Disciples in the digital age

Hey y'all!
We received iPads on Friday! We haven't used them much yet because we
are still being trained. We are the 4th test group for iPads, only 86
of 416 missions now have them!
We had another miraculous week in The Colony! We have been keeping up
our amazing number of lessons each week :)
We had a lesson with brother Hegarty, his wife is a member and he has
been going to church with her for a couple of years but never felt
ready for the missionaries until now. The spirit was so strong in our
lesson! We invited him to be baptized but he is still thinking about a
date because he wants to read the whole Book of Mormon first. The
spirit was just so strong in that lesson I hope he realizes that he
doesn't need to know everything before baptism because baptism is just
the gateway for more learning.
We also met a less active guy named Jared. His dad died two years ago
and he felt like the message we shared on faith came directly from his
father so he wants to start coming back to church!
This next week we are focusing on love and service for the people we
are working with so we bought a ton of cookie dough and we are also
going to do some yard work and house work for people.
This week may be rough because of all the trainings we are receiving
for the iPads. Trainings and meetings are my least favorite part of
missionary work because I'd rather be out with the people. But I
understand the necessity of the trainings. Wow I sound really spoiled
to complain about that! We are so blessed to be able to learn how to
use these amazing tools that we have been given! The world is
changing; people now a days communicate more on social media than
anything else and are not as comfortable talking to strangers face to
face. So we can use a medium that people are more comfortable with to
reach them! We can also use them to plan and coordinate the work more
effectively :) best of all we will be learning technology skills that
will bless us for the rest of our lives, for example, how to be safe
online, use time wisely, and not let devices distract or take away
from the here and now.
We are so blessed to be missionaries in the digital age and to be here
in The Colony!
Love,
Sister Jones

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THE IPAD