November 12

Momi. This Wednesday my last transfer starts. Really I am excited about both things to start working again with new goals and also new members of my district probably. Who know I might get sent to do something else, but I know that it will be what the Lords wants always. I do want to stay here inTtrupillos. I have fallen in love with the ward members , the area and the investigadors. I never thought I would have the same feeling as I had felt about Ciudadela. I don’t know what has made a difference from the other areas, but I know that its has to do with experiences. This past week I had a ton. Skyler e-mailed this last week and told me that these last few weeks will be some of the weeks I learn the most in all the mission and its true I know it’s true and I know that the lord keeps refining us to help us progress. Skyler also told me to pray to have the Lord except all that has happened on the mission and that I can feel a one and only confirmation that comes as you only can serve one time as a young man on a mission. Really that’s been on my mind a lot, but I also feel like I procrastinating a little because I don’t feel like the mission is ending haha. One of the many experiences that I had was that my companion and I had been planning for the last few weeks knowing that our famous word where we are working at has a lot of less active members and so not having a lot of investigadors progressing we started t focus on that a little more to pray and to fast who of the families we can help. We have five families we have come to the conclusion with the Lord that these family we can help. One of the families I mentioned we were going to have chili and rice and share a message with them is one of them. It turned out great by the way! I bought chili in a can and so it wasn’t the same, but it was defiantly good :) I love spicy food haha. We shared a message from a video (seminary new testiments)/(a maze) about how god gives us our lives and not only that but gives ways to complete more easier. And those are the commandments and we as humans make our lives harder than it is and that we put thing in our own paths to make it complicated. God has helps us by giving us his son Jesus Christ and is gospel through commandments we can get through everything without hardship. Anyways the mom of the family is less active, but here youth go to church, but because she has had past problems she hasn’t wanted to return for many years. This last week we got to see sister Francia come dress with her Sunday best :) She came to church mom and couldn’t have felt so happy to see someone come back from what she has gone through to reclaim her salvation. I know that it’s a tuff for us because we are humans we make it that way, but afterwards I know she feels like its ok. She is going to continue coming and we are going to continue visiting to help strengthen her family. I know when it says in our purpose to invite everyone to come unto Christ it doesn’t just mean our investigadores, but all those who surround us. With that choice to figure out what god wants us to do the lord also has blessed my companion this last week in receiving new real investigadores. This past week also My companion and i had past by one of the less active members so say hi and continue working after, but we got talking and she mentioned a that no one on her street has people to teach and that other missionaries have already passed by to contact all the houses. Anyways we left and I went walking down that street. My companion was walking wiht mi, but I felt that there wa someone to contact on this street and as a passed my reaction towards one house I saw made me contact it. Finds out that it’s a family of 5 and that they are not form the coast and that they are from Medellin from the inner part of Colombia. They have been living in Barranquilla for 6 months and haven’t seen the missionaries, which meant that the other missionaries didn’t have contacts with them. My companion and I began to talk a little bit and set up and appoint with them to come Sunday and we also invited them to church. They went the Sunday haha. Last night we found out that they had been talking with the missionaries from Medellin and that they stopped listen because they moved to Barranquilla. We were able to get to know them more and I hope that what we shared with them last can help them in the process to find the true church of Christ. I know that I was guided by the spirit there and for that reason we found a very special family and maybe it’s for that reason I wasn’t sent to the new mission in Medellin, but that the Lord only wanted me to find this family from Medellin at that moment. I know that God has helped me at many moments through inspiration to do his work and find out that really he is ahead of this work and with his help we will be able to complete it. I am so honored to have had this blessing in my life and to have my calling as a missionary. Can’t wait to be able to talk about the mission of Jesus Christ from his birth to his death I am reading Jesus the Christ right now and I am almost done. It’s been very interesting and very real his experiences like my experiences here and so I know we both have the same mission and that is to help others come back home to their father and to eternally with him happy and content forever. Mom I love you thanks for your message you shared with the scriptures at times I wonder where did I skip at those parts as I have read the book of Mormon twice here haha. You have been great support. Lots of love truly Elder Ridley Ps- the plans for when I get home sound great. Yes, I would like to go to the temple my first day back so on the 19th. I am taking my pills and using the medicine cream and its healing finally!