WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS.. AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Crazy story of the week! We had a dinner appointment and a little four
year old boy bit my butt. Twice. Which is SUPER awkward, and I am not
allowed to hold children, so I wasn't sure how to get him away.. MTC
didn't prepare me for this :)
We had a really good week! I don't know if I ever told you that the
elders got pulled from our ward for the rest of the transfer, but they
did... That means we can steal there investigators right? Right. We
thought so ;)
A couple of weeks ago we gave a lady a Book of Mormon on the doorstep.
We went back to follow up and she had been reading! Almost every day!
We dubbed it a mission miracle and had an amazing first lesson with
her :) she has a cute little family and is excited to talk with us
more!
We also had a lesson with six CRAZY kids! I have come to realize on my
mission that people get uninterested VERY quickly if you don't talk
super animated.. So I have this habit of getting VERY passionate when
talking to people about the gospel. Maybe passionate isn't the right
word.. More like excited! These kids were not paying attention, so I
turned the entire lesson into a game! We were teaching the gospel of
Jesus Christ and ended up writing the principles on paper and you had
to use them to get across the room without touching the floor. The
kids loved it.. As did I. All eight of us were laughing and I was
teaching the principles every time they stepped on one! It was
probably the most fun lesson I have had on my entire mission! There
was also a small moment where none of the children were fighting so we
considered it a success.
Merry Christmas everybody! I have loved being on a mission during the
Christmas season, there is absolutely NO "fluff." We spend all our
time thinking and teaching about the Savior! I feel so privileged to
be serving God during this time of the year. May we all remember what
is truly important!
Sorry this is a short email, I will just talk to my sweet little
family in three days!
Love you and see you then!
Sister Jones
year old boy bit my butt. Twice. Which is SUPER awkward, and I am not
allowed to hold children, so I wasn't sure how to get him away.. MTC
didn't prepare me for this :)
We had a really good week! I don't know if I ever told you that the
elders got pulled from our ward for the rest of the transfer, but they
did... That means we can steal there investigators right? Right. We
thought so ;)
A couple of weeks ago we gave a lady a Book of Mormon on the doorstep.
We went back to follow up and she had been reading! Almost every day!
We dubbed it a mission miracle and had an amazing first lesson with
her :) she has a cute little family and is excited to talk with us
more!
We also had a lesson with six CRAZY kids! I have come to realize on my
mission that people get uninterested VERY quickly if you don't talk
super animated.. So I have this habit of getting VERY passionate when
talking to people about the gospel. Maybe passionate isn't the right
word.. More like excited! These kids were not paying attention, so I
turned the entire lesson into a game! We were teaching the gospel of
Jesus Christ and ended up writing the principles on paper and you had
to use them to get across the room without touching the floor. The
kids loved it.. As did I. All eight of us were laughing and I was
teaching the principles every time they stepped on one! It was
probably the most fun lesson I have had on my entire mission! There
was also a small moment where none of the children were fighting so we
considered it a success.
Merry Christmas everybody! I have loved being on a mission during thetime thinking and teaching about the Savior! I feel so privileged to
be serving God during this time of the year. May we all remember what
is truly important!
Sorry this is a short email, I will just talk to my sweet little
family in three days!
Love you and see you then!
Sister Jones
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