The Lord Will Srenghten You in Your Time of Need

December 31, 2012

It was good to talk to you too. I’m glad to hear everyone is doing well! I was surprised when Ryan said he wanted to be a doctor! That’ll be so awesome! Ya it started to get really cold here too, its 29 outside right now!! Yes I got grandmas card, and grandma and grandpas too. I just haven’t sent out Christmas cards still. I like that clock, it looks good. Oh so as soon as I leave you get all the nice stuff? Well this was a weird week. The first couple days were Christmas so the work was slow, then Elder Segundo got sick so we didn’t do much either. We had three lessons though, that I had to teach with an elder from the other ward. I pretty much taught the whole thing because he was shy, that was a growing experience for me! It’s amazing how the lord will strengthen you in your time of need. But other than that it was just a good Christmas, surprisingly I’m not homesick at all. I’m really enjoying the work and the ward and just everything about my mission so far. I can’t believe I’ve already been out for over 2 months!! Well I love you all and I’ll talk to you next week.

Jordan

Another Missionary Miracle!

December 17, 2012

OH yay! I can’t wait to get the package, thank you so much! I sent you a Christmas card today, you’ll laugh. We will just call on Christmas from our cell phone. I don't know if we will get the chance to email next week, but if I do I do. It’s pretty cold.... I miss the desert. It’s been raining the past couple of days, like crazy hard, it’s weird that everything is cold and gray and wet... but I still love it here so don't worry! It hasn't snowed here in 2 years, but everyone keeps hoping for snow. I’m not getting transferred this time so I get Christmas with the most amazing ward! The family that gave me the greenie breakfast invited us over Christmas Morning for breakfast so I’ll have a good Christmas! Tyler is hilarious! That’s so cool that he’s going! I’m gonna miss all the family Christmas stuff, but I shouldn't be homesick in this ward, they all treat us like sons. I’m getting so fat with all the food that I’m eating here, the members feed us every night! I’m not so picky anymore. I’ve eaten salad, apple pie, all kinds of pasta, I never thought I could do it. Another missionary miracle! The work has been a little slow this week every one is out of town or busy with family and I was sick Wednesday and Thursday, I had a 24 hour flu thingy. Three elders in my district had the same thing. I’m better now though. Our one investigator who is the 13 year old has been going to church and to mutual and is loving the ward. We teach her on Friday and plan on inviting her to be baptized. Her less active uncle she is living with has been coming back too! We have been doing lots of less active work and sacrament attendance has really gone up. I love it out here and I love serving the lord! I hope y’all remember what Christmas is all about and really keep this season focused on Christ. Talk you y’all soon!

Jordan

I'm Loving It!

December 10, 2012

Your Jordan is still here, he’s just gotten a little more awesome! Ya that family is super nice, they are the ones we helped do insulation and dry wall for. It’s just my companion and I in our apartment, but our district lives really close. We have two wards in our building and each ward is an area. I am in the Goldsboro 1st ward and the other companionship is Goldsboro 2nd ward. We also have a set of spanish elders that serve in both wards. They open the spanish serving area in Goldsboro the same transfer I came out. Their goal is to make a spanish branch.  The Christmas tree, lights and stockings were just in our closet so we thru it up to be festive. It’s good to hear everyone getting ready to go and serve. Apparently this next transfer is going to be full of missionaries! This is the last week of this transfer. They shortened it because of Christmas. But since I’m being trained, it’s very unlikely for me to be transferred. President gave us permission to get our Christmas package sent to the apartment so they aren’t flooded with packages at the mission home. That Christmas ornament is awesome! Our one investigator who I said had pneumonia, I guess he almost died. He went to get the anesthesia before surgery and something went wrong and he had like a 2% chance of surviving. We haven’t got to teach him yet but he is recovering. Everything is going great out here and I’m loving it! Not much has happened, but hopefully soon big things will happen. Love ya, talk to ya next week.

Jordan

I'm Surprising Myself

December 3, 2012

 This week has been kind of slow. We taught 2 of our 5 investigators this week. The other three were sick. The one that’s grandmas age has health problems and canceled. The older gentleman had shoulder surgery and had complications with the anesthesia and got chemical pneumonia. And his daughter had her tonsils taken out. So not much teaching has happened. We did some more service for people in the ward and helped that less active man finish his deck. I’ve eaten more stuff that will blow your mind, I had chicken pot pie, vegetables and all. Then a family in our ward who is the coolest family invited us over for breakfast. And since I’m a "greenie" they died my entire breakfast green. I ate eggs, grits, sausage, bacon, everything. I’m surprising myself. This ward is awesome, and I’m having a great time.

Jordan

"Greenie" Breakfast

"Christmas in the life of a missionary in Goldsboro NC."