Jenkins, Joshua

Hey yall!       Sorry for the late response, I've been busy these past few days and didn't get a chance to write out an email. This week was really good and we met with some new people as well! Today we went to a Christian banquet for one of our friends we do service for, and it was this big event about pro life and how we can bring more souls to christ. It was a really cool event and I enjoyed my time there. We also ate really good food this week and you know how I love my food! But overall this week was pretty chill but still productive.       The people we have been teaching are still progressing thankfully. Jazmins date got pushed back from today, to the 6th of May. We got her to start reading the scriptures and understanding the importance of baptism and following the commandments. Bradie is still doing good and is a member at this point, even though he hasn't been baptized and confirmed yet. But he's still good to get dunked on June first. N...

Another week!        I hope everyone enjoyed their week and had a good time. I don't know about where you're from but I thought I'd rub it in a little, this week's weather has been perfect! Nothing else puts me in a good mood like good weather does. Being able to drive around with the windows down and feel the breeze is always a good feeling. Anyways, I enjoyed this week. Me and the new guy in our trio are becoming very close and thats been helping my mental distress a lot. My district has also been getting closer with each other and they seem to be doing very well, their work is popping off too! We had a lunch with bradie and some non members on Saturday and it's been nice to see him grow. He's basically a member at this point, just not baptized and confirmed. Jazmin is doing good too but we might be pushing her baptismal date for a little later because she's not really reading her scriptures and praying and she expressed that she doesn't feel like she...

Welcome back!         Man I can't get you guys to leave! Thanks for reaching out and reading my emails. It's nice to know I'm not just typing my thumbs off for no reason. This week was awesome! Easter on the mission is really something special. I feel like the focus of the savior is very strong on Easter on the mission. We always celebrated Easter back home, but I don't really remember feeling and fully understanding the significance of what it really meant. It was emotional to read Matthew 27 in the new testament, and just really ponder and think about what he did for us and what he had to endure. I am so grateful for his atonement and sacrifice. We can come back to this topic, but this week was really good for me. There was an emergency transfer that happened in my district. They had to close an elders area and kick those elders out. I ended up in a trio. I now have 2 companions and the new one has been out for a little over six weeks, so now I'm a traine...

Hey friends,       As I'm laying here in my bed writing this email before I rest my eyes, I can't help but to keep reflecting back on general conference and my spiritual journey since being set apart as a servent of the lord. I have been spiritually and physically overwhelmed this weekend. It doesn't feel real to me that I have been on my mission for almost eight months already, and it's amazing to go back to memories of just even a few short months ago and see the person I was then and the person I am becoming now. I wish I could say these eight months were the easiest in my life, but to keep it real, they have been quite literally the opposite. While they have been brutally hard, they have been the most rewarding by far. No where else on earth would I experience such incredible things and be given this opportunity to learn and grow so much. This is why its been a mental warfare. A constant battle of feeling inadequate to tackle challenges at hand, a battle of chang...