Moving all the time!

O.K. as Jason's mother and editor of his blog, I thought it would be fun to throw in one of his e-mails that has not been edited by me first.  As Jason's mission has progressed, his grammar has become more like the French and his spelling too.  This is what an e-mail looked like when it got to me:
 Dear Fam fam!

I am glad to hear everyone is doing so well and that you enjoyed the pisc! Thank you for the letters and i hope to get some more out soon. OK where to even start.....i dont know why but it is really hard to find service to do in this mission, thus whenever you get the chance it is taken as a treasure and a wonderful oppurtunity! I prayed alot to be able to notice little things i could do for people and just be able to give someone a hand every once and a while......well i think my prayers got answered at once these past two weeks and weve been going left and right from one service project to the next! My poor little cross country arms are exhausted! First off weve been helping Sophia (one of our amies) make several moves from her old appartment to a storge unit until she finnaly got the new appartement where we moved everything to this past saturday.....she is a single woman with more things than our family of 7!!!!! Why do women have so many things!!!! Anyways it was really cool though cause apparently she couldnt find anyone else but us and the member we brought to help her out and if we werent there she wouldnt have gotten her thnigs outta the old appartemnt fast enough....apparently ther is was a time limit to when she had to have it done or else they would just kicked her out....so that was cool! Then we helped a recent convert move some things as well as an amie that moved from the Lyon mission (TONS OF STUFF) and we also helped Damien clean out his attick and the garage woo!! I have diffinately been running faster than i am able but we had good things goin for us this week more particularly our amies.
 William is and amie from Ghana of whom we teach in english and we just fixed a baptismal date with him! He has made a ton of progress since i first taught him with Elder Fisher, at first he did not understand at all the apostacy or the need for authority but he has always been SUPER hungry to learn and understand and has reached the point where he understands it very well! He also has diminished smoking from 2 packs a day to two sticks a day! Woo wee! He will probaly get baptised next transfer meaning that it is highly likely that i wont see it but thats ok! OH and even better news we finnally had another wonderful rendezvous with Damiens family and we finnished teaching the complete first lesson! I was slightly scared to ask Damiens mom to be baptised because i knew that she was a jehovas witness and i didnt know how she was going to react and i didnt want to make any hard feelings especially with damien there, but i felt very strongly that i needed to do so and whata ya know the spirit is always more intelligent than us and she accepted the invitation with gratitude if i can say it! It was cool!! I probably wont see her be baptised either, but for some reason i am not as dissappointed as i was to missing past peoples baptisms.....i am just overwelmed with joy to have been able to teach Damien everything and even see his baptism reception of the preisthood see him distribute the sacrament and bless it and recieve a calling as ward missionary!! (and soon to baptise his own family members) I couldnt be more happy!! BTW his mom is super legit and super faithful! She came to church yesterday for the first time and liked it and everyone was super excited to se her so things are going well! The bishop (whom is pretty much my new grandpapy and whom i love TONS) even came up and told us personnally who proud of the work we were doin......it was kinda cool.
 Sweet well Elder Costner is doin really well and progressing a ton! He doesnt even realize it adn it reminded me of a time i had in Le Mans when i got super frustrated with myself like he similarly did this week and Elder Crump picked me up and brought me outta my self pity.....it was like Deja vu and i never felt a love so strongly for my companion than at this moment, where i felt the love that my Heavenly Father had for him and the oppotunity i ahd to pick him up and help encourage him. He truly is a stellar elder!
Well life is good and we got lots of stuff to do and i hope all continues to go well at the promised land! PS i cant wait to talk to yall next transfer on mommys day!!!
LOVE
ELDER LYONS

      AS  YOU CAN SEE, I HAD A LOT OF EDITING TO DO SOME WEEKS.  SOME WERE BETTER, BUT MOST WERE LIKE THIS ONE.  

        This is after it has been edited:

      Dear Fam fam!

    I am glad to hear that everyone is doing well and that you enjoyed the pictures I sent! Thank- you for the letters.  I hope to get some more out soon.

    OK, where to even start.....I don't know why but it is really hard to find service to do in this mission.  Whenever you get the chance it is looked at as a treasure and a wonderful opportunity! I have been praying a lot to be able to notice little things I could do for people.  Just be able to give someone a hand every once in awhile.  Well.. I think my prayers got answered all at once!  For the past two weeks we've been going left and right from one service project to the next! My poor little cross country arms are exhausted!

    First we've been helping Sophia (one of our amies) make several moves from her old apartment to a storage unit until she was able to get into her new apartment this past Saturday.  She is a single woman with more things than our family of 7!!!!! Why do women have so many things!!!!  Anyway it was really cool that we were able to help her because she couldn't find anyone else.  It was just us and the member we brought with us to help her out. If we hadn't been there she wouldn't have gotten her things out of her old apartment fast enough.  Apparently there was a time limit to when she had to have it done or they would have just kicked her out.   Then we helped a recent convert move some things; as well as an amie that recently moved here from the Lyon mission (TONS OF STUFF).  And... we also helped Damien clean out his attic and his garage, woo!! I have definitely been running faster than I am able, but we had good things going for us this week.  But more particularly good things are happening with our amies.
     William is an amie from Ghana (whom we teach in English) and we just fixed a baptismal date with him! He has made a ton of progress since I first taught him with Elder Fisher.  At first he did not understand (at all) the apostacy or the need for authority. He has always been SUPER hungry to learn and understand and has reached the point where he finally understands it very well! He has also gone from smoking 2 packs a day to two sticks a day! Woo wee! He will probaly get baptized next transfer, which means that it is highly likely that I won't be here to see it, but that's ok!

    Even better news.... we finally had another wonderful rendezvous with Damien's family.  We finished teaching the complete first lesson! I was a little scared to ask Damien's mom to be baptized.  I knew that she was a Jehovah's Witness and I didn't know how she was going to react.  I didn't want to make any hard feelings between her and Damien , but I felt very strongly that I needed to invite her to be baptized.  And  whata ya know, the spirit is always more intelligent than we are. She accepted the invitation with gratitude if I can say it! It was cool!! I probably won't see her be baptized either, but for some reason I am not as disappointed as I have been about missing past peoples baptisms.  I am just overwelmed with joy to have been able to teach Damien everything and to see his baptism, his reception of the preisthood,  to see him pass the sacrament and bless it, and to recieve a calling as ward missionary!! (Soon he will be able to baptize his own family members) I couldn't be more happy!!   BTW, his mom is super legit and super faithful! She came to church yesterday for the first time and liked it. Everyone was super excited to see her so things are going well! The bishop (who is pretty much my new grandpapy and whom I love TONS) even came up and told us personally how proud he is of the work we are doing......it was kinda cool.
      Elder Costner is doing really well and progressing a ton! He doesn't even realize it.  It reminded me of a time I had in Le Mans when I got super frustrated with myself (like  Elder Costner did this week) and Elder Crump picked me up and brought me outta my self pity.....It was like Deja vu.  I have  never felt a love so strongly for my companion than at this moment, when I felt the love that my Heavenly Father had for him, and had the opportunity to pick him up and encourage him. He truly is a stellar Elder!
    Well.. life is good and we have lots of stuff to do.  I hope all continues to go well in the promised land! PS I can't wait to talk to y'all next transfer on mommys day!!!
LOVE
ELDER LYONS

As you can see, I still miss a few things, but it is much better.  Don't you agree?