Work hard, love God

April 15, 2024 

 Missions are crazy, so much can happen in a hour, a day, or a week. I've been out here in Cali for a little over month now and I've found myself on the tops of mountains, but I have also spent so much time on my knees pleading with my father in heaven. I may only be 6.5 hours away from Cedar City but dang it feels like so much farther. Living in a apartment with 3 other fluent spanish speakers + not being able to connect well with my companion is hard, being away from family is hard, the ward relationships are bad which is hard, not being able to speak spanish and share my love of God is hard. BUT it's like running. You have to do a hard workout to get faster. You don't just magically get faster overnight. The same thing applies to a mission/life. 
Ether 12:6 says that we don't recieve a wittness until AFTER the trial of your faith. Growing pains are necessary in order to grow. Whatever you are going through CHRIST KNOWS EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL! 

 In high school I had a coach who told us we were only running 9 400s, but after the 9 he said one more, and then one more, and then one more, and then one more. I didn't think that workout was ever going to end. But it did. And I ran those 400s faster in that workout than in any workout before. And becuase I held out through the pain I PRd so much in the next races. The same thing applies to life. God has you go through trials to learn, grow, and get faster. And the best part is, christ is with you every step of the way.

 This last week was crazy! We had a zone wide fast for all 19 of our friends who are on date to be baptized! And after zone council we broke our fast and made a ton of pancakes!! I also went on a couple exchanges this week with Hermana Zavala and Hermana Dooney! They are seriously the best and it was a very good break. 

Our friend Christian got baptized and confirmed on Saturday! All week we stopped by to make sure he was prepared! He got a haircut, shaved, bought new shoes, pants, and a shirt! He pulled up in style to his baptism on his eletric wheel chair. He wanted me to give a talk, so I did, in spanish, it was probably the shortest talk ever given hahahaha. After christian got baptized as soon as he came out of the water he shouted "I DID IT!" I hope we can all be more like Christian. Following Jesus on the covenant path, and pushing through our trials, so that one day we can tell the Savior "I DID IT!" And the best way to do that is simple.
 Work hard and love God! Better, Faster, and Stronger... becuase of Jesus Christ!

   Love y'all Hermana Rigby

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