Answer to Brother Humble's Prayer

You are probably wondering why you didn't receive an email this week. Well here's the story. It is the morning of Prep-Day (Preparation Day). After a thorough cleaning of the apartment, we decided we'd get our emailing and shopping done first thing so we could go and play with our district. When we got downstairs and into our care we turned the key and "click" "click" "click" -- dead battery. After about an hour of runnin' around like a chicken with it's head cut off we got a jump and headed to the store. After arriving back at home we drove to the library which was conveniently closed until the fifth. So we were like, "No problem, we'll email from the apartment office."  When we got back we logged on. I got on first. No email yet, so I let Elder Whittier go. He wrapped it up pretty fast, and then people were waiting to use the computer. So we decided to try later. Later  rolled around and we went back to the office. After waiting for a guy, I hopped on. I typed in the URL and pressed enter. It loaded sooooo slow. After multiple attempts and about 15 minutes I decided it wasn't worth the stress it was causing. So, I resolved to write by hand this week.

This week was an awesome week. We had some really cool experiences, and got a new mission president.

We have very limited miles because we are in a bike area but have a car. It was the end of the month and we had almost no miles left so we rode bikes this week. Part of a hurricane hitting the coast sent some storms this way so the weather was crazy this week. It rained and poured on Monday and the rest of the week has been a mix of rain when the clouds are over us and hot when they aren't.

Last Friday we decided to go visit Brother Humble. He has one of the strongest testimonies I've ever heard. He is active in his calling, and participates in everything at church. Brother Humble is just not baptized. For years he has struggled with an addiction to cigarettes. Last week we had visited him while on exchange and talked to him about quitting. He has the desire, but is scared of failure and doesn't want a lot of help. We were going by Friday to drop off pictures of Christ's baptism to remind him of his goal. When we knocked on the door he answered. He looked surprised but excited to see us. he invited us in. After visiting for awhile he began to tear up. He explained to us that his daughter was having a rough time and needed a blessing. He didn't have home teachers right now and didn't know who to call. He decided to pray. He told us that he asked Heavenly Father to send priesthood holders. When he got off of his knees he heard a knock at the door. It was us. We gave his daughter a blessing and then him a blessing. Having such a direct confirmation that I'm doing the Lord's work was amazing.

Saturday was also great. We baptized a girl named Mikaylah. She is 14. We're now trying to teach her parents. They have testimonies, especially her mom, but they aren't married and aren't living the Word of Wisdom.

On Wednesday we had a Meet the President meeting. President Sagers and his family seem like great people. He has a 16 year old son and 19 year old daughter with him. He told us we were allowed to talk to his daughter but that was it! He spent 25 years working for CES (Church Education System) and is very well acquainted with the scriptures. President Thurston was very business oriented and number focused. It seems like President Sagers focus will be to make us all better teachers. I'm excited to get to know him better.

I love the Lord. I know I'm doing His work. I know the atonement is real and I love teaching people about it.

I love y'all very much.

Love,

Elder Rindlisbacher

P.S.  Whether you think you can or your can't, you're right.