This week we had Zone Conference with Elder Ochoa of the seventy! It was such a spiritual and uplifting experience. We talked a ton about baptism and helping save others. We are here to save and lift people. He taught us to love more, care for others, and love the Lord daily. I also got to see a ton of my buddies because it was like half the mission so that's always fun.
We also had some really awesome miracles. On Saturday, we had pretty much the entire day to go finding. We knocked and knocked and knocked and knocked all day. We had absolutely zero success in terms of teaching and things like that. However at 8:45 we found our friend Terrance who let us in right away and when we gave him a pass along card of the Houston temple it made him pause. He told us that he had just driven by it two days ago and it was the first time it ever really stood out to him. Then we came over that night and he saw it again. THEN on Sunday we went back over to see him, but for some reason we totally forgot to write his apt number down so we had no idea which one was his. Well as soon as we pulled up he was walking outside to throw away his trash. We were able to see him and he invited us right back. The Lord guides and sometimes we just have to have patience for the blessings.
On Sunday we had some other miracles!! We found a couple last week and they came to church again this week and loved it!! They are moving into the ward in about two weeks and said they'd like to start meeting with us then! Then in our other ward a member brought two friends who loved it and invited us back over this week!! It was such a great Sabbath day. Heavenly Father really does bless us for our efforts. I feel so much peace.
I read a quote this week from Marvin J. Ashton:
"My message to you this day is take up your cross. Take yourself the way you are and lift yourself in the direction of the better. Regardless of where you have been, what you have done, or what you haven’t done, trust God, believe on him, relate to him, worship him as you carry your cross with dignity and determination."
I'm so grateful for my Savior and His eternal Atonement. He is the light of the world and through Him we can see all things. I'm eternally grateful that I have been blessed to know that He lives and that He loves. God is always there. Jesus will always save. The Lord is too good to me. I'm so thankful for the opportunity I have to grow and find myself while losing myself. Lives and hearts are changing down here in Texas. I love y'all and God bless.
Elder Jarrett Pinster
(from my pictures you can most definitely tell that we bike wayyy too much)
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