Hey Dad, no more financial clerk! Thats good, that seems like it would be a rough job because you don't get to be involves in church a whole lot, always worrying about numbers and reports and stuff. Nothing beats being a missionary though, you get involved in a little bit of it all. It will be weird to go home and not have as much responsibility. Tell the bishop he will have to give me a calling when I get back so I can keep busy. It's good to hear grandpa is doing well, hopefully that's all behind him.
Well, things are doing really great down here, there are a lot of great people we are working with and we are having fun doing it. That's one thing our mission president emphasises is that we have fun with the work. We are teaching a couple nine year olds so we are making a worksheet that they can fill out when they watch the restoration dvd and we tied one of them up with a tie a little while a go to represent spiritutal bondage and then we taught him how to be set free through the atonement.
Well I better get going, have a great week!
love elder ritchie
Monday, January 28, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
January cold snap - Louisiana style
Its been cold here. It was 35 all day yesterday! It's not quite as cold today. Thanks for picking up the package, just leave it somwhere safe. It's just random stuff that was heavy so I sent it home when I had the chance.
Well, I was gone from Leesville from Monday to Saturday night this last week, we went to Baton Rouge to see Elder Packer Tuesday and Wednsday and then Thursday we had to do an emergency exchange in Pineville and then Friday I just went to Alexandria with a new missionary and go to see some of the people in my old area. We had stake conference Saturday and Sunday was the regional broadcast. Elder Cook gave a shout out to our mission! On Tuesday night me and my companion stayed in the mission home just the two of us with the mission president and Elder Packer and their wives. We got to eat breakfast with them in the morning before the meeting and talk with them, it was pretty cool, he is a really smart guy.
Well, transfers are this week and I'm staying here with Elder Lee for my last transfer to finish in Leesville it looks like. I heard Carly is going to Paraguay, she sent me a letter the other day. Haha that would be funny if Nolan proposed haha! it wouldnt really surprise me though. I thought she was leaving on Valentines day was what her letter said? But maybe that changed. That would be sweet to see her before she heads out though. I started doing a little p90x last week and I've been trying to do a 100 push ups a day so I'm slowly getting back into shape so when I get home and am able to be active again, I'll kill yall in a biggest loser competion!
Well things are crazy busy down here we have to go down to Baton Rouge this week again because the president wants the zone leaders there for the transfer meeting. I was kinda hoping to get released as a zone leader for my last transfer to focus a little more on the work but it will still be good, I like Leesville alot so far. Well, I love y'all, have a good week.
love elder ritchie
Well, I was gone from Leesville from Monday to Saturday night this last week, we went to Baton Rouge to see Elder Packer Tuesday and Wednsday and then Thursday we had to do an emergency exchange in Pineville and then Friday I just went to Alexandria with a new missionary and go to see some of the people in my old area. We had stake conference Saturday and Sunday was the regional broadcast. Elder Cook gave a shout out to our mission! On Tuesday night me and my companion stayed in the mission home just the two of us with the mission president and Elder Packer and their wives. We got to eat breakfast with them in the morning before the meeting and talk with them, it was pretty cool, he is a really smart guy.
Well, transfers are this week and I'm staying here with Elder Lee for my last transfer to finish in Leesville it looks like. I heard Carly is going to Paraguay, she sent me a letter the other day. Haha that would be funny if Nolan proposed haha! it wouldnt really surprise me though. I thought she was leaving on Valentines day was what her letter said? But maybe that changed. That would be sweet to see her before she heads out though. I started doing a little p90x last week and I've been trying to do a 100 push ups a day so I'm slowly getting back into shape so when I get home and am able to be active again, I'll kill yall in a biggest loser competion!
Well things are crazy busy down here we have to go down to Baton Rouge this week again because the president wants the zone leaders there for the transfer meeting. I was kinda hoping to get released as a zone leader for my last transfer to focus a little more on the work but it will still be good, I like Leesville alot so far. Well, I love y'all, have a good week.
love elder ritchie
Monday, January 7, 2013
Starting the new year with a baptism
Hello,
We had a good weekend, the baptism went really well! There were alot of members there to support Reda and she was welcomed with open arms at church too. The bishop gave a really good welcome to the ward talk at the baptism and Reda was front and center soaking it all up and even started tearing up and she even got up and bore her testimony Sunday. It was a solid testimony of the Book of Mormon and the church, she finished the Book of Mormon not to long ago and has been in the doctrine and covenants and really likes that too. Oh, I sent my package home with the Densons so it should be up there soon.
We have our meeting with Elder Packer this week down in Baton Rouge so I'm going to try and stop by Darius the Iranian's place and say hi. Hpefully I'll be able to see him, it's been like a year and a half since I've seen him, my president has been keeping me updated on him a little because they go to the same gym in Baton Rouge.
Anyways, that all I've got this week, talk to you later.
love elder ritchie
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