Hitting the Wall

Well another week down. You guys in your emails sounded like you were trying to counsel me about staying in the same area with the same companion for another transfer. That's silly. I'm soo excited about it. Elder Whittier is an amazing missionary. We'll probably be friends for life. we are seeing success here in the form of baptisms. I am really enjoying myself for the most part.

Things really are great, but I am at an interesting place in the mission. In three days I will have been out for 8 months. That is a long time and looking back at it, it truly has been a long time. Looking forward I see another 16 months which seems like a considerable amount of time and it worries me a bit. Some people call this point in time the wall. I am currently trying to decide how I will maneuver up, over, under, or around it. I haven't got it figured out yet, but I have not lost hope. Lesser men than I have finished their missions. I can definitely do it. It is just that every once in a while we will hear a Beatles song playing in a passing car and I will want it soo bad.

We had a pretty good week. We are working on getting our teaching pool back up right now. We are really only teaching 2 people that have a real desire to get baptized and sooner than later they will be and then who will we teach?  We we have been tracting (door to door work) a ton and praying harder.

We set a baptismal date with a young man we have been working with named Chris. He is the grandson of some members in the ward. He is excited. We just want to make sure that he has a solid testimony before he gets baptized. He is going on vacation for two weeks and then two Sundays later we will baptize him.

No matter the trials, the Lord's work will roll on. I'm happy to be a part of it.

Love,

Elder Rindlisbacher

P.S. Cassi, if you wreak my GEO I will be very sad. Make sure you know how to drive that manual before you leave this fall. Also remember to keep it well maintained every 4-5 thousand change the oil. I kinda really want it back when I get home. And no silly pink paint or anything.