General Conference And More!

I hope you all had a wonderful General Conference. I sure did! I listened to two sessions in English and three in Spanish, so I definitely will need to re-watch several talks. I don't understand all the church vocabulary in my non-native language at that speed. However, I loved the theme of covenants and the temple! There is a serious need for us to always be bound for the temple or in it. I love this! I think we had an estimated ten or eleven friends that watched conference! Following the prophet always delivers us from evil; what a great truth.


We are still praying for some things to happen in our area. We are finding job opportunities for Fernando, but they aren't compatible with his abilities. Also, we are waiting for Sunday so that we can find Irvin and Gris' records and move along with Eli and his baptismal plan. Eli has been reading in the Book of Mormon, and we even read together over the phone! We loved it! What's great is that Fernando is ready for his baptism this Sunday!! We found him a white jumpsuit for his size, and he was pretty excited! We are still prayerful as we prepare him and read the Book of Mormon with him. Elder Miller will interview him on Friday to make sure he's set! Our bishop was able to sign Josué's temple recommend!! Josué signed it too, so now we can go to the temple with him! The plan is for this Saturday. That'll be great!


We had our lesson with the Aguilar family, and it was WAY better this time. You could say that maybe it was amazing because we taught in English for the majority of the time, but the Spirit was still there. They weren't as quiet, and we were able to connect and relate with them. We got all the kids laughing and speaking as we asked various questions. We invited them to watch General Conference, which they committed to do. What a kind family they are!


I had a fun exchange in the Bothell area, and Elder Thompson killed it in our area while I was gone! Elder Andrus and I had two cool contacts back to back. The video for this is in the weekly photos link.


I found someone on Facebook that speaks Russian, and we were able to have a video call with him and my mom on Sunday!! It was neat to get permission from my mission president and have her speak the beautiful language with this friend. His name is Ilkin. He and his sister were on the call, and we only talked for fifteen or so minutes. From what my mom translated for me, they sadly turned us down once we mentioned Jesus Christ. It was worth a shot though!


Bothell and Kirkland are great. It's true.


Estamos recibiendo muchas bendiciones en la obra misional ahora mismo a causa de nuestra obediencia y fe. ¡Es maravilloso lo que el Señor puede hacer para Sus hijos!


¡Gracias a todos!


Elder Jones








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