Its HOT!

Dear Familia,

Just so that you all know, it is HOT down here jaja. Im in the desert so its like a dry Utah heat. Although I may be sweating buckets, I love it. Im getting tan, lossing water weight, and it is just fun to be outside talking to people. That is another one of the blessing of summer. There are more people in the streets to just go up to and start sharing the gospel with. Can anything get better than that?!! 

My first week in this area has been filled with some great miracles. Heavenly Father really does love us so much. Elder Agee and I decided to fast this week so that we could have some extra help from the Lord. One of the miracles we had this week was that 3 investigadores came to church this last sunday. Before this week there had only been 1 who had come to church 1 time in the last 2 months. Elder Agee and I were stunned. Like I said Heavenly Father is blessing us so greatly. All we did was go out and teach and invite and Heavenly Father prepared the way. Heavenly Father is same yesterday, today, and forever. He is a God of miracles and always will be. According to our faith in life He will manifest great things.

I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ live. I know that Joseph Smith saw them both. I know that Joseph was a prophet and that through him Crists true church has been restored.

One quick thing that I was thinking is PATIENCE. We must always be patient. Pres. Uchtdorf once said that we cannot be like the farmer who plants his veggtables in the morning and returns in the night expecting to have a full garden ready to be plucked. All things in life as well as the gospel depend on our patience in life. The blessing we all have is that if we do good works and follow the gosple we will reap the blessings. 

I love you all so greatly. Thank you for you faith.

Love Elder Nobmann Riddle#22

Weekly Letter - 27 Oct 2014

Dear Presidente,
Plaza Huincal is on fire! Literally, it is getting hot outside. This past week was great. We have some great missionaries here. Our district lideres are working and uplifting their districts. Im still getting to know all of the missionaries but I think they all ae going to be able to change lives in the their areas. My area is amazing. This is the biggest ward that I have been in my whole mission. In sacrament meeting I looked out and there was just so many people. The members who I have met are very loving. The investigatores who I have met are on their way to happiness. And the people here are very nice. Like I mentioned before, it is hot outside, but it
is more incentive to get inside a house quick and teach. Elder Agee and I are doing great. He knows a lot of stuff and has a fire inside of him for the work. He want to do big things these last few months of the transfer which gets me excited. Im doing good. Im happy to be here in this area. I have a couple questions: 1. Can a write my conversos and their families? I dont know if I need to make a list of who they are and where they live so that you know. 2. Can a get on
the BYU website to handle some of my school stuff. I think that is all. Besides that, Im good. I love every day that I have here in the mission and know this is the true church. Thank you so much for all that you do.
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10:30 Salir 6/7 Alm 5/7
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Menos Activos Luciano Poblete 

Yes, you can write your conversos through the bolsa. It is also ok to go on the BYU website. 

President Lovell

no time

Hey we had transfers this last week and Im in a place called Plaza Huencal. I have new comp named elder Agee and he actually came here to argentina with me. He is pretty darn cool. I dont now him to much but Ive heard good things.

My camera has a virus so i cant send pics but this last week we had a miracle. One of our investigadores got baptized this last week. His name is Dani and he is 11. He is a stud. His mom hs been less active but he has come to churched and done so much to learn about the gospel. His mom came to church this last week for the first time in about 10 or more years. It was a miracle. she was so happy. Elder Merrell and I had been teaching her for a long time now and she has taught us a lot of patience jaja but we love her and Ill never forget the look in her eyes after she came to church. it was if she was a different person. Miracles are real. We just have to be patient and love those around us. Let us be firm in our faith and let out light so shine so that all may see. 

Have a great week. Thank you so much for your prayers!

Love 

Elder Nobmann Riddle#22

Weekly Letter - 20 Oct 2014

Dear Presidente,
This last transfer was a blur. It went by so fast but it was so great! The zone 5 saltos has done some great things. The missionaries are great and will keep on going with faith. I am excited to see what plaza huencal is like. It looks a lot like Zapala. Elder Agee is a great Elder and Im excited to see what we can do together. The Lord always has a plan to succeed. Elder Merrell taught me so much in 2 transfers and Im so greatful for his help. We were able to get the standard this last week but it would have not ever been possible if it wasnt for the help of Hna Sola, Bledsoe, Hafen, and Crowley. The are might missionaries. I dont know my area yet but as for 5 saltos, it is on the rise. Great things are happening and I am so thankful that I got to be apart of it. The gospel changes lives! Is this messege we share great or what! As for me, Im great. I have those transfer jitters but its all good. Its like stepping out on the football field on a friday night. Im excited to know this zone and the missionaries. We can make Sion here as we work with faith and the spirit. I am greatful for the guide of the spirit and have faith he will show us the way. Thank you so much for all that you do. Hurrah por Israel!

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10:30 Salir 5/7
Alm 5/7
Idioma 1/7
9:30 (10) 7/7 ( sunday we got home at like 9:45) 11 2/7
Plan 7/8
Menos Activos Roxana Nuñez Victor Nuñez 

Another great week

Dear family,

This was just another great week. I guess every week is a good one while on the mission but this one got me pumped up! Tamara, one of our investigadores, was baptized this past week. The water was colder than ice because the heater was broken but it was still amazing! Tamara is so excited because she has waited a few years now to be able to be baptized.

Last night we had a lesson with tamara and her family. Her step dad is planning to be baptized in the next month the only thing is that he and tamaras mom have to get married first. But they are excited. But in the lession  last night, the mom shared with us that these past few weeks have been a blessing. She said that she cant believe that she has come back to the church and that her family is where they are. We talked about how God has a plan for all of us. We shared the story about how we found her and her family and it brought tears to her eyes to know that Heavenly Father loves her. 

I dont know if I ever said how we found them but the Bishop said we should pass by and visit them. We passed by about 4 times but they were never home. One night we were on our way home with about 10 mins to spare and they came to our mind. So we passed by really fast and it was a miracle...we found them! And that is how it all started. It seems so simple but it is truely a mircle that Heavenly Father brought them to our mind in the  precise moment when we needed to pass by. Miracles!!!!

Something from General Conference that really impacted me and I dont know if I said it last week but was this; Many of the Apostles said that they do not know exactly what we need personally but Heavenly Father does. I loved that because in life we want answers and when we want anwsers we go looking for them. The most beatiful blessing that we have as sons and daughters of our Father in Heaven is that He has all of the answers. We can take our questions or problems to Him. 

I am so greatful to know that I can know God and Jesus Christ here on earth...we all can! What a maravelous concept. We do not have to wait until after we die to know God and Jesus Christ. 

Thank you so much for all your prayers, faith, and diligence. Go with faith with the MIRA PUESTA UNICAMENTE EN LA GLORIA DE DIOS!

Love you all

Elder Nobmann Riddle#22 

Weekly Letter - 13 Oct 2014

Dear Presidente,

This week was a great one! The Zone is doing some great things. This past week we put a

goal for the zone to enter two new casas por dia. The missionaries did great with that goal and as a result we had 46 new investigadores in the zone. The elders and Hermanas are working hard and were confident in them and in our district lideres. Elder Marx and Jubitz are pumped and bringing that to their districts. We just have to use our time well as a zone and go with faith. Saturday our investigadora, Tamara, was baptized. It was great! Her family came and they were all very happy. This family is a miracle family. The parents are working on getting married now so that the dad can get baptized. We have seen great miracles and they have all come from the ayuda of the members here. Elder Merrell and I are doing great! One of the greatest companions that I have ever had. I would not mind at all to spent another 1 to 4 transfers with him jaja. He has helped me to become a much better missionary. As for me, Im doing great! We are in week 6 and I am pumped to get out and work. This is one of my favorite areas! I am happy to be a missionary. I am excited to help people feel the power of the restauration.
Thank you so much for everything you do. Have a great week. Lets go get change Argentina!
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8:30 4/7 9:30 3/7 Salir 10:30 Alm 5/7
E.I. 0/7
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Menos Activos 

The joy of the Gospel

Dear family,

things are going good here in argentina. i literally love every second of being a missionary. Sometimes it comes to my mind that one day i wont be able to do all these things anymore and i get a little sad but it also helps me get focused up and get to work. there is no time to waste! 

So for starters, this last general conference was great! every talk was great! Those men and women spoke with the spirit and what they said is true. Every little detail is true. 

Elder Merrell and I had a good lesson with a part member family this last week. The wife is a member but the husband is not. The wife has been less active for awhile but has started to come back to church. We have talked many times with the husband and he is reading the book of mormon and asking good questions. But this last week we had the chance to talk with him about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon even more. We got down to the point where he believes that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God and that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. At the end of this lesson i looked over and saw his wife and she was in tears because moments before, she had just heard her husband accept the invitation to be baptized. As we left her house she shook our hands and with tears still in her eyes, just said ¨Thank you¨. 

I know this is the church of Jesus Christ here on the earth. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and that the Book of Mormon testifies of Christ. I am thankful for the happiness that this gospel brings to my own life and the impact in can have on others. I may not know everything there is to be known on this earth but of these things I am certain.

I am a representative of Jesus Christ and I know that He lives. I have never seen Him but I do not need to.

Have a great week.

Love

Elder Nobmann Riddle 

Weekly Letter - 06 Oct 2014

Dear Presidente,
Was this General Conference great or what! I am grateful for the first Presidency and the 12 Apostles. I know all of them have been called of God and that this Church is the true church. Revelation is real and the power of the Father as well. Despite the obstacles in the zone with all the conferencias and capacitaciones, it wasnt too bad. We all have room for improvement but our district leaders are pretty excited to get down to work this next week. Im pumped because their pumped! Also, we had Pres. Tapia talk in the capacitacion and I think its same to safe that it was great. He a has a great love for the work. Our area here in 5 saltos is doing great. We are chugging forward with the faith to lograr our goals. These last two weeks are going to be very exciting. We had the chance to teach a lesson with a part member family this week. The daughter is going to be baptized in a week. The mom is a less active member who is reactivating herself and her husband is not a member. This past week we taught him with Pres. Tapia and had a very powerful lesson. At the end of the lesson the wife had tears in her eyes as she heard her husband accept a fecha bautismal. As we were leaving she shook our hands with tears still in her eyes and said ̈thank you ̈. This is the plan of happiness and I know it. The gospel is so true and I love it. Elder Merrell and I are doing greater than the word great. He ́s a great Elder. As for me, Im happy as can be to know that this is the work of salvation. I am enjoying every day and learing step by step. Thank you for everything. Have a great week.
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EC 9 1/2 9:30 2/5
EI 10 0/2 En la tarde 0/5 Salir 2/2 4/5
Alm 5/7
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Plan 7/8
Menos Activos Marcela Farias