Hello! :)
Mom- I'm so jealous you got to meet Caroline.I hope you had so much fun in Moscow. This is one of the first weeks I haven't had to tell you thank you for the package. You're kind of slackin' on this whole "missionary mom" thing, Mom. ;) Haha, just kidding! I think Sister Anderson appreciated you not being perfect this week. Seriously, you're the best missionary mom to ever exist. I love you tons. Dad- There are thousands of things I miss about you, but I do not miss you pretending to eat the dishes. I start gagging a little thinking about it. Good luck with all of your bishoping duties this week. You're great. I sure love you a lot. Emily- You are living the high school dream, aren't ya? Such a cutie. I can't wait to see your cute racket. I hope you have a good week. I love you!!!
1.) "Eat as much as you want! I don't want leftovers!" We ate at a member's mom's house this week. The food looked good. It really did. You know what didn't look good? The 8 cats surrounding the table. One of the cat's freaking clawed me while I was talking. I about slapped it, but it was during the spiritual thought so I kept my cool. If Toni ever messes with me again, you best believe there will only be 7 cats in that household.
2.) "Hi, Elder Harvey. We're kind of freaking out. Sister Reddish has 5 new bites on her foot, Sister Anderson is probably getting transferred this Wednesday, a new sister might be moving into our bed bug infested apartment, and we just saw a bed bug crawling on Sister Anderson. WHAT DO WE DO?" This, my friends, was a quote from the voicemail we left Elder Harvey right after we ran out of Ward Council because Sister Anderson had a bed bug crawling on her coat. I'm not even going to try and make this situation seem uplifting and humbling. These past few days have sucked major butt. We have bites all over our bodies, we got about 3 hours of sleep last night, and there are tiny blood sucking bugs in our apartment.Do you remember that one night we had to sleep in the Houston airport and it was the worst night ever? I would sleep in the Houston airport a solid week before I would relive the past few days. Bed bugs are creepy deeky. I will never ever tell my kids "don't let the bed bugs bite" because THEY ARE REAL AND THEY ARE NOT SOMETHING TO JOKE ABOUT.
3.) "So, the story is that Sister Anderson had an allergic reaction to gluten and you two had to miss church!" -Wadsworth Elders I'm not 100% sure why the elders found it necessary to make up a story as to why we weren't at church, but now everyone is very concerned about Sister Anderson's health. We've had multiple ward members bring over very gluten free meals to us these past few days. I'm not complaining. There is nothing more comforting then eating a completely gluten free meal in the midst of bed bugs.
4.) "I feel like your not my companion anymore. We're more like roommates with bed bugs now." -Sister Anderson Sister Anderson and I were already pretty tight before all Hell broke loose, but now we're on a whole different level. We cried, we laughed, we itched, we vacuumed...we're most definitely going to be on first name basis when we get home. ;) In all seriousness, I'm so happy I was able to serve with her. She's awesome. She's going to kill it in her next area. AND hopefully neither of our new companions hate us when they find out there's a chance of little bed bugs crawling on us.
5.) "Don't wait for tomorrow. Be happy now, be happy today." Mom sent me this quote a few months ago. It's kind of like my motto now. I'm not going to pretend like I was able to stay happy through this week because there was multiple times this week that I was not happy. In fact, I was really angry and grouchy. BUT the times I was happy are the times that make me love being on a mission. The gospel doesn't make your life an easy one, but it sure does help you to make it happy one. I'm so grateful I'm in Ohio.
I love all of you too much. Have the best week :)
Love,
Sister Reddish
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