Week 52, September 14, 2015 AWESOME WEEK!

This week has been good! we went on exchanges, and its was awesome!

In church yesterday we talked a LOT about the law of chastity, and I really learned a lot.  It is so important that we teach the newer generations about things they should and should not do, and, the family is SO IMPORTANT!  3 of the 4 talks on the cover of the Ensign are about marriage, and the 4th is on the family proc.

WE HAVE A NEW INVESTIGATOR.  she is awesome, her name is danielle.  I am SUPER EXCITED to teach her.  This is what happens when you know someone in need (spiritually, mentally, emotionally), and refer missionaries to them!

I'll send pictures next week!

FYI:  it is Hermana Riddle's 21st Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY THOWBACK!

Week 51, September 7, 2015 Sodom & Gomorrah

HI! How are things?  How is Burning Man?  I'm sure you have seen an influx of people there.  People have been asking what that is all about, and we just say it's like Sodom and Gomorrah :)

How is the small town, and how often do you travel?  What does your surrounding area cover? Tell us a little about sister Liddle?  Can you send pictures of what you have been doing?  Are you mostly tracting, teaching, reactivating?

things are good!  Burning Man is not actually that bad, because Lovelock is really small, so people just go through Fernley.  Pretty much it IS Sodom and Gomorrah.  We have heard some WEIRD stories.

We drive to Winnemucca once a week, for district meeting.  Sister Liddle is a lot like me, but also kinda shy.  She is so cute though!  We have been trying to find people to teach, and trying to help people remember who they are, and how they felt when they first became a member.

I want to be able to help EVERYONE, so I hope that I can help them feel of teh spirit, and know how true the church is, the Book of Mormon is, and how REAL THE ATONEMENT IS.

~Hermana Riddle, 20 year old Sister Missionary

PS: I was trying to get some Drivers License stuff figured out today, and this was ALL OVER the website:

www.mormon.org/chat

https://beta.mormon.org/beliefs/the-book-of-mormon.php?gclid=COeft63N5ccCFRRlfgodyfwL-g&cid=99115127&s_kwcid=AL!3737!3!68400564015!!www.dmv.org!d!!&ef_id=UuaoHwAABFr59hd3:20150907185827:s

lovelock at night

Week 50, August 31, 2015 Stand with Him

http://hermanariddle.blogspot.com/2014/08/one-week-more.html

#THROWBACK!  wow that was a lifetime ago. by the way, that's my blog~!

This week has been really good. we went on exchanges, so I got to be in Elko, for a day, and I drove a total of 4 hours over 2 days! Again! Sister Liddle got to say in Lovelock.

we are working hard to keep finding people to teach.  it is always an adventure.  I am starting to wonder how the next two weeks will go because BURNING MAN!  its 3 hours away in the middle of the desert, so we wont have to worry about it much, but its really funny to see all the vehicles.  we saw a rounded silver school bus the other day outside of Walmart in Winnemucca, from Colorado, and I laughed really hard.  I probably know what little mountain town they are from. :)

I am really excited to be working hard! I know that  the Lord will help us to succeed here in Lovelock, and all we have to do is rely on him, because he has already offered his help so many times, and he will never take that help away from us!

"It is not a question of if He will stand with us, it is: Will we stand with Him?"

I know that when we do stand with the Lord, that he will Never let us fall.  He will be there Forever! always making sure that if we desire, we can live in perfect happiness, with God, Jesus Christ, our Families, and everyone we love and care about!

~Hermana Riddle

Found this at the church

you know you are in a desert when...

small tomatoes

Week 49, August 24, 2015 Lovelock!

How is Lovelock?

Lovelock is good!  its the biggest town in the county, and we cover most of the county with our ward.  its a tiny little cute town.  smaller than Ely, but because its on a main highway, there are more things (actually about the same number of things)

How was your transfer experience?
well, on Monday we had to move the Elders into our house, adn the 4 of us into the house that only 2 elders were living in.  so that was kinda crazy.

I know it was a long van ride,

yes.  its was 3 hours that I drove, to Elko, then 5 hours to reno on the transfer van, then we spent the night, and it was another 2 hours back to lovelock!

and hopefully you made it without any incident.

yes, we made it safely. :)

How and whom is your new companion and area?

my companion is Sister Liddle, and EVERYONE loves our names together.  its pretty funny.  there is not a whole lot in most of the ward, because we are in the middle of a dessert, but I like town, its ADORABLE.  I'm excited to explore though.  I've only been here since Thursday and we did planning all day that day.

Where do you live and what is it like?

we live in an apartment, and its like most apartments.  little, but we try to keep it clean.  :)

How is the ward compared to other places you have been?

all of my areas have been very different, but I am starting to see that elements of all the wards I have served in kind of flow together.  its pretty cool, because tyou can see how the gospel really is the same everywhere

do you get to use your Spanish now again?

I use it now more than I did in Ely, but not very much still.

Does your companion speak Spanish or just English?

she just speaks english, but she is learning! :D

I got this quote today and thought I would share it because it is AWESOME!

"The Lord doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called."

I love you, and I hope to be able to have more stories this week.  :)  Burning man is coming up soon, so that should be an interesting experience. (that I am planning on staying VERY far away from)

~Hermana Riddle

The one stoplight in the county!

Week 48, August 17, 2015 LOVELOCK

hi everyone!

so remember 3 months ago when I  moved to the middle of nowhere, 3 hours from Elko, 4 hours from Vegas, 5 hours from Reno, and an hour from the Utah border?  well, I"M GETTING TRANSFERRED!!!  its a tiny little town, with more dirt roads, exactly between Fallon, and Winnemucca.  its about 1 hour to either one.

I"M SO EXCITED!!!! :DDDDD  its going to be an awesome new experience and I just want to get there!

my new companion will be Sister Liddle, so she will be sister and I will be Hermana.

other than that, this week has been pretty slow, but Myah, a little girl we have been teaching is going to get baptized this weekend!  We got to go to eureka once more, and that was good, and I am just really excited to be going to Lovelock.  I have served in almost all the zones in the mission now!

sorry I didn't send this out till late, we had to move all 4 sisters out of the apartment, because the Elders are moving in there, and Sister Paul, and Sister Teichert will be moving into another house.  Sister Wilkins is going to be STL in Carson City (totally called it. (: )

I'll let you know what happens next!
~Hermana Riddle

Week 47, August 10, 2015 STUDY STUDY!

Tell me about what you have been doing?

I have been doing a lot of STUDYING!  I am trying to read the whole Bible in a year, and its going very well!  I'm in Isaiah!

How has your week been?

this week has been really good. we had a lot of lessons, and met a lot of new people!

how are the lessons going?

they are going good.  we are trying to find people more consistently and help people to keep learning

Are you using any of your Spanish teaching?

not really.  there's very few people out here, and its really hard sometimes.

When are transfers?

Transfer calls are Sunday, so we will find out what is happening, and I will let you know next week!

Sorry I didnt talk much!  i'll try to have more stories next week!

the new mission Blog is:

Nevadarenomission.com

~Hermana Riddle

ps. we have a Jeep now.

cool quotes at the drugstore!

POPCORN!!!

Week 46, August 3, 2015 PRAY!

I hope that everyone's week went well.  :) 

we have some bugs in our house, so thats been an exciting adventure, but dont worry, I'm fine!  we went to eureka and had a really productive day! 
we had dinner there, and had dinner with the branch president. he said, oh well we were just in spanish fork, and I said, do you know my grandma? "who is your grandma?" "that awesome scouting lady, last name Riddle?"  WILMA?? YES!! OH YEAH I JUST GAVE HER A HUG ON SUNDAY!
it was super cool!

we did a lot of planning this week, to figure out more ways we can continue to help this ward, and the people we are working with!  we are hoping that this week will be better than the last!

Also, Sister Teichert showed me this really funny thing.  its so cool!

I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH I HAVE GROWN ON MY MISSION!  I hope that I will be able to continue to grow closer to the Lord.  JUST PRAY!!!!  He answers prayers!!

~Hermana Riddle