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Heres me being a dork!!! haha this is the best pic i got for you guys right now!!!

MIRACLES ARE REAL

Sorry but I'll have to keep this Email short I have to tend to some laundry! lol

Well its my last Monday in the MTC and to be honest, I couldn't be more excited to finally get out into OREGON!!!! anyways this last week has been crazy, we taught this investigator named Ben who works at the VASA fitness in Orem! hes a total bro, i love the guy to death!!! it was a little sketchy at first cause i had no clue what to say! but the spirit filled in the gaps! We started talking and he became more and more interested in what we had to say! its crazy! we then were able to get him to read the BOM! which was LEGIT!!!! haha and now he says hes gonna start attending church with his neighbor Julie! man what a great guy! anyways that was cool haha!

So Thursday i got to get my patriarchal blessing (which I'll be email home mom) haha but anyways it was amazing! and i know half of you aren't going to believe this when i say it but those words were for me! I had never met this man in my entire life and he knew me like i was his son! and to make things even more crazy, when he laid his hands FIRMLY upon my head, i could feel his fingers and they were still, but i could PHYSICALLY feel some other hands there too! it almost frightened me but it was amazing! There were others in that room besides us! I TESTIFY OF THAT!!! I want to tell you all that god does exist, he knows you and more importantly he knows you by name!!! Well... I have to get laundry next time you hear from me ill be in Oregon! i leave Wednesday at 3 in the morning! we get to have a devo on the beach that night! it will be awesome!!!

Oh and one more thing! i ask you all to watch conference, member or not! even if its only one session, or one talk! please for yours truly!!! haha I love you all

ELDER JONESY!!!!!!

WING WING?

Haha sorry I promised the Petersons that I would open up with that!:) Well where to start! It's my first official P-Day and to be honest, before I get into the More weird adjustments I Just want to tell you that wearing regular everyday close right now feels really CRAZY!!! The MTC is an amazing and weird place all together. Never have I learned so much about the gospel!!! It truly is like trying to drink out of a fire hose, but I have learned so much! my elders name is Elder Nielson! he's an awesome guy. He knows so much about the Gospel! The sisters in our District say me and him remind them of Captain Kirk and Spock! i'm Kirk obviously!;)

Well Time to get in about the days, DAY 1 was surreal I probably seemed like a lost puppy dog wondering around trying to find his owner! The day mainly consisted of us getting shown the MTC! Not to much went down! Now DAY 2, day two was basically our first real day here. My teachers our awesome and the classes were way awesome. but i'm gonna be honest to you guys. It was hard, really really hard. I felt as though i couldnt grasp what i was trying to learn, I missed my friends, and i really missed my family! that night came i couldnt even refrain back from holding in the tears! Luckily the other Elders didnt see so they still think im a man! haha but it truly was hard, I could Physically feel my heart beating aganst my chest saying "I WANT TO GO HOME!!! I WANT MY FRIENDS I WANT MY LIFE BACK!" but i knew i should just be a man and tough it out. Luckily Sister Mays, a Lady who teaches with power and tells us how it is said something that night that really helped me! she quoted John Wayne (so dad you might reconize this) She said "Courage is being scared and terrified beyond all belief... But saddling up anyway" That really hit me! but i still didnt help the home sickness and by that night i still didnt know what to do! So I said a prayer and to this day i dont think i have ever felt the spirit more Strongly then i did in the MTC. As i said this prayer i told heavenly father, "I truly want to give myself to you and serve you and others, but how can i when i feel like this?" I began to pray for comfort and to make sure that my family and friends were all all right! and as soon as i said Amen i laid in my bed and in that darkness of the room. I PHYSICALLY, let me repeat that PHYSICALLY felt someone wrap the arm around me and tell me that everything was going to be all right! now to explain to you how real it was I turned around to look and see if one of the other elders had heard me crying... but no one was there. my beating heart began to stop and finally i felt at ease, and soon enough i fell asleep! BUT I WAS WRONG!!!! someone was there. and without a doubt it was the spirit! After that night i decided to make my personality shine outwards to others! and it just made me feel more and more happy at what i was doing!!! Stuff became second nature, I got along a lot better with my companion (like i said me and him are spock and kirk we argue a lot!) but we made it so we could both give something that our investigators needed! and it was the same thing from both of us! THE SPIRIT!!! I bare witness to you (member or even nonmember) God answers your prayers. and if you pray with full intent he will answer them!!! 

I'm gonna honest yes its still hard, but its right! It really has felt like i've been here for months already, but ive felt like ive been with the people of my district even longer!!! I LOVE THE LORD, I LOVE THE MTC AND I LOVE ALL OF YOU! I'm gonna quote good o'l Elder DeSpain and tell you! Dont pray for me but pray for theople of Salem and of the world, because i know god is answering my prayers and thats enough as is! I HAVE A FIRM BELIEF and know what i'm doing is true! AAAANNNNNDDD in case you all were wondering the food her is great, I MEAN it's not mommas home cookin but at least the first lady hasnt gotten to it yet! ;) I'd Really like to leave you guys with a quote i heard from a wonderful Elder Bednar talk "THE LORD GIVES US STRENGTH BEYOND OUR OWN

Till Next time.... LOVE

                             ELDER JONES   

 

P.S. i think i forgot to say this but ill send you guys pics once i get the hang of these very very slow mtc computers!!:)

Double P.S. if any of you decide to send me any packages (wink wink) haha just send them to the MTC using my Full name ELDER ALEXANDER DAVID JONES :)