Molokai! Aloha!

January 3, 2012

Man it was awesome to talk to you guys on Christmas!  Sounds like you guys had a good time over the Holidays.  Thanks for the gifts!  Well the holidays were pretty good here.  I, of course, gained some weight.  Man that was a lot of food.  I am looking forward to Insanity and P90x haha, I haven't got it yet but I am anxiously awaiting it's arrival.  The work has kind of been slow.  Not many people want to talk to us during the holidays because they are all preparing for their parties and stuff.  New Years is big deal here.  People go all out for fireworks and spend like $2000 for just fireworks.  Plus they do make a few of their own, haha.  There were bombs going off until like 2 in the morning!  Elder Davis and I first went to the Angcos in our ward for dinner.  They are awesome and we did some fireworks!  We had quite an adventure today too.  Well, this week we will be working on our investigators to get baptismal dates.  I will let you know how it goes.  That’s about it for this week. Thank you all!

Elder Pincock

January 9, 2012

What's up everyone, it has been a pretty good week.  Although they are always good in Molokai! The work has just been a little slow.  We did have a new investigator come to church though.  So hopefully we will be able to teach her again soon.  We also invited another lady but I guess she had an accident and couldn't make it.  Hopefully she will be able to come next week.  She is pretty solid.  She has been to church before, she had come with her husband (that's right.  HUSBAND.  She's married.... NICE!) He is already a member and not been able to come for a while.  Maybe when he comes back and his wife will be baptized! We are still trying to get the work really moving again after the holidays.  We are trying to get the members really involved.  We are going to do a free car wash next month at the church to get people into the building.  I will probably tell you more about that later on. 

We met with President this week and guess what he told me?!! He is going to try to have me home before Christmas!  I didn't even ask him about it, he just said it.  So that's pretty cool.  Sister Dalton (his wife) also talked to us about the missions weight gain, haha.  She has now implemented mission wide biggest loser, haha.  She gave us like tips and stuff and we weighed in and next interview we will do it again.  I have been working hard the last couple days and I think I can win because it is by body fat percentage so a short guy like me can still win!  Insanity is in session!  The other elders are doing it with me too so that helps.

Well sorry this is short.  I kind of ran out of time but I love you guys and this Gospel.  I can't believe what it has done for me.

Elder Pincock

January 17, 2012

Hey how's it going, sounds like another good week for you guys.  Congrats on Skye getting closer to her new house haha.  That's pretty exciting.  Sorry I'm late with my email again.  It was another Monday holiday so the library was closed.  It's also good to hear that Isaac is doing alright.  So it finally snowed there.  Tyler G is probably stoked haha.  Glad he got his package.  I don't have his address so tha’ts why it went to our house. 

I'm so proud of you, mom, for accepting that calling and you are in my prayers.  I wonder if they call me to do something…  I have avoided leadership too long,  They are bound to find me haha.  Transfer calls are this Sunday so we will find out who is going where but seeming as how me and Elder Davis have been comps for 4 and a half months I think he may be going.  Man it's getting hard to keep track of time.

So one of our investigators came to church!  She should be baptized this Saturday!  I'm so excited!  She pretty much just fell out of the sky.  We just drove past her house and she was outside and Elder Davis saw her and stopped and pulled over.  We came back later that day and shared a lesson with her.  The next lesson she agreed to be baptized on the 28th!  We are going to try to catch her today and share the plan of salvation with her because she asked us about it last time.  She even has one of those signs in her house that says her family name with "forever" behind it.  Her husband is a and he is excited for her.

 

Life has been really good here in Molokai.  We really kind of have it made here.  Nice people and it is a beautiful place.  Yesterday we went to the beach that was in the end of Pirates of the Carribean 3!  It was really nice and of course, we stayed on the rocks.  The drive in was a little crazy though.  They let me drive the truck because nobody else wanted the liability.  But with my supreme Rock crawling skills acquired from Moab a few years back we were able to make it without a scratch, haha.  It wasn't really that bad and it was fun.  We fished off the rocks over there and it was funny because Elder Davis was casting his fishing pole out for like an hour and then we hear Elder Mafi yell from somewhere in the distance.  I came around a rock to find him with a fish in his hand.  He didn't even have a fishing pole, he just grabbed some line put bait on it and through it out and caught a fish! Haha,  man sometimes I wish I was Tongan...  He does a lot of cool things, haha.

Well that was my week.  I can't wait to hear from you again next week.  Love you guys.  I love this gospel, and the happiness it brings.

Aloha

Elder Pincock

January 23, 2012

I'm still staying in Molokai!  Elder Davis is leaving though.  I'm kind of bummed which is weird because usually when we have been with a companion for 3 months we are ready for a change, haha, but I think we could have gone another one.  We are not sure where he is going yet.  And also not sure who will be the next district leader...  wondering if it might be me...  I'm the oldest in our district right now.  We'll see how that goes.  Everyone else is staying. Elder Tripp and Elder Mafi are still going to be here so that's good. 

We may have to move back our new investigators baptism a little bit.  It might be a little too fast for her.  She wasn't able to come to church because her new baby kept her up all night so she was really tired.  We were pretty bummed about that.  Oh, but the good news was that another investigators whole family came with her to church.  I don't know if you guys remember her but she has been our investigator for longer that I have been here and just needs to be married and her husband came for the first time in months too.  That was cool. 

Our young women just did that New Beginnings thing.  That is still so cool to me about your calling Mom, haha.  What is ward council like there?  Do you guys do the 15 names list?  How does it go?  It seems to be a really hard thing with the Hawaii wards.  We are working on that.  It's a pretty cool thing when it works out. 

So on Saturday we had a fishing contest.  It was pretty crazy because when we got there they were having a huge protest about the small cruise ship that comes in every now and again.  They even had like police there blocking off the wharf and they had like jet skis and stuff in the water.  All the protesters did was yell at the people coming off the boat as they drove by in the escort vans they had.  They didn't even do anything.  But after that we had our contest and guess who one... Elder Davis!  Guess how big his fish was...  6 1/4 inches!  Nice huh! haha  We were using the winning fish for live bait before they told us we had won, haha.  He won some tackle and a few gift certificates. 

Man, I can't believe there is not much snow.  I have been thinking about snowboarding all day!  It's killing me!  I MUST SHRED!  but i cannot haha.  I'm so stoked to stay here in Molokai, although a little bit nervous though because it has been so long that I have been Elder Davis' companion.  We even started like finishing each other sentences and saying the same thing at the same time and stuff.  It will be different having a new companion, haha. 

Well it is so good to hear from you.  I'll talk to you guys laters.  Love you and stuff

Elder Pincock 

January 30, 2012

Hey how's it going everyone!  I have a new companion.  His name is Elder Maughan (sounds like Mon)  He is super cool and he brought a guitar, haha.  He is from Monticello and he's the new district leader and he has only been out 6 months which is less than all of us, haha.  He is super cool.  I'm stoked to work with him here.  We have so much potential we just have to work super hard to get some baptisms. 

So one of our investigators canceled the last 2 lessons and didn't come to church again...  I'm so bummed.  She is so ready but I think her husband may not think so.  We might not even teach her this week because she is going to see her husband in Oahu.  I'm not quite sure what to do about it.  On the other hand I figured out that we have 6 different kids who easily could be baptized if we can help their parents to be active again...  6!  and we have been trying even when Elder Davis was here but hopefully Elder Maughan and I can help them out.  

Well today we are going to hulihuli a piglet that Elder Mafi got from some Tongan guy in their ward haha.  I'm pretty stoked for that. 

  

Elder Davis called the other night and told me he is in Waianai. (i think that's how you spell it)  which is in Oahu.  haha  He is probably freaking out over there.  I guess that is a little bit of a rough side of town.  I hope he does well there. 

So on Saturday we had the makahiki games which is kind of like Hawaii's end of the year games.  Everybody, kids and adults, compete in all of these Hawaiian games.  It was pretty cool.  They had like tug of war and like chicken fights and things like that.  Everyone in the whole island was there haha and of course they had a ton of food.  Man they make good food here.  I'm not a huge fan of some of the Hawaiian dishes but there are a few that are really good.  It was super cool.

Well that is it for this week.  I love you guys.  

Elder Pincock  

February 6, 2012

Hey what's up everyone?  Another good week.  I'm jealous of dad.  I miss the valley of fire.  Teltom's going to Korea! That's awesome.  If you see him tell him I said congrats.  I can't believe Andrew comes home next month...  Time flies by!  I remember when he was saying he only had 10 months left and now that's me!  Holy crap!

Well my companion is awesome!  We get along really good and he is an awesome missionary too.  He works hard and knows what he is doing.  We haven't been teaching a ton but we have found a new investigator and are still working with our other ones too.  We haven't been able to see one of them for a while.  That makes me kind of bummed but I think she was out of town this past week so we will try to get with her this week.  We have been trying to sort out the 15 names list for the ward and we think we have it straightened out a little bit better.  We got a new ward mission leader.  I stoked about it because he is an awesome member who knows how to get people back to church and wants to help us out a lot. 

I do kind of have a spiritual thought for you.  One of the scriptures I have been using a lot lately is Mosiah 2:41 about the happy state of those who keep the commandments.  It just talks about how if we are doing what God asks we are happy but if we are going against Him we are not.  It's one of my favorites. 

We went jeeping today!!!  in Brother Nakayama's (our landlord) jeep! It was way cool.  I took some good pics and videos for you guys.  I only have one card though, so I would like you to send the other one.  His jeep is pretty sick though.  It really made me want to get a jeep when I get home haha.  I miss ours so bad.  We went up into the forest above our house.  It's really funny because you get up to the mountains and it is like big pine trees and stuff.  It doesn't look like Hawaii at all.  We did go on a pretty sweet hike and I'm pretty sure there were some raptors stalking us.  It looked like it was straight out of Jurassic Park.  You have to walk on this little 2 by 6 because the ground is so boggy.  It was really pretty though.

 

The hulihuli was good, haha.  He just cooked it then threw it on a tray and we dug in.  It was so good.

Well that's all I got for this week.  Love you guys.  

Elder Pincock 

Merry Christmas!!

Hello Everyone,  I can't believe there is still no snow over there... that's a bummer.  Well, I would think it was if it were me living there, haha.  There is still no snow here either.  I'm still hoping Heavenly Father will humor me and give us a white Christmas but it's not looking good haha.  Oh and Ty I totally feel for ya, I hated working mules in the winter.  0 degrees though?! That's crazy! 

I haven't got the packages you sent yet.  I might get them today.  We haven't checked mail.  I'm glad you guys enjoyed my package and the coconut, haha.  I will be sending a Christmas package too today.  Hopefully it gets there in time.

That's crazy about Isaac being home.  I don't know how I would handle coming home...  I can't even imagine that right now.  That's cool that he talked at Jareds farewell.  I hope I talk that confident when I get back, and sounds like he will probably giving his homecoming talk about the same time as me now, haha.

This week has been alright.  It's been kind of crazy with transfers and such.  Elder Maybon is gone and Elder Tripp is now here, he is so happy all the time and probably has the most energy I have ever seen!  He's cool.  He started in Ka'u like me so we had a lot to talk about.  It seems like everything is going pretty good. 

Elder Davis is doing good as the District leader.  He was kind of nervous about taking on the job. He is awesome though so he will do great.  We have been trying to find some new investigators lately.  Our teaching pool seems to be slowing down.   Our investigator that was going to be baptized on Christmas Eve didnt come to church again.  Man, I don't know what is going on, he was feeling so good before when he was coming and being active.  We are just trying to help him understand that again. 

We had our ward Christmas party on Saturday.  It was awesome.  They had dinner (of course) and then a talent show.  There are a lot of talented people here.  Most of them were kids too.  They have this thing here called "school of rock" which is pretty much the same as the movie.  One of the members teaches a bunch of kids how to play the all the instruments and they played at the talent show.  It was pretty cool.

Yesterday we had a ward fireside.  We watch 17 miracles.  I have seen it twice now and both times I had to stop my eyes from draining and to swallow the lump in my throat a million times, haha.  That movie is hard to get through.  It's amazing what people went through because they knew that this was the only true church.  They would die for it.  I know people say that all the time but that movie just helped it click in my mind.  I'm so grateful for those people and there example of selfless service and diligence in the gospel.

Well I love you guys and look forward to talking to you on Sunday!  

WHOOOOOAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I will be calling about 3 or 4 utah time, I think.

Elder Justin Pincock 

Transfers! I am Staying on Molokai!!

Hey everyone!  I get at least one more transfer in Molokai!  I get to stay and I'm stoked!  Elder Maybon is the only one who is going, which is a bummer because he is the coolest and best district leader ever!  So now guess who is going to be the district leader… Elder Davis!  He doesn't know it yet but Elder Maybon told me, and he will be so good at it.

 

I'm going to be at one year officially this week!  That's still crazy to me.  I am half way already?  Although I found out something that I was kind of bummed about.  I won’t be able to be home for next Christmas because my last transfer won't end until December 27...  Lame right!  I will be out for 3 Christmas!  That's ok, I will have plenty more.  Hey sorry I haven't sent my memory card of pictures.  Every time I would go to send it something would distract me and I wouldn't be able to.  Now I let it go too long because now I am out of memory on both of them... whoops.  I will send them today (along with some b-day gifts for mom and Bronson) but please hurry and send one back ASAP.  I'm so bummed I missed out on the festivities for your birthdays, sounded pretty good though.  That Christmas party with the Mule friends sounded pretty wild! haha Man I miss Mel and Dona.  Tell them I said hello and thanks again for their huge contribution to my LIFE! That was a funny picture of Dona on the saddle!

That's good that you are still reading Jesus the Christ, mom.  Keep it up.  I did get that poem that Lisa sent.  It is really good, I hope I have a good dash.

 

As for our investigator with the Christmas Eve baptism date…he had a little bump in his life.  He didn't smoke or anything he is totally done with that.  But I guess he went and talked to the priest at another church to tell him he was going to get baptized (I don't know why people think that the priest is there dad or something)  but I guess the priest scared him a little bit and made him realize how big the decision was that he was making.  So he started questioning everything.  Well Sunday came and we hadn't seen him all week because we were at zone conference (a whole other story) but he didn't come to church which was weird because he hadn't missed a Sunday in months.  So both me and Elder Davis felt that we needed to go find him so we left church and went to his house.  He invited us in and told us this story and you could tell that he just didn't have the same spirit about him anymore.  He didn't have the glow, he wasn't smiling as much and it was because he was starting to second guess everything.  Well, me and Elder Davis started just talking.  We ended up teaching him about the Book of Mormon and helping him understand the importance of it and how it is the evidence of the truthfulness of this whole gospel.  He said he would read it and ponder and pray about it after we left.  We also reminded him of the cottage meeting we were having that night.  He said he would come.  He ended up being the only nonmember out of like the 10 that we invited to come.  It seemed that this meeting was for him only.  We started the meeting (by having dinner, of course) and then a lesson.  We went around and bore our testimonies and there were a few people who use to be his other religion so that helped a lot.  His baptism is sort of hanging on a limb right now, but we are still thinking he will be okay.

Now about zone conference…we were supposed to go on Wednesday but then our plane broke so we waited forever for them to fix it and then they couldn't even do it so they had to put us on a flight on Thursday night to Oahu to see a different zone conference there instead of Maui (our own zone)  It was kind of weird but it was fun to see other elders.

I'm out of time now, so… I love you guys.  Man it is always good to hear from you guys.  I love this Gospel and the way it can change people's lives and only for the better and all you have to do is try it out.

Elder Pincock

Wow! 10 More Days = 1 Year!

Hello family/friends who might read this...

Oh and Happy birthday Bronson! I am going to get you and Mom a present hopefully today so you have my permission to be excited!  Man, the Holidays here are super weird because it is not cold...  I don't really like that... haha, but people still have all there decorations up or are now putting them up and there is Christmas music playing.  It’s not very busy though with Christmas shopping because there's not much to shop for here on Molokai.  Most people take the ferry to Maui or shop online I think.  I loved those pictures of the tree festival.  I can't believe dad went, haha.  Good job dad!  I loved all of those packages.  I haven't watched all of the DVD’s yet but I watched a few of the Dad ones.  Those will probably kill me when I watch them all haha, so emotional.  The cd's are amazing.  Kenny G is my boy!  haha  I flipped out when I saw that.  The only thing though is that it reminds me of home a lot and then when I look outside and it's not blustery or snowy and I get kind of sad.  The other two cd’s are super awesome too.  I Got D-Archy's (David Archeletta) signature! haha I haven't watched that movie yet but I'm excited to. 

I was really stoked for this hike we were about to do because it is to the backside of Molokai to somebody’s house but there is no trail and there are cliffs and stuff and we went on google earth with our bishop so he could show us the way.  It felt like when we would find our trails for mule riding haha. We ended up not having enough time on pday to do it though but it would have been really cool.

Skye and Ty might move again?  That would be pretty cool if they had a place with some land of their own.  Good luck with that.  I might miss that little house though. 

Molokai is doing awesome.  One of our investigators is still super committed to being baptized.  We talked to him about it the other day and we asked him to get rid of anything that reminds him of smoking so he gathered up all his ash trays and things and he goes "You guys wanna go out and smash these with me?"  I instantly said yes, haha and we went out and he bashed them with some pliers.  Right now is crunch time for him because if he smokes from now until Christmas eve he has to start all over.  I think he can do it though.  He bore his testimony on Sunday!  He is awesome.  It was great, he was super nervous and when he went to thank me and Elder Davis he said our wrong names.  Man, I love that guy.  He also wasn't really sure how to end it so you could tell when he was done he was kind of wondering what to say because we never told him that you say in the name of Jesus Christ Amen and so he just goes... okay now.. bye bye... haha.  It's awesome that he even decide to go up!  Then I decided to bear my testimony after he did to make him feel a little better.  I hadn't done it in a really long time anyway and it was the last chance of the year.  It felt good. 

We also had the Christmas Devotional but there were some technical difficulties so we had to watch last years.  It was still really good and still made me really trunky, haha.  I miss the times when we would go to temple square on mom's birthday.  Are you guys gonna do that this year?  You definitely should.

Well that is all I can think of right now.  I love you guys and this gospel.  I love to see it change others lives as well as mine every day.  Every day on my mission I seem to get a little stronger and a little more knowledgeable about some part of the gospel and there are still endless things to learn.  Sometimes I just want to know everything.

That is all for this week.

Elder Pincock 

Thanksgiving Day on Molokai!

Hey everyone, it has been a good week.  We did have 4 Thanksgiving dinners throughout the week and 2 of them were on Thanksgiving.  We spent those 2 with the Nakayamas (who we live with) and the Apuna's fed us dinner later on.  It was pretty much the same as at home.  Just the normal traditional stuff, although nobody does deviled eggs here which makes me pretty bummed, but it's all good they are all so awesome.  They take really good care of us, probably too good because I have gained so much weight, haha.  It was a little bit slow as far as the work goes with the holiday and what not but still really good.  On Thanksgiving Day we didn't have to proselyte so we went and played "touch" football with the Hoolehua ward.  I got crushed haha, and there is a nice scratch on my forehead from being clawed by a 300 lb Polynesian.  It was a good time!  I'm getting so stoked for the Holidays!  I think that we might all get to stay again.  We will see in about 2 weeks when transfers come.

 

We decorated our pad with Christmas stuff.  It's awesome and that air freshener you gave me is the best!  We put it behind our little fake tree so it smells like a real one.  I got all of your packages!  Thanks so much.  I'm stoked to see those videos and to listen to the music.

 

That's awesome that you are reading Jesus the Christ.  I love that book so much although it's really hard for me to get the energy to read it.  It seems like when I have time it feels good to not do anything, haha but I need to get back into it.  I still have like 150 pages left. 

Today we made some sweet wooden hook necklaces out of Koa wood which is a pretty expensive wood here.  Some guy in the other ward boundaries (nonmember) let us use his stuff to make them.  If we went out and bought them they would probably cost like 50 bucks.  They are way cool. 

Have you heard from Tyler?  He's probably super stoked that the resorts are open.  Man it's weird to think I could snowboard next year... 

Well I don't know if you remember me telling you about one of our investigators but he is the one trying to quit smoking.  He is doing really good.  We gave him some vitamin c and some orange juice to clean out his system.  We also gave him some scope to swish with.  He is so funny.  He keeps telling us that he has the heeby jeebies and doesn't really know what to do with himself.  We keep telling him that's the spirit! haha  He is so stoked about being able to get baptized and to be sealed with his wife who died a few years ago.  He is doing awesome.  He is supposed to be baptized on Christmas Eve.  I'm so excited! 

Well that's all for this week.  I love you guys.  Can't wait to talk to you on the phone! 

Elder Pincock

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey everyone, it's been a good week.  One of our investigators has a baptismal date now and he is so excited for it.  It’s on Christmas Eve!  He is the best.  He is this old, Italian guy with a strong Brooklyn accent.  I feel like I am part of the mob when I go to his house, haha.  He is a smoker of 50 years and has been trying to kick the habit.  His commitment date is Dec 3^rd and I think he will make it.  He has really had a change of heart and is excited to be baptized.  He loves to talk to "Pop" as he says referring to Heavenly Father.  Even in his prayers he will say Pop haha.  We are excited for him!

Oh, we also had a surprise baptism!  Kaz got baptized this week and got ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood!  I love that kid.  He is super excited to pass the sacrament.  Man, he has come a long way.  He has had a super hard life but he seems to be doing alright.

 

How was dad's ride?  I really need to talk to the mule guy that is here.  Buzzy is his name, haha.  You guys should name a mule Buzzy. 

Thanks for sending the packages.  I haven't got them yet but looking forward to them!

I'm stoked for the Holidays, although we have 4 Thanksgiving dinners so far...  Holy cow.... I am going to be HUGE!   I think everybody still does the same traditional stuff here but I will let you guys know how it goes.  Someone in our ward gave us a little Christmas tree.  I'm absolutely excited about it too.  Me and Elder Maybon just sat and stared at it forever last night talking about Christmas memories.  It was the best.  Christmas just makes you happy and I dig it!

The good news is… The gospel is true (the funny part of that sentence is that "gospel" means good news... I think) ...  The good news is the good news is true... hmmm)  I can't believe I am going to talk to you guys soon... and then I only talk to you on the phone 1 more time before I talk to you face to face, haha, crazy stuff.

Have an ultra good day.  I am.

Elder Pincock

I Live in Molokai!!

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