Will You Be Ready?

Good Morning/Afternoon Everyone,

Sun is out, drivers test in progress, why study at a desk?

This week has been one for the books! Not only did we have a great week but we were able to see another brother of ours join the fold with the Chinese Elders! It was a great experience for all and this week we have some trainings coming up, as well as stake
conference! Can't wait! Hopefully everyone's week went well and that you aren't to scared that we are already half way through April... Where is this year going? Anyways, here is a rundown of the week! Enjoy!

Tuesday: April 12th, 2016
Today was my  two year mark from being baptized in the true church. Wow has it flown by! But today was a great day! Had some time to reflect how far I have truly come since that day and how much the Lord has blessed me with. It truly is amazing... He truly lives!

Wednesday: April 13th, 2016
We had district meeting today and then we had some exchanges with the Hamble River elders and that was great. We went and knocked a road and it was a gold mine! We found a lot of people who were interested and/or have had contact with the church in the past. Great night for sure!

Thursday: April 14th, 2016
Finished exchanges and then we had correlation it instead of correlation, we taught a guy who was visiting the church for the first time (we dropped him for reasons I can explain later after the mission,
so stay tuned cause it was a crazy story after we taught him twice)

Friday: April 15th, 2016
Weekly planning and then we had lunch and went to Elder Lika's driving test. After we had our second round of exchanges with Winchester and it was a super good night. I got to work with Elder de Kock who has only been out for 3 weeks! Crazy!

One ring... To rule them all...

Saturday: April 16th, 2016
Finished up exchanges today and then the Chinese elders had a baptism that we got to watch. Jonah was super excited and was glowing after the baptism! Then we worked on the Newsletter for the zone.

Sunday: April 17th, 2016
Sabbath day is #Hisday! We had an amazing day today and we got to have a barbecue with some members for dinner because it was a sunny day! Then, we accounted for the rest of the evening again! The zone was on fire this week! We were super pleased with the work throughout the areas this week!

Verse of the Week:
Alma 12:24
"this life became a probationary state; a time to prepare to meet God"

This time truly is the time to prepare to meet God! How are you preparing for that great and last day?? Ask yourself sincerely... Is it enough? Do I need to do more? What else is there to do? Do I need to learn more? What haven't I done yet? Have I been saved? These are all questions that the Book of Mormon can answer, so if you need answers, bounce between the pages and search for them because they are not going anywhere! Therein lies happiness, go find it!:)

Go and prepare now, for time is short and there is much to do to ensure you are prepared for the day when the Bridegroom comes to seal you His.

Love you all!

Have a great week!

-Elder Rivera