Hey
Sorry I wasn't able to email last week. I was just about to then some stuff came up and I had to run.
First
What is Ben's Missionary email? and let me know where Chris is going.
Mom, you didn't miss Temple day. It is only once every 3 months. It's next transfer around mid April. I will give you the heads up. I may be getting transfered before then so I might not be able to go to the Temple anyway. There's a good chance that I will get transfered. Relax, I will let you know. relaaaaaxxxx. :)
Funny story about Luke, Jeff and Brian. Geez those idiots. Everyone knows your supposed to check for an alarm system before you break into a place. Gosh. I thought I told them that before. And why are they going to court? Ridunkulous.
I might be sending some stuff home because I dont feel like carrying it around with me. So if you get a package, just put it with my other stuff in the attic. I have a member in our ward who works for FedEx so he can get me a discount. Don't worry about it.
We went hiking today. It was sick with it. Next p-day we are totally going to Lake Tahoe. I'll send some pics home. Which reminds me, could you send me the third card and I'll send you my other one please?
I got a new bed. It's awesome. No more sleeping on the floor. yay
We weren't able to do the baptism this week. Sister McCombs still wants to be baptized but she had to change the date to mid April. She is doing well though. I dont know if I told you but she is pregnant. Funny story. I wrote President McCraken and told him that one of our investigators is pregnant and asked him if we should still baptize her because of the baby. I wrote about Moroni 8, how baby baptisms are an abomination in sight of the Lord. I told him that I really wanted Sister McCombs to be baptized but that I didn't want to condem myself in the process by baptizing the baby too. I look forward to his response in our President interviews Haha.
The Sparks NV Stake did a little mini-mission in Reno. It was only for a day but i felt like I was training all over again, geez. It was cool though. I had a great experience serving with Elder Seth Ross. We went tracting and this old lady answered the door. She looked terrible. She was on oxygen and everything. We asked her if there was anything we could do for her and she said "cure my cancer" then shut the door on us. Balderdash. But then a couple more doors down I felt prompted to go back. So I followed the prompting, of course, and we knocked again.
When she opened, I boldly told her that we were sent from God and that if she had Faith in Jesus Christ she could be healed of her cancer. She was a taken aback and was a little nicer to us. She said that she prays and does believe in God. We gave her a pass along card and told her to go to the website. It was a cool experience.
Elder Farnsworth and I had a combined District meeting last week. It was sick with it.{editors note: "sick with it" means something good} The subject was on asking. We went to this member's house/castle--we called it the land of Asck. The crown jewels went missing and the missionaries had to ask suspects different questions to find where they are and who did it. It was cool. The house was huge. We weren't allowed to go inside it but we were allowed to go in the Hobbit Hole in the backyard. No joke, these members have a legit Hobbit Hole replica from Lord of the Rings. It was sick {there is that "sick" word again} I will send the pics later.
I have a favor to ask of you. Robin Eleen is going through a really rough time. She hasnt been to Church in 2 weeks and she hasn't been returning calls. We coincidently (yeah right) ran into her on Sunday while making a visit. She didnt give me any details about what was going on, but she did say that she would come to General Conference next week. She needs your prayers please.
Thank you for everything. I love ya. Sorry my email is so long
Elder Richards
PS the reason for the subject title is because Elder Marsh kicked open our front door and broke it. It was kinda cool though. Like Hollywood. We had a member glue it up and pinned it for us so it's all good. I was worried that we would have to get a new door. Bro Carruth saved my companion.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Livin the dream
Hey
I don't have a lot of time. Busy day. Have to go give another blessing soon. P day always seems like the busiest day of the week. I know. Ridiculous, right?
The missionary work is starting to pick up a little bit. The wards are a lot more open to giving us referrals. That's a relief. They are finally starting to trust us. They've had some bad experiences with other missionaries in the past. We've had to work hard to get that trust back.
We were able to set Sister McCombs with a baptismal date for March 27. It's a really exciting time now for us. This will be Elder Marsh's first baptism. He's very excited and he should be. Some people are very fearful of baptism even though they know it is true. They are afraid of change. I understand though. Change is never easy. But I commend Sister McCombs for her decision. She knows it is the right thing to do.
Sorry to hear about the cat. And Jeff getting his temps haha. And thank Kevin and Heather for the package. It was really nice.
Smile, He is Risen!
Elder Richards
I don't have a lot of time. Busy day. Have to go give another blessing soon. P day always seems like the busiest day of the week. I know. Ridiculous, right?
The missionary work is starting to pick up a little bit. The wards are a lot more open to giving us referrals. That's a relief. They are finally starting to trust us. They've had some bad experiences with other missionaries in the past. We've had to work hard to get that trust back.
We were able to set Sister McCombs with a baptismal date for March 27. It's a really exciting time now for us. This will be Elder Marsh's first baptism. He's very excited and he should be. Some people are very fearful of baptism even though they know it is true. They are afraid of change. I understand though. Change is never easy. But I commend Sister McCombs for her decision. She knows it is the right thing to do.
Sorry to hear about the cat. And Jeff getting his temps haha. And thank Kevin and Heather for the package. It was really nice.
Smile, He is Risen!
Elder Richards
Monday, March 8, 2010
Bugs don't have politics
Hey hey hey
Elder Marsh and I are both staying here in Reno. I'm excited about that. It's sad though, some of the Elders that I have met and bonded with are leaving this transfer. I met them when I was a day out and now they are leaving. Weird. It's been real though.
We aren't going to the Temple until next transfer. I will let you know. Don't worry about it. Thanks for the birthday package. And thank Lisa and her roommates for the birthday card. It was very nice of them. A little weird but nice haha.
So things are going good. This transfer flew by. Hopefully this next transfer won't be that quick. This week we gave a lot of blessings to members who are sick in the hospital and people wanting comfort. We even gave a blessing to a non-member which was a great experience. She started crying but she didn't know why. I know why. The Spirit does that to you sometimes. We testified of this and planted that seed. She doesn't live in our area unfortunatly. But we told her to contact the other missionaries in her area.
We have been working with some of those investigators that kinda dropped off the face of the earth. We found them and started teaching them again. One of those lost souls is Susan. She called us a couple weeks ago and said that she didn't want us to come back. We waited a little while and felt that we should stop by. She was very happy to see us. It was like she had forgotten what she had said. Shes not all there but she is the sweetest lady ever and very knowledgeable. She catches on quick and I'm sure that sooner or later we will be able to set her with a baptismal date. She's progressing really well now. All the sudden she has gotten really excited and she has been coming to activities in the Ward and she wants to come to Church now. We have had trouble with her in the past about coming to Church but now she is pumped and ready to go. I think during the time she didn't have us over she realized that something was missing, that she didn't feel the same anymore. She has definitely felt the Spirit and I'm excited about her progress.
Elder Marsh and I are both staying here in Reno. I'm excited about that. It's sad though, some of the Elders that I have met and bonded with are leaving this transfer. I met them when I was a day out and now they are leaving. Weird. It's been real though.
We aren't going to the Temple until next transfer. I will let you know. Don't worry about it. Thanks for the birthday package. And thank Lisa and her roommates for the birthday card. It was very nice of them. A little weird but nice haha.
So things are going good. This transfer flew by. Hopefully this next transfer won't be that quick. This week we gave a lot of blessings to members who are sick in the hospital and people wanting comfort. We even gave a blessing to a non-member which was a great experience. She started crying but she didn't know why. I know why. The Spirit does that to you sometimes. We testified of this and planted that seed. She doesn't live in our area unfortunatly. But we told her to contact the other missionaries in her area.
We have been working with some of those investigators that kinda dropped off the face of the earth. We found them and started teaching them again. One of those lost souls is Susan. She called us a couple weeks ago and said that she didn't want us to come back. We waited a little while and felt that we should stop by. She was very happy to see us. It was like she had forgotten what she had said. Shes not all there but she is the sweetest lady ever and very knowledgeable. She catches on quick and I'm sure that sooner or later we will be able to set her with a baptismal date. She's progressing really well now. All the sudden she has gotten really excited and she has been coming to activities in the Ward and she wants to come to Church now. We have had trouble with her in the past about coming to Church but now she is pumped and ready to go. I think during the time she didn't have us over she realized that something was missing, that she didn't feel the same anymore. She has definitely felt the Spirit and I'm excited about her progress.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Funny Quote
Funny quote : Reno is so close to hell that you can see Sparks! (Sparks is a city in NV on the border of Reno by the way)
question: is Ben in the MTC yet?
Yo
Living the dream here in Reno. Funny story. We only get a certain amount of miles every month. So it was the end of the month and we were almost out of miles. I called Elder Elsworth (the driving coordinator) and asked him if we could get a couple more miles for the month. Well, he said no. So we had to break out the bikes for a couple of days. And coincidentally, it was the windiest day of the transfer, no joke. It was ridiculous. I was loving it. It was wicked hard but so worth it. We had to bike to the bottom of our area to visit Frank. It was a really good visit. He loves to tell us stories. This time he told us how he was the fastest kid in school because he was always running from bullies. He is black so the white kids always tried to pick on him. But they could never catch him. One time his mom told him to take a stand. He punched the kid in the face and he ran home crying. Frank felt good and that's when he decided to become a boxer. And he was very good too. He always has a good story to tell. We don't say much, which was a good thing because we were so tired. The wind just would not stop blowing us back. Elder Marsh struggled with it becasue it was his first time on a bike in the mission. He borrowed a really crappy bike, too, so he couldnt pedal well. He was miserable. haha It reminded me of my first day on bike. Good times. And we didnt go over miles this month!
I went to the chiropracter this week and he realigned my back and neck for me. It was my first time and it was pretty amazing. Bro Nightengale said I should have been in there awhile ago. Everything was cracking like crazy. It's because of turning my head too much (deaf ear) and my bed. He is trying to find someone with a good bed because mine is trash from all the missionary usage.
We had a great lesson with the McCombs ( a part member family). We should be setting Sis McComb with a baptismal date pretty soon. yay!
That was my week.
transfers are coming up this weekend. I will probably stay here to finish training Elder Marsh. yay! love ya.
Elder Richards
question: is Ben in the MTC yet?
Yo
Living the dream here in Reno. Funny story. We only get a certain amount of miles every month. So it was the end of the month and we were almost out of miles. I called Elder Elsworth (the driving coordinator) and asked him if we could get a couple more miles for the month. Well, he said no. So we had to break out the bikes for a couple of days. And coincidentally, it was the windiest day of the transfer, no joke. It was ridiculous. I was loving it. It was wicked hard but so worth it. We had to bike to the bottom of our area to visit Frank. It was a really good visit. He loves to tell us stories. This time he told us how he was the fastest kid in school because he was always running from bullies. He is black so the white kids always tried to pick on him. But they could never catch him. One time his mom told him to take a stand. He punched the kid in the face and he ran home crying. Frank felt good and that's when he decided to become a boxer. And he was very good too. He always has a good story to tell. We don't say much, which was a good thing because we were so tired. The wind just would not stop blowing us back. Elder Marsh struggled with it becasue it was his first time on a bike in the mission. He borrowed a really crappy bike, too, so he couldnt pedal well. He was miserable. haha It reminded me of my first day on bike. Good times. And we didnt go over miles this month!
I went to the chiropracter this week and he realigned my back and neck for me. It was my first time and it was pretty amazing. Bro Nightengale said I should have been in there awhile ago. Everything was cracking like crazy. It's because of turning my head too much (deaf ear) and my bed. He is trying to find someone with a good bed because mine is trash from all the missionary usage.
We had a great lesson with the McCombs ( a part member family). We should be setting Sis McComb with a baptismal date pretty soon. yay!
That was my week.
transfers are coming up this weekend. I will probably stay here to finish training Elder Marsh. yay! love ya.
Elder Richards
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