December

We did a hike to a hill overlooking Ourense:

Awesome stuff this week (12/7). Elder Webb will baptize Solomon and guess what... he asked me to do the confirmation! Luckily he only speaks English so I get to do it in English.


We had cambios on Saturday and I was with Elder Kofe. It's sad, he is leaving tomorrow!

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Highlight of this week was Solomon's baptism. It was incredible. He came all dressed up in his nice shirt and pants. When he came out of the water, he had such a look of gratitude on his face. I love that man.  I was terrified of doing the confirmation before but when the time came, I just cleared my mind and let the words come to me. It was such a great feeling.

November

 This is what Nick's Mission Mom wrote on the blog:

"Papa Webb with his son, Elder Ryser. I guess these terms of endearment are universal. Elder Ryser is one of our newest missionaries but he doesn't act like one. Elder Webb reports he is incredible in his language and teaching skills. We need those kind of missionaries here."  We say wow!



November 23 Elder Ryser wrote: "We totally thought it was Thanksgiving week last week and were stressed out because we couldn't find a turkey anywhere. On Wednesday we called Herman Clegg and she said, "You know it's next week, right?" We felt so stupid; we didn't even remember our own holiday. Oh well.

Thanksgiving was incredible. We could not find a turkey but we bought a bunch of pastries and chicken and we just had a party.  Our feast was chips, soda, chicken, pastries and sparkling cider. Played Phase 10 after - still haven't finished our game yet.  It was probably the closest I've come to throwing up, probably because after we ate, we did the Fiddler on The Roof dance to celebrate "El Dia De Accion De Gracias."  Quality stuff.

Sister Clegg wrote:  We decided to take every missionary a small loaf of homemade bread to wish them all a little Happy Thanksgiving, American Style." So they toured the mission and gave our little breads, asking all the missionaries what they are thankful for. "I told them that I would say that everyone is thankful for their family and the mission, so if they wanted to come up with something else they could.  Elder Webb is thankful for frosted circus animal cookies with the sprinkles on top, Elder Oscanoa is thankful to estar aqui en la mision y muchas milagros. Elder Kofe is thankful for Spanish Bread while Elder Ryser is thankful for Branca, an angel of a member. (She cooks them breakfast every Thursday - meat rolls, oj, hot chocolate, and cake. She works 10 hours per day and is Stake YW President. Says "While it is hard, I will do whatever thing the Lord asks of me."

 On November 30, he wrote:

"I can no longer pray in English. Tried a few days ago. Had more trouble with it than Spanish."  Also:  "Can't get enough of the mission. So many miracles every day."