Hello, Fam!!
Mom- Thanks for the letter this week! You're awesome! I went to the temple this morning TOO. It's almost like we went together... except we really didn't... I can't wait to go to the temple with you again. Thank you for all you do for me. I love you, Mom! Emily- You know what you need to tell the Anti-Mormons? Just simply say "HATER'S BACK OFF!" I'm paraphrasing Preach My Gospel, but it says something like that in there. Trust me, I know what I'm doing. I've been a missionary for 11 months. ;) I love you tons! Feel better! Dad- I gotta tell ya, I missed taking a nap with you during the Saturday afternoon session of conference. Congrats, champion. I'm proud of both you and North Carolina. I love you, Dad!
1.) "I like your sweatshirt it's really...." *SLAM!* -Sister Young Here's a funny story: So, Sister Young and I struggle with relating to high school students because we're awkward, but guess what? Teens are the most receptive to the gospel so we've been trying to get better at it. Anyways, we were walking into the library to update the progress record, and there were like ten 15 year old girls standing outside. Sister Young, being the nice person she is, tried to compliment one of them while casually walking by. While she was talking and looking back at them I noticed a pole that was right in her path. All I could get out of my mouth was "POLE!" before she totally slammed into it. Like full body contact, folks. After that happened I basically peed in front of the library. I couldn't even move I was laughing so hard. The girls didn't have much of a reaction to the whole scene, but I assured Sister Young that they'll probably talk about it for the rest of their lives. Haha, good times.
2.) "If I could flip houses, we wouldn't be living in this crap-hole." -Brother Susic (less active) We met Brother Susic this week! It was actually kind of a miracle because missionaries haven't been in contact with him in over 10 years. AND guess what? He has two teenage children who aren't members. TWO. We're now starting to teach his 14 year old daughter, Seirra. Isn't that cool? I think that's pretty cool in a missionary kinda way. Now, I realize this quote has nothing to do with this awesome miracle that has happened to us. To be honest, I mainly just liked this quote because he said "crap hole". Pretty sure it qualifies as slang, but you can bet your bottom dollar Imma be using that slang word all the day long when I get home. Crap-hole. It's like butt hole except a little funnier. Mom, say "crap hole".
3.) "I can't wait for President Monson to announce a temple in Pocatello tomorrow." -Me on Saturday night You all were wondering about my reaction to the announcement so here it is: There I was sitting on Tim and Amy's (recent converts) couch eating some cheese. President Monson started announcing the temples. He said Kenya and in my mind I was like "Yeah, not today, Pocatello." BUT THEN HE TOTALLY SAID POCATELLO, IDAHO. I didn't know what to do because I didn't want to scare Tim and Amy so I simply raised my arms up (ya know, my power stance) and smiled really big. Then Sister Young yelled "HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?" and I yelled back "I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS I'M A PROPHET!" Not the best response I could have said because Tim struggles with the idea of prophets, BUT it happened and I really didn't care because I was so excited. And that is basically what happened. Pocatello is FINALLY getting a temple and I am so, so, SO grateful.
4.) *While sobbing* "That was the most beautiful role play I have ever seen!" -Some Kirtland Sister And that, my friends, is why sister missionaries have a bad rep. Calm down, Kirtland sister. It's just a role play. JK, it was an awesome role play. If we're being honest, I had pretty soggy eyes. Why do sister missionaries gotta be so emotional and weird? Seriously, it was just role play. It wasn't even real life. ALSO, don't even get me started on watching 'The District'. I go through at least 2 tissues each time we watch it. SO good. I guess moral of the story is that I'm an emotional mess and I'm probably going to have 2 friends when I get home.
5.) "He offers peace to all who follow him." -Prince of Peace video SPEAKING OF SOGGY EYES, the new 'Prince of Peace' video is AMAZING. Do you know what's cool? It doesn't matter if you're LDS, Catholic, Atheist, ect., Jesus Christ died for each one of us. That means that each one of us can find peace through Him. I'm so grateful that He lived and died and lived again. I love Him, and I love what He did for me personally. I am also grateful that we had the opportunity to listen to our church leaders this past weekend to learn more about Him and what He can do for us. We're so blessed. I can't even get over how awesome it is that we are apart of Jesus Christ's church.
I love each of you too much. Have a great week! :)
Love,
Sister Reddish
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