Wed 5/25/2011 9:07 AM
transferred again
Fam-
So I will be getting transferred to Sioux City, IA - Spanish with Elder Noonchester. So I will be a Spanish Elder again. Also I will be a district leader over about 6 missionaries. So yeah! craziness. Well, Love you all so much! Have a great week!!!
-Brad
So I will be getting transferred to Sioux City, IA - Spanish with Elder Noonchester. So I will be a Spanish Elder again. Also I will be a district leader over about 6 missionaries. So yeah! craziness. Well, Love you all so much! Have a great week!!!
-Brad
Mon 5/30/2011 7:54 AM
Flooding!!
Hey Family-
So I don't have time to email today. I will email you tomorrow! Because. Yes, the Missouri is flooding and we have to go help out because people's houses are right off the river. So yeah. We did it all day yesterday from 9-9 just sandbagging, and moving basements. We are going to do it again today because yeah, it’s flooding. It’s pretty crazy. Everyone is stressing. Good thing I live in a Castle!! :) [up on a hill] I have to go, our ride is here!!! Love you all so much. Don't worry. I am not going to die or anything. We are just helping others out so they don't die. :) love you so much!!!
-Elder Rigby
So I don't have time to email today. I will email you tomorrow! Because. Yes, the Missouri is flooding and we have to go help out because people's houses are right off the river. So yeah. We did it all day yesterday from 9-9 just sandbagging, and moving basements. We are going to do it again today because yeah, it’s flooding. It’s pretty crazy. Everyone is stressing. Good thing I live in a Castle!! :) [up on a hill] I have to go, our ride is here!!! Love you all so much. Don't worry. I am not going to die or anything. We are just helping others out so they don't die. :) love you so much!!!
-Elder Rigby
Thu 6/9/2011 11:29 AM
Diluvios!!
Bueno bueno bueno!
Soy Espanol de nuevo! Finalmente!!! So I honestly don't know what to say about the last three weeks because I haven't emailed. The first week was transfers and, of course, I got transferred to Sioux City, Iowa! As a district leader. So that stressed me out. It will be tough. But I can do it! And then, like not even two days after I got here, Flood preparation started. Sioux City is right where the Sioux River, Floyd River, and the big Missouri River all join. And we had a pretty wet year as well. In fact, today it is raining. Anywho, I guess out west, where all the dams are, they are overflowing with water. So naturally they need to release a lot of water to compensate. Well, all that water comes here!! We have been in South Dakota, which is just across the river, doing flood prep every day for the last 12 days from 9am-11pm. It’s been a really unique experience to have, to be honest. I love service. I have already seen the blessings to others lives; I can't tell you how many comments we have had about us. Last night, we were talking with one of the people we have been helping, and he said. "There is one thing in my life I am missing, its religion. Because of your guys' character and because of your non-stop service without any complaint, I honestly think I will come to your church. You guys have your head on straight and I really respect that." So hearing stuff like that just really warms my heart.
I will be honest, when we first started, it was just service, taking people’s worldly possessions out of their homes, but as I went on. I started to really care for them, and pray for them. And even shed a tear for them. I have seen so many people stressed, cry, and just being sad, because these are their homes. And as Nephi, I water my pillow each night praying for them. Luckily, I think we have prepared enough that the houses should be protected and should be alright. Now, it’s just kind of a waiting game. But a little bit of what we have been doing. Basically we have been making sandbags, throwing them, moving out basements, building walls of sandbags, just all that! And lately, the last few days, we have been making these huge levies that will protect the whole neighborhood. I think it will work. I pray that it does. We have about 10-15 members that live there. And they have been awesome - everyone just helping each other. I think this last Saturday, we had about 200 members in their yellow shirts helping others out. They call us the "swarm". Whenever we go into a store, they ask us about it. We end up saying, “Yep, that’s us. Anything we can do for you??” It’s just been a great experience, and it’s still not over. I honestly think Heavenly Father sent me here to help with this. He knows me. He knows I would work hard. And I am so grateful for the opportunity.
Service is definitely one of the best ways to spread the gospel, and I urge each of you to try and reach out to someone you don't know each and every day. I am so grateful to serve other people and to have learned this principle early on in life. I love you all and I miss you so much! I will give you more details the next time I have a p-day. Whenever that is. Just know, I am alright and I am just serving the people of the Lord. I love you, I pray for you, and I am grateful for each of you!
Con amor siempre mis queridos,
El Elder Rigby----Service Missionary ;)
Soy Espanol de nuevo! Finalmente!!! So I honestly don't know what to say about the last three weeks because I haven't emailed. The first week was transfers and, of course, I got transferred to Sioux City, Iowa! As a district leader. So that stressed me out. It will be tough. But I can do it! And then, like not even two days after I got here, Flood preparation started. Sioux City is right where the Sioux River, Floyd River, and the big Missouri River all join. And we had a pretty wet year as well. In fact, today it is raining. Anywho, I guess out west, where all the dams are, they are overflowing with water. So naturally they need to release a lot of water to compensate. Well, all that water comes here!! We have been in South Dakota, which is just across the river, doing flood prep every day for the last 12 days from 9am-11pm. It’s been a really unique experience to have, to be honest. I love service. I have already seen the blessings to others lives; I can't tell you how many comments we have had about us. Last night, we were talking with one of the people we have been helping, and he said. "There is one thing in my life I am missing, its religion. Because of your guys' character and because of your non-stop service without any complaint, I honestly think I will come to your church. You guys have your head on straight and I really respect that." So hearing stuff like that just really warms my heart.
I will be honest, when we first started, it was just service, taking people’s worldly possessions out of their homes, but as I went on. I started to really care for them, and pray for them. And even shed a tear for them. I have seen so many people stressed, cry, and just being sad, because these are their homes. And as Nephi, I water my pillow each night praying for them. Luckily, I think we have prepared enough that the houses should be protected and should be alright. Now, it’s just kind of a waiting game. But a little bit of what we have been doing. Basically we have been making sandbags, throwing them, moving out basements, building walls of sandbags, just all that! And lately, the last few days, we have been making these huge levies that will protect the whole neighborhood. I think it will work. I pray that it does. We have about 10-15 members that live there. And they have been awesome - everyone just helping each other. I think this last Saturday, we had about 200 members in their yellow shirts helping others out. They call us the "swarm". Whenever we go into a store, they ask us about it. We end up saying, “Yep, that’s us. Anything we can do for you??” It’s just been a great experience, and it’s still not over. I honestly think Heavenly Father sent me here to help with this. He knows me. He knows I would work hard. And I am so grateful for the opportunity.
Service is definitely one of the best ways to spread the gospel, and I urge each of you to try and reach out to someone you don't know each and every day. I am so grateful to serve other people and to have learned this principle early on in life. I love you all and I miss you so much! I will give you more details the next time I have a p-day. Whenever that is. Just know, I am alright and I am just serving the people of the Lord. I love you, I pray for you, and I am grateful for each of you!
Con amor siempre mis queridos,
El Elder Rigby----Service Missionary ;)
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