4/4/2016

Hello everyone!

   I hope you all had a great week. Madagascar is still alive and well. This week was sort of quiet, in all honesty. Elder Tambula, was transferred on Wednesday, and I was on splits with other elders until Elder Nolan, my new companion, arrived on Friday, so I was unable to teach lessons to my investigators. It was great serving with Elder Tambula, and I can already tell that it is going to be a great serving with Elder Nolan. He is from California and he has been serving his mission for less than a year. The most exciting part of the week was receiving the flight itinerary for our trip home! It strange that I already have the specific time I will be back in South Carolina.

  So, Conference was yesterday! Were the talks good? I am sure they were, because they always are. The people that translate Conference into Malagasy are translating Conference already, and apparently, everyone here will be watching Conference on Saturday and Sunday. That is a change, because usually we don't end up watching Conference until at the end of the month. I am looking forward to the lessons I will learn from our prophet and the apostles. 

  As far as the missionary work goes, Elder Nolan and I are planning on searching for new investigators this week by going from house to house. We did find a new investigator last week, which is good because some of our investigators have been out of town for several weeks. Some are supposed to be baptized soon, so they may possibly be back this week
  With my birthday being next week, there are some nice restaurants nearby, so I might go to one of those next week. 

  I don't have any pictures this week. The person who took pictures of the baptism still has not sent them to me yet. Hopefully next week. I am sorry if this email does not have much information. I don't have much to write about today. I really appreciate all of your prayers. Have a great week everyone!

 Elder Pinson

2/1/2016

  Hello everyone! Another week of missionary work in Madagascar has flown by. 

In all honesty, there is not much to mention. This week was quiet overall. I interviewed someone for baptism on Friday, other than that, this week was one of working and walking (I believe that I have never walked more in my life than I have since I have been here in Ambohipo). We probably would have had our best week for proselyting since I have had here in Tana if I had not been sick on Saturday and Sunday.

 We have a new family that we have been teaching for the past few weeks. They seem to be really interested in learning the gospel. Hopefully they should be attending church soon.

Today is the first day of February. It is strange to think I have basically been here in Ambohipo since the beginning of September until now. That means that, no matter where I go after this, Ambohipo will be the place where I have spent the most time. 

I am limited on time to write this email today, so I just want to let all of you know that I am appreciative of your prayers and that I am doing well. Madagascar is great!  Every day is an adventure. 

Enjoy your week everyone. 

Elder Pinson

01/18/2016

  Hello everyone!

My time today is limited. I finally got more information about BYU Admissions, so I have been trying to figure that out, in addition to responding to emails. I will not mention much this week. We knocked on many doors this week, searching for new investigators and we found some new people to teach, one of which we should be teaching later today. I was sick yesterday and that was no fun. I realized that on Friday, I will have exactly 5 months left as a missionary! Real food has never been so missed. I am so sorry for not writing much this week. Have a great week everyone, and know that all is well in Madagascar.

                 Elder Pinson