Mom and Dad- I love both of you tons. Tons and tons and tons. Thanks for being the best parents in the whole world. Sorry for not doing individual notesies today. I promise I'll have a better email next week.
Quotes of the week:
1.) "I've just always loved the American Indians." -Sister DeVito On Friday I got super sick. I was all pukey and disgusting. It was a real bummer because we had SO many AWESOME appointments. There was one appointment I couldn't miss. I had ROLE PLAYED WITH PRESIDENT BROWN for this appointment. I couldn't miss it, So, after lying down for the whole morning, I put on a dress and my glasses (to cover up the ugly) and we went to an appointment, Sister DeVito came with us to the appointment because she's a good person. Sister DeVito is that lady who thought Roger's (one of our investigators) wife was a man when she was singing. Do you remember that? No? That's okay, all you need to know is that Sister DeVito makes everything awkward (like 10x worse than me). She said this quote when I asked her to share her testimony about the Book of Mormon. Um, Sister DeVito, that's not a testimony. Also, that's a very weird comment. I felt like crap so I let Sister Grant take the reign's after Sister DeVito's "testimony". The lesson actually went real good though, and we're hopefully gonna see a baptism on September 2. Whoo! All's well that ends well.
2.) "You two are both good lookin'. I bet ya have no problems finding a boyfriend." -Henry (potential investigator) Henry is 89 years old. He's such a cutie. Sister Grant and I get comments like this on a weekly basis (because we're beautiful and charming) and we usually just respond with "Thank you!" and it's over. SO, after Henry said this quote to us that's exactly what we did. His wife Lulu didn't think it was very appropriate for him to say this, so with a straight face and a stern voice she said "Henry, they're not here to find boyfriends. They're here to bring people to the Lord." SHE WAS PEEVED, FOLKS. Then Henry didn't hear her so he was like 'WHAT?" and she repeated herself in a louder voice and then Henry was like "WHAT?" and she said it in a louder voice... this happened like 4 times. It was pretty awkward. Not like the most awkward thing ever, but pretty awkward. BUT hey, that's okay. Henry complimented us and Lulu reassured us that she knows what our purpose is. Success!
3.) "Why would you want to go Bigfoot hunting, Sister Reddish, if your whole area is full of big, hairy men?" -Elder Klinglesmith The other day in district meeting, we were talking about Bigfoot hunting (we're a really spiritual district), and I expressed my love for it. I've never met anyone who fits their last name so perfectly until I met Elder Klinglesmith. There was no smile before, no smile during, or no smile after he said this to me. No smile. I think it was a joke... I laughed. BUT what he said wasn't false, so I'm wondering if he just felt like stating a fact. Either way, I can testify that what Elder Klingesmith said was true. Our area is FULL of big. hairy men and none of them wear shirts. It's disgusting.
4.) "It is not just that the Book of Mormon teaches us truth, though it indeed does that. It is not just that the Book of Mormon bears testimony of Christ, though it indeed does that, too. But there is something more. There is a power in the book which will begin to flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study of the book." -Ezra Taft Benson I had the opportunity to finish reading through the Book of Mormon this past week. Do I love American Indians? Yes. Has it taken me this long to finish reading through the Book of Mormon since being on a mission? Ha, yeah. Do I know that the Book of Mormon is true? YES. I know it, I know it, I know it. And because I know that it's true. I know that Joseph Smith saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and I know that we belong to THE Church of Jesus Christ. I am so happy to be a missionary and to share with people what means the absolute world to me.
Love you guys.
Love,
Sister Reddish
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