P.C. to Nicole Rose

Monday, October 24, 2011

Unfortunately gotta make it quick today

Not too much to report. We've been having a good time with our two investigators. Haha. They both have dates for baptism too. While we were teaching one, we were teaching her sister at the same time(her sister was investigating, but we dropped her as I'm about to tell) and some guy knocked on the door. The sister went outside and we just kept teaching. Then the sister and the random guy walked in the back door, snuck upstairs while she was saying, we gotta make this quick. THEN we heard the bed upstairs banging around a bit. It was pretty stupid on her part. We dropped her. It seems that whenever we go over there something interesting happens. The one we're still teaching is still way solid. We're just ahving some troubles getting her to church because things keep getting in the way. It's pretty frustrating. But she's way cool.
So today we're with the missionaries in Ravenswood and Spencer. We're working with the Ravenswood elders specifically because they're having a tough time, and then tomorrow we're going up to Parkersburg north to help them as well. We've been asked to do a whole bunch more of exchanges with missionaries that are having troubles. We're not going to be back in Charleston until Thursday.
Transfers are already upon us. Next Wednesday is exchanges and we're most likely going to be together once more. It's going to be good because we work really well together. Well unfortunately I do have to get going and let another missionary on the computer. Notmuch else to do. Love yall!
~Elder Wiederholt

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Good week!

We're doing so good here in Charleston! Yesterday, Richard recieved the gift of the Holy Ghost, which he's been looking forward to since his baptism a week ago. He's such an amazing man and has really overcome a lot to become a better person and live the way that he wants to live. It's such a blessing to be a part of the work that changes lives for sure. We're working with 3 others right now who are set with dates for baptism in November and December. I sure do hope that they make the choices to go through with it, but its just that, their choice.
Elder Stoker and I are doing so great. We have a lot of fun, but get a lot of work done as well. We're really starting to build a lot of trust with members here, and are being asked to go visit so many different people. From what it always sounds like these people all need a lot of help, the kind of help that only the gospel can really bring them. One in particular is a family that's been less active for a while. We've had a couple of different experiences that have pointed to us needing to go over to visit them, and so that usually means we need to. One member in particular. She's had some really tough times in her life already for a 16 year old, and feels that her prayers for help have been left unanswered. It seems like she just feels abandoned. It's a broken home situation, and just bad news all around. That's whats so wonderful about God though. He prepares each and everyone of us to meet other people to help them to learn and grow and progress as people. I truely feel like I've been a tool for the Lord in this way several times on my mission by helping teenagers from broken homes who feel abandoned because I can really relate with them. Anyway, we're really excited to go to visit the family. Oh yea, we learned that this girl works at a Dairy Queen. Hahhaha
This mission rocks my socks. That's all I gotta say!
Love yall!
Elder Shain C Wiederholt
888 Oakwood Rd Ste 310
Charleston, WV 25314

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

we've had such an awesome week!

It's been a pretty good day. We missed most of our p-day for Zone Leader Council inwhich on of the Seventy came and taught us. Elder Nash, of the First Quorum of the Seventy. It was way cool to have him here to teach us and help the mission to move in a great direction. Unfortunately though we haven't been able to do laundry yet, and we figured we could do emails faster than doing laundry before our appointments tonight.
I can't proclaim how much I truely love Charleston! It pretty much rocks my socks! This last week we had an opportunity to go to a huge car show along the water front of the Kanawha(pronounced Kana) River. There were over 900 cars, and they were all sweet. I'm sure I can list off several people who would've loved to be there. We keep having interesting experinces here, including this last week we were talking to someone on their doorstep when a random lady parked her car across the street, started to blast Lady Gaga, got out of her car and started dancing in the middle of the intersection, then tons of neighbors started to come out and yell at here inwhich caused her to get fuming mad, and try to run random people over. It was quite entertaining. Well, we got into a lesson with this lady we were talking to, and then a friend of hers who's a Jehovah's Witness walked into the house and tried to argue with us. We didn't do anything, kind of just stood there because we haven't ever had someone walk into the middle of a lesson who genuinely hates us and try to tell us this in front of our investigators. Later on that day we were trying some people when we pulled up to an intersection, facing a street with a railroad on the other side. Elder Stoker was super suprised at what he saw, and then I finally realized what happened. There was a derailed train there! It was waaaay crazy! All this was in one day too!
Last sunday we had a baptism of a man who's been taught for about 2 months. His name is Richard Rutta, and he's way sweet. Whn he came up out of the water he had the biggest grin on his face. Possibly one of the best moments for any missionary is seeing someone change their life for the better who really wants to do it, and looks forward to everything with a smile. He's got a couple of tough weeks on the way because he has Parkingsons and has some surgeries over the next couple weeks to reduce tremors.
We also at some point decided to have an ugly tie day. I decided to change my tie before leaving the house though because I wore it once where a member saw me, and was sincerely concerned that I was going home, so I decided to rebel in sorts and wear the tie. Hahaha I'll send the picture of us! I love the three other missionaries in my apartment. It seems like we're such guys in the fact that one is always trying to be better at everything, one's always working out, one's always punching the others and pulling pranks on them, and the last is just sitting and watching the rest so he can write an email about it home. They're all absolute studs, most definitely called of God for this work.
Well we jsut got a text that we have dinner in 15 minutes. Love yall and I hope to hear from yall again soon! We've decided that we'll come back to the library to email tomorrow because of not having time. ttyl!
Love,
Elder Shain C Wiederholt
1622 Virginia St Apt B
Charleston, WV 25311

Monday, October 3, 2011

life is being a little hectic(sp?)

Dearest family,
Charleston continues to rock. General Conference rocked. Elder Stoker and I rock. Everything rocks.
I say thing things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Just kidding, we've been soooooooo busy this post week its not even funny. We only got to work in our own area for like 3 days total, and everything still went well! We had 4 investigators at conference! We did like 2 exchanges, and 2 meetings with President Pitt and the districts. Life is super busy as a Zone Leader, but I love it, it keeps me doing things. We have a baptism set for this coming sunday, and then another coming next month. Life wrongs right now and I'm loving it. Have I mentioned I love it?
I love yall, but I have to go, the mission sent my companion and I a ton of stuff and we gotta look through it all in like 6 minutes. yikes!
Elder Wiederholt
888 Oakwood Rd Ste 310
charleston, wv 25314