The Brazilian Adventure: Week 83 December 29 -- January 4

My Dearest beloved Family and Friends:

Wanted to first off say Happy birthday to my little sister, Happy Birthday Alissa!

Happy New years! what is up 2015! man, that is so crazy. I feel like an old person when they always say that time flys so fast. IT IS TRUE!! New years was a tough night. When it was 11:30 at night on the 31st, the fireworks started to go off and when the time hit mid night. We didn´t sleep very well for about two hours. It was a tough night. I remember I was in my bed trying to sleep, but i would wake up every 3 seconds with an explosion. I know that next year will be different. I´m excited for this new year. It is going to be crazy. 

I love hearing the conversion stories of members. Some have the crziest and interesting stories. This weekend we did a service project for a Irmã. We went to her house and we pulled out all the jungle (not really jungle, but some huge weeds) that she had in the back of her yard.  It was a lot of fun. I don´t get a lot of chances to work with my hands, but it is so fun and awesome when I get that chance. It feels so good to wake up the next day all sore. But anyway, this lady told me how she got to know the church. She was 21 years old and she knew that there was a true church, the same church that christ made when he was on earth. One day she prayed really hard to God and asking him to show her the true church. That same night, she had a dream. In this dream there was a man all dressed in white. He said that he was a messenger from god. He had a blueish book in his hand and told her that the true church is going to have this book. He then opened the book and there was a name in red in the book and he said that she needed to remember this name and that this name was going to help her find the ture church also. The next day, Sisters (Girl missionaries) came by her house. They taught her and on the 3rd visit they showed her the Book of Mormon and she knew that the church was true. And that is not even the best part. A little over a year latter after her baptism, she saw and heard that name  in a very sacred place. Yes, that name. 

Love you all, hope you are doing great. 

Be happy

Love the Elder Jones