Hellooooooo!!
Oh my word, all of you are wannies. Every single one of you. I bet that hike was hot...you know what else is hot? 100 degrees with 10000% humidity. ;) Juuust kidding. Sounds like it was an eventful week for the Reddish fam. Mom- Sister Peralta loves you. It's fun when she shows me what you guys talk about on Facebook. It brings me back to the good ole days of social media. Man, whatta a life I use to have. Thank you for the letter this week, and the subway gift card. Very much appreciated. Also, you're going to be those kids' favorite teacher of all time. You're awesome. I haven't heard much about the convention, but I know it's coming up. Pretty crazy stuff, for sure. And yes, I am drinking enough water. I promise. I know I say this every week, but I am really thankful for you, Mom. I love you tons and tons. Emily- I'm glad you noticed my awesome turtleneck. I got that turtleneck for free when volunteering at a place kind of like DI. I literally wear it every chance I get. Sister Jenkins can't even look at me when I wear it. She thinks it's the most horrendous fashion choice ever. I love it. Congrats on the permit, kid. I can't wait for you to take me on a drive when I get home. I betcha you're awesome. I love you, Emily! Dad- Everyone is playing the "Pokémon Go" game here too. What is this world? If a missionary knows about a new app, it's gotta be pretty huge. But, Pokémon? Seriously? Sounds like you're rocking the new calling. I bet those boys just love you. Dad, I know I've told you this before, but you're a good dad. There are countless reminders every day of my mission that I have got a really good dad. Thanks for all you do. I love you more!
1.) "So, where are the gold plates? I need evidence to actually have faith in something." -Tyler (new investigator). That makes sense. Because "faith is something hoped for and seen". NOOOOOO. Tyler is a pastor at some random church in Bluffton. I was pretty nervous to teach him because he knows a crap ton about the Bible, but I'm about 200% that I know more about Jesus Christ's gospel than him. And I know it because of I have faith...not because I've seen evidence. Whatta nut that man is. What. A. Nut.
2.) "And God made it all, yes, God made it all!" -Old, blind woman named Peggy singing one of her songs. Folks, the Lima Ward is the most interesting ward probably on this whole planet. A BLIND WOMAN PLAYS THE PIANO FOR RELIEF SOCIETY. What? She can play the piano perfectly. I know this sounds terrible, but sometimes I wonder if she's just faking, and she's fooling all of us behind those sunglasses. I'm watching you, Peggy. The scary part is she might be watching me too...freaky...
3.) "Um, yeah, we actually have a concern...There's a ghost in our little house" -Sister Jenkins and I talking on the phone with our district leader, Elder Jones. Maybe it's from all of my days of participating in "Scary Movie Saturday", but pretty sure there's a ghost in our house. We've decided it's a nice ghost, but it sure does make a lot of noises. It could also be that we live in an old house and old houses have a tendency to creek a lot...but the ghost hypothesis makes my life seem more exciting...so we'll go with that.
4.) "Do we have 10 new investigators? I think we have 10 new investigators...when did that even happen?" -Sister Jenkins. Heavenly Father is blessing us so much. It has been a hard few weeks getting doors slammed in our faces over and over again, but people are finally starting to listen. Ya know what that means, right? Only about 10 more and we'll have every single person in our area investigating our church. All joking aside, I am so thankful for Heavenly Father. I couldn't do any of this without His help.
5.) "You two are beautiful. Not just our faces, but the inside. I really, really like it when you two come to visit." -John (Mexi Investigator). Awe man, I love that cute man. What made this whole conversation even better is he was holding a dead bird in his hands while saying all of this to us. Haha, what the heck? Why are you holding a dead bird, John? It sure was fun shaking his hand when we said goodbye...Thank the heavens for hand sanitizer and public bathrooms. So grody.
6.) "So, have you girls found a couple of missionary boys to marry when you get home?" -Chet (One of the elder's investigators). Working on it, Chet. That is, of course, the only reason I am on my mission; to find someone to marry. Just keeding. People really do ask us a lot if we date the elder's though. I don't think they realize that it's basically breaking the law of chastity when we accidently brush against each other's arms.
Well, I'm getting really tired of typing, so I'm going to end this email. I could, however, write a whole book about how much I love my life right now. I love this church, and there's no doubt that it is true. Being a missionary is my favorite thing on this whole planet. Thank you, mom and dad, for letting be here. I love all of you. Have the best week in the history of weeks.
Love, Sister Reddish
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