21-mar-2011 letter

Hola Familia,

This week went great! We have been having a lot of success here in the zone and we have a bunch of baptisms for the coming weekend. A few from the singles ward and some of the other elders have one too. Elder Hinton and I right now are trying to keep up with all of the success that our zone is having. I love being able to see so many people coming unto christ though. Next week I should be able to go to the temple with Lynn and Elder Knight and see him take out his endowment. That is the completion of a missionary dream. And then next transfer Elder Knight and I should be able to go to a sealing. That will be awesome. This last sunday we had two return missionaries (one that served in El Salvador and the other in Uruguay) come back and give talks in the spanish ward. They both spoke really well and gave really good talks. The elders in the ward were talking afterward and we realized that we did learn spanish here in the states really well. We could keep up with them speaking spanish like they were serving here. Got to be thankful for the gift of tongues. I'm excited to be able to talk with Brandon and Drew when I get back and see what different accents or words they've picked up. My spanish is like a mutt with a mix of all. That's what happens in Long Beach! Well I love you all, thank you so much for the girl scout cookies and I'm excited to see what comes in the next week. Love you all,

Ciao,

Elder Rubert

14-mar-2011 letter

Hola,

Everything here is going great! We just had a great week here and we had a lot of meetings too. We had the Mission Leadership Trainings and ZLC this last week and it was all really good. Right now Elder Hinton and I are doing a lot of member work to help them know how to share the gospel and effectively prepare their friends to hear the gospel message. Not much to report on this week, but hopefully we should be having some baptisms coming up soon. Love you all,

Ciao,

Elder Rubert

(Sorry for the short letter. I really can't think of things to write when I sit down to the computer. I'll try and be better next week.)

07-MAR-2011 Letter

I would love it if you could send some Samoas if you have any left as well. This week has been great. Elder Hinton and I have been working really hard and getting to know our new area. I don't remember if I already told you, but we resplit the areas so we have this new portion that we are trying to get to know right now. And also if you have any room in the box. I'm completely out of blades for my razor if you could send some. I love the members here in the Bosa Chica ward. Right now, as well, we are teaching the Bishop's son to get him ready for his baptism. He is an awesome kid that is really smart and catches on really quick. Today we're going to go and teach a new family that we just got as a referral from the elders in the english ward. Oh! And I went to a baptism yesterday and found out that the missionaries that taught me in college are both going to Idaho State right now and one of them is married. Well, everything continues well. Love you all,

Ciao,

Elder Rubert