Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Brad's weekly email July 22, 2014

Hello all:

Okay, well today I hit my 11 month mark!!! That's crazy insane!  I look back and think that flew by!~ but I look ahead and say well I got another long year! But its crazy that I am already at a year! (almost)

Well this past week was not a bad week. We did a lot of service this week. I painted ceilings almost every morning in that same house that we are remodeling! So my neck was really stiff yesterday!  

We met this guy on Friday. I don't think he is too interested but he's still a really fun guy. His name is Chief White Eagle. He is part indian so that kinda makes sense, but half of his house burnt down and so we were seeing if he needed any help.  He didn't want any but he did say that we could come over again and talk to him! He has tons of crazy war stories so he is really interesting to talk to!

We went and saw one of elder Hasenauers old recent converts and they are really struggling and are having a hard time but we had a great time seeing them.  I was able to share my testimony with them and to help them in a way that they will be able to see things from a different perspective. They are awesome people! We are actually going to go to Cascade with them next Monday and we will go fishing so that will be fun, but we are helping them build a shed and we will do that on Wednesday and that will be a good quality time to talk about important gospel topics and hopefully get them to see how important the gospel is in their lives.

On Friday we went to a rodeo with a family that is investigating the church and got to spend some good time with them. It was nice I think for them to see that we are there for them and there to build a relationship with them rather than seeing them as just another number.  They said that the missionaries in this area about 9 months ago just wanted them to get baptized and that's all that they would talk about with them and just basically didn't treat them very well, so I think things are headed in the right direction with them.   They should be moving along great within the next few weeks,  but I want to visit with them as much as possible because transfers are on August 4th. Not sure if I'll stay in this area since I have been here for three transfers, so we will see what happens!

Today (p-day) we are gonna go fishing again and we are going to go to Black Canyon and try and catch some trout! So that will be fun!

I am still trying to lose some weight, but it gets hard cause there is so much good food.  But its okay I am losing weight and I am feeling good!  I am going to keep it up so I can be more healthy and be able to feel a lot better!

Well that's it for this week sorry it's kinda short, but we will see what happens next week!

Love you guys!!
Elder Brad Riley

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