Jenkins, Joshua

Whats popping yall?       I fell asleep early last night because I wasn't feeling too good so I didn't write my email, sorry this one's a little late but I haven't missed a week so I can't miss this week. Anyways this week was a lot better than last week. Not much has really changed but I have just been in a really good mood and more motivated, despite the stress and everything else that has been going on. The power of fasting and praying is real! I've been able to push through and come out on top. I worked so hard I think I got a little burnt out and sick so I had to go to sleep, but I woke up feeling better this morning. We finally started seeing the fruits of our labors in plainview! It's known as a slower area but I think it's been slow because missionaries have a bad attitude about it and don't work as hard. We have 3 people on baptismal date in our area now (2 people were put on date this week!) And were teaching a lot of people now. My distric...

What path does God want you to take? One thing that I love so much is riding dirtbikes or any type of off road machine. Often times while riding alone or with friends and family, a path or trail that I am riding on will split off into so many different directions. Sometimes you have to be quick to choose a path without much thought. This path can either lead you to a fun new place that you haven't discovered before, or a place where you can easily become lost and have to find other paths to get you out of trouble. This made me think about the paths that we take in life. We come across so many decisions that we have to make, and sometimes on the spot. These different choices that we make, can take us in many directions and sometimes we can become stuck or lost. Well when this happens, how do we get out? One of the best ways we can find direction in this life is by listening to our savior Jesus Christ. In the scripture Alma 37: 37 it tells us a little bit about how we can recieve his...

What it do?       Hey howdy and Hola. Still tryna change my intros lol. But this week has been, well I'll put it this way, a week. This week flew by at Mach 3 looking back but during the week it felt like I was saddling a slug. We weren't really having a whole lot of lessons or any success in our area at the start of this week, and if I'm not busy and my mind occupated, I get depressed so that was a little rough. Regardless of the big sad, and sluggish week, we started picking up speed and traction and ended with a bang. All God willing. I've seen myself really grow and change while being on my mission, and one way I know that I've changed is I have more motivation. I've never been one to quit at anything or give up really, but I noticed that my perspective and outlook has changed and it's easier for me to motivate myself and work harder if I'm down or things aren't working out. Instead of running from a problem, or tying to find an "easier...

Whats up cuties       Man I feel like I write my weekly email, fall asleep, and wake up to write about my week again. But I'm grateful that I get to talk to yall so often because I've heard thousands of times that back in the day it was only twice a year more or less, so I'm glad I can hear back as often as I do. This week has been exhausting and insanely busy, but I said last week it was going to be, so I saw this coming. Last pday we stayed in plainview to save miles for zone conference, so we got to help a member cook chili riallnos, and they were delicious and I'm glad I learned this skill cuz I'm going to have to make more for sure! After pday we did an exchange and I took another elder up here to my area, we knocked doors from 1pm to 6pm and had a lesson with Val afterwards in the usual coffee shop. They have this horchata there thats hot. It's the most addictive thing ever and I hope they don't add it to the word of wisdom because I would be crushed. ...

Hey its me again!       What it do yall? Hope yall had an amazing week. I know I did! This week was very spiritual and very very good. We got a lot done this week and had more lessons and found more people. I did a 3 day fast this weekend and that was probably the most spiritual I have ever felt in my entire life. I took only a little bit of water after 24 hours and reopened my fast for the next 24 hours. I had so much on my mind and so many things that I needed help with, so I made a commitment to fast for as long as I needed, until I get things under control and back into place. Yes I am crazy, thanks for asking! But I've come to love fasting and mighty prayer. I have felt so much more at peace and more in tune with the spirit. It's truly grown me and changed me, and I needed to lose a little bit of weight anyways so it's totally fine! But because of that, I've been able to see the fruits of my labors explode!        So just yesterday we finally...