14 months- I saw Cows

 

March 24, 2025

Hola ma familia,

Back at it again. HAPPY MONDAY! This week was definitely a little crazy 

-saying goodbye to members and friends in Los Altos was actually the saddest thing ever. An Hermana made knitted me a blanket . Bishop and his family got a goodbye cake. His daughter also sang me song and held on to me for a good 10 minutes . 

-Hna smith leaving made me so sad, and having to leave hna wright broke my heart. There were quite a few tears 

-chino is cool! I saw some very pretty cows. Yes my obsession of cows is still real 

-I hit 14 months in the mish. Absolutely insane

-this week has definitely been an adjustment. If you know me I like anything BUT change. So I have spent some more time on my knees lately. Really trying to trust in the lord and his will and that I am where I am for a reason. But it has been cool because I've had lots better personal studies, and I fell like my connection with my savior has grown. 

-the bishop in this ward is white and has a mustache. Feels like home hahahaha

-a person that me and and my comps tried to baptize 6 moths ago,  who didn't get baptized when i was there, ended up getting baptized and now is actually one of our recent converts here. 

-this area is kinda struggling right now, so please please please pray that we will find some prepared people 

Ok...this might me dramatic, but this week really had me thinking deep about my mission, the last few months I have here, amd the rest of my life. And it wasn't clicking until I was reading this talk about being a concecrated missionary, and it mentioned something about running. 

"Consecrated missionaries are extra-milers. They put on the table of sacrifice every ounce of their energy, every hour of every day. When Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile, he collapsed at the finish line into the hands of his well-wishers. A journalist, sensing all that was involved in that historic moment wrote: “The runner, open-mouthed, thin-legged, knowing only pace and goal, spending his strength so that the finish, at one mile, there was nothing more.” For a consecrated missionary there is nothing more to give at the end of the day. He has put it all on the altar of sacrifice.Consecrated missionaries are missionaries who would finish the marathon. They are missionaries who would go the full fifteen rounds. They are missionaries who carry no white flags.

He later explains a little more about races, "As hard as it may be, the consecrated missionary disciplines his passions. His eye is riveted to this work. He is like the thoroughbred horse with his blinders on. He races ahead, seeing only track and finish."

This week I wanted to throw the white flag, and didn't want to put my will on the altar of sacrafice. But no, I didn't come this far to only come this far. Now it is just me and the track, the pace, and HIS GOAL. I'm far from perfect, but I can testify with trials come a big lesson to learn. I love my lord and savior  

Les amo mucho 

Hna Rigby

Journal recap

3/17/25

Well transfer number 10 here we come. 2 more after this. So crazy. It is flying by. Lots and lots of tears today. Had to say goodbye to my bishop and his family. Mckenzie hung on to me for like 10 minutes I swear. I'm gonna miss her so bad. Amd she even sang me a song and the even got me a cake. It wa so sad. I didn't want to leave them. But we already planned a girls trip when I come back hahah. Gonna miss this area so much. But I am super grateful and I trust president jones. It will be great. 

10/19/25

Well tye last two days have been rough. I had to say goodbye to a lot of members. I would've cried but I unfortunately had no more tears to cry. And Tuesday night I had a breakdown. I didn't want to leave my area or my comps. So many good people. A sweet old lady knitted me a blanket. It was so cute. and then about the whole morning today I cried, and then president gave me a blessing. It was much needed. I know I will be ok but I am just so nervous. Change is hard. The quiet is hard. But it will be ok. I will adjust. 

10/20/25

Well today was a rough start to the day. I just cried pretty much all morning. This change is difficult, plus seeing all my missions friends being able to hug their families really just made me homesick. We got out of the house quick which was super cool. We watched visions series at the stake center with most of our zone which was fun. We have 2 new missionaries in the zone so that is fun. We went finding and knocked some doors and we met some cool people. Then we had our memeber meal, the members here seem nice. I am excited to get to know them. As we were playing volleyball, a guy who I tuaght in Pamona came in and apparetey he got baptzied and now lives in chino! So cool! It was so cool! Lots of people also told me today that I have really good spanish, so that was a confidence booster for sure! Prayers have been lots better lately. I am warming up to my new comp. It is just awkward sometimes becuase we live in a two pad. So it is just us, but I have my own bathroom which is super nice. 

3/21/25

Today was kinda crazy. We had to go to two roleplay meetings because of stl stuff. Usually doing all this stuff keeps my mind off of everything which is super nice. But there is just kinda a pit in my stomach and it kinda feels like there is an elaphant on my chest a lot of the time. Having to rely a lot more on savior and truly just remember that I have a lot more toools now and that I can do hard things. I know that homesick is coming more because my body doesn’t like the uncomfortable feeling. And I have hit 14 months which is crazy. 4 more months. And I guess I have felt a little more trunky this week becuase all my freinds got to hug their moms and dads and I can’t quite yet. on another note we went and did finding during dinner hour. And then we had like a ten minute dinner at albertos. that was fun. Then we went and knocked some doors. But what we did when we were finding was that we did split finding so we each just kinda break up and talk to people. Which is super fun. Then we had a lesson with Luis our recent convert (the guy I found in pamona) and wow has he changed a lot! His testimony is strong!

3/22/25

Still cried today, but it was less. So that is good. 14 months wowowowow. We had a member meal today at Dennys for lunch. It was so good. you already know I got French toast hahah. No one really wanted to talk to us today so that sucks. But we still found some people to teach. I finally saw COWS. I was so excited. We also drove through this pretty canyon. Kinda a crazy day. But we getting through 

3/23/25 

Church was good. The ward is nice. I got up to introduce my self and my spanish was spaniahing today, so that was nice. We had a friend come to church who we met while knocking doors so that was cool. We had some cools lessons today too. Talked to a drunk lady amd gave her a bom. She seemed confused hahah.