October 24, 2011

Hey Mom,

So I am glad that you were able to talk with Sister Leavitt.  (She is an American member who called me yesterday from Ukraine to say that she had been to the International Branch and seen Ryan and to report that he looks well.)  She is very nice and definitely would lie to you to make sure you don't worry.  Don't worry though, I am already putting weight back on for the winter.  I think I lost a lot of weight over the summer and I can see that some of my clothes are a little looser, but I am fine.  I went to the doctor to get some blood tests and I had an ultrasound too which was quite awkward.  All is well though.  They diagnosed me with something called constitutional hypatic dysfunction.  Pretty scary sounding, eh?  Actually it is just Gilbert's syndrome.  Does it run in the family?  Because it is a genetic disorder.  You can look it up online.  Elder Mayberry sent me info about it and there is absolutely nothing to worry about.  Just a harmless disorder that made my eyes yellowish for a week.  I do love to torture you as you know!  Honestly, I am healthy, eat well, and work out too so all will be fine.  

So I don't know anything about transfers.  We will find out next week, but I am hoping that I will stay in this ward. I do love this ward, the area and the missionaries here and hope I can continue to serve here.  Our transfer will be small because the missionaries aren't coming in from America - visa problems - but things will work out just fine.  I can't believe that I am going into my last transfer.  Tell Aunt Kathy thanks for the letter and package by the way.  I greatly appreciate her love.

Your job sounds...fun.  I would hate to have to count money, but if you can enjoy it, then that is good.  It sounds like there is at least some sort of variety...sort of.  I hope that all went well with the girls this past week.  Chels seems to be happy with swim, even though she said it is "kicking her butt."  Who in the world is Parachute by the way?

Hopefully things work out for Dad too.  Crazy old man.  I think it is funny that he spends so much time in a suit now.  We are in the same boat!

So Brother Harshbarger told me some things about the FBI and it certainly doesn't sound any less awesome.  Let's just say he loves his job.  I will have to look more into it when I get home.  Basketball went well and I didn't get too hurt.  President Klebingat's son broke his wrist playing basketball in school last week.  Lovely sport.  And I am super happy to hear about Jake and Nate's papers.

We are all healthy here.  No worries.  I love how random this letter is.  I just answer your questions as I go down...funny.

The work is going and we are finding new families to teach each day.  We are just trying to help everyone we talk to have a spiritual experience and this past week we prayed with tons of people on the streets and in their homes and helped them to feel the Spirit.  We will continue to find families each day and do all we can to help them progress towards baptism.  The wheel is going fast now as we find lots of new people and get rid of the ones that don't want to progress.  Prayer really is such a simple principle and each day we teach people what their relationship is with their Heavenly Father and then challenge them to pray with us right there. We pray and sincerely ask Heavenly Father to show his power and love to them and the Spirit is present every time.  As they feel that, they desire to meet and feel it again.  Such a simple, yet powerful principle - conversing with our Father.  Anyway, I have a lot of other things to do.  Tell the girls I love them, even though I didn't write.  I love you too mom. Thanks for all you do.  Have a wonderful week.

All My Love,

Elder Jones

October 17, 2011

Hey there mom,

So I am glad that you were willing to stay up late to write your son.  (Chels was on the computer until 11ish doing homework.)  And I guess that is good that Chelsea is doing her homework too :P  I am sorry that you don't have the same flexibility with your schedule, but I am sure it will be good to learn more skills.  As we know, that is really why we are here on the earth and all these skills will help us to endure to the end and become like God.  You just felt like you wanted something new and that is why you changed??  Or did the company ask?  Good luck and keep on learning!

The trek fireside sounds like a lot of fun too and I think that is awesome that Caitlin got a connection for a future job.  (One of the leaders from trek is the superintendent for the Granite School District and told Caitlin to send him her resume when she is close to graduating and he would look it over.)  That would stink for her to have to live and work in the Salt Lake area though :{  Ok, maybe not, but I wouldn't want to teach in a Utah school, but then again, I don't want to be a teacher at all.  Speaking of connections to future jobs, tomorrow we are going to play basketball with one of the members (Brother Harshbarger) of the international branch who has a referral for us.  He is here in Kyiv for only 90 days and gave an awesome talk yesterday.  But what I am trying to get at is that he works for the FBI and so I will talk to him a little about that tomorrow.  I am way excited though.  He and his wife and kid seem super awesome.

I am glad to hear that the program went well (The Primary program yesterday, I'm now back in Primary.) and I think that is cool that all went as planned.  That rarely happens.  That is cool that they enjoyed it and I am way happy that you love being around them.  Yesterday we had ward council at one of the members houses for the International Branch and their little kids love the missionaries.  I love kids too and I can't wait until I am not a missionary and don't have silly rules about kids. 

I hope that Chels has fun with her swim meet.  There is no doubt that swimming is a completely different sport (than soccer which explains why it tires her out so much) so I hope she isn't too hard on herself.  I would love to practice with her when I get home.  That would be great exercise for me and I would be able to push/support her.  By the way, random thought - how much of this letter will actually go onto the blog because most of this is  pretty random and not interesting or necessary for anyone other than you.  It is a good thing I am so far away and can't get embarassed by the silly things I probably say that are read by some random audience. (Yeah, isn't it a good thing :P)

In another side note, a member told me that I might have worms yesterday, but as far as I know, I don't have any of the main symptoms.  I thought I would just freak you out a little and I will let you know more once I talk to the doctor.  I feel fine though and I am not losing weight anymore which is good.  Granted 20 pounds is more than I had to lose in the first place.  Ha, well I will stop torturing you.  Honestly, don't worry because I am taking care of myself and I am healthy.

Well, this past week was full of contacting people on the streets and tracting which didn't help my companion's cold.  Elder Hubbell is a stud though and is doing better.  The freezing temps are annoying, but I guess it is good that I am already ready for winter.  My body is adjusted to the temps already.  I had a good exchange with Elder Shepherd, one of the new missionaries in the district here and we did good work.  We talked to hundreds of people and honestly, we don't have a lot of investigators right now, but all of them are super elect and desire to progress toward baptism so I hope we can help them receive a testimony and work towards opening the gates of eternal life for them.  We had two men just randomly show up to church yesterday and they both are so ready which is awesome!  This was an awesome week for me for learning too and I know that I still have a long way to go which is frustrating, but again, that is why we are here on the earth.  I realized that one of the biggest problems in this church is that too many people get caught up on the organization or the programs and forget about the purpose of the gospel.  The gospel is all about helping us make covenants and learn how to keep them to the end of our lives so that we can be prepared to enter into God's kingdom and receive all that He has.  It is all about the people.  God doesn't care about the organization - that isn't His work and glory.  His work and His glory in our eternal life.  As we go out and remember that all that we do is for the people, to help them to prepare for eternal life, then we have the drive that we need to do the work of the Lord.  That is what drives us to talk to every and to invite them to come unto Christ, the knowledge that only we can unlock the gates of eternal life through baptism and the other covenants and ordinances of the gospel.  I know that this is God's work and glory and we are only His servants in this great work.  I love this work.  I know this is the true church of Jesus Christ. 

I love you mom.  Have a great week.

Elder Jones

October 10, 2011

Hey Mom,

First off, sorry that my last two letters have been shorter.  I am going to try to stay focused today and write a good one (and I wrote less to everyone else).   So things are going great here.  We have had lots of fun p-days hanging out with the district and going shopping and whatnot (I mostly tell people what they should buy ;P).  We are going to take the rest of our p-day tomorrow and go to the Lavra and a museum or something which should be great.  I just love the missionaries here and have fun with them.  I will answer your other questions throughout the letter.

Thanks for the family update.  By the way, that picture that you sent me scares me so much.  Everyone has grown up and Chelsea especially seems to be growing up - that is really bad Mom!  That is good to hear that Josh is having fun down there and I hope he is preparing for a mission.  That is cool that Jeff is doing well too.  I have certainly not had those types of experiences here.  The biggest opposition we face is the alcohol.  People here are really nice though.  That is crazy that Megan is pregnant again. They are going to have a huge family.  Awesome!

I hope that all goes well with the program there. (I was just called into Primary and we have the program this Sunday.)  I am sure that you are going to be able to help things out there in the primary.  As long as the kids have fun, the parents will enjoy it and I have no doubts the Spirit will be there.  I always remember the way Christ talked about children in the Bible and Book of Mormon.  He will be happy no matter what.

Oh man, that dinner sounds awesome.  (I told him we had dinner group at our house this month and we did a soup night with potato cheese and a chicken tortilla soup.)  We eat deliciously here, but still, there are some things that I certainly don't make and that is one of them...ugh.  It has been freezing here too and I am wearing my winter coat today.  What is up with your new job at work?  What is this banking stuff? (No, you didn't tell me).  You sound like you will be perfect for it.

I think that Chelsea will be just fine there.  (She started swim team today.)  I already mentioned that she is growing up which is scary.  Those swim boys better stay away from her.  By the way, Priesthood session was my favorite by far (it was the only english one I saw uninterrupted).  It was jsut awesome and I learned so much from it.

About the international branch.  There are two families in it, both of which work in the embassy.  There is actually another that I haven't met who works for the FBI.  Then there are twently college girls who are here teaching english.  And then the temple couples too.  So it is a lot of fun.  We met with the President and his family, Powell, and had FHE and they are great.  We won't do much with them, but we are there to help. 

Anyway, so about our week.  Honestly it was full of lots of opposition with great spiritual highs and very low lows as well.  The schism between the world and the teachings of Christ is growing each day and it is honestly tough to face some of it.  We are working hard though and having fun though.  We are trying each day to go out and find someone new to teach.  The mission is really changing and the work is hastening here which is so cool.  Conference was incredible and I loved it so much.  I learned a ton and I know that the words which were spoken are true.  I can't wait to be able to study them out in detail.

The members are great here and I love them.  The investigators too. We have one progressing investigator with whom we met on Wednesday and President and Sister Klebingat were on the lesson.  It was so powerful and tonight we are doing a FHE with him at their house.  I really feel that he will be baptized and it is just a matter of him receiving a testimony.  He just needs to pray correctly and with true desire.  He was at Bro Alexander's baptism on Saturday which was so cool.  I was priviliged to be able to do the baptismal interview for him and I received such a strong spiritual confirmation that he is ready.  He received the Holy Ghost yesterday and the Spirit was super powerful and I know that he and his family are going to be so blessed.  Sister Tetyana was so happy.

Yesterday was cool as we had another investigator who came and loved conference.  He took so much from it and I feel that he really has potential too.  There are going to be a lot of baptisms here in the coming months.  In the evening, we went out because we really wanted to find a new investigator.  It was pouring rain and so we decided to go tracting and find a family.  We went to a lot of doors and didn't really have anything positive and then we knocked on one door and a father answered.  He wasn't interested at first, but we gave him a family proclamation and he said we can come back.  We wanted to pray with him right there and bless him and his family, but it didn't work out.  So we went to the next floor and on the last door, a young man asked who we were through the door, but then it went silent. We started to walk away and then he came out and we had a twenty minute discussion with him about family and God and how much God really loves him.  He didn't seem to want to find out more, but then we told him that we wanted to pray right there to bless him and his girlfriend and he accepted.  As we prayed the Spirit came so strongly and his entire countenance changed.  He took a Book of Mormon and we are going to go back later to see how he is doing.  Honestly, praying with them right there, on the street or in their homes and helping them to feel the Spirit is so important. President challenged all of us to do it yesterday and as a result the mission found the most investigators in one day that we have in as long as I can remember.  It was great.  I know that President Klebingat is called of God. He is here in this part of the Lord's vineyard to help us bring in a great harvest.  By the priesthood authority which is on the earth today, he is guiding us.  I know that Thomas S. Monson is the Lord's prophet on the earth today.  Jesus is the Christ and the Savior of the entire world.  God's work and glory is possible thanks only to our Savior and His loving Father who sent Him to perform His mission.  God lives and loves each of us individually. 

I love you mom.  Thanks for all you do.

All my love,

Elder Jones

October 3, 2011

Hey Mom,

So I didn't hear from Matt sadly, but it is ok.  Maybe he will call today.  Haha, and I was just joking about the number, but still, don't call!  And Sister Moore...I have seen her picture.  That is funny.  Anyway, we have known about her for a couple of months now.  It is funny how far in advance the office knows things.  I am sure she can find some returned Sisters on Facebook.  I bet there is even a kyiv ukraine mission group and whatnot so just have her look.  That was always an easy way to find things out when I was home.  I don't have any info though.  And Sister Park has some, but I am in no position to ask her so just have her look it up on facebook. She can look up Mackenzie Robinson I guess.  You can also email Sister Park if you want.

 

I am glad to hear that all went well with Grandpa's birthday.  That is cool that the party went well and you got to talk to everyone.  I hope that everyone was happy to be together and I hope that you get to see conference too.  Hmm, I am not sure what else to say.  What is Josh up to right now?  Is he going to college?  And how is Jeffery doing in Brazil?!? 

 

Hey, back to the primary!  That is way cool to hear ;P  I am sure that will be a great experience for you and I am sure that you will do just great with all your experience.  And yes, I heard about the temple in Provo.  That was the only thing I heard from conference, other than that it was absolutely awesome like always.  We are so blessed to have living prophets.  Oh how God loves us!  That is cool to hear about the other temples too that will bless those lands.

So we are now representing the international branch here.  I will tell you more next week, but it is basically all the Americans who are working here.  There were only a couple of people there so it will be fun.

Honestly, I want to watch part of conference and actually get pictures sent off this week (I sent them just as time expired and I don't think it processed), so I will hurry and finish.  We are doing well here and talking to tons of people everyday.  We are here to declare the Restoration of the gospel and Church of Christ and there is nothing more important for anyone to be doing than this, the Lord's work!  We didn't have a lot of lessons, but we had many great conversations and found a lot of people who said they would be interested.  It was a lot of fun and we are loving doing the work that God needs to be done.  The temple here is really blessing the land and everyday people are coming to it to find out more (sadly we aren't in the office to teach them anymore).  The Lord's hand is at work in this country and throughout the world.  I know that this is His work and His Glory and that we are all instruments in His hands.  Jesus Christ is our Savior and God is our Heavenly Father and the great mastermind of the plan of salvation.

Love,

Elder Jones

September 26, 2011

Hi Mom,

So as far as the Sister is concerned, what is her name.  (Someone going to his mission that leaves in November.)  I am sure I have already seen her name on our sheets.  Anyway, she definitely needs winter clothes and boots that are comfy.  Other than that, I don't really know.  Have her go to the missionary service page on lds.org and look at the clothing guidelines.  They have awesome in-depth stuff there for sisters.  It is definitely colder here though so tell her to be ready for the winter if she will be getting here in March or February.

 

So Dad told me that he wore dress clothes everyday almost and liked it.  You definitely get used to them when you wear them everyday.  He is growing up which is crazy, but cool ;)  I hope that he really is taking all he can out of the experience.  

Have a lot of fun in California and tell grandma and grandpa that I love them a lot.  Time is certainly going fast.  Can you believe that your dad is that old!  Cool.

I hope that you are super pumped and ready for General Conference.  It is going to be incredible and I am so happy that it is already here.  I may not read/see it in English til I am home, but it will be great either way.  I am glad to hear that all is well and that the talks were wonderful.  I will definitely read them when I get them.  Those are certainly great things to remember.  I really liked the points about sacrifice and the gospel.  Those are really important as they are parts of the covenants that we made in the temple.  I have thought and learned a lot about those covenants.

The less actives are continuing to do great here.  It is very important to just show them that we love them and help them to realize that they are a part of a bigger family.  It is certainly hard, but if we just pray, apply our faith and give them a chance, we are putting the burden of proof into their hands...or the ball into their court (that one makes more sense to me ;P).  Just continue to be friendly and try to invite them to dinner group, activities and church.  And yes, Sister Tatyana is super excited that Alexander is getting baptized.  That is just two weeks away now!

We will be listening to conference in two weeks which will be awesome.  They will be awesome sessions for sure.  We are just trying to work hard and be prepared for it.  We are applying our faith in ways that I didn't know how to before and the Lord is leading us to those that are ready.  Anyway, I am sorry, but I think I am almost out of time.  Life is great, the mission is going forward and the Lord's work is moving on.  We are going to have a miracle filled week!

I love you.  Have fun in California.

Elder Jones

 

September 19, 2011

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

September 12, 2011

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