it goes good! wow this week we had a ton of stuff that happened! so monday we had a dunk contest with our bishop! haha that was sweet! then tuesday we had a mission conference where we got new iPads! then the whole day was spent just setting them up and getting everything that we needed on them. then on thursday we had a great time! we had 3 member meals in one day! and they all gave us food to go! so we were good for days with food! then on friday we had to go to the doctor cuz my companion had to get a raised mole removed! then we had dinner with the B. family! haha they are so funny! they were telling us of all of these pranks they would do to their bishops to make sure they didnt get callings! like one time they got a really big rub on tribal tatoo going up his neck and onto his face when they went to a ward party. and they are really good at playing off of each others jokes and just going along with it! then we had exchanges with the district leader on saturday! i went with elder perez's trainee named elder leishman and he has some crazy stories let me tell ya! he was part of the marines before he left on his mission and so he had to go through boot camp and all that jazz! it was crazy! but we had a really good day! we finally were able to teach the M. family! they are great! it is a family of 5 and they have a son named L. who has down syndrome! but he is so funny! haha then we talked to a bunch more people and got some solid contacts and then we taught a less active member named frank! he is so funny! we go into his house and i say, "wow frank! did you clean up in here? it looks nice!" and he says "actually no i didnt..." then i respond trying to dig myself out, "well it sure looks clean to me!" to the which he says, "man you guys are looking sharp today! " and i say "no frank, you are man! is that a new shirt?" and he starts getting into it, "no way man! i have been wearing this all day! is that a new tie???" i say "frank man! you're the best!" and he says "No you guys are the best!" and then we left... haha jk we actually taught him but it was just funny!
then on sunday we had 2 cool miracles! 1 we were in an area looking for a former, but the street we had chosen didnt exist, and upon closer inspection this person didnt actually live even close to there! so we start looking for people close to us that we can visit and we finally find a former named T! so we go knock on her door and she was totally against us! totally die hard catholic! but with the help of the spirit and the book of mormon by the end her and her family had committed to read the book of mormon! then later that night we tried to pass by someone named crystal that elder dickson had contacted over 9 weeks ago during an exchange! she opened the door and we asked if we could share a message with her, and she straight up said no! she was not interested! but then we asked why she wasnt interested. then she told us her concerns about when she had met with the missionaries before. so we start to talk to her about it on her doorstep. then she says, do you just want to come out back and we can sit down? so we go out back and basically have this 2 hour long discussion where we covered basically every lesson and just talked and talked and talked trying to help her understand and trying to answer her questions. she was battling with the fact that she had been raised in a certain belief, and even though the evidence was placed before her she still didnt know what to do or how to think! then at the end she said, "oh i have to get some homework done but can you guys come over next friday and we can talk more?" so that was really cool and she was going to read more in the book of mormon to recieve and answer to her prayer! i love being a missionary and helping others come unto christ! there truly is no other work that will satisfy more!
it def totes doesnt feel like my birthday! i cant even believe that i left when i was 18 in 2013. wow....now i only have 7 months left! gotta make the most out of it!
have a great week!
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Love Elder Jones
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