Bell, Rigdin PT

This email won't be too long because the only thing that really happened this week was that both Elder Shawcroft and I got a stomach bug which knocked us out for the week. It was a rough couple of days, but we're back in shape and are excited to return to the work. MONDAY we had our last p-day of the transfer down in Santa Fe. We played a bunch of dodgeball with the whole zone for a bit and then a handful of us started playing the one board game called 7 Wonders with one of the senior missionaries. The rest of the day was pretty normal, except at the very end when Elder Shawcroft started having symptoms from the stomach bug. TUESDAY we just stayed inside and let Elder Shawcroft work on recovering. WEDNESDAY we managed to have a phone lesson with one of our friends we had been teaching for a bit, Anna. It went really well and they are loving the gospel so much. Then that night I ended up getting hit with the stomach bug which was really rough. We also found out that both of us a...

Nothing too interesting has really happened this week, but I guess that's just how some weeks will be when you've been out for long enough. MONDAY no one in our district really felt like going anywhere to do anything, so we just stayed in our area and ended up playing a bunch of board games at our apartment. TUESDAY we spent most of the day just tracting and trying to find someone we could start teaching. WEDNESDAY I went on exchanges to Española with our Spanish-speaking zone leader. It was a pretty fun day because it had been a while since I had lived with another set of missionaries and just hanging out with them during dinner and lunch was funny. Ending off the day was interesting because we had a very emotional lesson with one of the people they had been teaching, but it was all in Spanish so I didn't understand any of what was said. THURSDAY we unexchanged and ended up spending the rest of the day inside the apartment because the day before Elder Shawcroft had a bit o...

This week, we had some pretty wild weather while we were out and about during the day. We experienced wind, rain, and even hail, but I'm just happy for anything other than dry weather! On Monday, we had our zone P-day in Santa Fe, so I wrote most of my email on the way there and back. Other than that, we didn't do anything too interesting besides playing some ultimate frisbee with the whole zone. Tuesday, we did all our normal planning for the week and then went tracting for the rest of the day. The tracting itself wasn't anything too interesting, but we were dealing with really strong winds that were blowing us around a lot. Wednesday, we went out to the part of our area called Angel Fire and tried to visit some members that we'd never met. Because it's so far into the mountains, we even saw a herd of elk. Thursday, we had been asked to prepare a training on how we can prepare our friends for baptism. A big thing we focused on was making sure that they have friends...

Whenever we have Zone conference or interviews in a week, it usually means a lot of driving. This week we had both so I'd say most of our week we weren't even in our area. MONDAY, we went on a hike with our district on one of the trails that went along a part of the Rio Grande. It took about an hour to go to the top and back, so it was a good time to get to know some of the other Elders in the district. TUESDAY was a bit of an unfortunate day because during our weekly planning, a lot of the people we had been teaching dropped us and told us that they didn't want to meet with us anymore. It's a bit sad, but everyone has their own time to hear the gospel. WEDNESDAY we were able to have a lesson with one of our friends we had been teaching for a bit, and we extended the invitation to pray about a baptism date. It was really exciting for me because they said that they would, and it really seems like they are dedicated to being baptized. Other than that, I day ended a bit sh...