Week 90 - It's Getting Hot Outside (7/16/2018)

Mowing a lawn

Well this week has been way too eventful!! Started out really good this past week with all the things we had on Monday!! Great Preparation Day as always! Had some good sports and we played this game called silly ball. Baseball with a tennis ball and a tennis racket and you run the opposite way. Had some really great contacts and we even performed some service for a family. Best part of the day was when we took our car into Ford to get it fixed!!!!................ And they told us they couldn't fix it cause the guy that can, quit! They told us our best luck would be in Burley! Well a trip to Burley here we go!

Tuesday we had a quick service project and we tried some people before we made the drive to Burley. Got there safe and sound and gave Ford our car. Took them awhile on the car, but they came back and told us that our Turbo was very well damaged and a whole bunch of other things that they fixed. So they were going to overnight the part and have it ready for us on Wednesday. By a miracle, we caught a ride with another set of Elders that were down in the area dropping stuff off to take us to Twin and we caught a ride with the Spanish Elders back into Jerome. Replanned our day, jumped on back and away we went! Had an awesome appointment with one of our families which was fantastic!! We then biked to the church for a correlation meeting and we then got a ride to go see someone. Didn't catch them home so we got dropped off at a gas station and we biked to see visit a referral. Met the family and wow can they talk. I think we only said like 20 words the entire time.

Fence we helped set up

Wednesday was a good day. Had a District Council meeting in Jerome which was good. We then had a good lunch. Then we made a quick call to the Ford dealership to see what progress they've made. Part didn't arrive yet so we went to our next appointment which was singing for the old folks. Really good time there. We got dropped off at the house and we figured things out, called Ford, and rearranged our schedule for things. Got picked up for a baptismal interview. Had dinner. And then went biking and visited with some families.

Thursday. What a day that was. We started our weekly planning and stopped halfway to unload a food truck. Got it all unloaded and we were tired and sore. Our arms hurt! We then finished our weekly planning session and got a hold of Ford to see what was up with our car. They told us that it was finished and we asked if they could send someone to come and pick us up in Jerome and bring us to Burley. They sent someone for us and we waited for them. Did a little studying and weekly planned some more. They came and got us and took us to Burley. Had a good conversation with the driver. Got our car and made the drive back to Jerome. Got their just in time to pick up dinner and then head to our 7:00. Had a good lesson and after that we started to review everything and then we got told our tire pressure was low so we went and got some air in it. Car probs

Cool photo I saw at the Ford dealership

Friday was another good day. Went to Shoshone for another District Council Meeting and we exchanged and I went to Gooding. That place is pretty small. Had some really good productive things that night which was awesome!! Had a really good appointment to close the night with!

Saturday we did some contacting and that was pretty fun. Then we drove to Wendell to exchange back. It was cool hearing how Elder Tauanu'u exchange went. We then did a little blitz with the Wendell Elders and that was really fun too! Came back to Jerome and we did some things and tried some people and appointments which was hectic and fun. Good night to say the least.

Sunday. Came and it went.. Had a lot of church and a lot of meetings. I was super tired. Helped one of the members push a car out of his driveway. Had our studies. Dinner. Went to an appointment and the guy wasn't there. We tried to catch some other people and the first one we tried we were able to catch them. It was super good timing too. Had a really good conversation with them. We then saw another guy which was awesome and we finished the night with one of our Bishop's talking about the work and what we could do to help out the ward.

Really good week this week! Also got a letter in the mail from the mission... I about cried when I got the letter. They were just reminding me that I go home soon. It's so weird to think that I go home soon. I still got time, but not a lot of time left. It's weird... Well, I love you all and I miss you all!! Hope you have a great week!!

Elder Ruesch