4/25/16

Hey guys! So I dont have any picturs this week because I suck at taking pictures! Sorry! Ha this week has been long and slow! Like we dont have any progressing investigators so it makes things a little hard sometimes! But we are working really hard! My feet are worse and dont look like they will be better anytime soon! Ha but I will continue to walk! The language is better but still not all to great! Yeah other then that my life is just work! Ha I have been struggling sleeping to which is making things sucky because I am always tired! But yeah nothing else! Sorry guys! Ha I love you!

4/18/16

Hey there fam! This has been a long week but not to bad!! Ha we have walked a lot because no one is freaking home! There is this huge fair thing here that we cant go to. But literally everyone is there! So literally no one on the streets lately! Ha kind of crappy! But other then that good! My feet are getting better! Because I know all of you want to know about how my feet are hah. But it is a process here! I am getting more used to it and semi getting the language! It is hard not to get frustrated sometimes but I am trying to keep a good attitude! So this week my testimony grew a lot because of the power of prayer. Like the past few weeks I have been kind of just praying for myself and to feel more comfortable and stuff. But I started praying for the gift of tongues and for help that me and my comp will find new investigators and such. And this week we had 4 people stop us and ask us about our religion and all 4 wanted to talk again! So that was really cool for me. And one of them just moved here and only speaks English! So we had a mini lesson on the side of the street! It was definitely a better week here! I love all of you alot!! BYE!

4/11/16

Hello people, So I would be lying to you if I said this has been the best week ever! Because it hasn't! Ha.
I found out that my feet could be infected and I need to wash them and such every night. Then yesterday after lunch I started feeling sick and yeah I threw up a few times! Very rough week! I am trying to look at the good in my mission but this week was hard! There were a lot of tender mercys though. Like one member washed my feet and then bought us ice cream which was really nice! Ha I haven't ate at all today because I still feel crappy but I am feeling better! I know I have to do this though!

Elder Hall told me something today that I really enjoyed. "There is no growth in the comfort zone and there is no comfort in the growth zone." Ha, I like that! But yeah I need help! Ha! Love you guys!

                                              

                       

4/4/16

So this week has been one of the hardest weeks of my life! I love my comp but he doesn't speak English at all and sometimes I just feel really lonely. General Conference was great but it talked a lot about family's and stuff and I started to miss mine! My area is alright but it's kind of ghetto. Pretty safe and the people here are super nice! But half the time I have no idea what is going on! I need to practice more on my Spanish because there is a guy I really want to help. His name is Hector and we have met with him 3 times. He is super nice and wants to get baptized but he wont stop drinking! I wanna help but I cant because I don't know what to say! It is really hard for me. I love you all and I defiantly need some prayers right now!! Love you talk to you next week!

New Address

Here is Rhys' address:

  

Prolongación López Mateos # 98A, Col. Trojes de Alonso

JESUS MARIA, AGUASCALIENTES 20908

Mexico

He would LOVE letters. It takes 3 stamps!

Hey Ya'll! Rhys made is safely to Aguascalientes today! He is very overwhelmed, so please send prayers, happy thoughts, and good vibes in his direction. I'll let you know when we know his new P Day and address!

Hola everyone! I have made it safely to my destination! My area is in Aguascalientes I don't know the address yet so I am sorry! But yeah things are very overwhelming and scary! Ha I have no good Spanish and my new companion cant speak any English! He seems like a nice guy but yeah no English at all! I also found out that we have 3 lessons to teach tonight ha in like 30 minutes! So wish me luck!! It is crazy and I am filled with emotions so lets see how it goes! Ha my companion wants me to share scriptures and stuff tonight and I am honestly really nervous! Other then that today was just full of travel and such! I love all of you and hope your safe! Love Elder Vickers!

Week 5! (Last week in the CCM!)

Hey guys! It's Rhys' last update from the CCM! He is leaving on March 28th, so make sure you send him lots of letters while you can! We've been in contact with the group that delivers the letters, and they said they are working on a similar service to use out in the mission field to get the letters out to him sooner. I'll let everyone know the details on that when I get them. Also, we don't know where Rhys' first area will be, what his address will be, or when his new P Day will be, but I will post as soon as we hear from him!

Hola everyone! I am a little early today because we are going to the Temple in a few hours! Friday we got to listen to Elder Cook and it was awesome! I totally got to shake his hand after and it was super duper cool!!! I also only have like 4 days left here and I am pumped to leave!! Like really excited, haha. This week was fun. Yesterday I got to teach a girl that converted 9 months ago and she is planning on serving a mission soon! That is so cool!! Everything else is still boring, so hopefully next week I will have a lot of stories!! Love you all!

Picture by Hermana McKonkie (Hermana Mac for short) Rhys is Elder Bikers because In Mexico, Latinos pronounce the v as a b sound.