Hi Mom,
So does dad usually wear a suit to his meetings? I am sure that he is doing well and will be able to adjust fine. Grandpa Chidister told me that you do need lots of sleep though, especially as you get older, so hopefully Dad can stay up with his sleep. I am sure that he is growing and he absolutely loves working with Bishop Galli and Brother Emery so he will be just fine. I think that is great that you got to go to a concert too on Friday. Those are fun and it is important to be able to spend time with each other outside of the home. Steven Nelson is incredible too - I completely agree. I have listened to some of his music and some other music that he has had a part in and it is just beautiful. Musical talent is certainly something I wish I had more of. Speaking of music, our ward started a mens choir and yesterday we went to the practice. There were only 9 of us total, four of who were missionaries (and one of the missionaries has to accompany us so we are half of the singing power). It was awesome though and it will be beautiful. I was singing tenor a little which was silly, but we had too many basses so I sang melody/tenor. Whew! I have got to love the experience ;) I am glad to hear that all is well and that you are all happy back there. That is really what is most important - to be happy and share that love and happiness with others. Good job on getting out and talking to lots of new people. That is something I will have to do when I get home too. Elder Nelson once said (and this is something that I really want to work on) that we need to strive everyday to expand our circle of friends. That will give us more support and help us to do the Lord's work as we meet more and more people who are not of our faith. What a blessing to be able to meet lots of new people! That is one thing that I have loved about being on a mission. By the way, is the ward growing at all, because it sounds to me like there are lots of new people. If so, that will be cool. At the same time, I don't know how long I will be going there anyway as I will probably want to head to a singles ward as soon as I get home. I will have to talk to Bishop Galli about that and figure out what I need to do.
Ha, so I am sure that Caitlin will be just fine. With all the companions I have had, each has had his strengths and weaknesses which I have had to deal with, and they have had to deal with me too so it is ok. I am sure that she isn't the perfect roommate either, but she says they are having a great time together and I am sure they are all wonderful. She has a lot of fun hanging out and so I hope she is actually getting her homework done ;P
Chelsea is certainly a champ and I am excited to be able to lounge around with her and talk about our crazy parents together. She will probably be so busy that I will rarely see her anyway. I am sure she will be fine though. Hopefully all works out with swim and she gets to meet lots of new people, develop some talents and still get all of her work done.
Good luck with the transition to winter. Summer is pretty much over here and the temperatures have been quite mild. Long sleeve shirts everyday until today this past week. I am having to get used to all the sweaters, hats and whatnot too with all the people we see ;)
I am glad that you had a good lesson in Relief Society. Those are great lessons and it was cool that the members here remembered it and talked about it later. We went to a member's house for lunch and their parents aren't members so we talked with them about the spirit world - cool stuff. It is great to actually have a discussion too as a teacher instead of getting left hanging.
Ok, so about your questions...I think I am a little tired and so I won't be able to type anymore. Sorry ;P
Just kidding, so the mission is not going to have office Elders anymore. The Assistants will be doing a little more, the office couple will do more and the missionaries themselves will have to just be smart and get more things done on their own. Honestly Elder Kashiwagi and I were just too efficient and we really didn't have a lot of work so the position isn't super necessary. There will be some things that we will stop doing and other things will be figured out with time, but we for the most part are ready to go forward. We are the first mission in this part of the world to not have office Elders and it was pretty revolutionary on President's end, but I think that the whole world will be moving to this sooner than they may realize. We are officially done in the office, but we are here today to help out a little because one week wasn't enough transition time. We also found out transfer information officially on Saturday. Elder Kashiwagi will leave on Thursday and I will get my new companion, Elder Hubbell. We will still be in this ward which is great and we will just work as full time Elders. It will be awesome and I am very excited. The work is really going to go forward. We had one investigator at church yesterday who is doing well and a lot of non-members showed up so we were quite busy. Then we did choir practice. Plus we had a PEC type meeting before church and Ward council afterward and we had a big part on both of those so we are quite exhausted. Plus on Saturday, there was a baptism here. The Sister's investigator Alexandra was baptized and it was great. The work is just moving forward and it is awesome!
Thanks for all that you do mom. I love you so much. I know that this church is true and that God is our Heavenly Father. Jesus Christ is our Savior. I know that the Book of Mormon is God's word. Thomas S. Monson is the Lord's prophet today and he leads this church by revelation.
Love,
Elder Jones
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