Well, fall has really begun: we had our first real frost this past Saturday. Leaves are turning all kinds of beautiful colors (I'll get you some pics soon, I hope) and the corn is coming down a field at a time. We're starting to see sprinklers come out (I wasn't sure they used sprinklers in Illinois... this place is wet and muddy) and at the same time people are getting ready to blow out their sprinkler systems. Halloween decorations are out, and candy is in all the stores. (No thank you, I still have some left over from my birthday.)
I want to apologize if my last e-mail worried anyone. I'm not really freaking out or at all worried about the future, because I know you all have my back. ^_^ I'm just kind of struggling with the fact that for the first time in my life, I actually know what I want to do. I have goals and dreams, and they bring with them some mental and spiritual changes I have to make. I am trying to get things a little firmer in my mind, but the future will come when it comes. Right now I'm in the mission. I just don't want to be like the missionaries who get out and don't even know where to begin. FYI, I read two great talks that helped me immensely on just that topic the very next day, and I'm chill like a frost covered pumpkin .
Ok, that made no sense, but I like it.
The talks are:
David A. Bednar, “Things as They Really Are,” Liahona, Jun 2010, 22–31
Jan Pinborough, “Your Mission in Life Is Now,” Liahona, Jun 2010, 42–44
Work goes on. We're helping one of our on-date investigators get over a minor law-of-chastity hang-up. (He’s in a relationship where they were considering getting serious, but aren't yet.) We're focusing on the nature of covenants, the necessity of commandments, and putting God first in our lives. I think he'll be just fine; he's just got to tell his girlfriend what he wants.
Hermana Mendoza is going trunky in the oddest way. This is her last transfer, and I swear, she has cabin fever. During companionship study and weekly planning, she gets up and paces. She keeps saying she's tired of seeing the same four walls; that she wants to get out and DO something. It's funny, in a way.
Um, that's about it, for now. Sorry this letter so short. Hope all is well on the home front.
Sincerely,
Maren M Jones
