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Mom- Thank you so much for the shoes. I love them. I took a picture of my feet while I was wearing them because they look so good on me. I'm glad you finally got to meet Sister Jenkins. I hope you gave her a big hug for me because I miss her. Also, question: Do you call her "Sister Jenkins" or do you call her "Brindi"? It's not that important of a question, but it's a question that I have had for the past week. Thanks for all you do for me. I love you, Mom! Dad: You're breakfast sounded delightful. You've got yourself a good wife. It's crazy all the things happening in the world.. it's also crazy that I didn't know hardly any of what you told me.. I sure love you, Dad!
1.) "I had the craziest dream during that lesson." "Wait...what?" -Sister Golden and I Sister Golden fell asleep during a lesson. Psh, greenie. ;) Justtt kiddingggg... I fell asleep during the lesson. We have this recent convert in our area named Shelley. We were pretty excited to meet with her because our teaching pool is pretty slim pickins if ya catch my drift. To start out the lesson, we were going to just get to know her; ya know, ask her a few questions. We asked her ONE question, and she talked for a solid hour. The question was about family history (we met with her in the family history center at the Oberlin Library), so I felt bad interrupting because she was so passionate about her family. After about 30 minutes, my body decided to take a little snooze. Just a small one. During this small rest, I had a dream that we were teaching a woman who was wearing a dress made completely out of lettuce. I invited her to be baptized and she was like "My husband got baptized in this lettuce, so I don't need to." I then taught her about the importance of full immersion, and then woke up. Good news: The woman accepted the invitation to be baptized in my dream AND I don't think Shelley noticed I fell asleep. Success!
2.) "And we're still in your area. Isn't that crazy?" -The Groner's The other day, we had a dinner appointment with the Groner family. They took us out to eat. They decided that while they had us in their car, they might as well take us on a tour of half our area. It was only like 30 minutes of my life, but I got SO car sick. So, so, so car sick.Sister Groner kept saying this quote. At first I was like "Wow, yeah, this is so crazy. Our area is so big." towards the end, I was just like "Mmhmm" and then dry heave a little. I've been blessed to be able to be the designated driver for most of my mission, and I'm grateful that I get to be the designated driver the rest of my mission. That evening was brutal.
3.) "You two should meet with Bryan. He knows everything." -Everyone in the Elyria Ward SO, typically everyone in the Elyria Ward (and every adult member of the church) go by Brother or Sister and then their last name. Not Bryan. No one, not even the Bishop, calls Bryan anything else besides Bryan. I don't even know Bryan's last name. Anyways, everyone was telling us to meet with him because he's been a member of the ward since he was a tiny nugget, fresh outta the womb, and he knows everything and anything about the Elyria area. Well, we DID talk to Bryan because we're not stupid. Bryan was actually pretty helpful. He told us that the Sisters and Elders that have been in this ward before we showed up had been super disobedient. He said that the ward is struggling because 1.) they're all old and 2.) they don't want to help with missionary work because the past missionaries have been idiots. By the time the meeting was over, I felt really motivated... with a hint of the nervous poops. There's a lot to be done in the area. I don't know how much of the fruits I'll see of my work in this ward, but I'm going to work hard the next 2 months. No time to get trunky. On a positive note: we have found a ton of people the past week, and they're all mentally stable, so things are happening. I love missionary work.
4.) "I can promise you that Heavenly Father knew what He was doing when He sent you to this mission." -President Brown We had the opportunity to go to the trainer/trainee meeting this week. This was round 4 for me going to this meeting, and I still learned tons. This quote from President Brown really stuck out to me. From the very moment I read my call letter, I knew I was supposed to serve here. I know that my call to the Ohio Cleveland Mission came straight from Heavenly Father. I love Him and I love my mission.
Have a great week. I love all of you. SO MUCH. xoxoxoxo
Love,
Sister Reddish
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