We are catching up on Jordan's emails, so this week you get a two-fer! Last weeks AND this weeks emails!
Jordan is doing well and loving his new companion. He is from Virginia, but lives about 5 mins from Washington D.C. and the White House! They get along great, as well as the other new Elders who have moved in to the house where he lives. They all get along well and talk 80's music and Harry Potter, hahaha! One of the other Elders is from Paris France, and the other is from Alberta Canada. They've all be out on their missions for close to the same time, give or take a transfer too. Except the Elder from Canada has been out for 16 months. Can you believe that tomorrow marks 5 months for Jordan?! Next month he'll will be 1/4 of the way through!
He is enjoying it on the island of Moorea still, and the people there, but not so much the heat and humidity. The abundance of fruit is always good though! Last month it was pineapples, and today he asked me for Grandma C's best ever banana bread recipe because they have so many bananas they don't know what to do with them all! "And about a thousand Mangoes too" he added as well, haha...
We talked about different ways he could use them up, and he aid he really wants a blender so he can make them into smoothies every day - and I reminded him that he got some Christmas money he could use to get a blender and he said "Oh yeah!" and was excited! So hopefully he can get a blender soon :)
Here is Jordan's email from last week: Jan 13, 2020
3rd Transfer
Iaorana tatou! I got a new companion today--Elder Ringger! I'm excited to get to work with him. I was pretty sick yesterday, but Im doing better today. It gave me a good opportunity to listen to some talks by prophets and apostles and learn some things that I can do to become better in everything that I do. I stand along with the prophets and apostles in saying that God and His Son Jesus Christ live, they love you personally, and their prophets are on the earth to lead us and guide us through the years leading up to the Second Coming of the Savior. Read, listen to, and act on the words of the prophets, ancient and modern--never, ever take them for granted.
I love you all so much.
Elder King
And his email from today:
Jan 20, 2020
Climbing Mountains
Iaorana! This has been a great week, I absolutely love serving with Elder Ringger. We've been working really hard, we've found a lot of wonderful people who are open to hearing the gospel and changing their lives to receive the blessings that come from keeping all of God's commandments. When you are willing to work hard and climb up mountains that others arent willing to climb, the Lord will show you His hand and you will see miracles.
Je vous aime, à bientôt!
Elder King
Jordan had a sick stomach for a couple of days last week, but is feeling much better now. He thinks it was from some pizza he ate. He said they really don't know how to make pizza...and he doesn't think they even have tomato sauce or mozzarella cheese! He's not quite sure what they put on it...he said maybe goat chhese and honey? Hmmm... anyway, it didn't sit well with him and he paid for it for a couple of days. All the raw fish he's been eating hasn't bothered him at all though! And he's actually grown to really enjoy it! I'm so glad he enjoying the food.
I asked Jordan to send me a picture of him with his new companion Elder Ringger, so hopefully we will get that next time. He said they were going to travel around the island again today for P-day, so hopefully we'll get more pics of pretty sights there too! Next time :)
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