screen shot of where Elder Thompson is mid flight at 1100 phoenix time flight time is 13:50 minutes from LAX to Hong Kong then on to Manilla.

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Hey Kumusta po kayo pamilya? Hows everything in AZ probably getting alot better now that its gettting into October so yea thats something im looking forward too. I leave IN 4 DAYS WAHOOO!!! PHILIPPINES HERE I COME!!! Sobrang excited ko para sa ituro ng tao sa Philippines. I have almost  everything figured out here just need to just start packing now. Its a lil stressful though, because of the fact that we got new textbooks here that can definitely add a couple of pounds to my bag so im still debating what im goin to do with those. I do know right now that its not possible when I will know ill call you, but this I do know is that we will be calling you guys when I have my 4 hour layover in L.A. The time we arrive in L.A. is @ 9:00 so expect me too call at least right when I arrive at the airport. Im really excited to hear from you guys so plan on hear from me around that time. Since L.A has the same time as us I'm glad that I can know you will still be awake. So yea plan on having me call you from between 9:00 and 9:30. Other things I have been doin is now I'm telling my friends that I will only accept dearelder or handwritten letters since that I can only communicate with you guys from email. I know alot of guys are planning on still emailing thier girlfriends and other people, but today during a workshop( we actually have missionaries from the Distirct come teach us), and one of them used a quote from Jeffrey R. Holland that explains "The number one killer of the Spirit is disobedience" so unlike them I want to make sure that I am exactly focused on what really needs to be done. So yea the language has come along so well with me this week. I have been praying more frequently and I set alot of goals that I wanted to accomplish before leaving the MTC. One such goal was I wanted to have both my new progressive investigators to be commited to baptism before I leave. Yesterday I was able to finsh that goal and have my other investigator commit. Nothing felt more better than know not only you are bringing someone unto Christ, but you are also accomplishing a goal that was meant to be finished. Also yesterday was my last TRC and it was such an awesome lesson. We taught on how we can receive revelation by reading the Aklat ni Mormon. It was such a very good lesson and we were all able to feel the Spirit as we taught. So yea now all our days here at the MTC are goin to be spent packing and getting the necessary materials needed to leave here very soon. My P-Day is tomorrrow since in field orientation took over that, so expect another letter from me tomorrow. All day I will be  packing so I'll remember your advice and think before I pack. I love you guys and I cant wait to hear from you tomorrow or before I leave. MAHAL KITA PAMILYA!!!!  

Hey Kumusta po kayo pamilya? I'm doin so amazing everything here is cool. So yesterday we got our TRAVEL PLANS WAHOO!!!! We leave the 27th @ 4:30 in the afternoon so yea that is very exciting. So this past week at our devotional we were able to here from a Apostle again so yea that was way cool. We were able to hear from Elder M. Russell Ballard and he talked to us about missionary work and what we need to focus on as we our out in the mission field. He talked almost exactly about what Elder Jeffrey R. Holland talked about and thier words have stuck with me since I have been able to hear them. I love this opportunity to be here at the MTC and be able to actually enjoy everything that is great about it. So this past week I have been able to teach some new investigators since we finished with our first investigator one of our teachers, Brother Mansfield, we decided to have him become a new investigator so that we can still teach him its very exciting. We already have him reading the Book of Mormon, and praying to know of its truthfulness. Our other investigator, Roy, our teacher Brother Nuttall, has been just as willling as our other investigator, but still has some problems with being baptized. He is assured that the Book of Mormon is true and prayer. He just has problems with his parents being part of the Catholic faith. Other than that its a blast teaching him he is so receptive of our message I'm really hoping to have him baptized before we leave the MTC. I have actually made that one of my goals here at the MTC, but with not just me, but our entire companionship. We actually had one of our old teachers, Sister Sorenson, who was actually our first investigator while here at the MTC, want to let us teach her again as an investigator so that is also something im looking forward too. TRC has also been such a great impact on my outlook to teaching the people of the Philippines so I'm very excited. I did get the package by the way and i am very happy that you sent me it. I have actually just received a letter from the Nansels so that totally made my day.  I actually recieved a letter from Brenden as well so yea that made my day as well. He talked about how the Lord sends angels to comfort us and he described me as one of his angels disguised as his best friend that totally made my day. Im so glad for the friends that I have and the love they have shown to me for going on a mission. I also want to know if each one of you could just send me each a letter telling me how everything is goin in your lives, but if not that doesnt matter. I jus want to know how everything is goin in the world of AZ and all that good stuff. I love each one of you and the love that you have shown for me on my mission. Alam ko po na totoo po ang ebanghelyo ni JesuCristo at Simbahan ni JesuCristo ng mga Banal sa mga Huling Araw. Alam ko po na totoo propeta po si Thomas S. Monson at Joseph Smith. Alam ko po na nagpakita ang Diyos at si JesuCristo kay Joseph Smith at sa pamamagitan ni Joseph Smith ipinanumbalik ng Diyos ang Kanyang Ebanghelyo. Alam ko po na totoo ang Aklat ni Mormon at Biblia. Nagpapasalamat po ko para sa opportunidad na magmissyon at ituro ng tao sa Philippines. Nagpapasalamat po ko ang pamilya at kaibigan sa buhay. Nagpapasalamat po ang plano ang Pagababayad-Sala ni JesuCristo at pagsisisi at plano ng Kaligayahan. Sa panagalin ni JesuCristo. Amen! Mahal kita and miss you guys tons hope to hear from you all soon.

                       MAHAL KITA!!!,

                           Elder Jordan Scott Thompson

Hey Kumusta po kayo pamilya? Everything over here is amazing as always. So these past 2 weeks have been an special time for me I can already see it. These last 2 weeks I have been having such great success in my doings such as personal study time, language study, and teaching my progressive investigators. I set a goal to finish Doctrine and Covenants by the time that I leave the MTC, and right now I am in section 112 so I have been able to strive to work on my goal. Another goal that I set was too each day work more on the things that I have been struggling with in the language that week. Both these goals have been inspiring to me and I can already see a change in my personal study and in my speaking of the language. Me and my companions get along so well is a definitly a blessing that I have seen in my life, because in some of the other districts we have some companions that do not get along and its so sad to see that and know that the Spirit has definitly left that room. Anyways so yea I love the fact that we get along way better than most others do in other districts, but that really doesnt matter. I especially love my teachers and the time that they put in with helping us understand our language and our purposes as missionaries. We have had much success with our progressive investigators(teachers). One of them we jus finshed teaching the last of lesson 4 so now we jus wait until the day he is baptized and then we will teach him the topics of lesson 5. The other we jus finshed the 1st lesson and then we finshed teaching him more about the Book of Mormon and we gave him a commitment to read the first chapter of it. Yesterday, was a day I will never forget, we such an inspiring lesson in TRC with a missionary that jus got home from his mission. We were told to jus try to get to know them and ask them what theyre questions and expectations were.The lesson was supposed to be no less than 40 mins. After bearing our testimonies with him I had an impression to ask him if he could bear his testimony with us. Following his testimony the Spirit was definitly there, he had tears in his eyes as did me. One of the most spiritual experiences I have ever had and I will never forget it. Alam ko po na totoo ang Aklat ni Mormon at Biblia. Alam ko po na totoo ang Simbahan ni JesuCristo ng mga Banal sa mga Huling Araw. Alam ko po na perpekto si JesuCristo. Alam ko po na totoo propeta po si Thomas S. Monson at Joesph Smith.

Alam ko po na napakita ang Diyos at si JesuCristo kay Joesph Smith. Nagpapasalamat po ang plano sa pagsisisi at Pagababayad- Sala ni JesuCristo. Nagapapasalamat po ang opportunidad ang misyon at ituro ng tao sa Philippines. Nagpapasalamat po ang pamilya at kayibigan. I love you guys and all you have done keep up the work. MAHAL KITA!!!

     

                                     Elder Jordan Scott Thompson

The threesome companions at Provo Temple

Friends from the ward, Elder Schmid (DR of Congo), Elder Reidhead (Dominican Republic)

Hey Kumusta po kayo pamilya? Everything out here is still amazing and we have finally hit the month of September WAHOO!!!! In a couple a weeks I will be able to get out of the states and go to the Philippines. All my teachers that we have had have told all of us so many things that so good about the Philippines and I have had a couple of teachers who actually went to Quezon City and they talked very highly of it. They told us about all the kinds of things in the Philippines that are really awesome one that really struck me was the fact that they have MANGO ICECREAM!!!! and thier mangos are out of this world. Belive it or not I actually have started eating bannanas here at the MTC the apples and oranges are never looking ripe so I never eat them and actually have been able to down multiple bananas at a time. I have had multiple experiences out here one especially dear to me was when we were actually able to ask our progressive investigator(teacher), convert to baptism and we have after been teaching him the Sampung Utos(Ten Commandments) , Salita ng Kanurungan(Word of Wisdom), and Kalinging-Puri(Law of Chasity). We have been able to feel the Spirit so strongly everytime we teach him. We just got a new guro(teacher) and we actually start teaching him today which I am very looking forward too. We plan on teaching him the first lesson and getting to know him very well. All the things that I do here are so amazing you just cant help, but feel the Espiritu Santo(Spirit) all the time. I am really excited to teach the Filipinos, I have been told they are exactly comparable to Tongans and Samoans which really excites me even more, because some of my really good friends are Samoan and Tongan. I have really enjoyed seeing many friends from school around here its awesome. Seeing Christiaan around is a daily basis, its so awesome to see him and the happiness he has for the work. I would really appreciate it if you guys could send me Tanner's and Preston's email addresses I really would like to hear from them and the progress that they are having out in the field since most likely I will be emailing most of my mission. Alam ko po na totoo ang Aklat ni Mormon at Simbahan ni JesuCristo ang mga Banal ng mga Huling Araw. Alam ko po na totoo ang Pagbabayad-Sala po si JesuCristo. Alam ko po na perpekto po si JesuCristo. Nagpapasalamat po ang opportunidad ng misyon at ituro sa tao sa Philippines. Nagpapasalamat po ang pamilya namin. Nagpapasalamat po ang Espiritu Santo sa buhay. Sa pangalin ni JesuCristo Amen. I love you guys and wish you all the best in your endeavors. Dad, I know you will do good in school and will be able to pass and be able to provide for the family. Mom, Im so glad that you got the hours that you did thats a blessing in its self. Addy, work hard in school and dont get senioritis its my biggest regret and dont get married before I get home. Ethan, kick butt in football and in wrestling, work hard and make sure to go over what you can do. Push yourself and always try to impress you coach in everything DONT GIVE UP!!!, and work hard in school as well dont let your studies fall. NG, you work hard in school as well and do more than what you teacher asks of you, and work hard in your sports. I love you guys again and miss you all tons.

 

                                                       Mahal Kita,

                                                            Elder Jordan Scott Thompson