Howdy y'all!
First off, I hope you each had an enjoyable Easter Sunday
yesterday, hopefully with many plastic eggs filled with candy that you
found!
Nothing too crazy happened last week. Elder Hirst and I
attended MLC in Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday. Much knowledge was shared, and
the Spirit was felt, to sum it all up. For dinner that night we drove way up to
a little town called Mount Baldy, where a sweet older sister of the ward bought
us dinner...at a bar haha. It is so beautiful up there, all the clouds
were gathering together in the mountains around us, and we were high enough in
elevation that we could see the clouds moving through the trees, it was
cool!
We still don't have any investigators that we are teaching
at the moment, but we are still trying to find people to teach in our area.
We've been really gung-ho about sharing pass-along cards for the #PRINCEofPEACE
video on mormon.org. If you haven't seen it
yet, GO WATCH IT! It's really inspirational and powerful, probably one of the
best videos that the Church has come out with recently.
On Wednesday we started ripping up a huge tree stump at a
member's house...with only hand tools...it's gonna take a while...
We had a funny experience where we were contacting people in
the park and sharing pass-along cards. There were 3 mothers in a group, just
talking to each other while they pushed their kids on the swingset on the
playground. We asked them if we could give them a card about Jesus Christ, and
instantly 2 of them said no thank you. However, the third mom was quiet for a
few seconds, then said "hmmmm...oh well, why not, why not?" So we
gave her a card. As we left the park there were 4-5 little boys sitting on the
curb of the playgroung. Elder Hirst pulls out a few cards and says "Do you
guys want a card with a picture of Jesus Christ on it?" They all turned
around towards us and in unison said "YES, YES!" in excitement. We
gave each of them a card, and I'm pretty sure one of the little boys said,
"Oh wow this is cool!' That's right, Jesus is cool!
Another funny thing that happened was when we were reading 1
Nephi chapter 4 with a less-active who is kind of crazy. After we read the
chapter we had some small talk with him and we got on the subject of modern
technology. I mentioned the fact that the internet has advanced so much even in
the last 10 or so years. Then Elder Hirst, implying the internet capability of
this man's smartphone that was in his hand, said to him, "Now you've got
the internet in your hand." The man's eyes went big, he looked up at us in
amazement, dropped his phone on the ground, and said "Whoa! Wait, what?
What things have these hands created?!" Then he looked over both of his
hands. We realized that he took us literally, and then he too realized that we
were not speaking in a literal sense. Then we all just laughed about it.
Funniest moment of the weekend.
I love Easter Sunday, it gives each of us the opportunity to
remember the sacrifice that our Savior Jesus Christ gave for us. Because of his
death and resurrection, we too will be resurrected, with perfect bodies and a
perfect state of mind, free from any disability, sickness, or pain. What a
glorious day that will be! I know that God, our loving Father in heaven, really
does have a plan that he has created to help us return to His presence, and to
be with our families forever.
I love you all, have a great week. Remember the Savior in
your life!
Elder Ruiz
Elder Hirst and I at
the mission office after MLC.
The forest and
mountains surrounding Mount Baldy.
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