I hope that everyone has had a fantastic week and a good Mother's Day yesterday!! Thank you for all of the updates in your lives! Thank you also for all of your prayers and thoughts! I can definitely feel the blessings coming from you all❤
The Book of Mormon is true!! I read at least 8 pages in Spanish everyday and can only understand a little bit, but every time I read it I get this feeling of peace and comfort of the Holy Ghost testifying that it is the word of God! I am so thankful for how much the Book of Mormon has changed my life and all that I can learn from it to enhance my life by coming closer to Jesus Christ. I just finished the stories in Alma from when the sons of Mosiah are teaching all the Lamanites and it always amazes me how amazing they were(especially Ammon) at being patient and being great examples to the people to eventually be able to teach them the fullness of the gospel!
We were able to finally talk to Kriss! She has been so busy with trying to pack all of her house up so that she can move but we finally caught her home! She seems like she is doing way better than when I first met her and I truly believe it is because the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I love what this gospel can do to help people change and better their lives. We have a return appointment for tomorrow with her and are going to help her move to the new house this next week and I can't wait to see how she continues to progress!
We were teaching Jo Ann (a recent convert) and she invited one of her friends, Sue, to our lesson and we ended up having a great discussion with her about the Book of Mormon and she accepted a book and said she would be willing to read the Introduction through the testimony of Joseph Smith. If any of you have not read the Introduction to the Book of Mormon I would suggest reading that!!
I was able to help a member, Brother and Sister Buck tear out some tile and carpet and basically redo his house! I haven't been able to see the finished product yet but it is gonna look awesome! It was awesome! I love giving service to people and seeing how it helps their days out a little bit! I wish that I could do more for people!
There are also some fun Amish people here that ride their horses and carriages around town! Great people here in good old Wisconsin:)
We had an ant problem in our apartment, and I hated that and so I went and bought some ant killer stuff:) I put it out on Tuesday or Monday night and I have not seen an ant since! Hallelujah.
We listen to talks a lot while we are driving and we recently listened to one called 'The Missionary Next Door' by Diana Hasler Hoelscher and you all really need to find this talk and listen to it!!! It is amazing and really teaches us how to be disciples of Jesus Christ and how to be missionaries for both missionaries and members!
Thank you for all of your prayers and thoughts! I love you all:) Super Excited to listen to Elder Soares this next Friday in Español. I hope you all have excellent weeks!
DO GOOD, BE GOOD
Love,
Elder Ricks
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