My Missionary Life

Texas is humid. It got up into the 80's yesterday I think and it felt like 100. It was pretty killer. Before dinner at a members I decided to change my shirt. We ate at the Black's house last night. Brother Black is a pediatric surgeon and lives in a very nice home, but he also lives across the street from an NBA player who plays for the Denver Nuggets. The NBA player's home is huge. From what I hear it is 18,000 sq ft. That is ridiculous.

Mom was asking for a break down of how a regular day goes, so here it is. We wake up at 6:25 and are out the door at 6:30 for 30 minutes of exercise. Then from 7-8 we have time to eat breakfast and shower and get dressed. At 8 o'clock we hit the books for an hour of personal study. Then at 9 we have a companion study, where we talk about what we studied during personal study, recite something, read from the white handbook, and then role play teaching situations. We head out the door at 10 and teach and find until 9 or 9:30pm except for an hour at lunch and dinner.

On preparation day, every Thursday, our morning routine is the same except that after studies we spend 30 minutes cleaning the apartment. Then we have from 10:30 until 6pm to take care of all of our preparations. We usually have some sort of physical activity, shop, laundry, email, write letters, and listen to music other than Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I am usually quite tired after a p-day.

I still don't know a ton of people in the ward, but the people I have met are really a great group. We cover a part of a place called Dalworthington Gardens witch is a super nice area. We also cover a place called Stop 6 which is super ghetto.

We haven't been teaching a ton yet, but it is slowly picking up. We are finding more and more people through tracting, but it feels really slow. I see the Lord blessing us as we strive to work harder and be obedient. President Thurston interviewed us this week and let me know that our area has enough work for one set of Elders, but sometimes not enough for two. I hope that isn't a hint that I will be transferred next transfer, but if that is the case it wont kill me.

The mail dry spell has ended. Aside from immediate family, it had been 8 weeks since I had gotten mail. I got an email from Kyle and it sounds like the weather is crazy where he is as well. He is getting snowed on right now. I'll take the heat over the cold any day.

Love, Elder Rindlisbacher

Sunday is Mothers Day!! I will call at 4pm my time, or 2pm for y'all I think. I am very excited to visit with y'all. Last phone call was not long after I had left, and there wasn't a ton to talk about. I will have no more than 40 minutes to visit with y'all and I plan on being obedient.