Baptism

Family,

Its so good to hear from you all. I am glad to see that everything is going good at home. I am glad to see that in all matters in all situations that you are all being protected from the powers from on high. I am glad to hear of everything. Its really scary but at the same time its a true blessing to have the companion of the Holy Ghost.

This past week was a good week for us , we had a baptism of a family of tour, the Vega Family.. i must say it was Such a great thing to see a family make that leap of faith, into the church. The family is a really good family, they all seem. To have a really good testimony of the church. So that was last week on Saturday night. The ward seem. To be really excited i must say to see them finally become members. So that was a huge thing to see, it was also my very frist family that we have found and baptised in my mission.

I must say though the next day was the better day when we got to confirm the family members of the church of Jesus christ of alter day saints , and give to them the holy ghost. So that was another frist for me in my mission as well .

Well family this week we have transfers coming up , so we really don't know what's going to happen both my comp and i , if we are leaving or if we are staying together, in are area. So its really all up in the air on what's going to happen were not to sure on anything, and they still have not told us , the zone leaders are playing with us….not fun…

Well the assistant just called me from the offices.. and it turns out that i am going to be TRAINING who world of thought, of all things his name is Elder Crapo i think he from Utah. Wow this is crazy i must say…..:0 yeah thats what i said..Well family how crazy is that , and my compa, is gong down to the south of the mission, Estacion is the name of the Barrio, its in the city of San Niciolas . And he is going up to comp Mayor. So its sad that we must go are ways but what can we do the lord needs us in different parts, i guess… what a sad day but yet its a exciting day as that cuz w look forward to the things that are coming up , so its what's going to happen…

Family i love you all i am going to be sending you all so photos , to see what's been gong on in the mission. I love you all and i know that you are all being protected in your lives , thank you mom for the packages that you are all sending me . and for the Money. I think i know what i am going to be getting you all …. But it also depends on how much you are all sending to.. Thank you for everything family wish me luck on the training lol….

Loving the Work
Elder Jessup

Monica's Conversion Story

This is a comment left on the blog on October 17, 2008. Below is Elder Jessup's response.

I don't know who will read this, hopefully the family of Elder Jessop. So my name is Brother Anderson, I served in the mission with Elder Jessop. Not as a companion but I met him when he got to the mission home. I had a great experience to post here.I'll try to make it brief. When my parents picked me up from the mission on May 15th 2008, we went to Santa Fe in the area of General Lopez, where I had served. I visited a convert I had grown to love named Oscar Mendoza, and his daughter Susana Mendoza, also his wife Monica. I also invited Oscar's wife to go to church because she always refused and I wanted her to go. Then last week I wanted to see if the statistics for the Argentina Rosario mission were posted. within my search I found Elder Jessop's blog with a picture of Oscar's wife Monica and daughter Ayalen getting baptized. It was one of the happiest things I've ever seen. As the whole family has accepted the gospel and continue firm.Now I do ask that whoever reads this blog could write Elder Jessop and have him tell her conversion story! I'd LOVE to hear it. to whoever reads this my email is ajon13@hotmail.com. Please write and inform me. Congratulations Elder Jessop, You've had a great mission October 17, 2008 11:04 PM

Response:

The story was that one day Monica woke up and she told us she had to go to chruch with her husband Oscar , so she went. In relief society she started to cry during the class and she told us that she truly felt that this is the true chruch. So after we heard this we started to teach her, took her to General Conference, and within a short time later she decided to be baptized in the chruch. To tell you the truth it was so amazing to see the lords hand in our lives. I went ahead and bought her a huge triple and i have talked to the Elders serving in the area. They say that she is still going strong. She was a true blesing to get to teach in the mission.

How Blessed We Are

Family,
It's so good to hear from you all. This week went really good this past week on Saturday we had a baptism, and it was really exciting to see a member actually baptize him. His name is Hernan and he is 11 years old so it was quite nice. Everything is going extremely well in this new area of Pompeya in Santa Fe. This area is just full of youth that are willing to work with us and its a real nice help. Elder Craner is a true stud , my junior comp, him and I for the past 3 weeks have been able to get the standards of the mission , its quite a honor to be serving with Him in this area.

Its really sad to hear that Daryl got his car stolen, especially on Thanksgiving day of all the days. Its really sad to hear but Word of advice to Daryl is just keep your head up , and keep going strong in the ways of the Lord and the Lord will bless you in His way , maybe a better car or your same civic .. so just keep strong in the right path.
Also thanks mom for putting the Money in my account , cuz it turns out that I was just going to ask you to put some Money in for shoes, both pairs that I have left have started showing there time in the field and they are starting to get holes in them. So I am really going to use that Money on some good shoes. For the package that you would like to send to me the only thing I ask is a photos of my bike and fotos of all you all in the family , a good family foto with all the babies , and the last thing would be a good all around cook book, of foods to deserts etc… that's really all I think I would need for Christmas.. its quite different how the whole mind set changes in the mission and you come to realize how blessed we are in our very own lives in so many ways. I have come to realize how great of a family that I really have, and it truly is the thing I am most grateful for I really must say.. so really don't worry about sending me to much staff, maybe letters from the family would be another cool idea to put in the box as well , maybe even members from the ward, if there is any one who remembers me lol … the family is my top priority I must say. And photos I would love, cuz really that's what more people ask to see in the mission. So i really think that is all I am really going to need for the holidays this year..

But I must say family that everything is going quite well in the mission , in about two more weeks we have a baptism of a family of 4, its the family Vega. They have been listing to the missionaries for a while now and they just have been waiting on wedding papers to get baptised , so they CAME in and now they are getting baptised in the church , they are pretty much mormons with out the waters of baptism lol ….:)

I love you all , I have a question for you all for the call of Christmas , when would you all want me to call in the morning or afternoon , so we can know what time to call you all at home or you call us … so just so we can plan around it …

So i hope everything keeps going good for you all , there is no need to worry if i am getting food or not, cuz we eat with the members about 5 times of the week so its really nice. I just hope I don't gain weight in the mission. Its my only fear lol , but everyone is telling me i lost some weight cuz I look skinner … and with the heat coming its not going to help any lol.. it was very interesting this past week we had a lot of rain in Santa Fe, so we had a rainy week lol … there is one more thing i want to ask mom its about my debt card so do we know whats going to happen when it expires, in Feb… ¿ am i going to need to send you mine or anything weird like that… so if you can find out information on that it would be a good help..

Other then that I am sending you all some photos i hope you all enjoy them..Tell next week and thank you for everything family i love you all …

Serving the LordE. Jessup

I Have Not Heard from You All Back Home

Family ,

How are you all? I am really worried about them cuz i have not heard from any of you all for quite sometime, just i really don't know what to think of whats going on back home. Cause it has been a total of two good weeks that i have not heard from you all back home, i am really lost on whats going on back home, with everyone.. so i pray to the lord almighty that you all are alright. Well i truly hope you are alright, cuz now i am in a new area, I am back in the zone of Santa Fe Norte. But this time I am not in the area of General Lopez i am in the area of Pompeya , which i am not going to lie is a really nice area, I have a feeling that I am really going to like it in this area. The barrio is full of young kids , from the ages of 12- 19 it is just full of jovens. Which for me is a first in the misión i have never seen so many kids that go out and help us in the work, they want to help us teach the lessons with the investigadores, which i must say is utterly amazing. So its really a great area i must say.

I have a new compa, his name is Elder Craner, he is from Idaho , from Rex burg , from where BYU is at. I must say he is a really good elder, he has about 10 months in the misión. He started his misión in the same place where i started my misión , in Federal, in Entre Rios… so its really cool he was my replacement when i left that area in Entre rios.. so its pretty sweet i can talk to him about the old area and everything… he is the secound oldest in his family he has a brother and sister that follow him .

Well family i really don't know what to think cuz i have not HEARD anything from any one in the family, Mom ,Dad , Chon , Cliff, Deb, Daryl , etc… i really don't know whats going on in the house or any of your lives , and to tell you the truth i am really really sad , i must say for a misiónary , not to have email is quite depressing , and i am worried for you all as my parents , brothers, sister , family, i have no idea for anything…. I kinda wish i had something to work off of… I really don't know what to say other then that i am just worried for you all.. Cuz last week i sent Mom a letter to her email account which is the mac and it showed to me that it did not send. So then i sent the letter to her work email, and it showed that it sent. But i go today to my email, and now it shows that no one sent anything back.. So i am really worried that i can't get any of your emails or that i can't get any of yours.. I am going to keep you all really deep down in my prayers cuz i am truly worried for you all.

Family i love you all, to the souls of my Heart. I pray that everything is going good for you . I don't want you all to worry for me cuz i am doing really good hear in argentina, i am in the lords hand and i have been protected and i know He will keep protecting me in this work of his, to preach his great and holy Word to his children her in Pompeya… i love you all , i would love to hear from any one of you …. I love you all thank you for you support…….

Love ,
From your lil son and lil brother..
Keeping strong to our Faith
Elder Jessup

Si Se Vale la Pena

Family,

Its so good to hear from you I must truly say. I felt really good to hear from you all this week I dont know why but it did. I must tell you this week was really good for us we have a investigator who we have been preparing for his baptism, and another one in the district, from the other set of elders in Villa Diego. So in this coming week we have two baptism coming up, I am really excited in every way for the district and for my own personal self as well. I must say it sounds like you all were quite busy this week but when are you all not busy, I dont think I would like parents who sit still.. But I must have to agree with dad on preparing the food, if it does bring more people to church it is well worth it… In Spanish there is a frase for that "si se vale la pena"… I think in that why it totally does.. I must say any church activity is a huge weapon for the missionaries, but it just hurts the missionaries if a ward does not do activities. It just stops the work, in a way… the best advice I can give you all coming from the missionary field is try to have the most activities that you can within the week and the month.. it is a huge tool for the work of the Lord…I must say that is where I wish the barrio I am in could be doing better in. Cause it would help us out a lot , so that is the best advise I could give you all as Readers of this letter in El paso.

It sounds like you all had a good Halloween , which is really cool, we wanted to buy some watermelon ,but when we went to go buy they ran out so it was pretty sad, so we just stayed working in the Lords way….Its so crazy that we got a new dog in the house, its crazy and exciting at the same time… I hope to see him when I get home . I can have a new pal when I get there,( wow Jessup dont get trunky now still long ways a way.. ) To tell you the truth the transfer has flown buy at a very unreal Speed that is just way to Fast. To tell you the truth it's kinda scared to see how Fast the next part of my mission goes… i know I have to work hard and just enjoy it cuz it really is the Only time in my life that i will have such a honor to serve the Lord in the way i am doing..

I WANT TO TALK A LIL ABOUT THE BAPTISM,

Ahora pues , a causa del convenio que habeis hecho ,sereis llamados progenie de cristo, hijos e hijas de el porque he aquí , hoy el os ha engendrado espiritualmente , pues decis que vuestros corazones han cambiado por medio de la fe en su nombre, por tanto habeis nacido de el y habeis llegado a ser sus hijos y sus hijas….. Mosiah 5: 7

I know that we all can remember that great and wonderful day of our baptism, on how wonderful it was… and tell you all that we can still feel that great and wonderful joy of the lord each and every week as we partake of the santa cena…i know this is the way the Lord wants us to remember him each and every day as we go through our life..I thank you all, mom go ahead and thank Lope for me , i really appreciate it and I thank her for the donation to my great mission..

I thank all of my family for everything even down to the love of which you all show me as well …. Next week I will be writing on Tuesday cuz it will be transfers, so I'll tell you all if i am leaving or not, I'll have the news by then.. i love you all thank you again..

I know this is the church of the lord and that he loves us , that he gave us the great book of mormon to help us out in are lives for this very time in need… i love this very work and thank you again… tell next P,DAY FAMILY THANK YOU

The Little One
Elder Jessup

Some Firsts

Family,

Well i am really shocked to say cuz i sent you all a letter last week , and i even looked and it said it sent. So i am really stunned about that, cuz last week i didi not hear from you all at home i did not get a letter , so something is up… i dont know what but there is something?

Well this week went really good i must say , this week we had Zone Conference , and we had the Elder Zivic from the area presentencia talk to us and his wife, WOOOOOW i must say it was Amazing it was unreal. .. So that really stared to pump us up again for the holy Work of the Lord. I must say we have one investigator who is really good and he is Amazing, he is fighting to quite smoking , and drinking , but he is programed to be baptised this week , but if he falls short he will come into the water on the 08 of November. But i must say he really is a great person who deep in side of him he is trying to change , he is tired of doing bad things and just wants to be in the lords path. .. Also this week was another first for me , in two ways 1. i had my very frist intervista baptismal, 2. i had to direct my very first baptism. So i must say i was scared for thoses things but i felt the overwhelming peace of the spirit take it over, it was one of those experiences you just dont forget.

This week you dont need to worry for transfers , cuz they are on the 11-12 of the next month , which is not to fare i must say. I must say the time is truly flying by, i have no idea if its just cuz i moved up , or if it really is going by super fast. But i must say you come to realize a lot of f the staff that you have learned in the mission, and its truly Amazing, it just seems like yesterday i reported into the MTC… Tell that one kid to star Redding his Preach my Gospel, that book will truly help him start getting in the mind set of he missionary.. tell him to learn to love ove Th. e Book Of Mormon , as well and to start building his testimony Strong on that. Two things that i would tell anyone to start doing would be those 2….

Family i must say i am sorry for all the pain that i ever did cause anyone of you all it was all not for a purpose, i was just young and Dumb, i thought i had know everything in life but , in all truth i knew nothing.. its just something i felt i needed to ay to you all ..

So family i am sorry you all did not get the letter of last week , but i really hope you all get this one this week. I really do…..

I wish I could personally thank you all in person , for the great support that you all give me, but i guess i am going to have to wait tell the end of my mission for that. So tell then i will keep writing thank-you each and every week. I truly love you all … and this great restored gospel of which we all share in common , for this is the gospel of Jesus Christ, i know that he and his father did appear to Joseph Smith , to answer his simple question, i know for this simple question of a young boy , we have this gospel , OOOO HOW THANKFUL AM I THAT JOSEPH Smith , showed his faith to the lord that one great and holy day…. Amen … i love you all … tell next week.

Serving The Lord

Elder Jessup

Fruits of our Labor

Family,

Hello family how is everything going, I am glad to her that you had a good week. It sounded a lil bit stressful,which I am really sorry. , but I know that the Lord is with us and He will help the family out in these times. To tell you the truth this week was a week we got to see the fruits of our labor in the Lord's work, on my mission. This week we had a baptism, a 22 year old named Angel Coitiñho who I truly must say was really excited about his baptism. So it was a great week I must say. We had a baptism and the new convert was really excited about his baptism! Thanks mom for putting money in my account , its really going to help me out. But still everything is still going good for my comp. and I. We are really both stoked to do this great latter day work for the Lord. I truly have grown so much in this little time that I have been a district leader, the Lord is just blessing me with strength and knowledge I have be learning so much each and every day of the mission . I must say that it truly feels like I have been born again in the mission. The Lord has blessed me as a leader. It is a true blessing to be serving the Lord in this great work. I am really going to keep you all in my prayers in these next couple of days. I know that life is going in a rough manner, but I know that the Lord is always willing to bless us as long as we are following the commandments that He has given to us. So keep strong in these times of hardship. For the Lord will help us out. In the mission when I first heard that I was going up in the mission field I was extremely scared, but I said a prayer to the Lord and thanked Him , and I knew that He wants me in this spot, and that He is going to help me every step of the way. So family I am sure of one thing, I think all of us have learned as a family that the Lord will bless us as a family together. For the Lord does give us families to help us grow and become stronger , from our weakness He forces us to become strong in these times. So I know that we are all here to have this great honor and thank you for being my beloved family. So keep being the examples for me in my life I have learned so much from all of you in these days and in my days at home. I truly love all of you in every manner. I truly thank the Lord from my knees to have you all as my beloved family.Family I thank you for all your support, and examples. I love you all , and if there is anything of which you all need don’t ever be to shy to ask me. I am always more then willing to help you all out in what ever manner you all see fit. THANK YOU. Lol Don’t ever worry about me in this work , for I am with the Lord I do recive his great protection in these great days. He does grant me His kindness ,His love ,His spirit, and His guidnece . For He helps me in every way I know, it truly is the greatest blessing to be in this great work of His. So family we have a new starting point right now in this area. We are having to start looking for new people each and everyday , but I do tell you one thing is that we have recived some blessings and it is always a great time to go and teach them. The lord has given us some people to teach, in this coming week i'll tell you how it goes, but as for now I am really short on time. So i'll be ending it here… thank you for everything, I love you all , may the Lord be with you all day to day…. I ll talk to you next p- day…

Serving the Lord
Elder Jessup…

New Companion

Family ,

Its so glad to hear that every one is doing good in life. It really sounds like everyone has been going through rough times. But we must always remember that the Lord is looking at our progress as we go day by day in are lives. The mission I must say truly does know how to change ones will and desires in their heart. My new companion Elder Baxter is a really great guy , he has a lot of energy to do this great work of the Lord. He is the frist one to serve of his family setting the example for his brother and sisters. He comes from Rafala up close to Santa Fe, his home town is Alpine Utah. My very frist companion was also from Utah. Lol As far as how am I doing? You all asked I am doing really great , I got some good news for you all………I lived through my frist week as district leader..lol But I must say I believe this is where I am going to start to really lose my self in the service of the Lord I already see it happing to me. Just lil day by day. Ill tell you that there are a total of four elders in the district , and two Hermanas, I'll be sending photos of them in the next coming week after my frist district meating. Lol

The Conference I got to see the whole thing. For us we had one investigador that stayed with us through 4 of the sessions so it was a true blessing, he is programmed for the end of this week to get baptised. So we are really excited. My comp. Saw the whole Conferance in english , and I saw all in Spanish , and to tell you the truth I understood most of the whole conference. It was a personal goal that I wanted to do, after all I am in a Spanish speaking mission , I think I should watch it in Spanish. It was not to bad in another language as I thought it would be. We had to travel to are stake center to see it which is a lil further into Rosario. But all in all it was really good I truly did enjoy the conference I hope you all did as well.Its really good to hear how fast that Dayrl found a job thats really exciting. I am glad to see the family is doing really good, From the growing up of the babies to there first tackles, all that good stuff. For I know that the Lord is truly lookng over my family as I serve Him in his great work. Thank you all for the support that you all give me each and every day. Mom I would like for you to say hello for me to Phillp if you see him , and ask him what is he up to , tell him thank you for saying that about me, and the same to him. I am glad to have the family of which I have in my life. I miss you all from here in Argentina, I pray for you each and every day. The comp. Is fine I really think we are going to have a lot of great succes in this area of Galvez , we both know what we need to do and I am gong to try and do everything to help out in the language and in the mission. For he has a total of six months in the mission, just half of my time in the mission. But a really great kid I must say , I am going to try and help him in any way I can. I know this is where the Lord wants me in my mission and the poistion is that of district Leader, I know I will have tuff times and times the life could not be more perfect. But I know that all my success I must return in thanks to my Lord for He has helped me in my life through thick and thin. For He will never leave us a alone in his work and his will , let us just remember to put him first in our lives and remember His great Atonement for us and all of man. I love you all family, I thank you you with hugs and kisses , and truly owe you all my greatest love of my soul.I THANK YOU ALL IN EVERY WAY… Mom I am running a lil low on money cuz , I was running on very low money so if you can send me a lil somethin I will really enjoy it. Also were you able to find out anything about my debt card. On what we need to do .. so that i can get a new one?

Thats all family I am running low on the time, but I am going to tell you one last thank you and one last I love you all , thankyou from all the help of which you have givin me from the very start of my mission and life..

Serving the Lord
Your Lil BROTHERE
Elder Jessup

Let Us Show this Great Joy to the World

Beloved Family,

How are you all doing? This week went pretty good for us in the holy work of the Lord, lets just say the fruits of our work payed off We had a baptism this past week….:) So it was a true blessing for us this week I must say in the lords work. I ll tell you a lil more about that in a bit…

Mom as for the food , its really good here, and I love it , I had not had a problem with it yet knock on wood lol . For the past few weeks we have had lunch with members. Its about 3 lunches we have to cook ourselves , and 3 are at the houses of members. So that's the deal with the food. And for our clothes its really good I must say., we're spoiled here lol , we have a hermana that washes are clothes, then we have a separate hermana that washes are G´s . So as far as clothes we are good and taken care of. But we do iron are own cloths lol, when they need to be ironed.. So i just thought that I would answer the questions that mom asked before I forget lol.

This week was really great I am truly enjoying the great work of the Lord. Its so crazy this past week I hit my 11 months in the mission and I did not realize it to tell you the truth. I am going to tell you all something that we are doing Elder Molina and I , he is from Canada , so he speaks English good , and he has parents that are Latinos so he also speaks Spanish perfect , and 3 other languages…Lucky…. The thing I am trying to get at is that the both of us are teaching classes in English for free at the church, and we have a total of about 15 – 17 people going each week , and it grows each week as well. In there is when a lil girl who asked me how much time I had in the mission, then I realized that I hit 11 months that same day. Lol What a dork I know lol…

The lady that was baptized was Angelica Herrera, who was a reference of a member, so it truly does pay to give the refs.. to the missionaries . Then we had the member baptize her and that was a great site. I' ll be sending fotos when I can. So family if you ever have a name pop up in your head thinking that they need to hear the gospel, write it down on a paper and give it to the local missionaries. Cuz the truth is that the Lord could be giving us that name but it's us that change are minds, and then we never give it to the missioners , then those people who's name we received from the Lord himself never come into Heavens Gate…Baptism … so those names are revalations to us…. Don't doubt them..

(…Los angeles hablan por el poder del Espiritu Santo; por lo que declaran las palabras de Cristo . Por tanto ,os dije : Deleitaos en las palabras de Cristo ; porque he aquí las palabras de Cristo os diran todos las cosas que debeis hacer…… 2 Nefi 32 : 6..)

So please just listen to the voice of our Lord when he tells us who is ready for this gospel, and what items we need to do. Trust in his holy Spirit to guide us. So family I really do love you all , and thank you all for what you have done for me in this great work for your support , to just writing me each week it truly is a pleaser to have you all as my beloved family…in this worldly life. You all have given me so much I truly don't know how to repay you all…. But I know one thing that you all would rather have me here then any other place in my life… so I will serve in the name of the Lord as Elder Jessup… to let people know of the truth of the restored gospel the message that has brought so much joy and peace in to our lives, so that they may come to know these blessings of the Lord Our Redeemer Jesus Christ.. I love you all. Thank you all family..

Well fam.. thats really how the week went for me in this part of the World, another great week in the mission. I can only pray and hope that the week goes just as good for you all at home…and at work. Just remember the Lord is always here for us no matter what we need or are going through in are lives, let us show this great joy to the World and let them see the Light and truth of Christ to the World……Amen

Mom I just want to remind you to tell you when ever you have time to go to the bank and see what it is that we need to do to get another debt card cuz mine expires in Feb… so I am living you quite a bit o of time please let me know what I need to do…

Love you
Serving the Lord
Elder Jessup

Happy Missionaries in our Dear Lord's Work

Family,
Its good to hear from you all this week. This week went pretty good I must say. This week that is coming we have a baptism of a cousin of a member. So we are pretty excited for that. Her name is Angelica. She is a lady of about 40 years of age, and she said when I listen to you all the message is complete, as in the gospel. So I really think she truly understands this message. So its pretty exciting, so she is going to be baptised on the 13 of this month. We would of had two more people be baptised as well , but one of the brothers did not come to church yesterday. So we just have to be a lil more patient with them. Slowly but surly they will come unto the lord. So we have really just been really worried for them theses past few weeks, to tell you the simple truth its been pretty busy just trying to get them to come in to the water.

I do have good news there was a baptism in are district in the rama of the hermanas , in a small town called Arayo Seco, which is a lil further out from my area by like 30 min or so. It was a lil older lady of about 60 or so who got to know the truth of this great gospel. So its all a bunch of happy missionaries in our dear lords work here in the district of ours. So I think thats pretty important to share. As for me and my comp , we are doing really good yesterday we came to realize some of the things that we need to do better so its just lil things that we need to better in the mission. Also this week we got to have interviews with are President of the mission, which went pretty well. Really great person his from Paraguay and his wife from Bolivia , but there kids are living in the States. So they are two really good people trying to do the best for the Lords missionaries in this great mission. So everything is going really good . I truly am at a great time in the mission, i am really enjoying each and everyday, as it goes by.

I really enjoyed the photos of the ward thing, at first I didi not remember who Ashley was then when I looked at the photo I remembered. So go ahead and tell the ward that I send them all a good hello to each and every one of them. What a great group of people I must say. I love them all lol…

Family as far as I am doing I am doing really good I am enjoying the work, I try to give all to the Lord each and every day as we go each and everyday. For this a true blessing of which I have, to serve the Lord, in this great country. To preach his gospel each and every day for two years. For the Lord wants me here I need to serve him each and everyday as I wake up in the mission. For i know its what he wants from me and its what I want as well in this time in my life. As for the time. It does fly by I must say. The Lord helps us on the mission , and our families to lose track of the time. I am so thankful that I have this great time in my life and the support of my beloved family in this very work . Thank you all for everything I love you all to the depths of my Heart and to the bottom of my soul. Mom I wish you the best of luck on your trip, to Mexico, and family I wish you the best of luck and guidance during this coming week in everything…

I love you all thank you all so much..
Serving the Lord E. Jessup
Thank you all for everything , anything you need just let me know dying to help.

Let this Message Show on our Faces

Family,

I truly must say that hearing about Erik does truly make me feel in my soul that I am o so ever thankful for this very gospel in my very life. I must say that the Lord has His guided time for each person, to tell you something is that we had a very sad story happen in our very barrio, a kid was going on his moto to pick up his sister at the house, and hit a car n the way and ended up passing away. Maxi Guzman is his name but to tell you the truth that was about 3 weeks ago , and the family is so strong it literally amazes me each time i see them… i know it has to do with the message of the restored gospel of Jesús Christ. So let this message show on our faces to help others see that we have the truth of the Lord in are lives.

This week went pretty well it was just a average week in the mission field. We have a really good group of investigators that are due to be baptised this month the 6th and the 13th back to back.. Im just going to keep them in my prayers each day to make sure that they can arrive to there date.. so I would really like if you all can to … please there names are Angelica for the sixth. Then Ariel, and Angel for the 13 of this month.. so we are just running busy trying teach them everything, and trying to find new people .. so that is really how our week has been going .We had a total of 2 people in church this past week , but this week we will get more…we are having a pretty good weeks..

Its really good to hear about Celest getting married. I am sure its really good to see....someone take that step to be sealed for ever.. this week in church I had to give a talk on the family proclamation , so I learned quite a bit lol , and I got a lil hope for the day I finally decide to take that holy step with my special someone. So who really knows how long I am going to have to wait for that special day… but I do know one thing. Its one thing I want in > my life. For that is one of the many rehaznos that we come to this great earth, to bring forth a family of our own. So its one thing that I want in my life I just need to wait my time ..lol As for everything with my compa, we are doing just fine everyone usually tells use that we have a appearance that we get along just fine, and I am not going to lie cuz we do. So why not try to show it when in reality and be our selfs and get along lol…as for me personal am reading the book of mormon in spanish again, and also in personal study am reading the bible, I am still in the old testament lol , but I am going through it day by day. So the Lord is helped me so much with the reading problem of which I had .. its like its almost gone away I must truly say, and how thankful I am for it as well. Its the Word of good truly helping ones life…

Well my beloved family I love you much and much, I know that we all have are tough times in life at each person it hits them in different times. For that is the reason why we need to always be following the example of the Lord, for He will help us out in theses tough times. We must always be thinking of our Lord, for the Lord could have someone come up to us and ask us of our religion, and in that moment we must be prepared… ( Y hablamos de cristo ,nos > regocijamos en cristo , predicamos de cristo, profetizamos de cristo y escribimos según nuestras pofecias, para que fuente han de acudir para la remision de sus pecados…….2 Nefi 25: 26 ) let this great scripture help us feel ready to teach this great Word..

Family I love you all dearly , I thank you all for the support that you all give me. To support the lil one of the family. I truly love you all I thank good each and every day that I have you all as my family, let us follow our Saviour in the greatest things, and as well in the small and simple things. For he taught all this to us for a reason to show us how it is that we can come to live with him again alter this life… I love you all ..,Keep strong in the ways of the Lord… let us all come unto him as a family of the Lord… thank you for everything….

P.S. how is Dad doing with the whole computer thing? Dying to know…

LOVE YOU
Elder Jessup

It's Only After a Trial of Faith We Receive Our Testimony

Family,

Its good to hear from you I must say. This week we had a pretty good week . We truly have found some golden people in the Lords land. We have come across 3 new people there names are Ariel , who is 20 years old and his brother Angel 22 years old. Then we CAME across a reference of a member named Angelica, who is about 40 years old. They all went to church yesterday and they all liked it. They all have a date for baptism on the 13 of September, so we are really excited for that here in this area, and in this time.. I have to say I have truly seen the Lords hand in my life each and everyday as we go out and work in this holy work of His. I know that the Lord is here to bless us as we are more and more obedient to his commandments. Like you said mom that they are here to Protect us and guide us in our lives. I am really sorry to hear about the horse that passed away, it s really a sad thing to hear. But I know dad that you are going to take care of the baby horse, and that this is a trail of faith, like Ether 12: 6 says that its only after a trial of faith we'll receive our testimony.

So I must say that we are pretty excited for the investigators that we have here in Galvez. The work is going good we keep finding more and more people each day. Its really good to hear that there was a baptism in the ward, and especially that the friend baptised him. That's a missionaries dream come true . to see a member do the baptism . For our new mission president has put a lot of focus on how we need to start working more with the members. And we have started and it seems to be truly working I must say. So there is some more news of how the mission is going for me.

Its really good to hear that Austin got his mission call for Spanish speaking, tell him he is going to love this time in his life, that it truly does change one's life in many, many ways. Its a great two years and that it goes by really fast. So to work hard and enjoy the mission. Tell him he is just a year behind me cuz I went in the 10 of October.

Thanks mom for the Money , I really needed it . thanks thanks lol . I am also going to be sending some more photos to day as well.. so thanks again. Well I hope everything is going well for you all . I truly thank you as my family for everything of which you have done for me in my life and in this time of the mission. . I love you all so dearly, I pray for each one of you as the weeks turn into months then the months into years. I love you all. And I ask again if there is anything of which you all need please just ask of me and I will be more than willing do what I can for you all…

So I love you all family and don't worry about me I am in the Lords hands , and keep strong , keep the faith of which we have let us grow it that even more…tell next P dAY

Serving the Lord.
Elder Jessup

Monument of the flag

Being Silly

Let Us Humble Ourselves

Family,
Hey how are you all doing? Well this week went pretty good i must say, but the guy we had programed for the week end he fell, he did not make it to his date cuz he moved in to another area , and he is not in our hans anymore so that was a bust this week. So we still worked hard this week and found some new people, we found some really good people. This week was also transfers , and the news is that me and my comp E.Arro are going to be staying together another transfer, so we are pretty excited for that i must say, its really the big news of the day. So we are pretty happy with that i must say.  So as for i am doing pretty well i really enjoyed the scripture and the story mom it really gets you to think that god has a purpose for everything he does. Even though we have no clue why we are going through that trial in are life , the lord does and he looking at us and seeing how we handle the that was a really good story. I must say as i read the bible i am learning more of the stories, but yet also i know that i am still not truly understanding the text , or the true meaning, but i must say a simple prayer of faith is true all we really need to do. I finished the book of Exodus and the one thing that just surprised me was the hard heartedness of the Pharaoh of Egypt, as he did not see that it was the true hand of god , and that he wanted to let and have his children free of bondage. I truly must say that that can be taken into are life today as we see the Lords hand in are life ,but even though we see it we still know we are going to fall again in to the darkness of sin, but here is where we can make or break are selfs, by being hard hearted or by being humble unto the Lord. So let us not be like the harden king let us be as Moses and humble are selfs to the lord in all the days of are life. For truly that is the way to live are live in the manner of the teachings of are Lord Jesus Christ. That this week was my spiritual thought. As i compared the king to us ( human kind) and Moses unto the (lord).
So let us rejoice in the ways of the lord . for ever and always for this is are true joy in life let us shine are light of christ for all to see in times of light in times of darkness, let us help this world become full of joy one person at a time. At on point or another the world will hear are teachings either through missionaries or through members of the church , let us take forth this great message. For this is the true joy in life i must truly say helping people come unto the ways of are lord.

Family i love you all i know that i am in the great work of the lord that he is helping me day by day to carry forth his work unto the people of this country. Family i love you all to the bottom of my heart, i know that each one of you are trying to do the best to carry forth this great word and living the teaching of our great Lord . Family i love you all with out a doubt in my soul, for i know the lord wants me in the area of Galvez to carry forth his work , i thank you all for your prayers and your love , daily i do think of you all and pray for you through out my day as well, there is not a day that goes by that something i see reminds of home in some way.

I thank you for everything fam. Mom i am running short on money so if you could please send some it will be a great help. Also family thank you all for always being there for me through thick and thin. I love you all a lil later ill be sending photos , so don't worry to much lol love you all..

LIL Bro...E. Jessup

James 1:5

Family ,

Everything went pretty good this week. We have a great investigator his name is Raul, h

e came to church 2 times in a row solo, he is truly of gold I must say. He

 has a date for baptism this week, so we are pretty excited. There is a lot

 of blessin

gs of which we are receiving i must say in this work. This week we had zone conference and it went so well i must say. We talked a lot about the importance of working with the members. It went really well, but there was a huge down fall, after cuz my comp got really sick after wards, the food did not do him any good. But he was in the bed for 3 days but right now he is doing a lot better. So that was really the bad news of the week i must say. There was a lot of time in the pinch, this week so it was kinda a bust i must say. He type of food

 poisoning or some thing.

But i must say the week went by really fast. There was a

 lot of stuff going on lol. For now i have started to read the bible again, but now i am also taking notes as i read the chapters so its a better way to study for me i must say

.

 Cuiz the other day i realized how i really dont know the stories in the bible all to well, so i am going to become familiar with then. Lo

l i have come to realize this week that i lack a lot of knowledge , but i realized 

that i need to do my part as well i cant just leave it up to the lord to help me , when i dont study it just does not work out right... lol. I realized that if we truly want to come to understand something , we must truly 

ask of god with all are faith , as in James 1: 5 ask and we shall receive if it is of rightousnous . the lord does truly bless us in are daily

 lives in so many different ways he just wants to give it all to us its just we need to ask of it in our prayers. The lord is truly here for us in are daily lives let us just humble are selfs and ask of him day by day.

My family i love you all , for i am truly enjoying this wo

rk i must truly say. I find more and more about me each and everyday, thanks to the lord. Mom there is something i need to tell you about my personal card it expires 02/09 in feb, so i just want to tell to start asking how i can get a new card so at lest you know and its not last min, i am giving you tons of time lol .. i learned my lesson from my school projects. I am also very sad to here

 about the new puppy, i pretty bummed that i never got to met her. But i know the lord has a plan for his animals just as much as us , 

we will see her again , and i will see my great dog Floyd

 once again, but in

 the lords time not ares . for that is one thing in this life that the lords time is in this earth, that he has th

e plan for us and he knows when are time is done on earth. Mom thank you for sending me the money i will think of something to get. Thank you all and always remember that if you ever need anything i am here for you all , i am here to help you all out in what ever it is that you need. I love you all from the depths of my heart, and my soul. Than

k youuuuu family i love you and miss you all. Yesterday i hit 10 months in the mission ... i'm m old lol

Serving the Lord 

Elder Jessup

Encounter With The Police

Family, 

 It great to hear from you all, this week , i am glad to hear that all of you enjoyed the photos i sent last week. Well this week went pretty good but it also had its up s and downs like any other week. Its crazy how the misión Works  we have great days then we have off days were it feels like nothing went right , but what can you say as long as we can look back each day and say you served the lord with all your Herat, might ,mind and stringht. 

Well family your  not going to relieve what happen to me this week. Its a pretty crazy mission story that every one has.. this past Friday my comp and i went to the chruch to do early morning work outs. So we were running at the back field of the chruch about mid way through are workout , when we heard a loud shout Saying PUT YOUR SELFS ON THE FLOOR…. I looked over and it was the cops telling us to throw are selfs on the floor…  it turns out that one of the niehbors of the chruch called the cops saying that they saw two kids jump the fence to the chruch, and that they were robbing. So the cops thought that we were robbers at the chruch. So the cops searched us , saw that we were not armed , then they asked me what was in my hand , then i told them that it was the keys to the chruch , and to are apartment. They stared to ask us who we were , what we were doing , and why we were there? So we basicly gave them a whole lesson, that we are missionaries for the chruch.. From there they asked us to show us that the key was to the chruch , so we showed them. They took down a couple of dats or info, of us and asked to report to the cop station at 9:30 latter the same moring… to make the story short, we showed up to the station , with are zone leaders and they le tus go free of charge.. lol..

What a story right lol , but the whole time the lord had are back , so it went all well, no need to worry. But this week i do have a scripture for you all…. “ y ocurrio que Jesús los bendijo mientras le dirigian sus oraciones ; y la  sonrisa de su faz fue sobre ellos , y los ilumino la luz de su semblante; y he aquí ,estaban tan blancos como el semblante y como los vestidos de Jesús; y he aquí , su blancura excedia a todo blancura, si, no podia haber sobre la tierra cosa tan blanca como blancura.” I read the scripture this moring and i really hit me i thought i world share it with the family.. so every one could ponder it in there own way its in 3 Nephi 19: 25  let us all become white as the cloths of Jesús christ throug are prayers. For it is one of the simplets thing we can offer to the lord.  Well family i truly love you all , i know you all worry about me but i tell you there is no need for the lord is holding me in his mighty hand of which he has.  I know that the lord has blessings ready fro each one of us , and he is ready to give them to us , we just need to ask for them . 

Family i love you all i know that this is the chruch of the lord and that the book of mormon is the Word of our lord… keep remembering our God  and his Hill, in are hearts…

Love you deeply

Serving the Lord
Elder Jessup

Pictures!

Here are some recent pictures Clay sent. He looks great!

Hello from Galvez

Family,
Hey , family how is everything going, its really good to hear from you all this week. I am doing good I am loving the work each and everyday more and more. This week was a pretty good week , we had some investigators in the church this week, and everything went really nice this week. We did a lot of teaching this week just like any other lol . this week I have no crazy exciting story to tell you all sorry. This week was just working after work lol. But in all reality its how the Lords work goes out in the mission, I must say, but we do have a lot of good people can be great members, we just need to teach them a lil more. So the work is going really good , it gets better each and every day I must say.

For mom I loved the story the missionary told to you all, it gets you going to want to go preach the gospel, it gets you going , cuz in all cases I could have promised people to as well, for it is something that I don’t know, but it makes me want to go knock door to door trying to find that person that I would preach the gospel to. For this week I came a lil closer to my heavenly father that he is always with us and trying to guide us each and every day . I can tell you all that I have a really strong testimony of this , but in all reality you all already know that he is with us, family we all know that he is with us day by day . for this is his gospel and he wants us all to come to him. For he has given us this chance for us to prove that we can follow his example, in our time , and that is what he wants to see us do in our life. ….

( por lo tanto , asi alumbre vuestra luz delante de este pueblo , de modo que vean vuestras buenas obras, y glorifiquen a vuestro padre que esta en los cielos… 3 nefi 12: 16 )

I just wanted to share that message with you all that he wants us to bring forth are light which is the light of Christ to all the world how great is that family.. for we all have the same chance in the same time to help others come closer to are god and our lord . so let us all goo forward as his servants to preach this gospel . I love you all my beloved family I love to hear from you every pday . it makes the rest of the week fly by lol.

Well family I love you all , I pray for you all day by day as I am in the mission field , I know that we are in the fullness of times , that Joseph Smith restored the gospel with the help of Jesus Christ, I know Jesus is the Christ, and that he does life and they are our parents above I know I am in his work..

Thank you all my family I love you tons , and I thank you for your support ….tell next Pday family

I am sending Photos lol

Serving the Lord
Elder Jessup

Great Week

Family, 

Hello family. Its good to hear from you all , it seems to me that everything is going good at home… as far as the mission i am doing great, the work is really moving along at ful. The lord is blessing us so much in this area, you can truly see his hand in our life , in this area of Galvez. This past Sunday after fast and testimony meeting our bishop introduced us to a family is part member , the wife is a member but the husband is not so we put a date when the bishop, to go visit them. As for last night was one of the best night in the work that I have ever seen, the spirit was alround us last night as we were working. We went from cita to cita with the spirit of the lord. We started off by going to the family Godoy, the wife of the family is fighting with smoking, but I tell you what family see is one determinded person to leave it behind. I personally have not seen faith so strong in the mission, she asked us for a blessing to help her out, then from there we went to family Guzman, in this family the youngest daughter wants to be baptised, she is 9. so we went to the family, and began to teach, it true felt the the lord opened the heavens over us in that house, and we chanllaged the husband to become worthy, with in a mouth to be able to baptise his daughter, and then right before we lefted we asked the father to say the prayer , but with all of us on our knees , and he said yes… so great it was the frist time in my mission that we asked the family to pray to there heavenly father from there knees… from there we started talking about how we need to get a hold of the bishop , and the Elders Qurom pres. To try and helpout the family. Guzman.. In that spilt moment in time we came across our leader misional , and the pres, of the elders. I have never seen the lords hand so strong in my life. So we talked to them about the family Guzman , and they seemed really pleased with our work. This was a true night to remember in my mission. From there we had one more cita to go to. It was a lady that we talked to in the street, and we set up the cita in the tardecita, about  8:30.
So we went to there house and they invited us in , and let us teac to them lesson 3 which is the gospel of jesus Christ , and we left two copies of the book of mormon in the house. The thing I tell you about this family is that its of three people Teresa, Debora, and Sofia, but family I have never seen people that attentive to our message , they read the promises in moroni, and ther eyes where just aww strok in the promises… I know with all my heart that the lord is blessing us in this holy work, and I can truly see it with my own eyes , I have never seen the spirit so strong in my mission tell last night. So family there is a little bit of the work for you lol.. 
Well family thank you for your support, in this great work for the lord. I know that the lord is with us as a family , and he is helping us grow together as one, even though we are in different areas of the world he knows are needs and desires , and he is here to help us …..Alma 7 :11-13  .. Y saldra sufriendo dolores , aflicciones y tentaciones de todas clases ; y esto para que se cumpla la palabra que dice , tomara sobre si los dolores y las enfermedades de su pueblo…. Y tomara sobre si la muerte, para soltar las ligaduras de la muerte que sujetan a su pueblo, y sus enfermedades tomara el sobre si , para que sus entrañas sean llenas de misericordia , según la carne , a fin de que según la carne sepa como socorrer a los de sus pueblo, de acuerdo con las enfermedades de ellos …. Ahora bien, el espiritu sabe todas las cosas , sin embargo ,el Hijo de dios padece según la carne, a fin de tomar sobre si los pecados de su pueblo , para borrar sus transgresiones según el poder de su redencion, y he aquí este es el testimonio que hay en mi…. Family it  was a little scripture that i though i world share with you all … for I love you all thank you so much for everything .. the word for transfers is that me and my comp are going to stay together this transfer… 

Well  family keep strong , in this true gospel and thank you again for all your help, and support. Mom you good go ahead and tell Korina that  my cooking is improving each and everyday lol … and that I hope to hear from her soon . family tell everyone high for me that  you see and if thay as tell tem that I love what I am doing and I love the area I am in… love you all

P. s  thanks for the money mom , family love you all , and tell everyone high with a big smile lol

Serving the Lord 

Elder Jessup

Tell next p day

New Mission President

Family, 

Well everything is going good for us down here in Galvez , it was a great week , yesterday Sunday we had a baptism of a kid of 9 named fransico , what a stud of a kid i must say .  I must say I am loving the work of the lord , how great is this work .. Also this week we said good by to our old president of the mission, we have a new president named Villalba who is from parguy ( don’t know how to spell the name) we have are frist conference with him this Wednesday , so really looking forward to that I must say. 

So as you can see there is a lot going on in the mission , we have a new president , who I know is called here for a reason. As fare as this new area  I am loving it, it’s a lot bigger then my last area, so it a lot more walking I must say but o well.. my compa elder Arro and I are doing great , as a companship, we have been baking cakes at full , I think by the time I get home I will be one darn chef, lol I am learning a lot of cooking on my mission.. quite fun I must say. O yeah my comp is loving all the food I am cooking he just eats it all lol…  I know that I ment to send you all photos of the house last week . so ill I will send a lil this week and the week to come, as well.. the pinch takes me back home cuz it has such high sealings such as our house , but I really do like the apartment here.

Well family I know that I love you all with all my heart , you all have helped me out so much in this short time and in my past as well, and mom I am doing everything I can o keep positive through out my day and trusth me the lord is helping me out each and every single day that I ask him, which pretty much every day lol. Dad I know that you have this new calling for a reason, the lord whats you in that spot , for you helped the priest for so long , I know that you are going to help the single adults so much, that is such a good group of kids , they will help you out as well, can you all tell them hello for me this next coming week at church.. family I love you all to the core of my soul. I know one thing that hits me everyday on my mission is that the lord is with us day to day of our lifes, and he is with us each step of the way , we must just simply ask him for his help and let us become his true children , and talk to him as if our own parents on this earth, no matter what time of day he is always there to guide us and protect us in our times and his time. For he is just as thankful for us as we are to him in our lives. Just by simple things in our daily lives we can draw so close to him. The thing is that we must always be wanting to do his will in our lives, as reading our scriptures , going to church , partaking of the sacrament, and fullfuling our callings, and ask him for his guidnece in a simple prayer everyday and every night.. He is our heavenly father and he is all ways listen to us. For my beloved family and friends I love you all I know you all don’t have to worry about me for I am in the lords hands in his most holy work, I know that he lives that Jesus is the Christ, that this is his holy and only true church on earth..

I love you all thank you for you support in this holy work and for all your help… I love you all, and I know the lord will bless each one of you all , and just remember the prayer of a little one is one of the best prayers to the lord there humilty to him … I need to remember it as well… love you all…mom the thing I ask is just to put some more money in my account please… how ever much you see fit please .. thank you all love you tell next p-day 

Serving the Lord 
Elder Jessup

Alma 57:27

Family, 

Hello hello it sounds like everything is peachy lol , it just sounds like its really hott up in el paso and lubbuck . well  i did move to a new area the name of the area is Galvez it s a city out side of rosario, by like 5 to 10 min not by much its a really nice area. I think i am really going to enjoy my time here in this new area,its a huge area lot bigger them my last . My comps name is elder Arro , and guess what i got luck this time i got another person from argentina from a different part of Buenos Aires, from the south part of the city. So how lucky is that i must say.  As far as the new apartment its really nice high roofs just like back at home lol but this time around it s only me and my comp, just like in my frist area,up in federal . the bad thing is that the apartment was very dirty , but with a lil bit of work i got it clean in about 2 days . ill send you a picture of all the trash... lol 

So i got a new area that really was not expecting when i recvived that call . but all in reality i know its where the lord wants me to serve him i did my time in santa fe , so to tell you the truth ia excited at the fullest , and i am stocked for this next chapter in my mission story lol. One thing that is a bit different in this area is that its a lot coolder  hear . cuz in a map santa fe is more inthe norther part of the mission and in argentina , but my new area is just 2 hours south from santa fe but that lil difference makes a lot of temputre difference , i guess lol  there is a lot of things going on with the country , political from my under standing they had a chage of presedent , who now is a women and she rased the tax on the framers lots 60/100 of there products had to be payed to the goverment , so the framers did a protest and stopped sending out product , so when they did that the truckers ran out of work so they stopped worrking , from there rose another protest with the truckers , so when we did a food run there was nothing in the stores cuz in reality no one is working ..... the presidenta talked to the people but i dont know if she solved any thing , we as missioonaries are not allowed to talk to the people about whats going on political .... 

 In reality this whole thing is not putting a whole tole on mission work but just like every now and then you hear people saying anti americna stuff like always. But we just dont worry about it a keep going strong in the lords work for he is the purpose we are serving ....  i just wanted to let you all know how the politcal seen is down here... i just know a lil bit not much.. but family i know that what ia m doing is the3 holy work of the lord and that he is looking over each and every one of us in theses latter days iam going to share a scriture that i read thuis moring in Alma 57: 27 .. it says .. Now this was the faith of these of whom i spoken ; they are young , and there minds are frim , and they do put their trust in God continually... here is the story of the strippling warriors , as we all know the story , but then i started thinking that the missionarias are the mondern stripling warriors , and that we are young , pretty much the same age as they were , and we are continually putting our trust in the lord  to serve him and to help his gospel grow , it just hit home that verse i justn wanted to share it with you all as well .. well i love you all to the depths of my heart .. tell next p day 

Serving the Lord 
Elder Jessup 
p.s. go ahead and give kARENA my address

Farewell to Santa Fe

Family,
Hello how is everything going for you all up there. This week was good and all we had a total of 2 investigators in the church this week. But I am not going to lie we worked hard all week to get them there, so it was worth it. As far as my cold I just have a runny nose is all really. And yes mom I am taking all the vitamins , but I have no more body Rox I would like some more of those. My comp and I are doing really good , but I just got news today , when we were playing soccer at the church , is that I am leaving my area tomorrow, after interviews, and I am going to the area of Rosario, one of their areas close to it. So I am leaving another area…. Going on to my third of my mission..how crazy… and I really don’t know what's going to happen or ho is my comp, this came as a big surprise….not going to lie……so I really don’t know what to expect I am going into this blindfolded , but I am sure the Lord has a reason for why I am going I put my faith in him and my trust in Him.. and I am just going to go where he calls me to go…

I am so glad to hear that the girls camp went good,and the whole experience, cuz it sounds really good , mom just a lil tip I think I would do in that case is give Lupe a copy of the book of Mormon , and mark the part of the vision of the tree of life and let her read it and let her pray to the Lord about it , so she can fell it for her self that this is the church of the Lord … I think it will be good for her cuz as she is reading she will be remembering that whole experience at the camp…so I think it would be really good for her cuz she has already felt the holy ghost in her life with that experience.

As for dad I am really excited for him to be it the bishop ric now I am sure he is going to enjoy that calling to the fullest… mom the girl that you did meet is Karina, and yes she is pretty … and she did write me back awhile back ago , then I wrote her and she never wrote to me back both in letter and email, so I really don’t know what happen..think she may of gotten a boyfriend , no idea… one thing though is that I truly did enjoy that ward , you all are going to love tell every one there hello for me and that I am doing great down here in Argentina , and loving every min. of it…

Well family I truly do love this holy work of which I am doing and I know the lord has a reason for me to go down to Rosario for a reason. I think I did my part here in general lopez for the Lord , I just truly hope he is happy with the work of which I have done for him in this area.. family I love you all to death and I truly mean those words , I know each one of you has a part of my heart , and I owe everything to you all for all the help you have all given me in my mission and before , thank you all… for I know the Lord is here with us as we go by day by day in our lives , and that he is willing to bless us , in our times of need and when we don’t need it , for I know that this is probably going to be a big one at that to be serving in a new area so soon for him.

Family keep strong to the ways of the Lord. My biggest desire for you all , is that you continue to read your scriptures in your own study time I truly think in that little time of every day is the way the Lord did change me and create me of new to help me teach his children , for I know that his children are waiting for me I this new area , and I tell you what my family, I'm going to give it my all to preach the word of the Lord to his children…P.S thanks for the package and the new journal … I will enjoy it love you all
elder Jessup

Personal Meta

Family, 

How are you all doing this week? I cant believe the number of priest that there is going to be now its so low… que cosa.. Well everything is going good I am speeking spanish a ful.. but there is a correctttion for you all I got to latins in the apartment and its me and E. chasity from woyming .. But any who we really just do speak spanish in the pinch. …. plus I have a personal meta to speak spanish this whole transfer .. so I am pretty excitied for that…

I can tell onr thing that I am not to excitied for is all this cold weather that is coming in.. man is it cold I must say … I have been wearing my trenchcoat all week. This past week it was kinda a bust cuz we had the electricty cuyt twice this past week and were left with power , heat in the casa… pretty cold must say.. but I know the lord is there to help us out in this this time of cold, if the missionaries that frist spread this gospel did it now days.. I ll be fine.  So I really excited for this next trasnfer I must say.

So that’s how the mission is going right now. Great I must say. We are already working at full pase from the start from this tranfer.  My comp, is from buenos aries , and has about 15 months in the mission. The whole pinch is farly young this tranfer. Which is really cool.. also he is coming from rosario a very nice area but the people are really hard hearted there.  So he is pretty excited to be serving in this humble area in Sanea Fe…   so we really want to do as much possible this transfer during this time for the lord in this area.

Family I must tell you all that I truly love this work for are god, even when its really cold outside , you learn to put yourself to work si o si , you learn to humble your self for the lord. Let me tell you and man does he bless you in the act each and every day , how great is it to be in this time of the lords work , to help dpread this great gospel to the lords childer who sre ready to hear it, or if they are not either way we are going to teach them lol.  But this is truly thee best learning experence one could truly have in there young years to help them in the rest of there lifes… how greatful am I to be sering my dear lord in this holy work in argentina your these 2 years of my life, o and how fast does this time fly by I must say to you all… I love you all I want to tell ypu I know the thing of nwhich I amdoing are of the lord, to help his kingdom grow in the latter days..i know that you are the family of which I choose to share this time in my life with you all my beloved family. Mom and Dad you are the parents of which I choose to rase me in the times before this moment, I how greatful am I to have you both to look  after me in my days how greatfuly honored am I to call you my Father and Mother Thanck you… To brothers and cosins, how thankful am I for each one of you to share the same house wih you thanks to my mom and dad, I learned many many thing from each one of you , you allhad a great part in my days of growing up , and thank ypu for all the things of which you all did teach me in my young days, to help me get on the stright and narrow path of the lord , to fix my path of wrong doings in my youth..
How luck am I too have each one of you as my family members to help me grow and fix mymrong doings… thank you for all… the chapter I would like for you all to read if you can this week would be of that great book of Alma Chapter 26 , I read it this moring and it just helped me so much it inspiried this letter today to you all right now … how great the power is in the scriptures , how great is this time in my life….

Serving the lord  ….Elder Jessup
thank you for the money mom , and i would like to know if you all can send me a photo of my bike.....pretty please

ALFAJOR FEST

Family,

How are you all doing? Its really good to hear from you all it s been awhile it seems like. Well everything in sant fe is going really good. Me and my comp are really good he is trying not to be trunky but everyone is making him really to that point. O by the way I did there is no way to put this easy I bought my comp a suit , but the thing is that he really needed on his pants were like 4 sizes to big his suits were really at the point of death , I just felt bad I did not want him to go home with such poor suts , I know I am suppost to by stuff for me but its what I felt I wanted to do with the money to help him feel better in his image so he could go home looking nic and sharp…

But as far as the work is going its going pretty good we found some people and few of them went to chruch this past week, but this next coming week we are going to be working really hard to get our goal for the transfer , of 12 programados , cuz the transfers ends this week so I wont be mailing you all tell Tuesday. Its so crazy how fast this time of the lord goes by in the mission ill already be on my 5th transfer so that’s pretty crazy just got to keep working hard for the lord, and just put my sholder to the wheel and keep pushing for the lord al the way through, tell the end. The great thing in the mission there is never nothing to be done , for the lord is always giving us work for him.

Sence this is the last week for my comp, we are doing something ALFAJOR FEST, in other words we have tons of Alfajors , which is like 2 cokies and in the middle is vinala , them chocalate warped al round it, and u put them in hot coco , and drink out off the alfajor we call it milking a moose… and we each do two por day…. Cuz its his last week in this country its really good lol

So that’s something a little different that we are doing in the south lol , the weather has been really hot this whole past week , but the weather man said it should cool down by the end of the week , but its just like El Paso they say one thing and some thing else happens , so will see…. And it really stinks cuz they pst a new rule saying that we have to be in suits so it makes it really , really hot…not suit weather lolo. Chruch was really good we had a lady in that we found this

past week , and I think she liked it , hopfuly she we will be there next week…but the spirit was strong the young kids always tell me to smile I think they like the way I smile or something…. Lol I am doing what you asked mom keeping a smile on my face…. So I am sending photos of the past baptism and when we went to walmart , and went we got to go to the beach, also it was a my district leaders birthday, so I made him a cake a huge one that cake was really heavy..lol chocalate and orange cake…. So the last photo is all the Alfajores that we are eating through out the week… lol

Love you all , I love the time in my life to serve the lord in his holy work, I love how everyone of you have helped me in a way to prepare for this time in my life , I love you all so much keep strrong in this great true chruch, I thank you for everything in every way, I love you all to the depths of my own soul, always will you all be in my heart, don’t forget to ask if you all need anything from me… love you

Serving the Lord
Elder Jessup

Let us Accept Him in our Lives and Families

Family,
Hello how are all you doing? It was so good to hear you all last night , its been a long time from the last phone call. I can't believe that the next time I'll be calling you all I will have left to go is a year and two months! But that is still in the future so I just got to go by day by day in the Lords work so that I can truly do everything I need to do for the Lord each day of the mission. But it was a great time to hear you voices …Well like I said we had a baptism this past week and it went really well. We still have hopes in getting another one before my comp has to go home.. don’t know who but we are going to find him or her.. lol I love this work of which I am doing so much, it brings joy to my soul to help someone come closer to the Lord.. it’s a very lucky honor of which I have to do, this great and wonderful work for the Lord, in this land of South America. This week is also going to be a week of hard work, like I said last night over the phone, but to tell you the truth I am looking really forward to this next week to find some of the Lords children to teach this gospel to. That to me is one of the greatest parts of the missions , just cuz there is so many different ways to try and find people that are ready to hear the gospel…My scripture for the week: Si , en verdad en verdad os digo que si todos los hombres hubieran sido , y fueran y pudieran siempre ser como Moroni he aqui , los poderes mismos del infierno se habrian sacudido para siempre ; si , el diablo jamas tendria poder sobre el corazon de los hijos d los hombres. Alma 48: 17I love this scripture cuz it show us how strong Moroni actually was in his faith in his beliefs, all in the memory of his God, why should we not try to become more, as he did in his strong faith. There is nothing stopping us except our own self's , we just have to realize what it is that we want and put our heart to it and ask the Lord in high faith to help us in our time to get our goals, not just spiritual goals , but as temporal as well. The Lord is there to help us out always it is us that pushes him away from our lives , let us accept Him, and give Him the highest honor and well help us through out our times of need , as well as in our times of prosperity, for our Lord and God are there for us always…LET US EXCEPT HIM IN OUR LIVES AND FAMILIES. I just thought that little spiritual thought might help some of you all out in the next coming week, as it did help me this past week…but family I truly love you all to the core of my soul , I know that we do have the true church on the earth today , and we are members of this great and wonderful church today. Let us become united as a family and become stronger in the faith of our Lord , so that we can stand strong on our foundation of Jesus Christ, in this world of wickedness and chaos . Let us become as the Lord would want us to become in this world today as members of his true chruch…Family I love you all take care be strong , love and server one another, and remember if there is anything that you all need I am here don’t be shy to ask.. Thank you for everything mom dad brothers , sister and family..
Serving the Lord ,
Elder Jessup