Week 59 - Smartphones??? Say What??? (12/11/2017)

Zone Conference

So this week has been really crazy, really tiring, and diligent. Being here in Rupert and just working with pure Spanish is hard, but I love it. The hard thing is getting them to commit to a return appointment. It's difficult, but we'll figure something out. So we worked pretty hard Monday night and we were able to get into one door and have dinner with this family that I have been trying to get in since I came to the area. It was very nice to finally get to know them. We pretty much ended there and that was that. 

Zone Conference

Tuesday we had a surprise meeting that Elder Castellano and I had to go to Twin for. We were kinda confused but when we got there, everything made sense. We worked hard before leaving to try and meet with some people, but no avail. Went to the meeting and we were in a 4 way Skype call with Missionaries in Boise, Salt Lake IT Department for the Church, and someone who is assisting role out technology for our mission. It was crazy as we got the whole spill down and how this will work. We are getting Smartphones. Pretty cool. Beats having this old slide phone for sure. We then came back to our area and tried meeting with some people, but had to reschedule a lot of those visits. 

Zone Conference

Wednesday we had Zone Conference and that is when our Mission President publicly announced that we are getting Smartphones. Everyone was cheering for joy. It was crazy. We had a really good program of Christmas songs and people playing the piano. It was really awesome to hear all of it. We came back to our area and tried to see some people,but no one was home! It was so weird. We then called it as it was getting pretty late into the night (I promise I'm in when I need to be in).

Elder Silva and I

Thursday was such a hard working day. We planned out exchanges with Malta Elders and then planned out our week and day, then got to work. We had a lot of closed doors and no one wanting us to come in. Luckily we found some service and helped a lady move out. We were gonna help her move in, but we got a call from the mission office saying that a set of Elders was getting evicted from their home. So we had to find a place for them to live and they are now living with us. It's pretty fun! 

Friday we had exchanges with Malta and I stayed in Rupert and came with Elder Silva who is from Peru.
He's an awesome Elder!! We worked hard. We went to Heyburn cause we also cover that and we met a really nice lady who is a member, but has fallen away a little, but she invited us to come back which is always a good sign. We worked hard and we didn't see a lot of success, but we saw a lot of growth for sure as we diligently worked at it. 

Zone Conference

Saturday came and we went to Almo for the Baptism of a family that I taught in Elba. It was so great to see them get baptized and see them later in a year get sealed as a family for all of time and eternity. It was really touching. We exchanged and Elder Castellano and I made the drive back to Rupert and it was such a pretty drive. I don't have any pics cause I was driving, but wow it looked incredible. We then got to work and tried a lot of people. Fell a little sick as the day carried on. Took some medicine and it knocked us both out. Right when we got up we went back to work. Stayed diligent still to nothing. 

Sunday... wow it was long! Elder Castellano was so sick, but he was a trooper. We went to four sacrament meetings and two of them were for retirement homes. It was pretty nice. Got to play the piano and a special musical number that I wrote up. It was awesome. After the fourth sacrament meeting I could tell Elder Castellano was dying. We came back home and he took medicine that knocked him out. I studied for the time he was knocked out. We tried some people and still nothing. Got some things planned out for today and worked till it was time to come in. 

This week has been exciting, but as I said in the beginning, those things as well. Well I love you all and I hope you have a great week this week!! 

Elder Ruesch Sosa