Bom Paster- Week One

This past week was super great in my new area Bom Pastor. Elder G spent the week showing me around in the area and meeting our investigators. We walked and worked a ton. This area to me is a lot like Pennsylvania. There is a lot of land and little simple houses. The Curitiba airport is in our area also, so we see a lot of airplanes. It is pretty annoying actually because we will be teaching a lesson, get to the telling of the First Vision, and the an airplane passes really low to the ground and you can´t hear anything. Veoooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!  We get a good laugh out of it. I am really excited because I am in the zone of my companion in the CTM: Elder L. Today, we played basketball will him and his companion at the Stake Center. It was a load of fun. 

I had a meeting at the mission home this past week, so I got to see a lot of my old companions (Elder S, Elder G, Elder J). It was a good time and we learned a lot.

We had the baptism on Saturday of Julia. I have only known Julia for one week, but she is really special. She is eight years old and she has a lot of friends in the church that invite her to come to the activities. She has some pretty complicated family problems, but we are teaching the rest of the family in hopes of baptizing the rest. I got to use my piano talents for her baptism. It was a really special day. 

I have been thinking about how once in a life time the mission is. I don´t think I will ever get to do all the things we do again in my life. Doing all of it in Brazil!! I still have a hard time wrapping these realities around my mind. I am loving the mission a lot. I have learned so many things and a lot of things about myself in particular. I am grateful for all the experiences and trials that Heavenly Father has given me.   

I love and miss you all lots.

Com amor,

Elder Pinkney