Week 13

Hello everyone, 
This week was pretty awesome! My new area is getting a little easier for me to work in and my legs are less tired after I walk up the mountain to our house everyday. Earlier this week we had the awesome opportunity to hear from Elder Quinton L. Cook from the quorom of the 12 apostles and he was super cool! He said a lot of inspiring things and it was cool to see him come but me and my friends were wondering why he came. Usually when they come they announce stuff so we were waiting for him to talk about the groundbreaking of the temple and someone asked a question about the temple and he said it probably won't start before we go home so I was super sad to hear that I probably won't be here for the ground breaking. Then some of us started thinking he was going to announce that we would be using i pads which is supposed to happen soon but he didn't say anything about that so I don't know why he flew to Portugal. Maybe he is here for something else and he wanted to talk to us as a bonus, oh well. That girl that we had been teaching for a long time finally got baptized last week in Oeiras and I was sad I could not be there. Also that elect guy that me and Elder Yancey found on our division in Oeiras got baptized too and he wants to go to the temple which is super awesome but I wasn't there. This area hasn't baptized in a long time and we have one progressing investigator so hopefully he gets baptized. This town is full of youth who go to high school here and so they really don't want much to do with the gospel but on the weekends they all get drunk and get in fights which is hilarious. My first weekend here 2 guys were yelling at each other and I was like what's going on and my comp was not even phased by it. This area is on a big hill like I said and we live pretty close to the top and on the top is this big castle that the town was built around and it is pretty cool. The ward here is really cool and nice just like all members are and I shouldn't call it a ward because it is a branch. That's how small the church is here, but the branch president is so cool and he is really nerdy and so him and his son practice the real art of Ninjitsu and they teach a class at the community center and a lot of the members like to go so pretty much this branch is full of ninjas haha. I like this branch though. It is a lot colder here than it was in Oeiras but Abrantes is pretty cool. Thanks for all the letters and support! I love and miss all of you guys, keep writing. 
Love,
Elder Ruggles

My new area, Abrantes

Me and my new companion, Elder Riggs

Me and my old MTC buddies