Week 28

hola familia

our planners this transfer are Spanish planners so i find myself using more spanglish than usual

anyways

HOW ARE YOU? this week was good, not as killer as the other weeks, but still awesome.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday- tuesday was MLC's (mission leadership council) so sister Davies was in Vail and Sister Paongo came here! i was super nervous because its been awhile since i took over the area for the day! and we were teaching three lessons, and one lesson we were dropping her :/ so i was SUPER scared, but of COURSE IT WAS FINE. i always overthink things and then they dont ever end up being as bad as i think it will be! and i prayed a whole lot, so of course Heavenly Father and the Spirit really helped that day!

Wednesday- we taught our investigators Pam, Jessie, and Marie. who are probably our most progressing investigators. Pam is trying to quit smoking completely, and os really hesitant to set a baptismal date. her testimony of the gospel and especially of the Book of Mormon is SO strong, she is amazing!! we committed her to pray and fast about a baptismal date and to let us know when we see her next (tomorrow) when she thinks the Lord wants her to be baptized. we're really hoping for the 18th!! we'll see! Jessie is amazing, her dad passed away a week or two ago, and she is so ready to be baptized, she has been prepared for a long time. we LOVE teaching her, she is like a sponge! and Marie is ALSO AMAZING. we're blessed here in Fruitvale, can you tell? Marie is married to a less active member, and we're trying to get them both prepared for the 25th, so he can baptize her! which will be so cool. we teach her in her mother in laws home and they are so much fun, and Marie asks the best questions.

Thursday- alright, thursday not much happened but i have a hilarious story for you. so our district is me and sister davies, elder chase (district leader) and his companion elder zimmerman, and elder capps and bergeron. i was asked to say the closing prayer, and we kneel when we say the closing prayer at meetings, so i got up to the front, and knelt down. i watched everyone to make sure they were ready and i see elder zimmerman kneel down, and then continue to lay down until he was flat on his stomach with his hands folded in front of his head. I WAS ABOUT TO DIE LAUGHING. but i cant laugh during the prayer, thats evil! so i had to say a VERY frantic pre-prayer prayer to help me not laugh through the prayer. IT WORKED- PRAYER IS REAL PEOPLE. and after, i told sister davies what happened and we laughed and laughed. oh missions, they're so fun.

Friday- We taught Marie again, and after the lesson she said "okay, this might be inappropriate to ask, but ive been thinking about it a lot" we're sitting there worried about what shes about to say! and she says, "what are your first names??? because i've named you in my head, and im so curious what your names actually are!" hahahahaha so she told us she (in her head) named me Rachel, and sister Davies Sarah. So funny! i love marie so much. and i got a letter from dad on friday!!! it was kinda a rough day, so it was much needed. thanks dad!!

Saturday- so saturday was AWESOME. i was on am exchange with sister Harshaw in Fruita, and GUESS WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN FRUITA ON SATURDAY?! oh, just mike the headless chicken festival! have you heard of that chicken? he lived 18 months without a head, and he lived in Fruita, Colorado. so naturally, the only true way to honor him was a festival every year. it was sooo awesome. i got a t-shirt, cause how could i not. i'll send a picture. we also did service for a woman that needed help picking strawberries and pulling weeds, and she let us keep the strawberries!!! it was so fun, sister arshaw is awesome, so it was a super fun day. (we also taught lessons, don't you worry)

Sunday- yesterday was fast and testimony meeting, and the youth went to girls camp this past week so all but one of the testimonies were girls in the ward. it was so sweet! i cant wait for Abby to go to girls camp this summer! my favorite moment though, a girl got up, and she has some mental challenges, so she is just so cute and sweet (this is the girl we made a trek skirt for). the theme of girls camp was super heros, and our wards hero was captain america, and so she was talking about camp, and got a little side tracked talking about captain america, it was SO good. she said "we found out he was under the ice for 75 years! ... sometimes, that's hard for me to believe. ... but, he truly was the first avenger."

i love our ward

anyways, that's about all i got for this week, it is SO HOT. and not even whimpy hot, like high 90's. i'm dying. but tis great. i love you all!!! have a great week!!!! its the last week of school?? probz. have a great last week of school!!!

Sister Richards