October 19, 2015

Hey Mom!!

Everything is going good here and couldn't have asked for a better week! 

Not a whole lot happened Monday, just regular p-day stuff. On Tuesday we went to the Bishop's Store House and did service by filling truck orders and helping out with that. On Wednesday we were on exchanges with 4th ward and we had a 5 lesson day which was great!!! We also went to mutual. At mutual they taught how to butcher a chicken and a pig and then they actually butchered a chicken which was fun!! Thursday was just district meeting nothing to exciting. On Friday we found a new family who hasn't been taught before so that is good and we are excited for them. On Saturday we did the service project and that was fun. There was about three of us who knew what we were doing out of the seven so that was kind of funny, Then later that night the Tarangos were having a party for their 2 little girls ( Synthia, and Andrea) it was fun. 

So I have been thinking of what I need for Christmas.  A GPS would be nice. Razors and toiletry stuff like Old spice deodorant the (anti-perspirant  and deodorant), Old Spice head and shoulders and also razors for Gillette and body wash as well and toothbrushes and paste and if at all possible being able to send the book Miracle of Forgiveness in the Halloween package would be awesome. But that is all I can really think of! 

Love you guys!

October 12, 2015

HEY!! 

This past week was good it flew by so fast!! On Monday we were able to go and play football again like the good ole days when i first started out and Elder Castro and Rubio were there as well so that was fun!! On Tuesday we had Zone Conference and that was really good! Elder Hozman and I had to do a role play for everyone and had to plan it out. It went better than I thought.   We didn't have as much time to do what we would have liked but it was good. 

After Zone Conference I went on exchanges with Rubio and Castro in Bloomfield because Elder Hozman went with Elder Craghead to do zone leader stuff.  So I was  in a trio with Castro and Rubio! We had a lot of fun and I was able to see a few people there that I haven't seen in a while which was a lot of fun! On Friday we had another exchange. I went with Elders Weaver and Rigby.  They are pretty cool guys and we had a lot of fun with them. They are struggling right now but hopefully we are able to help them out to get back on their feet!:) That is probably the only good thing about being a leader is being able to help out other missionaries and that is for sure the best thing about being a leader.

 

Elder Hozman is doing good.  We had comp inventory on Friday and I told him how he was being prideful and about a few other things and then he was really surprised and he said how he was sorry and then I let him borrow the talk that you sent me "Beware of Pride".  He was really accepting and hopefully it helps. He has been out 10 months now. 

Victoria has fallen off the face of the earth so that is great!! (not really) so we are trying to figure out what we can do with that whole situation!

So my shoes are starting to fall apart.  My brown ones are being held together by "shoe glue" and the black ones just suck haha.  But I should be able to last a little longer I think. 

To answer your question about Christmas,I can't really think of anything to ask for. Ties are always good, and white shirts( but only like a couple though).  Have you found any Spanish music?? 

I'll keep thinking about anything else and i will let you know because i don;t really need anything. Gift cards maybe. I don't know!! haha 

We also had a mini MTC for the youth here it was awesome. Here is a pic of the missionaries I was with.

October 5, 2015

Hola! 

Hey everything is going good. It is now suit season here until April, so we have to wear our suits everyday. Which kind of sucks a lot but it is all good. I will get over it haha! Yea everything is going good.  We watched conference and it was awesome.  I have a request to get a couple of talks sent to me if that is alright. 

Uchtdorf-Priesthood, saturday morning

Foster-Saturday Afternoon

Hales- Saturday Afternoon

Lawerence- Saturday Morning

Eyring-Priesthood

Monson-Priesthood, Sunday Morning

Anderson-Priesthood

Keetch-Sunday Afternoon

If it is possible to get these talks to use that would be great:)  We were able to watch conference at the Stake Center and at the Palfreymans.

It is starting to feel like fall here as well. It is getting to stay in the 70's.  It rained yesterday and this morning so that was really nice.

We have Zone Conference this Tuesday and also I am going on exchanges with Elders Castro and Rubio so that

is going to be great.

Victoria is doing alright as of now. We haven't met with her in the past week so that is getting us a little worried but it is all good. It will work out for the best! Thank you for everything!

This is one of the churches here and it looks like a mall and it 

also has a starbucks in there haha

September 28, 2015

YAY!  Heard from Easton finally today.

HEY! I am doing good.  Sorry I wasn't able to email yesterday because of the temple trip, we didn't get back until 6ish so it was a long day. It is crazy to see how much I forgot about the temple this past year. I am for sure making it a goal to go at least once a month when I get home that is for sure!! 

Ya Elder Hozman is doing alright. I am for sure getting more patience on the bright side haha.

On the bright side, Victoria (their investigator) made her boyfriend move out because she realized how bad of an influence he was on her so that was good. It was a little stressful for her to have to do that.

We don't have to many investigators, but the ones we do have are doing great, There is this one family the Adamsons and they are awesome. Ron, he is a in-active member since he was 16 so he doesn't know a whole lot about the church, but he for sure knows a lot about the unimportant stuff.

The medication works for sure but just till about 1-2ish then it wears off and then it is hard to stay focused sometimes.Since i have been on the medication, I am able to slow down my speaking and very little stuttering so that is good too!

To answer you question, yes I know Elder Walters he is an awesome missionary. He was here in Farmington for a long time and now he is in Cameron,AZ and doing awesome!

Here are some pics from the temple trip

 Elder Easton, Elder Rubio, Elder Castro

Elder Larsen

September 28, 2015

No email today.  Elder Richards went with his mission to the Monticello Temple.  Here are a couple of pics. Can you find Elder Richards?

September 21, 2015

So to answer your question, in the service pic, that was Elder Craighead he is one of the Zone Leaders here!

Everything is going better with Elder Hozeman, so that is good, I confronted him with a couple of things and so now we are on the same terms, Victoria (one of our investigators) is doing great still and she is still progressing, She didn't come to church because she was really sick so that kind of sucks, but she is awesome!! Not much has happened besides the fact of us doing some service and we went on a couple of exchanges and also I am staying here in Farmington for transfers, so that is good!

I forgot to take  a picture with my glasses, but I will do that and get it to ya next week!

 Elder Hozeman from Columbia.  My current companion.

September 14, 2015

Hola mi familia!!

Things here are going great.  We just had stake conference this past Sunday and that was great! They talked about keeping the sabbath day holy and how we should do better at it. It is always funny to see the people that go up there and just try and boast about how good they are in keeping it holy. There was this one lady who told about how she does so much to keep it holy and then one of the members in the stake council got up after and basically said some things that were the opposite of what she was saying so it was pretty funny haha! Victoria is doing great. We went over the ten commandments and she said she will live them all and the only one that she is really struggling with is using the Lords name in vain. She is already trying to quit smoking and drinking coffee. She is Really GOLDEN!!!

So question for ya.I was just looking at the pictures and saw the one with Kinley and Kadie. How is Kadie doing?? She said that she was pretty sick for the summer and now she is doing better! but ya just wondering!

Thank you for the Hump day package. Time really does fly by really fast out here! it is kind of scary to think that i am going to go home in a year and it really is going by way too fast!! Thank you for the book and I was pretty surprised by that last picture in there hahaha 

That is really cool about you guys reading the Book of Mormon. I am planning on reading it at least 2 more times before I get home! I have started it right now and I am going through a BOM (the ones we hand out) and just underlining everything that has to do with the atonement and how it applies to me! it is crazy how much I am finding in there and I am only in 2 Nephi 7, so that is going really good!

So with teaching the law of Chastity the easiest way that we teach it is to be BOLD with it and mainly focus on the blessing because that is the most important part! Just a tip that you can use if you want!

To answer your question, you guys write me enough so don't worry about it! The packages are great and maybe just send me some printed out pictures instead of email because those are better to have on person than only being able to look at them on the email once a week! So like the ones you sent today would be good printed out and some of Holden playing golf and Kinley as well playing tennis too! Also would it be ok for you to send one of those amazon food packages? Those were really nice to get. Like canned chicken, juices and other things that are good for meals and not a whole lot of snacking items.

So I got a Wok last Monday for $5 at Walmart, so i have been making fried rice and teriyaki chicken. So if you have any other recipes that would be great too thanks!:)

Love ya!

Elder Richards

Here are a few pictures of burning my shirt and tie for my year and 6 month mark.