Hola! 06.15.2009 (Email)

Hola! ¿Cómo están? Espero que todo esté bien. Todo está bien acá. First off, Lisa and Jordan, happy moving day! I hope all goes well as planned, and that no one seriously injures their back or anything while you´re moving things around. :D

Mom, Happy Birthday on Saturday! Have a wonderful birthday, and eat lots of yummy dessert.

Dad, Happy Father´s Day on Sunday! It´s actually Father´s Day here as well. I´m not exactly sure why Mother´s Day is different. Anyway, have a fantastic day!

Also, good luck everyone participating in the Ragnar Relay! Run hard, and be careful! Be careful traveling to the relay as well.

Next week on Wednesday is when we have preparation day I believe. It´s when we have transfers because the new mission president will be coming soon. Everything is a little different. So anyway, I don´t know if I´ll be writing on Monday, Wednesday, or when... we´ll see.

Alright, so good news... Sergio, Patricia and their daughters Yosie and Micaela went to church yesterday! Yay! It was stake conference in Roca, and it was the satellite broadcast that they do now. Elder Perry, President Eyring, the Sunday School General President, and a member of the seventy spoke. It was a very good lesson, and Sergio and Patricia seemed to have enjoyed it. :D We also had a very good lesson Saturday night. We taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ (Faith, Repentance, Baptism, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End). Or, the path to eternal life. It went well. In Elder Eyring´s talk he talked about the importance of baptism, and invited all those within the reach of his voice, who hadn´t been baptized in the church yet, to come and be baptized in the church of Jesus Christ. :D

Lets see, Santiago is progressing well towards his baptism this Saturday. We´re hoping and praying that all goes as planned. He has had a hard time going to primary, so last night we taught him with the primary teacher, and talked about the importance of going ( instead of running outside or going to priesthood meetings with his dad). He needs to drink milk before eating meat. :D It went well, and he assured us that this next week he will be in and participate in Primary.

Well, things haven´t gone like we would like with Hna. Panero and Victor. Yes, Victor is a member. He´s 21, but didn´t serve a mission. He hasn´t been active for very long. A while before I got here. So anyway, the elders talked to Victor, and the ward mission leader, but it hasn´t clicked yet. Hna. Hedquist and I were talking to a ward member, and she suggested that we have a lesson with the ¨bishop¨, teach all the doctrine and make sure they understand, and then let them make a decision and set goals. So we´ll see what happens. But for now, she doesn´t have a baptismal date.

Last preparation day we went to Roca for a zone activity. We really got together to practice singing a song for President and Hna. Cook since it was their last zone conference with us. So no one told us to bring preparation day clothes, but they were playing soccer. So Hna. Hedquist and I played in our skirts and church shoes. :D Pretty funny. I couldn´t be quite as aggressive as normal. jaja No really, it was just a funny experience because about all their elders were in their suits and church shoes as well. Good times. Chaos.

So Friday we had zone conference, and it was SO good. I loved it. We have a really good zone here in Roca. Lots of good things are happening. I think 11 baptisms are scheduled for this next Saturday. So 11 in one stake!

I have really been trying to focus more on using the scriptures in my teachings. Introducing, reading, and applying them. The usage of scriptures makes a really big difference. Very important.

Well, I think that this is pretty much what has happened this last week. I love you. I know that the church is true. I know we have a living prophet, and the the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, as well as the words of the living prophets all come from a loving Heavenly Father. We need to Feast upon them!

I love you all very much, have fun, and be safe!

Love always,
Hermana Jana Banana Pincock

P.S. I read about Nephi in Helaman 10 this morning, and I want to be a missionary like him. Verses 4 and 5 I believe were the verses I especially like. A good read. :D