Big News: I was transferred ! However, this transfer is going to be really different. I am going to my new area Afonsa Pena in São Jose dos Pinhais. My new companion is Elder Eidem from Utah!!! Yes, my companion is American. (It is really cool because normal Americans don´t stay together as companions). However, I will only stay with Elder Eidem for two weeks, because I am going to switch in to be the new Executive Secretary of the mission. I will be companions with Elder Arscott (who is the current executive secretary of the mission). Then, after he shows me the ropes, I will be in trio with the other two secretaries, Elder Cappi and Elder Lira. ( Elder Lira who was my first companion and I will be companions with him again). I am super excited but also a little nervous for the responsibility. However, I know that Heavenly Father will be there to help me every step of the way.
Back to our regularly scheduled program. This past was really incredible. It rained a ton.
Highlights:
- On Friday night, we made Fruit Cocktails (without the alcohol). It was a lot of fun. We took a pineapple, cut it open, and threw in some other fruits with Sprite and drank with a straw.
- I went on splits with Elder Gordon again. We did a lot of really good work and it was fun to get to know him better. One of the family of recent converts that we have in our ward threw a mini going-away party for me because of transfers.
- On Saturday, we had two baptisms of a couple. Jurismar and Ana Lucia are from the north of Brazil and have been in Curitiba for eight years. We started teaching them when we knocked on their door and they let us in. They have two sons and one daughter all below the age of eight. There is a lot of energy in that house. Jurismar and Ana Lucia said that the feel the Spirit when we teach and when they go to church. The firmly received an answer that the church is true when the read and prayed. They also said that the learned a lot with everyone message that we taught. It was truly an incredible moment in their lives. I will miss them greatly.
- We ate two huge pizzas on Saturday night after the baptism.
- We went to church on Sunday.
- We visited another church with one of our investigators. They were putting on a theater piece at the church about families. He invited us and promised that will also come to our church next week. The theater piece was very impressive.
Love and miss you all lots,
Elder Pinkney
(Side note from Elder Pinkney's mom...I asked Elder Pinkney to share his thoughts on why he is a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for #whythebadge.)
#whythebadge
One year ago, I left for Brazil to make a difference in the lives of others through the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. This gospel and the church have made the biggest difference in my life, who I am as person, and who I am as a son of our Heavenly Father. There is nothing that brings me more joy and feeling of self worth than the truths we learn in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In this past year, I have seen how the gospel makes the difference in real life problems we have today. I have seen broken families come together. I have seen confusion turn to certainty. I have seen doubt become faith. I have seen sadness turn to joy and darkness turned to light. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and that means something, a lot more than just going to church on Sunday or reading the Bible. It means we have to live what He taught and follow the pathway He left for us. I am a missionary because I can not deny the things that Heavenly Father has done in the lives of many, in the life of my family, and in my life. "Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Amen." D&C 4:7
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