April 19, 2010

Dear Family,

How are you doing? How was everybody's week? Man i had a great week. First off i got to go on exchanges with the assistants this past week, so i went to Columbia on tuesday, i was on exchanges with Elder Hepworth, We worked in my old area in Windsor Lake we even got to go see some of my old investigator's that are being taught the gospel again and are going to be getting baptized here pretty soon! Man i was so excited to get to go see them and happy that they were getting baptized. There name's were Frankie and Rosa. Then that night i got to go back to Camden for a little bit and teach this hispanic family that we taught Elder Hepworth and i together, and just before our appt that night i was like can we go see someone... and he was like can you make it quick? i said yeah! So we went to go visit Sister Helen Bush. We just pulled up and there were a bunch of people outside and i knocked on the door and her grandaughter answered and was like "your Back?!" haha Then Sister Bush yells out...' Is that my baby? Is that my Baby???" then i walk in and she is just a grinning and smiling! she was so excited she then says come here and give me a hug.... And we arent supposed to but she just grabs me and then gives me a BIG SMOOCH on the cheek! haha And guess what she was doing before i had knocked on the Door?? She was reading her scriptures and studying getting ready for the Sunday school lesson on Sunday! Man she is so awesome. She said she missed me so much i missed her too! She was so happy, she said that she recently found out that she has parkinson's disease. She is such a sweetheart. Man it truly made my day to see her and know that she is still going to church and says she is there every sunday an hour and a half early. haha Then we went and visited the hispanic family, Fernando and Carla are there names and i love them too so it was a great day, i felt like it was my birthday or something. haha Then I had Zone leader meetings this week and then our baptism! It was so great we had a great baptism Vicki is so strong. We had a little church tour thursday after she was interviewd and there was another inv there too and Vicki starts to pretty much give the tour around the church and bear testimony and ivite her to church with us she is so awesome! My son Elder allred got to baptize her. The baptism was alittle stressful though cause the other elder's in the branch were baptizing to at the same service but there investiagtor got ,mad and at the last minute didnt want to get baptixed, but then finally wanted to so we had to change the program a bunch of times..!! Yikes it was crazy. But all wa great! Well man sounds like all is great i love you guys so much. Keep being amazing and setting the great example for me. How is work for everyone? Is Grandma feeling better? Man Ryan Weimer comes home soon? WOW! Time flies everyone is going home, stinks for them i get to stay out longer... haha jk. Happy birthday Jon Collins as well! Im pretty sure its soon or just happened, Im not good with that stuff. But know that i love you and am giving it my all. Have a great week.Love you

Love,

Elder Riding