Hey Mom!
This last week was pretty crazy with transfers and all. I spent most of Tuesday saying bye to everyone. Well I wish I could have said goodbye to everyone but it was impossible with only a day and a half. I already miss Laurel but Riverton is good. The work here is awesome! We taught 23 lessons this week and had 3 baptisms this Sunday Between conference sessions! It is a blast to be with Elder McGrath. We get along pretty well but almost to well to where we can bug each other sometimes. It was way crazy to get the call from the assistants on Thursday about me being a Zone Leader. It was great news for both Elder McGrath and I. Elder McGrath had been praying for a Zone Leader companion and this is going to help me finish very strong! I am really excited for this opportunity.
Some of my duties as a Zone Leader are to minister to the missionaries in the Zone, help plan and schedule Zone meetings, being a part of the leadership council in the mission, reporting key indicators every Monday and other things I can't even remember but there is a ton. We have not been able to make it to bed on time yet with how many calls we make and get in the evenings!! haha. It is great though. I know a couple of the missionaries in our Zone which is nice. We have an amazing Zone. We are killing it!
So today we are leaving at 2 pm to go to Billings. From Billings we will leave tomorrow morning to go to Helena for MLC (Mission Leadership Council). It is an all day meeting where as leaders we discuss the mission as a whole. What we are doing well on, what we could improve on, etc. It should be a good time.
General Conference was awesome. My 3 favorite talks were Elder Robbins in the first session, Elder Jorg Klebingat talk in the 2nd session, and Elder Bednar's talk in the last session. Over all it was a great conference with a ton of inspiring messages!
We had 3 boys from the Grover family who was recently activated baptized this Sunday! It was an awesome baptism with a ton of support from the ward!! Our Ward is pretty sweet. Very friendly people who are willing to help. I look forward to getting to know them better. We teach a ton of less actives and a lot of Natives. Our area is not the most wealthy. A lot of poor people and some very sketchy areas. One trailer park that we visit someone in, a member wouldn't even go to, haha! I didn't think it was that bad.
I hope all is well for you. I really hope you can start to feel better. I hate knowing that you are sick and in pain. I hope the doctors can figure something out. I will keep you in my prayers!
I need a pair of pants for my Charcoal suit. I am not sure what size they are but I am pretty sure they are 36 long. I also thought that polmeroys had it saved or something? Maybe ask them.
I had to use like $65 to send home packages. You should be getting another one today or sometime early this week full of deer antlers! Haha. Since I had to use that much money on packages I may need more for my flu shot. Sorry.
I love you tons and hope your week is fantastic!!!
-Elder Richardson
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Hey Dad!
Like I said in my email to Mom this week has been pretty hectic and super busy! We have so much more stuff to do as Zone Leaders. We are seriously busy all the time! That is good though and will help me remain focused to the end and finish very strong. My companion Elder McGrath (I call him Elder McGarth. haha)and I get along very well. I was his district leader for a couple of transfers in Laurel. I miss Laurel a ton but it is great here in Riverton work wise. We teach a lot of people and are way busy which is awesome. Elder McGrath is also a very great teacher which is nice. I love having someone to testify with and teach with. We teach really well together.
Our house is sweet. We live in a members house. They currently live in a different home so we get the entire place to ourselves until they sell it. It is a pretty nice place. There is a lot more wildlife here. We almost hit pheasants on our road everyday. We see deer a lot and even some guines. Chicken like birds. I think those are our neighbors.
So I pretty much told everything to Mom like always haha. I am excited to see what the trail cameras turn up. Make sure to take some pictures while you are out there and maybe try and do some glassing in the evening. As I see more and more people hunting up here I am getting more excited for this hunting season. Although like I said there is not anytime to think about anything other than missionary work right now which is awesome! As far as javelina goes I say put in for 1 rifle tag each and then we can also try and kill one with our bows. I think it would be a blast to do both. I say either put in for 36's rifle or 33 rifle and we can choose where to hunt with our bows.
Thanks for the sports update. To bad for the cougars but I am kind of happy that if someone beat them it was Utah State - go Aggies! That sucks for their QB. he was apparently a potential Heisman winner. That is a bummer.
I hope you have a great week and can find time to set up the trail cams! The trail cam I sent you has a broken strap I believe. Sorry.
-Elder Richardson
ELDER RICHARDSON & MCGRATH
Riverton, Wyoming
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