September 23, 2013
Hey everyone!
Im really sorry I missed writing last week. Our p-day got moved to friday so we could go to the temple. We didnt have time to write before the library closed so I'll try and recap what happened the last 2 weeks.
The main thing was that I got to go on exchanges! It was really fun. I went down the hill (out of the high desert, by rancho) and I went with one of the sister training leader for the day in upland. It was really fun to work with different people and have the opportunity to work with someone who has been out a lot longer than my companion and me. Plus it was really fun because Sister Haupt reminds me of Jessica haha.
We kinda messed up that day. We visited two less active members. It wasn't until the second lesson that I realized that both of us had forgoten our name tags! It was so embarrassing! haha I could literally feel my face getting red but we had a good laugh about it later
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We found a new family to teach and things are going really well with them. Their names are Chris and Sam. They have 4 kids. Chris is super excited about reading the Book of Mormon so hopefully all will continue to go well!
As for this past week, It was a tough but funny week.
First of all, on Monday my companion was sick so we had to stay in which was a bummer. We didnt get anything done. I was able to read a ton. I started the New Testament and Im already in the last chapter of Luke. I also started reading Jesus the Christ.
The reason the week was hard was that we had one investigator drop us. Her sister and mother were baptised my first week here. We were really upset but all we can do is give her time and hope she comes around.
Also, Denhya, the 12 year old we teach, the one thats super awesome and reads all the time and keeps all her commitments, told us that her dad didnt want her learning about the church anymore. He thinks it suppresses women. We were pretty upset but here comes one of the funny things. My companion and I were talking in the car and feeling really down that two investigators had dropped us in 2 days when I looked up and saw a teenage boy walking down the street with a huge stick. He was waving it around his head and pretending to fight with it. It was so funny, we started busting up laughing. God really does look out for us and I think sometimes he sends us little things like that to cheer us up.
Later we talked to Denhya and she said her dad and he was okay with us meeting with her as long as she looks at other churches too. So thats good :)
On friday, we to the temple. It was awesome! The new video is AMAZING. It was nice to go and spend some time there. I was a little disappointed that Jessica wasnt there haha. My companion and I (and the member that drove us) were looking for her the whole time. We kept thinking we would see her. haha. It was cool to think that I was only 10 minutes away from her.
After we went to Cafe Rio which was super nice. A member bought it for us. Afterwards, we were walking outside and a random member, not even from our ward or stake, came over and offered to buy us Jamba Juice. Being a missionary definitely has some perks.
A few other things before I have to go:
My ward mission leader owns 24 pet snakes (he hunts for them when he goes camping), and he had us for dinner the other night and he let me feed his snakes! So...... I hand-fed snakes dead rats this week haha I'm a little proud of myself because I was freaking out inside. We held a bunch of them and were playing with them. I have now come to the conclusion that i want a pet snake! They're so much fun.
The other day we didnt know what to do because we had an empty hour where our lesson had fallen through. We decided to go driving down the dirt roads in our area for fun. (1/3 of our area is just dirt roads) As we were driving around, I looked at a sign, and just blurted out "turn!" So my companion turned on the street. It was weird because I didnt know why I said "turn". Then I realized that I knew the street name. We rarely go on the dirt roads. This was only the 2nd time during the whole transfer we had ever been on these roads because no one lives out there. Anyway, I looked at our ward list and a less active member lives on that road so we went to thier house. When we got there, we started talking to the less active member. She told us that she had been meaning to talk to the missionaries and that she really needed to set up regular appointments with us and start coming back to church. It was really cool!
Anyway I really need to go, but i will leave you with a few funny quotes from the past week.
Love and miss you all!
Sister Rebecca Redd
"Hey remember when God sent us that man with a stick"
"Is that the moon?!....or a burger king sign?" (it was a burger king sign)
(driving through an abandoned old street in the desert "theres so much free furniture out here!"
" i think they spoke in hyrogliphics...like....bird, box....someting like that"
^ all from your truely. Im not proud of them. ahah im tired A LOT
