It's been another week. Before I know it the two years will have passed and I won't know where they've gone. I'm liking what I've seen of Arlington so far. It was Stake conference this last weekend, so I still haven't met a lot of the ward. It seems like an awesome ward though.
My companion and I are getting along great. We are serving as co-seniors, witch means that we are both experienced enough that President doesn't want either of us to feel less important and be called a junior companion. Elder Stuart is a very good obedient missionary. When he was growing up he had quite a few health issues, and his parents have taken it pretty easy on him. Sometimes he is a bit socially awkward, but he has a great heart. He is pretty reserved, so it is giving me an opportunity to grow a lot. I just do most of the talking. He is from a family of 4 children two of which were adopted. His parents have been very successful and they own a very large home.
We have two other Elders serving in our area as well. Elder Togogae and his Greenie (new missionary) Elder Misustin. It has been a lot of fun. We have been meeting up and knocking doors around each other so that we can keep track of what has and hasn't been done easier.
The work is a little slow at the moment, but we are working hard to get it turned around. We are only working with a few people, but the ones I've met seem semi-promising. We have an investigator named Frank who is a very active Roman Catholic. The missionaries found him a year ago, and they have met with him on and off for a long time. He is a very intelligent guy, and seems to know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that Joseph Smith is a prophet. He is having a hard time letting go of his deep Catholic roots. I hope that I'll know how we can help him best.
We visited Mike, the guy I met with last week. It was great. He had kept his commitments and had read from the Book of Mormon. He gave me a bit of a scare. He said he had done some research on the internet about Mormons, and said that he had to go get something. I thought for sure that he had run into some anti-Mormon material and was going to have some very deep doctrinal questions. But he had a paper where he had written down some of the things he had reasearched. I'm not sure if he is super interested, but he is at least very curious. If he continues to keep the commitments that we leave with him, I know that God will answer his prayers and he will know that the message we share is true.
I'm loving life. The mission is hard work, but I'm having a lot of fun while I am at it.
Love Elder Rindlisbacher
I love you all. Let my siblings know I would love to hear from them.
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