Monday, May 20, 2013

Monday, May 20, 2013

Ok....so I am in Belen like we thought. It's about an hour north of San Jose up by the temple. My house is actually right in front of the temple and our church is behind the temple. So basically I'm in heaven seeing the temple every day. It's not too hot here. It’s kind of like in my first area. Totally fine. I don't think I'll ever get sent to the really hot areas because of my allergies. Bummer, no sunny places for me! Ha-ha. Tempting right? Well...I'm with Hermana Marquez.  She is awesome. We are basically the same. She works extremely hard but then laughs and is goofy. She’s super cool. She's also 24 and from Mexico City. She's absolutely gorgeous and a great missionary. We are so excited to work together. We have a meeting this Wednesday with President and the zone leaders to learn more about what we will be doing. I'm excited for the zone meetings because I get to see my zone leaders again. Ha-ha. Elder Lundberg had changes and is now zone leader in Ciudad Neilly in Zona Sur (where I was at before in Rio Claro). Super-hot down there. My other zone leader in Cartago stayed there to finish out his mission. I got a note from Hna. Ponce. She's learning to adjust to her new companion. It really was hard saying good-bye.

                                                                 Saying good-bye!

                                                         My luggage is bulging!!!

My new companion -  Hermana Marquez - The other companionship is Hna. Guevara who is training the Gringa, Hna. Porter

 Belen, Costa Rica

                                                   Sunset by the temple - Beautiful!!!!

We bought pizza one night and watched the district videos our last night together. It was super sad. We had such a great trio and worked really well together. I still pray for them that they can have a lot of success in their areas. My zone leaders here are.....fine. Not as fun as Cartago. I don't think that I'll have another zone like my one in Cartago. We have two other sisters that are here in Belen. We split our area to see who will be working and where. They were supposed to open the other area here but the area they ended up having has like 30 investigators already in it and my comp doesn't really know our area and we only have 7 investigators over there. So basically we will be opening a new area practically. Ha-ha. But the ward is awesome. The bishop is super super nice and our mission leader is from the states. The ward is super willing to work with us and is so warm and loving. Yeah, I miss Paraiso but I already love Belen. I had prayed when I received changes that I would feel this way about it. But for the most part, things are good, I am happy and having fun. The other sisters are so much fun. Hna. Guevara from El Salvador who is training Hna. Porter from the states. They are a great companionship and we are looking for a house where we can all live together. We still need to pray about it. But things are good for the most part. Just working hard and trying to do miracles here. President called us the other night and told us he expects a lot from us and has complete 100% trust and confidence in us. Shoot! Don’t know how we will accomplish that but we will sure try.

Really not much has happened this week. I feel bad. I've just met a few investigators and families in the ward. Trying to get to know the area. We have two FHE's tonight which I'm excited about. Seriously, my comp is such a hard worker. The people here are wonderful and love them already. My comp said that I was sent here because I am such a loving person and people can feel my love. Not sure about that but we'll see. Anyway. Better head out. Have to be obedient right? My comp is teaching me to recognize what success really is in the mission. Already love her. Anyway. Have a great week. Hope you all have fun together. Tell everyone that I say hi. Thank you for your prayers. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Hna. Jones