This week has been great! We still have been really busy going on exchanges but we had our last one yesterday, but we might be doing a couple more it just depends on what the President says. It has been really good going with all the new missionaries to help them and build their confidence. It is really cool to see the fire that they have. (the Greenis Fire) They are all pumped and ready to do the work. With all the new missionaries here in the zone we are going to start to see a lot of good things start to happen. There is a lot of potential here we just have to pull it out.
Friday we had Zone Conference. It was great. We were trained on using how to begin teaching, FINDING, TEACHING, and BAPTIZING and also how to give sacrament meeting talks. Since we got a new mission president they changed a couple rules so they told us about the changes here. It was really interesting to see how the missionariesw reacted to the changes. Some liked them, some were obedient and decided to follow them, and others didn't even care and are just going to do what they want. It is incredible to see how obeying with exactness brings miracles. There are so many incredible things that happen when you follow all the rules, even the small ones. I have been blessed to see many miracles because of obedience. At the end of Zone Conference I was talking with President and Sister Kendrick and they Said that I was one of the most obedient missionaries in our mission. It was really cool to see that people actually notice what you are stiving to do. Right now we are helping alll of the missionaries in our zone catch the vision of being obedient. Since the mission split in July there has been a slip in obedience with the missionaries but we are working on bringing it back to where it needs to be. The standards are set high here but so many lives change because of them. I know that mine has. We just have a culture of striving to be on a higher plane.
Sunday night while I was on exchanges in my area we were walking down the street and there was a lady who had just got home and was taking things in from her car so we walked up and offered to help but she said that she was fine and she could do it but we were persistant and she finally let us. As we were taking the stuff into her garage she told us how she was moving in and that her husband was on his way with the Uhaul truck. We told her that we were going to stay and help them. The Husband got home and when he got out of the truck he was not to happy to see us. He said that he was going to leave the truck full and empty it the next day. We told him that we were going to be back. We came back the next day and we unloaded the whole truck for them, It was so cool because the man is an evengelical Christian and they don't particularlly like the "Mormons" but we were able to talk with him and build a decent relationship with him and hopefully down the road his heart will be softened to meet with the missionaries. As were were walking away he said tha if anyone comes at us with a gun to let him know and he will go at them with his 14 guns.
We weren't able to teach our investigator that is getting baptized she was out of town but hopefully some time this week we can meet with her and teach her the rest of the things that we need to teach her to prepare her. She is really solid and has a strong testimony. I love Missionary work and getting to see the changes that people make in their lives to come closer to Christ.
Sounds like everything is going pretty good back home. I am pretty jealous that you guys got to go boating. That sounds like so much fun. I see people with boats all the time and it brings back great memories. That is crazy that Austin is in High school I still can't believe it. That is awesome that you got to meet Real. Did you get Pictures?
Thanks For All you Support! I hope you have a great week!
Love You!
Love, Elder RINDLISBACHER
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