Hey there Mom,
So I am glad to hear that Elder Sudbury wrote. He is incredible and I am glad to hear that he is doing well. I really hope to hear from him soon (I think I wrote that letter to him two months ago). Anyway, he is marvelous and I am super happy that he is doing well and taking part in the Lord's work as well. He is going to be a wonderful church leader someday...
I think that is funny that Dad just goes in casual clothes. (He asked me what he wore to bishopric meetings during the week.) I guess that there isn't anything wrong with that at all, but I just remember before all the bishopric would always wear more formal things for work and so they always had a suit jacket. I am glad that he is really enjoying the work and that he is growing/feeling more comfortable. I think he really understands how important it is to do the Lord's work and to follow the Spirit which is awesome. He is going to do great with those men. I think that is awesome that the ward is growing too. Maybe they will be splitting it again in the near future and then Dad can be bishop ;) Haha I am sure he would love that.
The choir is a lot of fun and for the part where I was singing the melody, I definitely was in my falsetto for some of it. Luckily yesterday I got to sing the bass part for Praise to the Lord, The Almighty (or whatever that hymn is called in English [Славен Господь in Ukrainian]). I was the only bass so it was exciting. We have a professional singer in our ward too - a recent convert, who is amazing.
Hey mom...don't worry about whatever I said to Chelsea. (I was referring to his comment in last week's letter where he said they would lounge around and talk about their crazy parents. :P) I am sure that it can be tough to be a single child and that is basically what she is so I am glad that I will be able to save her from that. Plus we will be able to practice soccer and we will see how much better she is than I am. Chels and I will go out and find the neighborhood soccer kids and play with them. Maybe that will work out. Caitlin definitely is most social and she is continuing to be incredibly social down at school. Good for her. She said she has a new calling which will probably get her involved with lots of people and which scares me because she will probably meet more boys. Ugh mom, she is growing up ;P
That is cool to hear about the family. It is weird how fast it is growing and scary that you will be grandparents soon too ;) (He's kidding folks.) That picture of Doug and Karen's family was awesome and I am glad to see that they are happy. Was that in front of their new house? And that is cool that Chad and Rachel won't be too far. Crazy!
Anyway, so I am sad that the Liahona is different from the Ensign. I loved the September Liahona, but it had nothing from Elder Ballard. So I just checked on LDS.org and of course, that talk you mentioned is only in the Ensign. Anyway, so you will have to save a copy of it for me. Sounds great. President Klebingat has definitely gotten us to see the bigger picture and his vision of this mission is incredible. The principles that he is teaching us will definitely help us with our futures which is exciting. And while we are here, they are preparing us to perform miracles in this work. Haha, and I like that you say we must stay in touch. You would like that part most ;) That is great council though and I am glad that we are so blessed to have Prophets who teach us the things necessary to be prepared for what is ahead. We are truly so blessed and the Lord is doing all He can to make our path easier.
So Elder Hubbell is a great companion. He is from Redlands, CA and has been out for four months or so. He served in Chernivtsi before this so I didn't know him, but we are doing great and having fun. He has a great desire and he is very smart so we are going to do some good work. Answer, there are 6 missionaries - 3 companionships - in this ward which is the most for any ward in the mission. Only Elder Hadley is Russian, but it really fluctuates a lot. And no, we don't really live near each other, but we are all in the same area obviously. Investigators are doing alright and we are trying to just find more right now. We are talking to tons of people which is so much fun and just trying to share with them the truths that we know will change their lives. Many of them aren't ready, but we have found lots of people who seem interested and lots of other people who are very nice. It is so wonderful to walk down the street to a lesson and be able to smile and talk to others and invite them to come unto Christ. There is one baptism scheduled here for the 8th of October too. He is the husband of a member and he has been investigating for a while, but especially in the last month he has really started to progress a lot and he will be a great addition to the ward. So the work is going on. Plus there have been a couple less actives who have started coming to church and they are going to the temple now. The atonement of Jesus Christ really can affect anyone who is just willing. Another great blessing that we often talk about, but don't utilize as fully as we could. And please feel free to give me more questions. Look at how long this paragraph turned out.
Thank you so much for your wonderful example mom. I love you very much and I am so grateful for all you do for me. I know that this Church is true. God lives and is our Heavenly Father. We are his Spirit Children and all a special part of a great big family.
Love,
Elder Jones
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