Week Sixty:  Late  [September 17, 2018]

Hi Everyone! 

The only person we really taught this week was our friend Albert. He has a Baptisimal Date for October 13th and he's doing really well. We actually taught him twice (Tuesday and Sunday). The first was on tithing and the other was on following the prophet. Tuesday we also went to an ARP meeting (addiction recovery program) with him at the church. There were some people at the church from the Atascadero ward and it was fun to see some familiar faces. Some people remembered me and made a comment like "You'

re back", but some seem to have forgotten me. 

I went on two exchanges this week. The first was with Elder Clegg who came out the same time I did. We did some service for some non-members helping them take down a fence and put up a new one. who were super grateful that we helped them out. They even invited us back to see the finished product when it's done. I won't be able to see it since it's not in my area, but I hope all will go well. 

The other one was with Elder Hutchison who I actually knew a bit before I came on the mission! We had fun talking about people at home and we were able to find a good amount of people who said we could come back!

On Thursday we had a bit of a scare. We were having a follow up trainers meeting and I figured that we would be having it on a video conference, but we got a call from Sister Andrus (one of the senior missionaries) and she said that the meeting would be at the mission office in Oxnard which is about a 3 hour drive from us. We got the call at 9:00 and the meeting started at 10:00 so we rushed to the meeting as fast as we could. We ended up getting there at about 12:00 just in time for lunch. Apparently they announced in the meeting that we were going to be late and everyone there was making comments like "We're glad you made it" or "how was the drive?". One thing's for sure is that if I train again then I won't forget that important fact. 

I just wanted to wish good luck to my sister who just left for her mission today for Culiacán México. Love ya sis and I hope you see tons of miracles! 

That's all for now. Have a great week! 

Elder Jason Riches 

Early morning basketball game - young guys vs. old guys.

Hermana Jenna Riches with the Mexico Flag.

Airport farewell to Jenna.