The Face that Stopped a Bus

Well, hello there! 

I have been staring at this blank screen for about a minute and just can't think of anything cool to start off my week. Don't get me wrong: it was a great week and all, but I just can't think of a creative opening paragraph to set the mood. So ... here we are. I'm just going to go straight into updates about people. People are what everything is really about anyway. 

D--: Getting baptized this Saturday! Pray for him. He is doing so well. The funny thing is that he has read so much that we've only taught him a few lessons. We've not even officially taught him so many lessons, but he has studied so much and knows so much that he is completely ready. He comes on Sunday in his cute pink tie and is just lovely. I can't wait for his baptism! He's the first that I've taught all the way through and seen get baptized. He's just a wee man who is pure, dead brilliant! Hooray!

T--: Doing pretty well! He's down from a fag every 30 minutes to only 4 a day. That's way good! He gets pretty down on himself but I think he is still doing really well and looking forward to getting baptized.

J--: She is the nice woman that we met while she was walking her dog through a cemetery! She is lovely and we had an amazing lesson with her last night about the Plan of Salvation. We took a JT, Veronica Murphy, and it was just so filled with the spirit and amazing. She didn't come to church, but she did come to an investigator activity that we had this week where we watched some Mormon Messages and had some biscuits and juice. That was nice. Whilst we were at the activity, I was looking around and thinking that we, as missionaries, sure work with some interesting people. He he. But they are the best ever too. 

A fun part of the week was exchanging back into East Kilbride for a day! When we got off of the train and had been walking for about 30 feet, this bus stops and the Rodgerses jump off! They'd seen me and stopped the bus about a mile away from their house! They invited us over for a quick lunch, and we were able to be with them for a wee while. That was amazing! They said that although Helen of Troy had a face that launched 1,000 ships, I had a face that stopped a bus. :) Haha. 

We were also able to see Alison, the McNally's, Sister Betty, and their new investigator, Paul. How nice. 

Happy Valentine's Day: "This is the paradox of man: compared to God, we are nothing. Yet we are everything to God." --Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Well, that's about it for me. The Church is still true, luckily. The Book of Mormon is still the word of God. Joseph Smith still saw God, and his vision still impacts the lives of those who are hearing about it for the first time. 

Love,

Sister Ricks

Question of the week: If you could go on splits with any apostle, who would you choose?