It's been another quick week. Time flies by and then I can't think of what to write, so... how about the weather. About a week ago it was 70 degrees with a nice breeze and not a lot of clouds in the sky. The next day it was 30ish degrees and it dumped 5 or 6 inches on us that night. The next day it was in the 30s again and no snow, but lots of wind. It then jumped back up to about 60 for a couple of days, and then yesterday it was a warm overcast day until about 5 o'clock and then it started pooring cats and dogs. It rained the hardest I have ever seen for about and hour, and then it just rained regular for another couple of hours. We drove to our dinner appointment in the rain and in one section of road we had water up over our bumper. It was crazy. Today is a pleasant day with a nice breeze and it's nice and warm. I have been told if you don't like the weather in Texas wait 5 minutes because then you might.
We had the traveling AP's (Assistants to the President) up in Gainesville on Sunday. They were probably up here to meet Elder Oaks, but it was really good. They helped us tract and gave us some pointers. One of them had served up here previously and we were able to connect with some of the people who he and his companion had been teaching. I was able to learn a lot from them and we now have a few new investigators.
We also had the special stake conference on Sunday. The stake president, our mission president and his wife, a member of the Seventy, and Elder Oaks spoke. They shared some great words and the spirit was definitely there. Elder Oaks was surprisingly casual, and taught a variety of subjects. He had himself laughing quite a bit. I really enjoyed a story that the Seventy told. When he was young, he and a friend found an industrial dryer barrel out in a field and decided to push it back home. They were going to let neighborhood kids climb in and then push it down the hill and charge a nickle a ride. When they got it to the top of the hill he suggested to his friend to try it out. His friend then told him, "No way. You climb in!" He decided to do so. He climbed in and then his friend pushed him. He said it didn't take long to realize that it was a bad idea, but he had no way of stopping it. He compared it to making poor decisions in out life. Once we decide to do things we cannot avoid the consequences.
I'm loving life. We are working hard and seeing progress in ourselves and our investigators. I love the Lord I know I'm doing his work. Pray for me and all the other missionaries. We make it look easy, but it's not.
Elder Rindlisbacher
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