May 10, 2010

Dear Family,

Well it was great to hear from you all yesterday! Everyone sounded so good! Man i think that is the first time that i have called home and almost everyone was there! It was great. That is the last time i call home though on my mission... Weird. haha Welll i know told ya pretty much everything last night about how everything was, but i just wanted to tell you guys that i got a phone call from President McConkie this morning and he asked me to train another brand new missionary straight from the MTC again. Yikes. I dont feel like im very good at training.. but i guess i must be doing something right, this is the third time... oh man, well i get to go pick him up on wednesday from Columbia and bring him back here to Greenville. Im excited though cause training is fun in ways, i get to be with these young guys that are so anxious and excited and it pumps you up so much. I know im going to be able to learn so very much from this new missionary and the biggest thing is just i need to love him, and show him the way to see miracles in the mission. This work is so great. Im still going to be a Zone Leader but im just training a new missionary as well. Lots of stress eh? haah Im going to miss Elder Allred though. He is such a good kid, we got along so well, sure there would be rough times but we loved eachother and respected eachother and helped eachother. Man im gunna miss him. But thank you all so very much for all you do. I love you guys so much, it was great to hear from ya it pumped me up to go out and find families to baptize and bring into the gospel! I will talk to you all next week and tell ya all about my new companion, pray for him and us that we will see success.

Love always,

Elder Riding