Happy Birth Week....

Hello, nuggets! :)  

Mom- I am not even a little jealous that I missed out on helping Amanda and Trevs move. Sometimes, while we are out tracting, I start thinking about how much I hate the cold.. then I start thinking about how you hate the cold... then I start thinking about how I have become you since being out on a mission... then I try to think about missionary work because it makes me sad when I think about you too long. I love you so much, Mom. Dad- Thank you for setting up a skype account for me. I really appreciate it. Also, I really appreciated yet another variation of Christmas Shoes. If you could continue doing that until I get home, that would be great. Nothing fills me up spiritually like a story of a young boy buying shoes in preparation for his mom to meet Jesus. I love you, Dad. Emily-  If you have decide between helping your sister move or eating pizza, always choose pizza. I'm very proud of you for learning this all by yourself. Have so much fun on Christmas break, cutie. I love you! :)

Quotes of the week:

1.) "I thought the chances of him winning were as great as seeing a snowball in Hell" -Elder Leavitt Elder Leavitt is the mission's vehicle coordinator. Every Zone Conference he's supposed to talk for about 10 minutes about how we can improve on taking care of the mission vehicles. He usually ends up talking about an hour and 90% of his presentation isn't about the mission vehicles. He was talking about Donald Trump when he said this treasure. Usually I doze off while he's talking, but this time I was able to stay entertained the whole hour while watching President Brown get progressively more annoyed the more Elder Leavitt talked. Did I look creepy watching President Brown for an hour? Probably. 

2.) "Um, would it be okay if we got home 4 minutes early?" -Sister Rock I had the opportunity to go on exchanges with Sister Rock this week. I kind of like going on exchanges because the sisters in our zones fear me. I think they're scared that if they aren't "perfect" missionaries, I'm going to tell President Brown. When she asked this, I wanted to be like "I don't know, let's ask President Brown how he feels about us wasting 4 whole minutes of the Lord's time..", but I decided that I didn't want her to hate me. So we arrived home at 8:56 and didn't get struck down. Phew.. that was a close one. 

3.) "Thank you, Jesus, for sending these beautiful girls to my house" *starts sobbing* "PUH-LEASE BLESS THEM LORD!" -Barabra Barbara is a woman I got to meet on exchanges. She gave the most intense prayer that I have ever heard. She's black.. I love black people. Half way through the prayer the spirit prompted me to yell "HALLELUJAH!", but then I realized it was Satan and not the Spirit so I just sat quiet. NOT TA-DAY SATAN! HA!  

4.) "Will you be going home for Christmas?" -Too many people Every time we answer no to this question, people look at us as if we are dying. I guess they don't realize that I am the luckiest person on the planet to be telling people about Christ during the time of year we get to celebrate His birth. BUT, if you act a little sad, people are a lot more receptive. I've been thinking about fake crying one of these times. I'll have all of Wadsworth baptized before Christmas Eve.      
5.) "How could the Father tell the world of love and tenderness? He sent his Son, a newborn babe, with peace and holiness. How could the Father show the world the pathway we should go? He sent his Son to walk with men on earth, that we may know." -Children's Hymn Book pg. 34 I am so, so, SO grateful that Heavenly Father gave us the best present that we could ever ask for. What an awesome time of year to remember the birth of the person who makes it possible for all of us to become perfect just as He is perfect. I love my Savior. 

Well, my dear family, words can not express how excited I am to see your faces and hear your voices in 6 short days. Please have a good week, and watch every cheesy, Christmas movie ever for me. Muchos love. 

Love, 

Sister Reddish