Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Ok who wants the update worth reading twice!!!

*sigh*
how do i begin to tell you all of the change of heart i have had in the past month i have been here. So muchg has changed to the point that the thought of leaving here now is harder for me then i ever thought it could be. The thought of leaving the people here that i love so much, of walking away and not returning well i don´t know i can. I have a great oppertunity here to strangthen the stakes of zion in the later days and to teach in a way i have never taught before. To teach people how to have the knowledge to put food on their table not hoy to get the latest game set, or fancy car. So pending some paperwork and much needed prayer and fasting, and an update on my grandmother ( if all goes well) it apears that I will be returning to the states for the holidays and then working with the government to get all of my visa´s and things and with family worked out for a quick return here to take up teaching english. (luckly spelling isn´t as important as speaking) But don´t worry i will return!!! There are some classes I have to take at State on campus to finish my masters and well after that, lets just say it is in the hands of the Lord. I know a bit crazy huh! Also next week I will have a number for you all where you can reach me, what can i say some things really are nice to have and a cell is just well worth the extra work!
Also news about today it has been 5 years today since i Joined the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and well it has been the most life changing years of my life! But everyday is a dya of change if we choice to let it be. Every day is a new day no matter where you are and today you have never lived before so remember LIVE LOVE and LAUGH!

con todo mi amor
Jenny Jump

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welp now if u need me you know how to get a hold of me

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Buenos

HOLA
well i know it has been a while and i am sorry for that but my days are starting to get full!!
saturday i left my house at 6am and got home at 10pm. i went to the temple then out for breakfast then homework then to an activity and dancing what fun!!

today has been about the same i had spanish class for 2 hr's meet up with Carols V. then we talked for a bit he went to do HW i read and help one of the locals out with english then jamie got there and we played around and then carlos and practices for another 2 hours after he got back. it has been so crazy I haven't even eated yet! but I had to tell you all how wonderful things are getting THAT and i finished ALMA :) :)
well I need food but love you all!
and have a great night!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Out with the sisters

Ok so i went out with the Sisters yesterday! AMAZING but i have to tell you the funniest part. Here roads are not needed to get home becuase most people use the bus and walk so pathways out of town normaly are just walked over areas in the grass that wear down over time. Well yesterday it rained all dya like normal, and we were going to the other side of town and had to take a .5 mile treck on one of these paths well the sisters were slipping and well they been at this for 4 months now and well i i just keep falling! it was the longest walk of my life and when we were done my feet and shoes were so muddy we had to stop at a house so i could clean up but we did get a good contact out of it! i wish you all could have seen it, well maybe not but still, it was so funny! i don´t ever want to hear another missionary complain about bike riding again!!!!!!!! they should count their blessings. i know i am counting mine. welp love you all gotta run today i am gonna go get lost in the city and find my way around to some new places i hope, and to the mall HEHE mmmm fun times. welp peace out and a lot of love!
Jenny Jumper

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Hola IMPORTANT UPDATE ON MAIL

well dancing was well ummm not the same but the same. It was all in english :( and well that was lame but ok. It made me miss home a bit and our dances. BUT Carlos was tired and I sent him home earily and after the dance i went out to dinner with Marco who has been back from him mission for 10 months is 25 and taught me the word Sonreir y reir laught and smile, which was great because that was exactly what i was doing with him. i am so grateful for the new friends i am meeting here. it is amazing and i love it. Also it seems the closer i try and get to the spirit the better my spanish becomes. OH YEAH i also have a teacher hour hours a week one on one! and she is tough but loving. my prayers are being answered in ways i never could have thought. well i need to run i am going out with the sister missionaries today.

OH YEAH
DO NOT MAIL ME ANYTHING!!! Mail here his horriable if you want e-mail me and someone pass the word on to the elders to mail it to my house and it will get faxed to me. NO MAIL please i would hate for you to take the time and me nevver get it. seriously i mailed my self two letters here a week ago and still haven't gotten them

con amor JJ

Friday, September 12, 2008

Going Dancing with Carlos S.

Hola es un mas semana y mas es bien aqui. mi gusta mucho los personas aqui. And well things are picking up. i have to make time for homework now, that feels nice! i'm going dancing tonight to the temple tomorrow, church on sunday, fhe on monday & Costa Rica's independence day!!!! missionaries on tuesday, institute on wensday, hopefully spanish with Carlos A. (2 Carlos both know english and spanish) on thursday and well that's all for now :)
I have such a stronger testimony of fasting and praying now then i have ever had before. also i am LOVING reading the book of mormon from front to back because i get to see the prophesies fullfilled before there given so when there give i have a stronger testimoney that they are true and that the words of the prophets are ALWAYS fulfilled. I just finished heleman and am now off tyo alma! welp honestly not much else but how are you all.
yo tengo mucho amor para ti
JJ

Going

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Change of heart and mind

well only one of you knows i have been going back and forth for the past week about leaving Costa Rica and going home to take care of my Grandmother and to do my knee surgury. Well by the grace of Heavenly Father she is doing better and well as far as my knee goes i am gonna buy stock in pain killers here. I am currently looking for a spanish teacher and some friends. However i am changing day by day. I don`t even know if you will know me when i get back. (HEHE) really though i had an amazing experence this week with church and a baptism and some gringo elders (did not hurt one was cute and played the piano, come on i can`t change all at once) and then i got to do FHE with nancy`s family and this morning i made some changes that changed me from the inside this time. i`m starting over with El Libro De Mormon. i`m gonna finish it before confrence, and my 5 yeah anversiry date. Then i`m going to re-read the new testiment and then old. I figured if i want to stay out of trouble here i need to stay busy ;)

That and honestly it`s about time to really figure out what i want and what i believe and that is were i`m gonna plant my feet, and from that point i will NEVER go back, only forward.

I`m gonna challenge each of you right now stop and take 10 min a day and figure out who you are and where you REALLY want to go and then figure out what you need to do to get there and start running for it!

but remember it is by small and simple things that great things are brought to pass. so start small and end up on the mountain of the lord and we`ll have a bond fire. Don`t worry i`ll be the last to get there ;)

I love you all and remember onward ever onward and don`t give up this isn`t just your fight, i need you too!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Ok Ok i´m alive

Hi all

So I disapeared to the cost for a few days!
So things are getting better here, i´m learning bit by bit. i´m going to institute tonight and i´m so happy :) and i went to the temple this past weekend and it was GREAT and only i could leave my journal in the temple just so i have to go back this week what a shame :P

But there is something I really really really miss and today I figured out how you all could help. I miss gosple conversations in english where I can understand and learn and grow, SOOO
i figured we could do those things here as well.
i have 2 ideas we can either do it by topic or on the sunday school lesson let me know whaat you think

I love you all.
thanks for your prayers and keep up the good work
!mi amor para los toldo¡