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Talofa!


      Good morning cuties, hope yall are doing well! I'm grateful that I get to communicate with you all so often. I remember thinking before I came out that I was only going to write once a month at most because I'm a private person and don't like to share about myself or about what I'm doing, but I've come to love talking about my dealings with the Lord because I know that other people enjoy hearing about it. This week was pretty good overall, with a very good ending. Things were pretty slow to begin with, but we've been able to see blessings come out of our efforts, even if they were small. I'm getting along really well with Elder Greene and that's been a big help for me in this area. We were able to do a lot of service and actually get to meet some new people as well, but most importantly we were able to enjoy the work and see God's hand in it all. I'm so grateful for this challenging area and the many things that it has taught me. 


       On Sunday we had a lesson with Steph. We were teaching about commandments and what God asks of us. We got to baptism, and the spirit was just so strong and I know she felt it. She interrupted and asked if she could be baptized again because she was already baptized as a baby in the catholic church. This led to a good discussion and we were able to plan when she would be baptized. We have it set for August 1st right now, but expect it to maybe be sooner! We also had a lesson with Zach that same day. The spirit really took the lead on that one. He was really against praying a few weeks ago, but with patience and persistence I helped him understand the importance of prayer. He prayed for the first time in his life and he said he's never felt more love ever. So fastforward to yesterday, we planned on having another book of Mormon read with him. I didn't know what to read so I just opened my book of Mormon and 2nephi 32 was the first chapter that I saw which was absolutely perfect because it talks about the holy ghost and prayer. We had a good lesson with him and he was so inspired that he closed our meeting with a prayer!


      That was pretty much our week, just lots of service and studies. I thought I'd share a little bit of my testimony to end this email. I was thinking back to what I learned from each area that I served in, and I remembered something that stuck out to me in plainview. A member that I was really close with once asked me what I would give up for the gospel. I said that I already gave up so much and I gave him my answer there, but I wanted to share it here as well because I've been thinking about that a lot recently. Converting myself to the gospel was a long and on going process that took a lot away from me. I lost a lot when I became closer to my savior. I lost friends because I started to realize the choices they were making and the influences they were to me, and how they were causing me to go down the wrong path in life. I lost a mindset of valuing worldy things, and other people and their opinions of me. I lost lots of words that I would use in my vocabulary. I lost dreams of where I thought my life would go without the gospel and how successful I could be without it. I lost the feeling of being unsure or unsafe and unconfident in myself and having trust issues and fear in other people. I lost the feeling that God didn't love me, and so much more did I lose. I would willfuly and willingly continue to lose so much, because it makes more room for God to give me what he's been waiting for me to make room for. It's amazing how different your views on life become once you're brought to a level of understanding and viewing  yourself and your potential as a child of God. A child who is promised to inherit all of his Heavenly fathers kingdom if he turns towards him willingly. A child who is loved perfectly by someone who is perfect. Someone who was created in his image with unique gifts, talents, and abilities, because he saw so much in you and saw such a role you would play with such things. I love this gospel and the man that it's making me become. Yes maybe a silly man who wears a chicken suit sometimes, but I know where my life would be without the gospel and I would much rather give up everything to have a life with the gospel. I have never seen more blessings come in my life then when I yeild my will and desires to my all knowing, perfect Heavenly father. 


Yall stay cute 


-elder Jenkins 


2001 state HWY. 118 Alpine, TX 79830


Pics: 
1: chimbkin
2: scripture type beat 
3: the sky is falling 
4: record wall in record timing 
5: 4 for 4 wendys style 
6: GrImAcE shake 
7: family 
8: shrimps on da Barby yah?
9: spooky scary skeletons 








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