27 September 2010

Mon 9/27/2010 11:27 AM

Enfermedad!

Sup sup sup!
So this week was another “not good” week. We were sick for like 2 days! - my companion one day and I the other. It was not fun at all! So the work has kind of slowed down a lot! But yeah, this email is going to be ultra short too! Sorry Sorry Sorry. I think this week will be a lot better for the work.

It’s been weird though. The weather has cooled way down and I love it! We've had some crazy weather going! There has been so much rain lately. The streets were flooded. It was super awesome! We tried seeing people during the rain because we didn't want to be outside, ya know? This was Friday because Wednesday my companion was sick and Thursday I was! It did not go our way this week Veronica still hasn't returned. Friday, we tried seeing people all day; we got to teach some less-actives. Sergio has been struggling with drinking hugely this week because he lost his job, and he is moving. So we went over there and he is completely wasted off his rocker. So we took all his alcohol and we dumped it out. He got mad at us, but I said, “Sergio, we are your friends and we care about you. Quit wasting your dang life away. The Lord does not want this.” He sat down and was like. “Ahh.....your right. I need to become closer to the church.” It was awesome. I was kind of blunt. But, oh well, sometimes that needs to happen, eh? After that, we actually were driving by and saw Lorenzo and Soledad. It’s been a couple weeks since we've seen them because we wanted to give them a couple weeks. They are good. We taught them about church and invited them to come, but they didn't show up. Which made us sad, but hopefully they can come to conference and see the Prophet speak. We also got permission to take them to the Trail Center in Omaha. So I will be heading up there sometime next month!

Saturday we built that house. I spent most of my day pouring cement for a basement of the house! Meanwhile, Elder Stephenson was building a shed. It is so fun being there. We get to tell about our gospel and church a lot and I get to learn how to make a house. It is really awesom! After that, we went to a baptism for the sisters again. I don't like being in the same city as the sisters, they just make us feel like doo-doo. But, oh well, we went because we had actually taught this lady and her husband a couple times. It was good. Afterward, she asked Elder Stephenson to confirm her a member of the church. It was random, but cool! After the baptism, we taught this lady named Maria. She is a great lady and has a great spirit. She believes everything we tell her. The one holdback is that her son is always running around with no pants on! It’s like, “Put some pants on kid.” And I am talking about the church here and then she starts breastfeeding....and I am like, uh.....this is really awkward. But we continued on with the lesson and made it through and then left. Great lesson, just some awkward moments.

Yesterday, Sunday, we had Sajid at church. His baptism is coming up soon. We just need to teach him! He is way hard to get a hold of! But church was good. After church, we had a good dinner and talked with Adalberto about being a husband with the priesthood. I like Adalberto. We have good deep talks with him all the time! So yeah.

Today we are going to give a blessing to a new born who is struggling. So I will have to be dressed up as a doctor! After that, we are going to do some fishing! But yeah, that’s the weekly update for ya'll!

Basically, this week should be super good because we are super healthy. Well I still have a little cold, but it should be a ton better and I look forward to it! I am so excited for the things we have going on. I hope more comes! I really am going to focus on just teaching to the people's needs this week and just put myself aside. I’ll just get into the work even more! Sometimes I lose desire and it’s hard. But I just have to get back up and keep going or else it’s pointless! I love you all and I hope you have a fantastic conference week-end and be edified by the spirit of our beloved Prophet and apostles. Listen to them. They make more sense than many think! I love you all and miss you all!

Con amor, siempre,

Elder Bradley Don Rigby