Moments Matter That

So I keep hearing though letters about my brother but I don't know whats going on! Did his companion get hurt or something? Im getting desperate for some info will you forward his mail?

Thanks for the letter Kac, I'll be sending you one soon, and please do send the recipes. Im so jealous your going to Disneyland with all the kids! You sure you can't wait a few more months. ;) That's funny that they are all dressing up already.

So I had some visitors the other day. Jodi Jensen and her family came and I was able to give them a tour. It was so fun and they talked about how well Beth is doing.

So here's my funny story. It might not be as funny to you because you haven't met the sisters but here it is. So there are two sisters here who share a pday with us. Sister Moon-she's from Korea, and sister Imoto-she's from Japan. They wanted to get permission to drive here, they have licenses but didn't get them approved. Elder Eubank said that he wanted to take them out to practice before he gave them permission. After they got back the first time sister Moon was telling us about it. She said, "I love driving! I love speed, speed is so good!" We told her that wasn't a good thing in Laie since the highest speed limit is 40 and that's on the highway. We told her to be careful she was to crazy. She said that Elder Eubank wanted her to practice with him again. I guess that when she was driving with him the first time when they were coming into the parking lot she was driving to fast and he had to pull the emergency break on her. :) He is really brave to let them practice and he's letting them do it in his new car. So the other day he took them out again. This was the test to see if they could drive. Sister Moon came back and with a sad face said "I ran into a garbage can. I was doing so well! and when I was coming back I hit it and broke off Elder Eubanks mirror. He told me that I should wait till I get back to Korea and practice driving there." we were laughing so hard because all day she was talking about how she was going to be so good to pass her test so she could drive FAST. She keeps asking us if she can drive our car, and then she tells us she will pick us up on pday. She is so funny! We're going to record her telling the story because for some reason it so much funnier coming from an Asian. :)

We are doing great we still have a few people we are working with. We thought we had lost a couple of our best, but miraculously they emailed us back this week. One of them emailed us and told us he got into an accident, where his car rolled 4 times. He dislocated both elbows, one shoulder, and his knee was punctured! Sounds like he'll be out of commission for a while. But we are glad that he's okay.

Well here's a great new video for the week, from the mormon channel on youtube it talks about focusing on moments that matter most. Life can have so many hard, difficult struggles, but if we don't think about these precious moments that are occurring now and only look at what's wrong with our lives we will never see the good and we will be a miserable angry person. Try wwriting about a special moment each day so you don't forget, and you can look back later when times do get hard. Put a post it not in your purse or pocket so you will be prepared.

I love you all and look forward to hearing from you soon!

Aloha

Aloha!

Imagine my surprise when I came into the visitor center and the sisters told me there was a package here for me! Thanks so much that was great! The ring fits great! And thank you for the cotton rounds. Food land only has the square ones and I hate them! :) It's ironic that it's called food land because they really don't have lot of things, Im so grateful for walmart haha never thought Id say that. we might be on a sugar high by the end of the day because we can't let the taffy sit to long otherwise it will become a liquid ant hill. Good thing there are 18 sisters to help :) Thanks again.

I am also grateful for a sister who does hair. It cost 20$ just to get a cut (thanks for the money very timely :) )

I got an email from Beth, that was nice of her and Im glad to hear that she is doing well!! How are the preparations for Bryce's wedding going?

Dad Happy fathers day! Sorry you don't get a special phone call, hopefully my rascal sisters will help you have a good day. Just know I love you and you are amazing to me. I did have a dream about you the other day. Your hair was all grey, it was really weird. :) But it was good to see you even in a dream.

Things are still going great here. I sent Tucker a letter this week but would you please forward his letters to me I still don't get them.

This week we decided to start having a scripture of the week, one that we could share with the guests who come in. This week its Alma 24:14. This is the Anti-Nephi Lehi's and they have just learned about Gods plan for them. How grateful I am that God has made these things known to us. Not only to the first generation but to all of Gods children, and to future children as well.

Because of what they have learned they are willing to do anything to follow God. Include not fight when others are killing them. What are we willing to do to follow God? Analyze you life, are you doing the simple things God asks us to do? Are you sincerely communicating with him? Are you reading his advice? Are you putting the Lord before the world? The lord promises that when we do these things we will have power over the adversary, and in these times that is something we desperately need.

Thanks for your love and prayers, I think about and pray for you all constantly. ;)

Sister Pinder.

P.S. If you want to see a very heart warming message watch Tessa's mormon message, It's such a good reminder to always look at the good in our life and remember that God does have a plan for us.

Online is Awesome!

This week has been so cool! The longer im out on my mission the more I love it. Me and another sister sister Wong, while on exchanges, were talking about how we are scared that when we get home no one will see the changes that we have made in our lives. I told her that our personalities are the same and we may seem like the same people but we will know the impact the mission has had on us and the differences will be so internal that it wont necessarily matter if others can see it or not. There is a lot that I am working on but it's so amazing to be in a position where you can just focus on building your spirit this is the only time in my life that I will have to solely devote to improving my spirit and Im so grateful for it!

This week we met a lot of really solid people online. Im really excited for them. We met Victoria she's 20 and is from California, she's researched the Church for a while but her parents are really against it. We talked to her for a long while and at one point she said that she felt horrible that she promised her mom she wouldn't join the Church. We continued to talk and answer questions and I felt prompted to invite her to be baptised. I waited a while and thought well we really aren't talking about that. I felt prompted again so I extended the invitation. she said "YES!" We said the missionaries in your area will hold a baptismal service on the 25th of June will you prepare for that day? She waited a long time and then responded "well my grandma drags me to mass on Saturdays -she's really against me joining the church- could we do it on a different day?" haha so we moved it to the 29th. :) Supper neat she's great. So we contacted the sisters in her area and they will start to teach her! We will stay in contact though and make sure she's doing okay.

Then we had Geoffrey and Brandon. Both are 18 years old whose parents are against them joining the church. However, they have both studied on their own and want to continue to do so. Brandon still needs to gain a testimony of the first vision, but we have contacted his missionaries and he will have the discussions. I'm confident that he will have a date soon. Geoffrey had a date when he lived in Utah but had some issues with his mom and had to move to his dad's. He contacted us and we have been having phone conferences. He wants to be baptized but he wants to wait till he goes back to Utah in July (so his fiance can be there). Last night we were able to set a date for him to work towards on the 16th of July!

Lots of miracles it's been so great. My companion is great we have a ton of fun together but we are working really hard too. Our pad is great, no Cain spiders lately :) I'm starting to get slightly worried that things are going a little too well... but I'll be grateful for what I have and when the trials come will know that it will be for our good.

It was nice to hear about your funny moments/blessings please continue to do that we are all so spoiled I don't think we realize it sometimes. Mormon 9:16 "Behold, are not the things that God hath wrought marvelous in our eyes? Yea, and who can comprehend the marvelous works of God?"

Love you all! Talk to you next week!