Dear Family and Friends
I want you all to know that I think about you and pray for you every day. I miss you all. It is kinda wierd. I keep feeling like I am just going to come home soon, and that I am just going to go work for the summer and be gone for a couple months. But nope! It is really two years. Still pretty wierd. I hope you are all doing well. Last week on Tuesday, we had a spaeker talk to us for tuesday devotional. He talk about a famouse stone here at the MTC. There is a copy of it in the main loby at the MTC. It has all these shapes on it on the bottom that doesn't make to much sense. But on the top of it, it says "WHAT E'ER THOU ART- ACT WELL THY PART". He gave a great talk about. So I'm going to make sure that where ever I am. I'm going to do my best to do my part. While I'm on this mission, I'll act well my part.
Anothere thing I learned this week is how personal the atonment really was for us. This sister, Sister Andreasen, in our district shared something that was so cool while we were reading 3 Nephi 27. She said that Jesus would have gonge through all that he did for us, the atonment and all, even if it was just for me. One person. And it's true. You and I mean so much to him, so why wouldn't we take advantage of the atonment and actually use it in our lives. He did it all for us.
Last week for the fourth of July we watched one of my favorite movies, "17 Miracles". I've watched this movie several times and it still just gets to me. Those pioner latter days saints were such an amazing example of what to be in our lives. They are so amazing. They were very Christ like. I love seeing all those miracles. After the movie, we all went outside and watched to fireworks. They were pretty dang sweet!
The other day in class my teacher taught us all to make sure that teach like REAL missionaries and not like robot's. We are here for them. We are there to teach people not lessons. And that was an important thing. I'm always so worried about making sure I can speak the language and am so worried about making sure that they understand it, that I just asume that they know that I love them, so I don't need to show that. But this reminded me other wise. And I'm so thankful for it. The other night my investigator Liandro, aka my teacher, asked me at the end of our lesson if we were forced to go on a mission. And I told him no, and that we chose to go on a mission. And then he asked me why did I decide to go. I then began to cry thinking about all the great reasons why I am here and then I tried explaining the best i could in portugese, why I am on this mission. And apparetly the lord was helping me and putting words in my mouth, because I was saying things that I never new I could say in Portugese. And he understood it all and began to cry him self. It was a great lesson at the end. It was also a great reminder of why I was there. I hope I never forget it through out my mission. Even on the hard days. And I want you all to know that I mentioned you and you are part of the my reasons why I'm here. Thank you all for the support and the love you have for me. I can feel your prayers.
I'm leaving the MTC some time this week. I think I'm going to get my reassignment this coming week on thursday to go somewhere in the states and wait until I can get my VISA. But who knows, I might get it this week. We'll see what happens. I can't believe I'm going to go out there in the field and actually start putting the things I´ve learned here into action out there. I'm getting nervouse. I hope I do good. I will let you all know where I´m going in my next letter. It is kinda sad that our district is going to split up. We have all gotten so close and it is going to be tough to leave them. I have learned so much from them all. And we get along so well. We are like a family. We are always sharing so much awesome stories and we are all just make each other laugh all the time. We are all just so goofy. These Elders and Sisters also know so much amazing things. They help me understand so many things. I am so greatful to be here on this mission. Soooooo greatful. I hope you are all doing awesome! Love you all.
Love, The Elder Jones
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