Week #76 - LOVIN' KATY 1ST!!!

HEY Y'ALL!

SO I GOT TRANSFERRED AND I LOVE KATY 1ST!

My New Address:

Sister Taylor Pinster

22631 Colonial Parkway, Apt. 11306

Katy, TX  77449

My new comp - Sister Dummer!   :)

Two of my favorite elders who are officially home now!

LOVE THE SISTERS!  Selee, Ray, Dummer & Pinster

Check out the sign  . . . only in Texas!

"How would it make you feel to have a perfect, resurrected body, Jim?"

P-DAAAAAY WITH THE ZONE

ANYWAY, I LOVE IT HERE AND I LOVE THE GOSPEL!

LOVE,
SISTER TAYLOR

Week #75 - TRANSFERS and Only 6 Weeks Left!

Howdy!

Well ... I AM BEING TRANSFERRED FOR THE LAST 6 Weeks OF MY MISSION!  I'm not sure to Where yet, but it is happening!  I have enjoyed Madisonville and Crockett soooo much and I'm sad to leave, but also SUPER excited for 6 more weeks of new adventures!

This week has been so sooo great!

Saturday night, we were out tracting by the church and knocked into Mary Thompson, the lady who lives right across from the church! She is SO prepared! She has been waiting to come to our church but has been looking for an excuse. Haha she was telling us she misses the traditional churches with classy dress and soft music...well we were singing a duet on Sunday and that was the perfect excuse for her to come! AND SHE DID COME! She has been searching for her true identity and we were able to help her understand she is a daughter of God! She loved it and the spirit was so strong!  She is excited to come back to church and the members just adopted her and she feels like family! :)

We are still good for Brad and Elliot getting baptized soon and we are so excited for them!

We went to another Football game on Friday and we have officially started teaching the family we sat with!! Great bonding time and they introduced us to ALL their friends as "Their missionaries from Coach Grubbs church" haha it was great but now we know a lot of the town! :)

Exchanges were super fun as well and today is Sister Harris's Bday for we were out in College Station and went bowling! And I got 3 strikes and 3 spares! Not too bad for not having bowled for about 3 years! Haha :)

I think that is all for the week but I'm excited to see what new adventures await!

Love y'all so much! Have a great one!

Zone Meeting with my favorites!
Hermana Sheirbon and I have matching Portland Oregon Temple Recommend Holders!

Sister Foster!  Cutest 86-year-old ever!

Saying goodbye to the Self Family

After one of our Family History classes with the Murders

 Bro. Caleb and Anna Lee

Football Game with Hermana Bettridge!

Friday Night Lights!

Exchanges last week with my fav Hermana

BOWLING

OUT TO LUNCH for Sister Harris' BDay!

Week #74 - "BE WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE" 🏈❤️

Howdy!

Okay, so was #ldsconf the best or WHAT?

We are so lucky to be living in a time where we have the chance to hear from Living Apostles and Prophets of the Lord!  I just love the spirit they bring and comfort we receive from striving to become the people our Heavenly Father wants us to become.

And for this week ... MIRACLES!

This week we set a date with Elliot, who was a referral from the Lee family!  He is so solid and excited to get baptized!  He has been around the gospel and members for a while, but is now learning and reading the Book of Mormon.  His cousin, Brad, AND him are both reading and studying together and we hope to set a date with Brad this week!

Miracles are happening!

The area is going great and we are truly striving to be where the people are! :)  We went on exchanges this weekend as well and I was with my FAV HERMANA!

On Thursday, we went to a Bonfire for Madisonville and this weekend was homecoming for them.  It was so fun to be where the people are and in such small towns, it's the way to meet everyone!  People are starting to recognize us and we try and talk with as many as we can! :)

We are spending our Pday in Huntsville with the sisters, and don't have much time to email but here are some pics!

Love y'all and have a great week!

We did some service in the town of Bedias

Madisonville TX Homecoming with Hermana Sheirbon and the Dean Boys

AT A BONFIRE

EXCHANGES and MATCHY STRIPES!

CONFERENCE WITH THE WALLRATHS

CONFERENCE WITH SISTER LEE
(Don't mind my comfy fuzzy socks!)

ANTIQUE SHOPPING IN HUNTSVILLE TX WITH THE SISTERS!

Week #73 - FNL and Mission Tour!

HEY Y'ALL! 

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS ...

In Texas, Friday Night Football is a religion. 🏈 

We decided we needed to "be where the people are," as our Mission President has said.  He wants us to be seen  by the people in the community and what better way than going to the Football Game! AND our Branch President is the Head Coach and was introducing us to a lot of his friends!  It felt funny being in nice clothes at a football game, but it definitely was a great experience and a lot of new people to meet and visit with! 

So that was Friday night ... and this Friday we should be going to another game for another team in our area as well!  Hence, we cover over 12 small towns ... Yay for Friday Night Football! 

We also had the opportunity to meet one the Seventy this week, Elder Larry Echo Hawk!  What an honor to shake the hand of a Seventy!  We were able to have a mini Zone Conference or Mission Tour with him on Thursday!  I learned soooo much and it was truly inspiring!  He and his wife are both converts and LOVE missionaries!  It was super cool to hear their stories and really reflect on how big of an impact we truly have on others! :) 

 

We were also able to see Women's Conference this weekend as well! Soooo many great things but I do want to quote President Uchtdorf on a couple things he said about faith ...

"The purpose of faith is not to change God’s will but to empower us to act on God’s will. Faith is trust—trust that God sees what we cannot and that He knows what we do not.  Sometimes, trusting our own vision and judgment is not enough. …

Faith means that we trust not only in God’s wisdom but that we trust also in His love.  It means trusting that God loves us perfectly, that everything He does—every blessing He gives and every blessing He, for a time, withholds—is for our eternal happiness.

With this kind of faith, though we may not understand why certain things happen or why certain prayers go unanswered, we can know that in the end everything will make sense ..." 

Faith = Trust

I had never really thought about faith this way but it all makes sense! 

I am soooo grateful for the gospel and for the opportunity we have this weekend to hear from our Prophet and his Apostles. 

Hope y'all all have a safe and fun week! :) 

Love y'all!

Sister Pinster

THE ORIGINAL MTC TRIO
(Crazy to think we only have 8 weeks left)

Elder Seamons -- one of my fav Elders!

TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
AT THE FOOTBALL GAME!
GO BUFFALO BISON!

AND WE CLEANED OUR TRUCK!

Week #72 - Dani's Baptism and "BRANDED" for Texas

Hey y'all! 

Well, I don't have much time today but great things are happening here in Madisonville and Crockett Texas! We officially have family history classes for both areas and we are soooo excited to get the community involved and feel the spirit of Elijah! 

We had Dani's baptism on Sunday and it was so sweet! She was so excited and looks so pretty. We were able to sing "A Child's Prayer" right before and the spirit hit SO STRONG. There was not a dry eye in the audience after her baptism. 

Life's been crazy busy and we are still driving soooo much but we are finding the people! :) 

We also got in a little car accident yesterday ... But we got "Branded" by the truck in front us with his Texas Star tail gate! We all thought it was pretty funny and did no damage to his truck ... but our poor Rosie was a little hurt ... all is well! 

Oh, and we gave talks in sacrament meeting yesterday ALL about missionary work ... imagine that?  It was so good and I love the members in our branches here.

I also got to see LOTS of animals this week so get ready for some animals pics! :) 

Love y'all ALL so much and have a great week! 

COWS

Momma Bear - Just had 10 Puppies!!!!

Huntsville District - Floral Friday - Sister Powell!

Last lesson with Dani before her baptism

Dani's Baptism

Poor Rosie -- Branded for Texas.  Sad face.

Yes, we are all holding SNAKES

I FOUND "HILLSBORO" STREET!!!

Week #71 - ANOTHER MIRACLE WEEK!

Hey Y'all - HEY!

So we have some BIG MIRACLES this week to share!!

On Wednesday, we had a lesson with our investigator Allison!  As we were sharing the First Vision, the lights dimmed and the sun shined right on us and Allison noticed it!  She took that as her answer that what we were sharing is TRUE and it was super cool!! :) The spirit was soooo strong and I just love serving a mission.

We also had a lesson planned with a less active family (who are becoming active) and they ended up inviting a friend over to listen to the lessons!  They gave him a Book of Mormon and when we met him he had already read the first 18 chapters!!  He has had a rough life and knows God has led him here for a reason!  It was sooo amazing and his name is Robert (Bobby)!

Okay, before I move on, we have this eternigator named Bill.  An eternigator is someone who has been taking the discussions for a really long time and is like super close to getting baptized.  In Bill's case, 20 years.  Well... 

HE WILL BE GETTING BAPTIZED ON OCTOBER 8TH!!!! 

This is seriously nothing short of a miracle.  It took us about two months to just to earn his trust.  He is so sassy and he loves us now.  The Spirit got him in the end!  So, never give up on people when you feel that they want this.

Okay so story time!

This week, our Branch Pres in Crockett talked with the Judge of Crockett about us as the new missionaries! He was so excited to hear about what we do to share the gospel and even though he is not a member, he is grateful for us.  He ended up giving our Branch Pres a $100 bill to give to us for food and stuff!  We told him we couldn't except it and Pres Ross tried to give it back to him ... but he wouldn't take it! Haha He told him to take us out for dinner ... so we ended up going to Olive Garden with it today!  (Hence the picture of us with the $100 bill) haha

We have had so many great things happen this week!  We also had Zone Meeting with our new Zone, College Station East Zone!  So today we actually are in College Station and it's so fun being back!  I haven't been here for over a year and I love the college town!  We were able to hang out with Hermanas in our Zone and did some shopping. I will include all the pics! :)

I hope y'all all have such a great week!!

Love,

Sister Pinster

COLLEGE STATION EAST ZONE - Currently THE BEST!

The $100 bill from the Judge of Crockett!

EXCHANGES with the Huntsville Sisters

LOVE HERMANA SHEIRBON

WEST COAST REPRESENT!  PDAY shopping with my fav!

SOME OF THE BEST MEMBERS IN CROCKETT -- THE HEWETTS!

JUST A LITTLE PICK-ME-UP QUOTE!
IT'S ALL ABOUT FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

THIS IS BILL!  FINALLY GETTING BAPTIZED!

Week #70 - TEXAS LONGHORNS, SET A DATE, AND SERVICE WITH A SMILE!

Hey Y'all!

This week I FINALLY got a picture with a HUGE Texas Longhorn!  It was so great! :) 

CAN YOU SEE THE "LONG HORNS"?

We have also seen soooo many miracles!  For example, we have started working with a recently activated family and the youngest daughter, Dani, who is 11yrs old is going to get baptized this month!  We are soooo excited for her!  She is super excited as well and I love how the gospel truly brings families together!

We had our family history class in Crockett again this week and even more people came! The community here LOVES family history and they have the time to do it! Mainly folks here are retired and love finding out about their ancestors!

We were tracting last week and found a super cute family as well!  The daughter told us her dad was in heaven and tonight we are going back to share with them the plan of salvation! Yay! :) we are super excited for them!

I just love being a missionary!  Sharing the restored truths with those ready to receive them is such a blessings!

WE LOVE TEXAS!

Also, this week one of the couples we were teaching dropped us by leaving a note on the door ... and they Called me Sister Pinkstar...haha wut.  But oh well!  We just laughed about it and took a picture of course.

OREGON LANE ... out in the Boonies!

Found a super cool street in the Boonies ... AKA Oregon Lane!!

We were able to help a family who lost their home in a fire by helping sort through the rubble.  It was a very humbling experience and the family are not members but everyone helping was from our branch.  Service touches hearts so much and I'm grateful we were able to help them get back on their feet.

OUR DIRTY WHEELS, BOOTS and HELPING HANDS!

The gospel is restored and I love spreading the good news!

Well, love y'all allll so so much and enjoy school this week!

Love,
Sister Pinster