Dear Family!
It is so wonderful to hear all is going well with you all at home, busy as usual, but that's just the typical right, haha! Grover Pride showed at the wrestling tournament this last weekend? That's awesome! That goes to show who the wrestling team has been relying on for the last couple years right JJ? You, and now Jade and Jens, haha! Thats super awesome, I am hecka proud of you all, you are the best! Everything here is going well, just work work work like usual, haha, but very enjoyable! We had a temple day with President Lewis to get us pumped for our White Christmas coming up, our Mmonth full of baptisms - we are super excited! We have seen so many miracles, it has been unreal. We have two baptisms coming up for this Christmas, we are excited! One for the 22, and the lady who has been quiting smoking for the 24, it is so awesome! We had a super awesome lesson with her last night, we took a member with us that quit smoking about a year ago, after 35+ years of smoking, and he helped her so much! He told her she had to quit today and never look back, and she listened to him more than she ever did to us when we said that because we have never smoked. She handed me her carton of cigaretts, and now I can prooudly say that for the first time in my life I have held one, haha. It was a wonderful little miracle! Yesterday we were at church and one of the mission presidency was at church; we talked to him and he told us to tell her to quit now and to take a member with us who has quit smoking so we turned around and our newly called ward mission leader was there so we asked him if he knew anyone in the ward who had quit smoking and he said his step-dad had, but he didnt know if he would go out with us, we gave it a try and he said he would love to, then we had an awesome lesson! OH THE JOYS OF CHRISTMAS MIRACLES!!!!! Just a little update, but all is well. Thanks so much for the prayers, they are working so very much.
We still haven't heard the ruling for skyping yet, so hopefully by next week we will know. President has been really busy lately with all the temple tours and holiday stuff. This is a crazy busy time with out all the commercial stuff, missionaries are very busy this time of year, haha. I honestly can't think of stuff I need at the moment, I always go blank when I sit down to email, haha. I might have to start making notes or something, the only thing I can think of is like stamps or something I will be sending Christmas cards, so those might come in really handy, haha! Thanks so much for all you do! Anything you guys need from me, I will probably sending stuff next P-day, so just let me know by then :)
Les Quiero Bastante!!!!!
Elder Jesse Grover
12/13/2011
12/06/2011
Calfornia - December 5, 2011
Hey family, how are you? Here we are doing well. The weather has been alright, the other day it was raining cats and dogs - only in California, right, haha, jk! We have gotten a little bit of rain, but not to much, the worst day was Thanksgiving, and it was really nice weather for football! But we have been told it will start raining a lot, like for three days at a time, so we are excited for the blessings that will come from these times. We are excited for this month and for our investigators, we had three come to church yesterday - it was awesome! They are all great and could get baptized very soon we are hoping for a "WHITE CHRISTMAS"! They are working for the 24th of December, the perfect gift for our savior Jesus Christ on his birthday, huh? we are super excited for them (by the way, I had you pray for Maria Rivera - it is actually Maria Montoya - sorry, Spanish peoples names can be a little confusing at times, haha). Maria is working on quiting smoking and doing really well she had only smoked one cigarette in like 3 days, so so is doing very well. It is amazing the miracles that happen through the gospel, and i get to witness them first hand, it is so exciting! We are super excited for the holiday season and the closeness we can feel to our savior. The first presidency devotional last night was awesome! I don't know if you all were able to watch it, but the new video was really good too.
It's good to hear that all is well at home. I hope you get feeling better, this time of year is really stressful, but the important part is the birth of our savior Jesus Christ! President Monson talked on that last night; it was really good cause people do get lost in the commercial-ness of Christmas and lose focus of what is really important. That's the joy of being a missionary, we can't really pay attention to worldly things and we get to focus more and more on the importance of the gospel. Remember the reason for the season, and remember who you are and what Jesus would do, always be an example of the believers, never lose an opurtunity to share your testimony with those around you, even if they are members you can help strengthen them. The joy of the gospel is that it is for everyone, and Jesus Christ paid for all of us so we are all equal we all just need to live a life that he would be proud of. I love you all so much, and thank you for all you do, please keep me in your prayers along with our investigators, they are truly awesome people, and I know prayers work. I thank you for all the prayers that have been done for us, they are truly blessings.
Les Quiero Bastante!!!!
Elder Jesse Grover
P.S. I will ask President Lewis about skyping home for Christmas, a lot of missionaries are asking and wanting to do it too, so it is a possibility. I don't think they were able to last year, but we do have a different mission president now, so who knows :)
It's good to hear that all is well at home. I hope you get feeling better, this time of year is really stressful, but the important part is the birth of our savior Jesus Christ! President Monson talked on that last night; it was really good cause people do get lost in the commercial-ness of Christmas and lose focus of what is really important. That's the joy of being a missionary, we can't really pay attention to worldly things and we get to focus more and more on the importance of the gospel. Remember the reason for the season, and remember who you are and what Jesus would do, always be an example of the believers, never lose an opurtunity to share your testimony with those around you, even if they are members you can help strengthen them. The joy of the gospel is that it is for everyone, and Jesus Christ paid for all of us so we are all equal we all just need to live a life that he would be proud of. I love you all so much, and thank you for all you do, please keep me in your prayers along with our investigators, they are truly awesome people, and I know prayers work. I thank you for all the prayers that have been done for us, they are truly blessings.
Les Quiero Bastante!!!!
Elder Jesse Grover
P.S. I will ask President Lewis about skyping home for Christmas, a lot of missionaries are asking and wanting to do it too, so it is a possibility. I don't think they were able to last year, but we do have a different mission president now, so who knows :)
12/02/2011
California - November 29,2011
TO MY DEAREST FAMILY,
Hey, how is all going? Transfers were this week, and I will be staying here in East Sac with Elder Chirino, so this is where I will be spending the holidays. I will live in house full of native speakers! Yeah, Elder Chirino de El Salvador, the other 2 elders, Elder Martinez de Mexico and Elder Sarmiento de Peru, so I think God and President really want to crack down on my spanish - I will be living spanish, haha. That's really the only news, not much new here, just doing missionary work and all. We have been searching for people to teach and God has blessed us so very much with finding people to teach. We are very excited, we will be helping a lady quit smoking, I am supper excited to do it, to help someone give up something like this, it will really be the first investigator I have had that we have got to this point and have had them want to change. She asked us last night to help her, her daughter was baptized back in July and she likes the church, and she really wants to give up the smoking. Please pray for her, her name is Maria Rivera.
That's nice that JJ and Tamra found a place to live, and that the baptism and wedding and Thanksgiving all went good. My Thanksgiving was good, we had good dinners. We are still trying to finish all the leftovers that members gave us, haha. Tell the aunties hi for me and everyone else. So Jess's girlfriend is coming here, right? I think I saw her on the arrivals list, haha, she will be arriving today then, haha, crazy small world, I guess.
Well, I love you all, and sorry I have slacked on writing and birthdays and special events - it's really busy. I am really trying to lose myself in the work and spending more time in the scriptures and on my Spanish, please pray for me to prorgess. I want so bad to be the best I can and I know that I can work, work, work - that is the answer, and of course prayers. Me and Elder Chirino have a lot of goals for this transfer as a companionship, we are the most seasoned (like the oldest) most have an old missionary and a young missionary, and we are in the middle, he is out like 19 months and I have been out 9. There aren't like zone leaders, so we have high expectations to accomplish, and we know God has big plans for us, we are super excited, so pray for us to live to our potencial ok :)
Les Quiero Bastante!!!!!!!!!!
Elder Jesse Grover
Hey, how is all going? Transfers were this week, and I will be staying here in East Sac with Elder Chirino, so this is where I will be spending the holidays. I will live in house full of native speakers! Yeah, Elder Chirino de El Salvador, the other 2 elders, Elder Martinez de Mexico and Elder Sarmiento de Peru, so I think God and President really want to crack down on my spanish - I will be living spanish, haha. That's really the only news, not much new here, just doing missionary work and all. We have been searching for people to teach and God has blessed us so very much with finding people to teach. We are very excited, we will be helping a lady quit smoking, I am supper excited to do it, to help someone give up something like this, it will really be the first investigator I have had that we have got to this point and have had them want to change. She asked us last night to help her, her daughter was baptized back in July and she likes the church, and she really wants to give up the smoking. Please pray for her, her name is Maria Rivera.
That's nice that JJ and Tamra found a place to live, and that the baptism and wedding and Thanksgiving all went good. My Thanksgiving was good, we had good dinners. We are still trying to finish all the leftovers that members gave us, haha. Tell the aunties hi for me and everyone else. So Jess's girlfriend is coming here, right? I think I saw her on the arrivals list, haha, she will be arriving today then, haha, crazy small world, I guess.
Well, I love you all, and sorry I have slacked on writing and birthdays and special events - it's really busy. I am really trying to lose myself in the work and spending more time in the scriptures and on my Spanish, please pray for me to prorgess. I want so bad to be the best I can and I know that I can work, work, work - that is the answer, and of course prayers. Me and Elder Chirino have a lot of goals for this transfer as a companionship, we are the most seasoned (like the oldest) most have an old missionary and a young missionary, and we are in the middle, he is out like 19 months and I have been out 9. There aren't like zone leaders, so we have high expectations to accomplish, and we know God has big plans for us, we are super excited, so pray for us to live to our potencial ok :)
Les Quiero Bastante!!!!!!!!!!
Elder Jesse Grover
California - November 24, 2011
Hoy es el Dia de De Accion de Gracias, entonces Estoy muy agadicido por muchas cosas pero primero es nuestro Padre Celestial y su hijo Jesucristo, y por su plan para nosotros. y tambien estoy muy agradicidos por ustedes y por todo que hacen para mi, por las oracions y su apoyo. el evangelio de Jesucristo es una bendicion por nosotros, y estoy agradicido por la opurtunidad de estar aqui en Sacramento y servir las personas que viven aqui. ahorita estamos buscando por personas para ensenar para tener un navidad especial o un regalo por nuestro senor Jesucristo en su cumpleanos. yo se que veremos muchas milagros in este mes.
I am doing really well out here in Sacramento. I got to play football this morning in the rain, you have no idea how much fun it was! I miss it, but God gives us little blessings to help us on our way, just a little blessing to brighten my day, haha! We will be eating with a member, his name is Antonio. He is great, he feeds us every Thursday. He was baptized about a year and a half ago, and he loves missionaries. Today is our preperation day, which is nice so we can enjoy the holiday. We actually have two dinners, but I will try to not eat too much, I am still trying to lose weight that I put on in the Tongan ward, we will see how that goes, haha :)
Well, one of my companions flew home Tuesday after two years of service. He went home a week early to see his brother before he leaves for the MTC, they would have missed each other by a day, but they let him go home a week early to see his brother. The transfer ends next week. Time goes by so fast, it's almost December, can you believe it? Time flies by so fast.
Jade has a girl friend and Jens is 16 - wow, that's insane! JJ and Tamra are having a baby - WOW that's so insane! Wow, good luck with everything all you alls, wow!
HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!1
Love Elder Jesse Grover
I am doing really well out here in Sacramento. I got to play football this morning in the rain, you have no idea how much fun it was! I miss it, but God gives us little blessings to help us on our way, just a little blessing to brighten my day, haha! We will be eating with a member, his name is Antonio. He is great, he feeds us every Thursday. He was baptized about a year and a half ago, and he loves missionaries. Today is our preperation day, which is nice so we can enjoy the holiday. We actually have two dinners, but I will try to not eat too much, I am still trying to lose weight that I put on in the Tongan ward, we will see how that goes, haha :)
Well, one of my companions flew home Tuesday after two years of service. He went home a week early to see his brother before he leaves for the MTC, they would have missed each other by a day, but they let him go home a week early to see his brother. The transfer ends next week. Time goes by so fast, it's almost December, can you believe it? Time flies by so fast.
Jade has a girl friend and Jens is 16 - wow, that's insane! JJ and Tamra are having a baby - WOW that's so insane! Wow, good luck with everything all you alls, wow!
HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!1
Love Elder Jesse Grover
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