This week was pretty good! We have had more opportunities to teach lately which is making staying here in Viseu a little easier. The ward has an on going joke that I am part of the ward now, president forgot about me, and I will be the next bishop... The problem is that it apparently gets funnier every week because it just means I have been there longer. They have had someone stay this long but it was a long time ago and no one really remembers.
This week we had zone meeting and the office still hasn't gotten their act together since the mission split so we didn't get any of the things we needed to get like pamphlets and stuff so we are a little short on cards. Especially because president Amorim made it a goal to do 50 contacts a day, which is a lot of cards. Another thing that president did for the zone meeting was he made a rule that lessons in the street do not count. He was tired of people getting lessons in the street to have pretty numbers. I totally agree with him, being a district leader, I see all the numbers and it doesn't make sense to be teaching a ton of people in the street to get a lot of lessons but at the end of the week to have 1-2 people in church, we aren't really helping those people to come unto Christ. I don't know how much the sisters liked this rule change considering how easy it is for them to get lessons in the street but oh well.
I got to see all of my buds from the zone and they changed up some people, everyone except me of course. Everyone who was in the zone when I got here is gone so I am the oldest in the zone haha! It was really cool to be in Coimbra and I love seeing other areas. I didn't take as many pictures this time but we had to leave really quick to catch our bus.
Recently we have been teaching a man named Roberto. Elder Reni and I contacted him during Reni´s first week here. It was 9 and we were heading home and I saw a man with a McDonald's bag and I contacted him because of his excellent choice in food. Anyway, Reni and I taught him a little but he didn't have a lot of time. We saw him the other day at the grocery store and we taught him twice this week and he really is loving the lessons. He didn't come to church but he said that he believes that this church is true. We invited him to be baptized and he said no he didn't want to be a member but he would live the doctrine. We found out that he thought that after baptism he had to be an elder and preach like the Jehovah's Witnesses and we explained that he could live a normal life. He accepted and we will be planning a date for him this week. We just have to get him to church this week. And to think all of this because of a McDonald's bag! THE CHURCH IS TRUE! Love all of you guys and all the support you give me!
Love,
Elder Ruggles
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| McDonalds after the Zone meeting of course! |
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