30 December 2013

Well this week was good. It was good to see most of the family on Skype on Christmas! I've had a pretty good week but this P-day is very much needed. I think we're gonna go play some soccer later! Its really fun I think the air down here makes you good at soccer ...cause I was doing things with the ball I never imagined... it was weird. The gift of tongues works for soccer heeyowww! So I finally remembered to bring my camera to email soooo I'll put on a few pictures. Hmmm this might be too much info but I'll say it any way... I have the runs HA! I've been bragging about how nothing has upset my tummy and yesterday I ate something bad I guess.... Oh I can say that I don't like liver now. I hadn't ever had it before and I thought it was beef so I got a lot and ...well I had to choke it down pretty hard. I didn't know until much later that it was liver... I thought it was really dry beef any way yeah PICTURE time!

-Elder Jones

Elder Anderson (he was with me in the MTC) and Me

 When I was in AZ, I got one of those little name tags!

Jesus soda ...it's really good but they don't really have it here...it's rare 

23 December 2013

This week was good! I went on exchanges with the Zl's so I got to check out their area... which is pretty much the same. While I was on exchanges I ran into a mean baby... he was pissed. I was minding my own buisness and trying to understand what his mom was saying.. and I looked down and there was this naked 2 yr old pulling my tie and screaming at me....(It kinda reminded me of Matt's baby impression) at first this was funny to me but I couldn't get him to let go...so I had to hide how annoyed I was....UGHHHHH 

The kids here make fun of me ALL the time. They scream what they must think sounds like english in my ears. But most of the grown ups are helpfull and nice to me haha. I'm feeling alot better. I got new shoes that are pretty comfortable.  This computer doesn't understand English sooooo I have no Idea what I've miss spelled ... oh well you'll get over it! I Love Brasil its awesome!  I love the food... they have pretty good pizza here a member took us to a pizza rohdizzio .... you'd think all this food would be making me fatter but ... I only eat like 1 big meal a day so Im actually loosing a little. I dont know how much... we aint got no scales. When it rains here its super hard but it only lasts for like 2 minutes... Crazy and then 5 minutes later there isnt even any evidence of rain. Speaking of rain one night I was sleeping and rain started pouring through the window and on to my crotch ....UGH not my leggs or my stomach ... my Crotch OOOOOHHH BOB! TELL 'EM STOP IT! SBE?..

okay I gotta run

-Elder Jones

16 December 2013

Was awesome... Guess what! I got my first baptism! my camera is at the apartment but yeah it was a woman named Norma and now she's a member. Cool huh? So in this mission we can't write or email any girls that aren't family members. I'm actually excited about that; it was getting... old. So send pics of this Ice storm to me maybe it will cool me down some ;) I miss Bower... send him to meh for Christmas! heeehowww oh bob! So how is life? I love Brazil its my kind of place! errbody is super happy 

-Elder Jones

9 December 2013

Okay.... so my feet have blisters on them haha It hurts to walk but thats not stopping me. Im just happy to be here! My feet actually dont hurt that bad anymore. Brazil is cool. Instead of having us over for dinner, members invite us over for lunch... they treat lunch like Americans treat dinner... its cool.. and its really good food! We clap at peoples doors instead of knocking. I sweat non stop. People LOVE the fact that I can't speak Portuguese haha  its really funny I can't really explain why cause I can't understand them yet. Since my comp doesnt speak english I usually dont have a clue where we are going until we are there. 

we live with another set of elders who are both Americans... when they are speaking English and I try to join them in conversation he gets upset and says.. "no... in Portuguese.." so haha I haven't spoken English in a few days. I TOOK A SHOWER WITH A BUCKET ...well actually since Ive been here I've taken several showers with a bucket.... we thought the water didnt work for 3 days... but when I was trying to figure out how to work the shower I accidently turned off the water for the whole apartment... the only place we had water were the sinks in the apartment... so yeah... my bad. There are a lot of stray dogs here. We should have had a baptism yesterday but something went wrong.. I dont know... but we will have some this week for sure.

How is everyone? I hear that rexburg is super cold this week .....HAHA!  Im down here swetting and your all cold Hahahahahahah. okay sorry that was probably annoying okay I love you all

-Elder Jones

BRAZIL!!! 4 December 2013

Okay so. I finally made it! Its nice and hot and consequently super sweaty ...like... just .... eww. My companion doesn't speak a lick of English so I will learn the language a lil faster. He is pretty short and funny I will have to send some pictures next Monday...(P-days are usually on Monday) I stepped of the plane in Sao Paulo, went through immigration, then through to get my bags, then to customs and after that I was so confused ...I was scanning all the signs in the airport so I could figure out how to re-check my bags.. everything was in Portuguese... I started to panic a little bit. when I noticed there were like a million people holding signs with peoples name on them. One of them caught my eye because it read " LDS CHURCH Travel Office " the guy holding it waved my over. I was super happy to see him he bossed me around in broken English and I boarded a plane to João Pessoa a few hours later... also while I was at the airport i found half of my MTC district!! we all got our visas at the same time!.... I'm not sure yet but I think I need some type of inserts for my shoes. I can feel every rock I step on pretty well. My apartment is super sketchy haha I wouldn't have it any other way ... mmmm Uncle Andy likes some sketch...

-Elder Jones 

27 November 2013

I got my Visa! that's about all I can think about, so that's all your getting ...okay so here is a picture of me and my new companion, Elder Gaebler  we bot have creepy trench coats....

-Elder Jones

18 November 2013

Well flip!

Things are good, work is fun. So, naturally its easy to work hard! I had my first interview with President Sweeney. He is awesome he told me a lot of stuff about transfers I wont have Elder Southam back when he comes from the reservation at the end of transfers. I will most likely be getting transferred so use this address until you hear more from me

6265 N 82nd St

Scottsdale, AZ 85250

Ummmm I got two packages this week! one from Kelsey and Jake and the other from Adam, Nat, and Jack. It was nice to feel loved...they love me......ME HAhahahAHAhahahAHA sooooooooo any who. Thats what its all about :) haha

okay sorry about the breakdown. This weekend was Stake Conference at the adult session our stake President got up and started talking about worm urine.....thats right Worm Pee guys. I was too distracted wondering if worms had kidneys to pay attention to how exactly he related that to the gospel haha. Oh sad news.... Amber didn't make it to church on Sunday so she wont be baptized this Saturday and I wont get to be there when she is... Oh well I know she will be baptized ...Satan is just trying to slow down the progress. It probs wont work...cause God wont let it. So whats on the news lately...? I miss the news... how is the weather in Texas, Utah, Idaho or where ever the heck you peeps are? My companion cant smell AT ALL. We have waaaaay too much fun with this. 

Observation of the Week: Time Flies. This transfer has been so fast. I thought life was moving fast before my mission and that used to freak me out. But now every thing is so accelerated I have a hard time noticing it. I know that the Lords work is important and I've been trying really hard lately to use my time wisely and the more efficient with your time you are the faster it goes by.      

-Elder Jones