Jones, Jarret

Good day everyone! I have time for a quick update on my life down under!  Fun Australian things:  -The big huntsman spiders like to hide under the flaps in the car. (The sun visor thing with the mirrors on it that you can pull down.) They will crawl under them and then when you pull it down to look in the mirror you are staring at a ugly spider instead of your face haha. Not a pleasant surprise.  -Australians say “good fun” when something is exciting. I have started saying it now too! It is funny to have all the new missionaries, when they arrive, point out all the funny things I am saying now!  -Fairy bread! I had it for the first time! It was pretty interesting. It is a dessert that is a staple at little kids birthday parties. I also had a strawberry lamington for the first time.  -I had way too much food this week! Too many meals and food!  Quick weekly highlights: -It was an absolutely crazy busy week! We got so much accomplished. Spent a lot of time at...

Good day everyone! Hope everyone has had a splendid week! I finished my blessed 13th month as a missionary!  Nothing super exciting happened this week. But here are a couple highlights: -Every time we took someone to the airport there was some kind of complication. It was pretty unreal. I know the Adelaide airport like the back of my hand… -Lots of logistics completed this week.  -We were able to go street contacting in the city and I was so city homesick haha. I miss the city so much. We were able to talk with some Chinese people who had moved to Adelaide 2 weeks ago. Then we had a bible basher and his girlfriend confront us. It was a funny conversation.  All I have to say…I feel like Ammon when he boasts in his God. “I do not boast in my own strength, nor in my own wisdom; but behold, my joy is full, yea, my heart is brim with joy, and I will rejoice in my God. Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will b...

Hello everyone! It will be a quick email today! I don't have much time like normal! Hope everyone's week went well!  Really random weird Australian thing: -The washing and dryer machine is not connected to the outside. So usually all the humidity and air it creates gets sent outside. But in Australia it just stays in the room and it makes the room very humid and interesting. -Ripper or rippa means good or excellent. Very fun word to say.  -Struth in Australia is the equivalent to the high school lingo of the word “sick”  -A noah is another name for a shark. So if you ask people…. “Did you see a noah at the beach today?” They will know what you are talking about and say yes or no. I tried it and sure enough the Australian didn't think twice about me using the word noah instead of shark haha.  Weekly highlights: -We have been counseling and helping many of the zone leaders and district leaders in the mission. -We have done heaps of office work and solving all sorts of ...