Hey Everyone,

 

Thanks for the pills and the letters. For the past couple days, I tried seeing what it would be like without the pills, and it wasn't very fun. My legs were definitely restless, and the ached a little. I opened the letters last night at the Evan's house. They laughed when they saw the emails blown up in size. So, for the most part, you can delete junk (most, including some of the BYU ones) emails without reading them. For 23andme sharing, accept the invitation unless it's an extended invitation (basic is OK). For Ancestry.com, delete those. And for the Family History stories, Daddy's family history stories was what I was referencing, but the Briscoe's would be cool, too. As far as Facebook goes, delete them, and email me the names of the friend requests, to see if I want them to or not. Put not now on Whitaker, Edholm, Nielsen, and Mills, and confirm with McNeff and Lerud. If the Evans friend request, say yes. And thanks for sending Easton's address. I sent him a letter today.

 

Hopefully you all had fun during Fall Break. Glad Daddy was able to relax (I hope he did that at least a little).

 

Devin, I draw and summon Drill Barnacle. I will attack your life points directly.

 

We went by a pet store last Tuesday. I got to pet the cutest Pomeranian puppy. It was great.

 

We have been to the doctor's office a couple of times this past week for Elder Lake. The doctor here told him he should probably go home at the end of this transfer, or else the meniscus in his knee will need to be taken out. He has been praying a lot to know whether he should stay for one more transfer or go home the day before Halloween.

 

Saturday, Connor was baptized. He is an eight year old kid whose parents are both LDS, but divorced. We taught him two small lessons before that, and we got to be there when he was baptized. It doesn't really count as a convert baptism, but it was still good.

 

We finally got our plans in motion to help the ward do missionary work. Elder Lake showed me this cool devotional called 'Missionary Next Door' by Diana Holscher. He said it changed Laguna Beach. They were about to close it down, but applying that talk, it became the highest baptizing area in the mission. We talked about it with the Ward Mission Leader, and they want us to began teaching it to the ward.

 

I gave a training in District Meeting yesterday. It was alright. No one was that excited. I was teaching the 42 principles of the gospel found in Preach My Gospel. The practice was really good though, because the purpose of that was to help them be united in teaching, and they were.

 

We talked with Coleen, a potential investigator, who lost her 19 year old son a couple of months ago. She still struggling, but we taught a mini Plan of Salvation and answered some of her questions. It was really cool. Note: the son was intelligent and had OCD, so it's not drug related from what it sounds like.

 

Through the past couple of weeks, I've made it a habit to write down at least one miracle that has happened that day. It makes you see that the Lord really is blessing us a lot. Try it out for yourselves. Every night, will you think of one miracle/ tender mercy the Lord has blessed you with that day?

 

Lots of Love,

 

Elder Rupper