Silly shot with Sister Talbot.

 1 O God, where art thou? And where is the pavilion that covereth thy hiding place?

 2 How long shall thy hand be stayed, and thine eye, yea thy pure eye, behold from the eternal heavens the wrongs of thy people and of thy servants, and thine ear be penetrated with their cries?

 3 Yea, O Lord, how long shall they suffer these wrongs and unlawful oppressions, before thine heart shall be softened toward them, and thy bowels be moved with compassion toward them?

 4 O Lord God Almighty, maker of heaven, earth, and seas, and of all things that in them are, and who controllest and subjectest the devil, and the dark and benighted dominion of Sheol—stretch forth thy hand; let thine eye pierce; let thy pavilion be taken up; let thy hiding place no longer be covered; let thine ear be inclined; let thine heart be softened, and thy bowels moved with compassion toward us.

 5 Let thine anger be kindled against our enemies; and, in the fury of thine heart, with thy sword avenge us of our wrongs.

 6 Remember thy suffering saints, O our God; and thy servants will rejoice in thy name forever.

 7 My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;

 8 And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes.

 9 Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands.

 10 Thou art not yet as Job; thy friends do not contend against thee, neither charge thee with transgression, as they did Job.

 11 And they who do charge thee with transgression, their hope shall be blasted, and their prospects shall melt away as the hoar frost melteth before the burning rays of the rising sun;

Sunday- We had Transfers last Sunday!! We had a sleep over with the other Elders!!! Hahah none of us got transferred!! hahah another 6 Weeks in North Branch!!

Monday-Played soccer last week and we played in like 80 degrees  with humidity and we were all sweating up a storm!! Played Rugby with the zone and I got a bloody nose for the first time ever!!!

Tuesday-We saw Sister Bates and we then drove around to find people to teach and bring back to activity!

Wednesday- Our District is Me, Elder Hintze, Elder Aspinall, and Elder Perez. This District is the best, we have gotten so close to each other!!!

Thursday-Weekly Planing... It is the worst time of the week!! hahah oh well, 90 more to go!!! hahaha 

Friday- We went to the outskirts of our area and it was so beautiful. The spring out here and the trees, the smell, the beauty is just supper great!!! We took pics but again I forgot my camera!!!! Went and gave a blessing to a member!! Got 2 baptism dates!! A child of record the Bishop wants us to teach and a 14 year old! Sweet!!!

Saturday- We drove around all day knocking on potentials and former investigators. We went to the Talbots for Din Din. Got home at 2100 and went over to the other Elders and brought some ice for E. Perez and we started talking and laughing and by the time we felt tired it was like 0400, hahaha got 0200 hours of sleep!!  Super tired at church!!!

Sunday-we went to church for sacrament, then went back to do a swap with the other Elders!! And I slept the rest of the day cause Elder Perez is on crutches cause of his ankle.

72 Behold, and lo, I will take care of your flocks, and will raise up elders and send unto them.

 73 Behold, I will hasten my work in its time.

 6 And, as it is written—Whatsoever ye shall ask in faith, being united in prayer according to my command, ye shall receive.

 7 And ye are called to bring to pass the gathering of mine elect; for mine elect hear my voice and harden not their hearts;

Monday- P-day party day at that!!! hahah it was an OK day!!!!

Tuesday-Zone meeting hot seat(missionaries last meeting) 

Wednesday-Wednesday was a busy day!!! Had a lot of less active lessons

Thursday-We prepared for transfers. We cleaned our apartment all day and then cleaned the car!

Friday-saw a couple more members and less actives.

Saturday- made contact with a media referral

Sunday- We had church and it was fun, we took lots of pics for E Hintze thinking he was leaving but turns out he isn't. We had an end of transfer sleep over with the other Elders and well transfer text came and none of us were on there..... stayed up till midnight laughing and crying cause we were laughing super hard. The Elders agree that I am the most random questioner. Hahah it's funny

 Me and Sister Talbot and, me and Brother Moses

 

ttyl got to go save some souls!!!!!!

Monday was another killer p-day and again I got hit in the face with the dodge ball. Played ball.

Tuesday we had district meeting and then we had a exchange for 24 hours. That was intense.

Wednesday we went and taught a couple people and then went and got the other Elders some gas cause they ran out of gas on the way home on the free way!! hahaha it was good

Thursday was the day I went to see president Taggart.

Friday we just hung with the other Elders all day on President Taggarts orders

Saturday- GEN CON: the 1st session I felt was about marriage and that the YSA need to step their game up and get married.

2nd session- Stakes:3114 missions:406 Districts:561 Wards:29621 Members:15372337 Children:116409 Converts:296803 Missionaries:89147 Service missionaries:30444 Temples being built:3 Operating temples:144

Elder Bednars talk hit the spot. Fear is dispelled by faith in Christ. 

1. Look to Christ 

2. Build upon the foundation of Christ

3. Press Forward with faith in Christ

     -feast on the word of God

Priesthood session- Elder Ballards talk was awesome!! 

President Uchtdorfs talk was awesome!! 

Presidents Monsons was awesome as well and funny!!

3rd session- President Monson announcing those 3 new temples is awesome!!! Elder Hollands story hit me to the core. Some how I related to it and I was feeling the spirit so hard

4th session- I got our happiness is determined by our attitude!!!

https://www.lds.org/church/news/watch-and-share-because-he-lives-easter-video?lang=eng

This week has been the worst and most challenging....

Monday- Went to Brother Moses' and played pool

Tuesday- Went to district meeting and had a blast, then studied all day . We went to the Handys and had din din, great day pancakes, sausage brauts, man good dinner.

Wednesday- thought I logged out of my i-messages and got a text from a Lincoln friend that Meg a mutual friend decided to end her life sooner. Cried til noon and then went out to teach. Threw up Wednesday -Friday and was weak as could be Saturday!

Sunday- went to church, went back home, threw up again, slept all day and night.

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/are-we-not-all-beggars?lang=eng#watch=video

Are we not all beggers? listen to this talk! What can you do for someone and make there day better then what it is!? Physically or spiritually!

Monday-  P-day killer day.

Tuesday- DM, then went to Righettis for din din, then home.

Wednesday- went to the church and taught Sister Bates and again I'm getting called a girl cause my voiced cracked bad!! Went to Brother Bobs, then Juanita's din din, and then we went out to find those God's prepared.

Thursday- LEADERSHIP TRAINING (boooooah) got up at 0550 and drove to east Bruns to play ball from 0630 to 0830 and then our meeting from 0900 to 1500 and it was awesome!!! Can not believe the confidence I have gotten in testifying of God our Father, Jesus Christ, and Joseph Smith!! Went to Tom Draschils house and talked about the sabbath, as smart as this man is he has fallen away hard!!! It's so sad to see him so smart and so willing to do things for others and not believe the priesthood is in this church.

Friday- Weekly planning, ugh, most painfull day of the week!! hahah oh well but we went to Brother Talbots house and it was the most spiritual uplifting day this week that I needed. I was struggling with a lot and could not see a light at the end of the tunnel and it just ugh, it wasn't good but after the Talbots there was no tunnel and it was exactly what I needed!!!

Saturday- went and taught Isibella and Brother Smith, had a headache and went and took a nap cause I could not concentrate, woke up and went back out!!!

Sunday- went to PEC, and then church, and then a linger longer and then went to Josephs for din din and it was great!!! 

I know this is the true church and I can't wait to see more blessings and miracles come our way! Joseph Smith is the prophet of God, he truly was an amazing man, he was chosen by God to restore his church in these later days!!! The Atonement is real, Gods love is everywhere! He will help you in whatever your endeavors are!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BY THE WAY!!! I DIDN'T FORGET LOL HAVE A GOOD ONE!!!!!!!

My name is Todd, I love it. I thought that you were Jordan Smith emailing me! Hahah ya it was not a safe place to be. Hahah oh well. So they didn't find any fish bone and even with a CT scan but it still hurts to swallow food so I have resorted to boiled eggs, cheese-its, carrots, and skittles. If I chew them up really, really well I can barley feel them go down my throat.

Monday- P-day yet again and I still am getting clobbered in the head. Pain through out my entire body.

Tuesday-had District meeting. Went through the day teaching members and trying to find new investigators.

Wednesday- leadership training. Went to Teppanyaki and the Asian girl was seriously hitting on me it was the funniest thing. I had ordered a coke and then everyone else ordered water and I changed mine to water and she then gave a huge sigh and looked at me and said "you makea me change you drink that's 5 dolla", we laughed and she kept going. Well I ate 3 plates full of food and I went to grab a 4th and I could not finish it and she came to grab it.  She said " you done", m e-"i am", she said "you waster I go weigh this by pound and you owe me 5 dolla for each pound." So when we went to give a tip I put 5 dolla. Hahaha she was awesome.

Thursday- I went to the GI doctor and we talked and we decided to get x-rays of my chest and throat. Then he set up an appointment to see an ENT DR. Friday.

Friday. Went to ENT and the the GI for the endoscopy and well you know the rest. 

Saturday- slept all day on Sister Taggerts request.

Sunday- still stuttering and I had to give my talk. I was so scared and nervous that they wouldn't be able to understand me, it was to the point that it was making me frustrated to the point of almost tearing up.

*Todd is a nick name he got because his boss was Jordon too. AKA Todd.

Some random pics he sent us.

 

Lovely Jersey weather .

 

That would be the dart board he refers too.

Companion, Elder Hintz

Elder Hennen ;-)  What a ham.

 His area. I recognize all those things.

The Tale continues...

I called Sister Taggart this morning just before 8 our time and 10 their time. She was so sweet and full of information and comments. Jordon had a very big day yesterday, he went in to see the Dr. (GI) and he ordered a cat scan of the neck and chest and they saw nothing. So he ordered an x-ray and saw nothing there, next was an Endoscopy. They put him to sleep (I know I was thinking WHAT!!, WOW!! and that I knew none of this til after. Thank goodness he is in the Lord's hands, there is no better place to be). They went down through his nose with the camera/scope and he is waiting for those results. Not sure if it will be today or Monday. While he was under he had a reaction to some of the medicine they had given him. He had hives and his blood pressure dropped really low but they were able to get it back up. Talk about scary, maybe hearing all this after was in away better because after meant he was home, slept all night, and up the next day. I think it helps calm us knowing it happened but that currently he is OK. Sister Taggart visited with him this morning and he was getting ready but with a headache. Aside from the headache she wanted to know how his discomfort was on a scale 1-10 and he gave a 4-5. Poor guy is having quite the adventure so early into his mission. She said yesterday he didn't seem scared or nervous which is comforting. She also said his companion Elder Hintz is a wonderful companion and she would trust her life with him.  He is very large, smart, kind, and spiritual and he can handle being Jordon's companion through all this. I was super happy to hear that too. We hope to hear more today and will continue to pray for Jordon.

A fun story Sister Taggart shared at the end about Jordon.
She said the first night there that most the Missionaries are like a deer in head lights but that Jordon was a breath of fresh air. After dinner he got up and DID THE DISHES and the next morning he was the first one up and helped her COOK breakfast. She said he was delight and a joy to have. It was so great to hear that he did listen while living at home even though as parents we wonder. ;-)  Haha, love this kid.