July 13 2015

What a Life it is to be here in Bolivia. A world away from my family and yet I couldn´t be more close to my Father in Heaven. I feel so happy everyday here and I can´t believe sometimes that time is going by so quickly. I sometimes imagine what it will be like to go home at the end of two years. I can´t even think about what it will be like. Sometimes it doesn´t even feel like it´s going to come at all. I feel like I have been in the mission my whole life, like I was born here and raised here. I obviously remember my home and family but it feels like a dream. Maybe that is a side effect of being away for so long without seeing them or hearing their voices. I really do miss them and love all of you. I am super happy to be in ``the service of my fellow being´´ and yet I ``am only in the service of my God´´. Mosiah 2:17. I actually feel like I am on a different plane of living like it says in Preach My Gospel. The setting apart can be taken literally as a setting apart from the world, to another plane of thinking and living. I am helping a lot of people come to know Christ and make covenants with Him. I have to tell the truth, it´s not all flowers and rainbows here, but I don´t think that I would want to be anywhere else. I am getting to know the words of God through His Holy Scriptures and through personal revelation. I am speaking without a single problem and I love the people. I am super excited to continue and push forward even with the end clearly in mind that I can´t stay here forever. If I could I would serve for a long time. I don´t know how much time that is but I feel like it would be the best time of my life. If you are thinking about serving a mission or you want to share the Gospel with a friend or a stranger, JUST DO IT. (Thank you NIKE) I love being here and even though it is difficult, there is no better place in the world. I love you all and I pray that the Lord will provide and protect you. I leave my testimony that I know that Jesus Is the Christ, the very Son of God. I am a representative of Him here in Tarija and I have been given power to preach repentance to all that I meet. I do my job with Love but I fear no man, or woman. And behold, I am called Elder Jones, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Sone of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people that they might have everlasting life. 3 Nephi 5:12 . I love my mission and I hope that you too can preach His word. With all my love