Open the windows of heaven! ...or at least the car window...

Hey y'all!
We have had another great week!

Jessica: Jessica is amazing! She spent a long time driving around just
to look for the church a few days before so that she could find it on
Sunday. And she found it! She was there at church on Sunday along with
two of her kids. She was so excited to be baptized on August 22, but
we are going to put it off for a little bit so that she can have a
wedding! But we will try to teach her kids and maybe they can be
baptized soon. Her oldest son, Jaderious, is 14 years old. Next is
Aujayla she is 11 and then Jamari is 9.
We nervously called Jessica to ask if she's married to Thomas.  We
weren't sure how she would react so we were very nervous! We found out
she is not married and we told her she had to be married to be
baptized and then the line went silent… Jessica is probably one of the
biggest talkers I have met, so we had a mini panic attack in our
hearts, but then we looked down and saw that the call had ended so we
had another mini heart attack at first thinking that she hung up on
us! We called her back and it turns out that the call had just lost
connection before we even told her she needed to be married! I was
just all in a rush to get it out that I kept talking for a while
before we realize the call dropped. We went on to tell her in a second
call and she understood and is talking to Thomas about it.

Bre and Luv:  are still doing great. We moved the date back to
September 19 so that they can be more ready and receive more answers.
But we will start meeting with then two times a week :)

Phillips family: Terry was feeling really sick earlier this week and
had to go to the hospital. So we brought them over some dinner. We
didn't really know what to make them so we looked in our pantry and
put together some random things that hopefully turned out! Missionary
cooking gets pretty creative :)

We also met with some homeless people and taught them a lesson. It was
a very different experience! Everyone needs the gospel!

Hope this story brightens someone's day so it can be worth the pain.
We were driving back with a member from trying to see some less
actives in Center and the car windows were open just a crack. I was
just fiddling around and stuck my finger out the crack and then sister
Nielsen shut the windows and smashed my finger! I gasped in shock and
quickly pushed the button to roll the window back down. My eyes were
stinging with water! I grabbed some Kleenex to stop the bleeding as I
breathed real hard in shock from the pain. I raised my arm up to
elevate my finger and breathed deep to keep from screaming or crying!
I look over and there she is still chatting away totally oblivious to
what just happened! To this day sister Nielsen still has no idea that
she closed the window on my finger....

Heavenly Father really loves everyone, it doesn't matter their
background or what choices they have made, he longs for everyone to
come unto him. We teach so many unique individuals here in Nac, and I
love all of them!

Love,
Sister Jones

Jessica!

Nac attack! Teaching up a storm!

Hey y'all!
I know I'm getting to sound very repetitive, but this week was full of
so many miracles! I guess that's just what missionary work is. :) We
taught 40 lessons this week! We found 8 new investigators, and have 9
baptismal dates! These are record breaking numbers in Nac history! It
was previously a slower area! Not only that, but we are having so much
fun!

Annette: has been reading the Book of Mormon! We watched the
Testaments with her on Saturday and she felt the spirit! She loves
watching church movies!

Debra and Elroy: we tracted into Deborah and Elroy. They are so sweet
and have such strong faith in Jesus Christ! Not sure about the LDS
part of it yet, but they have a baptismal date for August 29th!

Bre and Luv: Bre and Luv are still doing really well. They have a lot
of questions! And they are really searching.

The Phillips family: Kirsten, Terry, and Justin Phillips are referrals
from a less active member we have been working with. They are such a
sweet family! Justin is eight years old and is very smart, he is also
autistic. They have been looking for a stronger purpose in their lives
and feel that they are finding it with the Gospel. They came to church
on Sunday! Their baptismal date is August 29th. They even got the less
active friend, Ruth, to come to church!!!! Ruth cried during sacrament
meeting! The spirit was so strong!

Jessica: Jessica is such a miracle find! She accepted a baptismal date
right away for August 22! She is so excited to change her life and so
ready for it! She has really opened up to us and looks forward to her
new path.

Lilly: Lilly is doing so well, she recognizes the spirit. She came to
church on Sunday! She doesn't have a date yet but we are working
towards it. Change can be scary sometimes.

The Lord is not quite as supportive as it was in the colony with
missionary work, but they are the friendliest most loving word I have
ever met!! We are going to turn them into a missionary minded Ward!
The people here are so humble and lovable! Sister Ricks and I are
loving working together! She is amazing and we get along so well! I
love her so much! We had to go aaaaaallllllllllll the way to Dallas
for mission leadership counsel! The drive was almost four hours each
way and the meeting was five hours. We did all this in one day. =P but
the meeting was really good! It was weird to be back in the city for a
day!
Hope y'all had a great week!
Love,
Sister Jones

Pottery with Ruth!

Out east to Naco-nowhere =D

Hey y'all!
I was transferred to Nacogdoches Texas! The work here is so different
than it is in the city, but it is so much fun! Now I feel like I
really am in Texas! We are the farthest out sisters area! It is a
very humble area. The personality here is great! I already love the
people so much! This is the oldest town in the entire mission! And the
town part is tiny, but our area is huge, it would take almost an hour
to drive across the whole thing! The people here are SO friendly and
can really really really talk! We spend a lot of time driving and a
lot of time listening to people tell stories. We are becoming pros in
the art of interrupting...
The Ward is very very small number wise, many of the less actives
don't come to church because it is so far away from them. So
geographically it's huge.

My companion is sister Ricks. She is from Springville Utah. She is
awesome we get along so well! I can tell this is going to be a great
transfer! She is such a hard worker! We are so motivated and excited
to kick up the work in Nacogdoches.  We have already seen so many
miracles! Our investigators pool has doubled in one week!

Bre and Luv: two SFA college students we teach, they have a date for
August 22nd! They are such cute friends =)

Bridgett, Destiny, and Diamond Akridge: family we teach, Bridgett is
the mother of Destiny and Diamond, those girls are SO smart!

Annette: 84 year old sweet woman we taught for he first time yesterday
and set a date with her for August 29th! We aren't sure how much she
understood, but she LOVED our visit and we love her! <3 she just
needs some company, she needs the Ward family!

Jessica: we met her yesterday as well! We knocked on her door and she
let us in without even knowing who we were yet! That's east Texas for
you! She opened up to us and told us her story and cried when we
shared our message! She was such a miracle!

Charity: a less active girl we are working with, she LOVES Disney! She
drew me an Olaf picture! <3

We are also working to get Ashely, Phillip, and Janna to the temple,
they are all three recent converts.

Love,
Sister Jones

Last dinner in The Colony! The Joneses and Alexis were there!

Nacogdoches, TX

1710 E. Starr Ave #111
Nacogdoches,TX 75961