hey everyone! :) so this week was good!  it was super busy and crazy but thats just mission life for ya. It was Stake Conference and all the talks were amazing President Schrecengost is so awesome. (I dont know if I spelt his name right) but he is a great speaker! None of our investigators came to Stake conference wich was sad but theres always next week:) I am learning to play the piano cause my companion knows how so maybe I will come back being a musician.... jk wont happen but I am learning! its pretty sweet! I got to teach seminary and it was so awesome to be with people who seem more of my age... I feel really young here I dont know why! But they all seemed super pumped to go on missions and they got to ask us all the questions that everyone asks about missionary work. it was so fun:) 

 

I cant believe its already February! so crazy! I have been out 3 and a half months already and I feel the spirit more and more everyday. This week and all the lessons we have taught has been all focused on love and charity and I know that I talk alot about that in my emails but I cant even tell you how important it is to SHOW PEOPLE YOU LOVE THEM. charity is the pure love of chirst and it is the center of everything. in moroni 7:46-48 it talks all about that and President Porter told us to replace the word charity with atonement. it means the same thing. without the atonement we are nothing. without charity we are nothing. I love those scriptures. 

 

again I left my camera.........SORRY. 

 

 

Love you all. 

 

Sister Laurel Jones. <3 

 

p.s write letters if you can!:) 

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So I am getting transferred! so crazy! its a bit stressful and I am scared to leave Aurora but I know the big man upstairs has a plan! So if anyone is sending me anything send it to this address until I get my actual address next p day. 

PO box 11671
Cincinnati Ohio 45211

This week was really interesting. All of our investigators couldn't come to church and it was super sad but on Saturday we were looking at the less active members of our ward and a name stuck out to me so we drove like 40 minutes to his house!! and the whole time I was thinking man heavenly father I hope theres a reason we are going out in the middle of no where! So we got there and his brother answered the door and the member was at work..... so..... I was bummed. but we talked to his brother and his wife that are Baptist and we told them that we were singing in church the next day. and the wife asked what song and we told them "Come Thou Fount." so we said hey if you wanna come you guys are welcome to! We left and didn't think anything of it. then we hit up some other less actives that also live in the middle of no where and they haven't been since July but they were so nice:) we also invited them to church and thought nothing of it. then sunday comes around and both of the families that we met that day were there!! comes to show that one of the ladies favorite songs was come thou fount so that's why they came:)  SO COOL! I felt the spirit so strong and I didn't even care that I had to sing that day because those people were there. it was an awesome last Sunday here. I am so sad I am leaving everyone here I have made some awesome memories! And there is definitely more to come. love you all! also happy birthday to my dad on Thursday!!! 

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Hey everyone! This week was super busy we had Zone meeting and interviews with President and Sister Porter and then Stake conference! But. it was a great week too:) so spiritual and I learned so many new things. There was an experience on Friday that really stuck out to me. So every night we plan for what we are gonna do the next day and sometimes I just dont want to do it cause I am SO TIRED everyone who knows me well knows that I am so dang tired all the time. hahaha:) But that night we said a prayer to help us focus and plan with the spirit and I had a thought that we needed to go see one of our investigators in the morning but we usually go see her at night but she hasnt answered our texts the past weeks so we thought that was weird but you ALWAYS need to act on spiritual promptings no matter what they are. or how weird you think they are. So we went that next morning and she told us that the last night was one of her hardest nights ever and was bawling and was just really sad and she said thought "I could really use the sisters right now" But she said she felt bad that she wasnt answering us so she didnt call us. And then she said what a blessing you sisters showed up at my door at the exact moment I needed you. heavenly father really does listen to my prayers! :) 

That was just a reminder that Heavenly father is always there and knows us PERSONALLY!! he knows all of our weaknesses and our strengths. 

Transfers are next week! kinda crazy how time flies. it has most definetly been the HARDEST 3 months of my life. President Porter told me that the first night I was in Cincinnati and I didnt believe him but man he was right on the dot!! It has been so hard but so rewarding. What a blessing it is to be a missionary. 

I love you all. 

Sister Jones

P.s if you are gonna send me anything send it by tomorrow to my indiana address ! or if later send it to 

PO box 11671

Cincinnati Ohio 45211 

cause I dont know if I am gonna get transfered or not yet:) we shall see! 

LOVE YOU GUYS