Elder Jason Riches

Week Eighty-Seven: Transfer Update - Get Ready for Round 3! [March 25, 2019]

Hi Everyone!

It's been another fantastic week here in the Valley Vista ward! Tuesday we had our walk day and as we were walking to our area we saw Michaela at the bus stop! It was good since we missed our last lesson with her since we had scheduled it the same time as Zone Conference. We set an appointment with her for the next day.

We were going to do a little finding the next day before Michaela, but we only got to one house since the first person we talked to turned into an hour-long visit! Her name is Edith and she told us we could come back another time! Then in our lesson with Michaela we ended up talking about the Book of Mormon and talking more about what that is! We also had a great lesson with Dizi that evening as we discussed continuing to learn in the church!

Thursday was a finding day! We actually found three people who were all pretty open to meeting again. One of them was a professional boxer and he told us that he was actually looking for a church since he is new to the area. We'll probably have to wait a while to work with him though since he's going out of town soon. We also had a lesson with Bob this evening and he's now finished the book of Mosiah!

We wound up giving a discussion on how to effectively work with members our last district council this transfer. Later on as we were getting our bikes we saw our friend Jason (the potential, not the recent convert) walking around! We were able to talk with him for a while and it seems like things have been rough for him the last little while. If you could keep him in your prayers that would be great!

After our member dinner on Saturday they let us know about a part-member family in the area. We stopped by and they invited us in and we had a nice chat with them as well as share a scripture. As we were leaving they said that we could come back again soon! We're going to hopefully start working with them!

Sunday during our member dinner we had Jason (this time the recent convert) and his family there. They had a good time and in the end we had a lovely discussion on the scriptures.

It's that time again where we get ready for transfers. We got the call last night that Elder NeSmith will be leaving and I will be staying here in the Valley Vista ward. My new companion will be Elder Pack. He's a mission legend and is one of the most entertaining missionaries in the mission. This next transfer is going to be a lot of fun!

That's it for me right now. Have a fantastic week!

Elder Jason Riches