February 16, 2010

Hey Y'all,

Hey is everyone?? WEll as you can see i have a new email address. The church has upgraded and now we use this email! But souns like another eventful week for yall in AZ! JR is still in Argentina?? WOW that is crazy, perro que chevre que salio con los elderes! WEll this last week as pretty crazy for us here as well. It actually did snow this past week, on Friday we had a little snow storm here! it ws way cool, i had never really been around it when it wcoming down so it was fun to have that experience, i was excited like a little kid! haha. We also this last friday had like a surprise zone conference with a general authority.... Guess who the general authority was that came??? Elder Walter Gonzalez of the Presidency of the Seventy!!! it was really cool, we got to listen to him speak on friday, it was just our zone and one other zone in the mission. I got to sit on the very front row and when he walked in he walked up and gave only us sitting on the front row a handshake. I felt pretty special... haha It was really cool, he is from Montevideo, Uruguay! he also said he knows President Ashby and said he is great! it was really cool, he has a cool accent too. But he talked alot about how we nd to really use the Book of Mormon in our teaching, and that is something we have applied lately and have really seen success. Also this past week we found out that its transfer time again!!! and guess what...... Im leaving! man i was way sad when i found out i would be leaving Camden. Im going to miss the people here, But president McConkie called me on Monday morning and told me that in my new area im still going to be a zone leader, but on top of that im going to be training a brand new spanish missionary! and going tinto a brand new area not knowing anything about the people or the area. haha Its gunna be crazy. Im going to have my second son, hope he is as good as the first. haha but man i have gotten used to doing work with the americans here and not speaking a lot of spanish that it will be interesting. But im excited! im gunna pray hard the whole time through, please pray for me its gunna be lots of work, but im gunna give it my all, pray for us to have miracles, and to find people to teach. Im pretty sure i will be going into an area whe they have a spanish branch, so im way excited about that. Man this is gunna be a great experience, i get to lead a zone and a new elder, im going to have to rely 120% on the Lord. But everything is going great here, im excited for the future. Man that is awesome that Traci and Clint can already see the Baby! Do they know if its a boy or girl yet? That is sweet about Rebecca, she will be great! Her spanish is proly better than mine! haha Elder clouse is doing great, he is loving it he says out in Montana. Is everything okay back home? I pray always for you all of you! Im sadsay bye to sister bush here in Camden, she was sad when she heard i was leaving, but i told her ill be back in a year for when she goes through the temple! she said im going to work so hard to get there. It would be awesome! I love yall so much, this gospel is true, srevice is the best way we can show our love for others, we need to look for ways to help others and bring them unto christ. I love my savior jesus christ, he has always been there by me, i must always thank him, i love the Book of Mormon, i wanna share it with all so thateveryone knows the blessings that come from it. Let me know if i can do anything for you all. I love you all so dearly, tell everyone hi!

Love,

Elder Riding