Not leaving my mish on probation....

Sister Reddish will be home Thursday November 30th, flying into the Pocatello Regional Airport at 5:56 pm. We are all pretty excited around here!  We know she will make the most of the last few weeks, and we also know her heart will break when she gets on that plane. Sarah loves Christmas more than anyone else I know, it will help that she will come home to Christmas everywhere. Thank you for all the prayers, love, and support. Love you all. Sherry

 

Oh my heavens, I sent this without even doing cute notes at the beginning. I'm sorry. Mom and Dad, thanks for your emails. The people who dressed up like you for Halloween are people I want to be friends with. SO funny. I love both of you tons and tons. 

On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Sarah Elizabeth Reddish <sarah.reddish@myldsmail.net> wrote:

Quotes of the week: 

1.) "Then after their missions, they go home, find a husband, and have babies."-Brother Hess explaining our lives to a nonmember The other day we were eating some yummy dinner at the Hess' home and then all of a sudden a friend of there's came in WHO'S A NONMEMBER. Score! Anyways, we played it cool, just asking him about his family and stuff. Ya know, not making him feel like we wanted to teach the crap outta him about Jesus even though we TOTALLY did. Then Brother Hess started telling their friend about what we do as missionaries. After he said this quote, everyone at the table just casually stared at me. I can't really remember how I responded, but my face got super red and then I started freaking out inside about having babies. I distinctly remember in my mind saying "Hey, you don't have to have babies for a little while. It's okay." The good news is that most of the time, my mind doesn't really register that I'm not going to be a missionary in 4 weeks, so freaking out about having babies is USUALLY not a concern.

2.) "You go home soon! Are you excited?" "Um, yeah, but then yesterday I cried, so I don't really know how I feel..." "Ohh.." -Bishop Canonizado and me You know how in the last paragraph I said most of the time my mind doesn't register that I'm coming home in 4 weeks. Well, last Thursday, I woke up, doing fine, did my make-up... ya know the usual stuff. Then we started singing a hymn for comp study and everything fell apart. Sister Golden and I talked about my feelings, and then I was fine. Heaven help Sister Golden the next few weeks. She's an angel. 

3.) "I heard you giggling on the voice message. Did Sister Golden make a joke or somethin'?" -Charles So, we called Charles this week to see how he was doing with living the Word of Wisdom and stuff. He has always answered out phone calls, but this time we got his voicemail. It started off as a normal "Hi, sorry I couldn't get the phone right now..." then he said "but if you leave your name and number I'll get back to you...." then there was a pause and then in a western accident he semi-yelled "AS SOON AS I CAN!" Sister Golden started laughing, I started laughing, and then there was the peep. I couldn't get words out. The whole voice message was a disaster. When he said this quote, all I said was "Ha..ha..yeah... she's a funny girl." Did I lie? Yes. But I wasn't going to tell the poor man I was laughing at him. That would be rude.

4.) "You know what people say about Ohio, right? 'Come to Ohio on vacation, leave on probation'." -Timmy Shroyer (less active member) Here's a cool miracle: SO, the other day the elders call us and they were like "Hey, we saw Timmy Shroyer and he wants you to come teach his girlfriend!" I didn't know who Timmy Shroyer was but I didn't really care BECAUSE THAT'S AWESOME. Well, we went over, taught the Restoration, and then somehow this quote happened. Timmy and his girlfriend, Christine, have both been doin' some drugs for quite sometime, so their minds are a little...fried... the lesson was a bit scattered. BUT they felt the spirit, and agreed to begin reading the Book of Mormon together. YAY! :) Also, I promise I will be leaving Ohio not on probation. 

5.) “He is the Light of the World and the sure source of comfort, hope, peace, and joy.”-President Henry B. Eyring Now that Halloween is over, I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Christmas season. ;) Nah, but for reals, this past week, I've really been able to feel the comfort, hope, peace, and joy that only the Savior can provide. I'm grateful that He died personally for me, so that He can know perfectly how to help me even when I'm not quite sure how I need to be helped. I love Him. 

I love all of you tons. Thanks for being the best dang fam. 

Love, 

Sister Reddish