"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