June 29, 2010

Dear Mom and Dad,
How are you guys doing?  What is new with you guys?  Everything is going good; I love being out here.  It is going really good.  I will answer your questions, mom, but I have one for you--Where are you getting all of these questions???
(He answered some question that I won't include in here because there were so many!)

About my birthday--I just want a couple of ties and some gift cards to places, but whatever you want to get me, I'm cool with.  I love youguys so much and miss you guys so much and can't wait to get another letter from you!  I love you guys a ton and miss you.
Love,
Elder Rice

Monday, June 21, 2010

Well, today was P-day. I can’t believe it, but today was a fun day. We went and played some ultimate and then played some ball, which was really fun. Then after all that was done, we went back home and had to do some work, like write letters home and some other things. Then I wrote home and got done with all of that and I went and lay down for a few moments and slept because I was tired from playing ball. Then we went and emailed home, which was a lot of fun. I always love talking to my mom and seeing what’s up with her and what’s going on. Then we had dinner and a lesson with a less active lady. That was our day, so it was an all around good day.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Today was a really good day. It was a lot of fun. We went down to San Bernardino to go pick up cars, which was a lot of fun. Me and Jorgenson raced back. We were going 85 and people were still passing us. It was a lot of fun, but then we went tracting the rest of the day. It is so long, I couldn’t believe how long it was, but we did find a new investigator from it, so that is really good. Then we had dinner and went and saw less actives.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Well, today was a really good day. We started out by doing some service that took all morning, and then we had lunch. Then we went tracting and a guy wanted us to come back and talk with him tomorrow, so that was good. Then we went and tried to read with Dave Hanna and that didn’t work out that well because he was not home, so then we had dinner with the Reed and Carharts. They are the coolest families! They were less actives, but now they are active and awesome. Then we went to the park and talked to people there and that was our day.

Thursday, June 24, 2010
Today was a good day, really long, but it was good. We started out by doing our weekly planning and we talked a lot about what we need to do about getting this work up. Then, after weekly planning, we had lunch with the other missionaries and that’s always fun stuff. We went tracting for an hour or so and then went and checked on some return appointments and they all fell through, but that’s OK. Then we went home for dinner because our dinner appointment got sick, so we went home for a little bit and then went out with Brother Arnold to set people to come to the car show and bring their cars to it. Then we went to the park and threw around the ball and talked to some people. That was our day.

Friday, June 25, 2010
Today was a good day; we had a lot of fun doing the work. We started out the day by going to the temple and it was so much fun. I love going to the temple—it is so much fun to go there and not have to worry about anything. Our ride took us to In and Out and it was so god. I loved it. Then we went and saw some less actives and then went out and tracted and saw Dave Hanna. He is going out of town. Then we had dinner with the Reads and they are way cool. After dinner, we went out and saw the zone and had some ice cream. After that, we went in and had our journals time and then went and had to go to bed.

Saturday, June 26, 2010
Today is the last Saturday of the transfer, so we were to get leadership calls and Elder Yarn is the new Office Assistant, so that is cool for him and he is way excited. As for me, I’m still just another missionary, which is so fine with me. I’m happy with that! Then we got out and went and said good bye to some of the members and they were all sad, and then we took lunch. After that we went and tracted and talked to this person that went to an anti-mormon class, and you could tell because it is the same thing I have heard before. Then we had dinner with the Fishers and it went really well and I always love going over there. I hope that we get to baptize them. After that I found out who my new comp is.

Sunday, June 27, 2010
Well, today was a good day—I really liked it. We went to Church and had a really good time, but then we came home and let Elder Yarn pack so he could be ready for tomorrow. Then he went to his meeting and I went to the Arnolds to hang out and chill for two hours, and then went to dinner. It was way not cool—I didn’t know what to talk to them about, but I sure tried hard to find something to talk about. Then Elder Yarn and me went and saw some way cool families that wanted to say good bye to him before he left, then we just went home and got all ready for P-day.