This week was better, last P-day was awesome at that waterfall. It felt like I was back in Utah hiking with my friends again, even though this district is all sisters, I do enjoy hanging out with them on occasion haha. This week started out kind of rough and we still didn't have contact with our investigator who was marked for baptism.
We did a division with the zone leaders on Wednesday and I stayed here and did a division with Elder McColley which was way fun. Elder Reni went to Coimbra with Elder Neilson. Elder McColley and I had a lot of fun with some funny contacts including one where we were talking to a lady who was really nice and we asked her what she does for work. She said that she used to own a restaurant and then sold it then it went out of business and so she bought it back to remake it into a bar. Elder McColley gave me a big smile and starts talking to the lady about her old restaurant and he said, "Much like the gospel of Jesus Christ, your restaurant was perfect until it fell into the wrong hands but now it will be restored into a bar." We both busted up laughing because it was too perfect. We couldn't stop laughing and then the lady started laughing and she had no idea why. It was one of the funniest contacts of my mission.
During the division, Keily texted us and said we could pass by finally so we went and talked to her and turns out that her husband had told her before he left to France that he did not want their children being baptized and Keily took offence to that because it made it sound like he cares more about the kids than her but that is not what he meant. Needless to say, she doesn't want to be baptized anymore and she doesn't want to come to church. She is kind of giving up. We have talked to her more since then and she seems a little more open to keep trying but she just seems sad and stressed. You can really see a difference that the gospel makes in peoples' lives.
The week was kind of focused on Keily and we didn't have very many lessons. We had some pretty bad numbers this week and no investigators in church but this week we have some new people to talk to and hopefully they will be ready for the gospel. In good news, the sisters in the district have baptisms this week and I am super excited for them. One of the investigators is named Andre and we have gotten pretty close with him over the past couple weeks and he really likes us. Reni will be doing the baptism and Andre wants to serve a mission and be like us.
Even though these past couple of weeks have been hard, I have been very blessed with the spirit of comfort and I know that the Lord is pleased with me. "Let us not forget that 'be of good cheer' was a commandment too" (I think some apostle said that or something). Love you guys, thanks for all the support!
Love,
Elder Ruggles
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