Hi Mom,
I heard about the crazy Utah weather from a member here. (We have received over 5" of rain this month, a new record for the month. Also it is still snowing in the mountains.) That is so much rain, but I guess it is a lot better than the hot, dusty, sweaty weather that we have here. I bet the skiers are all happy that the snow is still pretty good up there. Caitlin said that it is probably going to be cold for them at Bear Lake for the first week or two. Hopefully she can survive it.
Wow, that is a huge tornado if it did so much damage. (I told him about the Joplin, Missouri tornado.) That is the biggest tornado on the scale, isn't it? It is true that the signs of the times are real. The second coming is getting closer and closer everyday and almost all of the signs have been or are being fulfilled right now. It is awesome to think about all that is going on, but to have a hope and a knowledge of what is to come. I bet it is a lot harder for the people who don't even know that Jesus Christ is going to come soon and that all of our trials will be done, at least the temporal ones.
Happy Memorial Day by the way. I hope that you have a good one and that all goes well and that you enjoy the day off from work. It is certainly nice to be able to rest some time, but it is good to be busy too so I guess we just have to find the balance. I can't believe that time is going so quickly though. I didn't realize that Max Taggart would be getting home so soon...I guess lots of people are coming home in the next few months. Before you know it, I will be home too. Summer is always fast and then it will just be a couple of months. December 15th is my release day I think. It still isn't official, but you will probably get an email asking about flight details pretty soon. Now that I am in the office, I see Sister Park all the time and she is in charge of the incoming and outgoing missionaries and getting things ready for that. She called everyone from my group this last week to ask if they wanted to go home the early or later transfer. Anyway, we don't really need to dwell on that right now.
Are you going to write a letter to Curtis? If so, let him know that Elder Jones is appreciative of the love and support and sends his back and that Elder Jones is loving his mission and is working hard. I read about the mission split on his blog, so I am interested to hear what will happen.
Elder Kashiwagi and I are doing great. We worked really hard this week, but not much came of it, at least not much is visible yet. On Monday, we set a baptismal date with a man, but then he went off the map and now he is not getting baptized any time soon. He has some very serious alcohol problems which he isn't trying to change yet. It is really sad that his life is being controlled by such an awful addiction. The office was pretty slow this week, but we found stuff to do. We really do run the mission here in the office. Elder Schmutz once said that if we decided to go on strike, the entire mission would come to a standstill. No money, no supplies, no travel...the mission would be ruined. But don't worry, we have no such plans at the moment. Oh and there is air conditioning in the office, but it doesn't work right now. They are renovating the building and that might be a part of the problem. Because of the renovations, we have had three weeks of only Sacrament meeting here. Hopefully they finish the classrooms soon so that we can have a full three hours. The chapel (sacrament hall) won't be done for a while though, so I don't what will happen.
Hey, don't worry about getting old. (I told him that I can't believe all three of my children are driving now which means I must be old.) I am not driving and I won't be for another seven months so you aren't that old, right ;)
Well mom, I love you very much. I too am so very grateful for you and for dad and even Caitlin and Chels and all that you do for me. I know that we will be together forever if we just keep supporting each other and relying on our Savior. I know that this is the true Church of Jesus Christ.
All my Love,
Elder Jones
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