Cat Missionaries

 Mom- I can't even believe that Sister Grant is done training in two weeks. It feels like I've only been with her two weeks. I don't want to leave her. The eclipse   sounds awesome. The eclipse was kind of cool here...haha not really. BUT Sister Grant's mom sent us some glasses so we got to take a gander at it. Thanks for the letter this week. And thanks for being the best mom. I love you. Dad- "I told mom to let me know if she heard any kind of voice introducing "The Son"  so I could quick grab hold of her, cause I didn't want to get left out." You're a funny guy.  I hope you have a good week. I will be praying your YSA folks make good decisions and don't cross the chastity line. I love you!

Quotes of the week: 

1.) "We can promise you as representatives of Jesus Christ that we are in our bathtub with a mattress over our heads." -Sister Grant and I texting the Chapmans The other day we were eating din din at the Chapman's house and teaching Jennell a new membah lesson. WELL, during dinner the tornado sirens went off. The weather was pretty crappy, but it didn't seem like anything to freak out about. The Chapman's have a tendency to freak out about everything, so they began to act like we were basically going to die. They were like "Hurry, go home! If the tornado comes, get in your bathtub with a mattress over your head." Sister Grant and I drove home pretty quick because they freaked the poop out of us. When we got home, we had some weekly planning to get done so we stayed in for about an hour. After we finished, it was like 8:15, so we had some time to go do something productive. We texted the Chapman's and asked if we were okay to go out and proselyte. They responded with telling us to get into our bathtub right that instant. We were like "Wow, I guess this is more serious than we thought.." AND SMUSHED A MATTRESS IN OUR TINY BATHROOM AND GOT IN THE BATHTUB. They didn't believe us, so we sent them this quote. Theeeeen they called and told us that it was all a prank. No tornado...just two very gullible sister missionaries. Bill Chapman posted a screenshot of the text messages on Facebook, and now we're the talk of the whole Youngstown Ward. Bishop couldn't even look at us during ward council because he was laughing so hard. The Elder's we work with in the ward texted us on Monday and said "Sisters! Be home and in your bathtub by 1 pm. There is a solar eclipse today and those can be very dangerous." Soooo basically we wasted about an hour of the Lord's time in a bathtub with a mattress over our heads, and now everyone makes fun us for it. You know what I have to say to them? SAFETY FIRST, SAFETY LAST. I regret nothing. 

Wow, that's a lot of words I just typed and honestly I was boring myself typing them. Sorry. It was funnier in the moment... I peed.

2.) "Would it be easier if we just take the coffee from you?" -Sister Grant Guys, I love Sister Grant. She never raises her voice or says anything mean or sassy to anybody. I've learned a lot from her about loving the people around us. She said this quote to Perry (investigator on date for the 2nd of September) because he can't seem to stop drinking coffee. When he said "Nah, I think I'll be fine." That's when the overbearing missionary in me came out and I was like "Um, no. We're going to take your coffee. Satan wants you to drink that because he doesn't want you to live with Heavenly Father again, and we're not going to let him win." Perry looked a little shocked at my response, so Sister Grant came in again and was like "We know that Heavenly Father will help you quit coffee, and maybe it would be best if we just took some of that temptation away from you."  She never freaks out. Never ever. I wish I could say that I taught her everything she knows, but obviously I didn't. She's an angel. Anyways, after she said this Perry walked into his home, got his jar of coffee, came back out, and handed the jar to us. No more coffee for Perry the platypus. HA, take that, SATAN! 

3.) "What do you call two cats in a car? Cat missionaries." -Carl (recent convert) Every time we teach Carl at the library, he feels the need to walk back to our apartment with us. EVERY TIME. I love Carl, but usually a good 20 minute lesson is all I need for my weekly dose of Carl. This past week, he spent the whole time telling us jokes. They all had something to do with 2 of something or missionaries OR both. This quote was the first one he said. Not too bad, I laughed harder then a normal person would have, and I thought that was going to be an end of the jokes. Nope. Definitely not the end.  He said a lot of jokes. None of them were funny. Sister Grant (my angel baby) laughed at all of them. Every single one. The funny part was that she was actually laughing. I stopped laughing after a while. He was like "Sister Reddish doesn't get my jokes!"... I replied with "No one gets your jokes, Carl. Sister Grant isn't laughing with you, she's laughing at you." Ha, jk. I didn't say that. I wanted to though. It was so hot and so humid and I was so grumpy. I love Carl though. I love him a lot. I promise. 

4.) "I'm trying to be like Jesus; I'm following in his ways." This week we had the opportunity to sing in sacrament meeting. We sang a children's hymn book song because we can't sing and it was short. Anyways, we sang "I'm Trying to Be like Jesus". The singing wasn't great, but the song sure was. Obviously I could do tons better, but I really am trying to be like Jesus. I'm grateful He came to earth. I'm grateful He set the perfect example for all of us. AND I'm grateful that He died for each one of us so that when we don't follow His example, we can repent and become better. I love Him, and I love His gospel. 

I love all of you. Have a splendid week!

Love,
Sister Reddish