Hello Family!!! I am glad to hear that everyone is doing well at home. As far as this week goes we had interviews and mine was great. I love President Moffat. He is so good at teaching the gospel and making it so you can understand it and learn from it. It is amazing. Our interview was a great interview and we just talked and discussed things about the mission. Pretty much the only question he asked me was am i worthy to be a missionary. He is such a powerful man and i love him so much.
The baptism that we had scheduled for saturday went through as planned and it was a great baptism. Mom you will love this part and you will be so proud of me. I played the piano at the baptism. We couldn't find anyone else who could play so i just played. It was great. But the baptism was very different from a baptism back home. Almost everyone that showed up, showed up in levi's and a t-shirt. It was really wierd and then it was so loud because people here don't know how to control their kids and they let them do whatever they want. It was kind of annoying but at least the ward showed up to support Tracy. She finally was baptized after 3 tries and it was so wonderful to see her being baptized and seeing her spirit totally change. We confirmed her on sunday but it was a close call. She sent us a text at like 11:30 on saturday night telling us she wasn't sure if she was going to make it to church. We didn't get it until we woke up and so we decided that we had to ride up there to her house and make sure she came. It was absolutely pouring rain. I was soaked and it was cold. We got to her house and she wasn't very happy with us but we said we had rode our bikes 20 minutes in the pouring rain to make sure she came to church because we know how important this is for her. She ended up coming to church and she told us afterward that she was happy that she came. It was a great feeling.
We are also starting to teach one of the members wife and she seems like she is interested and i know that she will get baptized. We think she knows the church is true we are just trying to get her to admit it. We will get her though. Other than that we haven't really taught anyone else. The porteguese people that i told you about last week started working again and work all day every day so we are trying to get a hold of them so we can teach them again but other than that we are still trying to find people to teach. It has been pouring rain the last 2 days. I have never seen so much rain in my life. It's ridiculous. It's so hard riding a bike in pouring rain when its cold and the wind blowing at like 30 miles an hour. Its crazy. But we have to do it and i know the Lord will bless us for it.
No we didn't go back to the cat lady. I am glad we didn't do that. I would have thrown up if we did. It was disgusting. Thanks for updating me on everything. I really love getting your emails and hearing about everything. Keep letting me know how things are going back home. I love being a missionary and i have learned so much already. I cant believe i have already been gone almost 2 months. I goes by fast. I hope everyone is doing well though and that your all doing the right things. I pray for all of you every day. Keep being the best family in the world and thank you for all your support. I love all you guys so much and the work here in Swindon is going well.
Love Elder Rudd
Also i forgot to tell you. Send me some rain pants and send me some more ties. I love you!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Letter - May 20, 2008
Hello everyone!!!! It sounds like everyone is doing well. It was good to hear from everyone.
First off i want to apologize for not getting an email from me last week. We had a mission football (soccer) tournament on tuesday and we had to leave early and didnt get back until about 6 and so we didnt have time to email. But it was so good to hear from everyone on Mothers day. I loved talking to you and hearing all of your voices.
This week has been pretty good. We have found a couple more people to teach and on thursday we taught this lady named Maria. She is from Portugal and she is catholic. She is a very nice lady and we taught her just more about the Restoration. We were teaching and we had a member and his wife there. (We were mad his wife came because she is crazy and its kind of overwhelming to the investigator) But the beginning of the lesson was a little chaotic. The spirit was not there for some reason. Then all of the sudden me and Elder Brower both got the impression to bear our testimony of the Book of Mormon. We did that and we read the last two paragraphs of the Introduction. While i was reading the last paragraph i felt the spirit come just like a brick wall. It was amazing. I finished reading and we looked up and Maria was crying. She said that she felt sad but it wasnt a sad sad. It was more like a something is missing sad. We explained to her that the spirit had testified to her that what we were saying is true and that it is the feeling that god gives us. It was an awesome lesson and i really do hope she follows her feelings and wants to become baptized. I have never felt the spirit quite like that and it was a great feeling. We have a baptism scheduled for saturday and so far it is looking like it will happen. It will be a great day for her when she gets baptized and makes those covenants with the Lord.
Mom this one is for you. Yesterday me and Elder Brower were tracting and we tracted into this lady. She opens the door and she is very overweight. Her shirt doesnt fit over her stoamch and she walks out and she is absolutely covered in hair. She also had a beard and i almost threw up right there. We were talking to her and this cat kept trying to run out of the house but we kept it in. We asked her how many cats she had and she said she had 82 cats. Yes 82 cats. It was terrible. You could look in the door and see the house was just covered with cats. It was so sick. I really felt like i had to take a shower after and i almost threw up.
But that was about all that happened this week. Tomorrow we have interviews with President Moffat and so that should be very good.
I was disappointed to hear about the Jazz. I hate the Lakers. But either way the Spurs will beat the Lakers. Keep me updated on all sports. Thank you.
Well everything is good here and i am trying to be the best missionary i can be. I love all of you guys and i pray for you every day. Thank you again for all the support you give to me. You are the best. Keep sending me letters and updates. I got the package with the peanut butter m&ms. Thank you. I love all of you guys and i want you to know that i know the church is true. I love you.
Love Elder Rudd
First off i want to apologize for not getting an email from me last week. We had a mission football (soccer) tournament on tuesday and we had to leave early and didnt get back until about 6 and so we didnt have time to email. But it was so good to hear from everyone on Mothers day. I loved talking to you and hearing all of your voices.
This week has been pretty good. We have found a couple more people to teach and on thursday we taught this lady named Maria. She is from Portugal and she is catholic. She is a very nice lady and we taught her just more about the Restoration. We were teaching and we had a member and his wife there. (We were mad his wife came because she is crazy and its kind of overwhelming to the investigator) But the beginning of the lesson was a little chaotic. The spirit was not there for some reason. Then all of the sudden me and Elder Brower both got the impression to bear our testimony of the Book of Mormon. We did that and we read the last two paragraphs of the Introduction. While i was reading the last paragraph i felt the spirit come just like a brick wall. It was amazing. I finished reading and we looked up and Maria was crying. She said that she felt sad but it wasnt a sad sad. It was more like a something is missing sad. We explained to her that the spirit had testified to her that what we were saying is true and that it is the feeling that god gives us. It was an awesome lesson and i really do hope she follows her feelings and wants to become baptized. I have never felt the spirit quite like that and it was a great feeling. We have a baptism scheduled for saturday and so far it is looking like it will happen. It will be a great day for her when she gets baptized and makes those covenants with the Lord.
Mom this one is for you. Yesterday me and Elder Brower were tracting and we tracted into this lady. She opens the door and she is very overweight. Her shirt doesnt fit over her stoamch and she walks out and she is absolutely covered in hair. She also had a beard and i almost threw up right there. We were talking to her and this cat kept trying to run out of the house but we kept it in. We asked her how many cats she had and she said she had 82 cats. Yes 82 cats. It was terrible. You could look in the door and see the house was just covered with cats. It was so sick. I really felt like i had to take a shower after and i almost threw up.
But that was about all that happened this week. Tomorrow we have interviews with President Moffat and so that should be very good.
I was disappointed to hear about the Jazz. I hate the Lakers. But either way the Spurs will beat the Lakers. Keep me updated on all sports. Thank you.
Well everything is good here and i am trying to be the best missionary i can be. I love all of you guys and i pray for you every day. Thank you again for all the support you give to me. You are the best. Keep sending me letters and updates. I got the package with the peanut butter m&ms. Thank you. I love all of you guys and i want you to know that i know the church is true. I love you.
Love Elder Rudd
Monday, May 19, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Letter - May 6, 2008
Hello everyone!!! It was great to hear from everyone this week. Thank you again for your emails. It makes my week so much better when i hear from you guys. I love every single one of you so much. I got one of the packages this week and i loved it. The reese's are almost gone but they have been delicious as well as the starburst. Thank you mom. Also i hope you had a good birthday. I thought about you all day on Saturday. I love you mom.
So i was glad to hear you got my letter. I am suprised it got there so fast. I hope you liked the pictures. They were mostly all from the MTC.
As for the work this week. It went pretty well. ALOT of tracting and finding. We found this Black guy from Kenya and he seems like he wants to know more and he has a lot of questions. We also found this one lady named Janice. We just tracted into her and we stopped by yesterday to follow up on her reading of the plan of salvation pamphlet and she really enjoyed it. She invited us in and we taught her about the Restoration and left her with the Book of Mormon to read. It was a great lesson and when we asked if we could leave the Book of Mormon with her she said o please yes. She is very excited and me and Elder Brower are very optomistic about her getting baptized. So i am hoping those go through as well as this other lady who has been taught everything but just doesnt want to be baptized. We are helping her and we have set the date for May 24th. I am really hoping it happens because if that happens it will be a very good thing for her in her life. She doesnt feel like she can give certain things up but we told her that she can and it will be so much easier once she is baptized. That is about what we have done this week. I almost got attacked by a couple of pit bulls this week. That was kinda scary. The work in Swindon is tough. People are not very receptive to the Gospel but we continue to have a positive attitude and we know that only the Lord can help us and direct us. He knows his children and he knows who is prepared for the gospel. We continue to have faith and we know that we can have success in Swindon. I love this work. This work truly is amazing. There really is no greater work than missionary work. I still miss you guys alot and i want you guys to know that i am totally focused on the work. I know what i have to do and i am working as hard as i can. This church is so true and i love it so much. True happiness only comes through the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am so happy right now and i have come to a greater knowledge of how important this gospel is to people. Thank you for all of your support.
As for the sports world. Why in the world do the Jazz have such a hard time against the Lakers!!!! It is so frustrating. Tell harpring to break Kobes fingers more so that he wont be able to play. I cant believe we didnt shoot that well. O well we will win both games in Salt Lake and we will win the series. I have confidence in the Jazz. Also thanks for the Eastern Conference update. Im still putting my money on the Celtics. (Even though i want Lebron.) I cant believe Avery Johnson got fired and i cant believe that the Suns are going to fire their coach. He is an awesome coach. That is crazy. But also update me on the Yankees. I want to know how they are doing as well. All these updates dont distract me so dont worry. So please keep me updated.
I shop at a store named Tesco. It is just a little grocery store and there isnt very many good things there. I have been eating so many peanut butter sandwiches it is crazy. I still dont think i have gained any weight though. haha. We also have a washer in our flat so we can do our wash whenever we want. We dont have a dryer so we have to hang dry everything. Its kind of annoying but o well. Thanks again for all the letters and emails. I love them. They really do help me so much. Continue to send them and i will write you back.
I love and miss all you guys. Missionary work is truly amazing. I love it. The gospel of Jesus Christ is so true. There is no question about it. I love everything about it. Thank you for all your
support. I love all of you guys.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
So i was glad to hear you got my letter. I am suprised it got there so fast. I hope you liked the pictures. They were mostly all from the MTC.
As for the work this week. It went pretty well. ALOT of tracting and finding. We found this Black guy from Kenya and he seems like he wants to know more and he has a lot of questions. We also found this one lady named Janice. We just tracted into her and we stopped by yesterday to follow up on her reading of the plan of salvation pamphlet and she really enjoyed it. She invited us in and we taught her about the Restoration and left her with the Book of Mormon to read. It was a great lesson and when we asked if we could leave the Book of Mormon with her she said o please yes. She is very excited and me and Elder Brower are very optomistic about her getting baptized. So i am hoping those go through as well as this other lady who has been taught everything but just doesnt want to be baptized. We are helping her and we have set the date for May 24th. I am really hoping it happens because if that happens it will be a very good thing for her in her life. She doesnt feel like she can give certain things up but we told her that she can and it will be so much easier once she is baptized. That is about what we have done this week. I almost got attacked by a couple of pit bulls this week. That was kinda scary. The work in Swindon is tough. People are not very receptive to the Gospel but we continue to have a positive attitude and we know that only the Lord can help us and direct us. He knows his children and he knows who is prepared for the gospel. We continue to have faith and we know that we can have success in Swindon. I love this work. This work truly is amazing. There really is no greater work than missionary work. I still miss you guys alot and i want you guys to know that i am totally focused on the work. I know what i have to do and i am working as hard as i can. This church is so true and i love it so much. True happiness only comes through the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am so happy right now and i have come to a greater knowledge of how important this gospel is to people. Thank you for all of your support.
As for the sports world. Why in the world do the Jazz have such a hard time against the Lakers!!!! It is so frustrating. Tell harpring to break Kobes fingers more so that he wont be able to play. I cant believe we didnt shoot that well. O well we will win both games in Salt Lake and we will win the series. I have confidence in the Jazz. Also thanks for the Eastern Conference update. Im still putting my money on the Celtics. (Even though i want Lebron.) I cant believe Avery Johnson got fired and i cant believe that the Suns are going to fire their coach. He is an awesome coach. That is crazy. But also update me on the Yankees. I want to know how they are doing as well. All these updates dont distract me so dont worry. So please keep me updated.
I shop at a store named Tesco. It is just a little grocery store and there isnt very many good things there. I have been eating so many peanut butter sandwiches it is crazy. I still dont think i have gained any weight though. haha. We also have a washer in our flat so we can do our wash whenever we want. We dont have a dryer so we have to hang dry everything. Its kind of annoying but o well. Thanks again for all the letters and emails. I love them. They really do help me so much. Continue to send them and i will write you back.
I love and miss all you guys. Missionary work is truly amazing. I love it. The gospel of Jesus Christ is so true. There is no question about it. I love everything about it. Thank you for all your
support. I love all of you guys.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
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