I'm doing great! This week was
fantastic and I loved every second of it. We are working a lot with one
particular man this week. He's getting baptized this Saturday and his son
is performing the baptism! I am almost TOO happy. I was the one who got to
baptize his son and now I will be able to see him be the one to baptize his father. He is doing awesome and seems really excited for the baptism. He's a little
quieter but he seems like he really is excited and ready.
We actually had another investigator show up to
church. The son is pretty much already a missionary and he invited
his best friend to church. He said that he told him, "Man how you going
to be my best friend and not be my religion!" We're going to try and start
teaching him soon and we're super proud of him. He's pretty much the superman
of recent converts.
This week I don't have any pictures
but will make sure to get you some next week. I saw some pictures of Jacob
though. He looks super fit.
That's awesome how you were able to
have that blessing with the computer! It's kind of interesting how the Lord
works. I'm happy that you are still doing genealogy and it is something that
the mission really is pushing for. We are going to try to tell more people
about it. I will let you know how it goes.
I really do have a great mission
president. He was really concerned about us and he has an amazing spirit about
him. He really cares about each one of us and he works really hard to make sure
we are all doing all right. It's crazy how fast everything is going! Elder
Woodruff reminded me a couple of weeks ago that soon we are hitting our 6 month
mark. That means I'm almost a fourth of the way done. Weird I feel like I just
got here.
Funny that you asked about the
piano; yesterday I was feeling really bored so I went into the other room and
started playing hymns. I didn't realize how much I'd missed it and I'm happy
that I'm not too rusty. Give me a couple of weeks and I'll be pro.
There are things that we have to do.
Everyone needs to be baptized. Everyone needs to keep the commandments. Simply
reading the Bible every once in a while is not good enough. The more I am out
here the more I understand the importance of doing my best. I may not be the
greatest missionary in the world or know the most scriptures but as long as I
am doing my very best to be obedient and follow the spirit that is enough. I
love the quote by Joseph B. Wirthlin when he said, "Do your best and leave
the rest to Him".
I also have come to realize the
importance of the Holy Ghost too. Here on the mission you have to have it
otherwise it is really hard to know what to do. We are trying something called
Purify Yourself which is a 40 day fast from five things that keep the spirit from
being with you. I have noticed a huge difference already. I have felt the
spirit stronger and I seem to know exactly what to say when I need to say it. I
have truly been blessed out here and I am coming to see these people how Christ
sees them.
I love every second that I have here
on my mission. It's got its ups and downs but no matter what I am able to grow
and learn about serving those around me. Serving others is becoming something
very important to me and I hope that I can do it for the rest of my life.
I love you all very much and I hope
that you guys are all right. Have a great week!
Elderito Ressler
