Today is Elder Rudd's birthday! We hope he has the best birthday and has a successful day today! WE LOVE YOU SAM!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELDER!!!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Letter - February 24, 2009
Hey there everyone!! Well this is the second to last time that i will email you with 3 Rudd boys and 1 Rudd girl. That is weird to think about. I hope the wedding plans go through well and i hope that everyone is doing well.
Well this week was a little slow moving. We taught Sheelagh and Helen a couple more times and they were at church on Sunday. They really enjoy church. However they are a member referral and the members that referred them to us felt like they needed more time for baptism. President Moffat has told the missionaries in the past that they need to do everything that this family says. It is a really wierd situation. We have spoken to the family quite a bit this week trying to resolve their concerns. We are speaking with them tonight and it will be a due or die situation. If they aren't willing to let Sheelagh and Helen work towards a date to be baptized then we are going to drop them and we can't work with them anymore. If that happens it will really break my heart. I hope that everything goes well.
We have Zone Conference on Thursday which is my birthday. It will be a fun way to celebrate it. I wouldn't want it any other way. I can't believe that i will be 20 though. That is old. There is no better place to be though right now then serving a mission. I am excited for Zone Conference. It will be a good one.
We have really had a struggle this past week to find people to teach. It has been very discouraging and very disappointing. We continue to work hard though. That is the best thing we can do. (Preach My Gospel pg. 121) We know that in the end the Lord will bless us.
I have started the Book of Mormon over again. I think this is the 4th time i will have read it since i have been out. I am currently in 1 Nephi and i love hearing about the trials and triumphs of Nephi. He is probably my favorite person to study about in the Book of Mormon for that exact reason. " I will go and do the things which the Lord had commanded me. For i know that the Lord giveth no commandment unto the children of men save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." I love that scripture. No matter what the commandment is, there is always a way to accomplish it. Mission life is hard. It is the hardest thing i have ever done. It is so rewarding though. So rewarding. I know that the Lord puts trials in our way for us to become stronger. I love the gospel. I love it with all of my heart. I am grateful for my testimony of this sweet sweet gospel. I hope that i can work as hard as Nephi and be as obedient and righteous as he was. I love you all and i am grateful for your love and support.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
Well this week was a little slow moving. We taught Sheelagh and Helen a couple more times and they were at church on Sunday. They really enjoy church. However they are a member referral and the members that referred them to us felt like they needed more time for baptism. President Moffat has told the missionaries in the past that they need to do everything that this family says. It is a really wierd situation. We have spoken to the family quite a bit this week trying to resolve their concerns. We are speaking with them tonight and it will be a due or die situation. If they aren't willing to let Sheelagh and Helen work towards a date to be baptized then we are going to drop them and we can't work with them anymore. If that happens it will really break my heart. I hope that everything goes well.
We have Zone Conference on Thursday which is my birthday. It will be a fun way to celebrate it. I wouldn't want it any other way. I can't believe that i will be 20 though. That is old. There is no better place to be though right now then serving a mission. I am excited for Zone Conference. It will be a good one.
We have really had a struggle this past week to find people to teach. It has been very discouraging and very disappointing. We continue to work hard though. That is the best thing we can do. (Preach My Gospel pg. 121) We know that in the end the Lord will bless us.
I have started the Book of Mormon over again. I think this is the 4th time i will have read it since i have been out. I am currently in 1 Nephi and i love hearing about the trials and triumphs of Nephi. He is probably my favorite person to study about in the Book of Mormon for that exact reason. " I will go and do the things which the Lord had commanded me. For i know that the Lord giveth no commandment unto the children of men save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." I love that scripture. No matter what the commandment is, there is always a way to accomplish it. Mission life is hard. It is the hardest thing i have ever done. It is so rewarding though. So rewarding. I know that the Lord puts trials in our way for us to become stronger. I love the gospel. I love it with all of my heart. I am grateful for my testimony of this sweet sweet gospel. I hope that i can work as hard as Nephi and be as obedient and righteous as he was. I love you all and i am grateful for your love and support.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Letter - February 17, 2009
Hey there how are all of you? I understand you are busy with wedding plans. That is good. You will have to let me know how it goes. I got the wedding invitation today and it was great. I am excited for you Deb. Rick just better take care of ya or he has me to deal with. Haha. i know that you will be great together. I am excited.
Well it has been a good week in the new area. Lichfield is not a big town at all. In this mission each area is a ward and each Zone is a stake. So there are 8 Zones in our mission. It is very different to back home. Lichfield would probably be the size of Sandy and Draper. And that is just all one ward. There were probably about 70 people in Sacrament meeting on Sunday. Our flat is pretty nice. It is wierd to be in a place where i can actually go in a different room. I was living in a box for the last 7 and a half months. I am excited to be in Lichfield though. I am not the District Leader anymore but yes i am senior companion. I do miss being the District Leader though. It was a lot of fun.
The weather here is awful. You never know what to predict. It is still very cold. It has snowed a lot this winter which is very very rare here. The wind constantly blows and it just cuts right through ya.
Well my time is short but hopefully i can get more time. We commited a lady and her daughter to baptism for march 8th. It was amazing. The spirit was so strong in the lesson. I couldn't believe it. I love this work and i love this gospel. This one has to be short but i will email another one later.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
Well it has been a good week in the new area. Lichfield is not a big town at all. In this mission each area is a ward and each Zone is a stake. So there are 8 Zones in our mission. It is very different to back home. Lichfield would probably be the size of Sandy and Draper. And that is just all one ward. There were probably about 70 people in Sacrament meeting on Sunday. Our flat is pretty nice. It is wierd to be in a place where i can actually go in a different room. I was living in a box for the last 7 and a half months. I am excited to be in Lichfield though. I am not the District Leader anymore but yes i am senior companion. I do miss being the District Leader though. It was a lot of fun.
The weather here is awful. You never know what to predict. It is still very cold. It has snowed a lot this winter which is very very rare here. The wind constantly blows and it just cuts right through ya.
Well my time is short but hopefully i can get more time. We commited a lady and her daughter to baptism for march 8th. It was amazing. The spirit was so strong in the lesson. I couldn't believe it. I love this work and i love this gospel. This one has to be short but i will email another one later.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
Letter from Jordan
Sam baptized this boy named Jordan in December. When he found out that Sam was being transfered, he asked Sam if he could write our family. So here's the email!
Hi Rudd's family,
my name is jordan,
I hope your proud of your son,he's fun,my brother Luke always made him laugh.
I did not want him to leave and he was the best missionary ever.
I'm looking forward to go on my mission in 9years. This is my favorite baptism photo.
From jordan
Hi Rudd's family,
my name is jordan,
I hope your proud of your son,he's fun,my brother Luke always made him laugh.
I did not want him to leave and he was the best missionary ever.
I'm looking forward to go on my mission in 9years. This is my favorite baptism photo.
From jordan
Letter - February 12, 2009
Hey everyone!!! Sorry i forgot to mention that transfers were this week. That is why you haven't heard from me until now. I have been transfered out of Rugby. I had been there for the last 7 1/2 months. It was difficult to leave. I absolutely loved Rugby. It treated me well. I will miss it but i am excited to be in my new area. I am now serving in a town called Lichfield. It is north of Birmingham. It is not a big town and there is a huge Catholic Cathedral here. It is massive. I also found out that the church has a full court basketball court inside!!!!!! WOW was i excited to hear that. I will be at that church every p day now. I could hardly contain myself when i found out. I wanted to go play right then. Well my new companion is Elder Bedford. He is from St George, Utah. Bloomington to be exact. He lives on the other side of the river. So before you get to the park with the baseball fields. I asked him how many times he has been to Fiesta Fun and he said once. He said why go to Fiesta Fun. There isn't a whole lot to do there. It was funny. Well my new address is this.
30 Ridware House
Hobs Road
Lichfield
WS13 6SY
England
Send me lots of things. Pass that address on. Well i can't believe that i am turning 20 in just a couple weeks. I am getting too old. I can't believe how fast time has gone. This last year has just flown by. I can't believe February is almost over as well. I hope all of you are doing well and that you are happy and healthy.
Well i continue to love this work. It is such a great thing. The gospel of Jesus Christ is real. I see it work every day. There is not a day that goes by that i don't see some sort of miracle happen. I love this work so much. I will be sad when it is over. I love all of you and i am grateful for your support. The church is true.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
p.s. Send lots of candy. Thanks i love you all.
30 Ridware House
Hobs Road
Lichfield
WS13 6SY
England
Send me lots of things. Pass that address on. Well i can't believe that i am turning 20 in just a couple weeks. I am getting too old. I can't believe how fast time has gone. This last year has just flown by. I can't believe February is almost over as well. I hope all of you are doing well and that you are happy and healthy.
Well i continue to love this work. It is such a great thing. The gospel of Jesus Christ is real. I see it work every day. There is not a day that goes by that i don't see some sort of miracle happen. I love this work so much. I will be sad when it is over. I love all of you and i am grateful for your support. The church is true.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
p.s. Send lots of candy. Thanks i love you all.
Letter - February 3, 2009
Well hello everyone!! I was glad to hear that everyone is doing well and that they are healthy. I am doing great over here and loving every minute of being a missionary. I often have dreams that i am home and they seem real at the time and then i wake up and i realize that i am still out here and i am so excited. I wouldnt want to be any other place at this point of my life.
This week we have been trying to find people to teach. We don't have a lot of people at the moment but right now we are working with a family from Portugal who seem to be doing well. We aren't really working with Dean any more. We would set up appointments and he wouldn't be there and we were never able to get a hold of him again. That is a bit disappointing but that is what happens in missionary work. It has been a very slow month and it is because of the weather and how cold it is right now. It is very cold again and on Sunday night and all of yesterday it was snowing. It snowed about 2 or 3 inches and the whole country shut down. That is not a joke either. London was shut down. The trains weren't running, the buses weren't running. We all found it very humorous. So yes right now there is snow in England and we can't really ride our bikes because it is very icy as well.
Yesterday we had interviews in Coventry. They were very good as usual. I learned a lot from President Moffat. His son was over here. Patrick Moffat. He is a business partner of President Moffat. I always love the missionary meetings. They are so great. The spirit is so strong and it is like any other meetings i have been to. I learn so much. When i leave i have such a strong desire to be a better missionary and i just feel so enlightened. I love this work.
Well about an hour ago we were down at the chapel because our Bishop's wife called us and said that there was a letter for us at the chapel. It was addressed to the "American Missionaries." It was from Rosemary!! A.K.A. blanket lady. It was addressed from Peterborough which is on the eastern side of england. Still in our mission though. So we went and read this letter. We found out that she is in prison right now for something she did. It broke my heart. She later went on to say though that she was greatful for what we had taught her and she hopes that she can get in contact with the church again when she is out of prison. I was shocked that she was in prison and i hope that she is alright. Please pray for her. Yes she had a few wires crossed but she was very nice. She needs our prayers at this time. The gospel can and will bless her life.
Well i know that this church is true. I love it with all of my heart. I am so greatful for it in my life. Jesus Christ lives. I can testify of that. I know that we do indeed have a prophet on the earth. I love sharing that with people each and every day. I love all of you and i hope that everything is well.
Love, Elder Sam Rudd
This week we have been trying to find people to teach. We don't have a lot of people at the moment but right now we are working with a family from Portugal who seem to be doing well. We aren't really working with Dean any more. We would set up appointments and he wouldn't be there and we were never able to get a hold of him again. That is a bit disappointing but that is what happens in missionary work. It has been a very slow month and it is because of the weather and how cold it is right now. It is very cold again and on Sunday night and all of yesterday it was snowing. It snowed about 2 or 3 inches and the whole country shut down. That is not a joke either. London was shut down. The trains weren't running, the buses weren't running. We all found it very humorous. So yes right now there is snow in England and we can't really ride our bikes because it is very icy as well.
Yesterday we had interviews in Coventry. They were very good as usual. I learned a lot from President Moffat. His son was over here. Patrick Moffat. He is a business partner of President Moffat. I always love the missionary meetings. They are so great. The spirit is so strong and it is like any other meetings i have been to. I learn so much. When i leave i have such a strong desire to be a better missionary and i just feel so enlightened. I love this work.
Well about an hour ago we were down at the chapel because our Bishop's wife called us and said that there was a letter for us at the chapel. It was addressed to the "American Missionaries." It was from Rosemary!! A.K.A. blanket lady. It was addressed from Peterborough which is on the eastern side of england. Still in our mission though. So we went and read this letter. We found out that she is in prison right now for something she did. It broke my heart. She later went on to say though that she was greatful for what we had taught her and she hopes that she can get in contact with the church again when she is out of prison. I was shocked that she was in prison and i hope that she is alright. Please pray for her. Yes she had a few wires crossed but she was very nice. She needs our prayers at this time. The gospel can and will bless her life.
Well i know that this church is true. I love it with all of my heart. I am so greatful for it in my life. Jesus Christ lives. I can testify of that. I know that we do indeed have a prophet on the earth. I love sharing that with people each and every day. I love all of you and i hope that everything is well.
Love, Elder Sam Rudd
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