Elder
Jewkes and I had another busy week of exchanges this week. We started
in Portland. I was able to spend the evening with Elder Aguirre. He goes
home in a week. He has been a huge role model for me on my mission and I
am thankful was able to be companions with him. On Tuesday we were in
Vancouver. I got to spend the day with Elder Brown from Ririe, Idaho! It
was awesome! We talked mostly about Idaho all day long. I sure hope it
didn't make him homesick. :-) On Wednesday we were also in Vancouver. I
went with a brand new missionary who was pretty homesick. It was a tough
exchange, but I hope I was able to help him. We spent the weekend in a
city by Vancouver. It is about the size of Twin Falls. I actually have
never even been here until this transfer. It is the ugliest city I have
ever been to (and that includes Gooding, Idaho). There are a bunch of
paper mills so it smells really bad. It is a really impoverished area
and there are just a ton of drugs that go through there. However, it has
been the highest baptizing area this year. It was fun to go there and
do missionary work.
Thanksgiving
was awesome! Elder Jewkes and I didn't have an exchange so we went down
to Portland and street contacted for a while. That was a blast. Then we
had dinner with the Johnson's. They live pretty close to President
Taylor and Elder Brasher is pretty close with them so all four of us
tent over there. They are a cool family. Dinner was amazing and we had a
good time. Right after that, we headed to the Nord's He is in the stake
presidency in the Vancouver stake and I got to work with him for a
little while. I had a child's portion at dinner, because I was so full,
but it was amazing! It was a spiritual environment there and we talked
about what we are thankful for and we talked about he gospel. Then I was
humbled in a game of ping pong. President Nord's son smoked me! I will
have to practice more I guess.
I
have thought a lot about Doug and his family this week. President
Taylor didn't offer too much advice, haha. He pretty much said that he
was called for a reason and he should do whatever he think is is best.
He always says that the best way to do missionary work is your way done
best. That's about all I got from him. I have also thought a lot about
Hayden and Taylor. What a great opportunity for them to be in such a
great environment surrounded by a bunch of missionaries! That will keep
them on the path to serve a mission for sure. It will definitely be an
act of faith and trust in the prophet and apostles, but I know it will
work out for the best. I know that the next three years will be such an
amazing and spiritual experience for their family.
Thanks
for the update from home. I'm glad the hunting harvest was good.
Hopefully there are still a few animals around when I get home! Now it's
time to focus on ducks and geese until the end of the year. I'm also
glad that everybody had a good Thanksgiving and were able to spend time
with family. Thanks for sharing what you are grateful for.
The
scripture I ponderized last week was Isaiah 29:13-14. It is a scripture
about the restoration and I love it. I have bought about how we are
literally fulfilling scripture. We are all a part of the marvelous work!
Anyway, I haven't decided what scripture to ponderize this week.
Thanks
for everything! I love you all a lot. Could I get some contact solution
too? That would be great. I am really looking forward to the package,
but I am not looking forward to waiting until Christmas! HaHa. Thanks
for all of your love and support and I hope everybody has a great week. I
love you!
Love,
Jaxon
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