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 11TH, 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
