Noah's Mission

WHY IS MY AB SEIZING?!? Only the boys will understand this one. You guys know when you are trying to carry a bunch of chairs to impress a girl in elementary school or in church, that was what I was exactly doing... but trying to impress my companions. We were preparing our zone conference and had to set up the chair. Being the beast I am, I was trying to carry 6 chairs of this huge stage. While I was lifting them off the stage, my top right ab legit just popped and I almost dropped all 6 chairs on top of me. I laid on the floor for around 30 minutes until our nurse from the mission randomly walked past and proceeded to ask me while she was checking me out, ´´Why is your ab seizing up?´´ Because I was trying to impress my companions, that's why. I love my program so much. I love getting random messages or random calls throughout the day on how many cool people the missionaries have found throughout the week. I got a call from some elders that on accident...

"YOU HAVE THE CALIFORNIA LEAD BACKNESS TO YOU?!?” The weeks really are just flying by here. It is one of those surreal feelings that weeks really do go by super fast. However, this week was a good week. Being here in the office, one of the down sides about it is that you see and here are the problems in the mission. Lots of people go home early. We had an Elder go home early and dang, one of the saddest things that I have been a part of. He will come back though and serve in the way the Lord needs him. I had Interviews with my Mission President last week. I have been studying a lot about Christlike attributes and I ask my Mission President, "How can we seek and receive Christlike attributes?" He further explained some really insightful things and then he tells me, "you have that California lead backness to you Elder Ressel." All I could do was laugh and think how everyone tells me that. I also got to talk with his wife for about 30 minutes about the mission and...

A GOD OF MIRACLES?!! Another great week here in the office. I have really enjoyed doing this new program and hope that we can continue using this program for the rest of the year. Even though I don't leave the office. It is crazy to see how the lord works miracles when you keep the commandments and your covenants you have made with him. We had the first baptism of the mission from my new program and it was in my area. The Baptism was great and our branch President told us that he is going to be a future leader of the church. That Sunday when he was confirmed, he received the priesthood and his temple recommendation. Then just last Sunday he was called to work with the young men in the branch. We are going to put a baptismal date with his wife this week also.  We have other missionaries here that have told me countless stories on how they have seen miracles through this. It makes me super happy, because I sit at this comput...