Dear Everybody,
How was your week? I had a wonderful week. We finally got to meet our new mission president and his wife. President and Sister Murdock. From Bountiful, UT. He owns the Murdock Cheverolet and Murdock Hyundai (I think that's how you spell those two names) They have Ten children! Yup TEN! 7 girls and 3 boys. All of them are married except for 3 of their kids. Their son is on a mission and they have a daughter who just graduated high school, who is going to college this fall and they have another daughter who had a brain injury when she was a baby. So she will be staying with them while they are on thier mission. They seem to be really nice and super pumped to be here. They are really really different than President and Sister Maynes. But I know they will be awesome.
We had a little devotional and they introduced themselves and gave a little training then one by one each of us missionaries got interviewed by them. While they were interviewing us the Sister Trainer Leaders and the Assistants to the President trained us some more. So that means I got to see Sister Hatch again!!! Yup she is a sister trainer leader, no suprise there. She told me that she saw sister southern right before the mission split and you will never guess the calling that sister southern got......She is a sister trainer leader too!!! Holy moly that made me almost pee my pants. I never thought in a million years they would call a sister to be in that position so soon. I thought I had months and months before I needed to start worrying about receiving that calling. But now there is a possiblility of me being called to that position next transfer! AHH it makes me super nerous. Also what makes me more nervous is that when I met President Murdock for the first time he told me that he has heard, so many wonderful things about me and that he is so excited that I am here for quite awhile longer. Gulp! I have no idea who is telling him these things because the only sisters and elders i know, except for the ones here, all got transfered to the new mission. I really hope and pray that if i were to ever get called to that position it will be at the end of my mission. If you guys could pray for that too, I would really appreciate it haha.
We had a little devotional and they introduced themselves and gave a little training then one by one each of us missionaries got interviewed by them. While they were interviewing us the Sister Trainer Leaders and the Assistants to the President trained us some more. So that means I got to see Sister Hatch again!!! Yup she is a sister trainer leader, no suprise there. She told me that she saw sister southern right before the mission split and you will never guess the calling that sister southern got......She is a sister trainer leader too!!! Holy moly that made me almost pee my pants. I never thought in a million years they would call a sister to be in that position so soon. I thought I had months and months before I needed to start worrying about receiving that calling. But now there is a possiblility of me being called to that position next transfer! AHH it makes me super nerous. Also what makes me more nervous is that when I met President Murdock for the first time he told me that he has heard, so many wonderful things about me and that he is so excited that I am here for quite awhile longer. Gulp! I have no idea who is telling him these things because the only sisters and elders i know, except for the ones here, all got transfered to the new mission. I really hope and pray that if i were to ever get called to that position it will be at the end of my mission. If you guys could pray for that too, I would really appreciate it haha.
After the meeting with president Sister Robinson got a priesthood blessing because her arm has been hurting her a lot this week. (she doesn't know what happened to it) She thinks it might be a huge knot in her shoulder that won't go away. Our district leader gave her the blessing and wow it was incredible. She was told that the lord was pleased with her and her companion's work and that we soon will be blessed to see the fruits of our labors. He also told her that if she has more faith in the Lord her arm, will not hinder the work.
During her blessing I really felt prompted to ask my district leader if he would give me a blessing too. Not one of healing, but a comfort blessing. Wow, my blessing was incredible too. Things that I have never discussed with my district leader that I have been worrying about he addressed. The Lord also told me that he was pleased with our efforts and that if we continued faithful we would see the results of our labors. He also told me that there have been many lives that I have touched with out even knowing it. Which really ment alot to me to hear. Later in the week we met with one of our investigators that has been slowly progressing and we weren't sure which lesson to teach him next. But this time he told us that he has been feeling the spirit influence his life so much more. We even put him on date!!! Aw it was so awesome. I have already started seeing my blessing come true. It makes me really appreciate the priesthood and the awareness the lord has on us. I had such a good week, I've told everyone this, but I seriously don't know how they are going to ever make me leave this place. I really feel like I am here with family. I love these people so much. They are starting to actually become a part of me. I really feel like a piece of me will be missing when the time comes for me to leave. I just hope and pray that I can serve as faithfully and work as hard as possible for the time that I have left. I love this work, I love being a missionary and I love the Lord. When Sister Murdock gave a training on how to become a better missionary, she asked us the question, "Are we the missionaries your mother thinks you are?" It was a really good question to think about because I know what my parent's expect out of me and I know who they want me to become. It's a question I need to ask myself daily. Not only ask myself if I am I the missionary my mother thinks I am, but also am I the missionary the Lord wants me to be. I will strive daily to make them proud. To make all of you proud. and to make myself proud. It's tough work, but I know it will be so worth it to step off the plane when I get home and know, that I made everyone proud. Keep being amazing. Keep doing your best. And know that I love all of you!!!
Love Sister Jones
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