Mon 6/21/2010 2:04 PM
Dia de seis meses y muchas cosas!!!
Why hello there!!
So what’s up? First off, I gotta give shout outs! Happy 17th B-day TanMan! and Happy Father's Day!!! This week was really good, not much teaching though. Just kind of busy with other stuff. It’s cooled down because it’s been storming, but it is just more humid. So not much of a difference! All is well. I'm just loving life out here. I mean I lose desire sometimes but I just work through it. This week is transfer week so ahhhh. I hate transfer week. It’s nerve wrecking to find out where I'll go. I think I'll stay here, but we'll see! Also, thanks so much for the package! Don't worry! I didn't get off my diet for it! I just eat a candy bar about every other day or my companions will third it with me! But that was so nice of you guys to send that to me. Thanks for always being so thoughtful! I love you all. Well, I'll get into the week! It will be short because not much happened!
Tuesday - We woke up at 4:45 am to go to zone conference in Lincoln! When I saw the capital building in Lincoln and saw my old stomping grounds I teared up a little. Just Kidding. But I do miss Lincoln. I love that place. It was good to see everyone in the old zone. Elder Hudspeth and Knight, especially - my good buddies over there. So it was fun. Zone conference was really good. We learned a lot about using the Book of Mormon, which is key! Then after zone conference, which ended at like 6, we drove back here and just chatted it up with the missionaries who stayed with us that night. (because we arrived in Kearney around 9). So ya!
Wednesday - We had exchanges with Phillipsburg Elders. The whole time Brother Anderson, from Holdrege, picked us up and we went to Holdrege and down south. We only taught 2 people, but they were both committed to coming to church. So it was good. We ate at Subway. While at Subway, we all got full size sandwiches and he was like, “How can you guys eat all that?” We' said, “..uh. we're young?” Anywho, after we got back, we went and gave a less active a blessing of comfort. I hope it helped her. It’s awesome how the priesthood is, you could not even know a person and through the Spirit, the Lord directs the blessing! Not much that day though.
Thursday - We woke up worked out with Elder McClain and Howard and then we drove down to Philipsburg, Kansas to pick up Elder Stevens! So I've now touched every state in my mission. It was like a 2 hour drive. It was good. We arrived there and saw that they have a huge apartment! It’s like as big as our downstairs. I'm not even joking! Huge! We ate some lunch - some Omaha Steaks (a member gave us money) and we went on our way! I just slept in the car. Then we taught Lisa! - our only set! We just read a conference talk. She said that it hit home for her. She's so golden. Now only if we could get her married! Ater that, we made some dinner. We've been eating a lot of healthy meals. It’s great! Then after dinner, we went and visited some recent converts with the bishop.Which was good to see, because our ward is pretty lazy about team ups, even the bishop. But he's new, so he got out with us, which was great! Then we went home!
Friday - I can't remember all too well what happened, but I know we taught Lisa again. We've taught her so much. We are running out of ideas. So we are just going through the conference talks. Then we taught Shalia the Plan of Salvation. She's hard to get past. But I think that the plan really kind of opened her eyes that this life is a probationary state and there is stuff after! We still need to get her set for baptism though. Then we ate dinner: rice, meat, carrots, and grapes. What’s up? I'm just cooking like nothing else right now. Then we saw April. She's kind of slacking on her reading, but I hope she gets it up. Then we saw Mike. He is a crazy guy. We're going to stop seeing him. He told us that he's "an enemy to God." So ya. Pretty messed up, but he wants his kids baptized! So I don't know. He was endowed in the temple but went anti. So ya. Crazy peeps!
Saturday - This day I think we worked the hardest ever! We traveled to Ravenna to see some past investigators and also to see some less actives. We knocked and knocked and knocked and not one person answered! It was horrid. Granted, there was a fair going on, but even there, no one wanted anything! Oh well. But we found a town, Gibbon, it’s packed full of Hispanics. So we are going there this week and I'm going to get some more investigators for me. After a day of knocking, we had dinner with the Berlou's. Burgers. I was starving. It was good to eat. Then after that, we had our pre-correlation meeting with Brother Hatch. He is bomb. I like that guy. It was a good meeting. We're trying to get the ward back up to speed on missionary work and home teaching. It’s hard, but we'll see!
Sunday - We show up at correlation meeting and only Brother Hatch and we were there. Disappointing. And I guess only like 2 people went to ward council. It’s disappointing. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, dad. But ya. So we went and had our routine breakfast with Papa Mike. It was delicious, as always! Then we had church. None of our investigators showed up. Gosh! Just a bad time. So after church, we cooked a huge meal and ate it and took a power nap. Then Alberto called - the drunken Mexican. So we went over there. He's crazy. Then we saw April, and then we contacted a referral. His name is Frank. He's from Ghana! He's cool. We didn't teach anything, but we placed a Book of Mormon! So hopefully he'll be a future investigator! After that, went home and my companions got the numbers and we went to sleep.
Monday - woke up and went to the Y for like 6 hours today..Awesome time. And tonight we don't have anything set. Monday's are like that though. So we'll see!
Well, that’s it for today. Thanks for all your love and support! You guys are all just great! I love you all and hope you have just a great week. Be safe and have loads of fun for me! I'll just work my little booty off for all ya'll! Love ya!
Elder Bradley Rigby
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Monday, 14 June 2010
Mon 6/14/2010 1:12 PM
Semana de No Se. ha
SUPPPPPPPPPPPP FAM!!!!!!!!
Thursday - Service in the library, like usual. Then we taught Lisa about repentance. She's so golden, except she needs to get married - which we hope will happen soon enough. It’s hard when they've been living together for 6 years , ya know? But after the lesson, we went snake hunting! (Mom, the snakes here are twice as big and they have a orange stripe down the middle!) But we found it and we killed it. Lisa's little girl starting crying, because she likes snakes. We laughed. It was pretty funny. Then we had a meal at the Hall's house. It was good. This little girl, Madi, she is so funny! Oh gosh, they put a plate of cookies out, we just kept giving them to her. Wow, that made her hyper. We were laughing so hard because we sat at the little kids table - Stevens and I. We have a lot of fun together. Elder Stevens is so bomb. We work hard and we have fun while doing it. I love it here with these guys.
Friday - I don't remember much from this day. We saw Dave....he was really distraught still from President Kunz. But, yeah, he's difficult, so we just left. We also taught Shalia about faith and prayers because she says she never gets answers to her prayers. So we helped her out, which was good, because she was doubting the church. Then we had dinner with the Snyders. They are from Utah. They gave us pizza. I swear everyone gives us pizza. At night, some wicked, awesome, lighting storms. The storms here are so loud and so cool. I guess there were like 3 tornados around Kearney - and we missed them all! Dang!
Saturday - We did service like none other. We set up for a wedding, cut priest's hair, and pulled weeds (Man, I thought I would never pull weeds again. But it came.) at the Berlou's. Wow. But they fed us after. It was so hot and crazy. It took forever, but all was good. Brother Berlou gave us Steeler stuff. I got a pen. Man, that guy is so crazy. It’s so funny to be there. if you only met him, wow, “Grade A” hick. Just great stuff. Kearney is so hick. It’s great though. I love everyone. But the ward is weird. Oh well. Then we had our pre-coordination meeting at night. It was good.
Sunday – So we had our coordination meeting - no one comes! It was just the Ward Mission Leader and Ward Missionary and us. Booo. So ya. So we had Papa Mike's Waffles and then went to church. Wow. It’s so interesting there. Guess what we discussed in priesthood for 30 minutes - If we should have the overflow open or closed. Ridiculous things But after church, we had pot luck. It was really yummy!!! Man. I love food. Sunday is my food day off. So yeah! I went to town!
Well fam, so guess what? I hit my 6 month mark this week!!! Has it really been six months? It hasn't felt like it at all!!! But yeah, I am loving it out here. I love you all and love all that you do for me and for the Lord. Keep magnifying your callings and feeling the Spirit and the Lord will surely bless you. Because this is an important work for us to do in this life. I love you all. Have a great week!!!
Love always,
Elder Bradley Chango Rigby
Semana de No Se. ha
SUPPPPPPPPPPPP FAM!!!!!!!!
So how are all of ya? Seems like things are kicking busy as usual in the house. Crazy. That’s fun though! So this week was mild, yet crazy. I don't know how to describe it. But Elder Stevens and I have been working out hard core! I am getting in shape. We work out from like 6-730 and then we do cardio at night until like 1015. It’s pretty crazy. Watch out Tanner, here I come!!! Ha-ha. And, of course, we work all day too, so I've been slimming down a lot! Anywho. Now going into the week. It will be short updates today. I'm trying to cut things down a bit, but probably won't happen. I just love you guys so much. I love talking to you. You know me - chatterbox!
Tuesday - So this day was busy, but it wasn't. In the morning, we just GQ'd people looking to improve our pools. Then the Kearny West Elders called; Elder Gallagher was sick. So we had to go see if he was alright, and after that, we had interviews. My interview went really well. President Kunz is a way cool guy. I like him a lot! But during my interview, my companions went to our appointment, because things ran late. So I went over to the Kearney West apartment with President Kunz. Not much. I was Just driving with the president all day. We had some cool talks. After that, President Kunz came on exchanges with us – Because we're ZL's. I'm the ZL secretary, we decided. ha. First stop - Carlson's Steak!!! Gosh, so much food for us. I loved it. Then we went to Rachel and Remington's. They are difficult to teach - distractions everywhere. So it was hard. Then we went and saw Shayla. She's progressing, but hitting kinks. She's pregnant and stuff. But yeah, she's going well. I hope I can see her get baptized. Then we went and saw Dave. He's crazy!!! President Kunz threw down on him! Like straight up taught the lesson and shut Dave up. it was so awesome. After that, he was like, “Sorry. I felt that I needed to shut him up.” We all laughed. Then we planned with President Kunz. It was weird, but after that, he gave us all compliments and said that was the best exchange he's ever been on! That was probably the best day!
Wednesday - We mowed John Eden's lawn (and lawn's are huge here! gosh.) But it was fun because he had no idea. I mowed the front then I just played with his pitbull, Molly. I love dogs. It was a big dog. but I had so much fun with her. I was smelling after though. Who cares. Then we ate lunch with a member. We had pizza. Then we went and saw Shalia. We see her a lot. She is really stubborn, yet loves when we come. Then we went with Brother Anderson to Holdrege – it is pretty much almost to Kansas!!! We went everywhere tracking down less actives for the Holdrege Branch because it’s in our area. Fun day though. We went to this po-dunk diner. This girl was like flirting with us. It was so awkward..... so we left.
Thursday - Service in the library, like usual. Then we taught Lisa about repentance. She's so golden, except she needs to get married - which we hope will happen soon enough. It’s hard when they've been living together for 6 years , ya know? But after the lesson, we went snake hunting! (Mom, the snakes here are twice as big and they have a orange stripe down the middle!) But we found it and we killed it. Lisa's little girl starting crying, because she likes snakes. We laughed. It was pretty funny. Then we had a meal at the Hall's house. It was good. This little girl, Madi, she is so funny! Oh gosh, they put a plate of cookies out, we just kept giving them to her. Wow, that made her hyper. We were laughing so hard because we sat at the little kids table - Stevens and I. We have a lot of fun together. Elder Stevens is so bomb. We work hard and we have fun while doing it. I love it here with these guys. Friday - I don't remember much from this day. We saw Dave....he was really distraught still from President Kunz. But, yeah, he's difficult, so we just left. We also taught Shalia about faith and prayers because she says she never gets answers to her prayers. So we helped her out, which was good, because she was doubting the church. Then we had dinner with the Snyders. They are from Utah. They gave us pizza. I swear everyone gives us pizza. At night, some wicked, awesome, lighting storms. The storms here are so loud and so cool. I guess there were like 3 tornados around Kearney - and we missed them all! Dang!
Saturday - We did service like none other. We set up for a wedding, cut priest's hair, and pulled weeds (Man, I thought I would never pull weeds again. But it came.) at the Berlou's. Wow. But they fed us after. It was so hot and crazy. It took forever, but all was good. Brother Berlou gave us Steeler stuff. I got a pen. Man, that guy is so crazy. It’s so funny to be there. if you only met him, wow, “Grade A” hick. Just great stuff. Kearney is so hick. It’s great though. I love everyone. But the ward is weird. Oh well. Then we had our pre-coordination meeting at night. It was good.
Sunday – So we had our coordination meeting - no one comes! It was just the Ward Mission Leader and Ward Missionary and us. Booo. So ya. So we had Papa Mike's Waffles and then went to church. Wow. It’s so interesting there. Guess what we discussed in priesthood for 30 minutes - If we should have the overflow open or closed. Ridiculous things But after church, we had pot luck. It was really yummy!!! Man. I love food. Sunday is my food day off. So yeah! I went to town!
Well fam, so guess what? I hit my 6 month mark this week!!! Has it really been six months? It hasn't felt like it at all!!! But yeah, I am loving it out here. I love you all and love all that you do for me and for the Lord. Keep magnifying your callings and feeling the Spirit and the Lord will surely bless you. Because this is an important work for us to do in this life. I love you all. Have a great week!!!
Love always,
Elder Bradley Chango Rigby
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
07 June 2010
Mon 6/7/2010 12:27 PM
Bueno Familia!
Sup Fam!
So, yes, this week was a lot better. I actually really enjoyed this week a lot! We have a lot of fun together as a companionship and we did a lot of work. We doubled our numbers this week - more than we had before. We have two people set for baptism. But they are set right after the transfer. And I, most likely, will not be here. But we will see for sure what goes on. You never know. Maybe I'll stay another transfer. I do like it here in Kearney, but I miss the big cities with lots of Spanish and such. But my companions are way awesome. We all motivate each other to work, and to “work-out” as well. It’s a great time here in the boonies!
Wednesday - So we had the AP's show up this day for exchanges and the first thing we did was go to North Platte. That is the closest to home I'll ever be. There were signs on the road way saying Denver and Salt Lake City. I was like wow! So we drove out there (a 2.5 hr drive) and went to their district meeting to check up on stuff. We ate lunch and drove back. A long day of driving. Then we split up; I went with Elder Howard and Elder Thornock. Thornock is an AP. He's way cool. We had a fun time and we taught Lisa George, who is set for July 10th. We just read scriptures with her. Nothing too cool. Then we had dinner, and then went to Shalia's! - our other set for June 26th. We taught about the Atonement and it was way good. She has a ton of questions but we answer all, straight out, and how it’s supposed to be. Elder Thornock is the man. He's awesome. Then after that, we saw Alberto, my Spanish investigator. He was hammered. He was pouring us some water and poured it all over and then collapsed in his chair. Wow, it was so funny. Dunk Mexicans just make me laugh. I taught him, but not much. After that, we went and saw Dave, who is an investigator, but he's just crazy. He's the funniest guy ever. He just won't commit to anything. His wife is a member, but that’s all really. He's a funny guy though. Then we went home and we all went for a run at night. My shin splints were killing me again, so I walked quite a bit. I don't know what the deal is, but this is the worst they've ever been. So now I've been working out my legs a lot to see if it improves, but that day was a great day.
Thursday - We went to Grand Island to pick up a car for the other Elders here in Kearney. Good little road trip. I just sit in the back seat and sleep most the time. After that whole day ordeal, we went to the Belou's. (hicks) I love them though. We had some good food: chicken fried steak. Oh man it was good. It’s hard though because I'm dieting. But whatever. Then after that, we saw Lisa again and just read the scriptures. She's Guatemalan, but she doesn't remember Spanish. I say some things anyway. She's golden except the only problem is that she lives with the father of her child - not married. But we're working on that, so she can get baptized. Then we saw Rachel and Remington. We just watched The Restoration in their trailer and answered some questions. A very short lesson because it was late. But that was a busy, good day.
Friday - Now this day we taught 5 lessons. An even better day. We taught April (a recent convert) & Mike (pothead, less active, he's really funny though and knows a lot about the gospel, but he's possessed or something, really though, we think he is) Then we taught Lisa again, we watched the movie Together Forever. It’s so old school. It’s funny though. It was a good flick. Then we taught Dave a lesson on swearing. He doesn't really listen, but, oh well, we're just like taking it slow with him. So in the long run, he'll just be converted. We then we went home. We were pretty tired this day, but it was a good fun day of working!
Saturday - We went to Lisa's house and did service at like 8 am! Her sister is moving here, so we helped them out for like 2 hours. Then we went to the library and did service for another 2 hours. Then we went straight to studying, so we could get that in for the day. After that, we tried to see some people, but nothing happened. So we went to this “going away party” for this kid in our ward. He is going to the St. George Utah Mission. I was like, “St Geezy is the place.” It was fun. After that, we went to another dinner at April's. There was this guy there, excommunicated and just got out of jail. He said, “Give me a scripture saying that my mom still loves me, and I'll start taking the lessons again and working on getting back into the church.” So I flipped open my scriptures and just read him Proverbs 1:8-25. I honestly can't remember what it said, but it was pretty blunt. Right after that he just said, “When can we start? And I said, “Uh, today, or tomorrow come to church.” It was really cool and spiritual. Then we ate food again. Wow! We were really beat. The excommunicated guy, though, I guess, he does that all the time. But hey, I tried my best. Then we went to see Rachel and Remington. I guess Remington looked up YouTube and just watched this thing on Mithra. Gosh, it was dumb. So we told him what’s up and he said he'd go to lds.org and see what’s up. (We meet with them tonight. so we'll see!)
Sunday – We had correlation meeting in the morning at 8. Then we attended church. None of our investigators or less actives, that we invited to church, came. Not good. So we didn't have to teach anything. So we just went to class, like normal. During Priesthood Meeting, though, we stood in on a kid getting the Priesthood. He really respects us. Which is cool. I don't know him. But I'm glad that I'm worthy priesthood holder and can do that. Then we went to the YW class and taught them a bunch of stuff about sharing the gospel. I got to teach on the language barrier. Go figure. After church, we ate at Papa Mike's house. So yummy - waffles. Then we went off to see people. No one was home all day, except April. That was a good lesson; we had Papa Mike with us. So it was cool. But nothing much happened there.
Monday - Today. We woke up, studied, then went to YMCA and played b-ball with some old-timers. They wasted us! My shins killed again. Then we played some racquetball. We got in our work out, took a steam, and went on with the day. Tonight, we have a dinner with a family! Then we have two appointments with investigators. So yeah, we’re just keeping busy in the land of Kearney.
Well, thanks for all the love and support you all give me. I love you all so much! The gospel is so vital in our lives and I hope you all strive to keep the Spirit with you. It’s so important. I love the work that I'm doing and I know that it is all for a good purpose! I hope you all have a great week! I love you so much!
Love,
Elder Bradley Rigby
Bueno Familia!
Sup Fam!
So, yes, this week was a lot better. I actually really enjoyed this week a lot! We have a lot of fun together as a companionship and we did a lot of work. We doubled our numbers this week - more than we had before. We have two people set for baptism. But they are set right after the transfer. And I, most likely, will not be here. But we will see for sure what goes on. You never know. Maybe I'll stay another transfer. I do like it here in Kearney, but I miss the big cities with lots of Spanish and such. But my companions are way awesome. We all motivate each other to work, and to “work-out” as well. It’s a great time here in the boonies!
Wednesday - So we had the AP's show up this day for exchanges and the first thing we did was go to North Platte. That is the closest to home I'll ever be. There were signs on the road way saying Denver and Salt Lake City. I was like wow! So we drove out there (a 2.5 hr drive) and went to their district meeting to check up on stuff. We ate lunch and drove back. A long day of driving. Then we split up; I went with Elder Howard and Elder Thornock. Thornock is an AP. He's way cool. We had a fun time and we taught Lisa George, who is set for July 10th. We just read scriptures with her. Nothing too cool. Then we had dinner, and then went to Shalia's! - our other set for June 26th. We taught about the Atonement and it was way good. She has a ton of questions but we answer all, straight out, and how it’s supposed to be. Elder Thornock is the man. He's awesome. Then after that, we saw Alberto, my Spanish investigator. He was hammered. He was pouring us some water and poured it all over and then collapsed in his chair. Wow, it was so funny. Dunk Mexicans just make me laugh. I taught him, but not much. After that, we went and saw Dave, who is an investigator, but he's just crazy. He's the funniest guy ever. He just won't commit to anything. His wife is a member, but that’s all really. He's a funny guy though. Then we went home and we all went for a run at night. My shin splints were killing me again, so I walked quite a bit. I don't know what the deal is, but this is the worst they've ever been. So now I've been working out my legs a lot to see if it improves, but that day was a great day.
Thursday - We went to Grand Island to pick up a car for the other Elders here in Kearney. Good little road trip. I just sit in the back seat and sleep most the time. After that whole day ordeal, we went to the Belou's. (hicks) I love them though. We had some good food: chicken fried steak. Oh man it was good. It’s hard though because I'm dieting. But whatever. Then after that, we saw Lisa again and just read the scriptures. She's Guatemalan, but she doesn't remember Spanish. I say some things anyway. She's golden except the only problem is that she lives with the father of her child - not married. But we're working on that, so she can get baptized. Then we saw Rachel and Remington. We just watched The Restoration in their trailer and answered some questions. A very short lesson because it was late. But that was a busy, good day.
Friday - Now this day we taught 5 lessons. An even better day. We taught April (a recent convert) & Mike (pothead, less active, he's really funny though and knows a lot about the gospel, but he's possessed or something, really though, we think he is) Then we taught Lisa again, we watched the movie Together Forever. It’s so old school. It’s funny though. It was a good flick. Then we taught Dave a lesson on swearing. He doesn't really listen, but, oh well, we're just like taking it slow with him. So in the long run, he'll just be converted. We then we went home. We were pretty tired this day, but it was a good fun day of working!
Saturday - We went to Lisa's house and did service at like 8 am! Her sister is moving here, so we helped them out for like 2 hours. Then we went to the library and did service for another 2 hours. Then we went straight to studying, so we could get that in for the day. After that, we tried to see some people, but nothing happened. So we went to this “going away party” for this kid in our ward. He is going to the St. George Utah Mission. I was like, “St Geezy is the place.” It was fun. After that, we went to another dinner at April's. There was this guy there, excommunicated and just got out of jail. He said, “Give me a scripture saying that my mom still loves me, and I'll start taking the lessons again and working on getting back into the church.” So I flipped open my scriptures and just read him Proverbs 1:8-25. I honestly can't remember what it said, but it was pretty blunt. Right after that he just said, “When can we start? And I said, “Uh, today, or tomorrow come to church.” It was really cool and spiritual. Then we ate food again. Wow! We were really beat. The excommunicated guy, though, I guess, he does that all the time. But hey, I tried my best. Then we went to see Rachel and Remington. I guess Remington looked up YouTube and just watched this thing on Mithra. Gosh, it was dumb. So we told him what’s up and he said he'd go to lds.org and see what’s up. (We meet with them tonight. so we'll see!)
Sunday – We had correlation meeting in the morning at 8. Then we attended church. None of our investigators or less actives, that we invited to church, came. Not good. So we didn't have to teach anything. So we just went to class, like normal. During Priesthood Meeting, though, we stood in on a kid getting the Priesthood. He really respects us. Which is cool. I don't know him. But I'm glad that I'm worthy priesthood holder and can do that. Then we went to the YW class and taught them a bunch of stuff about sharing the gospel. I got to teach on the language barrier. Go figure. After church, we ate at Papa Mike's house. So yummy - waffles. Then we went off to see people. No one was home all day, except April. That was a good lesson; we had Papa Mike with us. So it was cool. But nothing much happened there.
Monday - Today. We woke up, studied, then went to YMCA and played b-ball with some old-timers. They wasted us! My shins killed again. Then we played some racquetball. We got in our work out, took a steam, and went on with the day. Tonight, we have a dinner with a family! Then we have two appointments with investigators. So yeah, we’re just keeping busy in the land of Kearney.
Well, thanks for all the love and support you all give me. I love you all so much! The gospel is so vital in our lives and I hope you all strive to keep the Spirit with you. It’s so important. I love the work that I'm doing and I know that it is all for a good purpose! I hope you all have a great week! I love you so much!
Love,
Elder Bradley Rigby
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
24 May 2010
24 May 2010
Semana Ocupado!
Sup fam! not much hurr!
Tuesday - So this day, we moved our apartment out! It was actually really fun. We moved a couch by putting it on top of our car and tying it down with jump ropes. If that’s not redneck, I don't know what is.Then after we got moved in and everything, we got ready and went to see Estefany. Wow, this is a crazy story. So we gave Estefany a reading assignment, even though we know she's going back to Mexico, so we show up Tuesday. We started talking to her and then we move into our lesson. She said, “Oh yeah, I read and prayed.” We were like “great!” She said, I prayed to know if this new church is right.” After she prayed, she had a dream. Her mom died this last year and her mom appeared to her in her dream and said, “You are doing what is right. This is God's church and it is not new. Keep reading the BOM and praying!” So yeah. She believes in the message. But it is too bad for us that she left to Mexico. Just a golden investigator. But durn, we were so sad she had to leave. After that, we saw Efrain. We talked to him about getting his patriarchal blessing and such. Then we waited for his roommate, Jesus. He never showed. So we went and saw a few referrals, not there. Then we went home because we had 4 guests that night - our DL and 2 elders in our district; the next day was Zone Conference! Elder Orellana was there. The one from Orem. He is so funny. I love that kid.
Wednesday – We woke up. Went to Zone conference! It went until like 5pm! Wow! What a long zone conference. It was super good though. The culture in this mission is out of whack, so we had a huge discussion about what to do with it. It was really good. Like I said before, President is really trying hard to make this mission better; and it’s really working! So he's changed some rules and things. So it will be a lot better and everything will start well! I'm really excited for the things that are going to happen, actually. It’s great! It was good to see all my buddies that are from Papillion too. It’s so fun at zone conference! I love it so much! After zone conference we went to Hector's. He called and said he needs help. I guess his life is in the dumps now and he wants us back. So we went and talked to him for a while. Then we had correlation meeting for about an hour and a half, where we just talked about members. We know we need to be working with investigators, but we first need a good ward support,ya know. So that’s why we are working hard in that area. After that, we went home and just worked out and went to sleep. It was a very tiring day of sitting in meetings.
Thursday – I honestly don't remember what happened this day. I remember eating with Sister Kreber! It was good, as always. We planned to have some things that will help our ward even more. For instance, we are going to be teaching an English class soon. That will help us with members and our pool of investigators will rise hopefully. But yeah, Thursday was pretty boring day...just tried to see people all day. I swear Thursdays are just always not good days.
Friday - So this day was actually a really good day! It started out normal and what not, but then Luis called. He said that David (the guy who lives in a van and is drunk) will be at his house at 12. “Come and teach him.” We were like. uh? ok? sure. So we show up. David is all showered up, hair combed, shirt nicely tucked in, and he's been sober for 6 days and went to church on Sunday. We were so happy! It was like a miracle. So we start teaching him and he just kept apologizing for being drunk and stuff. Gosh, we were happy! So we taught him, gave him a libro, and invited him to church. He said he'll come, he'll read, and everything! Yes! Then after that, we went to visit Hector and his mom. They weren't there. Durn. We wanted to see his mom. She hasn't come to church in over a month. After that, we went to another inactive, Loraina. She has a testimony. She reads the Book o Mormon. But she said she doesn't need to go to church to know its true. We're like. uh ok. After that, we found this family. OK listen to this, a family of 6 and they are all legal. They live in a nice house and they have 2 cars. And they are legal!!!!!!! Oh gosh. We GQ'd them and we're probably going to go back. Man, it would be awesome to see them get baptized and be members. They would help out a ton! I hope so. After that, we went home and slept. Super tired!
Saturday - This day was full of nothing too. Nothing really happened at all. No one. We saw Hector and his mom. We taught them and talked with them. There is so much stuff going on in our ward right now, according to her. We asked her to come to church with her kids and she said, “Yes. Definitely!” So we were happy about that. Other than that, it was just a long boring day - pretty much.
Sunday - So I woke up and just wrote my talk! Then we went to find David and Hector to get them to come to church. No luck on that, but we still kept our fingers crossed! But yeah, we had a good showing at church. Two families came from Crete, that was good, and two white families came to visit. So we had a pretty packed house. But none were any of the people we talked to during the week, which is always discouraging. But, oh well, what else can you do? So I spoke on the Atonement and Obedience in a very respectful, blunt manner. I hope I got the message across. I know it’s hard to listen to someone for 20 minutes, but I tried. I couldn't crack my jokes as usual, because I am not completely fluent enough to do that quite yet. Well I can tell jokes, but not in a sacrament talk manner. But yeah. After church, we went to Hector's because he didn't show. Then we had dinner late at like 8, so we just stayed home. We made a pretty good meal though! Oh well. That is it for the week.
Today - We are going to play some b-ball, and then do some shopping and some laundry. Yeah, not much. We have a meal with a member. Then I have to plan my training it’s my turn tomorrow in district meeting! Whoopppeeee!
The weather here is humid and hot. I'm sticky and sweaty all the time. It’s crazy.
It rains a lot here, but it’s not cold. No tornado's yet. They say that Lincoln is like a bowl, so tornado's don't usually come here. The last one was like in the 70's.
Well, I better get going now. I hope you all have a great week. Use the Atonement every day (that’s what my talk was about). We aren't just members on Sunday; we have to be members every day in our lives. And remember what our Savior has done for us. I know that as you pray every day you will feel the same way. I love you all and hope that you all are as happy as I am right now! Thanks for always being there for me and always supporting me! I love you all!
Love always,
Elder Bradley Rigby
Semana Ocupado!
Sup fam! not much hurr!
First off, HAPPY BURFDAY PAPA!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YA DAD! So wow, this week we did a lot of member work! We are lacking in numbers lately, bigtime. So we are really trying to activate the people more because they need to come to church! They say they will, and they just don't. It’s tough, I mean, it’s 3 hours on a Sunday. Not too hard. But, oh well, we are trying. They have their agency. We always had a lot of stuff to do it seemed. This week went by super-d-duper fast. Bt here we go!
Tuesday - So this day, we moved our apartment out! It was actually really fun. We moved a couch by putting it on top of our car and tying it down with jump ropes. If that’s not redneck, I don't know what is.Then after we got moved in and everything, we got ready and went to see Estefany. Wow, this is a crazy story. So we gave Estefany a reading assignment, even though we know she's going back to Mexico, so we show up Tuesday. We started talking to her and then we move into our lesson. She said, “Oh yeah, I read and prayed.” We were like “great!” She said, I prayed to know if this new church is right.” After she prayed, she had a dream. Her mom died this last year and her mom appeared to her in her dream and said, “You are doing what is right. This is God's church and it is not new. Keep reading the BOM and praying!” So yeah. She believes in the message. But it is too bad for us that she left to Mexico. Just a golden investigator. But durn, we were so sad she had to leave. After that, we saw Efrain. We talked to him about getting his patriarchal blessing and such. Then we waited for his roommate, Jesus. He never showed. So we went and saw a few referrals, not there. Then we went home because we had 4 guests that night - our DL and 2 elders in our district; the next day was Zone Conference! Elder Orellana was there. The one from Orem. He is so funny. I love that kid.Wednesday – We woke up. Went to Zone conference! It went until like 5pm! Wow! What a long zone conference. It was super good though. The culture in this mission is out of whack, so we had a huge discussion about what to do with it. It was really good. Like I said before, President is really trying hard to make this mission better; and it’s really working! So he's changed some rules and things. So it will be a lot better and everything will start well! I'm really excited for the things that are going to happen, actually. It’s great! It was good to see all my buddies that are from Papillion too. It’s so fun at zone conference! I love it so much! After zone conference we went to Hector's. He called and said he needs help. I guess his life is in the dumps now and he wants us back. So we went and talked to him for a while. Then we had correlation meeting for about an hour and a half, where we just talked about members. We know we need to be working with investigators, but we first need a good ward support,ya know. So that’s why we are working hard in that area. After that, we went home and just worked out and went to sleep. It was a very tiring day of sitting in meetings.
Thursday – I honestly don't remember what happened this day. I remember eating with Sister Kreber! It was good, as always. We planned to have some things that will help our ward even more. For instance, we are going to be teaching an English class soon. That will help us with members and our pool of investigators will rise hopefully. But yeah, Thursday was pretty boring day...just tried to see people all day. I swear Thursdays are just always not good days.
Friday - So this day was actually a really good day! It started out normal and what not, but then Luis called. He said that David (the guy who lives in a van and is drunk) will be at his house at 12. “Come and teach him.” We were like. uh? ok? sure. So we show up. David is all showered up, hair combed, shirt nicely tucked in, and he's been sober for 6 days and went to church on Sunday. We were so happy! It was like a miracle. So we start teaching him and he just kept apologizing for being drunk and stuff. Gosh, we were happy! So we taught him, gave him a libro, and invited him to church. He said he'll come, he'll read, and everything! Yes! Then after that, we went to visit Hector and his mom. They weren't there. Durn. We wanted to see his mom. She hasn't come to church in over a month. After that, we went to another inactive, Loraina. She has a testimony. She reads the Book o Mormon. But she said she doesn't need to go to church to know its true. We're like. uh ok. After that, we found this family. OK listen to this, a family of 6 and they are all legal. They live in a nice house and they have 2 cars. And they are legal!!!!!!! Oh gosh. We GQ'd them and we're probably going to go back. Man, it would be awesome to see them get baptized and be members. They would help out a ton! I hope so. After that, we went home and slept. Super tired!
Saturday - This day was full of nothing too. Nothing really happened at all. No one. We saw Hector and his mom. We taught them and talked with them. There is so much stuff going on in our ward right now, according to her. We asked her to come to church with her kids and she said, “Yes. Definitely!” So we were happy about that. Other than that, it was just a long boring day - pretty much.
Sunday - So I woke up and just wrote my talk! Then we went to find David and Hector to get them to come to church. No luck on that, but we still kept our fingers crossed! But yeah, we had a good showing at church. Two families came from Crete, that was good, and two white families came to visit. So we had a pretty packed house. But none were any of the people we talked to during the week, which is always discouraging. But, oh well, what else can you do? So I spoke on the Atonement and Obedience in a very respectful, blunt manner. I hope I got the message across. I know it’s hard to listen to someone for 20 minutes, but I tried. I couldn't crack my jokes as usual, because I am not completely fluent enough to do that quite yet. Well I can tell jokes, but not in a sacrament talk manner. But yeah. After church, we went to Hector's because he didn't show. Then we had dinner late at like 8, so we just stayed home. We made a pretty good meal though! Oh well. That is it for the week.
Today - We are going to play some b-ball, and then do some shopping and some laundry. Yeah, not much. We have a meal with a member. Then I have to plan my training it’s my turn tomorrow in district meeting! Whoopppeeee!
The weather here is humid and hot. I'm sticky and sweaty all the time. It’s crazy.
It rains a lot here, but it’s not cold. No tornado's yet. They say that Lincoln is like a bowl, so tornado's don't usually come here. The last one was like in the 70's.
Well, I better get going now. I hope you all have a great week. Use the Atonement every day (that’s what my talk was about). We aren't just members on Sunday; we have to be members every day in our lives. And remember what our Savior has done for us. I know that as you pray every day you will feel the same way. I love you all and hope that you all are as happy as I am right now! Thanks for always being there for me and always supporting me! I love you all!
Love always,
Elder Bradley Rigby
Thursday, May 20, 2010
17 May 2010
Well hello there!!
So whats up? This week was a pretty crazy one I might say. It was a good one,. but it was quite crazy. It was good to receive that package! Seriously, I loved it! Definitely a weird week for me out here. But it was really good. This email might be short again because so much went on . I forget things! Well, here we go!
Tuesday - We had district meeting. It was really good. My companion trained and then after that, we went to Norms to get a sandwich. Then we took our DL (his car was getting fixed) to do some shopping. They don't have the resources because they’re out in Wahoo. But then, I think we had dinner at the church with Sister Kreber and had a good chat with the Ward Council about what needs to go on in the ward.
Wednesday - So the day before transfers are always so stressful because we don't know where we're going. So that day was just hectic. We did manage to see a few people before “the call.” So we get called at like 2pm saying we have to switch apartments. It was super yuk. We love our apartment. The apartment that we moved into is so much smaller and both windows are facing just a brick wall. It stinks. Plus, we live with two others Elders until their apartment is ready for them. The reason we switched is that our apartment was a monthly pay and the apartment we're in now is on lease. So it was easier to drop our apartment because an area was closed. So yah. After that, we found out Elder Moore and I are still together here. It was good to hear that. The remainder of the night we spent packing up our apartment, getting ready to move, which we were not happy about. Especially since I just got settled in, it seems!
Thursday - Transfer day. So we woke up, packed up everything, then we began to move. Only our stuff and our beds, not the furniture yet, that is today. Boo. But yeah. We moved in and unpacked and then the other Elders moved their stuff in too. Oh gosh! It’s so crammed in there. Don't ask me why we don't just stay in our other apartment alone until they leave, but that’s just how the lady said. She's a bit dingy, at times. But yeah. We got a call today that the other Elders are finally moving to Crete! It’s been a long 4 days. It’s not fun when they are here and we have to get them stuff to do in our area. We’re like, “Go to your area already.” So that day we unpacked, got settled, and, by that time, we had dinner at Sister Kreber’s house with Efrain and we taught a good lesson on missions again. It was good. We always eat so good there. We had hamburgers, and ahhh. just so delicious.
Friday - So we did our studies. Then Elder Moore and I went to see Estefany. We went there. Just to find out that she is moving to Mexico this coming Saturday, which is really bad. She was one of our most solid investigators. She always reads. She never came to church, but still.So we were sad about that. Then we went to the other apartment and did weekly planning. . . . alone! Then we went to our new apartment and we headed out to Crete with the other Elders. Since we know it the best, we showed them around, showed them their apartment, and introduced them to members and investigators. It was super good. Fun to be down in Crete again. But now we'll never go there because it’s an open area to the Spanish Elders - which is good! But yah, then we came back. and we went and set up 2 appointments - one with the Sister of Estefany and one referral. Then we found Fidel, drunk of course, but we taught him a lesson on being sober and doing what the Lord wants him to. Not drinking and smoking all the time. It was hard because he was plastered. He even asked us, “Do I smell drunk?” We're like, “Ya. How much did you drink?” He's said, “Not much at all, just 12 beers.” Yeah. suuuuuuurre.Not much there. So yeah. but we invited him to church and taught him a lesson on the street then went home.
Saturday - This was a super great day! We woke up,. got ready, and went to Omaha!!! Yay! Road trip! We arrive and saw all the Spanish missionaries. It was so great to see everyone. It was a way good day. So we had a 2 hour meeting in the morning. My companion trained on the culture. It was so good. Then Elder Shumway trained on finding. Also very great. So what this meeting was for is to better help the Hispanic community in the work. It’s to help us. the Spanish missionaries excel. So yeah. That was the morning training. Super good. I really learned a lot about the people - even more. Then we had lunch. It was nachos. It was super good. Then we had another 2 hour meeting. We learned on teaching by Elder Chinche, and then commitments by Elder Petersen (who is living with us right now). It was good. Just a good time to be there with all the Spanish missionaries who I have come to know. It was really spiritual, and I learned a lot. But then at the same time, it was super fun! Then after the meeting, we drove to the temple! We did a session in Spanish. It was super awesome. So weird hearing it all in Spanish. I tell you, I understood it, but yeah, saying it - hard. Sometime we'll have to do a session in Spanish when I get home. It’s so cool. I liked it a lot. Some words I couldn't understand, but I just pieced it in. But I really enjoyed it a lot. It was super fun and it was mostly just the missionaries there.But the session was super packed. I just loved it though. I haven't been to the temple in like 3 months, so it was good to go back there. After that, we took some pictures.(Of course my camera was out of battery - Lucky me). Then, after that. we went to the Sandovals! We called them Friday and set up a dinner appointment! So my companion, Elder Petersen and his companion,Elder Morrill and his companion, and I all went to the Sandoval’s house and ate dinner. The Rivera's were there too! It was so good to see all those members again and spend some time around the dinner table with them. It was so much fun! Then we had to leave and drive our hour back home! So yeah, we did that. then we went to sleep…well they did. I couldn't sleep much!
Sunday - I woke up with food coming out both ends. I don't know why. So I was super sick. So I took some meds and went to sleep until about 5 pm. Then I felt a little bit better. I was sad that I had missed church and stuff. But, seriously, I felt like absolute crap. After that, I kind of just lay there. Then at like 8:30 we went to Luis' house and visited him. Then we came back. I was so tired, so I went back to sleep again and got a great sleep. So nothing happened Sunday because of my body.
Monday - Today we are going golfing, finally. A member is paying for us to go. It’s awesome. After that, I'm not sure. We have a dinner appointment with our ward mission leader, and then I believe we're moving the Crete Elders out of our place! So yeah.
Well, that’s it from the Capitol city today, everyone! It’s going to be a great week this week. We have zone conference this Wednesday and we have a lot of plans for this week. One of our ideas will include having an English class in the church, We will have the lessons in the English, so while we're teaching the people English, we will be teaching them the gospel. Sneaky.,yes, but oh well. So we're going to make fliers to hang up in the town! Hopefully this will be a week full of teaching and stuff. We're really hoping so. It’s great out there. I miss you all a lot, but I know I'm out here for a reason. I really enjoy it. I love you all so much! I hope you have a week full of loving moments of the Spirit! I keep you in my prayers always. Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Rigby
So whats up? This week was a pretty crazy one I might say. It was a good one,. but it was quite crazy. It was good to receive that package! Seriously, I loved it! Definitely a weird week for me out here. But it was really good. This email might be short again because so much went on . I forget things! Well, here we go!
Tuesday - We had district meeting. It was really good. My companion trained and then after that, we went to Norms to get a sandwich. Then we took our DL (his car was getting fixed) to do some shopping. They don't have the resources because they’re out in Wahoo. But then, I think we had dinner at the church with Sister Kreber and had a good chat with the Ward Council about what needs to go on in the ward.
Wednesday - So the day before transfers are always so stressful because we don't know where we're going. So that day was just hectic. We did manage to see a few people before “the call.” So we get called at like 2pm saying we have to switch apartments. It was super yuk. We love our apartment. The apartment that we moved into is so much smaller and both windows are facing just a brick wall. It stinks. Plus, we live with two others Elders until their apartment is ready for them. The reason we switched is that our apartment was a monthly pay and the apartment we're in now is on lease. So it was easier to drop our apartment because an area was closed. So yah. After that, we found out Elder Moore and I are still together here. It was good to hear that. The remainder of the night we spent packing up our apartment, getting ready to move, which we were not happy about. Especially since I just got settled in, it seems!
Thursday - Transfer day. So we woke up, packed up everything, then we began to move. Only our stuff and our beds, not the furniture yet, that is today. Boo. But yeah. We moved in and unpacked and then the other Elders moved their stuff in too. Oh gosh! It’s so crammed in there. Don't ask me why we don't just stay in our other apartment alone until they leave, but that’s just how the lady said. She's a bit dingy, at times. But yeah. We got a call today that the other Elders are finally moving to Crete! It’s been a long 4 days. It’s not fun when they are here and we have to get them stuff to do in our area. We’re like, “Go to your area already.” So that day we unpacked, got settled, and, by that time, we had dinner at Sister Kreber’s house with Efrain and we taught a good lesson on missions again. It was good. We always eat so good there. We had hamburgers, and ahhh. just so delicious.
Friday - So we did our studies. Then Elder Moore and I went to see Estefany. We went there. Just to find out that she is moving to Mexico this coming Saturday, which is really bad. She was one of our most solid investigators. She always reads. She never came to church, but still.So we were sad about that. Then we went to the other apartment and did weekly planning. . . . alone! Then we went to our new apartment and we headed out to Crete with the other Elders. Since we know it the best, we showed them around, showed them their apartment, and introduced them to members and investigators. It was super good. Fun to be down in Crete again. But now we'll never go there because it’s an open area to the Spanish Elders - which is good! But yah, then we came back. and we went and set up 2 appointments - one with the Sister of Estefany and one referral. Then we found Fidel, drunk of course, but we taught him a lesson on being sober and doing what the Lord wants him to. Not drinking and smoking all the time. It was hard because he was plastered. He even asked us, “Do I smell drunk?” We're like, “Ya. How much did you drink?” He's said, “Not much at all, just 12 beers.” Yeah. suuuuuuurre.Not much there. So yeah. but we invited him to church and taught him a lesson on the street then went home.
Saturday - This was a super great day! We woke up,. got ready, and went to Omaha!!! Yay! Road trip! We arrive and saw all the Spanish missionaries. It was so great to see everyone. It was a way good day. So we had a 2 hour meeting in the morning. My companion trained on the culture. It was so good. Then Elder Shumway trained on finding. Also very great. So what this meeting was for is to better help the Hispanic community in the work. It’s to help us. the Spanish missionaries excel. So yeah. That was the morning training. Super good. I really learned a lot about the people - even more. Then we had lunch. It was nachos. It was super good. Then we had another 2 hour meeting. We learned on teaching by Elder Chinche, and then commitments by Elder Petersen (who is living with us right now). It was good. Just a good time to be there with all the Spanish missionaries who I have come to know. It was really spiritual, and I learned a lot. But then at the same time, it was super fun! Then after the meeting, we drove to the temple! We did a session in Spanish. It was super awesome. So weird hearing it all in Spanish. I tell you, I understood it, but yeah, saying it - hard. Sometime we'll have to do a session in Spanish when I get home. It’s so cool. I liked it a lot. Some words I couldn't understand, but I just pieced it in. But I really enjoyed it a lot. It was super fun and it was mostly just the missionaries there.But the session was super packed. I just loved it though. I haven't been to the temple in like 3 months, so it was good to go back there. After that, we took some pictures.(Of course my camera was out of battery - Lucky me). Then, after that. we went to the Sandovals! We called them Friday and set up a dinner appointment! So my companion, Elder Petersen and his companion,Elder Morrill and his companion, and I all went to the Sandoval’s house and ate dinner. The Rivera's were there too! It was so good to see all those members again and spend some time around the dinner table with them. It was so much fun! Then we had to leave and drive our hour back home! So yeah, we did that. then we went to sleep…well they did. I couldn't sleep much!
Sunday - I woke up with food coming out both ends. I don't know why. So I was super sick. So I took some meds and went to sleep until about 5 pm. Then I felt a little bit better. I was sad that I had missed church and stuff. But, seriously, I felt like absolute crap. After that, I kind of just lay there. Then at like 8:30 we went to Luis' house and visited him. Then we came back. I was so tired, so I went back to sleep again and got a great sleep. So nothing happened Sunday because of my body.
Monday - Today we are going golfing, finally. A member is paying for us to go. It’s awesome. After that, I'm not sure. We have a dinner appointment with our ward mission leader, and then I believe we're moving the Crete Elders out of our place! So yeah.
Well, that’s it from the Capitol city today, everyone! It’s going to be a great week this week. We have zone conference this Wednesday and we have a lot of plans for this week. One of our ideas will include having an English class in the church, We will have the lessons in the English, so while we're teaching the people English, we will be teaching them the gospel. Sneaky.,yes, but oh well. So we're going to make fliers to hang up in the town! Hopefully this will be a week full of teaching and stuff. We're really hoping so. It’s great out there. I miss you all a lot, but I know I'm out here for a reason. I really enjoy it. I love you all so much! I hope you have a week full of loving moments of the Spirit! I keep you in my prayers always. Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Rigby
Monday, May 10, 2010
10 May 2010
Hola Familia!
So honestly. I really don't know what to write in this letter, because I talked to you guys last night and told you everything. So this may only be a paragraph. Sorry for my blog followers, but I’m all talked out. I look forward to next week! It was soo good hearing from you all! It’s weird to think sometimes that you guys are just at home and I’m not. I don't mind. I just feel like I’m at a football camp for 2 years. And when that’s over, I’ll come home tired and sleep. j/k But not much happened this week that I haven't told. I had my interview with President Kunz. It went really well! We taught people and they didn't come to church. We had a Mother’s Day activity Saturday! Which was really good. Mother’s Day is a huge, huge deal in the Latin culture, plus it was like a Cinco de Mayo celebration too. Which was good. Transfers are this week. I hope I stay with Elder Moore in Lincoln. But we'll see what goes on. We have 2 new missionaries coming in. One of which was supposed to be my companion in the MTC, which will be awkward But yah! Not much more from the capital city here! So yeah. Have a great week and I’ll definitely make up for it next week! I will have a lot to talk about! Thanks for all your love and support for me! I love you all and keep you in my prayers always!
Well. I love you so much. You have no idea. Thanks for everything! You are the best familia in the whole wide world! I mean that! I love you all! I hope you have a great week!!!
love,
Elder Brad "the beast" Rigby
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Just a quick summary for you all from the telephone call we had with Brad on Mother’s Day.
He sounded really, really good. He is so happy as a missionary. He is learning a lot about life and his testimony is growing. He is trying hard to be the best missionary he can. He loves being with his current companion and is concerned that there is a chance of them being separated on this Thursday’s transfer because they may open two more Spanish-speaking areas in the mission and will need to switch things around to staff the new areas. He keeps in contact with several of his friends that are serving missions. It is good for them to see the differences and similarities they each have to face in their respective missions.
Lincoln is a more difficult area than Omaha. They have to work harder to find people in Lincoln because there is not a specific area where the Hispanic live, like in Omaha. The branch is small and struggles, so a lot of the missionaries’ efforts are put into reactivation of church member who have stopped going to church.
The recent convert, Fidel, is still feeding his addictions and not doing well. Hector, the boy they were teaching, has not contacted them and hasn’t quit some of his habits. They are holding off on teaching him until he shows more commitment. They keep working to try and find their next baptism.
Brad is excited for the upcoming mission conference for the Spanish Speaking missionaries. He hopes to learn more about how to bring the Gospel to the Hispanics.
It was great to talk to Brad. He wishes he could see and hold our new puppies. We miss him, but we love that he is serving the Lord and working hard in Nebraska. May the Lord bless him with success.
- Don & Terri Rigby
So honestly. I really don't know what to write in this letter, because I talked to you guys last night and told you everything. So this may only be a paragraph. Sorry for my blog followers, but I’m all talked out. I look forward to next week! It was soo good hearing from you all! It’s weird to think sometimes that you guys are just at home and I’m not. I don't mind. I just feel like I’m at a football camp for 2 years. And when that’s over, I’ll come home tired and sleep. j/k But not much happened this week that I haven't told. I had my interview with President Kunz. It went really well! We taught people and they didn't come to church. We had a Mother’s Day activity Saturday! Which was really good. Mother’s Day is a huge, huge deal in the Latin culture, plus it was like a Cinco de Mayo celebration too. Which was good. Transfers are this week. I hope I stay with Elder Moore in Lincoln. But we'll see what goes on. We have 2 new missionaries coming in. One of which was supposed to be my companion in the MTC, which will be awkward But yah! Not much more from the capital city here! So yeah. Have a great week and I’ll definitely make up for it next week! I will have a lot to talk about! Thanks for all your love and support for me! I love you all and keep you in my prayers always!
Well. I love you so much. You have no idea. Thanks for everything! You are the best familia in the whole wide world! I mean that! I love you all! I hope you have a great week!!!
love,
Elder Brad "the beast" Rigby
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Just a quick summary for you all from the telephone call we had with Brad on Mother’s Day.
He sounded really, really good. He is so happy as a missionary. He is learning a lot about life and his testimony is growing. He is trying hard to be the best missionary he can. He loves being with his current companion and is concerned that there is a chance of them being separated on this Thursday’s transfer because they may open two more Spanish-speaking areas in the mission and will need to switch things around to staff the new areas. He keeps in contact with several of his friends that are serving missions. It is good for them to see the differences and similarities they each have to face in their respective missions.
Lincoln is a more difficult area than Omaha. They have to work harder to find people in Lincoln because there is not a specific area where the Hispanic live, like in Omaha. The branch is small and struggles, so a lot of the missionaries’ efforts are put into reactivation of church member who have stopped going to church.
The recent convert, Fidel, is still feeding his addictions and not doing well. Hector, the boy they were teaching, has not contacted them and hasn’t quit some of his habits. They are holding off on teaching him until he shows more commitment. They keep working to try and find their next baptism.
Brad is excited for the upcoming mission conference for the Spanish Speaking missionaries. He hopes to learn more about how to bring the Gospel to the Hispanics.
It was great to talk to Brad. He wishes he could see and hold our new puppies. We miss him, but we love that he is serving the Lord and working hard in Nebraska. May the Lord bless him with success.
- Don & Terri Rigby
We are making a tower of cans! Don't worry, We haven't drunk all those cans, our members donated like 40 of them. haha.
We ran out of tp, so we special opsed it, and got some from other missionaries. hahaha
My companion and me being awesome.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
03 May 2010
Yo what’s up!
First off let me give a birthday shout out to my homie COLTON!!!! 12! Wow buddy! You're getting so old. Before you know it, you might be as strong as me. Ha-ha. jk. But I hope you have a great birthday buddy! Enjoy these years. They are good and only come once! K, so that’s super cool that Mimi had some pups! I'm sad I missed that. That would've been so awesome! I hope you guys keep one. Really! Because that would be so awesome! So yeah, this week was kind of up and down again. Don't worry. I'm good. I just hate to see people throw their life away to drugs and stuff. This letter will be a little shorter because I get to talk to you next Sunday and I'd like to save some things to talk about there! Besides, really, we just do the same thing every day. So yeah.
Monday- We exchanged with the ZL's and it was good! We went and taught this one guy, Adam. He's homeless, but he's got a good heart. I talked the entire time. It was good. He said he would come to church or call us. But it’s hard when he doesn't have a phone or house. So we didn't find him the rest of the week. Then after that we taught this way, awesome couple. They want the church, but they work every day, except for Monday's. So it’s really hard to get them to come to church and stuff. But they will read and listen always. Just getting them to come to church is the hard part.
Tuesday - So the ZL was sick all day! So I just studied and stuff until we exchanged back. Boring day. Then we had dinner with Hector, and he told us he smoked again. We're like, “Oh, great....ugh.” So we taught him about that. Then he tells us he's moving to Iowa! We were like....what the heck, man. So we were kind of sad about that. But who knows, he has no car....no money. There is no way. Then after him, we had our correlation meeting. It was a good, long one. It went until like 8. But we have a lot to do these next few weeks of the transfer. We hope we are together another one because we have a lot planned for this place. We are working hard to make this ward functional and get more people to church. So yeah. Not much happened Tuesday.
Wednesday - This day....I think we tracted like all day. We rescheduled with Estefany. Then we had dinner with a way less active. It was really good! I liked it a lot, but yeah. After that, we decided to travel out to Nebraska City for the night and next day. Elder Hudspeth said they had some referrals for us out there! So yeah. Road trip!!! It’s about an hour east of here. It was a fun drive through the rolling green hills of Nebraska. We arrived there and just kind of chilled and talked. Then went to sleep.
Thursday - We woke up, worked out, then hit the streets of Nebraska City! We talked to some Spanish people. Elder Moore went with Elder Routledge. They like talked to the majority of the people. I talked with like 4 people for a little bit. It was cool, I guess. Then we switched and went and saw some English people for them! It was fun, for the day, to be down there with my buddy from Provo! It was a good day. Then at like 4 we came back because we had dinner with Sister Kreber. The sky was crazy looking! We were so waiting for a tornado to come! So we had dinner with Sister Kreber and then we met our ward mission leader and we went and taught this guy Jesus. (Colton it is pronounced like hey-zeus, not like Jesus.) But he is a great guy. We were there for like an hour just chatting. Then we taught a lesson. I guess he lived in Santaquin for like 8 years, but never went to church. So he seemed really interested! But he didn't come to church yesterday. After that, the sky was still crazy! But nothing. So we went to another appointment with a less active. Our ward mission leader just took it away. We looked out the window –thunder, lightning, rain, it was unimaginable. It was awesome. So after that, about 9pm, we had to sprint to our car! It was raining so hard; we just got soaked! Don't worry. I filmed it! Then that night, we just sat on our balcony watching the lightning and listening to the thunder in the dark. It was so awesome! They have some crazy storms out here! It was way sweet, but I didn't get to see a tornado. darn it!
Friday – We woke up to a phone call from Elder Hudspeth. They had 3 tornados! - one in Nebraska City and two on the outskirts of it. I guess the sirens went off, and they were just asleep through it all. We had a good laugh about that. After studies, we went and taught Estefany. She's a former investigator and she's really interested and wants to learn more and more about our church. She is probably moving to Mexico the first of June. But we're going to try to be fast with her. We taught her a great lesson. She had good questions and insights and we taught her about them and she loved it. It was soo good. Then rest of the day we tracted. Then we had an appointment with Hector at like 7. We talked to his mom and she said he doesn't want to get baptized and the move to Iowa and all this stuff. So we finally see him and we start teaching the whole family. The kids are just being disrespectful, but we kept teaching. Then yeah, we just were like, “Yeah, he's not ready for this yet.” So we told him, “Call us when you want to have joy in your life and be baptized.” Then we left. So hopefully that is a wake-up call for him. But yeah, we were pretty sad we had to do that. But sometimes you just got to weed people out who you are wasting time on, so we can find others that are prepared for the gospel. So we were sad that we gave up our only baptism. So then we just went home...
Saturday - I honestly can't remember anything from this day....wait. We taught Gabriel and Jose. They were good, but they were drunk. So we left. And that was all I can really remember. Oh yeah, we found out about Fidel, recent convert, and David. Fidel has gone wayward and yeah. We're done dealing with him. He's high and drunk every day, so we gave up on him. No matter how much we talk to him, it does nothing. So he just needs to hit rock bottom, I guess, before he really notices. And David - his van is gone. So we have no idea. We think he went back to Grand Island. Oh yeah, we went to a birthday party! It was fun. Awkward, but fun. We had cake, hamburgers, and soda.
Sunday - So yesterday pretty much wasn't all that great. We woke up and started giving people calls to come to church. They all had something going on. So we called our ward missionary to give a ride to his room-mate, who is Jesus. He said that he and another member aren't coming. We were like wow! So we studied - while watching the Lincoln Marathon go on! It was right outside our apartment, so we watched it. But then we showed up at church, kind of sad, and we see like 8 members tops. So we had 16 people there yesterday, and 6 of those people were a white family from Utah, visiting the group leader. Bad day... but priesthood was good. This convert taught an awesome lesson. We were so proud of him! After church, we went to go give a blessing to a lady in the hospital. She wasn't a member, and had no idea who we were. We offered to give a blessing or say a prayer and she said, “No, I'm good. (Even though she's almost died 3 times the last week.) It was weird. Then we had dinner at our ward mission leader’s house. It was so good. Biscuits and gravy, carrots, and salad. It was so good! They had their family over and they are moving to Provo, Utah. The dad is from Orem, UT and he went to Mountain View. We had fun there talking with him. He's a good guy. After that, we met the ZL's to give them one of their bikes that had been in our apartment! Then, yeah, we just chilled and went to sleep!
Monday - Today....we're just going to go to the mall and then probably play basketball! We have a home evening activity for the ward. Then we are going to see that family that is only home on Mondays! Not much goes on. Just the normal weekly things! But I love p-day. It’s the best day. We need it for sure.
We just found out we are having a Spanish day on the 15th. We get to meet with some General authorities who will teach us about the work in Spanish. Then we get to do a Temple session in Spanish! Which will be so weird! But its going to be way sweeet!
Well, I think that is it for this week! But hey, I get to talk to you guys on Sunday! Fun stuff!!! I love you so much. The church really is true. Stay true to it and always have the Spirit with you. Don't take for granted all these things because the world will take over you and Satan too. That’s not good. I see it every day out here and it’s really sad that people don't know the truth and all. It’s really sad. So keep going on and be happy! I love you all so much and hope you have a great week!!! Love you all
Love always,
Captain Awesome
First off let me give a birthday shout out to my homie COLTON!!!! 12! Wow buddy! You're getting so old. Before you know it, you might be as strong as me. Ha-ha. jk. But I hope you have a great birthday buddy! Enjoy these years. They are good and only come once! K, so that’s super cool that Mimi had some pups! I'm sad I missed that. That would've been so awesome! I hope you guys keep one. Really! Because that would be so awesome! So yeah, this week was kind of up and down again. Don't worry. I'm good. I just hate to see people throw their life away to drugs and stuff. This letter will be a little shorter because I get to talk to you next Sunday and I'd like to save some things to talk about there! Besides, really, we just do the same thing every day. So yeah.
Monday- We exchanged with the ZL's and it was good! We went and taught this one guy, Adam. He's homeless, but he's got a good heart. I talked the entire time. It was good. He said he would come to church or call us. But it’s hard when he doesn't have a phone or house. So we didn't find him the rest of the week. Then after that we taught this way, awesome couple. They want the church, but they work every day, except for Monday's. So it’s really hard to get them to come to church and stuff. But they will read and listen always. Just getting them to come to church is the hard part.
Tuesday - So the ZL was sick all day! So I just studied and stuff until we exchanged back. Boring day. Then we had dinner with Hector, and he told us he smoked again. We're like, “Oh, great....ugh.” So we taught him about that. Then he tells us he's moving to Iowa! We were like....what the heck, man. So we were kind of sad about that. But who knows, he has no car....no money. There is no way. Then after him, we had our correlation meeting. It was a good, long one. It went until like 8. But we have a lot to do these next few weeks of the transfer. We hope we are together another one because we have a lot planned for this place. We are working hard to make this ward functional and get more people to church. So yeah. Not much happened Tuesday.
Wednesday - This day....I think we tracted like all day. We rescheduled with Estefany. Then we had dinner with a way less active. It was really good! I liked it a lot, but yeah. After that, we decided to travel out to Nebraska City for the night and next day. Elder Hudspeth said they had some referrals for us out there! So yeah. Road trip!!! It’s about an hour east of here. It was a fun drive through the rolling green hills of Nebraska. We arrived there and just kind of chilled and talked. Then went to sleep.
Thursday - We woke up, worked out, then hit the streets of Nebraska City! We talked to some Spanish people. Elder Moore went with Elder Routledge. They like talked to the majority of the people. I talked with like 4 people for a little bit. It was cool, I guess. Then we switched and went and saw some English people for them! It was fun, for the day, to be down there with my buddy from Provo! It was a good day. Then at like 4 we came back because we had dinner with Sister Kreber. The sky was crazy looking! We were so waiting for a tornado to come! So we had dinner with Sister Kreber and then we met our ward mission leader and we went and taught this guy Jesus. (Colton it is pronounced like hey-zeus, not like Jesus.) But he is a great guy. We were there for like an hour just chatting. Then we taught a lesson. I guess he lived in Santaquin for like 8 years, but never went to church. So he seemed really interested! But he didn't come to church yesterday. After that, the sky was still crazy! But nothing. So we went to another appointment with a less active. Our ward mission leader just took it away. We looked out the window –thunder, lightning, rain, it was unimaginable. It was awesome. So after that, about 9pm, we had to sprint to our car! It was raining so hard; we just got soaked! Don't worry. I filmed it! Then that night, we just sat on our balcony watching the lightning and listening to the thunder in the dark. It was so awesome! They have some crazy storms out here! It was way sweet, but I didn't get to see a tornado. darn it!
Friday – We woke up to a phone call from Elder Hudspeth. They had 3 tornados! - one in Nebraska City and two on the outskirts of it. I guess the sirens went off, and they were just asleep through it all. We had a good laugh about that. After studies, we went and taught Estefany. She's a former investigator and she's really interested and wants to learn more and more about our church. She is probably moving to Mexico the first of June. But we're going to try to be fast with her. We taught her a great lesson. She had good questions and insights and we taught her about them and she loved it. It was soo good. Then rest of the day we tracted. Then we had an appointment with Hector at like 7. We talked to his mom and she said he doesn't want to get baptized and the move to Iowa and all this stuff. So we finally see him and we start teaching the whole family. The kids are just being disrespectful, but we kept teaching. Then yeah, we just were like, “Yeah, he's not ready for this yet.” So we told him, “Call us when you want to have joy in your life and be baptized.” Then we left. So hopefully that is a wake-up call for him. But yeah, we were pretty sad we had to do that. But sometimes you just got to weed people out who you are wasting time on, so we can find others that are prepared for the gospel. So we were sad that we gave up our only baptism. So then we just went home...
Saturday - I honestly can't remember anything from this day....wait. We taught Gabriel and Jose. They were good, but they were drunk. So we left. And that was all I can really remember. Oh yeah, we found out about Fidel, recent convert, and David. Fidel has gone wayward and yeah. We're done dealing with him. He's high and drunk every day, so we gave up on him. No matter how much we talk to him, it does nothing. So he just needs to hit rock bottom, I guess, before he really notices. And David - his van is gone. So we have no idea. We think he went back to Grand Island. Oh yeah, we went to a birthday party! It was fun. Awkward, but fun. We had cake, hamburgers, and soda.
Sunday - So yesterday pretty much wasn't all that great. We woke up and started giving people calls to come to church. They all had something going on. So we called our ward missionary to give a ride to his room-mate, who is Jesus. He said that he and another member aren't coming. We were like wow! So we studied - while watching the Lincoln Marathon go on! It was right outside our apartment, so we watched it. But then we showed up at church, kind of sad, and we see like 8 members tops. So we had 16 people there yesterday, and 6 of those people were a white family from Utah, visiting the group leader. Bad day... but priesthood was good. This convert taught an awesome lesson. We were so proud of him! After church, we went to go give a blessing to a lady in the hospital. She wasn't a member, and had no idea who we were. We offered to give a blessing or say a prayer and she said, “No, I'm good. (Even though she's almost died 3 times the last week.) It was weird. Then we had dinner at our ward mission leader’s house. It was so good. Biscuits and gravy, carrots, and salad. It was so good! They had their family over and they are moving to Provo, Utah. The dad is from Orem, UT and he went to Mountain View. We had fun there talking with him. He's a good guy. After that, we met the ZL's to give them one of their bikes that had been in our apartment! Then, yeah, we just chilled and went to sleep!
Monday - Today....we're just going to go to the mall and then probably play basketball! We have a home evening activity for the ward. Then we are going to see that family that is only home on Mondays! Not much goes on. Just the normal weekly things! But I love p-day. It’s the best day. We need it for sure.
We just found out we are having a Spanish day on the 15th. We get to meet with some General authorities who will teach us about the work in Spanish. Then we get to do a Temple session in Spanish! Which will be so weird! But its going to be way sweeet!
Well, I think that is it for this week! But hey, I get to talk to you guys on Sunday! Fun stuff!!! I love you so much. The church really is true. Stay true to it and always have the Spirit with you. Don't take for granted all these things because the world will take over you and Satan too. That’s not good. I see it every day out here and it’s really sad that people don't know the truth and all. It’s really sad. So keep going on and be happy! I love you all so much and hope you have a great week!!! Love you all
Love always,
Captain Awesome
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