Week 29- Aug 28

Sunday was pretty crazy!  It was really weird to see him but it was really cool! I knew he was going to be in temecula, because I talked with his cousin that lives down here and he said he was coming down. I was really surprised. I was in the front of the chapel talking with some people and I turned around and saw some random guy sitting in my chair looking down reading my scriptures, I noticed the top of his head and I instantly new it was Jeff. Thats awesome that it made your day, did you see the picture? will you email me that picture?

 

   Zone conference was really good, my brain still really hurts from it. We learned so much information, I think I took like 10 pages of notes. President Cook is such a great guy he taught us so much stuff it was incredible. The singing was pretty good, it was really weird doing it for the first time in front of a bunch of people.

 

 So on Friday and Saturday I was on exchanges in a different ward and we were visiting a potential investigator family and while we were talking with the mom her daughter came home, and she had a friend with her. when we were about to leave the friend of the daughter said she had some questions and we stepped outside and talked with her on the front porch. we taught her about the Book of Mormon and about what a "mormon" is and we ended up giving her a Book of Mormon and downloading Gospel Library onto her phone. While all this was happening we were talking about where she lives and come to find out she lives in my area. So we gave her a chapter in the Book of Mormon to read, and we are going to her house tomorrow night to hopefully teach her. It was such a Miracle. It is so amazing how God puts us in the right places at the right times. Last Tuesday night we did a missionary activity for combined Mutual, it was such an awesome night the kids loved being missionaries and learning how to do things that you need to know while youre a missionary. At the end of the night we made pancakes for everyone and we played stump the missionaries. they ended up stumping us 4 to 3 it was pretty disappointing but it was really fun. I dont know if anything has happened with that lady, because shes not in my area, but I hope everything is going well with her, I am going to have to talk to the zone leaders and find out. We have a potential family of 5 that wants to meet with us so we are trying to set something up with them, they are really hard to get a hold of, but we are being persistant and we are going to do it. Our goal is to meet with them sometime the end of this week so hopefully it works out.

 

That is so awesome that austin learned how to wake board! When is the Temple up there being dedicated? That is so crazy that school is already starting, school started down here like 2 weeks ago. are the boys excited to be going back to school? Are you excited to be going back to work? Thank you so much for getting those things for me! Thanks for sending the scotcheroos. Everyone in the apartment really loves them! Did dad get the Birthday card that I sent? Thank you for everything Mom! I Love You!! Have a great week!

 

Love you!

 

Love, Elder RINDLISBACHER

Week 28- Aug 21

I  am doing good! The week has been pretty good, we have been staying busy! work here is starting to pick up which is awesome! Yesterday was a good day, last night we had an entertaining family home evening with the Natters, they are a pretty sweet family. Davis their son did the lesson, and for the lesson we had to toss a ball around and tell the person we threw the ball to something we liked about them, it was pretty funny and he also danced and sang for us. He is a little stud! I got a video of it and I will send it home when my memory card is full. Yesterday afternoon we picked up a new investigator which was awesome, we are finally starting to teach more which is really good for me.

 

     Friday and Saturday I was on exchanges with Elder Risk, my MTC companion. Saturday morning we went Mountain biking with some of his investigators which was a ton of fun! After Mountain biking we exchanged again, so it was an exchange inside of an exchange, and I went with one of the zone leaders because they needed my help fixing some sprinklers for a potential investigator. When they first met this lady she wasnt to nice with them and said she wasnt interested but they asked if she needed any help and she told them that her sprinklers hadnt worked for a good while and they said they could fix them. So we went over there Saturday morning and spent about 3 and 1/2 hours working on the sprinklers and while I was fixing them the companion I was with was talking with her and found out that she has brain cancer and has been struggling and he was prompted to ask if she wanted to receive a blessing when we were done. after we had finished we asked her if she would like one and she said yes. Right when I put my hands on her head she started to cry and feel the spirit, it was so strong it was an awesome experiance to be part of that blessing. after we gave the blessing we asked if she wanted to learn more and she said she had been thinking about that while we were fixing the sprinklers and she said she felt like she should learn so we set up a return appointment and they are going to back and have a lesson with her. It was a miracle day, It was a miracle that we were able to fix them. It was such an awesome experiance, I think that is why I stayed in Temecula another 6 weeks.

 

    Tomorrow is zone conference so we will be heading down to Vista for that. Myself and 3 other elders in my district are singing in the meeting. Its going to be pretty interesting because I have never sang in front of people, I am kind of nervous, but it is going to good.

   Tonight we are going to be a part of the mutual activity, we are making breakfast and the youth are going to play stump the Elder. They are going to be able to stump us pretty easy because I dont know to much, but it is still going to be fun!
Thursday night I taught my first lesson with out a companion, My companion was doing baptismal interviews and I was with a ward missionary, Brother Natter. It was pretty nerve raking, I didnt feel like I knew what I was doing but I just listened to the spirit and followed the lesson plan and it ended up working out great, It was pretty cool to be able to do that, I really enjoyed knowing that I can actually do it. I am pretty sure if I had to do that 6 months ago I would have struggled a lot more, so its really cool to see how much I have grown.

 

   That is so awesome you guys went up to east canyon, has there been a lot of changes up there or is it pertty much the same? When does school start again? are you excited for it? Thats great to hear that grandpa is doing good. How long is he decommissioned? Yes that was a french word, Did you figure out what it means?

 

 Hope you have a great week! Love You Mom!!

 

Love, Elder RINDLISBACHER

 

Week 27- Aug 14

Everything is going great! I am doing pretty well! That is so awesome you had a good birthday that is really good to hear! Yes I did getr my package thank you so much! I am Really anxious to know what President Cook has in store for me, but I have to wait 5 more weeks to find out. That is so crazy that whitney is getting married! And that is so crazy that dani got married! I cant believe it! Thats disappointing that it wasnt in the temple! That is awesome to hear that brit is moving home! That is so crazy that Grandpa has to have surgery! I hope everything goes well I will keep him in my prayers! I dont know when Jordyn is getting baptized.

 

   Well this week has been a good week! Today was our temple trip so we went down to the San Diego Temple, That is such an awesome temple! It is so great to be able to go to the temple, I love it!  This past week has been a pretty busy week. Since Elder Goble is the district leader every transfer he has to go on exchanges with all the Elders in the district so I get to go with their companions. It is a lot of fun to get to work with someone new for 24 hours. was on exchanges Sunday night to Monday night and also Friday night to  Saturday night. We now have a new elder in our apartment. He is from Tahiti and he speaks french, It is pretty awesome! He was with me in my area Friday.

 

  So this past we has been pretty uneventful but very busy, we actually taught a few lessons which was really good. Saturaday morning we had breakfast at the stake presidents house, like we do at the begining of every transfer. Its always fun to get together and talk about what needs to happen this transfer to see success. While we were at his house I found out that he grew up in Riverton so it was pretty cool to get to talk about Riverton with him. Sunday night we had SRG ( scripture reading group) with the youth like we do every Sunday night, but last night we had 2 non members there. After we read and discussed the chapter we were reading I was prompted to ask the youth if they knew what they were feeling and I told them that that was the Holy Ghost. And I guess after one of the non members left him and the guy he was with talked a little and he said that he felt it, he felt the holy ghost and he said he feels it when he prays. And last night we went out to their house and we taught him and ended up picking him up as an investigator which was really awesome! That girl we ended up dropping as an investigator but we are meeting with her tonight with the bishop and hopefully we can pick her up again. That is basically all the exciting thing that isgoing on here in Temecula! Thanks for everything Mom!! I Love You!!    je t'aime

 

 

Love, ELDER RINDLISBACHER

Week 26- August 7

  Well . . . . I am not getting transferred, which is really weird. It is very uncommon to stay in your first area for more than 6 months and I have already been here for 6 months so I will be here for another 6 weeks which is really cool. I love this area it is so great! Sunday night I talked with President Cook on the phone and he asked me if I was dissappointed that I was staying and I told him no and hes said good because I need you there for one more transfer. He has something in store for me and I really want to know what it is, guess Ill just have to wait 6 weeks to find out.

         I did not get the package, but I should be getting it tonight if you sent it to the mission office.

 

   This week has been a really good week! We have been staying really busy! That girl that was going to get baptized basically dropped us and doesnt want to get baptized right now but she still wants to meet with us so hopefully we can still work with her. She got an email from her pastor the day we met with her and we think he gave her a ton of anti which is really annoying! We are just going to have to set things straight and get all of those misconceptions out of the way!  This weekend the stake her was doing a thing called mini missions with the young men. So we had a priest come out with us every day. Friday we went on splits because we had 2 priests with us. That was the first time my whole mission so far that I havent had a missionary companion. It was really weird but it was a really cool experiance. Saturday we did a lot of service. We weeded and did demolition and clean up. It was a ton of fun! Yesterday we were out walking around trying to find people to teach in the heat and this guy pulled over and gave us water, and the guy wasnt even a member, and the dissapointing thing is was we were so takin back from it that we couldnt talk with him or anything but it was a pretty cool experiance. We havent been teaching very much which is pretty disappointing but we are doing our best, and everything is going great.

 

Thats so crazy that you didnt know about jordyn I heard from a letter I got from marci. Thats ridiculous that Jonathan is already in a relationship, but thats no surprise. Thats good that brit is moving home I think that would definitely be better for her. Thats ridiculous that dad has go to court, i cant believe that that happened that long ago it feels like it happened recently. Court sounds like tons of fun. Hmm. . . so you have a morning glory and weed problem. . . the best way to get rid of them is tons of water and fertilizer that is really the only thing I can think of. That is pretty funny! That is not good that grandpa tore his rotator cuff! That doesnt soud fun at all! That is so great to hear about wyatt! That makes me really happy!    Thanks for everything mom!! I love you!

 

 

Love, Elder RINDLISBACHER