Well this week has been a really good week to say the least. I gave you the account of what happened last week with the temple and afterwards was really great!! We had a few appointments that were no shows so we filled in the time meeting new people. We met this guy who felt like he was outcasted by the community. We told him that people are imperfect and that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is meant to help fill in that empty feeling of his. It was really neat talking with him.
On Wednesday we spent a lot of our day trying to meet new people. We tracted down a street and over to another one and we got talking with a lady for almost 3 hours!! It was crazy long!! Luckily enough she had shade so it wasn't too bad. It was amazing to see how she's been looking and looking for something a little more religious in her life. But she wouldn't take what we had to offer. It was sad, but she has her choice. We then walked a little further and met a few Hispanics which was really awesome. One of them was flat and not interested with us. Another was a little hesitant, but accepted a copy of the Book of Mormon in Spanish. Pretty neat. After our dinner, we went and had a great lesson with one of our other investigators. We went over the baptismal questions with them to see where they were in their understanding of things that we have taught. We later went over the Plan of Happiness again cause she was confused about something. It helped as we had a member there with us to explain things. It was really neat.
Thursday, what a day... We had the famous weekly planning session and it was really good. We got a call from the Zone Leaders as we were starting it asking us if we had finished transferring all of our paper records to digital. We said no and they told us that President has commanded us that it be finished soon. Well, we knew what the next few days were going to be... :'( We started making the transfer over and I was about ready to just kill myself. It was so much!!! We had an appointment at three so we stopped and took a break to mentally prepare ourselves for it. We had a great lesson with this lady and as we taught to her needs, we felt the spirit, and we're hoping she did too. We resumed with records then, onto dinner, then onto a great lesson. We had another lesson with one of our investigators and as sat down with her and figured out what she wanted with meeting with us, the spirit was there. And since that lesson, I've noticed a little change and we are hoping that stays consistent.
Friday we had our weekly meeting and it went smoothly. We came back and proceeded to transfer over records again. I will say, I strongly disliked it, but it's for the benefit of others when we leave this area. The day went on and we had a great lesson towards the night with a family. As we sat down and discussed how this Gospel will bless our lives by living it. Not just merely accepting it, but also living it. It was great to see an atmosphere where the spirit was. I'm truly excited to see how this family progresses.
Saturday was a packed day. We did some service for one of our investigators in the morning. Tilling the ground. Fun, but hurtful. We then helped out a member before a lesson set up a pool. We had our two investigators there helping out too and it was really cool. We had a good lesson there and then we took off to go and meet a future missionary to go out with him on visits. We had an appointment, but they weren't there. So we ended up walking around for a bit and we met this really cool guy. He was out walking with his dog and we got to talking for a while. He's pretty accepting of any religion. Pretty cool guy. We then tried some more names and came up with nothing. We then started asking the member we were with if he knew some people and we started going through some names. After that we did our studies and went to dinner. Started to rain with thunder and lighting and it was kinda scary to see. We met with a really cool family afterwards and go to know them. Really nice people. We then met with another family and started talking with them. Really good people here in Buhl.
Sunday what a great day. Had church and it is always good. We had a ton of meetings early in the morning though so we were kinda exhausted there. We had good meetings at church. After church, we helped a guy unload a washer and a dryer and then load up some old ones. It was pretty fun. Did our studies like normal, and had a great dinner. Following dinner, we had a great lesson too! We taught this little girl the Gospel of Jesus Christ and she was just absorbing everything, along with her mom who is a member. It was so marvelous to see her absorbing all of it. We then tried some other things, but we had to exchange for some exchanges with the good old Zone Leaders.
Monday was a good grind. The Zone Leader and I went out finding new people. We met a lot of new faces and got to talk with a lot of people. We met some really good people and got a few return appointments from just talking on the doorstep. Really awesome. We then had a sporatic service opportunity come up and we helped out a lady move in. It was pretty dang awesome. Jammed my thumb, but it was the only wound we all walked away with. We then had dinner and after dinner, went right back to finding new people. We were able to meet with a family that the Zone Leader had been teaching in his area. It was pretty cool to see him help me connect with them. It was awesome!!
So as with every week so far here in Buhl, it has been awesome!! I have not regretted a single minute of any day here in this area. It has just been blessed!! I do miss Rupert, but I'm loving Buhl. I can't wait to see a Spanish Branch here again. It will happen. Whether in my time or the next, it will. I love you all and I miss you all!! Hope things are all good for everybody back home!! This week will be awesome and I will be back to writing on Monday next week. I almost forgot to mention, this is the last week of the Transfer and transfers will be happening next week. I'm fairly certain I'll be staying here for the rest of my mission, but who knows. Maybe my dream of going back to Boise will come true (lol). Love you all!! Take care!!
Elder Ruesch
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