Jordan's week 49 response

Sorry to hear about the challenges with plumbing. That reminds me of the time in Imun that the bathroom sink rusted out. I had to form a make-shift pipe out of yogurt bottles and a 2-liter. I guess there are a couple ways to do house repairs. ;)

Great to hear about a fun stake conference! I look forward to understanding it fully again. Maybe next year. ;) It's really great to hear that Benn is going to do a mission. I can't wait to see what happens with him! 

Also, I'm willing to bet the Pilot is going to be quite the blessing. ;) 

This week has been the coldest yet. This last Saturday was apparently -5 degrees Celsius. That was quite an experience. Still no snow, though. The humidity is mostly gone now. It is still much more humid than Utah, but it is not even close to the levels we saw in the summer. That has been quite helpful since extra layers don't exactly help with wet air. ;) We have been able to do a lot more street contacting this week, doubling our goal of 140 people given gospel material. I guess it helps speed things up when people really want to get out of the cold. I have no idea what dad did in the heat all year round. I think it's nice to have a bit of cold to split up the heat. Any fun stories there? 

Things are going well. The people are still as nice as they have ever been and the weather is letting my trench coat get the most usage it's had in nearly a year. The suits are doing well. The sock and shoes are holding on. I realized the other day that I can sew the socks back together if I really need to... so I've done that for a while. I will survive until the whole socks come to replace the "holey" socks. I am very grateful for your help on that front. :) I will be buying a jacket for something lighter than a trench coat and a hat for my ears, so if you could transfer maybe $100 that should do it. Thank you so much. :)

It is really great out here. I wish you could come visit! I would recommend early summer or autumn, but it's great all year-round. :) I hear it is even better down south. It's at about the same longitude as St. George down there, so I think that's a safe bet. 

Not really anything out of the ordinary to report this week. The language is still coming. There are fewer and fewer misunderstandings between Elder Ahn and I, and he is having daily revelations about English grammar. It's good. ;)

I will try to send some pictures right now. :) Love you all! Thank you!

Press forward with steadfast faith in Christ.

Best wishes,

Elder Jones