Hola Familia,
This week has been great. For transfers Elder Hinton just came here. (He is another Elder that I was with in the MTC) We have been getting to know the area, now that we had some boundary changes, and looking for where the best chance for finding people that speak spanish in Huntingon Beach. We have been blessed with running into some solid people that have been prepared to recieve the gospel. We are excited to see them start to progress and see their lives change over the coming weeks. This coming week we are going to be having a lot of success with some of the part member families that we have been working with as well. The mission is going amazing and I'm stoked to be able to work this week to see some great results! We now have 6 missionaries in the Bolsa Chica Ward which makes it fun being able to see more Elders on a regular basis. We all get along really well and that makes it easy to relax and enjoy the time that we have during our meetings in between our proselyting time. Love you all, and hope to hear from you soon.
Ciao,
Elder Rubert
Monday, February 28, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
21-FEB-2011 Letter
Hola,
Sounds like everything is going great! This week Elder Harris and I ended the transfer with a bang. Next transfer I'll be staying here with Elder Hinton and we'll be getting another set of missionaries here in the ward. So that will bring us up to a total of 6. That also means that the area is getting split and I'm taking the lower half and passing off a few investigators to the new elders. I'm excited to see what is going to happen here in the new division of the area. Well, I don't have much time today because all of the libraries are closed. Love you all,
Ciao,
Elder Rubert
P.S. The trek is going to be awesome!
Sounds like everything is going great! This week Elder Harris and I ended the transfer with a bang. Next transfer I'll be staying here with Elder Hinton and we'll be getting another set of missionaries here in the ward. So that will bring us up to a total of 6. That also means that the area is getting split and I'm taking the lower half and passing off a few investigators to the new elders. I'm excited to see what is going to happen here in the new division of the area. Well, I don't have much time today because all of the libraries are closed. Love you all,
Ciao,
Elder Rubert
P.S. The trek is going to be awesome!
Monday, February 14, 2011
14-FEB-2011 Letter
Familia Rubert,
Esta semana estuvo buenisisisisimo! We have been having so much success with the less actives here in our area. We were able to see a lot of them come to church this past week and those that weren't here are excited to come next week for the ward conference. Elder Harris and I were able to feel the spirit really strongly as we were giving our training at the Zone Conference this last week. It feels so good to know that you are serving and doing exactly what the Lord would have you do. How are you all? Happy Valentine's Day! With the last week of the transfer coming again I can't believe where the past six weeks have gone. Elder Harris and I have been super busy and we basically have the next week all full of appointments so I hope to be able to report some amazing success the next week. I love missionary work. There are going to be some fun changes that happen next transfer that will be fun to report on as well. I'm excited that my ability to understand the scriptures has skyrocketed. This morning during studies I was reading and then all of the sudden everything just started making sense and I started making a bunch of connections that I had never made before. The Spirit is key to this work and I'm very grateful for all of the habits and skills that I've been gaining on my mission that help me keep the spirit. I love you all and hope you have a great week.
Ciao,
Elder Rubert
Esta semana estuvo buenisisisisimo! We have been having so much success with the less actives here in our area. We were able to see a lot of them come to church this past week and those that weren't here are excited to come next week for the ward conference. Elder Harris and I were able to feel the spirit really strongly as we were giving our training at the Zone Conference this last week. It feels so good to know that you are serving and doing exactly what the Lord would have you do. How are you all? Happy Valentine's Day! With the last week of the transfer coming again I can't believe where the past six weeks have gone. Elder Harris and I have been super busy and we basically have the next week all full of appointments so I hope to be able to report some amazing success the next week. I love missionary work. There are going to be some fun changes that happen next transfer that will be fun to report on as well. I'm excited that my ability to understand the scriptures has skyrocketed. This morning during studies I was reading and then all of the sudden everything just started making sense and I started making a bunch of connections that I had never made before. The Spirit is key to this work and I'm very grateful for all of the habits and skills that I've been gaining on my mission that help me keep the spirit. I love you all and hope you have a great week.
Ciao,
Elder Rubert
Monday, February 7, 2011
07-FEB-2011 Letter
Hola,
This week has been going great! Elder Harris and I were able to go to ZLC this week and now basically everything is ready for Zone Conference this week. Elder Harris and I have a good training that we'll be doing. Sounds good that Matt is all applied and ready for school. This week we had a chance to teach a bunch of members from our ward that we haven't seen out in a long time and we were able to help a few of them see why they need to come back. Right now we're working with a lot of member families trying to help get them ready for the temple. It is really interesting to see the different reactions that people have to realizing that they don't go to the temple just once, but that it should be a regular thing. We have also been looking for a lot of new families to teach now that all the holidays are over.
The new Ensign for this month is awesome and I think that it is really going to help a lot of our members really step up and be able to do more missionary work. Well, I can't think of much else to say, but I love you all, and hope that you have a great week.
Ciao,
Elder Rubert
This week has been going great! Elder Harris and I were able to go to ZLC this week and now basically everything is ready for Zone Conference this week. Elder Harris and I have a good training that we'll be doing. Sounds good that Matt is all applied and ready for school. This week we had a chance to teach a bunch of members from our ward that we haven't seen out in a long time and we were able to help a few of them see why they need to come back. Right now we're working with a lot of member families trying to help get them ready for the temple. It is really interesting to see the different reactions that people have to realizing that they don't go to the temple just once, but that it should be a regular thing. We have also been looking for a lot of new families to teach now that all the holidays are over.
The new Ensign for this month is awesome and I think that it is really going to help a lot of our members really step up and be able to do more missionary work. Well, I can't think of much else to say, but I love you all, and hope that you have a great week.
Ciao,
Elder Rubert
31-JAN-2011 - Letter
Hola Familia,
This week was a little different than normal. I was a little out of it due to a cold that had been going around and wasn't as productive as I normally like to be. But Elder Harris and I still were able to go out and teach some really good lessons this week that helped some of our investigators out a bunch. We realized today that we are halfway through this transfer already and time is flying! This week we have ZLC, next week we have Zone Conference, and then the next week is transfers. We are working and praying really hard to be able to see someone get baptized while Elder Harris and I are still together (at the end of the transfer we will have been together for 4 1/2 months). We are working really hard right now as well, still getting the members a little more excited to help out in the work. As a mission this year we have a high baptismal goal that we will only be able to reach if we involve the members fully in the work. I love the Lord's work. This week I have been able to develop a lot more patience and dependance upon him. I was assigned to give a talk in sacrament meeting yesterday, but the entire week I'd just been coughing up a storm and having a really runny nose. Sunday morning came and I was still feeling a little down. I said a pray that I would have the strength to get up and give my talk and then we went to church. I was coughing and blowing my nose on the stand for the whole first half of the meeting, and then when it came my turn to speak I was able to stand up and speak for 20 minutes without any health problems at all. Then when I sat down it all came back. :( But I did have a big testimony builder that the Lord will help you in your moment of need. I was healthy for 20 minutes yesterday thanks to Him. I'm feeling a lot better today and hope that the whole cold thing is behing me now. I love you all,
Ciao,
Elder Rubert
This week was a little different than normal. I was a little out of it due to a cold that had been going around and wasn't as productive as I normally like to be. But Elder Harris and I still were able to go out and teach some really good lessons this week that helped some of our investigators out a bunch. We realized today that we are halfway through this transfer already and time is flying! This week we have ZLC, next week we have Zone Conference, and then the next week is transfers. We are working and praying really hard to be able to see someone get baptized while Elder Harris and I are still together (at the end of the transfer we will have been together for 4 1/2 months). We are working really hard right now as well, still getting the members a little more excited to help out in the work. As a mission this year we have a high baptismal goal that we will only be able to reach if we involve the members fully in the work. I love the Lord's work. This week I have been able to develop a lot more patience and dependance upon him. I was assigned to give a talk in sacrament meeting yesterday, but the entire week I'd just been coughing up a storm and having a really runny nose. Sunday morning came and I was still feeling a little down. I said a pray that I would have the strength to get up and give my talk and then we went to church. I was coughing and blowing my nose on the stand for the whole first half of the meeting, and then when it came my turn to speak I was able to stand up and speak for 20 minutes without any health problems at all. Then when I sat down it all came back. :( But I did have a big testimony builder that the Lord will help you in your moment of need. I was healthy for 20 minutes yesterday thanks to Him. I'm feeling a lot better today and hope that the whole cold thing is behing me now. I love you all,
Ciao,
Elder Rubert
24-JAN-2011 Letter
Hola Familia,
Everything is going great here. That's awesome that Matt's looking into college. I was actually just thinking about that yesterday. I'm sure we could find a cheap place to live that's not to far from his school and then he could experience moving out. But that all depends on the jobs that we both have at that time. I'm going to try and get some money quick so that I can take some classes from Idaho State at the Boise Campus. But I don't know what I need. But that's a subject for another day.
Everything here is starting to pick up. Now that the holidays are officially all over, we are able to be able to get some consistancy to our appointments. Elder Harris and I are starting up a new program here in the stake to help the members get more excited about missionary work. It's really simple and looks like it's going to go well. We've already gotten some great reactions to it from some of the members in our ward.
Love you all,
Elder Rubert
Everything is going great here. That's awesome that Matt's looking into college. I was actually just thinking about that yesterday. I'm sure we could find a cheap place to live that's not to far from his school and then he could experience moving out. But that all depends on the jobs that we both have at that time. I'm going to try and get some money quick so that I can take some classes from Idaho State at the Boise Campus. But I don't know what I need. But that's a subject for another day.
Everything here is starting to pick up. Now that the holidays are officially all over, we are able to be able to get some consistancy to our appointments. Elder Harris and I are starting up a new program here in the stake to help the members get more excited about missionary work. It's really simple and looks like it's going to go well. We've already gotten some great reactions to it from some of the members in our ward.
Love you all,
Elder Rubert
18-JAN-2011 - Letter
--sorry I am behind in posting - had surgery on 18-Jan-2011 and just catching up ---- Amy
Hola Familia,
Its great to hear that everything is going great over there. I am so pumped, we were able to go to the Newport Temple this morning and we had a great time. We went with the whole district and I'll send you a picture of it next week. I love being able to go, even though it is outside of our mission. This past week Elder Harris and I have had some great opportunities to teach, and coming up tomorrow we have three days of training in Long Beach. So that will be fun to get to see the leadership of the mission. I love it, because then I get to see Elder Knight. Oh, and tell Matt, that I"m still waiting for a chance to go and use the church computers so that I can send him a picture of the big dreamcatcher that Elder Knight made me. The mission is going great and I'm happy to hear that everything continues well at home.
I love you all.
Ciao,
Elder Rubert
Hola Familia,
Its great to hear that everything is going great over there. I am so pumped, we were able to go to the Newport Temple this morning and we had a great time. We went with the whole district and I'll send you a picture of it next week. I love being able to go, even though it is outside of our mission. This past week Elder Harris and I have had some great opportunities to teach, and coming up tomorrow we have three days of training in Long Beach. So that will be fun to get to see the leadership of the mission. I love it, because then I get to see Elder Knight. Oh, and tell Matt, that I"m still waiting for a chance to go and use the church computers so that I can send him a picture of the big dreamcatcher that Elder Knight made me. The mission is going great and I'm happy to hear that everything continues well at home.
I love you all.
Ciao,
Elder Rubert
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