Jayden's mission to Arkansas Little Rock 3/21/22-11/1/22

Attack of the dogs   Hey, Hey, it's the start of another beautiful week. More life experiences await, and stories to tell. It's so cool to gain knowledge and learn each and everyday. And no it's not because of the mission that I'm learning so much, at the end of the day it's up to you to decide if you want learn, you have to make the choice to listen and seek. Life has been so much more enjoyable when I let God prevail, trust in Him, and live His Gospel. By doing those things, no matter what happens to me in this life... I know for a fact where I'm going to end up. Knowing that allows me to have more confidence in my actions. I know I've been out serving for like 2 months but it's changed my mindset, I know the importance of this work. It's just up to time/experience to shape me, which I will have plenty of...   Anyway thought over, don't let the title of the email worry you, I'm perfectly fine, my companion on the other hand... just kidding....

 Jeez Louise, Humidity... Wahooooo! Another week on the grind, having fun, learning, improving, and serving the Lord. Sounds like a pretty dope week to me To start things off, we got a new bishop, which is quite sad. We had Bishop Singleton for almost 8 years. I really wonder how it'll affect the ward. We went from an all black bishopric to an all white one, which obviously doesn't matter to me, unfortunately that image paints a different picture in others heads. It was nice seeing black people up there every week, especially for our friends we invite to church. Just gives a different environment. Speaking of race a lot of people in our ward like to see a white and a black (I'm mixed but you get the picture... Hopefully haha) in a companionship, they honestly think it's better... because... a lot of people will not answer/harshly judge if 2 white people show up, and the same for 2 black people. We got one of both... I could go on and on but the point is people judge som...

Expanding my comfort zone Hello! I'm excited to get writing, I absolutely love writing to all of you. This really helps me reflect on my week and allows me to easily express how I feel. Also helps with my typing skills in general. Let's get outta this intro though and get into it... This week has been very eventful, none the less. I enjoy each and every day. With that being said it's also been a letdown at some points, some of the people we're teaching are not putting in hardly any effort towards being baptized. These people have been meeting with missionaries for over a year and say they want to be baptized, but just don't seem to get the commitment level they need to have. We invited both of them to be baptized cuz they were both feeling it. I'm supporting em every step of the way, they will get baptized sooner or later, they have good hearts. This week has been rough with finding though, tons of people just turning into ghosts. Tons of lessons canceled or res...

 M...I...R...A...C...L...E...S Ayyyy! What's up, another beautiful day! This week was crazy with the tender mercies. We were just biking to an appointment and I just hear this person yell "heyyyy you Mormon" my comp is ahead of me but I stop and turn to see what's up. This woman was standing in her driveway with 3 kids and started asking if I was Mormon. I said yeah that's us, she said I am too and that she would like to meet with us. I said yeah we'd love to. I biked up to my comp and we turned back and set up a time to meet. That's the miracle...  Doesn't seem like much but this instance was life changing. I thought nothing of it but when we met at her house with her kids it turns out she is in a super hard place. I won't go into detail but the shocking part is, this lady has been trying to contact our bishop and missionaries. Missionaries in the past wouldn't stop to talk to her, they would just drive by. On top of that she is in a super bad...