| From: Jordan Stamps Jones <jsjones@myldsmail.net> Date: May 4, 2014 at 10:02:30 PM MDT To: "Sajmba2002@yahoo.com" <sajmba2002@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Week 21 - Alma 32:21 Hope for things which are not seen, which are true Ok, a little bit of time opened up. I hope everything is going well for Bonni, Chris, and family! I'm sure Ben is helping and having a great time, too :) I'm sad to hear the van is going to make its final farewell while I'm gone, but I am having plenty of time around Kia minivans now anyway. I hope everyone gets better and is able to do what they need to do. It is always a pleasure to hear from you :) Thank you all for everything and I look forward to hearing some of you (hopefully all of you) next week! Press forward with steadfast faith in Christ. Best wishes, Elder Jones P.S. I almost forgot, CONGRATULATIONS TO KATHERINE AND MARK!!! ...Didn't mean for that to sound like they were marrying each other, but there you go... |
Monday, May 5, 2014
From Jordan (part 2) week 21
From Jordan Week 21
| From: Jordan Stamps Jones <jsjones@myldsmail.net> Date: May 4, 2014 at 8:48:34 PM MDT To: "Sajmba2002@yahoo.com" <sajmba2002@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Week 21 - Alma 32:21 Hope for things which are not seen, which are true Sorry to hear people have been sick! I'm glad people are getting better, though! Congrats to Jason! How enthused is he? It sounds like stake conference was really good! Was there anything that especially stuck out to anyone? I'm glad they focused on the fundamentals, though. Everyone needs to do those things, and if we do those things we'll be able to handle everything else. The weather has been a bit out of whack over here, too. We had really hot weather last week, then a ton of rain this week, and now it is too warm for a jacket, but to cool for just a shirt. It is a little goofy. Somehow, they still have not told me anything about calls home. I think I'll just do it next Monday (Korea) at about 12 (Korea), but if that changes, I will let you know. Sorry about the lack of information. It is more than a little frustrating... Oh well, it will work out in the end. Sorry about the short email, we had appointment pop up out of the blue, and I don't have much time... sorry :( Thank you for all the hellos and please tell everyone I think of them. I hope things are going well for everyone. I look forward to hearing from you next week, too. Thank you for everything. :) Press forward with steadfast faith in Christ. Much love, Elder Jones |
Week 21 - Alma 32:21 Hope for things which are not seen, which are true (from Steve)
Dear Jordan,
Mom is getting over a bad ear infection and Robert is getting over a cold. On the brighter side, your cousin Jason Colgrove received his mission call. He is going to Saltillo, Mexico. It is below Texas in the mid part of Mexico.
Thank you for the pictures. Mom should post them on your blog and Facebook, if she hasn't already. Since they were sent to you and some other emails, I am guessing that those are the names of the other missionaries. Have you listed the names of the branch members in an email so that you can remember them when you come home?
We had stake conference on Saturday and Sunday and it was wonderful. Elder Marcus Nash of the Seventy was there and spoke to us. He said that he spoke in Korea a little while ago but I think it was before you got there. He emphasized that we need to continue to pray, fast, read the scriptures, and have regular family home evenings. You know, the basics that everyone needs to do and that you teach every day. The gospel is simple if you let it be.
Hannah and mom also got to see the play War Horse since Robert wasn't feeling well enough to go and I had the leadership meeting for stake conference. They enjoyed it and were amazed at the engineering of the horses. Actors made all of the movements.
Ben is in Colorado with Bonni. He is still looking for jobs and he is helping with the kids. Bonni is hoping that either Hannah or Rachel will go this summer to help. Chris still is scheduled to come home by the end of the year.
We will probably donate the van to one of the car donation places and get a tax write off. McCoy Hill is scheduled to come home from his mission next week. Katherine Johnson is getting married in June. Mark Hanni gets married next week.
Please let us know if you can only call on Mother's Day or if you can Skype or group Skype. Uncle Steve did it when Reilly opened his mission call. Let us know and we will give you all of the information to do it.
Our weather has been crazy. Two weeks ago we were in the 80's, last week we almost had snow on the ground, and this week it is Spring with low 60's. We have had some good rain but we are still in a drought. There is snow in the mountains which is a good sign.
Keep up the great work. You look wonderful in the pictures. Keep learning the languages. Cal Smith said to tell you Hi and that he knew that you would do well with languages. Brother Hecker enjoyed the correspondence.
We love you. We continue to pray for you and the other missionaries. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Pun intended.
Mom, Sarah, Hannah, Rachel, Bekah, dad
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Monday, April 28, 2014
Mother's Day call setup in real time!
On Apr 27, 2014, at 9:21 PM, Jordan Stamps Jones
<jsjones@myldsmail.net> wrote:
May 11th is Mother's Day. Please when you email your family
today, find out the best time of day to make your phone call home on
Mother's Day.
Sister Lynda Jensen
Mission Secretary
Korea Seoul Mission
Office -
02-734-3653 Ext. 2
Cell - 010-9553-3794
Oh! I forgot! When should I call on Mother's Day?
They just sent out the message asking.
Dear Jordan,
That sounds great!
If you will call mom's cell 1-801-891-7489 about this same time on
your 11th, we will be waiting for the call, which we will receive about 9 pm on
the 10th. If you have access to Skype or another video chat we will try to
facilitate that as well. Does that work for you calling on Sunday the 11th about this time?
9:15p I will let them
know and hopefully it works out. I have no idea how they are doing this...
Thank you for replying quickly!
9:32p I think it will work, but I don't think we'll know for sure until
next week... sorry....
9:37p Thank you for being available! I look forward to getting the news
to you next week!
Press forward with steadfast faith in Christ.
Best wishes,
Elder Jones
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
Week 20: To Jordan
Dear Jordan,
One score weeks and (on Monday, P-day) 4 days ago, our Jordan went forth from this house on a new mission, conceived in virtue, dedicated with the proposition that all men are children of God.
Now he is engaged in a great spiritual war, testing whether that man, or any missionary so conceived and dedicated can long endure. He is now met on that battlefield of Korea. He has come to that place to dedicate his life so that others may live in Christ. It is altogether proper and fitting for him to do this.
But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men and women living but spiritually dead, who struggle there, have a willingness to consecrate their lives, poor in spirit and waiting for power from above. The world will little note, nor long remember what he says there, but the people will not forget what he does there. It is for us the spiritually living to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which our ancestors have so nobly advanced. It is for Jordan with us supporting him to be there dedicated to the great work remaining before him, that from these our honored ancestors and ward members he takes increased devotion to the cause for which he can give his full measure of devotion, that he there highly resolves that the spiritually dead shall live again, that his nation (Korea), under God, shall have a new birth by baptism, and that the true church of God, by the prophets, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Hope it wasn't too much.
We hope you are doing well and that you are healthy and safe. Thank you for your email and the information on how your mission is going. It is great to hear specific information rather than generalities. My director at work asked me if you have met a Sister Hales. She is the daughter of the division director (my boss's, boss's, boss). I told him that you had two sister missionaries in your district but that I didn't know much more than that. Please let me know if you have met her.
Did you have a baptism this weekend or is it scheduled soon? Since it sounds like you are teaching mainly students, where do you generally meet them? Has the ferry tragedy increased questions about the plan of salvation? Were any of the members affected directly by it? Have you had a chance to provide support?
We are doing well. I am sure that mom or the girls let you know how much they enjoyed Comic Con. Hannah was quoted in the newspaper. Easter was good. Everyone received a chocolate bunny. Bekah dyed 24 eggs and then we ate several of them at Robert's house but we made them into deviled eggs first. The girls enjoyed their Spring Break. Sarah will have this Friday off from school but she will probably spend most of the day watching movies. Before she can watch anything she has to do 5 chores. It seems to be working out. She may apply for a summer job at the dollar theater. Rachel has picked up mowing grandma's lawn. Sarah helped her this last Saturday. The van won't start so we will probably donate it if we can find the car title.
The ward family home evening was at the Tenny's house. We had the Tenny's, part of our family, the Urton's, the Herbert-Voss's, Scott Nelson and his kids, and the Clawson's. Sister Urton gave the thought. I will see if she can send it to me so I can send it to you. It was about a professor who was converted to the gospel in Germany.
At church, Kelli Christensen and Tony Travis spoke about the resurrection. It was quite moving. We have stake conference this coming weekend. We will have a visiting general authority, Elder Nash. He came a couple of years ago. When I was trying to find some information about your mission president, there was an article about Elder Nash visiting Korea.
Well, you can't spend all day reading my email, so I will sign off.
We love you very much. You are great and you are doing a great work. Keep working and following the Spirit.
Love,
Dad, Mom, Sarah, Hannah, Rachel, Bekah
One score weeks and (on Monday, P-day) 4 days ago, our Jordan went forth from this house on a new mission, conceived in virtue, dedicated with the proposition that all men are children of God.
Now he is engaged in a great spiritual war, testing whether that man, or any missionary so conceived and dedicated can long endure. He is now met on that battlefield of Korea. He has come to that place to dedicate his life so that others may live in Christ. It is altogether proper and fitting for him to do this.
But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men and women living but spiritually dead, who struggle there, have a willingness to consecrate their lives, poor in spirit and waiting for power from above. The world will little note, nor long remember what he says there, but the people will not forget what he does there. It is for us the spiritually living to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which our ancestors have so nobly advanced. It is for Jordan with us supporting him to be there dedicated to the great work remaining before him, that from these our honored ancestors and ward members he takes increased devotion to the cause for which he can give his full measure of devotion, that he there highly resolves that the spiritually dead shall live again, that his nation (Korea), under God, shall have a new birth by baptism, and that the true church of God, by the prophets, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Hope it wasn't too much.
We hope you are doing well and that you are healthy and safe. Thank you for your email and the information on how your mission is going. It is great to hear specific information rather than generalities. My director at work asked me if you have met a Sister Hales. She is the daughter of the division director (my boss's, boss's, boss). I told him that you had two sister missionaries in your district but that I didn't know much more than that. Please let me know if you have met her.
Did you have a baptism this weekend or is it scheduled soon? Since it sounds like you are teaching mainly students, where do you generally meet them? Has the ferry tragedy increased questions about the plan of salvation? Were any of the members affected directly by it? Have you had a chance to provide support?
We are doing well. I am sure that mom or the girls let you know how much they enjoyed Comic Con. Hannah was quoted in the newspaper. Easter was good. Everyone received a chocolate bunny. Bekah dyed 24 eggs and then we ate several of them at Robert's house but we made them into deviled eggs first. The girls enjoyed their Spring Break. Sarah will have this Friday off from school but she will probably spend most of the day watching movies. Before she can watch anything she has to do 5 chores. It seems to be working out. She may apply for a summer job at the dollar theater. Rachel has picked up mowing grandma's lawn. Sarah helped her this last Saturday. The van won't start so we will probably donate it if we can find the car title.
The ward family home evening was at the Tenny's house. We had the Tenny's, part of our family, the Urton's, the Herbert-Voss's, Scott Nelson and his kids, and the Clawson's. Sister Urton gave the thought. I will see if she can send it to me so I can send it to you. It was about a professor who was converted to the gospel in Germany.
At church, Kelli Christensen and Tony Travis spoke about the resurrection. It was quite moving. We have stake conference this coming weekend. We will have a visiting general authority, Elder Nash. He came a couple of years ago. When I was trying to find some information about your mission president, there was an article about Elder Nash visiting Korea.
Well, you can't spend all day reading my email, so I will sign off.
We love you very much. You are great and you are doing a great work. Keep working and following the Spirit.
Love,
Dad, Mom, Sarah, Hannah, Rachel, Bekah
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