Greetings. I hope everyone will enjoy this Thanksgiving
week! Always try to be grateful, not just during Thanksgiving.
During companion exchanges on Thursday, I was paired up with
Elder Broadhead (who I came out here to CA with), and that night we taught Leo
and Zoey Lin, whose mother was baptized a long time ago in Taiwan, but she
became inactive once she came to America because she didn't know where the
local ward met. However, some missionaries recently came into contact with
here, and so she wanted them to teach her two kids (13 and 16, respectively).
They came to know the Book of Mormon is true, and desired to be baptized. While
we were teaching them in their house, I could feel their sweet spirits, they
just seemed so...kind, so meek, and have a strong desire to learn more about
the gospel. I think these are attributes we should all desire to have and work
towards. On Saturday they were baptized by Elder Broadhead and his companion
Elder Smith. I asked Leo how he felt afterwards, and he felt happy. It reminded
me of when I was baptized, and how I felt then. We should always treasure our
baptism as something sacred, and strive to live worthily of the companionship
of the Holy Ghost. Because they are not in our ward, we were not able to attend
the sacrament meeting where they were given the Holy Ghost, but I bet it was a
neat experience for them.
On Friday we met with an investigator named Angie. We
re-taught her the Restoration and accepted our invitation to be baptized! I
think many good things will come from her; I believe the Lord has prepared her
heart to receive the gospel.
"The weather outside is frightful..."... well
actually it's not; it is quite enjoyable. Still too warm for me though. I still prefer being able to walk in the snow; that's probably the
one thing I miss from home right now, the snow!! The trees are still green, and
in the afternoon the temperature just hangs out in the 80's, so we have some
pleasant weather down here right now. I just really miss a REAL winter!
I borrowed a classical guitar from one of the the counselors
in the ward bishopric because I've been wanting to perform a musical number for
district meeting tomorrow, so I've been practicing since Friday. And it's been
so long since I've played guitar that my fingertips are raw from practicing so
much!
So yeah, that's what's happening out here in So-Cal! Read
the Book of Mormon; it is ESSENTIAL that you build and strengthen your own
testimony, because you can't go on for the rest of your life living off
of/using someone else's testimony. You must become fully converted to
the Gospel of Jesus Christ! This is my challenge to you all, I promise it will
bless you.
Love you all!
Elder Ruiz
A few of us Elders
chillin before District Meeting last Tuesday! And yes, there are more than just
us four in our district.
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