Week 20 (from Jordan)

Great to hear from you all! That was definitely the most creative email I have seen in a while. I only hope I can live up to it!

Things continue to go well. Transfer calls were Saturday. The whole district is staying. We did have that baptism yesterday. It went well, though our branch-iness showed. We had one RM give the opening prayer for sacrament meeting, bless the sacrament, give a talk, and then share his testimony at the baptism immediately following sacrament. The investigator also thought the water was deeper than it was. He ended up getting a bunch of water up his nose because he was surprised when he didn't reached the water immediately... It turned out alright. He is going back to Taiwan for a week today. We're getting in touch with the missionaries down there to make sure they contact him. He will be confirmed in 2 weeks, the Sunday after he returns. I have not yet met a Sister Hales. I am in the smallest area in one of the smaller zones, though. The sisters in our area are Sister 등 (Taiwan) and Sister 구 (Korea). Not quite a Sister Hales...

We mainly meet students on the street or on campuses when we go proselyte there. I haven't seen a great increase in interest about the Plan of Salvation, but, apparently, they discussed death the whole hour in advanced English class Saturday. I was in Beginning, so I don't know what happened exactly. I don't think any of the branch members were affected. I don't think there are any kids that age, but I am sure there were some in the stake. I think we'll hear about that at zone conference.

I have not yet heard about Comic Con, but I am happy to hear everyone had a good time!How does Hannah feel about being in the newspaper? It seems like Easter was fun, too. I guess the days of hiding eggs are over. How is the weather? We are switching between really hot and raining mildly currently. Wish Sarah good luck on the job and tell Rachel to do her best work on that lawn ;) Where will you donate the van?

It's good to hear FHE going strong. I look forward to reading that thought from Sister Urton. I can only imagine how good it was and how good the Easter talks were by Brother Travis and Sister Christensen. Tell them both that they are loved. Also, on a lighter note, I got a haircut a week ago... I miss Kelli's. She's really good at what she does.

Thank you for everything and if there is anything I can do to help, please let me know! I am working on sending pictures and letters, but there is not much time for mail... We can only do it when we are near the post office and not proselyting, so... not very often... Whatever the case, thank you, and I look forward to hearing about how things are next week!

Press forward with steadfast faith in Christ.

Best wishes,

Elder Jones