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
Monday, March 21, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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.)
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.)
Monday, March 7, 2011
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
Ciao,
Elder Rubert
Monday, February 28, 2011
28-feb-2011 letter
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
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 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
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