Week 89

This week was a bit difficult. We are working hard and doing everything we can, but people don't always receive us. We have some new ideas, so we will do a few tests and see what works better. 

Amanda is progressing; she went to church this week and she loved it. Her boyfriend (a less active returning member) is also beginning to kind of pull her ear about a few things like reading and praying about the Book of Mormon. 

We also have interviews with my president. We had a priesthood lesson about pornography and what we can do to protect our families. I thought about Brigham's program and I really hope that it keep progressing.

I am super excited for Mother's Day. I can't say an hour when I'll call yet, but you can count on 5:30 -6:00 pm here, so around 2 there. I will send you and email before I call.

It is good to see things progressing there and that Lauren's surgery went well and that the yard is going better.

Well, I will call you on Mother's Day and yes, I remember my Skype password, so no worries there.

Have a fantastic week and see you guys on Sunday.

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

Week 88

This week was good. We worked hard and are having some success. We are teaching some people, but nothing solid yet other than Amanda. 
We had a service project of painting on Saturday which was fun. And we found a woman named Elena who looks promising. Other than that, not much is going on. This week, we also have zone conference so I am looking forward to that; we will see what happens.

I am glad to see that everything is going well there and can't wait to see you guys on Mother's Day. I will start trying to figure something out here and when I have something solid, I will tell you.

So my president said that my release date will be July 15th, so I will have two weeks with the new president. All I know about him is that he is from North Carolina. I really wanted to be there for Hayden's wedding, but sorry, that is not going to happen.

So that's all for now; I know it's not much, but it's what I got for ya.

Have a great week and keep me up to date on things.

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

P.S.-my companion is from Fortalesa, Brazil. He had 1 year and 2 months on the mission. He is a great guy and we are getting along.

Week 87

So my week was good. We are having more success here and finding a lot of new people to teach. We have an investigator called Amanda who came to church and loved it. I also gave a talk in church about unity. I felt pretty good about it. I had a little hiccup this week which I will tell you about in another email. I am good just waiting to hear about the transfer that will happen tomorrow. My companion and I are good and we enjoyed this transfer even though the area is a bit difficult.

It is so good to hear that things are going well there with the pool house and Charlotte. I can't wait to see you guys on Mothers Day!!!!!!!

Well, that's all for now; not much. But I will have more to tell you next week, I promise.

Love you all soooooooo much and hope you all have a great week!!!!!!!

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

Week 86

So my week was good. We are working hard and things are going well. Sergio was at church and our lesson with Amanda was great. She said that she would come to family night tonight with our ward mission leader so we are excited to see how that goes. Other than that, nothing super exciting is happening. 
We had the opportunity to teach a Native American which was cool, but it was also the most difficult thing I have tried to do. It was amazing to see her innocence and their (her 5 year old daughter's) sincerity; it was amazing.

It is cool to see how things are going there. Keep me up to date on things. When I receive my travel plans, I will let you know, but I think that it won't come until my final weeks here. We will just have to see.

I love you all sooooooooo much and hope you all have a great week!!!!!!!

Sincerely,
Elder Jardine

Week 85

So my week was good. We had zone conference which was cool and we were able to work hard for the rest of the week. 

I loved General Conference!!! I was able to watch all the sessions and enjoyed every minute. The solemn assembly was fantastic. I felt really good sustaining our new prophet and thoroughly enjoyed the talks and announcements he made!!! 

As for a favorite talk, I can't choose one yet so we will see. And everyone was suuuuuper happy about the new Brazilian apostle and if you noticed, one of the Seventies had the name of Martins; he is from my mission so that was also exciting.

The new temple announcements were also surprising, especially about the one in India (does India already have a temple or not?) and Russia. So that just goes to show that the Lord's work is progressing and now faster than ever.

I am good here. We are all getting along and doing all that we can so we hope to see the work progressing here.

I am glad to see that all is well there and keep me up-to-date on things.

Love you all soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much and hope you all have a great week!!!!

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

Week 84

So, our week was good. We worked hard and did our best, but unfortunately, we didn't have much success. We weren't able to teach Amanda, but Sergio (her future husband-member -returned missionary-returning back to church) started the process, so fingers crossed that all goes well. 

We are trying to work with some other investigators, but things aren't going perfectly. But we will keep trying. We are also working with more less active members which is going well. We had one come to church for the first time in like 4 years, so that's fantastic.

We had divisions last week which was fun. I was with Elder Lopez from New Hampshire. It was great. We also have zone conference this week which is exciting; can't wait to see what happens there and at General Conference too. So I will tell you about that next week.

So that's all for now. Hope you guys had a great week and have a great week this week.

Love you guys soooooo much!!!!!

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

Week 83

So, I was transferred to Jundiai Planalto and I am opening the area. My new companion is Elder Ribero from Fortalesa, Brazil. We are working hard. It is a great place and our area is huge. We are still getting to know the members and such, but things are progressing little by little. I am healthy, just a bit stressed (1-because of opening an area and 2-because the house was filthy when I got here. But with the help of the other two missionaries here-Elder Emeric and Elder J Silva-that was taken care of). 
I am starting to get excited to see what I can do in this area (it might be my last). So hopefully next week I will have a bunch of good news for you guys.

I am sssssuuuuper happy to see that things are progressing there and that Ashley said yes (send me a video por favor) and I can't wait to see Charlie at Mother's Day.

Keep having a great time there and keep me up to date on things. Love you all sooooooo much and have a fantastic week.

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine​