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The Brazilian Adventure: Week 42 March 17-- March 23

 My Dearest beloved Family and Friends:

          This week was solid. It was a great week to finish off the transfer. We have been having some great lessons, feeling the spirit work through us and all. We have this great couple that we are teaching named Patricia and Ruben. We found Patricia on the street doing some contacts. When we visited her the next couple of days and she has been going great. She told us that she was smoking all her life. And then one day she just decided to quite and stop smoking and drinking. And then the next day she found us on the street. It was sweet. The Lord truely prepares his children before they meet his servants on earth. It is so amazing. We are teaching the husband also right now and they are progressing just great. Yesterday they went to church and they really enjoyed it. They are feeling the spirit and feeling good about it all. 

     We also have this great investigator. Her name is Rose. She went to church already twice. and she knows that the church is true. Yesterday we taught her about the Word of Wisdom and she said that she is going to live it. She has a problem with coffee. But after hearing about the new commandment. She said that she is going to try to quite. She is a sweet old lady. About 40 years old. 

   On saturday, we visited a less active family who havn´t been to church for many years. We just left our testimony and invited them back and the spirit did the rest. The next day we found them in church. It was so awesome. After church they thanked us.

     We are just going crazy. talking to everyone and teaching everyone that we can. I know that before this life, I promised to people that I was going to find them and help them find this happiness and the truth. We are going to find everyone that we pormised. We are going to just work, work, work. Sometimes it gets tough. But we are going to keep our heads high and just cary on. Can´t waste time. We need to give it our all. All of our heart, might, mind, and strenght. I´m learning a lot of what that means. In my calling it talked about how I need to give all my heart, might, mind and strenght. In D&C 4:2 it talks about it too. I´m learning how to control not only my actions in this work, but I´m learning how to focus and control my thoughts and my mind into it also. What ever you litterally think you are, you will become. Your thoughts control your enviorment. It is so hard for me, I´m so easily distracted by so many little things and problems. It is so hard to just live in the moment that you are living. But I´m learning. This is helping me for my life. I´m learning so much about faith and about having trust in the Lord. I´m learning how to do all that I can and then the Lord does the rest. And that is when the Miracles come in. I´m learning so much about obedience. I love being obedient to the lords commandments. Obedience is the first law of heavens for the blessings and miracles. It is awesome man.

    So transfers arrived. And Elder Rezabala got transfered. Noooo! man, transfers are tough and sad. I am going to continue being District Leader, it seems like the Lord is satisfied with my service. I also got called to be a trainer again. This Transfer is going to be super tough. I´m going to have to learn a lot. Elder Rezabala knew the area really well and he planned normally every night while I accompanied the district. But now I´m going to be acompaning the district every night, plannig for the area, training this new missionary, and a lot more. It is going to be fun. I´m excited for this challenge. I´m just going to need a lot of help from the Lord. 

be happy 

Elder Jones