Guess what?! It's SNOWING right now
here in Nebraska!! It's the first time this season. Pretty crazy! Luckily it's
pretty light snow and will probably melt really soon!
I hope you all had a wonderful
Thanksgiving! I want you to all know how thankful I am for such a loving and
supportive family. You are all the best! I am so grateful for the blessings I
have in my life.
I had a great Thanksgiving! For lunch
we went to a member's house and for dinner we went to the Trail Center and
spent it with a lot of the sisters, senior couples and new missionaries! In the
picture I am sending you will see part of my table with the new missionaries.
It was a lot of fun and then we (the sisters) did a musical presentation for
all of the senior couples. It was really nice and felt like we are all one big
family. :)
On Thursday morning we found out about
transfers... Sister Jasper and I almost forgot about it completely because we
thought we would stay together. That wasn't the case unfortunately. Sister
Jasper got transferred to Wahoo, Nebraska! (What an awesome name!) She is now
full-proselyting, which is what she was originally called to do anyways. I love
her so much and we got along great. Let's just say we were crying and laughing
at the same time when we got the phone call that she was leaving. It didn't
even seem real. I had a slight feeling she could be leaving though since we
felt really comfortable working together. No growing in the comfort zone...
Now Sister Pryde is in Elmwood with
me. Sister Pryde is really nice and a cowgirl. She is complete
opposite of Sister Jasper. lol! Sister Pryde is really quiet and shy. Don't let that fool you though, because she can sure talk. She loves to
tell stories. Sometimes it's hard to keep her focussed because I'll mention one
thing and it will get her off on a 5+ min story about her farm back home, her
family, her dog, a pig, or a goat or something like that. I've learned a lot about farming! :) She is very loving and kind so I'm
grateful to be spending my last transfer with her.
Earlier this week with Sister Jasper
we met a woman named Cindy! Her grandma is a member of the church and she said
after all this time she has never read the Book of Mormon. She was really
grateful when I offered it to her and said she could keep that copy! At first
she was like, I'll give it back once I read a little bit. Then I was like,
"This is your copy to keep! Happy Thanksgiving!!" haha! She laughed
and was grateful. She also is set to be baptized in January! She goes to
the baptist church but is open to learning and experiencing new things.
Remember Chris who was baptized the
first week I was in the area? He is doing really great! He comes teaching with
us a lot and passes the sacrament and has a calling! Well anyways, his mom was
in town for Thanksgiving and he wanted us to go over and teach the restoration
with his mom there. It was a powerful lesson. We watched the Restoration DVD
(20 min) and then talked about the restoration of Christ's church through the
prophet Joseph Smith. Chris was so sincere as he shared his testimony with his
mom. He was like, "Mom, I have come to know these things are true and I
know that families can be together forever. Because I love you I want you to
explore this for yourself. It has brought me so much peace and happiness since
Dad has passed away..." It was such a powerful moment and the mom said
that she would be willing to sincerely study the Book of Mormon to know if
it's true. I was so proud of Chris for being so brave and sincere to
share this with his mom. We're all praying for her!
Oh my goodness!!!!!! We had FOUR
investigators at church yesterday!! All seperate people: Octavio, Stephen,
Greg, and Luis! They all had a great experience. It's so rare that we have that
many investigators at church on the same day. Nothing makes me happier!
(Besides when people are baptized.)
The trail center is super busy with
the gingerbread festival downstairs. Just yesterday from 12-9 we had over 300
people come in. We went to church and were at the trail center ALL day.. pretty
tiring but so great! I had some really good tours as well. I got 3 new
investigators who are all really interested in the Book of Mormon and want to
read it! Pretty exciting! It was a mom and her 2 teenage daughters! They are from
texas but visiting family here in omaha. The missionaries will be able to visit
them there and teach them! Yay! I love being at a visitors center. I get to
meet people from all over and share the gospel with them! It's the best!
Well it's time to go! Have a great
week!
-Love,
Sister Jones
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