10/24/2011

BUENAS DIAS!!!

SO TO START OFF! HNA NEWREN JUST BOUGHT ME THE MOST DELICIOUS ICE CREAM EVER! BANANA SPLIT FLAVORED! RICO!

A LITTLE SAD! WE ARE WRITING A LITTLE LATE, THIS MORNING MY ZONE AND ANOTHER ZONE ABOUT 30 MISSIONARIES GOT TOGETHER TO GO PLAY SOCCER! WE WENT WHO KNOWS WHERE AND THEY PLAYED FOR A GOOD 2 HOURS! IT IS REALLY HOT TODAY BUT I CAN NOT COMPLAIN! SUN BEAUIFUL SUN!! IT WAS A LOT OF FUN! I DIDN’T BRING CLOTHES TO CHANGE INTO WE WERE THE CHEERLEADERS TODAY! THE ELDERS ARE VERY INTO THEIR SOCCER! IT WAS FUN WATCHING THEM! BUT SAD I COULDN’T WRITE WITH MY MISSIONARY THIS WEEK! AUSTIN I LOVE YOU! SO LAST MONDAY WE WERE TOLD NOT TO LEAVE THE HOUSE! IT WAS SO BORING! ALTHOUGH I GOT A LOT OF THINGS DONE I WAS SO READY TO LEAVE! I MADE THE MOST UNHEALTHY FOOD EVER! FRIED FRENCH TOAST!! IT WAS SO GOOD THOUGH!! HNA WANTS ME TO MAKE IT ALL THE TIME! I SAID NO WAY! MAYBE ONCE A MONTH! I DON’T WANT TO DIE ON MY MISSION! TUEDAY WE WERE LUCKY THE SUN CAME OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE! IT WAS NICE! WE RAN INTO AN OLD MAN WHO WAS SWEEPING THE DIRT ROAD! IT WAS CUTE, SO I HELPED HIM WHILE HNA V TALKED TO HIM! HE TOLD US WE COULD COME BACK AND SHARE OUR MESSAGE WIH HIM BUT HE WARNED US THAT IS WIFE WOULD NOT HEAR A WORD FROM US! GOOD TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME…WE WENT TO GO VISIT LATER IN THE WEEK AND SHE WAS AS SWEET AS CAN BE! WE TALKED WITH THEM BOTH FOR OVER AND HOUR AND WE PLANNED A DAY TO GO BACK AND SHARE MORE! WE RECEIVED A REFFERENCE FROM A MEMBER, SO WE WENT LOOKING FOR THIS HOUSE FOR ALMOST AN HOUR, ASKING EVERYONE BUT NO LUCK! WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MEMBER SHOW US WHERE SHE LIVES SO WE CAN VISIT HER! BUT IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE WE RAN INTO HNA DORA AND OLD INVESTIGATOR THAT WE STOPPED VISITING, SHE  WAS ALWAYS BUSY AND DIDN’T HAVE TIME ANYMORE, WELL SHE TOLD US SHE WANTS US TP COME BACK SO WE DID THAT THIS WEEK TOO! SHE WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE US AGAIN AND SHE STILL HAS BEEN READING THE BOOK OF MORMON WHICH IS SO EXCITING FOR MISSIONARIES! ONCE THEY KNOW THAT IT REALLY IS THE WORDS OF GOD! THEIR TESTIMONIES GO FROM 1 TO 100 LIKE THAT! BAM! LOL! WE STOPPED AND SAW ANOTHER OF OUR INVESTIGATORS THIS WEEK PAOLA, WELL WE STARTED TEACHING HER COUSIN TOO, FUNNY STORY I DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS HER COUSIN, HE GOT UP TO GO RUN AN ERAND AND I ASKED HER IF HE WAS HER BOYFRIEND, HNA TOLD ME IT WAS THE BROTHER OF JESSICA CANT YOU SEE THE RESEMBLANCE, WELL 2 JESSICAS LIVE IN THAT HOUSE PAOLA JESSICA AND ALEJANDRA JESSICA, I THOUGHT BROTHER OF PAOLA AND I SAID THAT THEY WERE BOTH GOOD LOOKING TO BE NICE, CAUSE THEY LOOK NOTHING ALIKE AND WHEN JONATHAN CAME BACK PAOLA TELLS HIM THAT I SAID HE WAS HANDSOME! WHAT WAY TO CHANGE MY WORDS!!  WEDNESDAY IT STARTED TO POUR AGAIN SO THE ELDERS CALLED AND SAID NOT TO LEAVE, WELL WE DIDN’T WANT TO BE IN THE HOUSE ALL DAY SO WE PACKED UP SOME STUFF AND WENT TO MAKE BALIADAS IN THE BISHOPS HOUSE WITH HIS DAUGHTER! WE WERE THERE FOR ALMOST 5 HOURS JUST TALKING AND HAVING FUN! HER MOM TOLD ME THAT I AM LOOSING WEIGHT AND SAID THAT IF I KEEP IT UP I WILL BE A BARBIE FOR MY WEDDING…THAT’S MY PLAN! I TOLD HER! LOL! THEN ANDREA HER DAUGHTER SAID THAT ME AND AUSTIN WILL BE A 10 TOGETHER! I THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE UNTIL I REALISED THAT SHE WAS SAYING THAT EVERYONE IN STATE SIDE MISSIONS GAIN A LOT OF WEIGHT, HER BROTHER IS IN CALI RIGHT NOW AND SHE SAID HE HAS GAINED 30 POUNDS! WOW!! WELL I SAID IN THAT CASE IT DOESN’T MATTER! I WILL BE HAPPY WITH A TEN! LOL! SPEAKING OF MARRIAGE THURSDAY WE WENT TO CORTEZ FAMILY AND AFTER DINNER I HELPED TO WASH THE DISHES, HNO TOLD ME WHEN I CAME BACK TO SIT DOWN THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE A GOOD WIFE, I JUST LAUGHED! MEN ARE SO LAZY HERE! THE WOMEN ARE LIKE SERVANTS! BUT SECOND STORY! WE WENT TO HELP MAKE TORTILLAS WITH A LADY, SHE MAKES OVER 500 TORTILLAS EACH AFTERNOON! WELL WE HELPED HER FOR 2 HOURS AND SHE TOLD ME AFTER THAT SINCE I CAN MAKE TORTILLAS I CAN GET MARRIED! I LAUGHED! I THINK IT WONT MATTER TO AUSTIN IF I CAN MAKE TORTILLAS OR NOT!!!  LAST STORY OF THIS WEEK WAS A MAN TELLING US THAT WE NEVER NEEDED PROPHETS ALL WE NEED IS THE BIBLE, REALLY WHO WROTE THE BIBLE….PROPHETS! PEOPLE ARE SO STUCK ON THEIR CUSTOMS! IT IS DIFFICULT JUST TO SHARE WITH SOME PEOPLE, BUT I KNOW THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT READY TO HEAR, ONE DAY THEY WILL HAVE A SOFTER HEART, ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU PRAY TO KNOW IF WHAT WE SHARE IS TRUE! THE HOLY GHOST WILL GIVE US ANSWERS IF WE ASK! LEARNED TO MAKE SOME REALLY YUMMY FOOD THIS WEEK! MEAT BALLS AND THESE PITA THINGS WITH CHEESE AND HAM! SO GOOD!! AND MY FAVORITE THING A GAME CALLED “NISI NINO” YOU CANT SAY YES OR NO AND YOU JUST ASK EACH OTHER QUESTIONS ALL NIGHT AND HAVE TO ANSWER WITH ANY OTHER WORD BUT YES OR NO! CANT WAIT TO PLAY! I HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS! ONE LAST THING! YESTERDAY MY DIEGO HAD TO GIVE A TALK! HAHA! HE ALWAYS TEASES ME FOR HAVING TO GIVE A TALK! WELL HE TALKED ABOUT PRAYER AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER BUT HE SAID THAT MOST PEOPLE ONLY REMEMBER TO PRAY WHEN THEY NEED HELP BUT HE INVITED US TO SAY A PRAYER THIS WEEK WITH ONLY GIVING THANKS FOR ALL THAT WE HAVE AND NOT ASKING HEAVENLY FATHER FOR ANYTHING! I REALLY LIKE IT!! K REALLY LATE AND DEFINITELY HAVE TO GO!!! DAD DID YOU GET MY VIDEO!? THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD PROBLEMS SENDING IT! I HAD 2 BUT ONLY ONE WILL SEND! I HOPE YOU HAD A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! CANDICE TOO!  I LOVE YOU BOTH SO VERY MUCH AND I HOPE YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES YOU!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOSH FROM LAST WEEK AND IF REAGAN SEES THIS HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU GIRLY TODAY 18 WOOT!! MISS YOU ALL VERY MUCH! HAVE A GREAT WEEK! XOXO LOVE ALWAYS HNA JONES!

10/17/2011

GOOD MORNING!! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE IN EL SALVADOR POURING RAIN! I HAVE SO MUCH TO WRITE TODAY!! SO BEFORE I TELL YOU ABOUT MY WEEK!! I WANT TO START OFF WITH MY MORNING! WE GOT A CALL TELLING US NOT TO GO VISIT ANYONE TODAY OR TOMORROW! WE ARE UNDER A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WE HAVE HAD AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF RAIN THIS WEEK A LOT MORE THAN NORMAL, HOUSES ARE SLIDING OFF OF THE MOUNTAINSIDES AND SOME MISSIONARIES ARE BEING EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOUSES! WELL OUR AREA IS ALL GOOD! I DON’T WANT ANYONE TO WORRY! I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD A FANTASTIC WEEK BEING SOAKING WET  EACH DAY! LOL! BUT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING LOTS OF PROBLEMS HERE SO I WANTED TO ASK JUST KEEP THIS COUNTRY IN YOUR PRAYERS! EVERYONE IS FREAKING OUT AND NO ONE IS LEAVING THEIR HOUSE THEY THINK THAT WHEN YOU GET RAIN ON YOUR HEAD YOU WILL GET SICK, BUT IT IS STILL HOT! LOL! IT IS FUNNY!

I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU! EACH WEEK WE RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM OUR PRESIDENT OF THE MISSION JUST TO TELL US UPDATES AND WHAT NOT, WELL WE ALSO SEND HIM A WEEKLY REPORT OF HOW ARE WEEK WAS AND IF WE NEED ANYTHING, WELL PART OF HIS EMAIL WAS THE FOLLOWING….

Radiate the attitude of well-being, of confidence, of a person who knows where he is going - you will find that good things will start happening to you right away.

Irradiar la actitud de bienestar, de confianza, de una persona que sabe dónde va, encontrará que las cosas buenas se iniciarán pasando enseguida. ( THIS IS THE QUOTE ABOVE)

Es verdad!  Esta es la actitud, la manera de ser, y la forma y condición de los más exitosos hombres y mujeres.  Quieren ser más exitosos?  Ellos vean cosas positivamente. Si desean resultados positivos, y mejores que están teniendo ahora, es necesario tener esta misma actitud.   Yo recuerdo esto a veces cuando ando en tiempos difíciles, y sé que necesito recordar a mi cara, que necesito llevar una sonrisa si deseo el éxito que busco.  Es una lección que podemos aprender todos. Siento que unos de nosotros necesitamos recordar esto- incluyendo yo, a veces.  Pero unos ya lo saben.  Por ejemplo, Elderes Walker y Velasquez, y Hermana Jones (de Oklahoma) (y más), parecen que nacieron con sus sonrisa puestas firmemente en sus caras!!  Tienen esta actitud ya, y es una muestra de su gran fe de que todo va salir muy bien, como dijo Pres. Eyring!

I AM NOT GOING TO TRASLATE ALL OF IT…YOU GUYS HAVE GOOGLE! LOL! BUT HE IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING SUCCESS. HOW IT IS BASED UPON OUR ATTITUDE AND OUR MANNER. IF YOU WANT TO BE SUCESSFUL NEED TO SEE THINGS POSITIVELY IF YOU WANT POSITIVE RESULTS OR BETTER THAN YOU ARE NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS ATTITUDE TO REMEMBER THIS WHEN TIMES ARE HARD AND REMMEBER YOUR FACE, THAT YOU NEED TO BRING A SMILE IF YOU DESIRE SUCCESS. OUT OF ALMOST 200 MISSIONARIES HE IS IN CHARGE OF HE USED ME AS AN EXAMPLE OF ALWAYS IN WHAT EVER CIRCUMSTANCE WE NEED TO HAVE A FIRM SMILE ON OUR FACE! PRESIDENT EYRING IN HIS CONFERENCE WITH US HERE TOLD US THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WHAT EVER PROBLEM YOU HAVE JUST SMILE AND IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT!!

K NOW FOR THIS WEEK!!

MONDAY! SO I KNOW THAT I TOLD YOU ALL THAT HNA VELASQUEZ WAS CHANGING WELL SHE WAS SUPPOSE TO BECAUSE SHE HAS SO MUCH TIME IN THIS AREA, WELL PRESIDENT SAID NO IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW LONG SHE HAS HERE THAT HE KNOWS SHE NEEDS TO BE HERE…WOW! BUT WOOT! I AM EXCITED! I WAS EXCITED FOR A NEW COMP BUT I WAS SAD THAT SHE WAS LEAVING NOW I HAVE 6 MORE WEEKS WITH HER! MONDAY WE WENT TO LOS PLANES, IT IS AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, WE WENT WITH SOME OF THE ELDERS AND THEN WE WENT TO EAT! WE TOOK SOME AMAZING PICTURES!! MY MY CAMERA IS BEING STUPID RIGHT NOW SO I CAN NOT SHARE OR PRINT THEM! HOPEFULLY I CAN GET IT FIXED!  FIRST MY CABLE IS STOLEN NOW MY PICTURES DON’T WANT TO WORK! I LOVE TECHNOLOGY…NOT! WHEN WE GOPT HOME FROM SHOPPING I WATCHED A FUNNY MOVIE CALLED MOBSTERS AND MORMONS! IT IS PRETTY FUNNY, ABOUT A FAMILY THAT GOES UNDER COVER AND MOVES INTO A MORMON NEIGHBORHOOD!IT IS A MUST SEE!WE THEN WENT TO SEE CORTEZ FAMILY, HNA REINA MADE YUMMY MUSTARD CHICKEN! IT WAS SO DELICIOUS! I AM SLOWLY LEARNING ALL THE SECRETS! WE WATCHED THE TESTIMENTS AND SHE WAS JUST IN TEARS,  SHE LOVES WHAT WE TEACH BUT SHE  IS NOT SURE ABOUT READING THE BOOK OF MORMON, WELL THIS MOVIE DESCRIBES THE LIFE OF PEOPLE HERE IN THE AMERICAS DURING THE LIFE OF JESUS AND THEN WHEN HE CAME TO THE AMERICAS AFTER  HIS RESURECTION. WE ASKED HER TO PRAY BECAUSE WE CAN TELL HER ANYTHING BUT GOD DOESN’T LIE, IF SHE REALLY WANTED TO KNOW IF OUR CHURCH WAS THE TRUE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. WELL SHE SAID THE CLOSING PRAYER BEFORE WE WENT HOME AND DURING HER PRAYER SHE PLEADED TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW IF THIS WAS THE TRUE CHURCH AND IF THE BOOK OF MORMON IS REALLY ANOTHER TESTIMENT OF JESUS CHRIST, NOT JUST A BOOK WRITTEN BY MAN BUT SACRED SCRIPTURES TRANSLATED THOUGH MAN BY THE POWER OF GOD!  WITH HER PRAYER I WAS PRACTCALLY IN TEARS! IT WAS INSPIRATIONAL! OH I ALSO BOUGHT 25 HUGE BANANAS FOR $2.50 I LOVE BUYING FRUIT IN EL SALVADOR! IT IS SO CHEAP! SO I ALSO SAY HOLY COW WHEN SOMETHING CRAZY HAPPENS, AND I TRANSLATE TO SANTA VACA!  WELL EVERYONE HERE PRAYS TO SOMETHING HOLY, IT IS KIND OF FUNNY AND EVERYWHERE IS NAMED ¨HOLY¨ SOMETHING BUT THE FUNNY THING WAS THAT IT STARTED POURING DOWN RAIN AND I WAS ALL SANTA VACA! AND HNA V TELLS ME I THINK I AM GOING TO START PRAYING TO THE HOLY COW! HAHA! I ABOUT DIED! THIS WHOLE WEEK IT HAS NOT STOPPED POURING, WE HAD TO PUT UP ROPE INSIDE OUR HOUSE TO HELP DRY OUR CLOTHES WITH A FAN, IT IS SO HUMID NOT EVEN FUNNY!  LATTER WE HAD TO GO CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN TO TEACH A FAMILY AND BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE WE WERE SOAKING! AFTER AN HOUR OF BEING THERE WE STOOD UP AND THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF WATER IN OUR SEATS! LOL! GLAD WE SAT ON PLASTIC CHAIRS! AFTER WE WENT TO A MEMBERS HOUSE AND MADE BALIADAS! MY FAVORITE! SPENCER PULLED OUT HIS HUGE FLAG AND WE TOOK PICTURES! IT WAS A FUN NIGHT ! LATER THAT NIGHT I WATCHED ANOTHER CHURCH MOVIE CALLED CHARLIE, IT WAS REALLY SAD! IT WAS THE STORY OF A GIRL FALLING IN LOVE AND CHANGING HER LIFE WITH THE HELP OF THE GOSPEL IN HER LIFE! WHILE WE WATCHED IT, I MADE A BROWNIE MIX THAT ELDER RODRIGUEZ GAVE TO US, BUT WE DON’T HAVE AN OVEN SO I COOKED IT ON THE STOVE TOP! IT WAS WORKING OUT GOOD, BUT THEN I GOT IMPATIENT AND TURNED UP THE HEAT AND BURNT THE BOTTOM! HNA V HAS NEVER HAD BROWNIES SO SHE THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD AND ATE ALMOST ALL OF IT! WEDNESDAY WAS THE DAY OF CHANGES AND WE GOT OUR JERSEYS THAT WE ORDERED WITH OUR NAMES! SO COOL! WITH OUR WHOLE ZONE! EVEN PICKED OUT MY NUMBERS AND I CHOSE NUMBER 1 SINCE I AM THE FIRST BRITTANY ANNE JONES HERE! LOl! WE WENT TO SEE CORTEZ FAMILY AGAIN! WE TALKED ABOUT MARRIAGE, SINCE THEY HAVE TO BE MARRIED TO BE BAPTIZED IF THEY ARE LIVING TOGETHER, WELL THEY HAVE 2 KIDS JUST NEVER DID THE LEGAL PART! WE PLANNED A DATE! IT WAS FUNNY MARLON SAYS I WAS THINKING A SPECIAL DATE WOULD BE NOV 15, I LOOKED AT THE CALANDER AND SAID THAT IS A TUESDAY? BEFORE I WAS GOING TO SERVE A MISSION I THOUGHT ABOUT THE 11^TH, IT’S A FRIDAY AND IT WOULD BE 11/11/2011 HE LOOKED AND ME AND DECIDED THAT WAS THE PERFECT DAY! I KNOW! LOL! WELL WE GOT HOME AND I WENT TO MAKE DINNER, THERE WAS CRUMBS ALL OVER THE KITCHEN I TOLD HERMANA THAT SHE NEEDED TO CLEAN UP AFTER SO WE DON’T GET BUGS WELL I LIFT UP OURSACK AND THERE WAS A HUGE COCKROACH! SO I GO TO SMUSH IT AND I MOVE THE BOX  CONTAINER THING THAT KEEPS ALL OUR FOOD SAFE AND THERE WAS 4 MORE BIG COCKROACHES! IT WAS SICK! I HAPPILY SMASHED THEM TOO! AND THEN I SPENT THE WHOLE NIGHT CLEANING THE KITCHEN AND SPRAYING ROACH KILLER! EWW I HATE BUGS IN MY SPACE!!! THURSDAY I WAS TOLD I LOOKED LIKE BONNIE TAYLOR, WHICH MADE ME LAUGH JOEY!!  SHE SINGS “TOTAL ECLIPSE OF MY HEART” I DON’T REMEMBER WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE I JUST TOLD DANIEL THANKS AND WENT ON TEACHING HIM ABOUT THE LAW OF CHASTITY! HAHA!  FRIDAY I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO DO SOME SERVICE! WE WENT TO SEE THIS FAMILY AND THE DAD WAS MUDDING HIS HOUSE, THEIR HOUSE IS MADE OF BAMBOO STACKED AND MUDDED TOGETHER, HE WAS FIXING IT AND I TOLD HIM I WAS THERE TO HELP, HE LAUGHED AND I TOLD HIM REALLY! I COULD DO IT! HE SAID IT IS ALL YOURS! I STARTED AND HE WAS SHOCKED HE JUST SAT THERE AND SAID WOW YOU REALLY CAN DO IT! I FINISHED AFTER ALMOST AND HOUR AND HE SAID I AM SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU COULDN’T DO IT, MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW HOW TO USE THESE TOOLS LET ALONE A WOMAN, BUT YOU KNEW EXACTLY HOW TO HANDLE THEM, DO I HAVE TO PAY YOU FOR YOUR WORK? HE ASKED! I LAUGHED NO, FINALLY SOMEONE WILL LET ME SERVE THEM! HE SAYS WELL I WONT PAY YOU FOR TODAY BUT CAN I HIRE YOU? I JUST LAUGHED AGAIN AND TOLD HIM I ALREADY HAVE A FULL TIME JOB SERVING THE LORD AND HE IS THE BEST BOSS BUT MAYBE IN A YEAR WHEN I FINISH MY MISSION! LOL! SATURDAY SUCKED! OK NO BAD WORD BUT REALLY NOT A GOOD DAY! STILL POURING LIKE ALL WEEK! WE WENT TO GO VISIT LIKE NORMAL, WALKING DOWN THIS HILL HNA SLIPS HER FEET FLY OUT FROM UNDER HER AND HER SHOES EVEN GO FLYING OFF! I RUSHED TO HELP HER BUT COULD NOT HELP TO CHUCKLE A LITTLE AS I WENT TO GET HER SHOES! SO NOT EVEN AN HOUR LATER, THIS TIME WE ARE WALKING UP A HILL AND I TAKE A STEP AND MY FOOT GOES FLYING UNDER ME, MY KNEE IS SHREDDED! IT IS SICK! BUT THE WORST PART IS THIS HUGE GROUP OF PEOPLE SAW ME, I JUST STOOD UP BRUSHED OFF MY KNEE FROM ALL THE DIRT AND LEAVES AND AS I WALKED BY I TOLD THEM HOW MUCH I LOVE THE RAIN! WE ALL JUST LAUGHED! THAT IS WHAT I GET FOR LAUGHING AT HNA! SATURDAY NIGHT WE WERE TOLD WE HAD TO GET AN EMERGENCY BAG BUT TOGETHER, IT IS SCARING ALL THE PEOPLE BUT I AM NOT WORRIED AT ALL. I JUST HOPE WE DON’T HAVE ANY DEATHS WITH ALL THE FALLING HOUSES. SUNDAY WAS GREAT WE ONLY HAD ONE HOUR OF CHURCH BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, SO WE DIDN’T HAVE TO BE TO CHURCH UNTIL 10 WHICH GAVE ME PLENTY OF TIME TO FINISH MY TALK…AFTER SPENDING 3 DAYS GETTING MY TALK PERFECT, I GET TO CHURCH, SITTING UP ON THE STAND AND THE BISHOP GETS UP TO TALK, HE TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER AND HOW WE NEED TO GET PREPARED FOR ANYTHING THEN SAYS I WILL BE TALKING FIRST AFTER WE PASS THE SACRAMENT…WELL WHEN HE SAID THAT I GOT THIS HUGE KNOT IN MY STOMACH AND I KNEW THAT THE TALK THAT I SPENT PERFECTING WAS NOT THE TALK I WAS SUPPOSE TO GIVE TODAY! IT WAS THE WORST FEELING I WAS SO NERVOUS, WHAT AM I GOING TO TALK ON, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE PREPARED ALL MY NOTES IN MY FOLDER ARE IN ENGLISH! BUT THE SPIRIT KEPT ON TELLING ME NOT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I HAD PLANNED!! I STARTED PLEADING IN MY HEAD, PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME CHANGE MY TALK! I DON’T KNOW WHAT OR HOW TO GET UP AND GIVE A WHOLE TALK IN SPANISH WITH OUT ANY PREPRATION AND ONLY 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT WAS MY TURN WITH OUT EVEN KNOWING A SUBJECT! WELL I FOUND A PAPER OF NOTES I HAD FROM THE MTC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RECEIVING PERSONAL REVELATION, I HAD WRITEN IT ALL FOR ME AND I THOUGHT SOME HOW I COULD HARE THAT, IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE NORMALLY FOR MY TALKS I ONLY TAKE THE PAPER WITH MY TALK BUT THIS TIME I TOOK MY WHOLE BINDER! LUCKILY! A HUGE BLESSING! WELL I GET UP TO TALK AND AS I WALK I STILL DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT, I START TO TELL THEM THAT I AM NERVOUS BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND I COULD BARELY GET THAT OUT OF MY MOUTH! WELL AS SOON AS I SAY I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT PERSONAL REVELATION MY NERVES WENT AWAY, IT WAS LIKE AN ANSWER, YES THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT! IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE I COULD NEVER FULLY EXPLAIN IN WORDS! JUST AMAZING! THIS TALK WAS THE BEST THAT I HAVE EVER GIVEN I THINK EVEN IN ENGLISH TOO! WITH NO NOTES I TALKED FULLY FROM MY HEART AND I IT WAS GREAT!  AFTER CHURCH WE WENT TO SEE OUR NEW CONVERT  AND HER FAMILY WELL WITH HER DAUGHTER WHO IS 25 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MISSIONARY WORK, SHE TOLD US THAT SHE WANTS TO SERVE A MISSION! WE ARE GOING TO HAVE HER TALK WITH THE BISHOP SO SHE CAN START EVERYTHING! OH IT IS WAY PAST TIME TO GO!! I LOVE YOU ALL AND THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING!! XOXO!!! BRITTANY

10/10/2011

GOOD MORNING!!  UP SUPER EARLY THIS MORNING TO GO TAKE PAPER WORK TO THE ELDERS AT THE SUPER MARKET! THEN WE DECIDED TO BUY ALL OUR GROCERIES! WE DIDN’T HAVE TOO MUCH BECAUSE HNA VELASQUEZ IS LEAVING ME THIS WEEK! AFTER 4 ½ MONTHS WITH HER! IT IS SAD BUT I AM READY TO MEET SOMEONE NEW AND LEARN TO GET OVER THAT CHALLENGE OF GETTING TO KNOW ALL THE FAULTS OF A PERSON AS YOU REALIZE MORE OF YOUR OWN FAULTS! THIS WEEK WAS APSOLUTELY AMAZING! WHATS NEW RIGHT? I AM LOVING EL SALVADOR EACH WEEK MY SPANISH IS A LITTLE BETTER AND I HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENCE!  THIS MONDAY WE FOUND A NEW FAMILY, MARGARITA AND HER 2 BOYS, THEY JUST MOVED IN AND HAD WINDOWS INSTALLED INSIDE THE HOUSE FOR VENTS IN THE ROOMS WELL THE HOUSE IS BUILT OUT OF CEMENT SO WHEN THEY CUT OUT THE WHOLES CHUNKS OF CEMENT AND DUST WERE LEFT OVER ALL OF THEIR THINGS! THE PEOPLE DIDN’T PUT TARPS OR ANYTHING! AND OF COURSE THEY DON’T HAVE VACUMES! SO WE STARTED TO HELP THEM CLEANED FOR ALMOST 2 HOURS! I WAS COVERED IN DUST AND MY NOSE WAS FILLED WITH IT! IT WAS STILL A DISASTER WHEN WE LEFT BUT IT LOOKED A LOT BETTER! WHEN WE GOT HOME I MADE MASHPOTATOES OUT OF CAULIFLOWER, IT WAS REALLY GOOD I PUT SOME CHEESE IN IT TOO! SO RICO! YUMMY!  SO I HAVE TO SAY I HATE HAVING A GOOD DREAM AND THEN WAKING UP TO MY ALARM! I DREAMT THAT AUSTIN WAS IN MY MISSION AND WE WERE HERE IN EL SALVADOR BUT EVERYONE SPOKE ENGLISH! WHICH IS FUNNY CAUSE HNA ALWAYS IS TELLING ME THAT I TALK IN MY SLEEP….IN SPANISH!...DONT ASK CAUSE I REALLY DON’T KNOW! !! LOL! TUESDAY I COOKED LUNCH AND ANDREA THE BISHOPS DAUGHTER CAME TO EAT WITH US! SHE IS REALLY LIKE A SISTER! I LOVE HER! HER BROTHER IS SERVING RIGHT NOW IN CALIFORNIA! I THOUGHT I WAS LUCKY JUST HAVING TO LEARN SPANISH! WELL HIS MISSION HE HAD TO LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE, CHINESE ON TOP OF THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH HE ALREADY KNEW! CRAZY! SHE BROUGHT ME A BOOK MARK SHE MADE OUT OF AN AUSTIN CRACKER WRAPPER! I LAUGHED! SHE TOLD ME HOW SHE WAS EATING IT AND SHE REMEMBERED THAT MY BOYFRIENDS NAME IS AUSTIN! SO SHE WANTED TO SAVE IT FOR ME!! ONE OF OUR INVESTIGATORS DANIEL IS DOING GREAT! HE STOPPED DRINKING COFFEE, HE SAID THAT BEFORE WE TAUGHT HIM ABOUT THE WORD OF WISDOM HE NEVER KNEW THAT IT WAS BAD FOR OUR BODY! HE THEN SAID THAT IT HAS BEEN REALLY HARD WITH OUT COFFEE, THAT HE KNOWS HE WAS ADDICTED BACAUSE HE HAS HAD SOME REALLY BAD HEADACHES BUT THEY FINALLY STARTED TO GO AWAY AND HE SAYS HE DOESN’T NEED THE ENERGY FROM IT ANY MORE! WE ALSO HAD A SPECIAL PARTY WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSION! IT WAS JUST OUR ZONE! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! IT WAS FOR ALL OUR HARD WORK, WE TOOK 2 BUSES TO GET TO THEIR HOUSE, AND HAD TO WALK ABOUT 15 MINUTES BUT THEIR HOUSE IS BEAUTIFUL! WOW! I FELT LIKE I WAS IN THE STATES!  WE WERE TOLD TO BRING A TOWEL AND WE DIDN’T KNOW WHY, WELL PRESIDENT EXPLAINED THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO A SKIT AND THEY WERE GOING TO RECORD US! WE PUT THE TOWELS ON OUR HEADS AND AROUND OUR BODIES TO PREFORM NOAH AND THE ARK! OH MY! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! PRESIDENT AND HERMANA GLAZIER DRESSED UP TOO!! WE WERE DAUGHTERS OF NOAH AT FIRST AND THEM WE CHANGED AND WHERE ANIMALS GETTING ON THE ARK! ME AND HNA WERE KANGAROOS! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! AFTER WE GOT TO WATCH IT ALL TOGETHER! CAN NOT WAIT TO HAVE A COPY! WELL AFTER WE HAD DINNER! IT WAS YUMMY TACOS WITH NATURAL YOGURT FOR SOUR CREAM,  HOW SMART IS THAT! AND IT WAS SO AMAZINGLY GOOD!! AFTER DINNER WE PLAYED A FUN NAME GAME, EVERYONE SECRETLY WRITES DOWN A NAME, PASS THEM TOGETHER AND THE NAMES ARE READ OUT LOUD ONLY ONCE THEN WE GO AROUND AND TRY TO COLLECT A TEAM BY GUESSING EVERYONES SECRET NAMES! IT WAS A BLAST! SO AFTER OUR GAME WE MADE BANANA SPLITS! IT WAS SO FUNNY BECAUSE NONE OF THE LATINS KNEW HOW TO USE WHIP CREAM IN A CAN!  I STARTED TO HELP CLEAN UP THE PLATES AND PRES GOT ON TO ME SAYING THAT NO HERMANAS WILL CLEAN IN HIS HOUSE THAT IS THE JOB OF THE ELDERS! YEAH PRESIDENT! LOL! THEN AS WE WERE LEAVING HE GAVE US 2 BAGS EACH OF M&MS YUMMY! AND I ALSO LEARNED HOW TO TIE A TIE WITH MY HAND!! CAN NOT WAIT TO HAVE LITTLE BOYS THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO TEACH! IT WAS SO LATE BEFORE WE LEFT THAT WE ONLY HAD TIME TO GO VISIT ONE MORE FAMILY, WHEN WE GOT TO CORTEZ FAMILY THEY HAD THEIR NEPHEW OVER, HE IS ABOUT MY AGE BUT I WENT TO SHAKE HIS HAND AND HE PULLED ME IN FOR A KISS…NORMALLY YEAH THAT IS THE CULTURE AFTER THE FIRST TIME OF KNOWING EACH OTHER BUT I HAD NEVER MET HIM BEFORE AND ALMOST EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MISSIONARIES CAN NOT DO THAT! WOW! IT WAS SO AWKWARD AS I DODGED IT! WAY TOO FUNNY! AS HE STARTS APOLOGIZING I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN THAT ITS JUST A MISSION REGULATION! WOW! THURSDAT WAS MY 6 MONTHS IN MY MISSION! WHAT! I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT!! AND IT STARTED OFF GREAT WITH NO RUNNING WATER! WELL WE HAD A REUNION OF ALL THE MISSIONARIES IN OUR ZONE,  AND ELDER CHAVEZ HAD HIS MOM SEND ME A KEYCHAIN FROM GUATEMALA! OH! AND WE THEN WENT TO ADREAS HOUSE, I THOUGHT JUST TO SHOW ELDERS WHERE THEY LIVE BUT TURNS OUT THEY PLANNED A LUNCH JUST FOR ME! IT WAS AMAZING! I SAT AND WATCHED A MOVIE WHILE THEY ALL COOKED FOR ME! IT WAS SUCH A TREAT!!  THEN THAT NIGHT WE HAD PUPUSAS WITH THE CORTEZ FAMILY! AN AMAZING DAY!! FRIDAY HNA DINORAH WAS BAPTIZED, IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING BAPTISM I HAVE NEVER FELT THE SPIRIT SO MUCH! WE WERE ALL CRYING!  HNA MADE BALIADAS IN THE MORNING AND I MADE ONE OF MY SPECIAL DESSERT BALIADAS WITH CREAM CHEESE AND JAM! AND I TOOK IT TO HNO NELSON FOR ALL HIS HELP VISITING WITH US THIS WEEK! WELL HE LOVED IT AND SAID THAT I NEEDED TO MAKE A REALLY GOOD NAME FOR MY CREATION! LOL! SATURDAY I FOUND OUT THAT CATS HERE DON’T BRING HOME RATS THEY BRING HOME LIZARDS! LOl! SICK!! IT WAS THE FIRST DAY I HAD SEEN 3 GROWN MEN CRY! IT WAS AMAZING! THE PEOPLE DOWN HERE ARE JUST SO ABSOLUTELY HUMBLE! IT IS THE MOST SPIRITUAL TIME OF MY LIFE JUST WATCHING HOW THE TESTIMONY I HAVE CAN CHANGE THE LIVES OF SO MANY!  YESTERDAY A FAMILY ASKED US TO PRAY FOR THEIR FATHER WHO PAST AWAY A YEAR AGO, TO MAKE SURE HIS SOUL GOT TO HEAVEN, IT WAS SAD THAT THEY DON’T KNOW THE PLAN THAT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER HAS FOR US! LATER WE WENT TO SEE HNO ALEX HE TOLD US THAT ANTS ARE NATURAL INSECT REPELLANT, TO LET THEM CRAWL ON YOU AND SMUSH THEM ON YOUR ARMS! SICK! HAHA! THAT WAS MY WEEK! HOPE IT MAKES SENSE I KNOW IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE! BUT NOT A LOT OF TIME TO WRITE TODAY! GOING TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN WITH SOME ELDERS TO EAT PUPUSAS! WOOT!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!! HASTA LUEGO! BRITTANY

9/26/2011

ANOTHER WEEK IN EL SALVADOR!! SO WE FOUND OUT FOR SURE THAT HNA VELÁSQUEZ IS TRANSFERING ON THE 12^TH OF OCTOBER!  WE KNEW IT WAS COMING THE TIME WITH HER HAS BEEN TOO GOOD!! CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE HOW I WILL GET ALONG WITH MY NEW COMPANION AND WHO IT WILL BE!! IT SURE MAKES LIFE EXCITING!!

SO THIS WEEK WE SAW ANOTHER MIRACLE! HNA DINORAH HAS BEEN RECEIVING MISSIONARIES FOR 15 YEARS, WE FOUND HER MY FIRST MONTH HERE AND HAVE BEEN TEACHING HER EVER SINCE, SHE LOVES EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CHURCH! BUT SHE HAS A BACKGROUND OF ANOTHER RELIGION, SHE DID NOT WANT TO CHANGE HER CUSTOMS. WE DID NOT GO TO HERE HOUSE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS WHEN WE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM HER ASKING US TO COME VISIT HER, WHEN WE WENT TO HER HOUSE SHE TOLD US THAT SHE FEELS LIKE SHE IS MISSING SOMETHING IN HER LIFE, SHE PRAYED AND JUST DOESN’T KNOW WHAT IT IS, WELL THEN SHE STARTED TELLING US HOW SHE IS ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT US AND ABOUT GOING TO CHURCH WITH US, WELL SHE TOLD US SHE IS ALWAYS PRAYING AND WE TOLD HER WE WOULD COME BACK LATER IN THE WEEK, WHEN WE CAME BACK SHE SAID SHE GOT AN ANSWER THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE BAPTIZED! THAT SHE KNEW SHE WAS MISSING THE FULL GOSPEL IN HER LIFE! I ABOUT CRIED IN 2 WEEKS OCT 6^TH!  MY 6^TH MONTH MARK IN MY MISSION! DURING COMP STUDY HNA SHARED HER THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ATONEMENT OF JESUS CHRIST, SHE ASKED ME WHY JESUS CHRIST WENT TO GETHSAMANI? WELL LOOK UP WHERE IT IS AND JUST THINK ABOUT THE PROCESS OF GETTING OLIVE OIL!  WE HAD A ZONE MEETING THIS WEEK AND ONE OF THE NEW ELDERS FROM UTAH TOLD ME HE LIKED MY SOUTHERN ACCENT…MAN I REALLY DO HAVE A TWANG! LOL! WE PLAYED A FUN GAME AND I WON COOKIES CAUSE I NEVER GOT OUT! WOOT!! I TALKED WITH ELDER RODRIGUEZ, HE´S FROM HERE, WELL HIS FAVORITE BBALL PLAYER IS KOLBY, REALLY?? I TOLD HIM I COULDN’T TALK TO HIM ANYMORE IF HE REALLY LIKES HIM!! LOL!! WELL I GOT SOME LITTLE CHILIES FROM AN INVESTIGATOR AND I THREW THEM IN MY SPAGHETTI THIS WEEK, I DID NOT THINK THEY WERE SO HOT AND I TOOK A WHOLE ONE AND THREW IT IN MY MOUTH! BAD IDEA!! MY MOUTH WAS ON FIRE!! OH MY!! I DID EVERYTHING AND MY EYERS WHERE WATERING LIKE CRAZY!!! WE STARTED TEACHING ENGLISH IN  THE CHURCH FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LEARN, IT HAS BEEN GREAT AND PEOPLE REALLY RESPECT ME FOR LEARNING SPANISH SO FAST! WE HAVE SO MANY INVESTIGATORS THAT SPEAK ENGLISH TOO!! A NEW ONE ALEXANDER JUST MOVED BACK FROM CALI SEEMS LIKE ALL THE ILLEGALS ARE IN LOS ANGELES OR IN HOUSTON BUT ANYWAYS HE TOLD US THAT IF WE HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE GUYS IN THE NEIGHBOR HOOD HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM FOR US! IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY! I ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO IF WE DID? LOL! HE SAID JUST TALK TO THEM I AM FRIENDS WITH ALMOST ALL OF THEM, I LAUGHED CAUSE HE SAID IT LIKE HE WAS GOING TO BEAT THEM UP! WE HAD OUR INTERVIEWS WITH PRESIDENT THIS WEEK HE ASKED ME TO SAY THE OPENING PRAYER AND WHEN I FINISHED, I LOOKED UP AND HE WAS IN TEARS, TELLING ME THAT IS ALL HE NEEDED, THAT HE KNOWS HE DOESN’T HAVE TO INTERVIEW ME…SO THEN HE ASKED ME WHAT HE COULD DO FOR ME TO HELP ME IN MY MISSION, I TOLD HIM HONESTLY NOTHING! HE THEN TOLD ME A QUOTE THAT BASICALLY SAID THAT I AM HIGH YEILD WITH LOW MANTINENCE, HE THEN GOES ON TO EXPLAIN THAT HE KNOWS I AM JUST STARTING MY MISSION BUT HE WISHED I KNEW HOW AMAZING I AM THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE THE BEST LIFE FROM MY MISSION EXPERIENCES BECAUSE OF MY ATTITUDE. WE WERE BOTH IN TEARS BY THE END OF IT! IT WAS AMAZING! THEN THE ASSISTANTS OF THE PRESIDENT DROVE US HOME WHICH WAS NICE NOT HAVING TO TAKE A 30 MINUTE BUS RIDE! AND IT WAS SO NICE BEING IN A CAR AGAIN! I SURE DO MISS SOMETHINGS!! LAST NIGHT I TAUGHT A GREAT LESSON ABOUT FAITH AND REPENTANCE WITH SMORES! IT WAS AN AMAZING ACTIVITY LESSON I HAVE TO SAY!! LOl!! THEY HAD NEVER HAD SMORES IN THERE LIVES!! OH MY!!! THAT IS ABOUT ALL THIS WEEK!! GENERAL CONFERENCE IS NEXT WEEK!! WOW!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!

9/19/2011

WHAT AN AMAZING WEEK!!!! OK ALL MY WEEKS HERE IN EL SALVADOR ARE AMAZING!! IT HAS BEEN POURING CATS AND DOGS ALL WEEK!!! TRYING TO DRY ALL MY CLOTHES HAS BEEN A DISASTER!! NORMALLY IT JUST RAINS IN THE NIGHT BUT THIS WEEK IT POURS ON AND OFF ALL DAY LONG!! HERMANA SOPHIA THE SISTER WHO WASHES OUR TOWELS AND SHEETS SAID THAT A TROPICAL STORM IS COMING THROUGH! THIS WEEK WE HAD FAMILY HOME EVENING WITH A NEW CONVERT HERMANA RUTH AND HER DAUGHTER LAURA I MADE POP CORN ON THE STOVE AND WE WATCHED A MOVIE! THEY DIDNT KNOW YOU COULD MAKE POPCORN LIKE THAT! IT WAS FUNNY AS THE WATCHED IT POP THEY STOOD OVER THE STOVE IN EXCITEMENT! LOL!! WE ALSO HAD A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ONE OF THE ELDERS THIS WEEK, ELDER FLORES, HE IS THE ONLY ONE FROM HIS FAMILY WHO IS A MEMBER AND NONE OF HIS FAMILY WRITES HIM AND HE WAS GETTING REALLY SAD, SO WE HAD TO REMIND HIM THAT WE´RE HIS FAMILY TOO!! IT WAS FUN WE WENT TO THE CHURCH EARLY AND DECORATED AND MADE BALIADAS SINCE HE IS FROM HONDURAS TOO!! ELDER WILLIAMS BOUGHT A HUGE CAKE AND THEM LIKE 6 OTHER BIG PASTERIES! OH MAN! WITH THE BALIADAS WE WERE ALL STUFFED!!!! OH FUNNY STORY! WE PASSED SOME GUYS ON THE STREET, WE SAID HELLO THEY SAID HELLO AS THEY SAT AND STARED AT US, THEN ONE LEANS OVER TO THE OTHERS AND SAYS WE SHOULD BE MORMON! LOL! IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY! I DONT THINK THEY KNEW WE HEARD!!! I WANTED TO GO BACK AND TELL THEM WE WILL TEACH THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW!! BUT WE WERE LATE SO WE JUST KEPT WALKING! WE FOUND A NEW INVESTIGATOR!! IN THIS AWESOME HUGE HIDDEN HOUSE!! IT IS APSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! WE PASS IT ALL THE TIME AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST A GARDEN! BUT NO! INSIDE THE GARDEN IS THIS HUGE HOUSE!! SHE HAS A MONKEY FOR A PET ALONG WITH GEESE AND PARROTS AND CATS AND TURTLES AND DOGS! 2 OF HER DOGS ARE WEINER DOGS AND THEY JUST HAD PUPPIES!! THEY ARE SO CUTE!!! BOTH HER PARENTS ARE LAWYERS SO GO FIGURE!! ALOT DIFFERENT THAT ANY OTHER PERSON HERE! I DONT KNOW WHY THEY ARE LIVING IN OUR AREA, BECAUSE IT IS SO POOR! WE ALSO FOUND 2 MORE INVESTIGATORS THIS WEEK WHO SPEAK ENGLISH!! LOL!! ALEXANDER JUST MOVED BACK FROM CALIFORNIA AND IS GOING TO SCHOOL DOWN HERE CAUSE IT IS CHEAPER! THEN CATHY, HER HUSBAND IS IN THE US AIR FORCE AND IS STATIONED DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW! BUT SHE IS ORIGALLY FROM HERE! WHICH IS PRETTY AWESOME! ONE INVESTIGATOR AMANDA IS HAVING SOME EXTREME ABUSIVE PROBLEMS WITH HER BABY DADDY IF I CAN SAY THAT, HER DAUGHTER IS 11 THEY ARE SO AMAZING! WELL HER DAD LIVES IN THE SAME APARTMENT COMPLEX AND ONE DAY THIS WEEK HE STARTED TO BEAT HER AND SHE SCREAMED FOR HER DAD AND ONE OF HIS NEIGHBORS TOLD HIM HIS DAUGHTER WAS SCREAMING FOR HIM, HE WENT RUNNING INTO THE APARTMENT WHERE THEY WERE WITH A MACHETTE I THINK THAT IS SPELLED RIGHT, THOSE LONG KNIFE SWORD THINGS THEY USE IN MOVIES TO CUT DOWN TREES IN THE FORESTS….WELL HE WACKED HIM IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND CUT IT OPEN BAD! WELL THANKFULLY THE GOVERMENT AND LAWS DONT MATTER DOWN HERE, HER DAD TURNED HIMSELF IN AND ONLY HAD TO STAY IN JAIL FOR 72 HOURS!! AMANDA TOOK HER DAUGHTER TO HER MOMS AND THEY ARE NOW LIVING THERE! SAD WE WILL PROBABLY NEVER GET TO SEE THEM AGAIN!! BUT I AM GLAD SHE IS NO LONGER WITH THAT PIG!

MY DISEASE….RING WORM! I HAVE A NASTY RING ON MY FOOT BUT NOW THAT I HAVE SOME STRONG MEDECINE IT IS STARTING TO GO AWAY! THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER IS INDIPENDENCE DAY FOR CENTRAL AMERICA ALL WEEK THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FIREWORKS THE HUGE ONES BUT WHEN WE WENT RUNNING IN THE MORNING THEY WERE DOING IT AT 7 AM!! OH MY!!! SO THIS WEEK A LADY AND HER HUSBAND WERE WALKING DOWN THE STREET THEY HAD A NEW BORN BABY 3 MONTHS, SHE WAS SO CUTE I TOLD HER MOM AND SHE ASKED IF I WANTED TO HOLD HER, YES! WE CONTINUED WALKING DOWN THE STEET AND AFTER I GAVE HER BACK I TOLD HNA V I COULD NOT BELIEVE SHE JUST GAVE ME HER BABY, SHE SAID T IS BECAUSE I HAVE STRONG EYES, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANT, SO I ASKED HER TO EXPLAIN, I GUESS WHEN YOU HAVE A LITTLE BABY AND YOU FIND SOMEONE THAT HAS POWER IN THEIR EYES IT IS GOOD FOR THIS STRANGER TO HOLD YOUR BABY…YEAH CRAZY BUT HNA VELASQUEZ SAID THAT IT REALLY IS TRUE, THE BABIES ARE BLESSED WITH ALOT OF THINGS IN THEIR LIVE IF THEY ARE HELD BY A PERSON WITH STRONG EYES! LOL!! MY KIDS WILL BE BLESSED BABIES!! LOL! SO HNA DINORA MADE ME A NEW SKIRT AND BLOUSE AND ANOTHER DRESS! THEY ARE SO CUTE!! SHE TOLD ME THAT I NEED TO SKEEP IN TOUCH WHERE EVER I AM IN EL SALVADOR BEFORE I LEAVE SHE IS GOING TO MAKE ME A NEW DRESS TO GO HOME IN!! I LOVE HER!! SHE IS SO TALENTED!!! OH HNA GALVAS WAS LOOKING AT MY PICTURES SHE TOLD ME MY “BROTHER” IS HANDSOME BUT I LOOKED AT THE PHOTO AND SAW IT WAS AUSTIN, I SAID “NO EL ES MI NOVIO”,  WELL SHE SAYS YES YOUR BROTHER….I THEN REALIZED SHE THOUGHT BROTHER IN ENGLISH WAS BOYFRIEND! Lol!! I EXPLAINED AND THEN SHE TOLD ME THAT MY BOYFRIEND IS HANDSOME! HAHA!! WE HAD TO TEACH A CLASS IN CHURCH THIS SUNDAY FOR EVERYONE! IT WAS SO GOOD! I WAS SO PROUD OF MYSELF! EACH WEEK A LITTLE MORE SPANISH!! SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE WENT TO CONTACT PEOPLE AND WE FOUND A FAMILY, THE DAD IS BLIND, HE IS ONLY ABOUT 35 IT WAS SAID BUT I GUESS IT WAS FROM A WAR HERE IN EL SALVADOR ABOUT 16 YEARS AGO! HE IS SO FILLED WITH LOVE THOUGH! IT IS JUST INSPIRATIONAL!! THEN WE FOUND A FAMILY THAT HAS A ROPE SWING ON THE FRONT OF THERE HOUSE!! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!! THEIR KIDS ARE LIKE MONKEYS BUT I DIDNT TRY ANY OF THEIR STUNTS, I MEAN COME ON I AM IN A SKIRT…LOL! NO I WISH I COULD DO HALF THE THINGS THEY CAN! WOW!! K TIME TO GO!! BUT I SEND ALL MY LOVE!!! HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING GOOD!! I MISS AND LOVE YOU ALL!! THANKS FOR THE STORIES THIS WEEK!! LOVE THEM!!

HASTA APROXIMO LUNES! CHOW!!

XOXOXO HERMANA BRITTANY JONES

9/12/2011

GOOD MORNING!!! WHAT A WEEK!!! I COULD SAY THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEK!!! EL SALVADOR IS DEFINITELY TREATING ME WELL!!! EVERYONE ASKS ME IF I WILL MOVE BACK AFTER MY MISSION…SO LET ME CLARIFY…I LOVE EL SALVADOR AND WOULD NOT WANT TO SERVE ANYWHERE ELSE ON MY MISSION BUT NO I WILL NOT LIVE HERE! YA NO! LOL! ANYWAY I AM SUPER HAPPY BECAUSE I JUST GOT TO SPEND THE LAST 40 MINUTES TALKING OK EMAILING BACK AND FORTH WITH AUSTIN!! OH IT MAKES ME SO UNBELIEVABLLY HAPPY!! OK NOW I HAVE TO THINK OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK BEFORE I FORGET!!! THE DAYS HERE LITERALLY SMASH INTO ONE! THANK GOODNESS I AM KEEPING A VERY DETAILED JOURNAL!! I HAVE ALREADY USED ONE WHOLE JOURNAL AND NOW AM ALMOST THROUGH MY SECOND!! VERY THANKFUL FOR THE JOURNALS I WAS GIVEN BEFORE I LEFT!!!

MONDAY  WE WENT AND DID OUR GROCERY SHOPPING LIKE NORMAL AND I BOUGHT A CHOCOBANANO!! YUM!! BUT THIS ONE WAS HUGE!!! LIKE 2 BANANAS ALMOST!!! OF COURSE I TOOK A PHOTO!! I WILL FORWAD THAT TOO!!

K SO I DON’T WANT ANYONE TO WORRY! I AM NOT SUPPOSE TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WOULD WORRY MY FAMILY BUT I THINK IT IS CRAZY!! SO I TOLD YOU THAT A MAN WAS MURDERED LAST MONTH, THIS MONDAY WE ARE WALKING HOME AND WE STOP TO TALK TO OUR BREAD LADY, SHE TELLS US THAT WE JUST MISSED A MURDER…WHAT!! ON THE STREET ABOVE OURS LESS THAN AN HOUR BEFORE WE GOT HOPE!! THEY SMASHED THIS GUYS HEAD WITH A GIANT ROCK!! WELL TURNS OUR THE 1^ST GUY WAS HIS BROTHER AND THEY WERE IN THE SAME GANG AND BOTH TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT… WHAT DID I LEARN FROM THIS…DON’T JOIN A GANG WHILE HERE…LOl!! BUT SAD THAT IS 2 FAMILIES WITH OUT THEIR DADS! 

TUESDAY WAS MY 5 MONTH MARK!! I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT!! WOW!!! WELL ELDER CHAVEZ MY ZONE LEADER BOUGHT ME A CHOCOLATÉ  AMERICANO! LOL! A MILKY WAY!! WHEN HE GAVE IT TO ME PRESIDENT GLAZIER WAS THERE AND HE ASKED ME FOR ONE I SAID THIS IS ALL I HAVE! THEN I ASKED HIM IF HE EVER SAW GOONIES!! NO HE HADNT WHAT A SHAME!! LOL!! BUT I EXPLAINED HOW THE BIG SCARY MAN BREAKS THE CANDYBAR IN HALF AND GIVES IT TO THE KID!! HE THEN ASKS ME IF HE IS THE BIG SCARY MAN!! HAHAHAHA!!! THEN I TRIED TO REVERSE OUT OF THAT ONE TELLING HIM THAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO OFFER HIM PART OF MY CANDY BAR NOT CALING HIM SCARY LOL!! HE IS LIKE A GIANT TEDDY BEAR!! LOL!! K 10 MORE MINUTES!! I CAN DO IT!! LOl!! MY NEW FAVORITE SNACK HERE IS FROZEN GRAPES!!! THEY ARE SO AMAZING AFTER A LONG HOT NASTY SWEATY STINKY DAY! LOL! SORRY LOTS OF LOLS! BUT I AM SO HAPPY! I CAN NOT WAIT TO TALK TO AUSTIN AGAIN! LOl! WEDNESDY WE WENT TO AN INVESTIGATORS HOUSE, DINORA, SHE IS THE ONE WHO MAKES MY DRESSES! YAY I LOVE HER!! BUT ANYWAY SHE WAS HAVING HER HOUSE PAINTED AND WHEN WE GOT INSIDE I MET A FAMILY FROM NEW YORK! THEY OWN THE HOUSE I GUESS AND THEY CAME DOWN TO FIX IT UP! THEY WENT AND BOUGHT US A BUNCH OF FRUIT AND RAW SUGAR CANES THEY WERE VERY INTERESTING, IT IS LITERALLY THE CANE AND YOU CHEW ON IT AND THE JUICE PART YOU SUCK OUT!! MMMM YEAH IT WAS GOOD!! BUT I HAD FUN TALKING WITH THEM, THEY HAVE LIVED IN NEW YARK FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND THEY KNEW ABOUT THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF THE PALMIRA PAGENT,  THEN ANOTHER INVESTIGATOR ALBERTO WORKS IN A CLOTHING FACTORY FOR ECHO AND AERO AND AMBERCROMBIE HE CAN BUY ANYTHING FROM THERE AND THE PRICES ARE FROM 1 -6 DOLLARS!! CRAZY!! HE SAID HE WILL HOOK ME UP WITH WHAT EVER I WANT BEFORE I GO HOME!! SWEET!! I LOVE HAVING FRIENDS!! AND HE IS GOING TO GET ME SOME DOLLAR TEES TO GO RUN IN!! I WAS LIKE WHAT THESE ARE ATLEAST 20 DOLLARS IN THE STATES!! NUTS!!!

THURSDAY WE HAD OUR DISTRICT MEETING AND I MADE FRENCH TOAST FOR ELDER CHAVEZ! HE WAS IN HEAVEN IT WAS SO FUNNY! I DID NOT THINK THEY WERE VERY GOOD THIS MORNING BECAUSE I BOUGHT DIFFERENT BREAD BUT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD EVER HAD FRENCH TOAST! HE TOLD ME I COULD MAKE HIM FRENCH TOAST WHEN EVER I WANT LOL!!

FRIDAY I WENT TO THE PHARMACY TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE THINK ON MY FOOT AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVBER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE! WHAT GREAT COMFORT IN ANOTHER COUNTRY WITH SOMETHING GROWING ON YOUR LEG! NO I THINK IT IS JUST A BUG BITE THAT GOT INFECTED BUT MY NURSE IS GOING TO LOOK AT IT TOMORROW!! I DIDN’T WANT TO TAKE ANY DRUGS FROM THE PHARMACY WITH OUT HER LOOKING AT IT!! HERE YOU DON’T NEED A PRESCRIPTION FOR ANYTHING, YOU CAN JUST BUY WHATEVER RUG YOU WANT!! CRAZY!!  SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ANYTHING!! LOl!!

SATURDAY WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE TO VISIT IT WAS CRAZY!! IN THE MORNING I HAD AN INVESTIGATOR TRY AND GET ME TO MARRY HER 18 YEAR OLD SON!! HAVE YOU SEEN THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN!! IF NOT!! YOU NEED TO!! IT IS JUST LIKE HERE!! PEOPLE ARE SO STRAIGHT AND FORWARD IT IS FUNNY!! BUT WE LITERALLY ONLY HAD TIME FOR A 5 MINUTE LUNCH! WE RAN TO THE HOUSE I GRABBED A TORTILLA AND AN APPLE AND WE RAN TO OUR NEXT VISIT! WOW!! TO TOP IT ALL OFF WE DID NOT GET HOME UNTIL 9!! WHY YOU ASK, WELL WE WENT TO GO SEE AMANDA A NEW INVESTIGATOR AND SHE HAS BEEN COMING TO CHURCH AND EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL…WELL SHE INFORMED US THAT HER NO GOOD MAN OF 13 YEARS WHO SHE HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER WITH, BEATS HER AND HE WORKS OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY ON AND OFF FOR MONTHS AT A TIME AND THINKS SHE IS CHEATING ON HIM AND IS THREATENING TO KILL HER! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE LOCO MEN, NO PIGS!! I FEEL SO BAD FOR HER, BUT WITH CONFLICTS LIKE THAT THE BISHOP DOESN’T WANT US GOING TO HER HOUSE TO TEACH HER!! ELDER WILLIAMS TOLD HNA V THAT I AM LOOSING WEIGHT FAST! IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD!! I KNOW I AM MY CLOTHES LOOK SILL ON ME THEY ALL ARE TOO BIG WHICH MAKES ME LOOK FUNNY!! SO ANYWAY BACK TO MY NIGHT I STAYED UP UNTIL 11:30 WRITING MY TALK!! BECAUSE YES SUNDAY I HAD ANOTHER TALK!! IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER VERY TIME BUT THIS TIME I CHOSE A STORY TO READ WITH MY TALK AND I GOT NERVOUS WHEN I STARTED TO READ IT CAUSE IT HAD SOME HUGE WORDS THAT I AM NOT USE TO SAYING AND SO  I READ IT REALLY FAST WHICH JUST MADE ME MESS UP ON THOSE WORDS!! BUT I WAS ABLE TO STAND THERE AND JUST EXPRESS MY HEART WHICH FELT AMAZING!!! EVERYONE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS GOOD!! I WISHED THAT IT WAS BETTER BUT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD FOR ONLY BEING HERE FOR 3 MONTHS!!

K I HAVE TO GO NOW BUT  BEFORE I WANT TO WISH UNCLE BRYAN A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM EL SALVADOR!! IHOPE YOUR FAMILY IS ALL DOING GREAT!! XOXO!!!

AND MY INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT!!

“ IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO…ASK HIM – HE WILL GLADLY TLL YOU!!!” JAMES 1:5

I THINK THAT IS ALL!! LOVE YOU ALL AND SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR LETTERS!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO BRITTANY

9/5/2011

TOMORROW IS MY 5 MONTH MARK!!! WOW!!! I CAN NOT BELIEVE HOW FAST THE TIME IS FLYING!!!!  THIS WEEK STARTED OUT GREAT!!! AFTER ALL OUR SHOPPING AND CLEANING  THE HOUSE WE WENT TO A MEMBERS HOUSE, SPENCER HE IS AWESOME!! HE LEARNED ENGLISH IN HIS MISSION IN PANAMA SO WE GET TO TALK ENGLISH!! WELL HS MOM ORDERED PIZZA FOR US! AND WE SAT AROUND AND TALKED ABOUT WHY WE SHOULD NOT WATCH SCARY MOVIES! IT WAS FUNNY I DON’T KNOW HOW WE STAYED ON THE SUBJECT FOR SO LONG! HIS LITTLE SISTER IS 14 AND WAS TELLING US OF ONE SHE WATCHED WITH CLOWNS! HAHA! IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT!! THEY STARTED TELLING ME THE GRINGITA HOW TO STAY SAFE IN THE BAD PARTS OF TOWN! ALL THE BASICS LIKE NOT CARRYING A LOT OF MONEY ON YOU AND JEWLERY THAT I DON’T WEAR LOL!! THEN HE WAS TELLING ME HOW I NEED TO MAKE A DOUBLE OF ALL MY PHOTOS INCASE MY CAMERA EVER GETS STOLEN OR MY MEMORY CARD! SO I GET HOME AND I GO TO TAKE OUT MY MEMORY CARDS THAT I HAD TRASFERED EVERYTHING OVER FROM THIS MORNING AND I CAN NOT FIND IT! I START TO FREAK OUT AND TAKE EVERYTHING OUT OF MY PACKPACK!! I COULD NOT FIND IT STILL!!! ALL THESE THOUGHS GO THROUGH MY HEAD WHERE I COULD HAVE LOST IT!! WE WENT TO DO PICTURES EARLIER AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WHEN I WENT TO PUT IT BACK IN MY BAG IT FELL OUT OR SOMETHING, I SAT DOWN ON MY BED AND SAID A LITTLE PRAY AND THEN I OPENED MY EYES AND THOUGH MY BAG OF BANANAS I BOUGHT EARLIER…I GO INTO THE KITCHEN OPEN UP THE BAG AND SURE ENOUGH IT IS AT THE BOTTOM!! IT WAS CRAZY! I WOULD HAVE NOT FOUND IT FOR AWHILE BECAUSE I HAD BOUGHT 20 BANANAS!  I KNOW THAT MY PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED, I HAVE THE STONGEST TESTIMONY THAT GOD HEARS ARE PRAYERS THAT HE IS WILLING TO HELP US, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS ASK HIM WITH A SINCERE HEART!  I LOVE THE DRINK MIXES MY MOM SENT ME!!! ME AND HNA V ALWAYS TEASE EACH OTHER WITH WHAT SABÓR TO MAKE TODAY! LOL!! TUESDAY WE WENT TO THE BISHOPS HOUSE FOR LUNCH! I MADE THEM SPAGETTI WITH JALAPEÑOS AGAIN! IT WAS SO GOOD!!! HNA HERNANDEZ DID NOT KNOW HOW TO MAKE SPAGETTI!! WHAT!! WE MET A YOUNG LADY 30 YEARS OLD! HNA BLANCO WHO WAS BAPTIZED WHEN SHE WAS 11 YEARS OLD, AFTER HER BABTISM SHE MOVED AND WENT TO THE CHURCH OF HER PARENTS, BUT WE KNOCKED ON HER DOOR AND SHE LET US IN SAYING SHE HAS BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT THE CHURCH SHE IS GOING TO NOW AND SHE REALLY WANTS TO BE A PART OUR CHURCH AGAIN HOW SHE MISSED IT! WELL WE STARTED TEACHING HER AND HER SISTER AND THEIR KIDS, THEY ARE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT EVERYTHING IT IS SO EXCITING!! WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS!! WE WERE GOING TO A INVESTIGATORS HOUSE AND WE WALKED PAST A LAY SELLING BREAD! SHE HAD A HUGE LOAF OF BREAD SHAPED LIKE LIZZARD! SO I BOUGHT IT! ONLY 25 CENTS!!! IT WAS SO GOOD TOO!!! SO ANYWAYS WE GET TO OUR INVESTIGATORS HOUSE AND THESE BOYS TELL US HOW THEY ARE GOING TO FRY US SOME COCKROACHES FOR ME!!!! GROSS!!! NO THANKS!!! I HOPE THEY WERE KIDDING WHEN THEY SAID THEY REALLY DO THAT!!! YUCK!!! WEDNESDAY WAS DAY OF CHANGES!! HNA V WAS UP AT 4:30 AM MAKING BALIADAS FOR THOSE THAT WERE CHANGING!  HNA NEWREN WAS CHANGED SO WHILE WE WAITED FOR THE NEW COMPANION FOR HNA HERRERA SHE CAME HOME WITH US! IT WAS FUN HAVING ANOTHER SISTER WITH US FOR A DAY!! WE ALSO FOUND A GIRL HEYSEL SHE IS 21 AND WE KNOCKED ON HER DOOR AND SHE LET US IN, WE TOLD HER HOW WE ARE HERE TO SHARE MORE ABOUTR JESUS CHRIST AND WE EXPLAINED HOW OUR CHURCH IS THE RESTORED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST AND SHE TOLD US WHAT SHE BELIEVED IN BUT SAID THERE IS NO CHURCH LIKE THAT, BUT EXACTLY WHAT SHE EXPLAINED IS OUR CHURCH!! WE ARE TEACHING HER AGAIN THIS WEEK! SHE TOLD US HOW COOLD SHE THOUGHT IT WAS WHAT WE DO, AS MISSIONARYS HELPING OTHERS HAVE A GREATER KNOWLEDGE OF OUR SAVIOR AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD LOVE TO DO IT!  I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HER GO ON A MISSION!! AFTER HER HOUSE WE WERE WALKING DOWN THE HILL OK REALLY THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND THERE WAS THESE LITTLE BOYS THEY EACH HAD AN EMPTY COKE BOTTLE AND A PIECE OF CARDBOARD…THEY PUT THE BOTTLE DOWN THEN CARDBOARD AND RODE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HILL!!! IT WAS SO FUNNY!! I WOULD NEED TWO BOTTLES FOR MY BUTT! LOL! BUT THAT WOULD BE SO MUCH FUN!! ALL WEEK A LITTLE EACH NIGHT I HAVE BEEN PUTTING AN EXAM TOGETHER FOR SPENCER HE WANTS A QUIZ FOR HIS ENGLISH SO HE CAN APPLY FOR A BETTER JOB! IT WAS SO HARD CAUSE MY ENGLISH IS SO BAD NOW!! LOl!!! I HAVE TO USE THE DICTIONARY ALL THE TIME TO LOOK UP WORD I CAN NOT REMEMBER IN ENGLISH BUT KNOW IN SPANISH! SAD! FRIDAY WE WERE WALKING DOWN THE STREET A LITTLE BEFORE NOON LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY WHEN WE WERE APPROACHED BY THIS WEIRD MAN HE WAS SO DRUNK AND HE WAS TELLING US HOW WE NEEDED TO SAVE HIM AND  HOW HE WAS SO GLAD TO FIND ANGELS LIKE US! WEIRDO! WELL WE TOLD HIM HE COULD COME TO CHURCH WE TOLD HIM NOT TO DRINK THAT IT WAS BAD FOR YOUR BODY AND HE TOLD US HE WOULD BE THERE SUNDAY AND WE WALKED AWAY HE BLESSED US! IT WAS FUNNY! WELL SUNDAYS COMES AND WHO WAS THERE…MIGUEL THE DRUNK! DRESSED IN A WHITE SHIRT AND SLACKS DIRTY AND HE TOLD US HE COULDN’T HELP BUT DRINK THAT MORNING TOO! BUT HE CAME AND STAYED FOR ALL 3 CLASSES IN CHURCH!! IT WAS SURPRIZING!! LATER THAT NIGHT WE GOT A CALL FROM ELDER WILLIAMS WHO SAID THAT HE MET OUR FRIEND MIGUEL IN THEIR AREA AND HE WAS EVEN DRUNKER BUT HE SAW THE ELDERS AND RAN UP TO THEM TELLING THEM WHAT HE LEARNED IN CHURCH!!! HAHA!! SATURDAY WE HAD A DATE WITH RAFAEL, HE WENT ALL OUT, ORDERED FOOD AND DESSERT! HE IS THE ONE THAT TOLD ME HE LIKE ME AND THEN I GOT TO TELL HIM THAT I HAVE AUSTIN! LOL! THEN HE TOLD ME THAT WE CAN JUST BE FRIENDS! HAHA!!  IT WAS A REALLY GOOD LUNCH! LATER WE MET SOME KDS IN THE STREET PLAYING SOCCER AND THEY ASKED US TO PLAY WE TOLD THEM TUESDAY WE WOULD COME TO PLAY  THEN THEY ASKED US WHERE WE WERE FROM I SAID ESTADOS UNIDOS THEY DID NOT BELEVE ME IT WAS SO FUNNY!!! THEN THEY ASKED ME IF I KNEW ENGLISH!! HAHA!! THEY HAD ME TALK TO THEM AND THEN TRASLATE WHAT I SAID!! LOl!!! ALL AND ALL IT WAS A FANTASTIC WEEK!! BEFORE I GO JUST A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO BROOKIE TURNED 3 THE 26^TH OF AUGUST, JAXON THE 3^RD OF SEPT MORGAN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! MY MOM AND DAD!! 32 YEARS TOGETHER SEPT 7^TH  !!!!!!  DAVID!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON THE 8^TH!!!!! AND ELSIE AND MARKO POLO! 2 YEARS ON THE 9^TH!!!!!! I LOVE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU LETTERS!!! BRITTANY OH AND MY INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT... LIVE A LIFE OF LOVE JUST AS CHRST LOVED US AND GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR US AS A FRAGRANT AFFERING AND SACRIFICE TO GOD...EPHESIANS 5:2

Inspiration

"None of us will become perfect in a day or a month or a year. We will not accomplish it in lifetime, but we can begin now, starting with our more obvious weaknesses and gradually converting them to strengths as we go forward with our lives. this quest may be a long one: in fact, it will be lifelong. It may be fraught with many mistakes, with falling down and getting back up again. And it will take much effort. But we must not sell ourselves short. We must make a little extra effort. We would be wise to kneel before our God in supplication. He will help us. He will bless us. He will comfort and sustain us. He will help us to do more, and be more, than we can ever accomplish or be on our own." 
— Gordon B. Hinckley

Pictures of Sister Brittany A. Jones serving in the El Salavador, San Salvador East Mission

Brittany and her Dad at the OKC airport - tough goodbye

Brittany entered the Provo, Utah MTC on April 6, 2011, in about three weeks she will travel to the Guatemala MTC for an additional six weeks before heading to El Salvador, San Salvador East Mission.

Big Brother Shaun and Britt

Friends Forever- Morgan, Britt, and Karen

Shaun, Britt, Candice, Chelsie, Mike, Jaxon, Myleigh, & Brooklyn

Rachel, Bishop Hawkley, Britt, & Mary Lou

Britt and Joey

Niece - Brooklyn Jones & Britt

Niece- Myleigh Lunnen & Britt

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Brittany at the Garden Restaurant overlooking Temple Square, SLC 4/4/11

El Salvador -

How to Contact Sister Brittany Jones

Email Service
http://www.dearelder.com/  Provides free letter delivery service to the Provo MTC and all pouch missions. You will need to set up a FREE account your first visit. Once logged in click on Write a letter at the top of the page then you will need to complete the list and choose her location BOX 283. While she is at the MTC choose Provo MTC from the drop down location list, letters will be printed and delivered daily. Her departure date is approximately April 27th. She will then travel to Guatemala MTC, so you will need to change her location from Provo to Guatemala. Once she arrives in El Salvador, choose El Salvador San Salvador East from the drop down location list, the letters will be printed and delivered weekly.

Mail Service
Sister Brittany Anne Jones
El Salvador San Salvador East Mission
POB 30150
Salt Lake City UT 84130-0150

PackagesSister Brittany Anne Jones
El Salvador San Salvador East Mission
Aparado Postal 3362
CP San Salvador, San Salvador
El Salvador