Hello sa inyo lahat

This week was super good. Last Friday we had a service activity which was super cool. One of the Recent converts here, Brother Paje, lives farther away from the little town here in Quezon with his wife and son. Brother Paje is half American and Half Filipino. I thought he was from american when I met him cause he is white and looks like an american but he was born here and grew up here. He knows like 5 different languages and its funny when me and him talk to each other cause its like 2 Americans speaking Tagalog. Anyway his house really needed some work so Friday morning we got together with a bunch of members here and traveled to his home. All the elder rode in a trike. So there were like 7 people on 1 trike! It was way fun! The entire activity was a surprise so the Paje family didn't know about it. When we got there they were surprised. It was kinda like Extreme make over except we didn't destroy their home.We carried all the new supplies to their home and stared. We fixed the roof the walls and got a lot done. It was super fun and muddy since its the rainy season. My companion walked over to a tree and then suddenly he let out a loud scream and came running back towards us. We asked him what is was and he said it was a spider. Everyone was laughing super hard cause my companion is a pretty big guy and the spider scared him half to death so that was the joke of the day. Also our investigator I told you about this week just returned on Saturday night. Last night we were able to meet with them all again. The remembered everything we taught them and we also had an opportunity to give Joanna a blessing. She was the one involved int the crash. The family is all fine now. She is just still recovering from here accident. This family is really awesome and they are so prepared for the gospel. They will be baptized this October and I'm super excited for their baptism. 

Love you all

Elder Jones

Kumusta sa inyo lahat 

Life here in Quezon Palawan is going great. This week has been great. We are making some good progress and my companion and I are working great together. Since Elder Bernard is still new in the field I translate everything for him but he is doing great in his Tagalog and really learning a lot. One family who we are teaching the Alengasa family is doing so great. They have a baptismal goal for October 17. There is the mother and her 5 kids. This week we had an experience that I wasn't expecting.The Oldest daughter in the Alengasa was involved in a trike accident and was really hurt. Because of this accident we have been visiting the family pretty frequently. Last we heard she is OK now. This family tho is doing great. They have been reading the book of Mormon and praying as a family. Its been so cool to see the blessings they are receiving in their life and the joy of the gospel in their life. 

The work here is great tho. We have lots of great investigators and yesterday we had 18 investigators at church which was awesome. We have been talking to lots of new people and we have been teaching quite a bit. Everything is great here I love it! 

Love you all and have a great week!! Ingat Kayo

Love Elder Jones

Hello Jones Family

So I wasn't expecting to get transferred but I did. I back on Palawan after just a short period of time and so far its great. Our apartment here is a house and Its so big there are 5 rooms 2 bathrooms and an upstairs and basically 2 kitchens so we are only using like half of the house. We are also right by the ocean too! Its kinda like Coron but it also has its differences. So far I really like it here. I love working Palawan the people are so nice and its a lot quieter here. I haven't yet met all of our investigators but I have met many of them. Last Saturday we helped a Sister in the Branch prepare her talk and this Wednesday we will be helping a recent convert prepare a talk again. 

One of the investigators here is the Alingasa family who is made up of a Mother here 5 daughters and 1 son. The dad isn't really interested. Yesterday then all came to church expect the mother cause she had something going on but she promised us yesterday when we taught them that she would go. It was super cool to see how much they learned at church. They all shared things they learned with us and their mom was super happy to see them so happy. We invited them to be baptized on October 17 and all of them accepted and really wanted it. They are all reading the Book Of Mormon as a family several of them already have a testimony and they are doing great. Im 99% positive the will be baptized on October 17. So far the work has been great here. My companion is brand new he just finished his training so I'm his 2nd companion in the mission. His Name is Elder Bernard and he is from Samoa but lives in America. He is a really big guy but fearless and super kind and nice to everyone we meet. 

Things are great here so far I love it. 

Love you all take care

Elder Jones

Hey Family

So this morning I received a text message that again I will be transferring. I will be returning to Palawan but not Coron. I will transfer to Quezon Palawan and I have also be called to be the district leader there. I'm super excited to go but at the same time I'm not ready to leave here since I've only been here for 6 weeks! 

This week my companion, since he will be going home soon, had a finish strong meeting with all the other missionaries that will be going home. We had exchanges with the Zone leaders on that day since one of the zone leaders also went to that meeting. The other zone leader, Elder Antaran and I worked together in their area. It was very cool because some of their area is part of my first area so I was able to return and work in my first area. I was able to visit some of the people we taught and also some of the members that I knew there. It was such a cool experience to work again in my first area. Because of the exchanges and the meeting the work in our area was kinda slow. But we had some great success at the same time. 

Love you all! Have a great week

Elder Jones

This week has been great so far we had a couple of really good
experiences. One of our investigators that we taught yesterday after
church is an 18 year old boy named Edon. He is super great and he
always comes to church and does the things we invite him to do.
yesterday he opened up to us and explained that he really wants to
know if it is true and he wants to get baptized and received the
gospel in his life but her has many doubts still. But he told us that
he loves the church and all the people there and we wants the
happiness and the gospel in his life like everyone else at the church.
But he doesn't feel as if he has received his answer yet. As he was
telling us this he began to cry because he really wants to have the
gospel in his life but feels like there are things holding him back.
when he was talking I realized how lucky I was to have be born into
the gospel and have it in my life. And I also really felt the desire
to help him receive his answer. This coming Sunday he is going to fast
to receive his answer and we as well as to other members will be
fasting with him. I'm super excited for him! We also had a great OYM
experience. While walking down the street there was a guy sitting down
just as we passed him so we stopped at talked to him. He told us he
has been looking for the truth for some time and has been going to
very many different churches. We Immediately set an appointment and
taught him the next day. We taught him the restoration gave him a Book
of Mormon and everything that we taught him caught his attention
especially about Prophets and Apostles. He said the true church has to
have Prophets and Apostles. Then he told us he had a goal to find the
truth before the end of this year before 2016. It was such a miracle
and amazing experience. I'm confident that he will read, pray and
attend church.

Everything is great here. I had some fun here in the Internet shop
while Emailing. There was a bunch of kids here and one of them saw my
name tag and said Elder. So I answered. They were kind of surprised
that I spoke Tagalog so they starting quizzing me asking how many
fingers I have in Tagalog and how many hands. I answered correctly so
they were all giving me hi fives and saying "ang galing mo Kuya" which
is like your great and Kuya is a word for older brother with respect.
It was pretty cool. So they are all calling me Kuya now.

The work here is great right now. We are finding new investigators who
have a very sincere desire and many of our investigators are doing
great and with in the next month we will have several baptisms.
Mahal ko kayo lahat. Mag-ingat po kayo

Elder Jones

Hey family

This week was good we were super busy! We didn't have a ton of lessons but every lesson that we had was great. We have several investigators that are doing great the only problem is church attendance. One of our investigators was suppose to be baptized on September 12 but for some reason they weren't at church yesterday. We don't know why yet. So we will have to re extent a baptismal goal. This investigator tho is great! She is always reading and praying and so far is meeting all the requirements for baptism besides church as of now anyway since she usually is at church. Any way I'm sure she will be baptized in the future. I was actually thinking that this would be better for her since her mom and dad have baptismal goals in October. Her parents aren't yet married and her mother knows that it is true and we just started teaching the father. We invited them to be baptized on October 17. Another family that we are teaching is also doing great. I'm sure I mentioned the Benedicto family last week but they are still doing great. They are very sincere and they are really working on living the Word of Wisdom. They aren't buying or drinking coffee anymore and brother is really trying to stop smoking. We invited them and their 9 year old son to be baptized on October 3 and they all accepted. We also found out that their 7 year old son turns 8 in October as well so our goal is to have Brother Benedicto baptize him shortly after his own baptism. I'm really excited for this family and I cant wait to see them get baptized! We have also been trying to find a lot since we need more investigators but sometimes finding is the hardest part. Things are going great here tho and Im really looking forward to the several baptisms we will be having in the next few months. 

Love you all!! 

Elder Jones

So this week we had a good week. We had a zone conference last Tuesday which was great. I saw some of the missionaries who are in my old area. They made some changes there. My first district use to be 6 missionaries and 3 areas but now its only 4 missionaries and 2 areas. My first area got split and added onto the other 2 areas since the number of missionaries is going down right now. I talked with Elder Bell and Elder Packard who are both in Sta Cruz. Elder Packard and his companion have the upper part of my first area and Elder Bell and his companion have the lower part. They both tell me that all the kids there call them Elder Jones. Since I was still learning Tagalog there I spoke with all the kids and they all still remember me. That was pretty cool to hear but the best part was Sister Exyl (If you remember from my letters before) Is getting baptized soon and her husband Brother Jared is now super active in the church. They never miss church and they are always reading and praying. That was so cool to hear. My first companion and I started teaching her and Brother Jared was super inactive at then but now all of them or on the right path including brother Jared's two Kids. 

In our area we dont have a ton of investigators but we are split between 2 wards so the work here is a little different. One of our investigators that we are curently teaching is the Benedicto Family. Brother Benedicto is a large guy but extremly kind, caring, sincere and loves his family. He is currenty working to quit his habit of smoking and he is doing great. He really wants to quit. His wife is very nive as well and their family is amazing. They love to have us over and they read and pray. The only problem right now is sometimes they come to church. We are going to invite them to be baptized or re-extend a baptismal invitation. I think this September they will be baptized an entire family being baptized! Im very excited for that. Then at the end of October there second child turns 8 and can be baptized shortly after the parents and the oldest boy. 

Everything right now is great. Im getting the hang of the new area and we have some great investigators that we are teaching in our area. 
I miss you all! Have a great week! Love you!

Elder Jones