Newberg Oregon 97132
so that's my mailing address in case anyone was wondering! Well I made it to
Oregon safe and alive but with a terrible bug I got From the MTC! So I
felt bad for my new companion cause I've been trying my best to overcome
this bug! Other than that life is pretty good! I'm currently in the
Royal Oaks area which is awesome and filled the the neck with old
people!!!! haha to be honest I don't think I've ever smelt weed more in
my life than i do now.... it's kinda funny!!! haha anyways, this last
week I learned that when the lord stretches you, he stretches you
hard!!! I didn't think it would be hard on a mission but its incredibly
difficult! anyways we have Christ as our "Spiritual spotter" to help us
out with the last rep!
So when we arrived to
Oregon our Mission President and his wife picked us up at the Airport
then took us on a little adventure! our first stop was at the Portland
Temple! which straight up looks like something out of a lord of the
rings movie!!! its such a beautiful temple! and the fact the its marble
makes it shine sooooo bright!!!! well after that we took a very long
drive and after some faint car sickness stopped off at what I have to
say is one of those key moments ill always look back on my life! We went
to Pacific City and went to the beach where we saw the Rock! (you know
the one from the goonies) anyways as we were on that beach we had a
little Devotional! and in this devotional my mission president said
something very profound that id like to share to you guys. he said,
"look out there, how long do you think that rock has been there???
Years!!! countless waves would crash onto it everyday and yet and still didn't move... This rock is our Savior. Someone who endured countless
trials and hardships but still stood strong!" now where are we in all of
this I was wondering? were right there on the beach! there's fog rolling
behind us! but we want to get to the top of that rock. and the only way
we can get to the rock is by swimming the ocean! Once we swim to the
rock countless waves will knock us over and push us back to the beach..
but if you're determined enough to swim to the Rock and get on top of
it... The waves wont be able to get you anymore! and you'll be high
enough to where the fog cant reach you!!! My mission is flippin hard to
say the least, but a whole lot of life is that way to! its just takes an
ounce of courage or faith to be willing to get hit by a few waves so
that you don't have to endure the darkness of the fog.
Till next time
Elder Jones
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