August 1, 2011

Well the weeks keep passing fast. This past week was not a great teaching week but when we did teach we had great success. Lulu's parents want a few more weeks before her baptism so her baptism has been pushed back until the end of August. We went by Erik and Lizeth and taught a great lesson. We asked them all the baptismal questions and they answered perfectly, they even told us that they are not married but want to be married so they can be baptized. They have a date for Aug 14th so hopefully we can get the marriage and all that good stuff done before then. They came to church and loved it, the kids enjoyed their classes and everything for them is looking up.

Monica is a less active who is starting to become more active. She is an awesome lady and we are teaching her 11 year old son who is unbaptized. He came to church yesterday with his mother and siblings and he loved primary, the kids took him in and showed him around. This kids is amazing, his mom has 3 kids besides him, 2 are babies and the kid (Alonzo) is always more than willing to help his mother out.

Yesterday after church we were running from appt to appt and it began to dump rain on us. We spent about 3 hours walking in the rain going from appt to appt. When we got home Elder Bowers and I both took warm showers because we were freezing.

Recently I have been trying to focus on my prayers and making them more personal. I have noticed a very strong difference between the spirit of my prayers when I make it personal and heartfelt and when I just ramble off some words because I am tired and want to go to bed. As I have slowed down my prayers and thought about my feelings, needs and blessings, I have been more emotional. I find myself tearing up in my prayers and sometimes I dont even know why, but my heart feels full. I know that our prayers have more power as we ponder and let the spirit guide our words. I heard someone say that you know when yours prayers are heartfelt because the spirit will guide your words and you may say things you were not expecting. It is so true! I love you all and pray that the Lord will guide and protect you.

Love,

Elder Jolly

P.S. Tansfers just happened and Elder Bowers and I are still together