Week 25

Helloooo :)

So sorry I don’t have time to write my usual letter to everyone but i just wanted to write to you and dad! I miss you all so much and I hope you enjoyed fall break! Dad sorry you had to work so much :p Mom I hope you are relaxing and not killing yourself with too much work, haha. So I’m doing good here and I love my companion Sister Lariosa! we are like best friends- she and I love working hard everyday and always try to have  a positive attitude. So, I have some favors to ask of youuuuuuu :)

1.   Can you send some good fun, simple FHE games or activities I can do here with our investigators and their kids? 

2.  I need new brown and black crocks (the keds style - I think it was) bc i left them outside and they shrunk in the sun, haha.

3.  Send me Devon’s email and address at BYU please bc I want to talk to him

4.  Will you send me lots of pictures? 

5.   Keep being the awesome amazing parents you are :)  I LOVE YOUUUUUU :)

you all are amazing examples to me and I love you so much. This week we had transfers but i stayed here in hermosa with Sis lariosa to finish her training. This week we had a lot of rejection and it was kind of discouraging. Dad, in your email to me, you talked about how in Thailand; they all treated you like a movie star but wouldn’t listen to your message- thats how it is here. (ps: dad will you please send me more stories or stuff about your mission? it really helps me and I realized I don’t know that much about your mission.) EVERYONE and their dog wants to be my friend and take pictures with me and entertain me at their house but they don’t want our message (at least this week it seemed like) but I know it will get better and if I do my best the lord will bless me. Man, missionary work is HARD but its great and it’s worth it. The last appointment we had this week, when we were a little down from so much rejection, was the biggest blessing from the Lord. we extended a baptismal goal date for them in Nov. and they accepted and came to church the next day. The Lord really does look out for us. 

I love you SO SO much like you don’t even know but, I am happy and doing great here in the Lords vineyard. keep encouraging the ward to do missionary work! Mom, I’m so happy to hear you are working with the missionaries! I wish I had before, and I have made a promise to myself that when I go home I will work with them a lot bc they need the help of the members. us missionaries can’t do it by ourselves. I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVEEEEEE YOUUUUUUU and cant wait to hear from you next week!

love always, 

jessica

ps: I have a question for you two. Do you want to come pick me up from my mission and have me take you around to all my areas? They allow this for the foreigners its called a mission tour and I thought it sounded super fun and I would really love for you all to see the Philippines! Just let me know because believe it or not that day is going to come faster than we all think and getting a Visa and stuff takes time and planning. If it’s too expensive or you want to wait a couple years to come back here with me thats totally fine I thought I would just ask :)

love you!

pics

1. companionship unity a its finest- sister Lariosa and i smearing cake frosting on each others faces haha

2. tracking

3. me with some of my little fans :)