Weekly Letter - 30 Dic 2013

Dear Presidente Lovell,

Happy New Year. I ́m so pumped for this new year. 2014 is going to be a happening year, I know it. This year the mission is going to bring many souls unto Christ. So far in Villa Ceferino things are looking good. Two of our investigatores are just about ready to be baptized and I
am so excited to them have this experience. We had ward council the other day for I think the first time since Ive been here in Villa and it was great. I could feel that people were excited and really wanted to help change the ward for the better. This ward is changing and it is going to help all of the families here. It ́s so great to see the power of the gospel work in a ward. Its like seeing the book of mormon/gospel change the life of an investigator. In my studies lately I ́ve learned more about the importance of suffering to receive blessings and the more we suffer
the better our relationship can be with our Heavenly Father. Elder Uceda and I are looking at all the blessings that are coming and we are happy. Today we have divisiones with two members and Elder Uceda will have his first chance to teach without me. We did a practice and he is going to do great. He is doing great with adjusting to mission life and finding the joy in the mission. He is also doing great with the 12 week program. We talked a lot about the book of mormon this week and the power it has. As for me, Im doing great. It was awesome to see and talk with my family. I am so grateful for my family and that we are sealed in the temple. That is our purpose as missionaries; to help famlies go to the temple to really have joy. Have a great week and happy new year again.
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new year

Hola Familia mia,

Feliz año nuevo mis queridos! I am super pumped for this new year. 2013 came and left in a blink of an eye. We all get this fresh start in the year 2014 to become like our Savior Jesucristo. This past week i have had the oportunity to see many people gather together as a family to celebrate. One of the most important things in the world is our families. I know that we can really live with our families for eternity im pumped because of it. all of our families are going to receive many great things this new year. this past week i reading a lot of the book of mormon. somehting that i came across was Alma 57. in this chapter is about awesome. Heleman was talking about all of the problems that the people, and himself, were having. like all of the trial and tests. but in verse 37 he say NO IMPORTA!. which is like its not important in english. and after starts to say that they have faith in God and that everything is going to be ok. So, is doenst matter all the hard times that we may have had this past year, NO IMPORTA, we have faith that our Heavenly Father will bless us this new year. Lets come at this year like a spider monkey! i love being a missionary and i love serving my Heavenly Father so that all of the people in the world can know about the great plan that He has for us. I loved the chance I had to talk with you mom, dad, zach, jack, pops, and yaya. i miss and love you like santa loves christmas. thanks for being awesome! have a great week and know that im doing great.

Love Elder Nobmann Riddle#22

Weekly Letter - 23 Dic 2013

Dear Presidente Lovell,
This week was a hot one. I think by the end of summer i will have lost about 10 kilos. But even with the heat the work of the Lord is going great! We had a great lession with two investigators that we have, sophia and agustina. We saw a miracle with agustina because in the lession she felt the spirit. When she felt the spirit she she it was like nothing that she has ever felt before and it was something she couldnt explain. I was so happy! We are seeing so many great things here. Elder Uceda and I are doing good. We need to do some more work with the Plan de Salvacion but so far it is good. We had the opportunity to have a fast this week because we both decidied that we needed more help from Heavenly Father with our investigatores. That set the foundation for miracles this week. Im doing good. Im still trying to show Elder Uceda how fun the mission is and he ́s getting there. He is going to be a great leader for the mission one day. But, Im loving every day and every trial that comes my way. The mission is a story, the trials there are in the story, the better the story. Thank you for everything. Feliz Navidad!!

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Weekly Letter - 16 Dic 2013

Dear Presidente Lovell,
It is almost christmas and I ́m pumped up for the miracles that are happening and going to happen. I love it! This past week had some great lessons. We are teaching a lot of part member families that are preparing to return to the church so there kids can be baptized. One of the stories this week that really was great was our lesson with hna Janet. When we passed by she told us that she feels that now is the moment to return to the church and she was really happy. This is a miracle because about 6 months ago she didnt want anything to so with the church. It is so great to see how the Lord prepares His children. All we need to do is be in the right place and the right time. The church is true! We also had the opportunity to talk with her boyfriend who isnt a member and he had the lessons in the past and was really nice but still not a member. Elder Uceda and I have been working on the plan of salvation this week and still have more to cover but its going good. Sometimes he feels timid to talk but he is getting more used to being himself in the lessons. As for me, Im doing good. This morning I studied diligence....so Im pretty pumped up right now. Not going to lie, training another missionary is teaching me a lot of stuff. At times it can be rough but I love it because I know Heavenly Father has a plan and this is part of it. Have great week. Thanks for everything.
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navidad...una semana mas!

hola familia!

Right now im in the computer place to right and there is some funny latin music playing. just thought id let yall know whats going on here argentina:) just wanted remind yall that it is hotter than an oven here....not the christmas im used to but its all good. this time of year everyone is using fireworks and the other day a car drove by and threw a firework at my comp and i. it was pretty funny. this week was really good. i love this time of year because it is a good time to remember all of our blessing and family. right now we are teaching a bunch of part member families that are less active. one of the families the mom told us that she feels that now is the time to return back to the church. which is crazy because 6 months ago she didnt want anything to do with the missionaries. Heavenly Father is helping us big time right now. In church i had the chance to give a talk about the sacerdocio, sorry i cant remember what its called in english. nope its priesthood...i got it:) It was good. I talked about the 3 things that we need to have to use the priesthood more affectively in our lives. Those three things are 1. Rectitude (like do good things. sorry the words arent coming to my head inenglish. like be worthy) 2. Love and 3. Patience. With those three things we can utilize the priesthood more affectivley in our lives and members of the church. with those three things we can see more miracles in our lives. the other day my comp asked me a question. he asked me if we can change in the mission, like change our lives. he told me that a missionary in his home ward told him that the mission is to learn not to change. i told him that is a bunch of bull-o-nee! the purpose of the mission is to change our lives. Its the same and our life in the world. Our purpose in this life is to come here and learn but to also change our lives to become more like Christ. I am so thankful that we have received the opportunity to always progress and change our lives. Im learning a lot of things right now especially as a trainor. I wish i could share every little detail with yall but i cant. I know the  church is true and that revelation exsists. I have a testimony of the gift of tongues and i have a testimony of the Holy Spirit. Have a great week. I love yall! I hope you enjoy the pics. one is of my zone in the church, the second is my zone at subway (that right....there is subway!!!!) and me and an elder from arizona. i think a member put a video of my zone singing inthe city on my facebook. i dont know but it was on the news or something. Love you all.

Love Elder Nobmann Riddle#22

Weekly Letter - 09 Dic 2013

Dear Presidente Lovell,
We just got done singing christmas hymns for the people at that one office place. It was great. Hopefully the people there were able to feel the spirit. This past week was good but it was
hard to get a lot of stuff done with not being able to leave the house. But if anything, if helped me get pumped up for this week that is coming. We have a few people that are part of less active families that are preparing to be baptized. One hno has attented church every week for over a month so that his son can be baptized. The only problem is that his son needs to attend aswell. We are really seeing miracles here. I am really grateful to have the gospel in my life. Elder Uceda and I are doing good. He is getting more used to the mission life and teaching.. I really want him to love the mission. We are making good progress with the 12 week program and do a practica at least once a day. He is a fast learner and can memorize a scripture verse in like 1 min. I ́m doing pretty good. I ́m trying to find the people here that are waiting for me. Im really trying to change my life in the mission. We are seeing and going to see more miracles here in the mission. Thanks for everything and have a great week.
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dad

Dad! have a happy birthday. I love you and want you to know you are the greatest. thank you so much for everything you have done and do for our family. thank you for giving me the example of the man i want to become and the family i want to have. i am so grateful for you and want you to know i have complete and utter faith in your music. i give your website out to people out here in argentina so they can hear some good stuff:) you and the rest of the fam dont go too crazy with the treats for your birthday but do something memorable! love you all and i am loving my mission. today a missionary told me that she loves that i always look happy. i told here that is because there is no reason not to be happy, we are in the mission life. I am so grateful for your prayers and your faith in me as a misionary. our Heavenly Father does exist! It is confirmed everyday in my mission. Have a great week!

Love Elder Nobmann Riddle#22

always remember D and C 52:34

IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS

Dear family,

ES CASI NAVIDAD. thats what im talkin about. candy, candy cane, and syrup! So this week was pretty good. Here in Neuquen its about 90-100 degrees but thats all good jaja. it honestly doesnt feel that bad. Heavenly father really does bless his missionaries because im in the street everyday and the heat is bad but its not killing me. also, on the brighter side, im getting a lot more tan...which is always nice. this week we had a lesson with a less active family whose kids are preparing to be baptized. when we passed by the mom wasnt there only the grandma  who isnt a member, and she told us we couldnt pass by because she has company. we were able to enter the house about 15 min later when the rest of the family came home. when we walked in there was no one with the grandma and when she saw us her head and eyes went straight to the floor. it was one of the funniest things ever. i made a little joke with her there about how much she wants to talk to us. i wanted to laugh so hard but i didnt....but i smiled :). today i had the opportunity to sing with my zone christmas hymns for people in the street and it was really nice. in one of the songs i couldnt help but think of all the people that were hearing us sing and how they dont have the gospel. it was sad to think that so many of them are going through so many problems but dont know how to receive help from our Heavenly Father in their lives. I thought how lucky I am to know what I know and have what i have. we all have so many things that we can be grateful for in our lives. this is the time of the year where we can look and see all the blessings we have and share those with others. it doesnt matter where we are in the world or what the weather is like ( rain or shine, or heat sufficient enough to fry on egg my scripture bag) we can all share the joy we have. The scriptures are true. the book of mormon is true and book from our Heavenly Father. love you all. if your looking for something or have a question, turn to the scriptures.

Love Elder Nobmann Riddle#22

ps the pic of me with the other missionaries infont of a store, if you look below, there is a guy sleeping. haha AWESOME

Weekly Letter - 03 Dic 2013

Dear Presidente Lovell,
This past week was good. Something really cool that is happening in our area is there is more excitement about the misisonary work from a few of the members because they want a temple in Neuquen. We are teaching a family that was less active that has two girls that are going to be baptzed named agustina and sophia. They have come to church fro about two weeks and Im pretty darn excited for them. The mom, hna cayuman, has been inactive for about 10 years!!!! She was a reference from a member and when we past by to talk to her she told us that she had been thingking about returning to the church. Elder Uceda and I are doing good. Still trying to get used to his accent. Sometimes its really hard to understand what he is saying but it will only make my spanish better. This week we worked a lot on Leccion 1 and he is doing really good. He is getting more and more comfortable with the lesson, which is great. As for me, Im good. Im working and waiting for more miracles. Im trying to become the 4th missinary. Thank you so much for everything and the words of wisdom you gave me in the interveiw. Also, please thank Hna Lovell for me, she ́s awesome! Thank you both for the spirit that you bring to the mission. Hurrah For Israel!

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hey

Zach, have a great week and have a great birthday. here is a scripture that i read this past week that is awesome DC 52:34. That applies to whatever in our life. I dont know if you are teaching with the misionaries but you should go teach with them. it will be fun and a good opp to learn and feel the spirit. dad, your bday is coming up too. i love you and am eternally thankful to have you as my dad. i can wait to kick it with you for an eternity. Mom, i had the opportuniy to share our family story of eric with the wife of the pres of the mission. I felt the spirit so strong and we were both in tears. I just want to remind you all that we have seen miracles and had trials. i am so grateful for every trial because it has helped me strenghthen my relationship with the spirit and heavenly father. Ijackson i love you so much dude. i hope your still workin on the piano. keep reading the scriptures and praying together. love you all. and ill let you know more info about skyping on christmas when i know more info.

Love Elder Nobmann Riddle#22

Happy Late Thanksgiving

Hey Family,

happy late thanksgiving. i honestly forget that last week was thanksgiving. after i had sent yall the email for the week was when i realized haha. my thanksgiving was awesome...i preached the gospel! XD Below are some photos of my last comp and i dressed up in harry potter stuff at a house of a member. the other is of a crazy cat. this week was pretty awesome because we had interveiws with our pres of the misison and his wife. they are awesome and have such a strong spirit with them at all times. that is what i want to have. I was able to see a lot of miracles this past week. right now we are teaching a less active and part miember family. The mom has been less active for 10 years and we have helped her to go to church so that her daughters can be baptized. we had a family home evening with them and i cooked pancakes....they were gooood. darn straight!...im part chef and missionary now. we are seeing miracles in the ward im in. more and more people are starting to attend which is great. The goal is to one day have a temple here in Neuquen so we need to work hard so that we can accomplish that. something really special that I was thinking about the other day was alma and all he wanted to do was be an angel so that he could chare this message with all the people in the world. It just shows how important all of this is. I have learned so much about my Heavenly Father and testify that He lives and does love us. I know that my Savior lives. And I know that this is the time to prepare to know them. I am so grateful for this work. lets keep this missionary work going forever with a MIRA PUESTA ÚNICAMENTE EN LA GLORIA DE DIOS. ohhhh i love spanish:) Love you all.

Elder Nobmann Riddle#22