Wow... this week has flown by again.... Last week on Monday was pretty dang cool! We went on a hike to Ketchum and it was beautiful! Breath Taking scenery!! Got home a little late, but we made it back to Jerome. It's a long drive!! Had a good night with a good lesson and some good contacting!
Tuesday, was a little day of panic. We were trying to figure out plans for an appointment that we had later that day and it was a struggle of trying to find a family that could be there with us. We tried so many and we couldn't find anyone. We prayed about it and we were led to text one more family. Within minutes they responded to us!! It was a miracle and a huge blessing!! We got plans all set and we went to work. We decided to bike and it was a good bike ride. It was pretty fun! Had a great lesson that night with one of our Recent Converts and dang she continues to amaze us!! It's awesome!! Oh we also got transfers and I will admit, I was in panic cause I heard that there was going to be 6 Spanish Visa Waiters coming in. I didn't want to be transferred. The Lord kept me in Jerome though and hopefully I'll finish my mission here.
Wednesday was quite a day as well. We had to push some things back because we had to do some errands and some things but it all worked out. Had some great time trying to contact some people and things like that. We went and sang at an old folk home which was fun. We then went and got some goodbye shakes which was pretty fun. We then went contacting and did some inviting to the Stake Pioneer Celebration and it was fun going out and inviting. The best part of the day thought was at night when we came back to the church building to update our records. One of the families that we are working with, GOT MARRIED!!! It was so awesome to see that!! We were pretty stoked!!
Thursday was the great miraculous transfer day!! We had some more errands to do that morning so we missed out on our weekly planning. Luckily we did it Friday. We went to Twin for Transfers and it was great seeing familiar faces and seeing all the missionaries. We came back pretty late and we just went to work! We tried contacting so many people and finding that it was ridiculous. We got to work though. We had a good lesson that evening with someone and it was amazing to see him change a bit. It was really neat!
Friday is when we started our weekly planning. We got part way through it and in between helping out missionaries with things. We went and did some service at the Food Pantry which is always really fun. We then came back and did some helping out with missionaries and getting phone calls. Did some study and we left and had dinner. We then went and tried contacting some people and had some luck here and there... Did some service for a family and that was pretty fun.
Saturday was a good day. I loved it. We got ready and we went to the church and tried to do some studies. As we were in our studies, the Spanish Elders asked for our help with their baptism. We helped them out and we tried to figure out some things. We would go back and forth in helping them out. We went back to our studies and they came in and asked if I could be on standby to play the piano and they also dropped that Harold Posadas and Miguel Marin were there! I got so excited that I booked it to see my former companions!! It was a huge miracle for me!! I missed serving with those two!! Talked with them and got some photos and we took off to go try people. Correlated with our Ward Mission Leader, went and tried some more people. Finally caught someone that we've been trying to meet with. Helped out the Spanish Elders again cause one of them locked their phone in a room that we only have a key for. We then did some more errands and then had the pioneer day celebration. They called upon us to serve food and it was some really good food! Loved it all!! It was a good event.
Sunday came and it was gone too quickly. Got up and left around 8 to go drop some things off then went to the church to plan and wait for our meetings. We were there from 8:15-3:20. Long day. Saw Harold and Miguel again which was cool!! Had another correlation meeting with another one of our Ward Mission Leaders and it was so cool to see how ready he is to work. Had an appointment at 4 and then dinner right after. One of the boys at dinner knew how to speak Spanish and we had a really good conversation. We were the only ones he knew what we talked about and it was so fun!! We did some planning for our week and for a discussion that we will have with one of our wards next week about missionary work. It was pretty cool. Got a lot of planning in with our Bishop and his counselors.
It was a really good week this week and it flew by. Time for sure is definitely running low for me. It scares me at times. Well I love you all and a special Happy Birthday to my Mom today!! I love you all and I miss you all!! Take care and enjoy your week!!
Elder Ruesch
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