The Brazilian Adventure: Week 49 May 5 -- May 11

  My Dearest beloved Family and Friends:

       What the junk! I´m 20 years old. man I´m old. Yesterday was an awesome birthday. In the morning I walked out of the bathroom after a shower to the missionaries in the house singing to me the birhtday song of Brazil with a little chocolate cake from the 1 real store with a big fat candle on it. It was great. And then I was blessed to be given the great opportunity to talk to my family. I first talked to my paps in Colorado with Teresa, Madeline, Kaleb, Ruby, Riley, Witney and the new member of the family Owen! and that was awesome. The family there seems to be doing awesome. Dad told me that he wrote me a letter and that it is coming in the mail, I guess you do see miracles everyday. I´m looking forward to that letter. And then I had the chance to talk to my mom in Mexico and my Uncle Noah´s house. I talked to Wendy and Ossie also. It was so great. Ossie is supper good at the arubics cube, he knows a few tricks there. And then Wendy told me all the 13 Articles of Faith, I couldn´t believe that she memorized them all. I don´t even know the first one. It was awesome. And my mom seemed like she was doing really good and seemed happy. It was great. I had a hard time talking in English a little, but it was great. The next night my mind was just blown . It is such a wierd expierience, but now it passed and it is time to refocus and start continuing to jam with my conversion. 

This week we had the great privilage to go on splits with 2 of the 6 assisstents of the president. I was with Elder Duncan. It was so awesome. He is such a great missionary. He is from Utah. He taught me so much. I´ve had a question for a long time on my mission and was in dought about sometheing that was actually giving me a hard time for a while, but then I was talking to him during the work and he told me that I was him 6 months ago. He had that same doubt and question. He then helped me understand and told me of some great advice that just helped me out on my mission and I think for my life. The Lord answered my prayers and put him in my path to help me out. He hleped me understand about the atonement a little more. The next morning the 2 assisstants gave us a mini training during personal studies. It was great. they talked to us how we can progress faster on our missions and about controling our thoughts in the work and also about giving it our all. Now we just need to aply those things. 

I hope you are all doing supper well. Keep doing good. I´m good and happy. 

Be happy.

The Elder Jones