to be the most obedient we can be. My district is way good!! We're all close and that makes it such a great experience to have 13 other elders to talk to openly all the time.

The temple is so amazing--and to be able to go every week and feel of the Spirit and to learn is so amazing. I'm gonna miss the temple when I get to Bolivia. And yes, some of the other elders in my district have already received their visas, but there's still a few of us that haven't, yet. But I'm not worried, because if I don't get it, then the Lord needs me somewhere else and that's where I'll diligently serve!!

Thanks for everything!!