Hey family happy new year!!! Well it was great talking to you on Christmas. I had a great time and i loved hearing from all of you. It was great that Bro. & Sister Hughes let us use their phone. I hope you all had a great Christmas.
Well i guess the big news this week is that i did not get transfered. I am staying in Rugby for another transfer. That will put me here for 7 1/2 months. Only one other person has stayed in Rugby that long from what i can tell. The other part of the big news was that on Saturday night i got a phone call from President Moffat and he was talking to me for a while and then he asked me if i would accept a call as a District Leader. I was a little nervous but i told him that i would do it. So i am the District Leader now. It is a lot of responsibility but i am excited for this new adventure. There are 6 elders in the district including us and 2 sisters. It will be a great experience and i think i will learn a lot from it. I have already had some challenging experiences so i will let you know how this goes.
Well there hasn't been a whole lot that has gone on since i talked to you on Chirstmas. We have just continued working and trying to find people to teach and baptize. Things are going well and i am excited about this upcoming transfer.
I was sad to see Elder Nordquist leave. Tell him hello for me and that the mission misses him. I can't wait until i can see him again when i get home.
Well i will be cheering for the Utes on Friday. I hope they can pull it off. That would be sweet if they did. Did the team down south win their bowl game? I am happy to hear about Kyle staying. I hope that he can keep that fire and that his teams will be able to perform. GO UTES!!!!!!!!
Well i really don't have a lot more. I love being out here and serving. It is so great. The gospel really is true. My testimony grows stronger each and every day. I love our Savior Jesus Christ. I really have come to know him during this Christmas season. I didn't really feel like it was christmas but i was really focused on Jesus Christ. I love him very much. I love all of you and i am so thankful for all of your support. You are great.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Letter - December 16, 2008
Hey how is it going?? It was great to hear from you and see how you are all doing. Wow i can't believe it is Christmas next week. December has flown by. Well i guess i better tell you guys when to call me. President Moffat said that we need to have our families call us so we don't make the members have a huge bill. But if that is ok with you i want you to call me in between 4:45 and 5:00 my time. That would put it in between 9:45 and 10:00 Utah time. I hope that works with you. This is the number you need to call. *****. If you want to you may want to call it during the week and see if it works. The member we are calling from is very nice. She feeds us well. It is like a thanksgiving feast every time we go. It is so good. I love it.
Well this week has been a good week. It has been a great week. We have had a lot of success. I will keep it short but i just love missionary work. We were tracting on Saturday and we were going to visit this guy we had stopped earlier on in the week. He wasn't home and so we walked down the street and i felt like we should knock on these houses. We went and knocked and this African family answered and invited us in. It was so great. I was so excited. We went and taught them the Restoration and it was a great lesson. They are from Zambia and their names are Mary and Illack. To make a long story short we invited them to church and they came and they loved it. We asked them to be baptized and they said they wanted to so i am really really excited about it. I will keep you updated on them and we can talk about it on Christmas.
We have our Mission Christmas Party on friday and we have a talent show and me and Elder Wright are singing a song for it. Haha. If you have the voice mail christmas cd jingles 2, which i just think we have the first jingles, listen to song number 14. Its called tracting in a winter wonderland. It is so funny. The A.P'S kinda made us feel guilty for not being in the talent show so we decided we better do this.
Well this email is short because i will talk to you next week and i don't think i will be emailing next week either. But i am absolutely loving this experience. I learn so much each and every day. I can't wait to get out and talk to people. It is incredible. The spirit works so strong. I love the gospel and i love missionary work. I love all of you and i am so grateful for all of your examples. I will talk to you next week on Christmas Morning!!!!!
Love Elder Sam Rudd
p.s. We watched Mr Krugers Christmas last monday night with a member and it was awesome. I love it!!
Well this week has been a good week. It has been a great week. We have had a lot of success. I will keep it short but i just love missionary work. We were tracting on Saturday and we were going to visit this guy we had stopped earlier on in the week. He wasn't home and so we walked down the street and i felt like we should knock on these houses. We went and knocked and this African family answered and invited us in. It was so great. I was so excited. We went and taught them the Restoration and it was a great lesson. They are from Zambia and their names are Mary and Illack. To make a long story short we invited them to church and they came and they loved it. We asked them to be baptized and they said they wanted to so i am really really excited about it. I will keep you updated on them and we can talk about it on Christmas.
We have our Mission Christmas Party on friday and we have a talent show and me and Elder Wright are singing a song for it. Haha. If you have the voice mail christmas cd jingles 2, which i just think we have the first jingles, listen to song number 14. Its called tracting in a winter wonderland. It is so funny. The A.P'S kinda made us feel guilty for not being in the talent show so we decided we better do this.
Well this email is short because i will talk to you next week and i don't think i will be emailing next week either. But i am absolutely loving this experience. I learn so much each and every day. I can't wait to get out and talk to people. It is incredible. The spirit works so strong. I love the gospel and i love missionary work. I love all of you and i am so grateful for all of your examples. I will talk to you next week on Christmas Morning!!!!!
Love Elder Sam Rudd
p.s. We watched Mr Krugers Christmas last monday night with a member and it was awesome. I love it!!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Letter - December 9, 2008
Hey everyone!!! It was so good to hear from you. You are the best. I always love hearing from you and your experiences during the week.
Well our baptism went through on Saturday. It was so great to see the excitement of Jordan. He was so happy and ready to be baptized. He asked me if i would baptize him and so that was an honor for me. It was the first time i have baptized someone outside of the temple. It was such a good experience. His mom has decided to come back to church now and so Jordan's baptism didn't only bless his life but it blessed his whole family. It is incredible to see how the Gospel works. It totally blows my mind. It is brilliant!! (I thought i would throw that word in for ya cause i don't think i have said it to you yet.) haha. Elder Nordquist showed up to the baptism so it was good to see him again. I love him and i will miss him very much when he goes home. Other than that we didn't really have too much go on this week.
We did have Zone Conference this past week. It was a great conference. We really focused on making missionary work fun and not being so robotic. We came up with different ideas that we could do that will catch people off guard and that will be different then saying we are missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was really fun and very very useful. I love going to Zone Conference. We have our Mission Christmas Party on the 19th and i am way excited for it. It will be a blast. There will be loads of things that we do. I guess we are having a Preach My Gospel jeopardy game so that should be way fun. As you can see our mission has a lot of fun and we aren't just robots and serious people. President Moffat is an amazing person and he loves to have fun. He is always making jokes and making us laugh. It is a great experience.
I love my mission. I love serving the Lord. It is the greatest time of my life. There is no greater work. I feel the Spirit of the Lord each day. It works on people in more ways than i thought were possible. It is truly amazing. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is true. I love it with all my heart. Jesus Christ lives and he is real. The Book of Mormon is amazing. Joseph Smith did incredible things. My mission truly means everything to me. Thank you for all of your love and support. I love you.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
p.s. GO UTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well our baptism went through on Saturday. It was so great to see the excitement of Jordan. He was so happy and ready to be baptized. He asked me if i would baptize him and so that was an honor for me. It was the first time i have baptized someone outside of the temple. It was such a good experience. His mom has decided to come back to church now and so Jordan's baptism didn't only bless his life but it blessed his whole family. It is incredible to see how the Gospel works. It totally blows my mind. It is brilliant!! (I thought i would throw that word in for ya cause i don't think i have said it to you yet.) haha. Elder Nordquist showed up to the baptism so it was good to see him again. I love him and i will miss him very much when he goes home. Other than that we didn't really have too much go on this week.
We did have Zone Conference this past week. It was a great conference. We really focused on making missionary work fun and not being so robotic. We came up with different ideas that we could do that will catch people off guard and that will be different then saying we are missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was really fun and very very useful. I love going to Zone Conference. We have our Mission Christmas Party on the 19th and i am way excited for it. It will be a blast. There will be loads of things that we do. I guess we are having a Preach My Gospel jeopardy game so that should be way fun. As you can see our mission has a lot of fun and we aren't just robots and serious people. President Moffat is an amazing person and he loves to have fun. He is always making jokes and making us laugh. It is a great experience.
I love my mission. I love serving the Lord. It is the greatest time of my life. There is no greater work. I feel the Spirit of the Lord each day. It works on people in more ways than i thought were possible. It is truly amazing. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is true. I love it with all my heart. Jesus Christ lives and he is real. The Book of Mormon is amazing. Joseph Smith did incredible things. My mission truly means everything to me. Thank you for all of your love and support. I love you.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
p.s. GO UTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Letter - December 2, 2008
Well i have to start out this email by saying.....WHAT THE HECK DEBBIE????????? CONGRATULATIONS! I am so so so happy for you. You seem really happy in all of your pictures. Good thing i won't be at the wedding though. If i were there your car would be destroyed. You know how good i am at the car decorating. Well i really am sad i will miss the wedding but i couldn't be happier for you deb. I love you. Rick you better take good care of my sister. If not you have a year and 4 months to repent and to do better or else you will face the wrath of her younger brother. Just kidding Rick. Thank you for making my sister happy and i know you will take good care of her. Congrats.
Well this week has been a good week. Jordan came to church on Sunday and so he is getting baptized this Saturday. He is so excited. There really have been a few miracles that have happened in order for him to be baptized. It has been great to teach him. Even though he is only 10 years old his enthusiasm and his faith in the Lord are amazing. It will be a great day for him on Saturday. Well i had a lot of spiritual experiences this week. We taught a lot of lessons on the street and this one in particular was pretty good. We have this thing in the mission called 10/10/20. We have to talk to someone on the street within 10 mintues of leaving the flat, have 10 street contacts each day, and have 20 sit down lessons throughout the week. So we were leaving the flat and i stopped this girl right outside of the flat. I started talking to her and at first she seemed like she didn't really want to listen and then i saw the spirit work inside of her and she totally changed. It was amazing. The spirit was totally teaching her. I wasn't doing any talking. It wasn't my voice she heard but it was the spirit. It was pretty neat. We also were just knocking doors one night and we got to this one door and we didn't even say two words and the guy let us in. We went and taught him and he said he would read the Book of Mormon. We went back the next day and he had read it. He said he would come to church and learn more. I hope that he does and that he finds out that the church is true. Wow what a great work.
Well i guess my funny story for this week is we had just been knocking on doors one day and we ran into a bunch of old people. We got to this one house and this lady couldn't hear at all. I had to yell as loud as i could at her just so she could hear me. It was crazy. Then i got so used to yelling that by the next door i was yelling again except this was a younger lady. It was pretty funny.
Well we are going to Warwick Castle again today. It was snowing this morning so i hope that it is not too cold. It should be fun. We have Zone Conference on Thursday. I am really excited about it. I always love Zone Conference. Tomorrow is my 8 month mark. That means i am 1/3 of the way done. It is crazy. It has absolutely flown by. I am so grateful for this opportunity to serve. I love it with all of my heart. It is the greatest thing i have ever done. This has truly been a blessing in my life. I love you all and i am so grateful for all of your love and support. The church is so true. We are so blessed to live in a day where we have a living Prophet and 12 Apostles. Isn't it great? Well you all take care and i hope that you all stay safe. I love you.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
Well this week has been a good week. Jordan came to church on Sunday and so he is getting baptized this Saturday. He is so excited. There really have been a few miracles that have happened in order for him to be baptized. It has been great to teach him. Even though he is only 10 years old his enthusiasm and his faith in the Lord are amazing. It will be a great day for him on Saturday. Well i had a lot of spiritual experiences this week. We taught a lot of lessons on the street and this one in particular was pretty good. We have this thing in the mission called 10/10/20. We have to talk to someone on the street within 10 mintues of leaving the flat, have 10 street contacts each day, and have 20 sit down lessons throughout the week. So we were leaving the flat and i stopped this girl right outside of the flat. I started talking to her and at first she seemed like she didn't really want to listen and then i saw the spirit work inside of her and she totally changed. It was amazing. The spirit was totally teaching her. I wasn't doing any talking. It wasn't my voice she heard but it was the spirit. It was pretty neat. We also were just knocking doors one night and we got to this one door and we didn't even say two words and the guy let us in. We went and taught him and he said he would read the Book of Mormon. We went back the next day and he had read it. He said he would come to church and learn more. I hope that he does and that he finds out that the church is true. Wow what a great work.
Well i guess my funny story for this week is we had just been knocking on doors one day and we ran into a bunch of old people. We got to this one house and this lady couldn't hear at all. I had to yell as loud as i could at her just so she could hear me. It was crazy. Then i got so used to yelling that by the next door i was yelling again except this was a younger lady. It was pretty funny.
Well we are going to Warwick Castle again today. It was snowing this morning so i hope that it is not too cold. It should be fun. We have Zone Conference on Thursday. I am really excited about it. I always love Zone Conference. Tomorrow is my 8 month mark. That means i am 1/3 of the way done. It is crazy. It has absolutely flown by. I am so grateful for this opportunity to serve. I love it with all of my heart. It is the greatest thing i have ever done. This has truly been a blessing in my life. I love you all and i am so grateful for all of your love and support. The church is so true. We are so blessed to live in a day where we have a living Prophet and 12 Apostles. Isn't it great? Well you all take care and i hope that you all stay safe. I love you.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
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