February 22, 2010

Hey Everybody!

Man i have a got a lot of news for you! well my new son's name is Elder Allred, he is from Las Vegas, and is a great guy. He is learning spanish really quickly actually, im serving with him in Greenville South Carolina in one of the two branches there are in the mission! So yep im in a spanish branch now! Everything is in spanish, cool huh? and guess what else??? Im a biking elder! haha im the very first ever spanish biking elder in the mission. We dont have a car we bike evrywhere! it is so awesome, i have always wanted to be a biking elder before, but being a spanish elder never though ti would be, just because the spanish areas are spread out so much. But here in greenville there is so many hispanics, so its condensed enough so we can be on bikes. Im still a zone leader but the elder's we room with are spanish elder's as well and one of them is a zone leader as well. We are what you call Zone leader companion's but not real companions. But his real companion is a brand new missinary as well. So we are doing our zone leader respinsibilities, and training new missionaries at the same time. Oh and im opening up a brand new area, so i get to start from scratch with nothing. haha No investiagtors, nothing. But we have already seen miracles. First door me and my son knock on we get to teach them and set a baptismal date with them. Then just after that we get a few more investigators. So its awesome lots of responsibility, but i like the calling. Keeps me busy i lose alot of sleep haha. We actually as well are the very first all spanish district which consists of me and my companion, the other zone leader and our district leader and his brand new missionary as well. And we all are assigned to work at the branch. Its awesome i feel like im in Mexico again! im really excited to get to be here in greenville and i have been praying so fervently to have miracles so my son can strt out on his mission just right. Its a sacred priviledge the Lord has given me to get to be here and train a new missionary, this mission will change his life, i have to do all i can to make it the very best for him at first, I feel real inadecuate at times, but i know the Lord will provide the way. my new address is

715 Welcome Ave Ext. #78

Greenville, SC 29611

I love you guys so much and man that is great to hear jr is back in town. Ash good luck at Easter Pageant! Love ya. Man i love you guys so much. This work is so marvelous and it truly changes lives, im a completely different person than i was before i will never forget this experience and the lives it has changed. It was hard to leave Camden and some of the great people behind, but i know this is where the Lord wants me to be. It was hard to say bye to Sister Bush, and the Dent's as well, i love those guy's but i know the Lord needs me somehwere else. Thsi gopsel is true and the Book of Mormon is the word of god! it is a precious gift, we must use it. I love yall so much. Let me know if i can do anything for you. Tell everyone hi for me.

Love always,

Elder Riding