A new area and 3 thanksgiving meals!

Hola!!  

Mom- My new address is: 295 Third Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281. I have not met Sister Withers yet, but we have a lunch appointment with her in less than an hour, so I will definitely become her best friend. No worries. Making friends is easy for me; I'm adorable. ;) The sister you talked to in the mission office came up to me when I was at a meeting this week and told me she talked to you. I wanted to be like "Wow, why don't ya brag a little bit more?", but I just pretended like I wasn't jealous at all. Thank you, thank you for the package this week. YOU ARE THE BEST MOM. I literally can't say that enough. I love you, I love you, I love you. Emily- Your email made me miss normal people Christmas music. I've had the privilege of listening to "Felis Navidad" a couple times this Christmas season, and every time I just want to snoopy cry because it reminds me of your Mexican heritage and how much you love Christmas music. If we're being realistic, that song should be your life's theme song. Just saying. Not a fan of stake dances, huh? Good. Only queer's go to those. #kiddingnotkidding I love you, sista. So, so much. Dad- when we were decorating the Peralta's tree a couple weeks ago, I thought about you the whole time. I missed watching you get sick wrapping the lights around the tree, complaining about fluffing the tree, telling us that "we don't need anything for Christmas" and that we should just "go on vacation and not get any presents"... The list could go on and on. I miss you, Dad. I'm sorry it was a rough week. I hope you know that I think your awesome. I love you a lot. 

Well, my sweet family, I do not have time to type the quotes of the week this week, and think of something witty to say with each one, BUT I will give you a quick update on my life, and try to make this email semi-enjoyable. 

Sister Anderson is my new companion, and I love her so much already. She is so, so awesome. The two of us have become exceptionally close this last week because we have both been down with the stomach flu. Tis the season, I suppose. The good news is that we have successfully watched almost every movie that has been produced by the church. I could have watched Meet the Mormons at least 3 more times. 5 stars. Mindy Gledhill and David Archuleta make that movie missionary gold. I held in some throw up and diarrhea just to listen to both songs in the movie. SO good. Also, Mom, I'm all the way better, and everything is fine. I promise. 

Wadsworth is an awesome area. We've had a meal almost every night I have been here, and member's are so excited about missionary work. We have been invited to 3 Thanksgiving meals this afternoon. 3. I don't even want to know how squishy my body is going to be by the time I leave Wadsworth. 

To end this email, it would be silly of me to not express how thankful I am for the things Heavenly Father has blessed me with. I am beyond grateful for my angel parents, for my awesome siblings, and for the gospel that makes it possible for us to be together forever. Because of Jesus Christ, there is always something to be thankful for. 

I love all of you. 

Love, 

Sister Reddish 

Message from Sister Green

I received this sweet email from Sister Green today, made my day.


HEY SHERRY!  This is your daughter Sister Reddish's companion Sister Green! 

I just wanted to take a minute to tell you how amazing your daughter is! Just from stories and seeing pictures of your family I can just tell were she gets all her good qualities from! I just want you to know that Heavenly Father gave both of us Sister Reddish for a reason. She really does know how to love others completely and you can't help not loving her. She is really the craziest girl I've ever met but I love her a lot! Anyways just wanted to let you know that! I know without a doubt that me and Sister Reddish were put together for a reason and I just know that we will be Best Friends forever because we have had the chance to serve the Lord together!!!! 

love Sister Green<3

SLT in the OCM

Hola, mi amigos! 

Mom- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for making my birthday so good. I don't know how you did it, but you somehow made my birthday the best ever and your like a million miles away. You are the best. The calling of "bishop's wife" was made for you. I can't wait to meet everyone you and Dad get to work with. They sound awesome. Boise sounded like it was a party! I love you, Mom! Thanks again for everything you do for me!! Emily- I'm happy to hear you got your "mashies" on your birthday. I was also happy to hear that I missed out on the car ride home from Boise. I don't even want to imagine the agony Mom and Dad went through. I love you, Em! Keep being so cute. Dad- You are either going to be completely bald or all gray before I get home. Haha, your life is so crazy right now! I miss getting to go on little vacations for those dental meetings. Getting "souvenirs" while shopping in Salt Lake was one of my favorite things ever. I love you, Dad! You're awesome!! :)

Quotes of the week: 

1.) "Sister Reddish, we would like to extend a leadership calling to you. We want you to be a sister training leader in Wadsworth." -President Brown I'm not quite sure what to think right now, but there have been countless prayers these last 48 hours that consist of "you sure?" and "please help my fear of President Brown decrease so I don't poop my pants every time I have a meeting with him."  Wadsworth is near Akron and I guess I'm going to be over two zones with my new companion, Sister Anderson. This is going to be an adventure, my friends.  An awesome, scary adventure. 

2.) "Happy Birthday to you. CA-BOING! Happy birthday to you! CA-BOING! Happy late birthday dear, Sister Reddish! CA-BOING! Happy birthday to you! CA-BOING!" -Darrell Let me just try and describe this whole event. So, it was a dark, cold night on November 14th  in Bluffton, Ohio. We had set an appointment up with Darrell that morning, and usually he is already sitting on his front porch ready for us to slam him with doctrine. Not this time. Darrell was no where to be seen. We rang his doorbell, and the door started to open really slowly. Like uncomfortably slow. Then his chubby little face pops out and yells "Open the screen door, Sister Reddish!" I did as a said, and he bounced out with a small pumpkin pie with 20 lit candles in it. He then proceeded to sing happy birthday to me (with an occasional "ca-boing") not once, not twice, but THREE times, folks. It was probably one of the happiest moments of my life. I am never going to forget that awkward man. I love Darrell. 

3.) "I don't need you to teach me anything--I already know way more than you!" -Victor (potential investigator) Victor is a Russian guy who lives like 10 houses down from ours. After he said this semi-insulting thing to us, I simply asked how is faith has strengthened him and his family. He then said "I don't know what you are saying to me. I don't know Englsih very good." We decided to use this language barrier to our benefit, and somehow we got him to agree to a return appointment. Not quite sure if he knew what he was agreeing to, but two sister missionaries are going to be at his home on Thursday evening. He'll probably be baptized by the end of November if Sister Green and her new companion continue to use the language barrier to their benefit. Just sayin'.

4.) "I hope your parents realize what gems they get to live with when you two get home!" -Barbara. Barbara is an 89 year old lady with SUPER bad dementia, so every time we go over to visit her she says the same 4 things. These include: the story about how they got their "kitty cat", how pretty Sister Green and I am, how her daughter keeps telling her how bad her dementia is getting, and how lucky our families are to have us. She goes through these 4 things at least 3 times every time we visit. The second and the fourth one I could listen to for days; however, the first and third one got pretty old after the ninth time of hearing them. BUT the moral of the story is: I'm a gem, each of you are very lucky to have the opportunity to live with me, and you should be very excited when I grace you with my presence November 2017. 😉  

5.) "Because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so." -Elder Holland We talked about being thankful for things in district meeting yesterday. Someone said that cliche quote about how "what if you woke up tomorrow with only the things that you thanked God for the night before?" That got me thinking about the most important things in my life. Jesus Christ's Atonement is number one. Without him, nothing would even matter. We wouldn't be able to live forever as a family, hard times would be infinitely worse, I wouldn't be a missionary, ect. I know He died for us, and I know He lives again. I love Him. 

Well, I hope each of you have a great week. I love all of you so, so much. Thanks for everything you do for me. I am so blessed. 

Love, 

Sister Reddish  

"Skip around the room.."

Hiiiiii, family. 

Mom- Yes, I still get to go to the temple on my birthday, but we got permission to email today! Woohoo! I did get your package...and I got your letter that said "do not open any of the presents until November 9th" a few days later... SO, I might have opened 1 of the presents. Just one of them though. I promise. All I have to say about that one present is.. THANK THE HEAVENS DAVID ARCHULETA WAS BORN, and thank you Emily for the awesome CD. Also, Mom, thank you for being the best mom ever. I honestly can't even type out how thankful I am for you. You are an angel on earth. I love you so much. Emily- Happy birthday, cutiecutiecutie. I can't even believe you are 15. It feels like only yesterday me and Manda were watching Mom change your diapers excited to see what color your poop was going to be. I hope all your wildest dreams come true this year. I'm writing you a letter today, so be expecting that soon. I love you, Emily. Bishop Reddish- Happy, happy birthday to the best dad in the whole world. What're you now? 91? ;)  I haven't heard much about the world series...I actually have no idea what happened.. Haha, did Cleveland lose? Dad, I thought a lot about you this week. You are going to be amazing in your new calling. Thanks for being the best example and the best dad on the planet. I love you so much.

Quotes of the week: 

1.) We're usually home...except for those times that we're not home." -Bill (non-member BUT his wife is a member) Wow, thanks, Bill. That makes it incredibly easy to make an appointment to come back. At first I thought he was joking, but I don't think he was. That was all that was said about a return appointment. So, I guess we're usually not going to be at the Fowler's home...except for those times that we are at the Fowler's home. Logic.  

2.) Elder Ellsworth: "Sister Reddish, have you gone to the bathroom yet?" Me:"No, not yet" Elder Ellsworth: "Good luck." Alright, so, as you all know, I did the "blazin' challenge" at b-dubs this week. Folks, that was the worst decision that I have made in a very, very long time. I was sweating, crying, and burning my mouth all at the same time. Do you remember when I talked about that fruit cocktail bread crap, and I said they probably ate it in Hell? I was so, so very wrong. The "blazin challenge" is Satan's fav meal probs. I know Mom is probably going to edit this out of the email, but holy moly did it hurt to poop out. I'm pretty sure I burned my butthole. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a few blisters down there. I almost called the mission nurse, but Sister Green wouldn't let me. She obviously didn't realize the pain I suffered in the bathroom. 

3.) "Hey, Butch! Butchy! Don't go to the front yard! You'll make an excellent snack for the German Shepard next door!" -Sister Ruttledge Butch is Sister Rutledge's new 3 pound little puppy. I give that thing 3 weeks to live. No joke. While I was there it almost got electrocuted 3 times, was almost that German Shepard's afternoon snack 2 times, and Sister Rutledge fed the thing half of a chicken sandwich from "Happy Daz". Heaven bless Butchy.  

4.) "Oh *beep*, I just realized that this time next week we're going to know if our country is going to be ran by a liar or an idiot." -Margie My #1 struggle in life right now: not laughing when people swear. People here in Ohio are excellent at adding in a few choice four letter words every few sentences. I know I shouldn't laugh, but that *beep* doesn't get old. I love the people I get to serve. Love, love, LOVE them.   

5.) "Just think of it: you are known and remembered by the most majestic, powerful, and glorious being in the universe. You are loved by the king infinite space and everlasting time." -President Uchtdorf I'm not trying to sound like a pansy or like my life is really hard, but this week was pretty rough for me. Seanquez's family and the dang devil talked him out of baptism on the 12th, and at least 60% of our appointments fell through. In the midst of this awful-ness, I read this quote on lds.org. I am so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who has promised that He "will not leave us comfortless". I have felt His love for me this week. I know He feels the same way about every one of us. How thankful I am that bad weeks come to an end, and that His love has no end. 

I love all of you. Have the best day, Dad and Emily. Words can not express how happy I am that you two were born. I'll talk 2 u, l8r. 

Love, 

Sister Reddish 

"Here's a game changer, Sissy!"

Hello, little nuggets.  

Mom- Before I say anything else.. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sending me those yummy cookies and creme Hershy bars. I don't know what it was that Thursday afternoon, but nothing had ever tasted so good. I had 3...and then complained about getting fat...and then had 1 more. I'm sorry you were sick this week. I hope you got plenty of rest...but deep down I know you still vacuumed the whole house once a day, and did every "mom duty" you possibly could until 9:30 every night. You are the best, Mom. Thanks for everything you do for me. I love you more than I could ever express. Dad- I know I'm not supposed to say anything, but Mom can edit this out of my email.... WHAT THE EVEN HECK? YOU'RE GONNA BE A BISHOP? Bishop Reddish round 2. You're going to be the best YSA bishop ever. No doubt. Congrats on the buck. That's awesome. I'm proud of you for figuring out how to send pictures on emails. It's fun seeing your face...and it's a little less fun seeing the picture of the lifeless deer ;) I love you more than anything on the Taco Bell menu, Dad. Emily- I did get your letter this week! Thank you, thank you, little cutie. I loved it! I will write you back soon, okay? Haha, I think it's hilarious you wanted a Hilary Weeks t-shirt. You should've got Dad one for his birthday. You and I both know that he LOVES Hilary Weeks. Also, there's a Mexican little girl in the Lima ward named Emily. I want to snoopy cry every time I see her. Love you, Ems. :)

Quotes of the week:

1.) "I don't know what you girls' stance is on politics right now, but Hillary Clinton is going to destroy this country." -Everyone in Ohio I am so sick of hearing about the elections, folks. I literally give 0 poops about Trump and Hillary. If you were wondering, everyone in the Lima east area also gives 0 poops about Hillary. Word on the street is that she's a real skeeze. I guess you can't believe everything you hear. It also doesn't help that everyone here is Republican. I do know one thing, though; I will be one happy camper when November 8 is over.  

2.) "The purpose I wanted to take you two out to dinner is so I can ask you to marry me." -Tedd  What do two 19 year old girls even say when an 86 year old man proposes to them? "Ha..ha..no thanks." Was the dinner awkward? Yes. But was it free? Yes. As far as i'm concerned, my whole life is awkward, but not every meal is free. Tedd's dinner was a definite win. 

3.) "These are 3 of my grand-kids. Aren't they cute?" -Margie Ya know, when I first saw them, Margie's grand-kids were pretty cute. But the cuteness level went down 10 whole notches when the 7 year old girl started crawling towards me in the creepiest way possible. Seriously, I pooped my pants a little. It brought back flashbacks of playing monster with Emily/every PG-13 scary movie ever, and I wanted to curl up and start crying. So, ya know what, Margie? Your grand-kids aren't cute. They are very un-cute. 

4.) *knocks on table* "Hi, Eve, it's Satan. Here's a game changer, sissy!" -Sister Rutledge Sister Rutledge taught gospel principles this week. I'm going to be honest, I was a little nervous seeing her at the front of the classroom when I walked in. We had 3 investigators at church on Sunday, and I just prayed she wasn't going to say anything crazy because usually everything that comes out of her mouth has a smidgen of crazy. BUT she ended up giving the best lesson on the fall of Adam and Eve ever. She basically acted out the fall, and played the parts of Adam, Eve, Satan, and Heavenly Father. I think I'm going to call President Brown and request for Sister Rutlegde to be my new companion next transfer. I hope and pray I someday get to see her act out the Restoration. 

5.)"Every day that you and I choose to live celestial laws, every day that we keep our covenants and help others to do the same, joy will be ours." -Russell M. Nelson These past few weeks on my mission, I've been really focusing on having joy. Now, obviously, I'm not what people would consider "joyful" all the time, but I'll tell you what, life is far better when you are joyfully living it. I'm am so grateful for the gospel that seems to make the very hardest of times joyful. 

Well, that's all I got for ya. This life of mine is a great one. I love each of you so, so much. Have the best weeks ever!! :)

Love, 

Sister Reddish