April 18, 2011

Elder Rice is now being transferred to Jurupa, California.  Even though I am a native Californian, I didn't even know where that was.  I had to look it up, and it was north and a little west of Riverside, CA, so he is not in the desert anymore--just in time for summer!  He said in his email that Jurupa to Riverside was like Ammon is to Idaho Falls, so not very far.  He thought he would be in 29 Palms 6 more weeks, but that is not what Heavenly Father had in mind!

Here are some of the things he said in his emails"
Well this week my comp was sick so I got to go out and work with the ZL's and they got some sling shots.  They wanted to go shoot it at some bushes, and this is what we got!  We are not fishermen out here, we are the hunters!!!

Look closely!  Poor little birdy!  He later explained that they were shooting at a bush, not birds, but the bird happened to be in the bush they were shooting at!

He said that he is living with (not his comp) a missionary that was not far from him, an Elder Mumford that is from Washington state.  The elder in the picture above is Elder Hafen.  He was supposed to be Elder Rice's comp right when he had to come home for 4 weeks.  He said he was happy going to his new area, but a lot of the members in 29 were sad and that we were coming back to 29 when he gets home to visit and so that we can meet the members there.  He said that he really loved that ward.

He didn't really send an update email about his week, because he had to be quick since he was leaving for his new area today.