"Fiery Darts"

Sarah will become a aunt sometime today, we"ll keep you all posted. Also, the Picture is of Seanquez's baptism. He is the young man that Sarah worked with in her last area.

 

Hello, family!! 

Mom- Thank you for the package. The lotion is saving my life. I'm glad you liked my outfit in the picture. I got it at Goodwill. 4 dollars. That, is a good deal. I hope you and Dad have an awesome first week of being "Grandma" and "Grandpa". The fact that you can go by those titles makes ME feel old. ;) Jk, you two are still young and limber. I love you, Mom. Thanks for being the best. Emily- Is it another snow day today? You're so lucky. I think I got like 1 snow day my whole high school existence.  You're hair is getting so long! I know I say this every email but YOU FOR REALS ARE SUCH A CUTIE. Also, I'm happy you didn't get eaten by the wolf dog. I love you, Em. Dad- I hope you know that I can't eat at Taco Bell without having my heart ache a little bit because I miss you. I can't wait to bond as father and daughter again and eat 1000 calories at "Tac-er Bell". I hope you have a good week and that the people you surround yourself with don't make stupid decisions. I love you, Dad.  

Quotes of the week:

1.) "You're the first companion I've had to clean up my pee!" -Me Sister Anderson said something funny. I laughed. Laughed some more. Then I peed. I peed a lot. I peed so much it got on the carpet. Do you know how many layers I had on? A lot. It was a full load of pee, my friends. I'm 20 years old. 😳  Sister Anderson cleaned up my pee because she felt bad that she caused me to pee my pants. She's a good person. I love her. 

Also, side note: I did not simply watch Sister Anderson clean up my pee. I walked out of our room after changing, and she had already cleaned it up. I wouldn't just let someone clean up my pee. I'm a normal person. 

2.) "Did you just say diery farts?" -Sister Anderson This quote happened literally 20 minutes after I peed all over our apartment. We were reading with a less active family in our ward, and instead of saying "fiery darts", my brain switched the first letters of the two words. I SAID THE WORD "FARTS" IN A LESSON. I wanted to die. Sister Anderson basically did die, and she was laughing for the remainder of the lesson. If I were to participate in an awkward competition, I would get kicked out for being too awkward. That's how awkward I am. 

3.) "This d@*$ fluff is a bunch of crap!" -Donna We volunteer ever week at this place called the "Giving Doll". We help make dolls to go to hospitals and to children in need. Every week I sit by my pal Donna. She's 90 years old and has Alzheimer's. So basically she tells me the same things every week. Anyways, this week they changed the fluff that we stuff the dolls with, and Donna was not pleased. In fact she said quite a few words that were not mission approved to show how NOT pleased she was. If we're being honest, the fluff was a bunch of crap. I know what you're all thinking, "how can fluff be crap?" It can be crap. I promise. Just ask Donna. 

4.) "If I ever found the gold plates, I would make a gold tooth out of them. Then every time I smiled I would point at my single gold tooth and be like 'word....of God'" -Polly I really don't think this quote needs much of an explanation. It's perfect the way it is. I will, however, say that Polly is extremely hard to teach. It's hard to teach with the Spirit when you're laughing so hard you basically poop. I love her too much. 

5.) "If you want to learn to love people, you've got to love God." -Elder Robert C. Gay (member of the 70. he came to our mission. nbd.) When I first came out on my mission, I did not love the people of Ohio. I was terrified of them. There are so many crazies here. Now, my eyes get a little teary thinking about ever leaving them. I truly believe that as my love for God has increased, my love for the people has as well. I love God, I love the people I get to serve, and I love being a missionary. 

Have the best week ever. I love all of you. 

Love, 

Sister Reddish 

"Ismael or Isaac?"

Mom- I told President Brown about your feelings toward the new Preparation Day, and it looks like it didn't do much good because it is definitely Wednesday and it is definitely Preparation Day. Sorry. Guess we're stuck with this whole Wednesday thing. Gag. Mom, you're so pretty. Every time you send a picture with you in it I think, "dang, my mom's a babe." Thank you for the letter and money this week. I love you so much. Emily- Wow, your week sounded awesome. You are so cool and cute. Sometimes I get scared that you are going to be too cool to be my friend when I get home, but then I remind myself that I'm the coolest and that I have nothing to worry about. ;) Seriously though, you are so cute. I love you! Dad- I'm pretty sure that if you took a run in a speedo in Ohio, no one would even question it. I'm pretty sure Joshua and Kaytlyn just needed some attention so they pretended like Kaytlyn was pregnant but really she just started eating like 10,000 calories every day. Just saying. ;) Have a great week, Bishop Reddish. I love you. 

1.) "Sister Reddish, coming from a man, you have this look about you that is going to make your dad need to buy a lot of shot guns."-Rich The awkward was so thick you could see it. I tried to at least fake laugh it off, but all that came out of my mouth was this awkward sound that made everything MORE awkward.  Awkward, awkward, awkward.... 

2.) "Ishmael or Isaac?" -Larry We tracted into Larry this week on exchanges. Every time we tried to ask him a question he would respond with this question. I was about to give up on him, but then out of the corner of my eye I saw a Sasquatch statue on his front lawn. At that moment, the Spirit told me not to give up on him. It was so powerful... Nah, just kidding. Larry was super drunk, and we decided to part ways as unlikely friends. BUT my goal is to get a picture with Larry and the squatch before I leave Wadsworth.  

3.) "Are you girls 100% sure that you're going to heaven?" -Paula Paula is a "Born Again Baptist". She's pretty positive that we're going to Hell. Paula was one of those people that no matter what we tried to tell her, she already knew that we were wrong. After a half hour of her trying to convert us to the devil's church, we did the same thing we did with Larry, and parted ways as unlikely friends. BUT my goal for Paula is to... never see her again because I actually didn't really enjoy any of our conversation. She did, however, do one nice thing for us, and gave us little booklet telling us how to get into heaven. Maybe I'll find out how to get into heaven when I'm allowed to read other books besides the Missionary Library. HA, psych. Joke's on you, Paula, I totally already know how to get into heaven.

4.) "So, what does being 'born again' mean?" -Me SPEAKING OF BORN AGAIN BAPTISTS, Tom is also a Born Again Baptist. Can I just tell you that this was not an inspired question on my part because Tom went on for quite sometime telling us that baptism isn't required and that church is right in our hearts. He tried to quote the Bible to impress us, but I really just wanted to quote Matthew 3 to him and ask him if baptism isn't required, WHY WAS JESUS CHRIST BAPTIZED? Plot twist: we actually did end on good terms with Tom, and he said that we could come back. He'll be baptized in no time.

5.) "As you draw nearer to the Lord, He will guide you to become the best version of yourself."-Elder M. Russelll Ballard It's pretty obvious from this email I have a lot of improvements to make... like being more charitable... BUT everyday I strive to be a little better, and by becoming a little better, I'm becoming more like Jesus Christ. And that is my goal; to be like Jesus Christ. I know what Elder Ballard said is true, and I hope each day I'm on my mission and everyday after my mission, I strive to draw nearer and nearer to my Savior. 

I love you, my cute family. Have an awesome week. 

Much love, 

Sister Reddish

"You smell like Kari"

Hiii. 

Mom- I'm not a big fan of the this whole Wednesday being Preparation Day thing either. It kind of sucks butt. That's okay, at least I get a Preparation Day, right? The weather in Idaho sounds cray. Ohio weather has been a little weird too. It's either frigid or it feels like spring. My wardrobe doesn't even know what to do. Thanks for being the best mom ever. I love you. Emily- Snow days are the best ever. I'm happy you had such a stellar petallar week. Puh-lease, girl, you do not have to remind me how attractive Zac Efron is. He is one of God's greatest creations. Mm-mm. Love you, Ems. Dad- I really want to know if this girl's actual name is Kari... Because if her name is actually Kari you need to sing "you smell like chicken, I smell like chicken, you smell like Kari" every time she screws up. Just saying. I love you, Dad!!  (This was a song Emily would sing when she was about 2 years old, it makes no sense)

Quotes of the week:

1.) "Freddy, did you get into something?" -Sister Zook (recent convert) talking to her dog Freddy did get into something.. Once upon a time, Sister Anderson had like 20 pieces of chocolate in her coat pocket that we were going to give to one of our investigators. These chocolates were like the crap chocolates that taste nasty and have the weird pictures on the foil wrapping. WELL, Freddy ate at least half of these chocolates WITH the wrapping. I don't know if Sister Zook realized that this could KILL HER DOG, but she treated the matter very lightly. I said at least 10 prayers asking that Freddy wouldn't die. We haven't received word that he died, so I think we're good. Phew. That'll teach us never to try to give our investigators crappy chocolates. 

2.) Tyler (Investigator): "Don't judge me, but when I was 13 a thought came into my head that simply said 'What if you were a prophet?' What do you think that means?"  Sister Cain (his future mother-in-law): "Nothing." Tyler Anderson is convinced that he is the most spiritual person ever. Sister Cain is convinced that he is the biggest idiot to ever happen. I literally didn't know what to do during this conversation so I just awkwardly started petting the Cains' cat and sat there awkwardly. Awko-taco, folks. AWKO-TACO.  

3.) "I don't mean to offend you by saying this, but I don't see how anyone who in intelligent could believe in your church." -Colleen (random lady) Wow, Colleen, you are such a sweetheart. 😒 Colleen said this to us on a really, really hard day, SO like any bad missionary, I decided that I was going to be angry at her, and instead of saying something kind and Christ-like, I just glared at her. No words, just glare. I would repent, but I'm 100% she would still get a glare if I saw her again.   

4.) "It only looks a little 70-ish" -Sister Anderson talking about my hair Well, I cut my hair off this week. Chopped off at least 6 inches. Here's the fun part of the hair cutting experience: I had Amy, a recent convert, cut my hair. Amy is a 50 year old woman WITH BRIGHT PURPLE HAIR. The whole time she was cutting my hair, the words from my sweet mother "Don't worry about money, go somewhere good when you cut your hair" kept going through my head. Well, Heavenly Father must love me because my hair doesn't look TOTALLY atrocious, I just had to straighten out the awful 70's curls that she so kindly did for me. If we're being honest, it doesn't matter what my hair looks like, look at my face... I'm beautiful. ;) So yeah, short hair. Whoo!! 

5.) "Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you." -1 Peter 5:7  I'm not going to lie, this week has been really rough. Sister Anderson and I started the week with highest of hopes and it was just a really poopy. The best news is that no matter how alone we may feel, we have been promised that we will not be left comfortless. I have felt that comfort as I have prayed and prayed...and prayed some more this week. I am thankful for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ who care for me perfectly. They are bae. 

Well, the time has come where I don't want to type anymore. I love all of you. SO much. XoxxoOxXooOO

Love, 

Sister Reddish 

2017...Wait, What???

Sister Reddish will have her p day on Wednesdays from now on. Something about the age change "evening out" with the amount of missionaries going out now. It will be weird not to have missionary monday anymore. Thanks for all your love and support of Sarah. Love you all, Sherry

Mom- I did get the poo-pouri. I couldn't handle how adorable the travel sized bottle was. I almost cried because it was so cute. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Haha, Sister Anderson and I actually set an alarm for midnight on New Years Eve, SO i totally was awake at midnight...well, kinda. I basically only had the energy to mumble "Happy New Years!" and then I was out again. Next year I will hopefully be a bit more enthusiastic. ;) I love you, Mom!! Emily- I am so sorry about your ear. I tried to think of more puns to say about your infection, but nothing beat your pun. Such a punny girl. Have an awesome week at school, cutie. I love you so much. Dad- I just want to let you know that if I was at the Bishop's training meeting, I would have laughed at your joke. Don't let those old guys bring you down. You are a strong, independent bishop, and you don't need their laughter to complete you. I love you tons. 

Quotes of the week: 

1.) "Can Mormon's be fat?" -Corinne (new investigator) Here's a fun fact for ya: there is a total of 0 obese Mormons in the movie "Meet the Mormons". ZERO. I'm not going to say anything about Corinne's weight, BUT I will say that she was very concerned that there was a 0% chance that she was going to be able to join our church.The best part of this story was that the member who was watching the movie with us simply answered her question by saying "Oh, yeah. I can think of at least 7 right now." Don't you worry, Corinne. There are at least 7 fat Mormons in the world. 

2.) "Rich, what does it mean to keep the Sabbath day holy?" "It means you push the record button for the football game and get your butt to church." Plot twist: Rich didn't come to church on Sunday. I guess he accidentally chewed off a chunk of his tongue and it wouldn't stop bleeding. It was probably the weirdest excuse that I've ever heard for someone not coming to church, but his tongue did look pretty gnarly.

3.) "Sisters, we left some left over sauerkraut in the fridge for you to take home." -Sister Cain (returning member) I would rather eat my own vomit (and yes, dad, chuncky vomit) than eat another serving of sauerkraut. Three people fed us sauerkraut this New Years holiday. Apparently it's supposed to give you "good luck" for the year. I give 0 poops about the good luck it brings. In fact, I'd rather have bad luck. No bad luck is even comparable to having nasty, fermented cabbage. 

4.) "Well, I guess we just start tracting..." -Me This week me and Sister Anderson went on exchanges with Sister House and Sister Nay. We both went to their area because they are struggling finding people to teach. I was with Sister Nay. Sister Nay got here on the 29th of December. She didn't know what she was doing, I had no idea where I was at, and we had absolutely nothing to do by 1:30. We tracted until 6:30. 5 solid hours of trying to find someone to teach. Were we successful? Heck yes. 5 return appointments. Awe yeah. Sistas Nay and Reddish. Dream team. Up top. 

5.) "God didn’t design us to be sad. He created us to have joy! So if we trust Him, He will help us to notice the good, bright, hopeful things of life." -President Uchtdorf My life is good, my life is bright, and my life is hopeful, and it's all of these things because of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I love the gospel, and I love that I get to share it with people. I know that this church is the only way people can experience true joy. I know this because I've felt it. For a while I couldn't figure out why I was so happy on my mission (it literally sucks major butt sometimes), but I now know I'm so happy because every day I'm sharing a message that can only bring happiness. There will never ever be a day that I will not be thankful for my mission. 

Well, family, I love ya. Tons and tons. Make this week the best ever. 

Love, 

Sister Reddish