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| Nature is the greatest place to feel closer to God. |
I hope everyone's week has been great! So the funny thing is we went to Oxford last week, but we decided... Why not again..? There's a lot we didn't get to see so we're going round two! So hopefully my camera can snag some pretty nice stuff ya know? Anyways, here is the rundown for this past week!
Tuesday: January 26th, 2016
We had our zone training and it was pretty sweet! Every companionship presented something and the Spirit in the room was super powerful! We were all able to learn something we needed to and the greatest thing was that we had Costco muffins and Costco Pizza for lunch... Oh my, closest thing to America ever haha! After Zone Training, we went on exchanges and I got to work with Elder Biddle (from Australia) and it was super good! We power housed our way through a village and had a sweet dinner appointment with a member named Kulah. She made us Cassava Leaf food which is an African dish. Super good!
Wednesday: January 27th, 2016
Today we finished up our exchange and then we did some work in our area for a bit and saw some recent converts and less actives and also Jan and Sarah! We had a solid lesson with Jan as Sarah was sick, but we also had some unexpected events turn up in the evening which we needed to take care of for President.
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| This is the Chicago Burger at Rio's! |
I passed my theory test by one point!!! It was so stressful... But I passed and that's all that matters. I one upped Elder Mayes so I was happy haha. To celebrate we went to Rio's, an American Burger place which is just so dang delicious! It was a good day for sure though!
Friday: January 29th, 2016
So today, we had our second round of exchanges this week with and I got to work with Elder Raveneau (From France) and we got to teach their baptismal dates and it was super awesome!!! It was raining like crazy too in Witney so we got a bit wet but no worries, cause today was amazing!
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| This is the Golden Rathbone Family! |
Coolest day ever because a family was baptized! The Rathbone family is the definition of a converted family prior to baptism! They are also what we as missionaries call a "golden" family. It was super amazing to see and to be a part of the event! We also joined Jan and Sarah later that night at a church event that they had going on at their church. It was super cool and one thing I learned, is that a lot of churches do teach truth, however... A lot of what they were teaching was exactly what our church believes, but they just misinterpret it. They are so close on the dot... But there is just those small and plain truths... But it was super fun! They also invited us to dinner so we are making progress with becoming closer friends and they are super nice and hopefully, we will be able to continue to work with them and they'll be able to receive an answer to their prayers!:)
Sunday: January 31st, 2016
Great fast Sunday (as we have stake conference next week) but we had dinner with an amazing family the Sabin's. They're an American Family from Virginia that just moved here! They have five kids and they are AMAZING! We had enchiladas and Spanish rice and oh boy... I never realized how much I'd miss American food after having it last night... But the rest of the night was accounting for the week!
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| The Oxford Boys! |
2 Nephi 9:52
52 Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of your God; pray unto him continually by day, and give thanks unto his holy name by night. Let your hearts rejoice.
Truly let your hearts rejoice for everything in this life is so great... Remember that you are children of a loving Heavenly Father and he wants what's best for you. I exhort you to ask God exactly what his plan is for you and I promise you, that you will learn a lot of things that you could have never imagined.
I love you all! Have a great week!
-Elder Rivera
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