Week 12 in Ecuador

Hello everyone! This past week was legit! We had a world wide training broadcast for missionaries with the missionary council in Utah and it was awesome! They have changed our schedule slightly so we have more time in the day to work! 

And then Sunday we had our Stake Conference. Our Presidente de mission  y la esposa de El nos Hablaron and it was incredible. We also had Elder Nelson Ardila, a member for the 70, speak to us! The conference was focused on the importance of member missionary work and learning the gospel in the home with the entire family. Our president de mission really focused on the member missionary work, because we never know when someone might just need to hear our simple testimonies about the truth to hel them through their hard times. 

Last week I received an email from one of my friends still in High school asking, ¨What can I do to survive my Jr. Year?¨ When my friend asked me that I was thinking about what things really made a difference during school. And as I was thinking, it was made pretty clear that it was my desire to learn more through constant study in my classes and constant study in the scriptures. Those two things together made ALL the difference in the success in my classes and my mental health. So during high school, and every other aspect of life, when things get hard and you feel like you just can’t seem to catch your breath because of the stress, use what breath you have to work harder in your school work (or what every work you have) and studies of the scriptures. I have seen the blessings of that method in my time in high school and in my mission. I say it every week but I always mean it. thank you for the support you all give me. I can not believe how fast the time is going! I love you all and hope for nothing but the best for you all!

-Elder Pincock

Week 11 in Ecuador!

Hello everyone! First things first I would like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dear Aunt Michele! I wont say how old she is now because I don’t think she would appreciate that, but happy birthday yesterday! 

This week was incredible! We had the baptism for Carlos Mieles on Saturday along with a family of four and a widowed mother. It was such an incredible night! 

And we have extended three more dates for baptism for two sisters and a girlfriend of a member (Valentina and Michele are the sisters and the girlfriend of a member is named Meloni). They all have been going to church with us and reading in the Book of Mormon and we are excited to keep working with them! 

This past week was so wet! It rained literally all day on Wednesday and everything got soaked. My clothes, backpack, scriptures, Preach my Gospel, everything I had. So we went to the house of a member and he helped us get everything drying and my scriptures and Preach My Gospel are fine! So Happy ending!  Anthony has been extremely busy with a project with his had and his school that we haven’t been able to work with this week but we are hoping he will have more time this next week for us to come by! 

I am so grateful for my chance to be here in Ecuador sharing the gospel with these incredible people. Thank you all for the support you give me every week! I hope for nothing but the best for you all! 

-Elder Pincock

A Great Week in Ecuador (Perdon los errores)

Thank you all for the birthday emails! This week was so incredible! Elder Golpe and I found 2 new people that want to investigate the church! We feel pretty good about these two because after the first lesson they were eager to church! Their names are Elisabeth and Anthony. Elisabeth has 22 years and Anthony has 17. They went to church with us yesterday and said they loved it. So we gave them each copies of El Libro de Mormón and they were so excited! We also had one of our investigators (Carlos) have an interview for baptism and he is almost ready to get baptized. The final interview for him is Tuesday and we are praying he will be ready for baptism this Saturday! That is the most exciting stuff that happened this week! 

This week was great because I really saw the desire for change in our investigators. Honestly it was one of those experiences that seemed too good to be true. When we were explaining the the restoration of the gospel and repentance the light of hope just lit in the eyes of our investigators. I am so thankful for the knowledge that we have about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Plan of Salvation. I know with all of my heart that we can all find peace and comfort in this life through the Gospel of Jesus Christ and through repentance, and I invite everyone to look for opportunities to share your testimony about the Gospel. On Facebook or Twitter or in person with your friends. Because as people with testimonies we have the responsibility to share the truth we know. I am so thankful for my opportunity to be serving my mission and thank you all so much for the support and love you show me. Keep on keeping on! I love you all!

-Elder Pincock