This week was an amazing week. We tracted so much and found so much success. I love being in this small college town and the people here are the best!
One thing we love to do here is find animals. This week we found a dead Turtle named Rock because he never moves. We took pictures with Rock and see him every day when we walk through a park close by to our house.
I got to go on campus twice this week on exchanges! Once was for an entire day and once was for about 2 hours. It's always super cool to be around people the same age as myself and talk to them. A&M has an amazing campus too so we love to just walk around it and contact while looking at its history.
This week we met DeAndre. He is a football cornerback at A&M and an amazing guy. He lost his sister last weekend out of no where and was struggling to cope with it. On Wednesday I had a feeling to go tract the complex he lives in. We knocked about 20 doors and didn't get a single answer. On our last door we knocked before we had to go to another appointment, DeAndre answered and said that he had been crying and asking for some kind of help. He said that us showing up at his doorstep was an answer to prayers. He is so funny and we've already became best friends. I have never connected with someone so fast before. We have since been texting him everyday and we have an appointment set up for when he gets back from his hometown. It felt so cool to see Heavenly Father use me as an instrument to help him out. We are meeting back with him and send him a scripture every day. I'm so excited to see him find peace and progress!
This week we also had some Oregon cold and rainy weather. I loved it. It was like 45 and cloudy with rain.
We got asked to help someone in our ward build a deck and we went to help and I had a blast. It's supposed to be 87 on Thursday, so the cold definitely won't last.
I find myself more happy and content every day. I was reading Alma 29:9 and it says "This is my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance; and this is my joy." I feel that daily. Heavenly Father has given me the chance to be his instrument. My favorite thing to see is someone feel the spirit and have that companionship when we teach them. Seeing someone realize what peace can feel like is something I will cherish forever. I am so thankful for my Heavenly Father and for Jesus Christ. Joy comes from not thinking of yourself, but instead thinking about how we can help others.
I love y'all and God Bless.
Elder Jarrett Pinster
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| THE NANA FAMILY WHO IS BEING BAPTIZED THIS MONTH! Cute kids!!! |
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| ROCK - THE DEAD TURTLE!!! |
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| FIRST TIME ON A MISSION BIKE! |
