Hellllllllllllo.
1.) "Can Mormons tell people their age?" -Charles (investigator) Charles asks questions like this almost every time we see him. Most of the time we answer with something like "Charles, Mormons can do anything anyone else does. We have agency. We just try and use our agency so we do what Heavenly Father wants us to do." BUT this one was pretty random. After he asked this question, we were like "Yep. We're both 20." Then he looked kind of surprised and said, quote: "Really? She *pointing to Sister Golden* seems older. She's more sophisticated." End of quote. Ouch. Haha, what the heck? THEN we talked this past Sunday and Charles came (ISN'T THAT SO AWESOME? HE CAME TO CHURCH! YAY YAY YAY!). When we came down to talk to him after the meeting he said "You did good; she's still more sophisticated though." Then he tried to make me feel better by saying something along the lines of how "it's a good thing" and I should keep my "youthful personality". Yeah, yeah, Charles. I know I act like a 12 year old boy. It's fine. ;) Nah, in all seriousness, I'm thankful I have a companion who keeps me grounded. Maybe someday I'll be sophisticated like her.
2.) "Okay, bye little nugget!" "This must be Reddish." -Me and Dan (investigator) on the phone Not even kidding you, the same exact day Charles told us Sister Golden was more sophisticated then me, we were talking to Dan before starting a lesson and somehow we started talking about outhouses and Dan was like "You haven't lived until you've taken a dump in an outhouse!" and I thought that was the funniest thing to ever been said so I laughed pretty good. Then Sister Golden started talking about what we were going to teach him that day and he was like "You're mature. You keep me and Reddish focused." Ha, yep. I'm tellin' ya, she keeps me grounded. This quote is from a phone conversation a few days after the day I got told 2 WHOLE TIMES Sister Golden is more of a grown than me. The good news is that I'm pretty mature once we start teaching a lesson. I promise I'm not just goofing around. We've got souls to save. I'm a serious/not so serious missionary. Does that make sense? Probably not.
3.) "It's getting late girls." -Everyone One of the real downers to this time of year is that it gets dark at like 6 PM. SO when we knock on someone's door at like 7, people answer their door as if it's midnight and then ask why we're out. Um, sorry, sir/ma'am, people still need the gospel when it's dark outside. ALSO, missionaries can't just casually "go in for the night" at 7. That would be ridiculous. The good news is that people who are prepared in the day time are still prepared at night time, so we're not giving up. Also, Mom, don't worry, we're staying safe.
4.) "Golden and Reddish. I like the color names. This ward needs more color in it." -Sister Capers (the only black woman in the Elyria ward) I don't really think this quote needs an explanation. It's hilarious.
5.) "We can have confidence and trust that our loving Heavenly Father can and will rebuild us. His plan is to build us into something far greater than what we were—far greater than what we can ever imagine. With each step of faith on the path of discipleship, we grow into the beings of eternal glory and infinite joy we were designed to become." -President Uchtdorf Okay, so, obviously from this email, it may appear like I haven't changed much the past 17 months, but.... I've come to know since being on a mission that the more we study about our Savior, the more we become like Him. Yes, I still think poop jokes are funny and I still goof off a lot, but I do know that I have a loving Heavenly Father and Savior who are helping me become who They know I have the potential of becoming. AND I know that to be true for EVERYONE because Heavenly Father loves all of His children and wants all of us to come home to Him someday.
I love all of you loads and loads. Have a good week!
Love,
Sister Reddish
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