A New Mission President

     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), and 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 down stairs and into our car we turned the key and "click" "click" "click" --- dead battery. After about an hour of running around like a chicken with it's head cut off we hot 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 so 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 in 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 really 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 participated 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 Chris'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 a while 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 Makaylah. 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 the 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 very 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 you can't, you're right.