Very very Awkward....

Mom- I did get to see Julia this week! I saw her in the parking lot of the temple in Columbus. Was I awkward? Yes. Yes x100. That's okay, it was still cool. Have fun on trek this week! I sure love and miss you, Mom. More than I can say. Emily- When I read your emails you seem so cool. Like, you kind of intimidate me. I hope we can continue to be friends when I'm home even though I'm the lamest now-a-days. ;) Have a blast on trek. I love you! Dad- thanks for being the best dad ever. Your email made my eyes a little teary. I can't wait to hug you again. I love you!

Quotes of the week: 

1.) "Am I allowed to hug you girls?" "Uhhh...." -Denny (our upstairs neighbor) and us So, we have this neighbor in apartment 94 named Denny Jones. We met him in the parking lot a few weeks back and he casually started telling us that he was going to be the father of the next virgin Mary. Didn't know there was going to be ANOTHER virgin Mary, did ya? HA, that's because there isn't. BUT, Denny believes that there will be and that is how Christ will come during the 2nd coming. ANYWAYS, we try and steer clear of Denny because he's crazy and talks for 10 years straight. The other day, we happened to be walking in the building the same time as him. After talking to him for a few minutes, Sister Grant and I told me we had to get going. That's when he said this quote.. Here's some bad news: he said this quote as he was going in to hug Sister Grant. THEN he planted a nice, juicy kiss on her cheek. I started laughing a little bit because I thought it was kind of funny. He then came towards me and I stopped laughing. I stopped laughing real quick. I guess I did something right that day because I got TWO kisses. Two wet, old man kisses. I hadn't been that close to a male in a very long time and I didn't enjoy it one bit. It was very gross. Luckily, Denny moves out this coming week, so that's a blessing from heaven. 

2.) " Don't let me forget to take car sick medicine!" -Me to Sister Grant We got to go to the temple with Jennell on Saturday! It was SO awesome! She loved it! The Columbus temple is about 3 hours away from Youngstown, so we spent a total of 6 hours driving that day. 6 hours of driving is totally worth getting to go into the temple. 6 hours of driving WHILE BEING CAR SICK BECAUSE SISTER GRANT FORGOT TO REMIND ME (ha, jk, it's not her fault) is still worth it, but it's a little iffy. I was SO sick, guys. It got to the point where I was about to take out everything in my temple bag so I could throw up in it, but after saying a couple prayers, I made it without puking once. Good times. In all seriousness, being able to see Jennell in the temple was worth every bit of car sickness. It was an awesome day on the mish. 

3.) "You looked awful yesterday, Sis.  I hope you took a 5 hour nap." -Brother Betts On Sundays we have to get up really early for meetings. This last Sunday, I woke up super tired, so like any normal human, I didn't put any make up on. Brother Betts told me that I looked sick not once, not twice, but three times. We had dinner with the Betts the next day and I made sure to spend some extra time on my mascara that day. I was expecting him to say how good I looked... nope. Alright, Brother Betts, I get it, I looked awful. ;) Now, I'm not writing this in my email to get pity, mom compliments about how I'm "beautiful with or without makeup", I'm writing this so I can always remember Brother Betts and how I somehow loved him even though he's the grumpiest and has no filter when it comes to talking to women.  

4.) "OH MY, YOU SMELL SO GOOD. WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON?" "Sweat." "WHAT?" "NOTHING!" -Sister McMurry and me Wow, sorry about all the quotes from members. OBVIOUSLY our teaching pool could use a few more people. On the plus side, the Youngstown ward members are really good at providing quotes for my journal when we tract all day and nothing happens. Sister McMurry told me this after she dug her face in my neck when I was hugging her goodbye. Sister McMurry can't hear anything: her ears are 103 years old. SO, this whole conversation was yelled (except for when I said "sweat" because I didn't want to disgust the poor lady who dug her face into my nasty neck).  It was a lovely compliment though. I guess my sweat smells good. That's probably why I got two kisses from Denny. My natural musk is irresistible. 

5.) "Everyday can be Independence Day when we use the Atonement of Jesus Christ." -President Uchtdorf Sooo, President Uchtdorf came to Kirtland the other day AND HE TOTALLY TALKED TO THE WHOLE MISSION. It was so, so cool. He talked a lot about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I know what President Uchtdorf told us was true. Not just true for the missionaries in the Ohio Cleveland Mission, but for everybody. Jesus Christ died for everybody. And because of that infinite sacrifice, all of us can become like Him; completely clean from sin. It doesn't matter who we are or what we've done, the Atonement of Jesus Christ can help us change and be "free".

I love all of you tons. Thanks for being the best family. 

Love, 

Sister Reddish