Hello, my sweet family.
Mom- Thank you so much for the Halloween package. We loved it so much. As I was looking at the pictures you sent this week all I was thinking was "This is what I have to go home to. I'm going to look like a freakin' barbarian next to those beautiful creatures." ;) Thanks for everything you do for me. I love you. Dad- YOU ARE SO IMPRESSIVE. Holy shoot. Congrats on finishing another race that most Americans could not do. You're a super human. I love you.
1.) "Happy Birthday, Sister Reddish!" -EVERYONE So, the other day, Sister Golden's fam sent her Guatemalan candy. She was like "lets eat this together" and I was like "no, you don't have....yeah, okay." It's not everyday you get to eat Guatemalan candy; I was pretty dang excited. We ate it together and considered it a celebration for my birthday in a few weeks. We had a ward chili cook off that night and told the members we were sitting by about my birthday celebration. THEN, Brother Hess started singing "Happy Birthday" to me fully knowing it wasn't my birthday for quite sometime. I was like "Brother Hess, you stop that right now!" and he did. THEN Elder McInnes stood up and started belting it. AND that's when everyone in the ward (and vistors) began singing to me. People are still telling me happy birthday. Part of me wants to be like "It's not my birthday", but then I'd have to explain everything that occurred and I just don't want to, so I just give 'em a big smile, and that's the end of it.
2.) "Now, anyone who showed up tonight can dance in the circle." -Rabbi Lori We were looking in the area book one of the first weeks we were here, and there was a Jewish potential. We were like "Heck yes, lets go teach a Jew." Her name is Vera and she was happy to listen to us. The hard part was that they don't believe that Jesus is the Savior of the world, so basically everything we taught contradicted what she believed, but she really liked us so she invited us to her Jewish temple (church) for their Friday night service. We walked in and everyone had there cool little caps on. There was a part of the service where this lady sang in Hebrew and then different categories of people danced around the room. I got up and started clapping like Michael Scott and saying "Skip around the room!" Ha, no I didn't. I just thought of that right now and I wish it wouda happened, but it didn't. Anyways, I was for reals like "Mm-mm, not tah-day. There is no way I am dancing in front of these people." This quote from Rabbi Lori was the final category. Sister Golden felt the same way I did so we just sat in the middle of the circle while Jews danced around us. It was pretty awkward. The good news is that they offered me a can of Diet Coke at the end and I gladly took it. So, we walked outta the Jewish temple with Diet Coke in hand, thankful that we belong to Jesus Christ's church.
3.) "Okay, after your done with car inspections, go in and get your flu shot." -Doctor/Elder Lewis We had to get flu shots at Zone Conference this past week. I hadn't been that scared in quite sometime. There was like 30 elders and sisters in line. You could feel the fear when you walked into the gym at the church. I wanted to go up to Doctor Lewis and be like "I have a blood disease, so I don't think this is very good for my health." but I knew I needed to do it. SO, after saying like 10 prayers (not even a little kidding. I was scared.) the fear left me (Heavenly Father answers prayers) and I was able to successfully get the flu shot. I tensed up pretty hard core during the shot though so my arm was pretty sore for a few days, but I didn't die. Thank the heavens.
4.) "God be thanked for the matchless gift of His divine Son." -The Living Christ This past transfer, President Brown committed us to memorize The Living Christ. I'm still working on it, but holy moly is that thing powerful. I've learned a lot on my mission, but one of the greatest things I've learned is that Christ DOES live. He's a real person. He knows me and He loves me. This quote is the last sentence in The Living Christ and it's my favorite. When I think of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, I fail to remember that there would be no Atonement if Heavenly Father didn't give us the gift of His Son. God loved us so much that He gave us His Son, and Christ loved us so much that He died and and suffered for each of us. Isn't that so awesome? Like I can't even handle how awesome that is. I'm so happy that through the restoration of the gospel we can know more about our Heavenly Father and His Son. They love all of us so much.
Hey, have a good week, okay? I love all of you so much.
Love,
Sister Reddish
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