Week 2

Merry Christmas everyone! have I mentioned how much I love the MTC? It is so great to be a missionary and be learning so much all day long AND to be able to share it with my family. So some sad news first, my trio's down to two, Sister Lockhart had to go some for personal reasons. We will miss her but are still hopeful that she will come and join us later when she can. Sister Chatelain and I are having so much fun together and there has been a lot of bonding this week both as a companionship and as a district. It is so hard to believe that I only have two more weeks before I'm done at the MTC and I become a full-blown missionary. It's going by so fast and I am so excited to go to Iowa and serve the people there and just teach so many people. Every class just gets me more and more excited to go out and teach people and give them this knowledge that gives me so much joy. 

This week we talked a lot about the Book of Mormon and how to teach with it and how it is so powerful and vital in conversion. I love the Book of Mormon it is by far my favorite book and I highly recommend it if you haven't read it before. It is such a powerful book filled with doctrine of Christ that brings peace and joy to my soul knowing that God has provided a way for us to come back to him. 
Christmas was so fun and I am so grateful for the home MTC which gave me one more family Christmas before I leave them all for a year and a half. We had so much fun together just spending time together as a family. It will be hard to leave them but I know that I will be where I need to be teaching people who have been waiting for the gospel to come into their lives and because of that we will be blessed and I will be able to pour myself into the work. I'm told it will fly by but I'm not sure if I want it to. 
I love you all and would love to hear from you and your adventures! -Sister Jones.

 

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