Latest Letter from Zac (Dec. 17th)

Hola everyoneHow are you guys doing? All is well here in the dominican Republic. Well this week has been a pretty crazy week. We had some awesome lessons with our investigators this week. We also got a reference from the other missionaries in Constanza and she went to church and everything. The only problem is that im not in Constanza anymore. ha ha actually it is not a problem because i am in a really cool area right now. Yes i did get transferred this week. I got a call on Monday morning from the mission president. He called me and asked if i would move up and be Senior comp. I told him ya. He said that i will be transferred to Las Antillas in the city. My area is right here in the city. Its a big area so that is cool. My new comp is named Elder Capellan. He is pretty cool. He is dominican and he has about 6 months in the mission. We live in a 2 man house and i even have a cell phone! Pretty cool huh? I miss Constanza a lot but i am also excited to be here. Its a lot more humid and warm down here that is for sure! Also Christmas is on its way. I cant believe that it is next week. Elder Hicks who i was living with is going home this week also. He is really excited to see his family. Well nothing really else going on. I had to say goodbye to the members in Constanza yesterday and that was a little sad but now i get to meet cool members again. Well i hope everything is going well with everyone. Have a good Week! Thanks for the support!

Love

Elder Rigby

Constanza's beautiful waterfall. I can see why Zac loved this area!

Zac playing Barbies!?! The little boy looks confused!

The Polar Express

So........it's been a month since I have updated my blog.(loser!) I have been frantically running around getting my shopping done and trying to get into the Christmas spirit. I don't know why I feel so stressed out about Christmas this year, but I can't seem to get it together. Hopefully in the next few days I can get my act together and be ready for Christmas. My sister Leslie and I took Madison and her son Trey on The Polar Express train last night. I thought Madi might be too old for it, but she loved it. It ended up being a really fun night!

Latest Letter From Zac (Nov. 19th)

Hola everyone,
How are you guys doing? Im doing good here in the D.R. Well as you guys know i did get a new comp last week. His name is Elder Bolquez and he is way cool. He is dominican which makes it even more fun. He knows a lot of english so I have been learning a lot. He has about a year in the mission so that is cool. He has about 1 transfer more than me. I dont know what it is but i have been really blessed with my companions in the mission. I have learned a lot from all of them and i think this transfer is going to be close to the same if not better. Well this week has been good. I had a good birthday. We baked a cake and had some fun. We found some cool people this week and we left a baptismal date with a family so hopefully that will go through. They are a really cool family. This week we have interviews with President so i am excited for that to talk with him and stuff. Also our temple trip is coming up soon. We are going there either the 9 or 10 of December and that is going to be really fun. Well in Constanza it is getting a little bit colder here but i really like it. It kind of reminds me of home with all the mountains and cold but its awesome. Well not much else going on. I hope you guys are doing good! Thanks for all your support.
Love
Elder Rigby

These are the mountains in Constanza that Zac was talking about in his letter.

This is one of Zac's awesome companions he talked about in the letter. He is at the airport coming home. Doesn't he look healthy and happy? Wow! Missionaries do come home!!!

Happy Birthday Zac!!!!!

Last Monday (17th) was Zac's 20th birthday. To celebrate, we went to one of his favorite restaurants, Porcupine. We had a great time but we sure did miss him. We took these pictures to send to him.

Hiking in St. George

We went hiking at Red Cliffs last Friday. The weather was perfect and we had a great time. Zane was too "busy" to spend anytime with his family, but we still love him. Lynnanne and I scaled those cliffs with the greatest agility. (jk) Kyle and Frank had to rescue us from our 3 foot fall we almost had. The hike was Madi and Mckell's favorite part of the trip.

Zac's Latest Letter (Oct. 22nd)

These are the brothers that Zac taught, but was transferred three days before their baptism. He was sad he wasn't there, but was happy they were baptized.

Look at the Jackass!!!!

-Zane

Our farmer Zac, who knew???

Hola Everyone

How are you guys doing? WEll all is well here in Constanza. The sky is a little purple from the TCU game but other than that all is good! lol jk Well this week has been a good week. We found some awesome people that we are going to start teaching. We got a couple of families that could progress in the work. THis last sunday we had Stake Conference in La Vega so we went down there and were able to listen to the Stake Presidency and everything. It was way good and i learned a lot more about having hope in life. Well today we went over to a members house and made some dominican Dumplings and just hung out. It was way fun and very unique. Me and Elder Allen are doing very well together. I think he is working very hard still so all is well. He misses his family but he is doing well. Other than that nothing really happened this week. Hopefully the Lord will continue to bless us. Oh and i did finish reading the D and C with the manual so i was excited about that! Well thanks for all your support! Love all of you!

Love Elder Rigby

Latest Letter From Zac (Oct. 8)

Hey Everyone,
I know I'm a slacker and I haven't updated forever but here are a couple pictures of Zac's new area. YIKES!!! It is called Constanza. Zac loves it!! His new companion is named Elder Allen. He is from Moab. His mom called me and I talked to her for over an hour. She sent me these pictures of the area. Zac says he will send some soon.

Mountain in Constanza

Zac's new shower!!
Beautiful View of farm land.

Ghetto??? I saw Zac's apartment in a pic. and it looks alot better than this. Thank Goodness.

Hola Everyone

How is everything going? All is well here in the D.R. and in Constanza.Well a lot to talk about this week. First off Constanza is awesome. Its so wierd to think that we are still in the Carribean when you are up there. It gets pretty cold at night and we have to take warm showers. Its pretty sweet. Well the area is really good and big. I think that we can have a lot of success up there if we work hard. The church is only a branch up there right now but they are putting a chapel up there within a year. Right now its just a house so it will be good for them to get a chapel up there. This past week the 4 brothers up in Puerto Plata were baptized. It was really cool and im excited that the baptism went through. Well as all of you know General Conference was this past week. WE had a really good time. I enjoyed conference a lot this time. I learned so much and the talks were amazing. One of my favorites was by Joseph B. Wirthlin and how he talked about we just need to smile and have fun. It was a really awesome talk. Of course Thomas S. Monson had amazing talks like always. It was really an enjoyable time. Well yesterday we had interviews with President and that went really good! We talked about a lot of good stuff. We talked a lot about Constanza and hoiw the Branch is doing up there. It was really good. Our investigators up there are doing good also. We have a few baptismal dates so hopefully we can get them to make their covenants with Heavenly Father. Well today is P-day Santiago. We had to wake up at 5 to come into Santiago because we are so far away. Elder Allen is going to stop by an old area of his and visit some people. Me and Elder Allen are getting along realliy good. I think that we are going to have a lot of success this transfer! Well thank you everyone for your support and love!

LoveElder Rigby