Welcome to December! This last week was a busy one. We
actually taught a lot of lessons to investigators, which is good.
On Monday we had to take our truck to Victorville for some
body work to be done, and we left with the memo that our truck would be ready
for pickup by Wednesday. Because we didn't have a vehicle that could take us
places, Elder Wedel and I had to bike to a lesson with the Varieur family at
their house, and pretty much we both thought we were going to DIE! We were
literally huffing and puffing our way to our appointment, uphill on dirt roads
haha. And thus we see the results of not riding a bike for 4 1/2 months, and
then trying to bike uphill nonstop for 4+ miles or so haha. We spent some time
with the Varieur family and taught them the Law of Chastity and later in the
week reviewed the baptismal interview questions with them and planned their
baptismal service for this Saturday. All of us in the Phelan ward are so happy
for the Varieur family and their decision to be baptized, and Elder Wedel and I
are super pumped! It has literally been MANY YEARS since the last time a family
was baptized, so this event is a much needed boost for the ward members!
We met with Martin on Wednesday and had dinner at his house.
We had a really spiritual lesson with him and his family (his wife has been
coming back to church for the past while now and has been bringing her daughters!)
about the Restoration because his daughter was wanting to know where the
Church came from and how it came to be. And during the lesson I looked at
Martin and he was listening intently and was teary-eyed. He asked us what the
Book of Mormon actually is and what it is about, and so we explained it to him.
And then he said "Wow, I should really read this book soon." BOOM! I
was jumping for joy (spritually speaking, of course haha) when he said that, it
totally made my night! And then Elder Wedel was bold with Martin and asked him
what his holdup has been all these years. Bottom line: Elder Wedel challenged
Martin to pray about everything that we have taught him and that he has learned
about the Church, and if he comes to find that none of this is true, then Elder
Wedel said we won't ever teach him a lesson again or ask him about baptism.
Dang, that is bold! But I could feel the Spirit coming from Elder Wedel as he
said those words, it was a really cool experience!
Saturday we went up to Newberry Springs by Barstow to help a
guy named Stan clean up his property. We were filthy by the end of the day, but
it was worth it because we were able to help someone!
Gotta go, I love you all! Remember the Savior, he loves you
very much!
Elder Ruiz
Elder Wedel and I biking to a lesson Wednesday morning.
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