Hey how's it going everyone? Sounds like you guys have been really busy this week. I'm glad to hear real estate is going good. You asked about the Helicopter crash and yeah it crashed in my ward boundaries on the east end of Molokai. There were 4 tourists in it, really sad. It was pretty crazy though because Elder Maybon's sister was in Maui at the time and that's where it came from and he was pretty scared because he thought it might be her, but no worries it wasn't.
Molokai is still awesome like I say every week. I love the Kaunakakai ward. The members are all so nice and love this Gospel so much. They are so helpful. This week we taught the most lessons I have ever taught on my mission. And this is in an area that is supposedly really slow. We taught 28 total. It ended up being a really good week. I had a little bit of a rough start. Tuesday or Wednesday was super hard for me (can't really remember which day). For some reason it was just a day where I didn't feel like being a missionary. I hate to say it but I was done talking to people. It probably started in the morning because the alarm went off and I didn't want to work out. I just wanted to sleep all day. But I got up anyway and did it. After that I didn't want to put the same clothes I wear every day on, but I did it anyway. I didn't even want to study which is something I usually love to do now, but I did it anyway. That whole morning was just thrown off by something. But when I decided to study, I had one of the most spiritual studies of my mission. I was reading a lot about Christ and the Atonement, not on purpose but it just happened like that. I read chapter 26 of Matthew which helped me to really understand the Atonement a lot better. I decided to read that poem that I told you about a while ago called "He has been there before" except this time it was a little different. Usually I feel the spirit from that poem because I am going through a hard time and it helps me remember Christ and what he went through but this time it was almost the opposite. All the things mentioned in that poem seemed to be going good for me. I didn't have a bad companion. I didn't have to ride a bike. I didn't get made fun of or anything like that. It was as if Christ was saying, "What are you whining about!" haha I was almost on the brink of tears during this time. Well this helped me for a little while but then I, for some reason, slipped back into the "I hate everything" attitude. It was an alright day, but we were just having a few cancellations. Then at the end of the day we were scheduled to teach one of our recent converts and her less active family member who is now coming back to church. We decided earlier that we would teach her about the first vision of Joseph Smith history. Well we taught that but it ended up being geared towards her family member who was going through some really hard times. We explained to her that when you are trying to do what's right Satan really tries to bring to you down even harder than before because he knows only good can come from us following the commandments. This not only eased her heart but mine as well. Even though I was teaching the lesson I felt like the one learning it. It taught me to not give up even when I have days like this because it might be the day that matters most either for me or for somebody else. So it actually turned out to be one of the best days of my mission, weird how God’s plan seems to happen like that.
I love you all. Thanks for everything. You guys are always in my prayers.
Elder Pincock
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