One month down!!

Well, we hit the one month mark! I can hardly believe it!! It has gone much faster than I ever dreamed it would!! Here are some of his latest emails. August 3, 2015 "So I'm pretty good! Still going kinda slow but it's fun! We are in a car, and thank goodness because it's been around 102 degrees here. Up in Redding, which is a city in our mission, it was 112 degrees! Really grateful for cars! So elder Ross is pretty cool. We get along really well and we click through video games. He likes all the ones I do haha. The only thing that is hard, is that he is EXTREMELY sarcastic. Like I will ask a serious question and he will answer sarcastically, but it sounds like he is being serious so it's kinda hard to communicate sometimes. And he's not exactly obedient. Like we don't get up on time and we rarely do companion study and a couple other little things. I try to be obedient, but it's hard when he is the trainer and he is kinda in charge I guess. But other than that we get along pretty well! Elder Ross is from Heraman Utah. The work is ok, we have just been visiting a lot of the same people. So during weekly study time, we were about done and elder Ross asked if I wanted to visit anyone else and Tony Silva was on my screen. He was a potential investigator. So I had a feeling we should visit him! So we went right after planning, and he was excited to see us! He kind of said he had been waiting for us to come! It was so exciting! So we taught him the restoration and it all made sense to him! He wanted us to come back next week! But nothing too interesting this week!" August 10, 2015 "So the other day, we visited that lady who has a smoking problem. She asked for a priesthood blessing to quit smoking, because she had urges about every 20 minutes. So we gave her a blessing and came back a few days later and she hadn't had an urge to smoke since we blessed her. She also asked to be baptized so we got her on date for September 3! That was so cool! We have also done a lot of service this week. we helped several members move and we helped clean the church and stuff. One of the members we helped move has brain issues, it's sad because his mom did meth while she was pregnant and even gave him a gram of meth when he was a few days old, which stopped his heart. So that's why he's a little weird. I couldn't have guessed he had brain damage unless he told me though, he seems ok. But anyway, he's always been addicted to meth because of that so he ended up using when he was older and went to jail, and he snuck a shank into the prison and planned on killing a guard because he would rather die than go to jail. So they put him in this room with a girl prisoner, which they don't usually do but It was just for a second for some reason, and the lady was smiling and David, (the member) asked her what's so funny and she just said it's good to be alive. And then asked if David wanted to pray with her, so he did. He started crying and decided not to kill the guard. When they got to the judge thing, a few hours later, they cut his sentence in half. So he knew God cared for him. Once he was out of jail, the missionaries found him and he was converted. He's actually a really nice guy. He doesn't do meth anymore or anything! We also taught Tony, the guy I was inspired to visit, and he just is totally accepting the gospel! It's awesome! There is one lady who we visit and she prayed about the mormon church and said the thought that we were a cult popped into her head. So we encouraged her to try again and focus on what she felt, more than what she thought. She also had all these questions that we've already answered before so it's frustrating!" He sounds so, so good! He always sounds happy and upbeat which makes my heart so happy! I can't ask for anything more! I love having a missionary! It is so fun to see his growth and hear about all of his experiences! Monday is definitely my FAVORITE day of the week! I look forward to his emails so much! I can see such huge changes in him already and even he says he can't believe how much he has grown! I'm so very thankful for this opportunity for Jayden. I know he could never experience the things he has in any other way. So grateful for this amazing gospel and especially for our Savior and His atoning sacrifice. I am so grateful that my boy had the desire to serve our Savior and that he is doing it with all his heart! To end I just want to share a little bit of an email that my sweet Kaylen sent to Jayden. "I love you so much!!!!! It is hard without you but I know that it is right for you!:) I moved up 2 levels in dance! I am excited for that, I already did do all of my dances. I sang in church but it was a solo! I was scared but i did it. The theater is much different without you! I need to tell you about school it is awesome! But I cry because I miss you so much! Every thing I see makes me sad because of you haha!!!!!!!!!!! I am so glad you are serving a mission for the lord! You were the person I looked up for! But i will always look up for you! I love you but I will always love you forever i will not stop telling you! Haha! I love you! You are so awesome! I love you, Kay rae/80" Is that not the cutest thing ever?!?! I love my family so much! Having Jay on a mission has definitely brought us closer and I love seeing how much the other kids love him and miss him and want to know what he's up to!! It has really been a great experience for our family! I love my missionary!!!!