Mom and Dad- You two sure are a couple of cuties. Happy Anniversary! Thanks for dating and then getting married and then having children. I'm glad you two are my mom and dad. Also, thank you for the package this week. I love both of you and I'm so thankful for all you do for me.
1.) "I got it at Walmart. 6 or 7 dollars, baby." -Sam (member) Abut 60% of the Elyria ward is less active. Out of the 40% that are active, about 10% of them are halfsies. To the halfsies people, they gave them the calling of being an "usher" to keep them active and involve, but not risking them saying anything that could shatter someone's testimony. My whole mission I've stood out by the door and said hi to people before church started; now I can't because there's like 2 ushers for each entrance of the chapel. It's fine. I'm not bitter about it. Anywayzzz, Sam is an usher. Sam has been borderline creepy deeky to Sister Golden and I since the first time we met him. He's not completely mentally stable, so it's nothing to worry about, but it's still weird. When we were shaking his hand this Sunday, I noticed he had a necklace on with a rectangular box shaped thing on it. I was like "What is that?" He then lifted it from his chest and turned it just right that I could feel air on me from the box. In order for me to more fully feel the air, he moved real close to me. I did my awkward laugh that I do when I feel uncomfortable and that's when he semi-whispered this quote to us. It was one of the most uncomfortable things that I've ever been apart of. That's all I have to say about that.
2.) "Speaking of family history..." -Me (missionary) Do you remember Shelley? The lady we taught last week and I fell asleep during the lesson? Yeah? Well, we taught her again this week. Let me tell ya, this lesson was WAY....too much the same as the last lesson and we need to figure out a different strategy when teaching her. But, I thought to describe how the lesson went, I would just go through a short history of what Shelley talked about for a solid hour. Here it goes: She found family in Ukraine in her family history >> us bringing up a calling for her to be a family history consultant >> her asking to visit teach a less active, heavy set woman in the ward >> her talking about protein shakes to help her lose weight >> her cat liked drinking protein shakes >> her cat died >> her dog died >> her other dog died by falling off a cliff >> she likes exploring caves >> hieroglyphics >> indians in her family history >> US FINALLY TEACHING ABOUT FAMILY HISTORY AND TEMPLES FOR LIKE 5 MINUTES. The impressive thing is she somehow looped everything back to family history. Another impressive thing is that she had like 10 conversations with herself without us saying anything. She's an impressive lady.
3.) "What's your younger sister's name again, Sister Reddish." -Jacob (investigator) The other day we were sitting in our car getting ready to say a prayer before we went out to knock on some doors. While we were sitting there, this kid came up to my opened window and was like "What are you doing here?" We told him about how we're missionaries and that we were getting ready to knock on some doors. He then was like "Wow. What do you guys believe?" That's like the most perfect question you can ask a missionary. We taught him the whole Restoration and he loved it. At the end we were like "How old are you?" he told us he was 15 and I was like "OH MY GOSH, I KNOW A 15 YEAR OLD!" and I told him about Emily. Now, I'm pretty sure he wants to marry Emily because he's asked about her several times. I want to be like "Hey, buddy. Back off. She's not available." But I just vaguely answer all his questions. BUT on the plus side, Jacob talked to his family about us, and we have a return appointment with the whole fam damily this Saturday. Emily has the whole "flirt to convert" thing down and she doesn't even need to talk to them or see them. Nice job, sista. You're a good missionary.
4.) "I did request missionary visits, but I read some things on the internet, and I'm not quite sure I'm interested anymore." -Dan (investigator) While I was emailing last Wednesday, we got a headquarter referral for a man named Dan Powers. We called him that very day, and tried to set an appointment up with him. That's when he said this quote. We were like "Well, Dan, hows about we come over and you tell us what you read, and we'll talk about it a little bit." Then we went over AND HE WAS THE MOST PREPARED PERSON TO EVER EXIST. After explaining to him that Mormons can swim and drink milk and casually teaching him about how salvation comes through being baptized with the priesthood authority, we invited him to baptized and he accepted. November 18th is what we're shooting for. We met with him 3 times last week. He loves learning about the gospel. I love Danny boy more than Arctic Circle french fries.
5.) "If the bitter cup does no pass, drink it and be strong, trusting in happier days ahead." -Elder Holland This week we had a lesson with a recent convert named Betty. Betty has had the hardest life ever. She's been abused most of her life and has more health issues than I thought was possible. She hasn't finished up her new member lessons so we were planning on just teaching her about keeping the Sabbath Day holy to just get those lessons done. During studies, Sister Golden and I felt very impressed to have a whole lesson on the Atonement. Lucky for me, I have an angel mother who sent a talk that was perfect for Betty. We read the talk by Elder Holland to her and testified of how Jesus Christ knows EXACTLY how she feels. With tears in her eyes she said "This lesson really hit home." The Holy Ghost was there and everyone could feel it. I know the gospel doesn't take away everyone's trials, but it sure does make life better. I've said this before, and I'll say it again: I love missionary work.
Well, fam, thanks for being the very best. I love all you.
Love,
Sister Reddish
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