Hello Everybody!
This week I came to the sudden realization that I will only be e-mailing all of you as a missionary 11 more times... That's totally crazy! I seriously cannot believe how quickly this has gone. You know, I never believed the cliche things that people told me about how fast your mission will fly by, but now I understand why they say it. Because it's true! I only have 2 Fast Sundays left! AAAHH!!
So Elder Uppencamp and I have two baptismal dates right now: Brandon and Ariana. Brandon's wife is having a baby today, so we've been praying for them that all goes well. He is a really cool Native American who is actually married (a very rare occurrence here) and will have 3 kids by the end of today. He knows a lot about the gospel already, having been taught by missionaries before, so it's been really neat to go back and visit him and be able to talk about gospel principles that are familiar to him. We haven't set a date with his wife and daughter yet, but hopefully this week we'll be able to! Ariana is the niece of one of the members and we met with her on Tuesday. She's really smart and can make connections better than most adults we teach, and she's only 8! It's so cool to watch the lightbulbs go off in people's heads and see them understand why what we teach is important. Also this week we helped a new investigator family move in: the Parhams. They were being taught by the sister missionaries in Shawano, so already know a bit about the Church, and we're really excited to be teaching them. They have around $1,000 worth of board games, so any guesses what we'll be doing for the next few P-days? ;-)
Today I watched a Mormon Message that I haven't seen before. It's called "Strive." The message is that we should be striving to be our best selves because that's what the Lord expects. One of my favorite quotes that it shares is by Henry B. Eyring that says, "No one is destined to fail." That's so true! We all have divine potential because we are children of God! He created us to succeed, and if we are trying our best to do His will and not ours, then that is how we will change and become a better person. Our legacy will not be forgotten the more and more Christlike we become. Think about Christ. What kind of Man was He, and what legacy did He leave behind? I love the Savior and am ever grateful for His Atonement, which allows me to change and become a better man.
I love you all, too!
~~Elder T. Riggs
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