Week 68: The last egg...

Hey everyone!

Well...it's hot. That's all I will say regarding that subject.

This week has been good! Hot!...but good. We found an awesome family
from Columbia who seem to want to hear about the restoration of the
gospel of Jesus Christ so that's great. And even better because
Colombian family means Colombian food😏

One of our investigators is progressing so much. She is reading the
Book of Mormon and told us before one of our appointments that she
read a really important chapter the night before. We asked her why it
was so important and she said, "because it talks about baptism!" SHE
UNDERSTANDS!

I also am getting more daring with my cooking skills. I baked a carrot
cake this week and it came out edible. There were a couple of minor
errors. In the recipe, the first step said put all the dry ingredients
in a bowl...alright check...next step. "I hope you didn't put the
sugar in there with the dry ingredients too because you now need to
mix it slowly in with the eggs...." Whoops. Then I went to the fridge
for the eggs, and I shot a glare at my companion as he put the last
bite of fried egg in his mouth. At first I figured the difference
between 3 and 4 eggs can't be that much. I threw the three eggs in and
then just put some water in there too......then I realized that was
probably going to be a bad idea so we decided to try our neighbors.
Note to self: don't knock doors in your missionary clothes if you want
something other than to teach them the gospel. Three of our neighbors
just told us they "didn't have time" to give us an egg, and one lady
actually answered and before we could say anything told us about how
sick she is and tired and how she could barely get out of bed and so
she just couldn't...I said "you are too tired to give us an egg!?",
she just gave us a blank stare and said "an egg!? That's what you
want? OHHHH....Nope sorry don't have any..." Who would have thought it
would be so difficult to find an egg. And of course, the whole town
was shut down because it was between the hours of 2-5 when everyone
takes the daily nap. Long story shorter, we got the egg and the cake
wasn't too bad!

This week I thought a lot about prayer. I'm convinced it is one of the
biggest tools that we have to increase our faith and overcome trials,
yet is one of the least taken advantage of. For so long, it just
seemed like my nightly prayer was the next thing to do on my to-do
list right after brushing my teeth, and I honestly think brushing my
teeth helped me more than my prayer. I now feel like prayer should be
an honest effort to connect with our father in heaven. And that's what
it requires, effort. I truly believe that when we make that effort,
our prayers can become conversational, and will be in turn more
beneficial.

I hope that you all have a great week! I know that I will, perfecting
my farmer tan. Or should I say, missionary tan! And supposedly, the
heat is just beginning.....

Love,

Elder Jenkins