Last week Elder Wedel and I put in a lot of service hours!
For all of Friday afternoon and evening, and Saturday morning and afternoon, we
hauled firewood in our little Nissan Frontier. By the time we our necks felt
like leather, I swear. We were smart and we didn't put on sunscreen! We are
geniuses. ;)
On Tuesday last week we went on exchanges with our district
leader and his companion. Our district leader is Elder Broadhead, who I served
around when we were both in Chino, and we were also in the same MTC departure
group. It was nice being able to catch up on life and bike around again. We had
a tender mercy that day: we contacted a potential investigator named Larry, and
he was nice to us and was very open to learning more about our message about
Jesus Christ. He owns most of the radio towers that you see on a mountain top
if you are headed north on I-15 going through Victorville, particularly the
biggest radio tower on the mountain peak. But you wouldn't even know he does,
because he's pretty humble about it. What a great guy!
On Saturday morning we attended a sword-fighting class that
was put on by a member of the Phelan ward, Brother Price. He's basically Chuck
Norris, except he is LDS...and he is not a redhead...and he doesn't have a
beard haha. He is a highly trained martial artist, and is very skillful and
knowledgeable in sword fighting and hand to hand combat. It was cool learning
how to use a sword in fighting. Afterwards we helped transport animal feed to a
member's home.
The work in our area is slow, but I am grateful that it is,
because I feel that it gives my companion and I the opportunity to grow
spiritually, and to learn that we have to work harder if we want to see
results. We have been giving a lot of service this transfer and by doing so
have strengthened our relationship with members and nonmembers. It has helped
me to have more charity towards others. I am grateful for the many things that
I have experienced on my mission.
I am emailing today because the libraries were closed for
Labor Day, and our P-day was moved to today because we went to the Redlands
temple this morning. Buuuut I'll save the best for later and talk about
that next week! Until then, enjoy the rest of the week, and do good
continually!
-Elder Ruiz
Here's another
picture of just some of the fire damage that occurred from the Blue Cut fire a
few weeks ago.
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