New Truck

 

Us and the new truck

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This week was a blast for sure. We got a new truck and it's pretty sweet. It's a 2022 Nissan Frontier haha

Anyway, we got to go on exchanges which was pretty fun, I stayed here in Midland, and Elder Richardson went up to Lubbock.

But yeah, I already kinda told you guys about my week on Thanksgiving Haha. We had some awesome lessons with our people, and a couple kids that a family adopted want to be baptized! That was pretty exciting. It was a grand old week.

I hope Light the World goes well for you guys. I love and appreciate you guys!

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Walking around the inner city

Hot chocolate facebook finding

Me and some random elder

Meeting with some missionaries

Bye Lubbock. Hi Lubbock. Bye again Lubbock

 

Midland sky... that's the only pic I got

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Wow this week was crazy!

Midland has been awesome so far, we've had so much going on this week. Elder Richardson is so fun, he loves talking about the Gospel so we've had lots of fun discussions. We have tons of people that are just a few steps away from baptism. I'm just praying they're able to take those steps.

Baptism has probably been one of the top things on my mind since I got here. As a mission we've been talking about what baptism means to each of us, and why we want people to do it. I can't wait for all the people we'll meet here in Midland :)

One of the first days here we actually had to go back up to Lubbock for a meeting, so it was nice to see that again haha, best part of that day was going back to good ol' Odessa again! Got to see Iwaasa Chourou again which was wonderful haha

Anyway, this is going to be an awesome transfer and hopefully I'll have more news for ya on these people we're working with!

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Not even sure what to title this :)

 

Yehaw

Hello hello 皆さん！

This week was super busy and flew by! Not to mention it was chock full of miracles.

We went on exchanges with a couple companionships, which was a super good time. There are some great missionaries here in Lubbock.

We also found a nice couple thanks to Elder Park. They were sitting by a fire pit so we just sat and talked with them.

We started teaching a lady that dropped us again, which was sweet, and lastly our neighbor that tazed us is finally really progressing! He had an awesome experience and has started cranking through the Book of Mormon. It was so cool to be a part of it. It'll still take time for them though

Transfer news! I'm heading to Midland, which is going to be a blast. It's back near my first zone, so I'll get to see some familiar places and faces. I'm excited, but sad to leave. This is a super great ward and my companions have rocked my socks off. 

Our zone theme here was "embrace" so basically, anything that was difficult, we just tried to embrace it. I think it's a good way to live and can help us to move past the things that hold us back. Try to Embrace the things that come at you!

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Whoops, I told a couple people I'd send my address, then I forgot haha

Here it is for y'all! 1401 N Fairgrounds Rd #A204

(Yes I finally accepted the y'all... a little bit ;))

FORT

Mr. Bean car

Cute doggo

Tons o' puns

 

Sweet dinner with a member family

どうもジョーンズ長老です！

How was your week everyone??

Mine was pretty great honestly :)

It was pretty chilly at the beginning of the week, but that was super fun. Street contacting on a cold cloudy day is super cool. 

We also  have probably one of the most prepared people I've ever met that we're kind of teaching. We had to pass him off to the YSA sisters, but we're team teaching him. He's so legit! We read the intro to the Book of Mormon with him and he was getting all excited to read more. 

We did tons of service this week and made lots and lots of puns... lots of them haha. Most of our service was in the temple so that was great! The renovations are getting close to being done, so we were cleaning up inside! It was the first time I've really been in the temple since December! The spirit is so strong in there. We were cleaning under the baptismal font and just being surrounded by those oxen was so sweet. We really are gathering Israel :) please go to the temple at every opportunity you can!

Anyways, hope you have a good week, またね！

Grinding out Facebook work

our neighbor's new kitten

BAUTISMOOO

 

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This week was a grand old time. Karen got baptized and confirmed, and she was just the happiest little lady I've ever seen. Bishop was speaking at the end of her baptism and mentioned that she would be confirmed a member of the church tomorrow, and she had the widest smile as he said it. 

We also went on exchanges this week, and I got to go with Elder Duke. Hes a super cool guy, and taught me a ton. 

Oh also HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We got to be a part of a cool little trunk or treat with the ward, which was a blast.

Hope you're all doing well!

P.S. sorry mama asked for more pictures...

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Another pic from the baptism

Saving the day and bringing some baking stuff

When we left Elder Ballif 

Night photo shoot

Cool Polaroids

A member's sweet trunk

Our trunk

Another puzzle

Getting our Karate Kid on

Stake Conference

 どうもジョーンズ長老です！

This was a super good week!

We saw tons of miracles, and met some really sweet people. Stake conference was this week too, so that was pretty fun.

We popped off on Facebook this week, and even started teaching some people. One of them is a super well-prepared guy, he is so appreciative of what we do. People like that really are the best. We also met this guy at the food bank we do service at, and he is killer! He is a truth seeker for sure. He came to stake conference and we taught him at the temple with some sisters in our district.

I had a pretty sweet experience on a mini exchange with an elder in the district. We were helping these sisters with some service in an absolute pit of a house. It was abandoned and basically owned by 10 animals for 3 years. So we were helping this lady clean it out a bit, and this Elder just starts teaching her so smoothly. We talked for a bit then got back to work. Then she said "so what other interesting stuff do I not know about?" Which let us talk about the Book of Mormon. Even though the house was nasty, the spirit was so strong as we shared what we had with her. The experiences we have, are given to us so that we can bless others and help them through their own spiritual journey.

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Vegas Puzzle

Super Monkey Ball

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Well, this week was interesting. I don't have a whole lot of time to email, but we had zone conference which was super good.

For most of the week we were on a super exchange with the other Elders in our ward. All 6 of us in our apartment. It was way fun. One of them hurt his ankle playing basketball, so I had to take some time taking care of him and making sure he didn't work himself too hard. Then at our basketball night a guy the ZLs are teaching hurt his ankle and me and Elder Jex ended up being the ones helping him out with everything. It was good though.

It was a disappointing week, because a lot of people dropped us, but it's ok. Our success is measured by our commitment to help people, not the number of people we help. Anyway, lots of prayers were answered throughout the week, and the members have been a huge support to us. This ward has some of the best members I've ever met.

Sorry I don't have time to go into detail on everything. Love you guys.

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