Elder Rigby's Adventures

Dear friends and family, This week was like drinking from a fire hose-in a good way! I loved having zone conference and then the world wide missionary broadcast the very next day! I learned so many things but above all I learned so much about desire. Going away from zone conference I honestly came away with one big question "what do I want?" This week after some pretty deep thinking I came away with...I want to be happy with my family now and forever! How I do that is the real question,  but I have God  so I'm not worried! I know I need to become better to be the brother, son, husband, and Father my family needs/will need but I know as well that becoming is a process. We learned about this process so much in the broadcast! This process is called The Gospel of Jesus Christ. Elder Bednar emphasized how the Gospel isn't a series of check marks of 1.faith 2.repentance 3.baptism and receiving the holy ghost 4. enduring to the end it is a pathway where

Hello Sister Rigby!  This is Sister Schoenwald from Brewster Washington.  Your son is an amazing young man and missionary!  We have four boys and they ae a handful but Elder Rigby is always so great with them and helps entertain them!  Today was tic tac toe and coloring on paper plates while the other elders were giving a church tour.  We are so lucky to have him in our branch! I have wanted to ask for your number for some time now so I could text you and tell you how great he is.  There was one night that he was at our house for  dinner and our eldest son was being grumpy because and sad because he found out that my husband (who is the branch president) was going to leave right after dinner to go with the missionaries.  He came over to me with tears in his eyes saying how he was sad that dad was always gone.  I didn't think the elders had heard or saw what had taken place.  However, your son quietly walked over to Connor and told him how much he appreciated him and how thankful

Dear Family and Friends! Successful week! we had our challenges-it's not a mission if you don't, and we overcame them! This week I focused on being more confident and direct in our door approaches. It worked pretty well, but I hear over and over "cualquier iglesia es buen-todo  es igual-es el mismo-soy catholico-otro dia(every church is good-it's all the same-I'm Catholic) It's very rarely that we find someone that's truly willing to listen. However, we did find some people that listen. Next week I plan to describe these people but since there is quite a few and they're only what you would call potentials I'll save it for another day. All I can say I know is that God is preparing people for us. I pray so hard everyday that he will give us the words, the faith, and the love in order to help these people come unto Christ. I know that many of these people that we share our message with may not listen/act, but there are are those out there that wil

Hi Family, I'm doing great. I feel the spirit with me and because of that I know the Lord is pleased with what I'm doing. But honestly for a majority of this week I kind of struggled. I was feeling sad. This caused me to really hit my knees and ask for my Father's help. I can honestly say he may not give us rest/peace/strength immediately but he does give it. I was being discouraged for really no good reason. Satan is a liar and a fool he will not make me feel bad about myself or feel negative towards the progression or digression of the people I'm trying to help here in Bridgeport. This morning I looked to chapter 1 of preach my gospel to reaffirm what my purpose is as a missionary. I read this....2 Nephi 2: 6-8 6 Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth. 7 Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and u

  This past Wednesday, I received a surprise text from Sister Ann Lewis - she is Elder Rigby's Mission President's wife.  It couldn't have come on a better day as my heart needed some lifting.  I am so grateful to my son for serving a mission with his whole heart!  His dedication to the Lord is an example to our entire family!  We love you Elder Rigby Friday Morning Maleck jotted down this cute note to Elder Rigby- it made me laugh and cry!   From Sister Lewis's mission facebook page " Next stop up the road was Brewster where these four Elder serve.  Brewster is a small community filled with lots of love.  Missionaries love serving there."                                        Elder Rigby and Elder Nelson Also from Sister Nelson's post  was listed Elder Rigby's New Year's Resolution (Elder Rigby):  Something I want to do: Leave myself, be more grateful.  Something I want to become: A powerful disciple of Jesus Christ. I can'

Oh my goodness this week was fantastic! For me personally I feel like I'm beginning to catch the vision! It's very easy to get into just doing the motions but not really realizing what we are doing as missionaries. Lately I've been thinking a lot about what a big deal it is for people when we knock on their door. We do the hour of tracting a day or even more sometimes and everyday I've been meeting, for the most part, very kind people who have great families. Elder Nelson and I have done a pretty good job at speaking with these people, getting to know them, sharing briefs statements of restored truths, and then inviting them to do something, but when we ask when we can come back they just don't commit. This saddens me because the more I think of it, the decision they make to not invite us back is like me choosing not to come on a mission-disastrous. I read in Alma today how I can help us get in the door.....Alma 13:27-29 27 And now, my brethren, I wish from the i

Dear Family and friends, Well I think I may be starting to get a hold of this! I still definitely have challenges but I feel I'm starting to see the bigger picture. I read something very insightful this morning in 3 Nephi 9 that quite greatly extended my perspective  20 And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit. And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost, even as the Lamanites, because of their faith in me at the time of their conversion, were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and they knew it not.  21 Behold, I have come unto the world to bring redemption unto the world, to save the world from sin.  22 Therefore, whoso repenteth and cometh unto me as a little child, him will I receive, for of such is the kingdom of God. Behold, for such I have laid down my life, and have taken it up again; therefore repent, and come unto me ye ends of the e