Hi Mom,
So I am glad that you enjoyed the pictures. I will show you a lot more of them in 10 days.
It is funny to hear that you have had some weird weather because we are having some funny weather too. It is supposed to be winter already, but we haven't had any snow and it is still fairly warm. I am certainly enjoying it while we have it and hope it will hold out another ten days.
It sounds like you had a marvelous stake conference and I am excited that you learned a lot. The doctrines of Christ are basic, but essential for true happiness in this life and life eternal. That is all that we as missionaries are here to teach, because that is what helps people to come unto Christ. The doctrine is the why for everything that we do. Christ is the only way.
So we had a really crazy week and I will give you a quick synopsis. Honestly, not a lot is really happening, but there have been many tender mercies and little miracles for us here. We had zone conference on Tuesday where we talked more about the principles we discussed at the leadership council a few weeks ago. It was so powerful and really was the boost that I had been in need of. My study became much better and I started to receive the revelation that I had needed. It was great and we are seeing results as we apply daily the principles that we discussed and learned. We did some more service and also got up at 5 to do a couple hours of yoga the other day...that was fun. The big surprise came on Wednesday when we found out that we were having a mini transfer on Saturday and that Elder Hubbell and I were going to split. He is now training one of the new missionaries that came in and I will spend my last 11 days with Elder David Larsen from my MTC group. We are going to have a lot of fun and get some great work done as we meet with people and continue to find many new investigators. We are super excited. I got to see some missionaries that I hadn't seen in a long time and it was really cool to see them one last time before I take off. That was basically it. We had a lot of fun and I am super excited to go forward.
Well Mom, I love you. I can't believe I will be home in 10 days. It is tough, but exciting at the same time. I am not sure if I will write next week, so you don't need to. We will be busy from Monday on until we leave Wednesday morning.
Thanks for everything.
Love,
Elder Jones
