Hola Familia/
Amigos
Wow! This has been a super
interesting week! Last week I believe I mentioned almost getting the car stuck, and now this
week I’m gonna be able to tell a story about getting the car actually stuck
twice in the same night! Something else that is super funny about this past
week, was the fact that it has been raining a ton, and there is a moral to that
story as well!
We had a lot of success this past
week, with missionary work, teaching an finding members, as well as getting our
investigators progressing even more. I have felt very satisfied with the work
that has been going on here in Rio Vista, even though we may not be having
Baptisms.... YET! We are still working very hard, and the Lord is definitely
blessing this area, for our hard work, because we keep seeing the miracles.
Monday was a pretty interesting day.
We started off our P-Day with 2 hours of good ol’ service. Helping one of our investigators
and his wife, who is a member, with building their home. They are just getting
started and they had the chance to tear out a lot of stuff with a back hoe. It
was pretty fun to be able to help guide Brantan as he tore out poles and
concrete fences with it! My companions weren't too happy about the idea of
doing service during their P-Day. However, I thought it was amazing.
That evening we had dinner with them
as well. It was super good, and went great, however it seemed like we had been
with them for like all day. Ha ha however things were great. We talked with
them about the Book of Mormon and its significance, and importance of reading
it! Coming to know the truthfulness of it as well.
We also then had a great night going
and visiting with the Stinson’s. They are such an amazing couple, and so much
fun to be around. We always have such a good time talking about tennis, and
golf. Bro. Stinson who is not a member, might I remind you, is such a good guy,
and always loves having us at his house. But he has quite a few of questions we
are still working on answering.
Tuesday is when things got real
interesting. However it was a lot of fun and we had a great time. We were able
to travel to Fairfield for zone meeting which was a lot of fun. Those meetings
have become a lot less stressful when I get called on. I guess I have gained
some confidence and now I just blurt things out! Ha ha It was a ton of fun,
this zone is kinda rowdy!
Tuesday night is the night we
got the little Toyota Corolla stuck in some mud. Elder Snow went with Bro Ricketts on splits and
had a great time. While Elder Medina and I had a wonderful time doing some
Spanish work in Walnut Grove and the surrounding areas. On our way out there
though we felt prompted to stop and talk with this family that lives right off
of the Levee Rd. And as we did so, I couldn't find anywhere to park, except
this little farm road that was slanting downhill and backwards. When I went to
pull the emergency break, we began to completely just slide all the way down
the hill to flat ground because of how muddy it was. My heart began to run very
fast, and I just thought to myself, how am I going to get this little car out
of the mud and up this muddy hillside. BUT thank goodness for prayer! I said a
silent prayer in my head, and probably 2 minutes later I was able to get some
grip, and put the car in reverse and floor it up to the Highway.
Later that evening after coming out
of Walnut Grove. I went to get to the
highway again, and fell right into a small puddle from what it looked like, but
really, it was deep, and sucked me in immediately. What a blessing it was to
have a companion like Elder Medina who was willing to get out in the rain, and
mud and push the car. We got out, and better yet we got home safely. Our car
was quite a muddy mess for the rest of the week though that's for sure.
Wednesday and Thursday were both
very interesting days, because President Alba, decided that we as a mission
were going to take a car fast. So all day we had to walk, and ride our bikes.
It was super interesting because it absolutely POURED! Unfortunately, I just
barely sent my rain jacket home! I knew this was going to happen! The day I
sent my rain coat home, is the day this drought was going to come to an end! Ha
ha Sure enough just my luck! It was super muddy walking around town, and to make
matters worse we had to walk to a farm field to get to Triolgy for dinner
because we couldn't walk on the interstate!
Friday we had interviews! It was
such an amazing feeling to be able to tell president all is well.
As you might be able to tell. Things
here in Rio vista are absolutely going amazing! One week from today Hawk and Liza
will be getting married! Isn't that going to be absolutely amazing!
Love you all! And hope all is well
at home! Take care till next week!
Love, Elder Albertson
Helping a member.
The "TRIO" in "RIO"
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