im Phelan good ;)

So this week was great!

So last week i didn't really have time to tell you about my companion. Plus i didn't really know her yet. so I thought i'd let you know now. Her name is sister Havens, and guess what? she is from Woodbridge Virginia! what are the odds of 2 companions being from Virginia? But she is super crazy and has a HUGE love for the gospel and so we have had a great week so far :)

I would go through my whole week... but i dont have all the time i usually do since yesterday was a holiday. So i wil just tell you a little about the town here and the people here.

So Phelan is AWESOME! i think the most similar town i have been to is Kamas Utah..Expect that it's in the desert so its a little hotter in the summer. All but i think 2 roads are dirt and SUPER bumpy, so we get a jeep :) It feels good to be driving one again and make me feel a little bit more like myself. It also makes for some interesting times, especially since half of the roads aren't labeled and there isn't a map of them haha. Thankfully s. Havens usually knows where we are going. One day this week we accidentally drove down a wash for about 10 minutes thinking it was a road. It was pretty funny. 

Anyways its a super small town and EVERY one knows about the church here. Which is either really great or really bad. The people either love the missionaries or strongly dislike us, but the the people that do like us are great and have really been prepared by the lord to except the gospel.

We have 3 amazing investigators! One of which after the first lesson read all the way to Jacob in the Book of Mormon and committed  herself to stop smoking! it was great :)

As for other fun things this week...

I held an 8 foot snake (about 4 inches in diameter)

gave a sweet training on being consecrated to the lord.

Went to a 4 year old's birthday and taught his nonmember great-grandmother,

drove up a mountain....

i cant think of anything else... but it was a great week!

sadly....i have either misplaced or had my camera stolen...so i don't have pictures for this week.

anyways thank you sooo much for the emails this week!

you all are great!

i love and miss you :)

Sister Becca Redd

P.s. we don't have a mail box here in Phelan. Or a P.o. box. but our mission office didn't know that until yesterday. sorry!