08-23-10

Hello Family and Loved Ones Alike,
This is Elder Jones with the weekly report. This week we have been working very hard. In spite of direct opposition [my physical ailment] we are pushing forward. The work is going great and I love this area and this ward. the people here are amazing. Elder Butler and I are trying to get things rolling here. We have been working with the members really trying to find new people. Tracting is great, but there are other ways to find and we are exploring some of those. So things have been good. I would take more pictures of the area, but then every picture would be tree, tree, tree, Hey look!! tree. ha there are alot of trees here in Goldsboro. haha Elder Butler and I have developed a new form of entertainment that you will see when i get my pictures mailed home. We found some spiders outside our apartment and what we do at night after the day is done is we catch some of the moths that fly around and we stick them in the web and watch the spiders wrap them up. it's awesome! Well thats the news i will now go into the weekly report.

So last P day we went to raleigh i had a meeting with President Cottrell it was really good, but Elder Butler and i got lost in Raleigh for hours we drove two huge circles around it before we found our way home to Goldsboro at 900 hahaha it was funny i was laughing. He wouldn't listen to my directions.

Tuesday was our exchanges i went with Elder Tibbits to Goldsboro 2 it was way fun We had four lessons that day. Our first was with Brian he is not a member, but he is living with his grandparents who are. He has no religious background. so that was good. Then we went to visit Cameron he is eleven and he is way excited to be baptized. His mom is scary her name is aMANda. She looks like a dude! yikes. Well after that we talked to a part member family and he is getting ready to be baptized. They are doing well over there.

Back to my area we finally got back to talk to jessica so that was good. we are looking for a time to teach her the second lesson she is doing so well. She is looking for the church and she doesn't even know it. David has been standing us up. I think he may be dropping us. I hope not. Then when we were tracting we found two potentials Jennifer she is a baptist woman who want to know more, and Melody She is a black lady we tracted into a couple weeks ago so there is some potential there.

Thursday was pretty good. We got to have a lesson with Jimmy. He is a partmember that we have been teaching for awhile. He is progressing. I think with him it is just a lot to think that his church is wrong its the way he was raised and he feels that the things we are saying are true he doesn't want to accept it though. so i dunno. it's good we are also teaching his daughter now so maybe things will work out for him.

Friday was bad. I was Sick and we really didn't do anything. i went to the Dr. and he couldn't find out what was wrong, but thats the night we started sacrificing moths to the spiders outside they wont bite us now. haha

Don't remember much of saturday. dunno why. er... sorry bout that.

Suday was way cool. We got to go to Wilson with a member and we got to give a blessing to his boss. We met up with the Wilson Elders and while we were there all four of us were able to bare testimony to Tony. It was way cool. And something that does not happen often. so i was greatful for that.

I am more tired than i have ever been in my life it is crazy. but i love it its great i love it out here. We will keep on pushing the work forward keep praying for us i love you all. Until next week.