September 7, 2010

Got to go to the Temple last week

Dear Family,

Man quite the exciting news! Grandma is getting married! Man im excited for her though. As long as he treats her good iam happy! Man in only a few weeks though. Andale! Pues todo esta muy bien aqui en Carolina de Sur, La obra siga bastante bien. Hay mucha gente que El Senor esta preparando para nosotros para ensenar. La hermana Rosales y su Familia vinieron a la iglesia otra vez. Les gusto mucho. Invitamos a su esposo Heber a bautizarse y dijo que si se iba a preparar a bautizarse pero Fuimos alla el domingo en la tarde y tratamos de fijar una fecha pero El nos dijo que ya se habia bautizado una vez y para que bautizarse otra vez. Pero andamos trabajando con El con eso, pero yo se que el se va a bautizar. They are a real cool family who have come along way We just need to help him realize the importance of the gospel and it being restored, he doesnt understand that really. He needs to hear the Plan of Salvation and how he can be with his family forever but he needs to be part of the church and that this is Christ's only church. Also this last week we went to the Temple! I hope you got the Pics that i forwarded to you from Sister McConkie! We got to go as an entire zone it was real cool! And also because the temple here is a little small some of us got to do baptisms for the dead! Usually missionaries dont do them but we got speacial permission from President and me and 9 other missionaries got to do them so we all got to baptize and be baptized. It was really cool. I for reall the first time doing them was really thinking about the people and how long some of them had been waiting just to have that chance! It was really cool. I love the temple, you just really can feel heaven on earth. The Spanish branch is going to the Temple in a few weeks and so we are helping prepare some of the recent converts to get to go. This last week was great. We are working hard and sacrificing so that we can be blessed. We usually dont take dinner just so that we can have more time to go and teach or knock doors. I know that the Book of Mormon is true, it teaches the truth about the Plan of Salvation, we are children of God. People need to know that. I too really want to go to the Spanish Branch when i get home, i wanna be with my people, and keep the Spanish work going. I love these people so much, I gotta go though im sorry we gotta go out and work. We didnt feel too much from the hurricane i heard about it but nothing to big, its starting to cool off in the mornings which is nice, but i still sweat my buns off during the day. haha Well I love you guys so much. Your the best ever.

Love,

Elder Riding