Week 12 response from Jordan (to Dad)

Thank you for the advice and motivation. I wasn't expecting to read a Christmas carol parody in March. It was good, though!

I'm glad my emails are read; I hope they help someone sometime.

I am really glad I have been able to use all my languages, too! It really is true that we are called to missions for reasons. I doubt my meager language skills are the entire reason I'm here, but it is really great to be able to help in a way that others might not be able to do.

I believe there are about 200 missionaries, 6 zones, 6 missionaries in my district, 2 sisters, and we do have weekly district meetings. The discussions are going well. There are a lot of people who really want to learn about the gospel. The challenge is finding those who also want to change. The first couple weeks here, most of the time was spent teaching, but recently, we've been doing a lot of finding. This next week, we are planning on doing a mixture of both, with an emphasis on teaching. We have a few people who could be baptized really soon, but we need to help them make it to church and really understand the commitment baptism is. It's all really great, though, and I look forward to doing it for a while ;)

It sounds like you're doing a great job on missionary work back home! Keep up the good work, and tell them I look forward to meeting them in 21 months. Tell them that life really is better with the gospel than without it. There is nothing as sweet as the peace the gospel blesses us with. It is incredible to see the difference.

You have no idea how excited I was to see the sentence, "Amazing Race started again and it has returning teams including the cowboys." How old are they?!? If they do not win this one, I will be disappointed beyond belief. I hope they do. I would say I'll pray for them, but I feel that would be less than effective...

Tell Dallin congratulations on going back out and that he will not regret it. He knows that better than I do ;)

Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers. I pray for all of you and think of you daily. I love hearing how all of you are doing and look forward to hearing more as the weeks go along.

Press forward with steadfast faith in Christ.

Best wishes,
Elder Jones