Carson leaves the CCM today!! How crazy is that! It feels like he just got his call yesterday! He is such a great example to me and I hope that he has a great time! Our missions are going to be very different but so similar at the same time, we both get to invite all to come unto Christ!
Our English as a second language class sadly had to get canceled this week on Saturday because we had a baptism for one of the people we are teaching, Bob and another guy in the Janesville ward that the sisters are teaching Wesley! So we moved the class from Saturday to Friday because they all wanted to come! It was awesome! We taught the class and then invited them all to our Bible class that we have in Spanish on Thursdays! So hopefully they start coming to that as well.
So yeah we were able to baptize Bob! It has been so awesome to see him learn of Jesus Christ and see him change and become better and happier too! There is just a glow about him that wasn't really there when we first met him! But I asked him how he felt after receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost and in his own words he said 'yesterday(for the baptism) I felt so calm and peaceful inside, and today when I received the gift of the Holy Ghost I felt like a whole bunch of good happy energy just came into me and I feel so happy!' I know that that feeling was the Holy Ghost and I know that as we learn more of Christ and let Him change us, we will be changed and receive a spiritual and even physical uplifting in our lives because of Him.
Nobody showed up for our sports night this week😂😂 so we just played with the sisters and talked to this lady walking by about our sports night and hopefully her daughter comes with a lot of her friends so that we can continue to do it. But soccer is always so fun!
I didn't translate this week... BUT I was able to teach the Spanish Sunday School class that we have and it was so cool to see the gift of tongues truly work as I was teaching today! I was able to form sentences that made enough sense that they could answer them and understand them well enough to reply and bare testimony of the topic! I'm thankful for the opportunity I have to learn a new language and be able to have the spirit work through me to people of a different language, culture, and background. I truly love this mission and for all of the opportunities I have had because of it!
Our AC is still broken so I have tons of pop sickles! And there was a pretty big fire the other day haha!
Thanks again for all of your love and support! You are all so incredible! I love you all.
DO GOOD, BE GOOD
Love,
Elder Ricks
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