Short note... Helping in the Office!

Hi everyone !

Don't have much time to write but I made it to Villahermosa yesterday and I'll be here for a while to find out more about my knee and what not but meanwhile I'm helping around the office! Right now I'm putting together a PowerPoint for President! But I will update you next week how things are and yeah, was AWESOME to talk to you Saturday and i delivered the gifts to the families and it was awesome! I'll write more about it next week when I have more time! 

I love you all so much!

Love, 

Elder Eliason

Merry Christmas from Mexico!

Villahermosa Temple - Nativity 

2nd Baptism - Elder Alvarez Baptized, Elder Eliason Confirmed Hna Luz

Luz's Family

Elder Eliason hangin' with the kids!

Elder Eliason fighting off the 'bugs & parasites' with the magical elixir... Coca Cola!

Elder Eliason's 3 friends waiting for him on the wall and on the roof!

Hello Family!

MERRY CHRISTMAS from Mexico!
 

How are you all ? I hope you are all well!

This past week was good! We had another baptism ! She is 18 and her name is Luz! She is a friend of the family of the Branch President and she was baptized by Elder Alvarez on Saturday, then I was asked to perform the blessing for her confirmation and it was great! I don't know how I did it but I did! haha It was all in Spanish and it was like three minutes long! I cant remember all that I said but the words just came to me and that was a huge blessing because I was worried, but I said a prayer and asked for help and the Lord came through.

But I will attach pictures from the baptism on this email! and yeah other than that we have another baptism this Saturday for Christmas for another 9 year old and I will be baptizing her!

And we are working with two families that are awaiting some things before they can be baptized then they too will be baptized! but yeah ! Its been exciting to see the progress of all these investigators and families that we have been teaching!

Other than that, not much has been going on..but yeah its been amazing weather down here! Haha Christmas in the sun! But yeah we don't have much time to write today so I will end there but I cant wait to talk to you on Saturday family! I will be calling between 2-4 your time! Ok? I love you all so much and am so grateful for you love and support and this opportunity to serve!

Love you all!

Love, Elder Jordan Eliason

First Baptism in Mexico!

Elder Eliason's 1st Baptism in Mexico, 9 yr old Andrea Rodriguez

Andrea Rodriguez Friends and Family at her baptism with Elder Eliason, and Elder Alvarez!

 

 

Hello all!

 

Hope you are all doing well! I have had a good week...despite the knee problems we were able to get things done! but yeah we had a good weekend as we attended the temple on Thursday and then we had a baptism on Saturday and i baptized Andrea Rodriguez! My first baptism ! Ill send pictures but it was awesome! She is a 9 year old ! But yeah it was a great first experience!

 

It has been raining a lot this week ! And the members here are wonderful! We get lunch everyday from a member and the food is pretty good! I like it ! but yeah my companion has been a great trainer! My Spanish is coming along so so haha i wish i could understand more what everyone is saying but yeah, i know that will all come!

 

I love the people here.. there is this one family we are working with that has practically nothing and every time we are over there they give us pretty much EVERYTHING they have! it makes me want to cry ..they are so humble and loving and I have been humbled so much already by being here and seeing and meeting these people and working with them! 

 

But yeah the baptism was good ! I limped down into the font with Andrea and it was a great experience! I was worried i was going to get the words wrong cause of my Spanish but i said a little prayer and was fine when all was said and done but yeah ! Everything is good and I'm trying my hardest to work through everything ! I will send pictures next week as I'm running out of time but i hope all is well!

 

Hopefully all is well and things are coming together for Christmas ! Megan and Kenzie hopefully all is well with ball and keep it up!  

 

Love ya!

 

Elder Eliason

PS Sad to hear about Grandma Smith but i hope all is well!

Finally Made it to Mexico!

Elder Eliason Shootin' a 3 at the Capilla (Chapel) Court!

Elder getting his laundry done...

Hello all! 


Wow what a week it has been as I was in Idaho getting my visa all ready and signed so that I could be here and what not but I am finally here! FINALMENTE! haha this first week has been loco! ha I got here to Mexico on Wednesday night and we got in late at like 11pm and President CASTAÑEDA and his wife picked us up from the airport in Villahermosa and when we got outside a huge cloud of hot, humid air hit us! haha and it was 11pm ! haha but its alright I love it!  


Then we slept at the Assistant´s house and man, when we got in the house it was hot and humid too! I forgot no air conditioning! haha and we slept on the floor with these pads! ha but yeah, that night, knowing that Thanksgiving was the next day, I was humbled in that moment and was thinking of all the things that we have at home and how grateful and humbled i have been this past 4 or 5 days as i have been here. We have soo much! It´s awesome here though I love it! 


My companion´s name is Elder Alvarez!  He is from Cuidad Juarez and has been out for 10 months! i will attach photos from this past week so you can see us and our area but yeah ! He is awesome! My first area is Nanchital! Its about 2 and a half hours northwest of Villahermosa...and about 20 minutes from the gulf coast! Its actually in the state of Veracruz! But it is great! I love it! 

After I found out Elder Alvarez was my trainer and companion, we got on a bus and headed out to Nanchital and on the way over I tried my hardest to speak the best spanish that I knew in order to get to know Elder Alvarez better, and we are the same person pretty much! haha he loves basketball and played point guard for the Jr. National Mexican team and he loves Vans too! He has a black pair! haha so we rock the vans on P-day but we have a great relationship already! He is a great missionary and trainer! 


As far as the language for me, I am learning, slow but surely haha the people talk soo fast! but I just shake my head and smile and then say or teach what i know how to say or teach. I know in those moments, it doesn't matter what I say or if they understand me completely because the Holy Ghost is who will really teach them and let them know whatever we are saying is true ! But I am learning the language slowly but surely haha. At least 20 times a day Elder Alvarez says, "Me entiende" and that means do you understand me? ...and I look at him for 3 seconds then say "No" and he laughs and laughs...and I have also learned to just laugh and not to get frustrated. I know that it wont all come at once and that I need to work at it and it will come line upon line, precept upon precept!

But yeah I saw pictures of this past week! MARINA AND JEFFREY CONGRATS! that is so awesome! I love it!  I hope your thanksgiving and that the sealing and everything went all well! I hope work and school are all going well! I pray and think about you everyday and I know that this gospel is true ! At times I tell our investigators that I may not know the language very well, but I DO know that this gospel is true. and I love all the people we teach and run into. 


The people are so nice and receptive and we have a baptism this Saturday! And then 3 other baptismal dates right now! Our goal is to baptize every single week! We can definitely do it ! We also have a beautiful church! I'll send pics of it next week ! but I love you all and hope all is well! All is well here and we are doing great! It is a nice, tranquil little city and I love it!

I know this church is true and yo se si hacemos estas cosas sabemos son correcto, Dios bendicira nuestras vidas! I love you all and hope all is well, again! I love you!!!

love, Elder Jordan Eliason

P.S.  The mailing address is : 


Mision Mexico Villahermosa
Calle Via 2 (number sign) 104 Departamentos 302 y 303
Col. Tabasco 2000
Villahermosa, Tabasco
C.P. 86035

P.S.S.  Do you think you could send the latest Andrea Bocelli CD for Christmas maybe? haha not his Christmas one but his latest one. I love you!

Sunset in Nanchital

Headed to Mexico!

Update:

Elder Eliason sent us a note to let us know that he'd be leaving the day before Thanksgiving for Mexico!  He mentioned that he would be calling us from the airport to let us know the particulars of his travel.  

He called us from Mexico City, where he and his companion were by themselves, having missed their connecting flight to Tobasco, as they'd been delayed because of weather in Salt Lake.  Elder Eliason sounded tired, but hopeful that he'd soon be in Villahermosa!  He spoke of how fast everyone spoke, that he found someone who spoke English to help him find the phone and get a call out... and that the airport was huge! 

Not knowing if they'd be able to get on any flights, he said that the Lord blessed them with a 'tender mercy' by having two seats come available late that night, as earlier they had been told that everything was sold out!  So... we assume that he and his companion boarded that flight and arrived very late that night in Tobasco, Villahermosa. 

He is now in Mexico, we haven't heard from him since he arrived in Villahermosa, and are patiently awaiting his first e-mail from there.  He's so excited to be there, but loved his experience and all the people he got to meet and work with in the Pocatello, Idaho Mission!  We'll post his first e-mail, as soon as we receive it!

Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers, e-mail, letters and packages in Elder Eliason's behalf!

Update:  We got a few pictures sent to the family in an e-mail... looks as if he too much to do for p-day today, so he just sent us all pictures!  That'll work!... see the pics below!

Elder Eliason at the Boise, ID Temple, while awaiting his Visa to leave for Mexico

Elder Eliason's new apartment... nice colors??? 

Elder Alvarez, Elder Eliason's first companion in Mexico!

The view out the front door of Elder Eliason's Apartment!  Palm Trees?  Come on!

Cemetery in Mexico

Elder Eliason calling for the ball... on the futbol field... not as easy as getting a pass on the bb floor!

Landscape view from inside the bus on the way to play futbol for P-Day!

Elder Eliason standing outside his apartment pointing to the Ford Ranger, that he hopes doesn't resemble the one he drives at home in two more years!  Elder, you look like a giant!  Lookin' good!

Visa is here!!

Hello all! Hows the week been!? Hope all is well and that you're doing great!

This past week has been quite the week! First news first, I got my visa!!! So I will be leaving some time this week ! President Colton came up to me and Elder Asay at church yesterday and told us that all of us visa waiters that came out the same time except one got our visas, and that we would be leaving this week to Boise on a plane to go and sign for our visa and then wait in Boise until things or flight plans are arranged, and then head off to MEJICO! Vamos a Villahermosa bebe! haha but yeah I don't know the exact day this week that we will be heading out, but this week for sure is what President said. So I'm heading down south for winter! ha for 20 months actually. It will be a whole new mission and a whole new wardrobe haha because of the hot, humid weather in Villahermosa. So yeah! Mom, I don't need anything i don't think so no worries! I'm going to be sending things i do not need for Mexico home today. So be expecting that. And I am glad the Lillig's called you ! They are THE nicest people i have ever met! They are Lutheran, but they are so nice and so welcoming to us. We have discussions with them often about the church, and we talked to the Bishop across the street who is great friends with them and we decided if they don't join the church here on earth, they'll definitely do it in the next life haha. But anyways!

Other news, we had our baptism this past Saturday for Paige Finley! It was great! She is sharper than a tack! She's 11 and she is very smart..but it was awesome to be able to see her be baptized by her uncle! And I am so grateful for the opportunity i had to teach her from the very get-go and see her progress and enter the waters of baptism! Ill attach pictures at the bottom of this email of us at the baptism. So it was awesome! She was then confirmed yesterday! What a great experience! It gets better too! As we woke up Saturday morning, the day of the baptism, we were filling up the baptismal font and we got a call from a older lady who we tracted into, and she said that her granddaughter wanted to be baptized! So we went over last night and taught Karlyn, who is 11 as well, we taught her the first lesson of the Restoration and invited her to be baptized and she said yes! So we set a date with her for the 18th of December! Elder Asay and I have been pumped! And so yeah! We're looking to set some more this week, as long as I'm here.

Elder Asay has been awesome and I'll miss him a bunch! But it'll be Awesome to be able to go down to Mexico now and be able to start the next phase of my mission! I know it will be tough, learning the language and getting used to the culture and whatever else, but I'm so ready for it. I am ready for the experiences that await. I am ready to take these things head on and help the people of Villahermosa come unto Christ! We're getting Elder Asay's new companion today, who is another visa-waiter headed to Brazil. So Elder Asay will be training and he has only been out a transfer and a half! haha he can handle it though..he is a stud!

Other than that, everything else is good! Just getting ready to head out of good ol' Pocatella! ha I hope all of you are well! I know this church is true and that it is the true church of Jesus Christ, the same church that He organized when he came to earth. I'm so grateful for the Atonement. Through it, we can all become clean and return with our families to live with our Father in Heaven again! It's such a wonderful message, the most important message that will/can ever be shared in the world! I love it! and I love you all and thank you so much for all your prayers and support! I wouldn't be able to do this without you and I'm so grateful!

Jeffrey and Marina, as the date gets closer for you guys to go to the temple, I cant help but get more and more excited knowing that! I miss and love you guys so much! Give the boys hugs for me and Megan and Kenzie, tear it up this season! Shoot the ball! I regret not shooting more! You've got the shot so take it ! I love you so much family! Mom and Dad you're the best and I pray for you and the family everyday! I look forward to talking to you in the airport as i head to Mexico!

I love you all! Have a wonderful week!

love, Elder Jordan Eliason

p.s. The other picture is with Tom Curro aka the next Danny DeVito, and the other is with Brother Vawdrey, our Stake High Councilman over Missionary work! He's a stud! Love you!!

First Baptism! Update 11/8/10

Hello all!

 

Hope you're all doing well! With this wintry weather coming in across the west, time to bundle up yeah? Mom and Dad thank you for your emails this week! - I dropped by Frank and his son's house this week with Elder Asay and I thanked them again for the coat! They are great guys...we're trying to get in to there house and share a message with them but they're always busy! But I did thank them for you! They want to have us over some time for eggplant haha whatever that is, he wants to cook it for us!

 

Anyways, this past week has been good! We had some great lessons! And we also had Zone Conference on Thursday! It was wonderful! We learned a lot about the Role of the Holy Ghost in conversion! President Colton is an amazing man! I really look up to him! Haha we had a practice time to role play a situation where we were to ask the investigator to be baptized, and President Colton sat in on OUR role play out of the whole zone! haha a little intimidating! But we did well! He also jumped in and added his advice and insight on how we could do better ! But we definitely needed that, as were looking to commit others to baptism, I know that practice will help us this next week as we try to get more things set up! But yeah the ZC was great!

 

Also, we have been working with a lady named Roxanne, she's met with the missionaries for the past two years! haha shes been investigating our church and the Jehovah's Witness church and she is on the fence, and has some hang ups on whether or not Joseph Smith was a prophet or not, but we've been trying to help her gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon, because if she can get that, she can also come to know that Joseph Smith was a true prophet. Also, in the two years that she's met with the missionaries, she has come to church only once! So, we committed her to come to church and she came!! She's been known to not show up! But we got her to come ! So that was good! So shes making progress!

 

Paige Finley is getting baptized this Saturday! So we are very excited! This will be my first baptism! haha I'm excited! but yeah!

 

Other than that, the work is good. Just doing my best and trying to be the kind of missionary I know the Lord would want me to be!Today it is snowing! Not really sticking yet, but I am sure it will later! But yeah, Elder Asay has never really seen snow down it Mississippi , so he is excited haha. No word on the visa yet, but i have a feeling that it'll be soon...the first group of visa waiters before me, who came out here 6 weeks before me,  got there's about 3 weeks ago, and so I'm guessing in at least three weeks. Maybe I'll get a nice thanksgiving dinner, then head down to Villahermosa!  But we'll see I guess right? It's all in the Lord's hands!

 

But I hope you're all doing well! I love you all so much and appreciate all your love, prayers, and support! As I get down sometimes, I feel those prayers pick me up and help me want to do better! I know this is the true gospel! There is no other way to make it back to our Heavenly Father, except through His gospel and through the Atonement of Jesus Christ! I love it! Anyways I hope you're all doing well! 

 

Megan and Kenzie, keep ballin' it up! I love you and Jeffrey and Marina I love you guys and am excited more and more as the time is coming for you guys to be sealed! As we talk with one of our less actives, and as they are striving to go to the temple and be sealed, I cant help but share your story and share my excitement about you guys and how excited i am for you to take this step! Its a wonderful thing!

 

I love you all and hope that all is well! :) PS pictures are attached...one of them is with Elder Ursua who i went on exchanges with who is also awaiting a visa! He's going to Veracruz!

 

love, Elder Jordan Robert Eliason

 

 

Baptism's, Snubs & Eggplant! (11-1-10)

Hello all!

 

How are you all doing?! Hope well! Hopefully your Halloween weekend was fun and safe!

This past week was good! The work is kind of slow right now besides our two baptismal dates and your 3 other investigators! We're doing our best to go out and find those who are looking for the message of the gospel! And so far its been slow for us but we're just going to keep plugging along! haha I love Elder Asay! I have grown to respect him so much as I have gotten to know him more in the past week. Hearing his story last night as we talked for a while was amazing. He has come a long ways to be where he is today. Haha if you think I have been through some rough things moving and have knee problems...which were struggles for me and everyone has there struggles, but that doesn't even compare to what he has gone through. He has truly earned it to be here and he is a wonderful example to me.

 

Haha we have a great time while serving together...for instance this past week we were knocking and this guy came to his door window and rolled down the window halfway and said " Mormons?" and we said "Yep ! " and he said " No thanks" while rolling up the window. Ha and there have been many instances of people just totally snubbing us! haha like on Seinfeld when Kramer gets snubbed. "She snubbed me Jerry!" haha here in Pocatello we either get honked at and waved at or we get the snub...where we wave, and people stare at us and ignore it. But its all good because we have fun with it. It is a little frustrating when people are cold and not interested, because we have the most amazing message to deliver to people that can change their lives for the better! And when they turn that opportunity down, its sad and a little frustrating. But that's OK because they will come along over time...The Lord will prepare them sometime. 

 

But anyways, Elder Asay has been great...and we get along great. He being from Mississippi, he doesn't have southern accent haha. And me growing up in Texas, I never had a southern accent, so when people ask us where were from he'll say Mississippi and I'll say I grew up in Texas but live in Utah now, and they'll say, "Neither of you sound like your from the south" haha We get that probably 30 times a day!  

 

But anyways, the work is good! It's always good! But we're never satisfied! We're looking to set more baptismal dates soon ! And to find new investigators! Its a little bit tough in this area...Its a more wealthy part of town and people are either members, or they're set in there ways. There's a lot of Lutherans out here! But yeah, its been tough to find people to teach, but there out there and we'll find them! Other than that, the weather hasn't gotten too bad yet! Frank and his son - The Russians as we call em - are the ones who gave me the coat. They are awesome...Frank has a mad Russian accent and we talk about cooking a lot with him haha. He wants to have us over to eat Eggplant. Haha neither me or Elder Asay have ever heard of eggplant so we just rolled with it and said, "for sure!" haha but hes nice and I will get there address's so you can thank them personally mom!

 

Our baptism with Paige is going through still on November 13th so were preparing her for that. And our other date is being pushed back because they haven't been to church yet, but we're working on it! Anyways! I love you all ! I know this gospel is true ! I know that this is the true church, Christ's church. I know we have a living prophet on the earth today!

 

For Halloween night on Saturday night, we watched Up! haha it was good ! That's a wonderful movie, and then we played ball til 9pm. We were in the ISU Institute Building all night. But it was good.

 

And family, I love you all! Haha id like to see pictures of David and Joseph for Halloween! and Meg and Kenz, keep playing hard in ball! Mom and dad keep pressing on with work! I love you all and am so grateful for all you've done for me in my life!

 

I love you all so much and thank you for the Halloween package! I loved it! It was perfect! All the perfect snacks ! and Dad, I took Elder Asay out with that 20 bucks like you said, he says thanks! I love you! Make it a great week! Its ALL about attitude! PS no word on visa's, but probably soon! I love you again!

 

Love, Elder Jordan Eliason

Two Greenies Running the Area!

Hello all! 

I hope you are all doing well ! Hopefully you're all doing well in school, work, and all your daily activities!

 

This past week has been crazy! So we thought that we were gonna be staying together, Elder Edwards and I, but the first batch of visa-waiters got there visas! They were ones that came out 6 weeks before me! And so yeah, that happened Tuesday and transfers were Wednesday and they transferred Elder Edwards out to another area in Pocatello to be a Zone Leader...and they kept me in the Pocatello Highland Stake and brought in my new companion Elder Asay (pronounced Acey) here to Highland. He is great! He is just as fresh as me! He has only been out in the field for 6 weeks! He entered the MTC in August! So we are some greenies running the Highland stake! haha We are pretty much follow-up training each other! Its been awesome so far! Both of us combined have been out about 6 months haha...so its crazy but we love it ! Things are going well! We are finding more people and the same baptismal dates we have are still progressing so that's good! We're looking to set more baptismal dates this next week!

 

But yeah that's the big news ! We've been tracting a lot more just to try and find people to teach, whether they be members, non members, less actives! And ALSO I GOT A COAT! We were tracting and we met this russian guy named Frank, and his son. They're both in the army and they loved us and they were giving us stuff they didn't need and they had a winter coat...trench coat-ish style! Ha so Franks son gave it to me! It was a Huge blessing for sure! Its blue and its goes well over my blue suit! So yeah, no more worries on the coat mom and dad! haha it was perfect timing to because yesterday was like 40's and today is 30's and 20's with the wind chill! We're supposed to get snow tomorrow! Pretty crazy! haha and all the ward Trunk or Treats are this week...so we'll see if investigators and less-actives come out for that!

 

But yeah, Elder Asay and I spoke in church yesterday! I spoke about the Book of Mormon and the importance of it! I thought it went well! And then Elder Asay talked about how we can recognize the Spirit! So it went well!

 

No more golfing this year haha its gotten cold! But today were headed for a zone activiity to play volleyball...ha. But yeah as far as visa's, they're coming along. It's moving alot more smoothly now from what we here. It'll be crazy going from this weather, to Mexico weather! That'll be crazy...but yeah things are well! All is well! The gospel is true! My testimony of it grows every single day! Every time I testify to an investigator or whoever, my witness is strengthened and solidified! I would encourage that we all continue on reading the scriptures daily, praying daily, and attending ALL our church meetings! Doing these things will keep us close to the Iron Rod and will protect us from temptation and evil! When you get a chance, read Helaman 5:12. I think its  a scripture mastery, but its a great verse! It talks about building our foundation on the Rock of our Redeemer! If we do that, we will be blessed! I know this to be true! I love you all and wish you a Happy Halloween! Be safe and have fun!

 

I miss you all and I love you again! Choose the right always!

 

p.s. There's a picture attached of me golfing on last Monday.

 

Love, Elder Eliason

 

 

Baptisms & Exchanges (10-18-10)

Hello family! 

How are you all? I hope well! Family, sounds like you guys had a pretty good fall break down in St.George! I am glad to hear that and Dad I'm sorry for missing out and for missing that time with you! But I'll be back soon enough to go golfing and stuff with you and have those good bonding times like we used to have! But yeah! Glad you are home safe!

So this past week was good! As I told you in the letter, we have another baptismal date set with a girl named Gen Christian! She is married and her husband is inactive! But we were talking to them and we were seeing if he'd like to baptize her, and he said he would! So were gonna get him activated as well as baptizing her! It's been great to meet them and work with them so far! We have an appointment with them tomorrow night! Then our other baptismal date, Paige Finley, was at church yesterday which was great! But yeah I went on an exchange last week on Tuesday with Elder De Mola from Taranto, Italy! Haha he is hilarious! I love him! His accent is awesome. He has been out a year and his English is good. haha It was great to learn from him and be in his area. His area is the Alameda Stake. But yeah I'll send a picture of me and Elder De Mola! Make sure to click on the attachments! But yeah that was great then we got information that visa's may be coming through soon. There was a batch of Mexican visa-waiting elders who came out like 6 weeks before me and supposedly they should get theirs this week. Then I and some others should get ours visas in the next couple weeks hopefully! But yeah, we'll see!

Also, I went on two exchanges last week, Wednesday and Thursday nights with Elder Moller. He is over the Spanish Branch here in Pocatello, and so I went out with him and talked to some people! It was great :) Our appointments fell through, but I was able to speak some Espanol to some hombres! haha but yeah! Other than that, things have been great! Its hard work for sure, but its worth it! I love helping these people out! We were tracting two days ago and we found this guy who is originally from Russia and he has a nice accent! And he knows 5 languages and was way funny! We're going back to teach him hopefully on Thursday! But yeah the work is good!

My mind reflected as well this past week on talks given by President Monson and Elder Holland on Gratitude...and I just want you, family, and friends, to know how grateful i am for you all! I love you all so much! When Elder Holland told the story of his parents working to support him on a mission, and that none of his money had been drawn out of his account so he could have some when he got home, it made me think of you Mom and Dad and how grateful I am for you and for the help that your giving me! I love you so much! and thank you for all you've taught me and for all you've given me! I wouldn't be here without your help and guidance in my life! Thank you all for your love and support!

I know this church is true! My testimony is strengthened every week as I have the opportunity to bear my testimony of the gospel! The Book of Mormon is true! It is truly written for our day! I know that as we read it, we will be blessed! I love you all so much and hope all is well! The weather still isn't that bad yet, so no coat needed yet! I have my sweater and suit coat! I'll let you know if otherwise. But I hope all is well with every one again! The church is true ! Go to church, study the scriptures, and pray often! If you do that, you will be blessed and protected from the temptations of the world! Helaman 5:12! Build your foundation upon the Rock of your Redeemer! I love you all so much again!

Love , Elder Jordan Eliason

PS Grammy thank you for your letter ! I will write you soon!  and Todd and Al thanks for the cookies this week!

I love you all! Everyone pray for missionary opportunities! Spread this wonderful gospel! p.S.S. these pictures are of me on the rock that Highland High School paints every week before they play a team ha ha..then the next is me and Elder Moller with the doughnut tire...he is the Spanish elder i worked with this week...then one with elder de Mola! the Italian!

(See Pictures - Not in order, sorry... from receiving the call to saying good-bye, to being in the field in Pocatello... and Mexico is not far away!) 

Jordan heading to his farewell...

Jordan & Grammy Dowd

Jeffrey, Uncle Steve, & Jordan

Jordan walking with Pop Pop... great picture!

Jordy and Dad...

Jordy at last FHE before leaving for MTC

Elder Eliason & The two proudest people in the world... his Mom & Dad!

The greatest kids ever brought to earth!

Brothers...

Jordan & Texas friend, adopted brother, and fellow RM from Mexico... Travis 'Bone' Pickup!

Jordy & Megan

The 2nd most taken picture at the MTC... Elder Eliason with the fam!

4 generation picture with Great Grandma Smith, Grandma Eliason, Eliason's and Jeffrey & Marina's boys!

Dad trying to be tough and keep his composure as he gets the luggage out!

Final hug for Mom... see you in 2 years!

Michelle taking her last breath as her son walks away on his MISSION

Elder Eliason & MTC Companion, Elder Hubbard (Cheyenne, WY)

Elder Eliason at the Provo Temple on P-Day... only 500 yards from Grandpa Eli's house!

The most taken picture at the MTC... has to be... standing in front of the world map!

Great friends made in the MTC!

Preparing for bed... or preparing to play after 9:30?

Elder Eliason's District

Jordy's Closet in MTC

Jordy & Michelle

Jordy & Kenzie

Dad giving his boy a final hug... with Adam's Apple ready to explode! 

Elder with a crazy member in Pocatello!

Elder getting greeted by the Elders at MTC!

Jordy's 1st Companion in Pocatello, Elder Edwards

Elder Eliason trying to hide from his companion...

Elder Eliason winding down, working on his putting...

Elder Eli can't get rid of the basketball as hard as he tries!

Posing, pleading to go golfing on P-Day!

Villahermosa, Mexico Temple

Picture of Villahermosa, Mexico

Picture of Villahermosa, Mexico

Ruins in the Villahermosa, Mexico area...

Jordan opening, reading his call from the Prophet!

Officially, Elder Eliason, just newly set apart by Pres. Lynn Scorsby... what a good lookin' kid!

Grammy & Pop Pop saying goodbye as we leave for MTC!

Getting in the car... 'could we just go?'  I'm sure that's what he was thinking!

"OK... thanks for everything... here I go!"

Elder Eliason with Jeffrey, Marina, David and Joseph before going over to the MTC!

Uncle Jordy with David!

Uncle Jordy with David and Joseph!

The family at Jordan's 'setting apart' as Elder Eliason!