Ryder's Mission

  Hola, como estan?? Esta semana fue super loca , a lot went down this past week To start off, sorry it's been a while, I sent an email last week but I don’t think it ever went through.... so just for a quick recap, I got transferred to an area called La Espiga, where I'm covering a ward and a group, and I'm also a trainer, training Elder Godfrey!  Training has been fun and interesting. Let me just sum it up in one conversation we had... the gist of it was me asking "where are the norms (missionary standards handbook) that they gave you?" His reply was "I never got those"  It's been fun though, he's doing well and learning pretty fast, even though some days he makes me want to pull my hair out (I suppose that’s why they call it having a kid in the mission ) The work is going great over here, we have a lot of people progressing and a couple fechas (baptism dates) here pretty soon! There were some crazyyyyy stuff that went down this past week thoug...

Elder Cangalaya Never get tired of these views Holaaaa a todos!!  Sorry it's been a minute, wanted to get an email out last week, and the week before, we might or might not have made my third trip up Chaparastique but this time as the trail guide  Don't worry though, we all made it safe and sound General Conference was incredible!! We had 10 friends that were able to see the conference. Two of them came in person to the chapel sunday morning too!! But halfway through the conference the chapel lost power and they left  But more about conference in the spiritual thought Transfer news!! After two transfers in San Rafael, I'm headed out to La Espiga to train. Not going to lie, I'm super sad to leave San Rafael, it was incredible being in a place where missionaries had never been. Being with Elder Cangalaya was awesome as well, I learned a lot. But La Espiga is going to be great, and I'm training!! Prayers for my new companion!! Still keeping my streak strong of whitewas...

  Hey everyone!! It's been a little while, figured it was time for a little update! Everything is going great here in San Rafael with Elder Cangalaya. Big news... we finally have a house (more or less)!!!  It's a second story studio apartment... so just a big square with a bathroom (and no sink but the bathroom sink ) but we have AC so it's all chill, definitely a lot better than 2 45 minute travels to and from the area every day Had three friends make the 45 minute trip to church with us this week!! Gotta say, you never really appreciate cars until you don't have one, count your blessings Some other random experiences:     - Had a really tough day, all of our lessons fell through, we walked for miles and miles and were exhausted and defeated. But, while waiting for our taxi in a park, we decided to talk with 1 more person, and he was super elegido!! We've met with him 3-4 times now, but it was a lesson that hard times are just preparing the way for miracles ...

  Hey everyone!! Crazy it's P-day again, time has been flying by. This week was full of miracles, but was also a super weird one , here's what went down: 1. We had 3 baptisms this past week!! Olga, Sofia, and Ivan were able to make their first covenant with God!! Ivan's baptism was especially a miracle. It wasn't in the weekly plan last Sunday, but we went and taught him on Tuesday, extended a baptism date for the 15th of March, but he told us "no.... that's too far, how about this Sunday?" It was super hype 2. Transfers! Due to some early transfers, this week has been super weird, we've been 4 missionaries in 3 areas. But I'll be staying and receiving Elder Cangalaya, an Elder I already know and am good friends with, so this transfer will be a blast. 3. Finally getting close to getting a house!  We should be signing on it tomorrow, so that'll be nice Spiritual thought:  There have been 2 things on my mind recently, 1, the importance of having ...

Zona Usulutan Exchanges with Elder Hunter Some area photos Holaaa a todos! Como estan?? It's been a little while, thought I'd give a quick run down of what's been going on: 1. Had 5 friends at church this past week!! (Finally!! ) It's about at least a 45 minute drive to the church, so it was a super big miracle!! 2. Still don't have a house in our area, we might not have one this transfer. It's ok though, getting to know a bunch of cool people in the bus 3. Went to a future-missionary conference in San Miguel and got to see all of of my old friends and converts from Moncagua, it was super awesome seeing them after a year!! 4. About the title: Let's just say to get home in the night time we've waited for a bus 5 times, but 3 of the 5 times random strangers have stopped and given us rides . They've led to 2 cool conversations about how they met the missionaries before, and only 1 near death experience with a drowsy driver playing and purposely brake ch...

First comp pic with Elder Cook Welcome back to the country Hola a todos, como estamos?? Here's a couple things that have gone down here in the past couple weeks First up, transfers hit super hard. After 6 months in Las Cañas I was transferred to a pueblito (little town) called San Rafael. It's clear across the mission, in the Usulutan zone. Ngl, it was super sad to leave Las Cañas and all of the converts there, and unfortunately we weren't able to leave with another baptism, but we did leave 7 dates for this month of February!! This area couldn't be more different than my last; there I was in the city, and now it's open country. I came from a ward, and now we're trying to start a branch down here (super crazy stuff), and now I'm with Elder Cook who's in his 3rd transfer, so it's a blast!! Definitely a different type of challenge, but it's going to be fun. As for a spiritual thought, I've been studying recently in the New Testament, and I just...