Alright. what’s crackin dudes!
So this week, it seems like not much happened, although, it was probably the fastest week on my mission so far. It was just so crazy fast. It was weird. But it was just a great week. I'm so happy these days. I think I told like 4 people this week how happy I am and that the Gospel makes us happy. When we're doing what is right all the time and doing as our Heavenly Father wants us to do, He blesses us with mega happiness! Which is so awesome. I just love the mission so much. It’s just been great. Well, better dive into this week!
Monday - So the rest of this day we had a party. We played ultimate, basketball, had pizza. It was a good little get together. Then my comp and I did some conditioning. We've been working out, hard core, trying to get into some good shape. Not only to look good, but also so we have the endurance to walk around all day. We’ve noticed that we get extra tired from walking. We're like, “That’s not right.” So we've been doing some conditioning 3 days a week! So, yeah. Then we went and dinner with a member and taught a good lesson on faith. After that, I believe we just looked for some referrals close to our house. When we got back, we found out that we got pranked by some other missionaries! We work hard as missionaries, but we have fun too. We're still boys and like to have fun. So we came home and syrup was everywhere in our kitchen and stuff was scattered, spaghetti in our beds, just dumb stuff. So we spent the night cleaning up that then did normal stuff and went to sleep.
Tuesday - We devised a plan to get them back! So during our lunch, we got some pizza, ate it fast, and had 45 minutes to get in and get out of their apartment. So we got a key from their landlord (because all missionaries look alike), and we got in. It was fun. We put stuff in the bathtub, fish in the vents, and we put all their furniture in one room. It was so great. Then that evening we get a call and all the Elder said was, "We truce. You win." hahahaha. So that was the end of that. After our lunch break (after we pranked them), we just tracted the like crazy in our area. We need to find some new investigators. We are thinking about dropping a few because they just aren't fulfilling their commitments at all. They keep making up excuses. So we're going to probably drop our closest person to set. I don't know. We haven't really had a confirmation about it yet. I hope not. He's a good kid and he knows what is right. But Hector just loves sex and drugs too much, I believe. His mom is a member and, yeah, I don't know. So Tuesday was just tracting all over. Then after the day, at like 8:30, we went and helped the other Elders clean their apartment up – because that’s how missionaries roll! Then the Nebraska City Elders came down (Hudspeth-my buddy from Provo, and Routledge-Canadian) and stayed the night, because the next day was zone conference and they are about an hour and a half from here. So, yeah.
Wednesday - Zone conference all day. It was so long. I mean I liked it, but it was super long this time. I actually fell asleep at one point. ha. I think it’s because we tracted mega! But, yeah. The conference was about getting people to church. Which is by far the hardest thing to do! Most of it falls back to the members. The members make missionary work, work! Because missionaries come and go all the time, but the members always stay there. I don't remember what we did the rest of the day, but we went to zone conference until like 5pm. It was a long day.
Thursday - So Thursday zoomed by too. We had lunch with a member. It was so good. She's American, so she cooks us American meals and Mexican meals. It’s so good every time! So after being there for like an hour and a half, (We conducted some church business too. She's the Relief Society president) we then went to the church and met up with 4 other people and we went to Omaha! We took one of our less actives there. We were supposed to take two investigators, but they canceled....boo, so we just took a less active who had not gone to the trail center before. So we gave him the tour and stuff. Then Elder Morrill and his companion showed up too and helped us! It was great to see Elder Morrill. I miss that kid. We had some good chattin time until the rest of the members came out of the baptisms for the dead. (That’s why we were able to go to Omaha, because it was the ward's day for baptisms for the dead. So yeah. We visited with Elder Morrill and talked about stuff and talked with our less active. It was a really good night! Then, while we were driving back, there were huge storms! Like crazy beans! It was scary, but awesome. We all wanted to see a tornado so bad! It was fun. After that, we just went home and slept. We were way tired. It was like 9:30 too. It was a long day!
Friday -This day I don't really remember much about it. I believe we just looked for referrals all day. There are Hispanics here in Lincoln, but you have to look for them more than in Omaha. Seriously, like Omaha is packed full, but here, we have to look around a lot more. Except in Crete. That place is bomb diggity!! Then we had dinner with an inactive. She doesn't want to come back to church at all, but she does want to feed us weekly. Just because she appreciates what we do and she likes us. So that’s good! Ha-ha. After that just looked for some referrals all night, then just went to sleep. I get so tired out here. The work is hard, but it’s fun. So I don't complain. We work, eat, study, and sleep. That’s what we do as missionaries. Pretty basic, but it’s great.
Saturday - We went to Crete again. Not as much success. But we still taught about 6 people and found 3 more. I feel bad saying “not much” because there are other missionaries who can barely get 2 lessons and they work way harder for it. It’s just the Spanish culture. They just like to talk to missionaries, I guess. But while down in Crete, we went to this one guy's house. We taught him the whole first lesson. He said he wasn't interested. I'm glad for his honesty. But, yeah, then next we met this old guy, who I could tell was lonely. He just talked and talked and talked. An hour and a half later we finally got out. Man, people are awesome, but they are super crazy sometimes! After that, we visited a member. He's way sweet, but his mom, wow, she yelled at us. We were pretty much arguing. She blames us for a car accident. She said. “It’s because of your church that my son crashed.” She said never to come back again because he's her son. We were just shocked. Then her son showed up. He was way happy to see us. He told us, “I miss church! I haven't gone because of my mom. It’s a fight every week about how I got baptized. So that’s why I don’t come. I want to come. I still read and pray, but she won't let me come.” Which is sad. He's a good kid with a great testimony. His mom just won't let him come. So we're going to try and open a branch in Crete so all those people down there can get the word every Sunday. We’ll see how it goes. We may not have enough Spanish missionaries. Anywho! After Crete, we had dinner with a member. Then went to see Luis. He's the bombest member in the branch. He told us he's moving to Mexico, which we didn’t like. We talked him about out of it! So he's staying. We have fun with him and he has a lot of friends too! So it’s good. After that, we went home!
Sunday - We had stake conference. I almost had to translate - which is not good - they have to go so fast. But conference was way good. We had this Elder from one of the Quorums of the Seventy come and speak. And our mission president spoke. It was just a good conference. Maybe I'll send you some blurbs of it. Our president typed up a thing and sent it to us. So I'll send it! After that, we had lunch/dinner with a member. Then we went and worked out some issues with a lot of members who aren't doing so hot.
Well. I've noticed that this letter is shorter. They are going to be getting shorter because every day is kind of the same. We teach and tract. So I've been just doing the highlights of the days and stuff. But thank you so much family. I love hearing from all ya'll. It seriously is so great hearing from you all. Thank you so much! Keep up the good work and follow as we have been instructed to do by our profeta! I love you all. I hope you have a great week!!
Love always,
Elder Bradley Rigby
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