Well yesterday was transfers. No real surprises. Elder Whittier had served in this area for six months so we knew he'd be going. He is headed to Flower Mound. It is a very rich area up in the Louisville Stake. He was a great companion. Not only did we work hard, but there wasn't a time when we weren't having fun.
We had a weight loss challenge this last six weeks. We were both really good about what we were eating and working out well in the mornings, but we slacked pretty bad in the middle. This last week we tried really hard again. Especially in the last two days. We both almost fasted and then pushed ourselves hard the next morning and sweated it all out before weigh in. I won. I lost 15.2 pounds and he lost 12.6 pounds. We figured that i really lost about 10 pounds and then 5 pounds of water, and Whittier lost about 6 pounds and 7 pounds of water. We had a lot of fun. He owes me a ticket to Disneyland when we get home now. We're going to go on a double date.
My new companion is Elder Walker. He is from Rexburg, ID. He is the youngest in his family. He has 4 sisters and he is an uncle to 8 nieces and nephews. He loved playing basketball and has an offer to play at Salt Lake Community College when he gets home. He seems to be a real fun loving guy and always has a smile on his face. He has been out for a year this week. Weird thing is I'm serving as senior companion and district leader still. President Sagers seems to have a bit of a different style when it comes to transfers. There were quite a few surprises.
Other than that not a lot has changed. We are still working really hard on finding. There are a few people we're teaching and some are progressing well. We met again with a lady last week who was raised Baptist, but because of some unfortunate events chose to be an atheist. Last week she accepted the commitment to pray. I'm excited to see how it goes. The young man named Chris we're been working with after his two week vacation decided that he didn't want to be baptized and has avoided us completely. He had some anti thrown at him, but I think if we could sit down and chat we could answer any of the questions he had. I love this work, but I hate when people will tell lies or twist truths to scare people who we're teaching. We'll keep working and I know that if we're obedient and endure our trials well that we'll see success.
Love Elder Rindlisbacher
PS: Thanks for the letters this last week. I loved seeing the pictures.
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