tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53431808839944022952024-03-05T10:29:33.767-08:00.Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-60503035853923650022010-06-21T15:08:00.000-07:002010-06-21T15:10:10.705-07:00Last Week, Last Baptism and Last Email - Maybe!!<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well, we just got back from Lima and it was awesome!!! It was a well planned p-day and I’m pretty proud of it. We went to a museum and went to the City Center and went and bought some stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Well I bought a lot of stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I bought everything for you guys and stuff, beanies, alpaca fur, alpaca ties for the guys, coasters, Peruvian clothes for Karra and couple things for Mimi and Pop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m going to leave everything here and just take souvenirs.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">We also had Margarit’s baptism, it was good. The Stake President came to help us out because he is form our ward, it was great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Now we have other people that are going to get baptized, we have a woman and her two kids and we still have to take to the husband and other son which will be a family of five. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I won’t be here but the work goes on.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">This week we have the farewell for the missionaries and President Perez and Sister Perez.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It will be a nice going away party for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Missionaries that have served in his time are going to come from all over Peru and maybe other countries so we will see how it goes.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">It sounds like you guys are way busy which I’m glad, you wont be so trunky!! I feel good because I can honestly say that I have served a good mission, and that you guys are more trunky than me ha-ha.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">I might write you guys next week, if not no big deal I will just see you two days after. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I might call you in the airport to let you know if the flight is delayed or anything. Yes I know I’m going to get home really tired so in the airport everyone can be there that’s fine but after when we go home I would like to be with just you guys and mimi and pop in the house before I get released.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Thursday I would like to go buy cloths and see a modern mall and I would love love to see a couple of movies, I want to see three, transformers 2, batman, and 2012, as for food I just want one gallon of milk with cinnamon toast crunch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well I love you guys, thank you so much for the support, I will see you next week!!!!!!! love elder ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-80709627357806267722010-06-14T10:30:00.000-07:002010-06-14T10:31:32.010-07:00The Longest Week and Winding Down<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well this week was the longest week of my mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We got rejected all week and having that happen on one of the last weeks of my mission made me a little trunky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Things got better Sunday, we has 10 people just show up to church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We had a family that want to get baptized and they are getting married this week so if everything goes good we will baptize another family the 26<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We have 3 more people that are going to get baptized the 3rd of July. It is a momo and her two kids, the husband wasn’t way excited to do it but we will keep teaching him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Margarita is going to get baptized this Saturday, so we will have more stuff to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">This week will really be the last whole week to work, because next week is the zone meeting farewell that we do at the end of every change and then I will have days to go visit my converts and members to say goodbye. This week will go by fast because we are going to have a baptisms and I’m also going to do a work visit with Elder Briggs on Friday so its going to go by quick.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">About Mary (we got a phone call in Utah from a Mary in Inguitos ) this week, don’t worry I don’t have a little jungle girlfriend, I only gave our phone number to my converts and only some families, only a few ones that I got really close to and not crazy people, I can’t really remember but I think Mary is the mom of the girl I baptized there so its from the family of my convert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If anyone else calls just tell them this, llame en tres semanas por favor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">No, we have not moved yet, and if we do it, will be in the same zone we will just live with the missionaries that are in the zone and yes we will have a pencion. It will be for like a week nothing more. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times, serif;font-size:6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">Love Elder Ridge</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-78810344353234777362010-06-07T09:06:00.000-07:002010-06-07T09:07:49.224-07:00Baptisms, work visits and Moving<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well this week was really good, there was a lot to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>First off we had two baptisms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Harold(the family) and Anna, they went very well and they were really excited it was a good service. I baptized Harold and my companion baptized Anna. Now we are going to have a baptisms the 19 of June, its Margarita, we had to put it one week farther because she didn’t come to church because one Sunday a month she has to take a test for school so next week she will go.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">This week we are trying to find more people because the people we find will be baptized for the 26 of June, my last weekend, I really want to baptize the last weekend but if not no big deal I will keep working.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">I did two work visits this week, I think in Dads time they said splits but on Wednesday I went with Elder Neilson, he is from my group, he is from las Vegas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Then Friday I went with Elder griffin, that was fun, we worked hard but it was way fun to be with him and work together. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What happened was my companion kind of didn’t pay attention to the time I told him to change back so we ended up staying two nights together, it was awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">We also had a lot of things to do as Zone Leaders again this change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Basically what might happen is where we are living they want to reconstruct it because the assistants and office workers are going to live here for the division of the mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So they are kicking us out and we will have to go live with other missionaries next week, so my second to last week I will have to move. That’s another thing that will make me really busy and not be trunky. The Sisters in the zone are doing good. We had one that wanted to call her family this week so we had to go to her house and talk to her and make her feel good but now she is good.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well, I’m pretty excited to get home in three weeks but I don’t think it has hit me yet. I don’t know if that’s bad or good. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well I love you guys so much, I cant wait to see you, thanks for the support, </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">love elder ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-90082176802330865482010-06-01T08:37:00.000-07:002010-06-01T08:43:46.641-07:00Strong to the finish!!<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well this week was a very good week. We have found a few good people to teach. First of all we have Harold and his two children this weekend that we are going to baptize. A little bit about Harold. He is 29 and he was once married and had his two kids then he got divorced later on in time he got to know a girl that is a member of the church and they started dating and stuff but fell in the lay of chastity and the she got pregnant, I think she is like 20, what Harold did is he accepted it like a man he stayed with her, they got married so he can support his new family. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Now he wants to repent and get baptized and get sealed with his wife and his 2 soon to be 3 kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>His wife is nine months pregnant, Harold is a great guy and he already looks like a member. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">There are a lot of guys here that get the girls pregnant and leave them, I have seen it so much!!!! In the jungle its worse, I have seen 14 year olds pregnant, but I’m glad Harold accepted what he did and now wants a better life, this Saturday is going to be his baptism.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This Saturday we also will have a girl named Anna, she is 25 and all her family are members, she just never wanted to get baptized until when we showed up and taught her, she is a nice girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Then we were knocking doors one day and found this family that has been inactive for 20 years, they have two kids, Margarita who is 15 and Alex who is 10, Margarita is getting baptized this Saturday, she is really smart, and she is way cool, her family came to church this Sunday all dressed up and everything and they said that it felt good to be back, they are an awesome family.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">This week we will find more people to teach. The zone is getting better, Elder Griffin is my district leader, he is doing good, Elder Briggs is in my zone too, its good to be back with them, Briggs too is working good.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Last week we had to do all the changes in the zone and everything and we had the interviews with President, everything went well, I gave a thirty minute training and how to teach more effectively and to challenge someone to baptisms, it was pretty good, my interview was pretty good with president, we talked about the zone he also asked how I felt to be finishing the mission, I told him that I really feel good for the work that I have done and that I have worked pretty good my whole mission, we talked about some things about the division of the mission, it was good.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well my schedule seems way awesome and easy, I thought I was going to have to take English and Math and all that stuff but that will be next semester.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Peruvian teacher is fine, I would like to talk to her it might be a little easier for me if a talk about Peru with her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m not worried at all about my pronunciation, just a little about my grammar but not too much, I’m actually more worried about the English I speak ha-ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>My companion <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>is doing good too we get along and we work good. I’m just happy I’m finishing this change.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">It’s Winter here so when I get back I’m going to be sweating, I also have a runny nose I hope that when I get back it will go away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In a couple of weeks we are going to go to the center of Lima and I will buy some stuff for you guys. Last week we did eat lunch with the old pension it was fun, we told stories and everything.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">The mall here has Burger King and Pizza Hut and KFC and McDonalds and China Wok. We went last p-day and bought something from Pizza Hut, six soles for a pizza roll and a drink. In our room we just use the owners fridge.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well thank you for the support, I love you guys so much<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family: Times"> love elder ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-57171287958668704312010-05-24T10:34:00.000-07:002010-05-24T10:35:05.954-07:00Seeing Familiar Faces<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well this week was a busy week!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>First of all we had the changes so I went to my new(old room) it was cool it kind of felt weird but I’m enjoying it here.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Wednesday day all the zone leaders from the jungle and from barranca stayed the night for the zone leaders meeting Thursday, we stayed up until like 1:30 at night talking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I was hanging out with Elder Layton the whole time. So we got up and went to the zone leaders meeting and it was good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>it’s a long meeting, it was from 8 in the morning to 5 at night, it’s all day but it was way good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Then all the missionaries flew back to the jungle but Elder Layton stayed with us again so he could go to the CCM for the meeting with Elder Jay Jensen, from the Seventy, Friday morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So I was with Elder Layton for like 2 days it was fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Elder Jensen gave a great talk about the music and he spoke in Spanish too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I also saw Marc jay, he is doing good, then I saw a kid that was on the youth council with me I think he is from Highland 27th Ward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I said hi to him and talked to him on Friday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He finishes in August.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you can find his name that would be great?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">My new comp is a good guy, he is from Porto Viejo Ecuador, he is 13 months in the mission, we work good together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Well, I got here and there was nothing in the area, the missionary here last change finished and was trunked out so we are working pretty hard, first of all there was a man that came to church and wants to get baptized with his two kids, his wife is a member and active the husband just never wanted to get baptized until now, so my last change <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">I’m going to baptize a family and complete the family. I’m way excited, it is such a blessing, finish the mission with a family, and we also had a girl come to church, her whole family are members but her, even here daughter is a member so we went and taught her and she wants to get baptized June 5th, man this change is going to be good but way fast, so I have to enjoy it. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">In the zone there are 18 missionaries, its the second biggest zone in the mission, I must be doing something right ha-ha. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The members where really happy to see me, my converts have all moved away but one is still here, its Suria, she’s the one from Puno and she is here visiting. I walked in and she was there, she is way active and even has a calling, she ran over to me so happy, it was way good to see her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I then went and saw my old pencion from Columbia and she freaked out, she was so happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Wait I just got a phone call from the assistants there are going to put another compañiship of sisters in our zone tomorrow, that means that in the zone there are going to be 20 missionaries y 8 sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This Friday we are going to have the interviews with President and then after that things will be a lot calmer.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">I got a letter from Bishop Wright and he mentioned that he wanted me to do a fireside thing with the youth when I get back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He wants me to prepare a power point with pictures and stories and with spiritual experiences, im looking forward to it.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well I love you guys so much and thank you for the support,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family: Times"> love elder ridge</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-10374402435932855142010-05-24T08:35:00.000-07:002010-05-24T08:36:17.313-07:00Changes and going back to the Start!!<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well the changes are here and I’m not staying here but I’m not going to the jungle either!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">I’m going to go to Tahauntisuyo, yes I’m going to the same area where I started. I’m way excited I’m going to the exact same area. When I was there it was a junior comp senior comp area but since then it has changed to a zone leaders area so I will go back to the same members and see them again and the converts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m way excited.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">There is hot water but there isn’t a pencion so I will come home nice and skinny I hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>My new companion is Elder Alonzo from Ecuador. He has I think a year in the mission but he has had a lot of success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He seems like a good missionary and he will help me not be trunky ha-ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">It’s kind of cool, I lucked out and have had a lot of companions form different countries, from Canada, the states, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile its pretty sweet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I would really like to work with South America and Central America later on in life.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well this week as for the work was good, we found a lot more people to teach and some people with dates to get baptized but we are both leaving the area so we are leaving the area better than when we found it like a eagle scout would do ha-ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m kind of sad leaving my companion he was way fun and the zone is doing really good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We are planned to finish the month with 50 baptisms but now I’m going to go to another zone and see if we can lift it up.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Lets see for my birthday ya I think I will wait to get home to celebrate it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Sunday in the afternoon we were walking like at 4 in the afternoon and I look at my comp and go hey, today is my birthday, he goes oh that’s right, hey happy birthday, I said thanks and we just keep walking and working and that was the only thing that we did, I will just wait to be with you guys to celebrate it.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Just so you know I did get my package and I loved it, it was way good especially the beef jerky, I have the box ready and everything I just have to send it, I will next Monday, its because there isn’t a mail store here but where I am going to be there is one so it will be easier.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">This coming up week is going to be crazy, we have the changes Wednesday then all day Thursday we have the zone leaders meeting and then Friday we are going to go the CCM to have a meeting with a couple setentas (70’s) wow this week is going to go by fast, well guys I love you and thanks for the support, enjoy the photos, its me and elder Pug with Marco Antonio and his family in Pucallpa.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family: Times"> love elder ridge</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-49077418027197743172010-05-12T07:23:00.001-07:002010-05-12T07:23:57.474-07:00Mother's Day Call<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Sunday May 9<sup>th</sup> (Mother’s Day) </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">The family was able to talk with Elder Ridge on Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He sounds great and we can definitely tell he has been speaking Spanish for two years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He was struggling a little with his English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">He has had some good success in his current area and told us about a baptism he had on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The zone that he is in is doing great and he has a couple of missionaries he started with (Elder Hyde and Elder Morton) and they are working hard and having good success and a good time. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Currently, Elder Ridge does not have a pension to cook his meals so he and his companion eat breakfast and dinner in their room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They purchase food at a local market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They have milk(warm in a box), cereal, fruit and hotdogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They eat lunch with member of the ward and branch they are serving.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Elder Ridge comes home on June 30<sup>th</sup>, so his mother loved the fact that she could tell him, she will see him next month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He loves his mission and all the wonderful experiences, and he says he is continuing to work hard. However, he is looking forward to coming home and see family and friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Here is Elder Ridge’s short email.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well it was good to talk to you guys, everyone sounded good. I cant wait to see you guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Next week I will write you about the changes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Like I said I’m pretty sure I will stay here. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I also need photos of me before the mission to put on my farewell video that the mission does, if you can scan them on the computer, I would like one when I was a little kid, maybe a baby picture, just send pictures of me before the mission, playing sports and stuff like, send a couple of funny ones too, I need these pictures before June, well thank you so much for everything, I love you guys, elder ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-76897457903737364112010-05-03T14:59:00.000-07:002010-05-03T15:00:56.213-07:00Working hard and keeping mom on her toes!!!<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well this week was a little bit harder for in the work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We had a couple of people getting prepared for baptism but they didn’t go to church so we went to go visit them and they don’t really want to get baptized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So we are only going to have a baptism this Saturday for Zenon, he is a good guy and way excited to get baptized.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Other than that we are really looking but we are getting rejected a lot, even the members reject us, we will go to their houses to visit them and share something with them and they won’t have time or have to go somewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We have had like three days with absolutely nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I feel like im in the states ha-ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Everything is good, we are still happy and working hard. My companion is the best, he works real hard, and teaches good, we get along really well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This week we dropped the pensionista, now we eat fruit at night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>My companion wants to loose weight before he goes home and he goes home right after me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">The zone is doing good, we have 35 people with a date for baptisms for this month.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Just so you know I will call either Thursday or Friday or Saturday to set up a time, it will be the short call to set everything up. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I don’t know when I will call but it will be one of those days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It will be a surprise, I know mom will walk around with the phone all those days ha-ha.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">well that’s it for now, thank you so much for the support, I love you guys and talk to you in a couple of days!!! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">love elder ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-23431013734777455642010-04-28T11:51:00.000-07:002010-04-28T11:52:19.024-07:00Short but we will be talking soon!!<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well this week was much better!!! We have found a lot more people to teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We have a few baptisms planned out for May 8th and May 15<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A man named Zenon, he is like 65 years and he is from Cuzco.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Our recent convert Susy referred her friend Laydi and a couple more people that we are teaching this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We are going to challenge them to baptism.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Mothers day is in 2 weeks, that’s crazy!!! well that’s it for this week sorry its short but we will talk in like 2 weeks, I just need to know about what time is everyone going to be there at the house for mothers day so we can plan it, well I love you guys, thank you so much for the support.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">love elder ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-14604601364616341552010-04-19T18:35:00.000-07:002010-04-19T18:38:52.748-07:00Baptism in shallow water.<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well this week was a good week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We had the baptism of Susy and her confirmation on Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Her baptismal service was kind of funny, I baptized her and what happened is that Elder Morton and his companion had a service before us so they left and we came in and so I was thinking that the baptismal font would be filled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So we start the service do everything and I go to the font with her and I walk in and I realize that the water was up to my knees. I’m like oh great, there is barely any water, literally, it was up to my knees. I look at her and I tell her “you have to help me out when you go under, you completely have to go under but there isn’t any water so you have to make sure that everything goes in”, she goes ya ok I can do it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I say the pray and say amen and I look and she was already going down without me, she just through herself back so she could help me but she did it so fast, she basically baptized herself ha-ha, I just had to help her up. It was kind of funny but everything turned out good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She has a lot of friends in the church already. She is a good girl.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Now we are really trying to look for people to baptize. We don’t really have that many people right now. We kind of got rejected this whole week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I still miss Ventanilla, it is a little bit harder here but we are making the best of it.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">I am in the wards San Carlos and the branch is Trapiche and the stake is called San Felipe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Yes I got the package. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I loved the candy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>My companion and I ate everything in 2 days, but the pop tarts I ate for breakfast. Man it was good. Our house is really small, it has two rooms, and a bathroom, one room has tile and the other has wooded floors. We have a balcony so its kind of nice but its way small. We live a block from the church on a street called San Mateo in front of a clinic. If you want to look it up on goole earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The chapel here is huge, its two story and it had an elevator and they take good care of it. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">So I read dads letter, thanks dad for writing it, don’t worry I am going to finish strong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>My goal is to baptize my last weekend in the mission but if not I will still be diligent until the end.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">I love you guys and thank you so much for the support</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"> love elder ridge</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family: Times"> p.s. I’m in Lima but in a district called Carabyllo</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-52229762841496087602010-04-14T08:22:00.000-07:002010-04-14T08:24:01.546-07:00The New Area and Pizza Hut Pizza and KFC!!<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well this week was a really long week and there was a lot to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>First of all the farewell in Ventanilla was a little hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I had to say goodbye to all the converts and members and pension. I really miss that area and the people and everyone was sad that we left. Elder Montellanos went to the jungle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Wednesday we went to the change meeting that we always do in one of the churches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We got the whole zone together and sent them to their new areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">We got to our area late like at 9 at night, we walked in and the room was a mess!!! Thursday we had the meeting in the offices with all the zone leaders. Friday we had to clean the room, it took all day!!! We organized everything.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Saturday we left to go work, we found a girl named Susi and she is 16 and she has attended the church several times and her friend is a member.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We challenged her to baptism and so she is getting baptized this Saturday. She is a way smart girl. We are starting of good with a baptism.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">The members here are way nice and they have accepted us way good, we have a ward, its really little and a branch. The branch is tiny. We meet in a house, its the first time I have ever seen this, its a little house and we meet there. We got to bless the sacrament it was a neat experience, I think like 30 people came, our pensionista is alright, she only gives us dinner, we eat our own breakfast in the room, we have an allowance to buy breakfast that the church gives us, of course we buy milk and cereal, but the pensionista isn’t one of those sweet pensionista that gives you American style food or cooks whatever you want and baby you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She kind of just gives you what she cooked that day, rice with chicken or rice with potatoes, it kind of stinks. I’m just hoping to tell her to give me fruit at night so I can eat more healthy. She is a nice lady but she aint no chef like the other ones I have had.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">It’s kind of weird being in our pensionista’s house because she is 50 and she just got married to a returned missionary from Bolivia that served here three years ago. Yes he came back and got married to her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He is 25 and she is 50 and she is not a hot 50 year old. She looks like she is 50, but they are good people and are strong in the church.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">The area has its poor parts and rich parts but there is nothing commercial here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There aren’t any stores or anything cool, its just houses so when we buy food and stuff we have to go to another zone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s not too dangerous here but there still are some parts that are a little.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Sunday we ate with a member that is way awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He is a English translator and has a lot of money. His English is amazing, he talks so fluent, he doesn’t pause to think and ask how do you say, he really knows it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Sunday we ate with him and he got pizza Hut Pizza with KFC and Inka cola. It was so good.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">My companion is Elder Quintana and he is from Santiago Chile, he is a nice guy and we get along just fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Our room here is really small and there isn’t hot water, which mean if I finish here I will have 8 months showering with cold water in a row plus the six months in Iquitos. That’s 14 months of my mission showering with cold water. I’m not going to lie, I’m kind of excited to get home and shower with hot water.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">The zone that I’m in I a huge zone, there are 16 missionaries, 8 companionships, Elder Hyde is here and Elder Morton, I think we will finish together here, I am way excited!! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Love elder ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-38906810750541340362010-04-05T10:50:00.000-07:002010-04-05T10:51:16.817-07:00Los Cambios!!<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well the changes are here. I’m going to a Zone called Santidad, its still in Lima. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>My new companion is Elder Quintana, he is from Chile and he is from my group. I’m way excited!! There are only three Chileans in the mission and I’m going to get one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I know him a little bit he is a way cool guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I think that Elder Hyde and Elder Morton are going to be in my zone. There are also Sister missionaries that are going to be in my zone for the first time, we will see how it goes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s going to be a fun change.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well this week was really good, it was kind of easier, we had the multi zone meeting and the weekend conference. The conference was really good too, we were able to watch it in English. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I liked Elder Christofferson’s about the scriptures and of course from Elder Jeffrey Holland, he always gives a good one.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">This week I had to do a lot of babysitting with the missionaries. There were a lot of problems, I had to get after a couple of them, but I had a good zone that worked hard, we had good success.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">My ankle is fine. My camera is good. Yes I’m going to send a big package home with pictures, I will do it, don’t worry, and I will keep an eye out for my package here, next letter will be longer, I just had to do some things with the changes and everything but next week will be longer and more detailed, thankyou for the support, I love you guys so much, </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family: Times"> love elder ridge</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-3346246587249015202010-03-31T06:44:00.000-07:002010-03-31T06:47:12.294-07:00More Baptisms and "Where is the Ice?"<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well what happened is that myldsmail is upgrading everything to a gmail version so I had to change my mail and everything got messed up and I was rushed when I did it but now everything is alright, I just want to thank mom for getting me my number and confirmation date.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Mom I love you are the best!!!!!!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Well, this week was another amazing week, first of all we had four baptisms this weekend. Yovani and his daughter Yovanna, he is 34 and she is 8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Carlos Leon who is 33 and he got married Saturday to a member. These families now have the goal to go to the temple and get sealed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Then we had Berenize, the stake secretary’s daughter who is 26.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Next week there won’t be any baptisms because of General Conference so my companion and I finished together with 11 baptisms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A total of 3 families and 5 men that can receive the priesthood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Some of the men already have received the priesthood. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>My companion and I were really blessed this change and the Lord really prepared people for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This was one of the best changes of the mission and I’m going to miss this area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">We had the interviews with President and everything went well. President was really happy with the zone for the success that we had this change. We finished with 28 baptisms as a zone and 397 baptisms as a mission this month, we are doing really good.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">I also found out that I am leaving this next change but I don’t know where and I’m staying as a zone leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I might be going to Tauhantsuyo where I started the mission which would be the best. That area is now the zone leaders area so I would get to finish with all the people I started with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Or I might be going to Tarapoto to finish in the jungle but we will see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m honestly fine with any decision.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Today for p-day we played soccer and then we watched national treasure as a zone, remember we are allowed to watch movies sometimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When I was playing futbol I rolled my ankle in the first 10 minutes of the game, just like football I play rough and when I rolled it I kept playing, not too smart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s fine but hurts a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The first thing that came to my mind is go get some ice, then I was like wait, Peruvians don’t believe in ice, they say it makes you sick. I’m not kidding, but its doing good.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">This Friday we have the multizone meeting so I will be able to see everyone it will be fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family: Times">love elder ridge</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-16896818138612715392010-03-22T16:30:00.000-07:002010-03-22T16:31:50.510-07:00Another Great Week!!<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Hola como estan,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Well this week was another great week. First of all we had the baptism of Santiago. It was a great service. He stood up and gave a great testimony. He is going to be a great leader.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Now we have three more baptism this coming weekend. Berenize, the daughter of the stake secretary, she is 26, then we have Yovani, his wife is a member, we are going to baptize him and his 8 year old daughter to complete the family.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Then we have Carlos who’s girlfriend is a member he is 30 years old. Last night we went to Carlos’ house and he was like I have some news, me and my girlfriend are getting married this weekend before the baptism so we can already be a family and get sealed at the year mark. I almost jumped out of the seat from excitement. This weekend is going to be awesome if everything goes good.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">For the general conference we are not going to baptize anyone but for April 10th we will have three more. A young girl who’s mom and sisters are members. A man named Randolfo, his wife and daughter are members, he’s like 65, and a guy named Carlos, a friend of a member, he is like 25. We are really working hard and we are getting really blessed. We still have one more but she didn’t pass the interview because of some problems so she has to have a interview with the Stake President so we might have that baptism this weekend too.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">This Tuesday we have the interviews with President. Today I have to prepare a training on how to get more people to attend church. I’m kind of nervous, so today I don’t really get a p-day, we have to go get something from the offices, I think we are going to do a little bit of shopping down there. The offices are like an hour away. The temple is like 2 hours away. Our house is pretty clean. It has tiled floor, we shower with cold water, like I have said before I haven’t showered with hot water since I left barranca, since octobre, that’s like 6 months. Dave and Danna are building a house? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">I honestly think you guys are more trunky than me haha. Well im glad everything is going good at home, thank you so much for the support, I love you guys so much!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier"> love elder ridge</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-9616569773058098012010-03-15T14:37:00.000-07:002010-03-15T14:38:25.907-07:00Great Week and Loving the People<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Well, everything is going good here, this weekend we had three more baptisms. The daughter of the family we baptized last week Doris, her friend Ruth and her friends little brother Dare. It was a great service. We did a massive baptism. The whole zone went to our chapel and we did it, the spirit was really strong.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">In the middle of the service my companion was baptizing and I was waiting in line and I look back by the doors of the room where all the people were and there was a kid named Alex who is in my ward and is a little handicapped, standing in the hallway looking in at the service. Then I see him collapse hard. Boom he goes to the ground and starts making noises, a seizer, he has epilepsy. One of the district leaders runs and grabs him and I run and shut the two doors that were opened so that the people didn’t see it. I told two young men to stand there and to not let anybody leave. Then I helped grabbed the kid and we dragged him in to another room and put him into a chair. He wasn’t foaming from the mouth or biting his tongue but he was still moving and couldn’t talk. I called two other young men and said stay here with him I will be right back, I left the room and walked to the font right as my companion was leaving and I went right in and baptized two people, then I left soaking wet and sat with Alex for a little bit, until he felt better. Some people saw but not a lot of people so the service went on just fine, it turned out to be a good service.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">This next week we are going to baptize Santiago Sosa, he is the man!! He is going to be a great leader. He already has friends and everything. Then the 27th we are going to baptize Bereniz, she is 26 and her dad is a member, he is the stake secretary, and another man named Carlos Leon, his girlfriend is a member, and another guy named Yovani, his wife is a member. We might be able to get some more too. We are really working hard. My companion is great. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">A little bit about my area, its all wooden house, its all sand, there are always fleas, there are dogs that are dying all over the place, it always smells because the majority of people don’t have pluming, like I said it is one of the most poorest city’s in Peru, the people litery live in the dirt, they just put a mattress on the sandy floor and sleep, but im loving it, we are have success and the members are awesome, I think I might finish the mission here and I really wouldn’t mind, I have grown to love this area and the people, not just this area but everywhere I have served. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-73733548267544132492010-03-09T13:50:00.000-08:002010-03-09T13:52:20.133-08:00Baptisms with more to come!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: medium; "> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">This past week was awesome, first of all we had three baptisms. One is José Mendoza, he is 65, he is a great guy and also Gonzalo and Odisa. They are mom and dads age, it was a great service and we confirmed them on the spot because we had the stake conference. They both were crying, the spirit was way strong. Right now we have 10 people that are going to get baptized that are sure ones, we have another family and we have a man named Carlos, his girlfriend is a member. He came to the conference and so we took out his direction and went to visit him, we went later Sunday in the afternoon and we knocked the door and he opened it we went in and we sat down, I was like how is everything going? He goes really good, I’m going to be really open with you guys, my girlfriend and I want to get married and I want to get sealed in the temple, do you think you can baptize me? I was kind of surprised, I looked at my companion then at him, I said ya sure man why not, how about the 27th of March, he’s like sounds good, he is a way cool guy.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">We have a couple of other people too, things are really going great right now, me and my comp are awesome and we work really hard and good together, we have a goal to baptize 15 this month. I’m pretty sure we will get it.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">I’m really not that trunky and I’m really staying focused except Friday we went to eat at a family’s house and she gave me cow stomach soup, I have had the cow stomach before but in soup never. The whole time I was taking it down I was thinking, In n out burgers, in n out,in n out. It was pretty gross.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">We just got back from the Temple, I had to get up at 4, I’m pretty wiped out.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier"> love elder ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span>Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-85715732412916586042010-03-01T14:31:00.000-08:002010-03-01T14:32:41.050-08:00Great Week<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Well, let me just tell you that this week was awesome. First of all my new companion is way cool he is from Santa Cruz Bolivia, his name is Elder Montellanos, he is huge. I’m taller than him but before the mission he was a body builder. He is way nice and we work hard together. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Up until Wednesday we had nothing in the area, we had to find a lot, in this week end we found a ton, and were are challenging everyone. Right now we have 9 people that are going to get baptized.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">We have a family of 4, the Dad is named Gonzalo his wife Odisa and the two daughters Doris and Daniela. They are way prepared and ready to get baptized. When we challenged them we put the date for the 6th and he was like wow I would love it but I don’t think I can save up enough money that fast. Can we do it for the 20<sup>th</sup>? We laughed a little and said no don’t worry its free and he was like oh, in the catholic church you have to pay 50 soles it was kind of funny but they are way good.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Then we have a man named Jose Mendoza, he has 65 years and is ready to get baptized. Then we have the kids of una familia, which are three. Their parents want to but they aren’t married, so this Saturday we will have three. Ganzalo Odisa and Jose and the next we will have the daughters Doris and Daniela and the three kids from the family.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">For the 20th we will have a man named Santiago in English its James, he contacted us in the street and was like teach me about José Smith, we entered his house and he taught us ha-ha, he says I know that Joseph had that vision and God and Jesus Christ appeared and then Moroni showed him the plates and it was the Book of Mormon. We were kind of surprised that he knew but so we taught him and he is going to get baptized.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">This change is going to go fast because we have so much to do between me and my companion and the zone, its going to fun. Yes we heard about the earthquake but we didn’t feel it. Everyone is talking about how advanced Chile is because the quake was huge but only 700 died and the quake here a while ago was less powerful and killed 100,000. The houses here are not real strong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Also we have a mouse in our room, I have been trying to kill it for a week, and this morning, I was sitting on my bed and I see it run out from underneath my bed and I get up fast and grab the broom and chuck it like a spear and it hits the mouse against the wall and dies. My companion was like nice throw. It was awesome, it made me miss hunting, well thank you so much for the support, I love you guys so much.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Courier, serif;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier"> love elder ridge</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-18423976790303115642010-02-22T16:16:00.000-08:002010-02-22T16:17:10.539-08:00Changes and Christmas in February<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Well, the changes are in, I’m staying here and Elder Duarte is going to Iquitos. My new companion is Elder Montellanos. He is from Bolivia, Santa Cruz just like Elder Roca and Elder Chambi. He is from my group too. I know he is way humble but I’m pretty sure he is a fun guy. I’m way excited to get going.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">So we had the baptism of Claudia, everything went well, she is so awesome she goes to all the mutual activities and is doing the personal progress thing that the young woman do. She is the best!! We had new people come to church, a family that went to church before and they came back so we are going to teach them. They seem way nice, this change should be a fun change.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Oh and I got my two packages (Christmas and Valentines), I got them Friday, it was awesome, I loved the pictures and the food was good, I loves the ties too, thanks Mimi and Pop for my paisley white tie, I’m so happy they finally came.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I really enjoyed it.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">As for the monkey that was mine, it wasn’t Elder Layton’s that died, I know laytons monkey, that’s thing is mean and it yells and yells, and it doesn’t let you touch it. Mine would curl up on your lap and grap your hands and fall asleep.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Friday we had a meeting and President did announce the Mission changes. I’m so happy that it’s going to divide because it shows the work we are doing here but also its going to happen when I leave so it won’t effect me. I will be more excited to go home then see the mission split. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-80881268319315512172010-02-15T16:02:00.000-08:002010-02-15T16:05:24.202-08:00Caving Lima Style, Talks, Teaching and a Companion's Sacrifice<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">This week was a good week!!!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">First of all P-day we went to the beach and then we went to some caves with flashlights with some members. It was way fun. It was no Timpanogos Cave. The caves here it was filled with trash, smelt bad and graffiti everywhere but it was still fun.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Yesterday was a good day, way spiritual!!! First of all we gave talks in Sacrament Meeting. I talked for like 15 minutes and then at night there was a Stake Fireside about Missionary Work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Because we are the Zone Leaders we had to give other talks for 10 minutes in front of the Stake. I talked about Daniel and the lions den and that if we do as Daniel did and are obedient and trust in God and put the things of God first in our life, God will protect us and bless us just like he did with Daniel. How the lions sometimes can be those trials and difficult times in our life’s or even temptation but if we are prepared we shouldn’t have to worry, I thought it went well.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">I also taught the Gospel principles class. We just got a new teacher put in the class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So Sunday she gets up and talks for 5 minutes and says amen and looks at me. So I had to get up and teach but its alright because she is learning, it was a good spiritual day yesterday.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">We did get the news about the missions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>President is going to talk about it this Friday but basically it doesn’t effect me, it will be after I leave, I will finish the mission with President and the mission, I will be a true norteño. My last change it will be a fun despedida with President and everyone.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">This Saturday we are going to baptize a girl named Claudia she is 14, she is such a cool girl and way smart. She was prepared, she goes to all the activities in the church and all her friends are members.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">I also got news from Elder Roldan. My second companion here, one of my favorites. If you remember his parents are Evangelists(I think that’s what it is in English), his Dad is a pastor for the church and once Elder Roldan got back his parents kicked him out of the house and never want to see him again. Right now he is living with another returned missionary from this mission and now teaches in the mtc in Guatemala, I loved him so much and I feel so bad for him, it makes me appreciate the family that I have, thank you so much for all the support, I love you guys so much. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">love elder ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-46836664529156758952010-02-08T19:02:00.001-08:002010-02-08T19:03:05.512-08:00Visit with Pres. and Sis. Perez<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">This week was a real busy week. We had interviews on Friday with President Perez. It was way good but my companion an I had to do so much. We had to clean the room and make sure that all the missionaries were good. We did a couple of splits, then we had to prepare a training to give to the Elders and the Assistants and President and his wife. I talked for 20 minutes and my companion talked like 30 minutes. It was way good, also Sister Perez visits all the rooms to see if they are clean so I went with her and one of the Assistants. It was fun going around in the car with them and looking at the rooms of all the missionaries. I got to get to know Sister Perez better, she is way nice.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">We haven’t had really that much time to work which kind of stinks, but we did have 13 new people come to church. We have appointments with them this week, we are going to go and challenge them to get baptized.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">To answer your questions, my pensionista is way cool she is blind, her daughter lives in the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A gringo came back and got her and she has lived there for 9 years so she has taught her mom she knows how to cook good. At dinner I usually ask for watermelon so I can lose weight. Our room is kind of big, its nice way nice way nice, I have seen better but I have seen worse, it has a tiled floor so that is a step up but we don’t have hot water so its cold. I haven’t showered with hot water since I left Barranca in October. It’s starting to get hot so the cold showers are not too bad but still, it doesn’t feel good.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">There are always fleas, I don’t have them that much because I take my pills and they are working but this city is a sandbox so it is filled with fleas. This zone is the poorest in Peru, I’m not kidding, its bad. It’s really humbling and after all I have seen in Peru, I’m still being even more humbled being here. My area has road and dirt but because we are zone leaders we have the nicest area, the other areas are very humble. I’m about an hour away from the offices and I think like hours from the temple but the temple is closed for the usual maintenance stuff, so we cant go to the temple so in 2009 I went to temple once, kind of stinks, the next time I will go will be in march. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">In my area we walk a lot but when we travel the zone we have to take the vans. Yes we have a cell phone and we use it to call the Assistants and they call us. More than anything it’s for people to call us if there is a problem. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier"> love elder ridge</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-76505817980576767352010-02-01T16:11:00.001-08:002010-02-01T16:11:59.541-08:00Splits and Stake Training<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Well this week was kind of normal. We had to do some busy work and we did splits twice. Tuesday I went and worked with one of the district leaders it was good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Then Friday my companion visited the other district leader and his companion came to my area. He is just started out the mission but we had a gringo day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>His name is Elder Evans from Idaho. We were having fun working we went to bed and he just started throwing up and felt sick. He is still getting use to it down here. I told him to go to bed and to rest. He slept all morning, I felt bad, it made me remember when I first got here. It was hard to get used to it.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">This week also we had a visit from one of the assistants. They visit the Zone Leaders, it was fun and I learned a lot. Yesterday we had a stake meeting. All the leaders in the wards, Bishoprics, Relief Society, Elders quorum, in the whole stake came. My companion gave a training about the correlation meeting. We had one hour to deliver the training. My comp talked for about 15minutes and I talked for 40 minutes. It was way good and the Stake President loved it. Afterwards I sat down I just thought, I’m 20 years old and I just trained all the leaders in the stake. My companion and I felt good after. We are trying to better the work with the members.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier"> love elder ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-20074247975017030942010-01-25T19:29:00.001-08:002010-01-25T19:29:34.069-08:00All is Well in Lima<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Well, this week was a good week. First of all we had Stephanie’s baptism, Elder Duarte baptized her. It was a good service, and Sunday we had a lot of people come to church and this week we are going to go and challenge them to get baptized. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We are way excited to get going this change and this week we have a lot of potential here. The zone is doing all right, we have to get better. I kind of came in when it was dying so it kind of stinks but this week we are going to do splits and a lot of stuff to get them excited to work. Me and my companion are doing good he is awesome, we work good together and we get along so well, he is from Bogotá Columbia, he is very loving with everyone, he is awesome.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">As zone leaders we have to do a lot of busy work but we still have enough time to work, last week we didn’t work at all in the morning, we had to go do little things, busy work, but in the afternoon we have time. The next time I go to the offices will be at the end of the change and yes we will go to the temple but we don’t know when. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> elder ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-9158927768473033722010-01-18T13:31:00.000-08:002010-01-18T13:45:45.620-08:00Elder Ridge in PucallpaThis is video taken by Gwen Rich on her Trip to Peru with her son Elder Landon Rich. This takes place at a Family Home Evening (Noche de hogar) at the Pucallpa Ward.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy-hpsEqtoeAlWkRrOgMvlMWkYdJSgG3WVjHVoX0hSkQXGyTzE2S86p6NKDegW2VKjz-LIyommWXPYjSofuDg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-16977290284063261672010-01-18T13:12:00.000-08:002010-01-18T13:17:06.076-08:00Dad Repented and Got the Blog caught upFor all of you readers of Elder Ridge's blog. I have to apologize for falling behind for over a month. With the holidays and the birth of our first grand child, I did not get the blog done. I have repented and have the blog up to date. Please take a little time and go back and read all the posting that were posted today, with the proper dates in the title. <div><br /></div><div>Elder Ridge has has some great experiences over the past 6 weeks. Hope you enjoy reading about his adventures in Pucallpa.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343180883994402295.post-41656065136797300382010-01-18T13:11:00.000-08:002010-01-18T13:12:34.741-08:00Adjusting to Lima<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">Well I’m here in Lima. It is not my favorite city, but things are going great. I’m learning a lot about being a Zone Leader and everything. My companion is Elder Duarte. He is from Colombia. He is a really good guy who really loves the people. He reminds me a lot of Mister Rogers of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. He is the same, how he talks and everything, he is really loving with the people.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">My ward is called Ventanilla. I’m in the center of the town, the beach is in my area too but it’s not like a nice California beach. The members are way nice and we have a ton of people to teach. It’s just my companion, the members love him so much they just give us people to baptize. This weekend we will have a baptism of the niece of the pensionista, she is nine, the pensionista is awesome, she gives us cereal and other good food but doesn’t give us that much so it will be good, I will be able to loose some weight.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">That’s crazy that Landon Rich is getting married. Well things are going great here, thank you for your support, I love you guys,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Courier; mso-bidi-font-family:Courier">love elder ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Diane Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014541235183261235noreply@blogger.com0