Hello everyone! I
want to start this letter off by saying Happy Birthday to my Aunt Miriam VanderLinden!
I hope your birthday was great!
This week we had
transfers and I had to say goodbye to Elder Golpe and hello to Elder Soto!
Elder Soto has been out on his mission for 21 months and has never been in
Manta before. SO I get to direct the sector and introduce him to Manta! The
transfers started off super early. We took Elder Golpe and the other Elders to
the bus station at 2:10 this morning, ended up having to wait 2 hours out side
for another bus to come for some reason, and then when we got back to the house
at 5:00ish we couldn’t sleep and then we went to work at 6:30. We
finished packing Elder Golpe´s stuff up around 12:30 last night and woke up at
1:30 to get ready, so I haven’t really slept at all today but I am doing fine
so far! Elder Soto has so much excitement to be working with me in Eloy Alfaro
and I am so pumped for this next 6 weeks!
This past week was
really great because we were able to meet a new family of 4 people (Mom, dad,
and two daughters) who all have an interest in the Book of Mormon because they
like to read the Bible and they were a little confused about some of the
footnotes in the Bible such as Alma, Nefi, y D. y C.- So when we explained to
them how the two books correlate they were so excited. The dad works a lot so
we haven’t been able to teach them in 3 days but we are very excited to work
with them!
A quick update on
the language. I can ALMOST express my thoughts with people in one form of an
other! Still so very far from fluent but ALMOST able to express myself!
This past week was
a great learning opportunity for me because when I started to think that Elder
Golpe could be leaving soon I was terrified because I don’t feel 100 percent
ready to direct this sector with someone new, and during my personal studies a
lot of the scriptures that I read were about faith and how when we have faith
in Jesus Christ we have no need to fear about anything. Because with faith in
Jesus Christ, we can do all things. (Moroni 7:33.) I am so grateful for the
Book of Mormon and all of the help and guidance it has been giving me during my
mission and I invite all of you during your trials, big or small, look for
answers and guidence in the Book of Mormon. I promise that if you really look
for an answer in the Book of Mormon you will always find what you need. I know
it works because it has worked everyday for me for the best 4 months. Thank you
all for you support and love! I hope for nothing but the best for you all! Keep
on keeping on! (And read the Book of Mormon)
-Elder Pincock
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