was randomly cold. But it didn't stick. Everything was just really
wet!
Yesterday we went to the President's Fireside, which is a fireside
where recent converts speak about their conversion story and it is
held in the mission home. ________ was asked to speak at it and he
did an awesome job! It was super great! He is doing so well. It has
been awesome to watch him grow since his baptism. He is already
planning on serving a mission and everything. It is exciting! Also,
Dad asked me how the converts are that got baptized while I was in
Plymouth. I actually saw ___________at the fireside and talked to him
about how everything was going. It has pretty much been a year since
he was baptized. He is still doing really well. Which is really
exciting to hear. I know that the __________'s are doing pretty good
too. They are planning on going to the temple pretty soon to be
sealed. I will be able to go with them when they do! I can't wait!
This last week was definitely another adventure. You guys asked me
how AY is doing (the one that we pocket called) and we don't know what
happened but he didn't show up to our appointment this week. It was
so weird! We had set up an appointment and then that morning we
texted him to see if he could still meet and he said yes but then he
didn't show up to the appointment and we can't get ahold of him.
Hopefully, he is okay! We'll see what happens.
We are still teaching H* that I've mentioned every once in a while.
She is the nicest girl ever and she is doing pretty good but she needs
a lot more time before she gets baptized and the problem is that she
is going back to China next month permanently. It is no good! We are
sad about it but hopefully down the road she will be able to find the
gospel again. Maybe when my son goes to China on his mission he will
find her. Ha ha.
We did start meeting with a new person. Her name is TR. She was a
cool story actually because she actually walked up to us on campus and
started talking to us. She has a friend who is Mormon and wanted to
learn more! So cool! So we met with her and invited her to be
baptized and she said Yes! In case you were wondering, we always
invite the person to be baptized in the first lesson that we have with
them. And you might be thinking, "Wow, that is really bold." And you
are right. It is very bold but it quickly establishes our purpose
with people and separates the solid from the unsolid investigators.
It is pretty intense. But it works really well. Anyway, TR is
actually a high school student. There are a few student here at the U
of M that are part of a program where during high school they take all
of their classes at the University and so they get High School and
College Credit at the same time. It's sweet! So she is a junior in
High School and actually lives far away but we hope to be able to
still teach her and hopefully she can be baptized in her home ward.
There are lots of things to teach still but we have high hopes!
It was a pretty normal week here. The weather was nice most of the
time. There was a hard core storm last night with tornado warnings
but nothing bad happened. Tornado season is always really exciting!
We are still working with our Nigerian friend. We have a date set for
baptism with him for May 26th and we hope to see it go through! I'm
absolutely amazed at how hard satan works to stop people from being
baptized. It is so ridiculous. But it is a true test of faith and I
guess some people pass and some people fail unfortunately. I'm glad
to still be staying here. We have more exciting adventures ahead here
in Dinkytown! Have a delightful week!
Love,
Elder Ruesch
