We're Becoming A Ward!!!!

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is feeling love for the Savior this Christmas season as I am.


I don't have a lot of time to write, and I can't send weekly photos this week. My photos app is having issues at the moment. I am so sorry! I'll catch you all up on photos when it gets fixed.


Anyways, we had a wonderful week! Audry came to church for the fourth time!!! She came to our Christmas dinner with her identical twin sister, and they both loved it! After church on Sunday, we had dinner with two of our members and watched the First Presidency's Christmas Devotional together with Audry and Hordania (her sister)! We had a great time. We talked for a bit, and we invited Audry to baptism. SHE SAID YES!!! Wow, I can't begin to describe how excited I am!! We are going to be teaching her all the lessons and giving her all the support and love that we can. She is set for January 13th, 2024!! We sure are grateful for dedicated members who help us in this process. We are hoping that we can teach Hordania as well and have her decide to be baptized too along the way.


On Sunday, we learned that we are combining with another branch (Federal Way, where I used to serve in November 2022)!!! Our branch is becoming a ward! It is exciting. More people, more missionaries, more friendships, etc. I am so excited about it.


There was more that happened, but those are the highlights.


¡Les amo todos de ustedes!


Elder Jones

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