Growth In My Savior

Another great week in the TLM!! 


     Well guys this week flew by very fast. We had zone conference on Thursday which was such an uplifting and awesome experience and I felt the spirit very strong. We taught some lessons and got really really close with some inactive members and we got them comfortable coming back to church so that was an amazing thing to witness. The work has been going really good and I love this new area that I am in so much. Something about branches are just so special and the love that I feel from the members is amazing. 


     In Zone Conference we talked a lot about the spirit and the book of mormon and also our sacrifices as missionaries. I have been thinking a ton about my service to the lord. I asked myself, and wrote about this a lot in my journal, If Jesus Christ were to stand in front of me right now and I were to ask him a question, what would I ask? After some thought I concluded that I would ask him, "Have I done enough?" Have I worked hard enough and done everything im supposed to do while Im on this earth? I realized and kind of woke myself up a little bit, that I need to be better, not that im doing bad, but i have to fully convert myself as his servent and give up my will and yeild to his. My mission is the only time in my entire life where im spending 2 years with every waking thought and action devoted towards the lord. So why not put my all into it and get the best out of it? My mission is my lifes tithing to the savior. 


     I also finished the Book of Mormon from cover to cover for the first time ever in my life. What a journey that has been. I took my time to cherish every story and every feeling that I felt as I was reading it. It truly is the most true book in the world, and we really will get closer to God by reading it than by any other book. Its amazing how a book written so long ago, can still answer questions we have today and even guide us through life and its trials even when they are increasingly more difficult to go through and nothing like the trials the prophets that wrote this back then had to go through. On my second time reading it through currently, I have been gaining a deeper understanding on top of the testimony I already built and I feel more confident and full with the spirit, I truly feel God working in my life and usuing me as his hands. 


     I guess I'll share a dinner story because I love them so much. We met with an inactive family on saturday. We were going to just talk about the scriptures and be there for them, but they were cooking dinner at that time. They offered us some food, and im a fat missionary so of course I said yes to authentic Mexican food, and we ate and talked and had a really good time. I was told that these people were struggling with progressing because they feel that if they obey the 10 commandments they dont need to repent and they are set. Many missionaries had met with them and they all just felt discouraged by these people because for years they have not come back to church and they dont feel they need to pray and go to church. We had a really good conversation with them and the spirit was so strong it was basically punching us. We setup a plan with them and really made them feel comfortable so we got to know the problem on a deeper level. After our lesson we had some more fun and slapped each other in the face with tortillas and our mouths full of water, it was hilarious and we just felt like a family. She even invited us over to make burgers right after church too! But the best part was they came to church for the first time in a while and it made me so incredibly happy. They were struggling with a lot and they mentioned that church helped them feel at peace. 


     Anyways yall i could literally go on all day but I dont want to bore you to death with incredible stories and fun times lol. But I love yall so much and appreciate everything you guys are doing for me. Yall have the best week ever and stay cute!


P.s. I forgot to mention that there is a ton of dogs here and they're all stray and they chase us and attack us and it's a time lol. 


-Elder Jenkins 


2601 W 5th st. Unit A. Plainview, TX 79072


Pics: 
1: grill in the equinox?? 
2: burger King 
3: food bank in the equinox?? 
4: cooking some grub 
5: Spiderman 
6: my shopping cart for food bank
7: I don't know why this is on my phone 






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