Well another 6 weeks has flown by. Last Saturday we got our transfer call. Both Elder Whittier and I will be staying in the Fossil Ridge ward. I think I'm a bit more excited than he is. He has served here for 4 and a half months and by the end of the transfer it will be 6. That's a quarter of the mission. After we got the call we had a talk about the few little things that we could do in order to make this next transfer a little better. Perfection is a process and we're not done yet.
At the beginning of the transfer we baptized a young man by the name of X-Zavier. He had been staying with his grandparents who are recent converts. The day after his baptism he moved to his mom's for the summer and we weren't able to have him confirmed. This week his grandma let us know that he would be over that Saturday. So we took him and played basketball at the church and had a little chat. We invited him to church the next day, and asked if there was anything we could do to help him get there. He showed up and was confirmed. It was great. It felt great to know that the ordinance we had performed was complete.
Last Friday I had a really neat experience. I was preparing my backpack for the day. I noticed I had my camera in it and I thought, "Great, I want to have a picture with the family that we are visiting." Then, I had the distinct feeling that I needed to take it out of my bag and keep it in the apartment for the day. We went and made our visits, and then we started heading home. We decided to wrap up some tracting (door to door work) that we had started earlier. Then it started to rain, and rain, and rain. It was probably the hardest rain I've seen, and we were 2 miles from the apartment. We hopped on our bikes and headed back. The passing cars splashed waves over our heads and at one point we were up to mid calf in the water while peddling. I had a blast. Upon arriving home I noticed that everything in my bag was soaked. It helped me realize that the Lord is protecting me. It was awesome.
Our teaching pool has dried up quite a bit, but we have a few investigators that are progressing well. We are teaching the grandson of a member of the ward. This week we left him with a soft baptismal commitment that he agreed to. We are also working with the sister of a recent convert. This week we showed her The Restoration DVD. Afterward we asked her what she thought and she told us it was amazing. It was great.
Elder Whittier and I also have a challenge going this transfer. We are seeing who can loose the most weight. We weighed in on Tuesday and we will weigh in every week until the transfer is over. Whoever has lost the most amount by the end of the transfer will get to keep the scale that we bought. Also the looser has to buy the winner a ticket to Disneyland when we get home. We are both excited. I think it will be fun.
I love y'all keep on keepin on
Love
Elder Rindlisbacher
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