"Do you want to be happy? Forget yourself and get lost in this great cause. Lend your efforts to helping people...stand higher, lift those with feeble knees, hold up the arms of those that hang down. Live the gospel of Jesus Christ."---President Hinckley
As a missionary there are tons of times when you feel over whelmed and weighed down. This last weekend was one of those. Saturday night I was stressed because we had worked so hard that week to obtain our goals and I realized we wouldn't achieve them. I then realized that with the help of my loving Heavenly Father I could do anything. I could conquer the world if needed. I teach and meet amazing people that the Lord puts in my path. I find myself feeling and saying things beyond my past experience. In times of discouragement I need to put all my trust in Heavenly Father. He gives us times of trial to help us grow and become a more perfect people. He will make you supposed weaknesses into strengths if you turn to Him.
I am going on exchanges this week. Well, my companion is going to Galveston(jealous) for 2 days while I have a brand new missionary for 2 days. I am excited about it except that I really don't know the area yet. I am going to be really lost! LOL!! No but seriously. Hopefully Lola(my GPS) will be friendly to me for those 2 days.
I got permission to go to Galveston next Sunday to attend my investigator, Sandy's baptism. I am SO excited to go back to Galveston for the day. Especially because I love Sandy a lot and am so stoked cause she is getting baptized. She is so ready! I will definitely take pictures and send them next week.
It is really hot here....big surprise, i know. Hermana Taff and I have named August-"ugly august". There really is no possible way to be cute when in the disgusting sun all day long.
Our investigator Raul is progressing toward his baptism in 2 weeks. He is really smart and every time we teach him he basically teaches me something new. He is this old, bald man with a Santa like belly. HAHA! I love him. We have some really cool investigators right now. They all seem really prepared for the gospel.
I dyed Hermana Taffs hair. It looks bomb! I also convinced her to cut her REALLY long hair--which also looks cute. My hair is in a disgusting pony tail everyday. I only use a straightener/curl iron maybe once a week for church. Thus, you will not be receiving many pictures of Ugly August.
I feel like this email is really boring-sorry! This week was really full of good old missionary work. We worked our tails off! If we weren't teaching a lesson we were talking our faces off trying to find new investigators. Luckily my area is packed full of Hispanics!
Well, I hope you all have a good week! Enjoy the last few weeks of summer before schhol starts up again. I love you!!!
-Hermana Richards
Friday, August 13, 2010
Even My Tan Lines Have Tan Lines! (August 2, 2010 Email)
Hey family!
The title of this email is funny but really true. It has turned SO hot here recently. My comp and I are dying. We came up with these random points for you to understand our hottness(not to be confused with hotness- looks):
~Tale of two sweaties
~Sweat, Sun, & Gatorade
~I have a permanent backpack shadow
~My sweat rag is completely wet after 1 hour of pros.
~Headbands are no lnger a fashion but a neseccity to paste down our sweaty hair
~When making a return appt with someone the sweat drips off your face and makes the pen on your planner smear
~Turns out that 2 gatorades and 1 water bottle are not enough for one day---we now pack a cooler everyday
These last 2 days are the only days in 3 weeks that it hasn't rained! But it has turned on the heat...perfect.
A recent convert in the ward like to sew and make clothes so she offered to make me and my ocmp a skirt. I am super excited! She is so sweet to offer that.
4 of my investigators in Galveston are getting baptized this month. I am going to try and go down for one of them but it is hard cause we have to get a member to give us a ride. It is about 2 hours away from where I am at now. I am super excited that some of my favorite people are getting baptized!
We went to a recent converts house cause he wanted to give us some food....thats fine. Well we get there and it is a huge fiesta! Really awkward cause people were drinking and the Mexican music was up really loud. He said we could take our food and leave. We get to the car and look inside the box..........literally there was a pigs ear!!!!! A grilled ear of a pig was chillin in my hands(in the box of course)....it still had hair on it! I threw up in my mouth! Thank goodness I didnt have to eat it. What if the member had given to us and wanted to watch us eat it. Sick!
Raul last Tuesday basically tauhgt us the Word of Wisdom. He is so awesome. His baptism is going to be on August 22nd.
Francisco is doing awesome! He loves to read the BOM and go to church. The problem has been that his dad is a pastor in Honduras and feels like he shouldnt get baptized again. Well we gave him 2 Nephi 31(the Gospel of Jesus Christ) and we came back to visit him and he said he was now confused.....or has doubts. He isnt so sure of his being baptized when he was young. He now feels a conflict-----which is a step. He is now opening up to the idea of be baptized becuase it needs to be by someone that has the authority. He is praying to find out if he needs to get baptized again. Pray for him!!!
We had a really good BOM training on Friday. We are now focusing on using the Book of Mormon more. I know that the Book of Mormon has a power to change hearts and has the answers to the questions of our soul. The Book of Mormon is the greatest tool we have today to strengthen our testimonies. I encourage everyone to read more regularly and look for things to learn from the pages within. I know that I have been extremely blessed since being on my mission and studying it more fully.
Hermana Taff and I are doing really well. I know that there really are people in this area that are prepared to hear the gospel mesage. I am excited! We are able to find tender mercies and miracles of our Heavenly Father daily. He really blesses His missionaries.
I hope everyone has a fabulous week! Know that I pray for you and for your happiness and success. I am grateful for your support and constant love---even when I know I dont write you enough to tell you that. I owe everything to this church. I am and will be eternally grateful for my mission and the testimony I have. I have been given the great blessing of being born in the gospel. I often wonder how I was so lucky to be born into the family that I was and to have a knowledge of the Gospel. I took it for granted. It wanst until I came here and talk to people in the most horrid of spiritual and physical conditions that I have begun to see that. Be grateful for what Heavenly Father has given you. Even if at times it doesnt seem like a lot. But the fact is that our knowledge of a loving Heavenly Father and our purpose here is a greater blessing and knowledge than most people in the world have. Press on....go forward with faith. And take a minute to pause and thank Heavenly Father for all we ahve been given. Because we often do not deserve it.
I love you. I truly do.
Sarah
The title of this email is funny but really true. It has turned SO hot here recently. My comp and I are dying. We came up with these random points for you to understand our hottness(not to be confused with hotness- looks):
~Tale of two sweaties
~Sweat, Sun, & Gatorade
~I have a permanent backpack shadow
~My sweat rag is completely wet after 1 hour of pros.
~Headbands are no lnger a fashion but a neseccity to paste down our sweaty hair
~When making a return appt with someone the sweat drips off your face and makes the pen on your planner smear
~Turns out that 2 gatorades and 1 water bottle are not enough for one day---we now pack a cooler everyday
These last 2 days are the only days in 3 weeks that it hasn't rained! But it has turned on the heat...perfect.
A recent convert in the ward like to sew and make clothes so she offered to make me and my ocmp a skirt. I am super excited! She is so sweet to offer that.
4 of my investigators in Galveston are getting baptized this month. I am going to try and go down for one of them but it is hard cause we have to get a member to give us a ride. It is about 2 hours away from where I am at now. I am super excited that some of my favorite people are getting baptized!
We went to a recent converts house cause he wanted to give us some food....thats fine. Well we get there and it is a huge fiesta! Really awkward cause people were drinking and the Mexican music was up really loud. He said we could take our food and leave. We get to the car and look inside the box..........literally there was a pigs ear!!!!! A grilled ear of a pig was chillin in my hands(in the box of course)....it still had hair on it! I threw up in my mouth! Thank goodness I didnt have to eat it. What if the member had given to us and wanted to watch us eat it. Sick!
Raul last Tuesday basically tauhgt us the Word of Wisdom. He is so awesome. His baptism is going to be on August 22nd.
Francisco is doing awesome! He loves to read the BOM and go to church. The problem has been that his dad is a pastor in Honduras and feels like he shouldnt get baptized again. Well we gave him 2 Nephi 31(the Gospel of Jesus Christ) and we came back to visit him and he said he was now confused.....or has doubts. He isnt so sure of his being baptized when he was young. He now feels a conflict-----which is a step. He is now opening up to the idea of be baptized becuase it needs to be by someone that has the authority. He is praying to find out if he needs to get baptized again. Pray for him!!!
We had a really good BOM training on Friday. We are now focusing on using the Book of Mormon more. I know that the Book of Mormon has a power to change hearts and has the answers to the questions of our soul. The Book of Mormon is the greatest tool we have today to strengthen our testimonies. I encourage everyone to read more regularly and look for things to learn from the pages within. I know that I have been extremely blessed since being on my mission and studying it more fully.
Hermana Taff and I are doing really well. I know that there really are people in this area that are prepared to hear the gospel mesage. I am excited! We are able to find tender mercies and miracles of our Heavenly Father daily. He really blesses His missionaries.
I hope everyone has a fabulous week! Know that I pray for you and for your happiness and success. I am grateful for your support and constant love---even when I know I dont write you enough to tell you that. I owe everything to this church. I am and will be eternally grateful for my mission and the testimony I have. I have been given the great blessing of being born in the gospel. I often wonder how I was so lucky to be born into the family that I was and to have a knowledge of the Gospel. I took it for granted. It wanst until I came here and talk to people in the most horrid of spiritual and physical conditions that I have begun to see that. Be grateful for what Heavenly Father has given you. Even if at times it doesnt seem like a lot. But the fact is that our knowledge of a loving Heavenly Father and our purpose here is a greater blessing and knowledge than most people in the world have. Press on....go forward with faith. And take a minute to pause and thank Heavenly Father for all we ahve been given. Because we often do not deserve it.
I love you. I truly do.
Sarah
"Ssssome Ice Tea??" (July 26, 2010 Email)
This day has been a complete charlie fox......We totally had a flat tire on our car this morning(I may or may not have ran over the curb last night)...I didnt think it did anything to the car. Well....we look in our car to put on the spare and of course we dont have all the tools. So we call the Elders and they come to help us put it on....well this one Elder insisted that he knew "a lot" about cars so he proceeded to try and fix it. As he is about to put the spare on the car, the jack falls over and the car falls to the ground. Lovely! Some nice liquidy stuff comes pouring out of the car and we are in shock......2 seconds later these 2 Hispanic men come walking over looking like our heros---they then help us get the car off the ground, we use their jack and we drive immediately to the tire place were we sat for forever to fix it. All the while sweating cause it is a million degrees outside....joy.
My week was good. It rains everyday here. Not sure why but it does. My umbrella is my BF.
I LOVE the pic Grandma sent me of Rick and the boys baptism. I put it next to my desk....I am slighty obsessed.
The new area is good. I get lost a lot. All we have is apartment complexes and they are all different so it is hard to know where you are. And they are not liek the ones at home. These are like a MAZE!
We have some awesome investigators.....3 of them are named Francisco so we call them (not to their face) Teddy Bear Francisco, Body Francisco and little francicso. They are all awesome!
This week we took a recent convert to one of our appointments. It started out great, we sat down and we were going to start but then our investigator got up and was like "let me get you something to drink" with his cute little mexican accent. So he's in the kitchen for a while and we were just talking (us and our recent convert) and next thing we know he comes walking, practically prancing into the room with two big glasses of brownish-orange drink, and says, handing the glasses to us "Sssome ice tea." Hna. taff immedeately look over at me and says "what do we say" as he walked out of the room to get another glass for the member... I don't know if you know, but in the hispanic culture, it's really rude not to accept anything that someone offers you, seriously. A number of ideas flashed thru my mind; accept it but just leave it on the table, take it but pour the contents into the plant sitting on the coffee table, or turn it down... My comp then looks at me with puppy dog eyes and I tell him that we dont drink ice tea. It was so awkward and we felt soooo terrible, but our member was there to smooth it out a little bit. I seriously wanted to die! It actually turned out ok though because we taught our lesson and the spirit was there, so we'll see :). You probably don't think that this story is very funny but I seriously can't tell you how much Hna. Taff and I laughed about it all week. When I get home I'll do the impression of it and we can all laugh together.
We laugh a lot. Random funny things like running over the curb, or me tripping up the stairs(always up never down), or really cute sweat marks in our clothes, or member lessons where the member is arguing with our investigator---basically yelling(ya never bringing her out EVER again). so ya...mission life never gets old.
Well I gotta run and go to Fiesta--the only grocery store in our area and it is basically a hispanic store. LOVES it! Have a fabulous week! I love you!
Sarah
My week was good. It rains everyday here. Not sure why but it does. My umbrella is my BF.
I LOVE the pic Grandma sent me of Rick and the boys baptism. I put it next to my desk....I am slighty obsessed.
The new area is good. I get lost a lot. All we have is apartment complexes and they are all different so it is hard to know where you are. And they are not liek the ones at home. These are like a MAZE!
We have some awesome investigators.....3 of them are named Francisco so we call them (not to their face) Teddy Bear Francisco, Body Francisco and little francicso. They are all awesome!
This week we took a recent convert to one of our appointments. It started out great, we sat down and we were going to start but then our investigator got up and was like "let me get you something to drink" with his cute little mexican accent. So he's in the kitchen for a while and we were just talking (us and our recent convert) and next thing we know he comes walking, practically prancing into the room with two big glasses of brownish-orange drink, and says, handing the glasses to us "Sssome ice tea." Hna. taff immedeately look over at me and says "what do we say" as he walked out of the room to get another glass for the member... I don't know if you know, but in the hispanic culture, it's really rude not to accept anything that someone offers you, seriously. A number of ideas flashed thru my mind; accept it but just leave it on the table, take it but pour the contents into the plant sitting on the coffee table, or turn it down... My comp then looks at me with puppy dog eyes and I tell him that we dont drink ice tea. It was so awkward and we felt soooo terrible, but our member was there to smooth it out a little bit. I seriously wanted to die! It actually turned out ok though because we taught our lesson and the spirit was there, so we'll see :). You probably don't think that this story is very funny but I seriously can't tell you how much Hna. Taff and I laughed about it all week. When I get home I'll do the impression of it and we can all laugh together.
We laugh a lot. Random funny things like running over the curb, or me tripping up the stairs(always up never down), or really cute sweat marks in our clothes, or member lessons where the member is arguing with our investigator---basically yelling(ya never bringing her out EVER again). so ya...mission life never gets old.
Well I gotta run and go to Fiesta--the only grocery store in our area and it is basically a hispanic store. LOVES it! Have a fabulous week! I love you!
Sarah
New Comp! And New Area! (July 19, 2010 Email)
This morning we(missionaries in my zone) all watched this movie called "The District 2". The movie is something the church did to help train missionaries better. It is basically real life missionaires and their experiences. It was so awesome!!! They taught real people and shared their stories. It was amazing to see how the people progressed and then got to baptism. It gave me a lot of encouragement and excitement to do the work. Right now we have some really awesome people progressing towards baptism and we are totally looking forward to having a baptism soon. My companion-Hermana Taff(I will talk more about her later, dont worry) has never had a baptism in the year that she has been on her mission and she feels bad about it. I am determined to change that here! It was just really nice to watch the movie and feel the spirit. SO many of the stories and testimonies shared I feel like were close to my heart and could be compared to me(example:one sister missionary's brother had died while on her mission). So often as missionaries we are giving out the spirrit so much that sometimes it is nice to be the one to sit back and feel it. Not the one giving it out. The Lord just gave me a tender mercy this morning and gave me the opportunity to see how I can improve and change.
OKOK.....I am now serving in Houston. It isn't the main downtown city but it is right next to it. The area is flooded with Hispanics. I see one white person for every 50 Hispanics. I AM in little mexico. HAHA!!! Everyone I talk to is Hispanic which is nice cause that means we have tons of people to teach. I like the area so far. It is all apartment complexes = consusion to find my way around. LOL! They are all different and have weird gates and stuff to get around. Let alone hte parking-to find a visitors spot that is open so we dont get towed. ALSO-yes I do have a car but still have my bike of course. Our area is small enugh that we can do it on bike. And cause I love my bike so much I have convinced my comp to use it about 4 times a week!( yes I know I sound like a crazy person.....I my bike. :)
My new companion is.....Jennifer Taff. She is from Longview, Washington. She is super cute and hilarious! She went to BYU Idaho before the mission and is a art ed major. I was sad cause I felt like I wouldnt get another cool comp cause I LOVED my last one. BUT she is tight. If I could have picked anyone to serve with(out of my choices) she was the one I wanted. LOL!! THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER!!! HAHA!! I really am lucking out.
We got 2 baptismal dates on Friday! YEAH!! Raul has aleady been to church 3 times and has a date for August 1st. I really think he will be ready but he wants a for sure answer from Heavenly Father. He loves reading the Book of Mormon so if he continues to do that and pray with real intent I know he will be ready. We are teaching Word of Wisdom tomorrow---pray that it goes well.
Our other date is a woman named Flor. We OYMed her(talked to her on the street) and taught her the 1st lesson(Restoration) and I extened a baptismal date for Aug 15th and she said "of course....what do I need to do to prepare for my baptism?" Then she referrred back to her baptism like 5 other times in the lesson.....like "when I get baptized"....realize that we had just meet this woman 10 minutes before and now all the sudden she was getting baptized. Missionary life is crazy!!!! Welcome to a sneak peek.....
Not too much else has happened. The mosquitos are eating my face off. I have to buy more repelant today. One that has like 600% DEET.
OH!!! Here is the addres to my apartment:
5401 Rampart st #349
Houston, TX 77081
Just send LETTERS here....I dont know it well enough to know if it is reliable with packages. I get mail every Friday from the office so send packaegs there....the Sugar Land one. SO no biggie.
Yes I am sweating my face off. Yes it is HOT!!! It is actually hotter in Houston cause we dont have the breeze of the ocean like in Galveston. Lame. I do miss Galveston. Lluvia(one of my favorite members) and Sandy(my investigator) totally got me the cutiest going away gifts. I guess there are pics on my facebook that she tagged me in.....I'm sure the ones where she silly stringed me are cute(NOT!) LOL!!! I seriously LOVE them!! the rest of my goodbyes last week weren't too terrible. My favorite Rivera Family took us out to dinner. I miss it a lot but I really am plannning to come back and visist them all again.
Well.....I feel like this email is boring. Sorry I dont have any cool/funny stories. I will try harder next week. I dont have Hermana Birds emails anymore to make you all laugh. I love you!!!! Have a fabulous week!!
Love, Hermana Richards
OKOK.....I am now serving in Houston. It isn't the main downtown city but it is right next to it. The area is flooded with Hispanics. I see one white person for every 50 Hispanics. I AM in little mexico. HAHA!!! Everyone I talk to is Hispanic which is nice cause that means we have tons of people to teach. I like the area so far. It is all apartment complexes = consusion to find my way around. LOL! They are all different and have weird gates and stuff to get around. Let alone hte parking-to find a visitors spot that is open so we dont get towed. ALSO-yes I do have a car but still have my bike of course. Our area is small enugh that we can do it on bike. And cause I love my bike so much I have convinced my comp to use it about 4 times a week!( yes I know I sound like a crazy person.....I my bike. :)
My new companion is.....Jennifer Taff. She is from Longview, Washington. She is super cute and hilarious! She went to BYU Idaho before the mission and is a art ed major. I was sad cause I felt like I wouldnt get another cool comp cause I LOVED my last one. BUT she is tight. If I could have picked anyone to serve with(out of my choices) she was the one I wanted. LOL!! THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER!!! HAHA!! I really am lucking out.
We got 2 baptismal dates on Friday! YEAH!! Raul has aleady been to church 3 times and has a date for August 1st. I really think he will be ready but he wants a for sure answer from Heavenly Father. He loves reading the Book of Mormon so if he continues to do that and pray with real intent I know he will be ready. We are teaching Word of Wisdom tomorrow---pray that it goes well.
Our other date is a woman named Flor. We OYMed her(talked to her on the street) and taught her the 1st lesson(Restoration) and I extened a baptismal date for Aug 15th and she said "of course....what do I need to do to prepare for my baptism?" Then she referrred back to her baptism like 5 other times in the lesson.....like "when I get baptized"....realize that we had just meet this woman 10 minutes before and now all the sudden she was getting baptized. Missionary life is crazy!!!! Welcome to a sneak peek.....
Not too much else has happened. The mosquitos are eating my face off. I have to buy more repelant today. One that has like 600% DEET.
OH!!! Here is the addres to my apartment:
5401 Rampart st #349
Houston, TX 77081
Just send LETTERS here....I dont know it well enough to know if it is reliable with packages. I get mail every Friday from the office so send packaegs there....the Sugar Land one. SO no biggie.
Yes I am sweating my face off. Yes it is HOT!!! It is actually hotter in Houston cause we dont have the breeze of the ocean like in Galveston. Lame. I do miss Galveston. Lluvia(one of my favorite members) and Sandy(my investigator) totally got me the cutiest going away gifts. I guess there are pics on my facebook that she tagged me in.....I'm sure the ones where she silly stringed me are cute(NOT!) LOL!!! I seriously LOVE them!! the rest of my goodbyes last week weren't too terrible. My favorite Rivera Family took us out to dinner. I miss it a lot but I really am plannning to come back and visist them all again.
Well.....I feel like this email is boring. Sorry I dont have any cool/funny stories. I will try harder next week. I dont have Hermana Birds emails anymore to make you all laugh. I love you!!!! Have a fabulous week!!
Love, Hermana Richards
Kicked off the Island :( (July 13, 2010 Email)
Trust in the Lord.
I have been repeating those words in my mind for the last 48 hours. I found out on Sunday night that I am gettting transferred cause my companion will be training a new missionary(she is scared to death). SO that mean tomorrow I will be going to a new are awith a new companion. When she got eh call I immediately started crying. President Saylin knows me well and asked if "this Wed is going to be another funeral service"(when I left Mocity I cried the entire transfer meeting...this one will probably be similar. LOL. He did say that where I am going and who I am going with will make me smile....so we will see.
I spent all day yesterday packing. Then last night we went to an AWESOME noche de hogar. We had 3 families in the branch there. We went to hitchcock(a small town 15 min away) to have it at one of the members house there. We had a lesson then played this game called "papa caliente" which is basically hot potato. One person claps and then we pass teh ball around. once the noise stops, teh person who has the ball land on them has to pick something out of the secret bag( the bag is full of funny items to wear)....SO MUCH fun!!! Of course the two macho men get the dresses and the mumu thing. LOL!!! I took pics and will send them next week. All 20 of us looked ridiculous by the time the game was over. But super fun!!!
Well......The Fuentes family(part member family that we are teaching) gave us a ride to the noche de hogar. I hadent told them I was gettting transferred cause I didnt want to spoil the FHE. Os as we were getting out of hte car I gave Maria(the mom) a hug and told her. She then got histerical and started bawling. she was hugging me and kept saying "porque??!!!!" In the car is her 6 year old daughter crying screaming and telling me that she doesnt want me to go. Javier the 15 year old son then gives me a hug(freaked me out cause im not supposed to hug boys) needless to say it was the most dramatic goodbye ever!!!! Seriously!!! I was crying the whole family was bawling. I told her I could come back if Jaime and Javier get baptized, I would just need to find a ride. She said she would drive to canada to get me back!! :) I love these people.
It is going to be a hard couple of days. I dont deal with change well. But we will see. I have about 8 more goodbyes like that I have to do today. I am not excited to say goodbye to Mary Beth or my other Fav people here. :(
Almost every morning Hermana Bird and I take a walk to the sea wall and watch the sun rise. It is amazing. I am going to miss Galveston really bad. This is paradise island!!! the members are amazing!! I am so sad. Hermana Bird and I are best friends----we are the same person! But we are going to be friends after FOR SURE!!! she is so amazing nad I am so excited for her to train. We are only getting a new baby Hermana about every 3 transfers so I might never have to train and I am TOTALLY ok with that cause it is really hard.
I actually think I will miss my bike too. I have my own bike and I will take it with me till the end of my mission then leave it. I might use the bike randomly but nothing like everyday here in Galveston. :(
Part of Hermana Birds email:
"""""""""""Hermana Richards is the acting mother of the van (driving the vehicle, conducting a symphany while pushing the buttons to open and close the automatic sliding doors, etc.)...I was the acting co-mother (providing the fresh fruits and veggies to the hungry kids in the back)...the family van is awesome!!
So, I must tell you about how the fit for survival sometimes overtakes companion responsibilities to protect each other...
...outside in the 110 degrees..no clouds...pure sun...two chairs...only one in the shade...so the question begins...who is going to have to face the entire lesson in the blazing hot sun?...the one who tans easy? or the one that burns like a lobster?...Hermana Richards neglecting her already pink companion, runs to be the first in the shady chair...so what do I do you ask??? I sweat, sweat, sweat....as the sweat drips off my face, and down my neck I keep my trusty handkerchief at my side...dobbing and whipping when needed..aka the entire time. All that I can see from the corner of my eye is Hermana Richards...smiling...laughing...and totally content in her shady bliss....fanning herself lightly with a For Strength of Youth Pamphlet...so don't worry I left the lesson with a huge BURN!!! Got to love it!""""""""""""""""""
I love her and am going to miss including her stuff in my email.
So dont send anything anymore to the Galveston address...send it to :::: 4627 Austin PKWY Sugar Land, TX 77479..........until next week when I email you. REMEMBER email is now on Monday. So send them before Monday morning. :) :)
Well, I love you all SO much!! I really cant mean it more. When serving other people you learn to love them. even when you have nothing in common wiht Hispanics. Please keep me in your prayers these next fewe days and I will update you all next week on everything. I am praying for you and miss you!!! LOVES!!!
Hermana Richards
I have been repeating those words in my mind for the last 48 hours. I found out on Sunday night that I am gettting transferred cause my companion will be training a new missionary(she is scared to death). SO that mean tomorrow I will be going to a new are awith a new companion. When she got eh call I immediately started crying. President Saylin knows me well and asked if "this Wed is going to be another funeral service"(when I left Mocity I cried the entire transfer meeting...this one will probably be similar. LOL. He did say that where I am going and who I am going with will make me smile....so we will see.
I spent all day yesterday packing. Then last night we went to an AWESOME noche de hogar. We had 3 families in the branch there. We went to hitchcock(a small town 15 min away) to have it at one of the members house there. We had a lesson then played this game called "papa caliente" which is basically hot potato. One person claps and then we pass teh ball around. once the noise stops, teh person who has the ball land on them has to pick something out of the secret bag( the bag is full of funny items to wear)....SO MUCH fun!!! Of course the two macho men get the dresses and the mumu thing. LOL!!! I took pics and will send them next week. All 20 of us looked ridiculous by the time the game was over. But super fun!!!
Well......The Fuentes family(part member family that we are teaching) gave us a ride to the noche de hogar. I hadent told them I was gettting transferred cause I didnt want to spoil the FHE. Os as we were getting out of hte car I gave Maria(the mom) a hug and told her. She then got histerical and started bawling. she was hugging me and kept saying "porque??!!!!" In the car is her 6 year old daughter crying screaming and telling me that she doesnt want me to go. Javier the 15 year old son then gives me a hug(freaked me out cause im not supposed to hug boys) needless to say it was the most dramatic goodbye ever!!!! Seriously!!! I was crying the whole family was bawling. I told her I could come back if Jaime and Javier get baptized, I would just need to find a ride. She said she would drive to canada to get me back!! :) I love these people.
It is going to be a hard couple of days. I dont deal with change well. But we will see. I have about 8 more goodbyes like that I have to do today. I am not excited to say goodbye to Mary Beth or my other Fav people here. :(
Almost every morning Hermana Bird and I take a walk to the sea wall and watch the sun rise. It is amazing. I am going to miss Galveston really bad. This is paradise island!!! the members are amazing!! I am so sad. Hermana Bird and I are best friends----we are the same person! But we are going to be friends after FOR SURE!!! she is so amazing nad I am so excited for her to train. We are only getting a new baby Hermana about every 3 transfers so I might never have to train and I am TOTALLY ok with that cause it is really hard.
I actually think I will miss my bike too. I have my own bike and I will take it with me till the end of my mission then leave it. I might use the bike randomly but nothing like everyday here in Galveston. :(
Part of Hermana Birds email:
"""""""""""Hermana Richards is the acting mother of the van (driving the vehicle, conducting a symphany while pushing the buttons to open and close the automatic sliding doors, etc.)...I was the acting co-mother (providing the fresh fruits and veggies to the hungry kids in the back)...the family van is awesome!!
So, I must tell you about how the fit for survival sometimes overtakes companion responsibilities to protect each other...
...outside in the 110 degrees..no clouds...pure sun...two chairs...only one in the shade...so the question begins...who is going to have to face the entire lesson in the blazing hot sun?...the one who tans easy? or the one that burns like a lobster?...Hermana Richards neglecting her already pink companion, runs to be the first in the shady chair...so what do I do you ask??? I sweat, sweat, sweat....as the sweat drips off my face, and down my neck I keep my trusty handkerchief at my side...dobbing and whipping when needed..aka the entire time. All that I can see from the corner of my eye is Hermana Richards...smiling...laughing...and totally content in her shady bliss....fanning herself lightly with a For Strength of Youth Pamphlet...so don't worry I left the lesson with a huge BURN!!! Got to love it!""""""""""""""""""
I love her and am going to miss including her stuff in my email.
So dont send anything anymore to the Galveston address...send it to :::: 4627 Austin PKWY Sugar Land, TX 77479..........until next week when I email you. REMEMBER email is now on Monday. So send them before Monday morning. :) :)
Well, I love you all SO much!! I really cant mean it more. When serving other people you learn to love them. even when you have nothing in common wiht Hispanics. Please keep me in your prayers these next fewe days and I will update you all next week on everything. I am praying for you and miss you!!! LOVES!!!
Hermana Richards
Rain Rain Go Away! (July 6, 2010 Email)
The computer is kicking me off early for some reason so I am just sending Hermana Birds email to you.....SORRY!!!! I am so sad!!
My week was good!! 4th of July fireworks rocked!! I have been soaking wet all weeek but its all good. We got huge effects from Hurricane Alex. So much rain!!!
Jess-thanks for the letter and jolly ranchers...LOVED IT
Dad---thanks for the gift card. I loved the pictures :)
Transfers are next week. I will let you all know next Tuesday if I am going....I think I am :( I will be crushed if I leave, seriously.
"""""""""Things are AMAZING here in Galveston. I cannot tell you how many things have started happening here! We have been teaching the husband (Jaime) and son (Miguel) of a less active member (Maria Fuentes) and now all of them are coming to church every week. Jaime will have to give up smoking and drinking and thus hasn't been too excited about the church and when he lost his job last week he is devoted to getting back into church things! Even though it's super sad, sometimes people need a little hardship to remember our Heavenly Father (Heleman 12). So now they are on the fast track to baptism...Miguel is a little more ready than Jaime but the gospel is really bringing them together....LOVE IT! We also have an amazing investigator Sandy who's best friend is an awesome member of the church and she is really progressing....just feels like she needs a stronger testimony...but we are on it! Well...the Lord is, haha.
We got DUMPED ON this week. Four days straight we had to come in and change because the rain water seaped through our rain coats...thank you hurricaine alex! But I feel like all the moisture is probably good for my skin...who knows...
Funny story::
So I(hermana bird) have gotten into the bad habit of drinking soda...I blame it on the hispanic culture...haha...but there is a woman (Maria) that we visit that collects cans and then trades them in for money...so really i'm just drinking soda for a good cause right? Well, the day soon came when Maria was going to trade in the cans so I was told to bring all my cans that I collected to our appointment...aka a HUGE white trash bag full to the brim! So I tie the huge bag to the back of my backpack and take off biking the 30 blocks to her appartment. The bag bangs against my bike and back the whole way making this tinkling sound...hermana is behind me laughing at me saying I look like a homeless person the entire way...passer-byers are staring and laughing...alltogether it was a huge scene...but don't you worry...the cans got to her all in one piece...and she was SUPER grateful....but it was so funny.....I feel like you have to be really secure in yourself to go around making a fool of yourself everyday...but all for a good cause!
So the 4th of July was AWESOME! We just went out talking to people who were getting ready for their barbaques or going to watch fireworks. Then when we came home around 9 we got to watch the fireworks out on the back porch. It was just sweet to just kinda watch them out across the swampy/lake thing in the back. It's not really a huge hispanic holiday...so no parties or anything but it was just kinda small and beautiful all in it's own special way. Just me and my compy(hermana Richards) ...
So that's Galveston! "Tansfers are next week...wierd..." says Hermana Richards who is faithfully sitting by my side....watching me so that I don't go look at my facebook...like everyone is doing around us...you would be surprised what people do on a LIBRARY, PUBLIC computer...wierd...some days I am just so thankful I am a missionary and stuck in my own little purity bubble."""""""""""""""""
LOVES!
Hermana Richards
My week was good!! 4th of July fireworks rocked!! I have been soaking wet all weeek but its all good. We got huge effects from Hurricane Alex. So much rain!!!
Jess-thanks for the letter and jolly ranchers...LOVED IT
Dad---thanks for the gift card. I loved the pictures :)
Transfers are next week. I will let you all know next Tuesday if I am going....I think I am :( I will be crushed if I leave, seriously.
"""""""""Things are AMAZING here in Galveston. I cannot tell you how many things have started happening here! We have been teaching the husband (Jaime) and son (Miguel) of a less active member (Maria Fuentes) and now all of them are coming to church every week. Jaime will have to give up smoking and drinking and thus hasn't been too excited about the church and when he lost his job last week he is devoted to getting back into church things! Even though it's super sad, sometimes people need a little hardship to remember our Heavenly Father (Heleman 12). So now they are on the fast track to baptism...Miguel is a little more ready than Jaime but the gospel is really bringing them together....LOVE IT! We also have an amazing investigator Sandy who's best friend is an awesome member of the church and she is really progressing....just feels like she needs a stronger testimony...but we are on it! Well...the Lord is, haha.
We got DUMPED ON this week. Four days straight we had to come in and change because the rain water seaped through our rain coats...thank you hurricaine alex! But I feel like all the moisture is probably good for my skin...who knows...
Funny story::
So I(hermana bird) have gotten into the bad habit of drinking soda...I blame it on the hispanic culture...haha...but there is a woman (Maria) that we visit that collects cans and then trades them in for money...so really i'm just drinking soda for a good cause right? Well, the day soon came when Maria was going to trade in the cans so I was told to bring all my cans that I collected to our appointment...aka a HUGE white trash bag full to the brim! So I tie the huge bag to the back of my backpack and take off biking the 30 blocks to her appartment. The bag bangs against my bike and back the whole way making this tinkling sound...hermana is behind me laughing at me saying I look like a homeless person the entire way...passer-byers are staring and laughing...alltogether it was a huge scene...but don't you worry...the cans got to her all in one piece...and she was SUPER grateful....but it was so funny.....I feel like you have to be really secure in yourself to go around making a fool of yourself everyday...but all for a good cause!
So the 4th of July was AWESOME! We just went out talking to people who were getting ready for their barbaques or going to watch fireworks. Then when we came home around 9 we got to watch the fireworks out on the back porch. It was just sweet to just kinda watch them out across the swampy/lake thing in the back. It's not really a huge hispanic holiday...so no parties or anything but it was just kinda small and beautiful all in it's own special way. Just me and my compy(hermana Richards) ...
So that's Galveston! "Tansfers are next week...wierd..." says Hermana Richards who is faithfully sitting by my side....watching me so that I don't go look at my facebook...like everyone is doing around us...you would be surprised what people do on a LIBRARY, PUBLIC computer...wierd...some days I am just so thankful I am a missionary and stuck in my own little purity bubble."""""""""""""""""
LOVES!
Hermana Richards
Happy 4th of July! (June 29, 2010 Email)
"Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of Heaven"
I dont know if I already did this quote but it is one of my favorites. One of my good friends here Ivan is leaving on his mission Monday and he always quotes this. As he bore testimony Sunday at church I was reminded of this and how we really can be blessed when we are willing to give of ourselves and serve. This is not my mission but it is the Lords. Sometimes I lose sight of that. Everything I have is given to me from Heavenly Father. I need to be willing to put more on the altar and serve Him at all costs. Because that is when I will have blessings poured down on me and that is when I will be refined into a more Christlike person.
Mary Beth got baptized!!! It was truly an amazing day. The spirit was so strong at her baptism. Everything for the most part ran smoothly. I sent some pics yesterday. I love her!!! Funny story though: When we were filling up the font the elders told us there is a small leak so fill it up FULL. So we did. We filled it up to the top. We get to the point to baptize her and we open the curtains to see that the water is only knee deep. :( So Bishop(the one baptizing her) gets in the water and baptizes her...except she didnt go under all the way....Oh no!! 3 trys later she gets it. Only after bascially laying down on the bottom of the font floor could we get her completely in. Oh my life?! but other than that everything worked out!
My 3 songs this week turned out good. Heavenly Father really blessed me even though I was super nervous!
After we left Zone Conference all 6 of us missionaries got in the family van and we all starving! Well it takes like 2 hours to get back to Galveston so we stopped for food at sonic. imagine this: Me front set taking order from everyone and telling the lady on the intercom....I felt like a mom. HAHA!!!! I love the family van.....and at times the elders do seem like little kids. ;)
Everyone at zone conference saw my brown hair and freaked out. Everyone loves it!!
I have no time left but have so much more to write....
I am planning the zone activity this next Monday. Its going to be outside water games 4th of july activity....including a watermelon eating contest, 3 legged race, and water kickball....Its going to be a blast!!!
EXCEPT::::: We might have a hurricane coming our way these next few days. WE have been advised to have our 72 hours kits ready and to keep the gas tank on full. DONT WORRY!! President will keep us safe. We might be evacuated for a few days. We will see. Watch the weather channel. Hurricane alex might be on its way!!
I love you!! Write me letters ;)))) hint hint
Love---Hermana Richards
I dont know if I already did this quote but it is one of my favorites. One of my good friends here Ivan is leaving on his mission Monday and he always quotes this. As he bore testimony Sunday at church I was reminded of this and how we really can be blessed when we are willing to give of ourselves and serve. This is not my mission but it is the Lords. Sometimes I lose sight of that. Everything I have is given to me from Heavenly Father. I need to be willing to put more on the altar and serve Him at all costs. Because that is when I will have blessings poured down on me and that is when I will be refined into a more Christlike person.
Mary Beth got baptized!!! It was truly an amazing day. The spirit was so strong at her baptism. Everything for the most part ran smoothly. I sent some pics yesterday. I love her!!! Funny story though: When we were filling up the font the elders told us there is a small leak so fill it up FULL. So we did. We filled it up to the top. We get to the point to baptize her and we open the curtains to see that the water is only knee deep. :( So Bishop(the one baptizing her) gets in the water and baptizes her...except she didnt go under all the way....Oh no!! 3 trys later she gets it. Only after bascially laying down on the bottom of the font floor could we get her completely in. Oh my life?! but other than that everything worked out!
My 3 songs this week turned out good. Heavenly Father really blessed me even though I was super nervous!
After we left Zone Conference all 6 of us missionaries got in the family van and we all starving! Well it takes like 2 hours to get back to Galveston so we stopped for food at sonic. imagine this: Me front set taking order from everyone and telling the lady on the intercom....I felt like a mom. HAHA!!!! I love the family van.....and at times the elders do seem like little kids. ;)
Everyone at zone conference saw my brown hair and freaked out. Everyone loves it!!
I have no time left but have so much more to write....
I am planning the zone activity this next Monday. Its going to be outside water games 4th of july activity....including a watermelon eating contest, 3 legged race, and water kickball....Its going to be a blast!!!
EXCEPT::::: We might have a hurricane coming our way these next few days. WE have been advised to have our 72 hours kits ready and to keep the gas tank on full. DONT WORRY!! President will keep us safe. We might be evacuated for a few days. We will see. Watch the weather channel. Hurricane alex might be on its way!!
I love you!! Write me letters ;)))) hint hint
Love---Hermana Richards
Mary Beth is Getting Baptized!! (June 22, 2010 Email)
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning to dance in the rain."
One of my all time favorite quotes! It reminds me of Maygen for some reason. I think she had this quote in her room. I went to Mary Beths(the one in the picture text) last Tuesday after emailing and she had this quote sitting on a decortive plate on her counter. Reminded me to be positive and have faith. Faith that things are in God's hands and I can always push forward and look for hte bright side.
MARY BETH----ok so Mary Beth is the one whose husband died about a month ago. We began teaching her and she was SO ready for the gospel. She comes to church so often that the members thought she was already a member. We went to her house for a lesson on Tuesday because we haden't been able to contact her for about 2 weeks! We thought we had lost her. I thought she had gone into a depression because of her husbands death. The lesson we had on Tuesday went SO well! WE were just talking and finally she just said "I just want to get baptized and I want it to be soon....like next week" I in shock said "OH.....we can DEFINITELY make that happen". So needless to say we have been over at Mary Beths house almost everyday to teach her all the lessons so she can get baptized on Saturday. Mary Beth is amazing! I wish you all could know her. She is like my mom here. she takes care of me and my comp. She already has all these plan for when I come back to Galveston after my mission to visit her. We are going to swimming and to the beach. She even has her guest room ready for me. She lives on the 10th floor beach side view. I almost cry everytime I have to get in the glass elevator(scared ogf heights) LOL! I LOVE her! I am going to take like 1,000 pictures on Sat. and I am going to send mom a CD with pics. I am SO excited!
I am singing 3 times this weekend. First, zone conference I am singing this EFY song called "fearless heart" then I am singing an EFY version of "abide with me tis eventide" for Mary Beth's baptism. Then I am singing a version of "I feel my saviors love" for a fireside on Sunday. Please pray that it will all go well!!
We had an amazing time at Rainforest cafe last Tuesday!!!! Pictures to come!!
We went to NASA Space Center yesterday for a district activity. A lady in the branch had free tickets so we went with 3 other youth my age. SO FUN!!! I took some awesome pics there too!!! Aren't you all so excited for pictures next week??? LOL!!! I even go to see the old command center where they did Apollo 13 and stuff...."Houston....we have a problem..." HAHAH!!
I have gotten a slow leak in my bike for the last 4 days. I had to replace the tube each time!! I think I have to take my bike to a bike shop....a man in the branch owns a tire shop(for cars) maybe he can see whats wrong. Who knows?!
So you all saw I colored my hair brown. I was SO scared at first but now I like it!! Everybody here loves it too!!! LOL THANKS AMANDA!!
Well, I gotta run! Have an amazing week!! I love you!!
SARAH
One of my all time favorite quotes! It reminds me of Maygen for some reason. I think she had this quote in her room. I went to Mary Beths(the one in the picture text) last Tuesday after emailing and she had this quote sitting on a decortive plate on her counter. Reminded me to be positive and have faith. Faith that things are in God's hands and I can always push forward and look for hte bright side.
MARY BETH----ok so Mary Beth is the one whose husband died about a month ago. We began teaching her and she was SO ready for the gospel. She comes to church so often that the members thought she was already a member. We went to her house for a lesson on Tuesday because we haden't been able to contact her for about 2 weeks! We thought we had lost her. I thought she had gone into a depression because of her husbands death. The lesson we had on Tuesday went SO well! WE were just talking and finally she just said "I just want to get baptized and I want it to be soon....like next week" I in shock said "OH.....we can DEFINITELY make that happen". So needless to say we have been over at Mary Beths house almost everyday to teach her all the lessons so she can get baptized on Saturday. Mary Beth is amazing! I wish you all could know her. She is like my mom here. she takes care of me and my comp. She already has all these plan for when I come back to Galveston after my mission to visit her. We are going to swimming and to the beach. She even has her guest room ready for me. She lives on the 10th floor beach side view. I almost cry everytime I have to get in the glass elevator(scared ogf heights) LOL! I LOVE her! I am going to take like 1,000 pictures on Sat. and I am going to send mom a CD with pics. I am SO excited!
I am singing 3 times this weekend. First, zone conference I am singing this EFY song called "fearless heart" then I am singing an EFY version of "abide with me tis eventide" for Mary Beth's baptism. Then I am singing a version of "I feel my saviors love" for a fireside on Sunday. Please pray that it will all go well!!
We had an amazing time at Rainforest cafe last Tuesday!!!! Pictures to come!!
We went to NASA Space Center yesterday for a district activity. A lady in the branch had free tickets so we went with 3 other youth my age. SO FUN!!! I took some awesome pics there too!!! Aren't you all so excited for pictures next week??? LOL!!! I even go to see the old command center where they did Apollo 13 and stuff...."Houston....we have a problem..." HAHAH!!
I have gotten a slow leak in my bike for the last 4 days. I had to replace the tube each time!! I think I have to take my bike to a bike shop....a man in the branch owns a tire shop(for cars) maybe he can see whats wrong. Who knows?!
So you all saw I colored my hair brown. I was SO scared at first but now I like it!! Everybody here loves it too!!! LOL THANKS AMANDA!!
Well, I gotta run! Have an amazing week!! I love you!!
SARAH
Sick Anyone??? (June 15, 2010 Email)
"All that we have comes from God...In and of ourselves we are but a lifeless lump of clay. Life, intelligence, wisdom, judgement, power to reason, all are gifts from God to the children of men. He gives us our physical strength as well as our mental powers...We should honor God with our intelligence, with our strength, with our understanding, with our wisdom, and with all the power that we possess. We should seek to do good in the world. This is our duty."
-President Joseph F. Smith
We each have a duty to God here on the earth. Before this life we knew we were coming here to receive bodies and to be tested. But because of the veil we have lost all that knowledge and now need to have faith. Faith in his plan for us. The things we do here in this life determine where we go in the next. There are certain saving ordinances we need to perform. First is baptism. We must always remain worthy for the blessings of Heavenly Father and we qualify for those by keeping His commandments. I have gained a huge testimony on the importance of being obedient and doing exactly what Heavenly Father has asked of me to do. Everything we have and will ever have is from God. Let us be more thankful by showing it, by keeping His commandmets. "If ye love me keep my commandments" John 14:15
Another week in Galveston!! Hermana Bird and I were able to reach our goals of lessons and OYMs(people we talk to daily). It was a great week.
One cute old man in the ward saw me and my comp and Wal-mart talking to people outside. Well, he surprises us and bought me a hand held fan cause I always talk about how sweaty and hot I am. SO NICE!!! SO in church on Sunday the A/C was barely working so everyone was dying of heat. Well, I thought for a good solid 5 minutes with myself if I should just turn my fan on during Sunday school. HAHAH!!! I was so tempted. I look over to see my companion using one of the pamhlets to fan herself. We then started passing out pamphlets for everyone to use to fan themsleves. I'm sure the room looked like a bunch of crazy people. LOL!! We got good use out of those pamphlets that day!!
Saturday-- We had a dinner appt with Hermana Perez(LOVE HER!) We get there and we eat mole(chicken with mole sauce stuff) and a ton of rice and tortillas. Well, I barely finish it when seh says that when seh went ot he store to decided what ot fed us she couldnt decide so she made 2 dinners. SO then I have to eat these enchilada things....We left and I thought I was going to puke!! SO FULL!!! But wait---------we go to an investigators house and walk in and she is making fajitas! You have to realize that these people dont have much money. So them feeding you is a big deal and you eat and eat all of it no matter what!! So I then had to eat again. I ate 3 huge meals/feasts!!! We both felt SO sick!! BUT WAIT...dont you worry me nad my comp woke up in the middle of hte night with food poisoning....we were sick all of Sunday!! Who's food made us sick??? Who knows. one of the 3 dinners we ate that night.
I got a letter from a less active family from Missouri City...so cute. She wrote telling me how much she missed me nad how she wanted me back. She doesnt like the current Hermanas! dont you worry I wrote her back a huge letter wiht pics and all. LOVE HER!!
We are going to Rainforest cafe tongiht with an investigator and her best friend (who happens to be a member---YEAH!!) I am super excited!!
Well, I gotta run!!! I love all of you!! Talk to you next week :)
Hermana Richards
-President Joseph F. Smith
We each have a duty to God here on the earth. Before this life we knew we were coming here to receive bodies and to be tested. But because of the veil we have lost all that knowledge and now need to have faith. Faith in his plan for us. The things we do here in this life determine where we go in the next. There are certain saving ordinances we need to perform. First is baptism. We must always remain worthy for the blessings of Heavenly Father and we qualify for those by keeping His commandments. I have gained a huge testimony on the importance of being obedient and doing exactly what Heavenly Father has asked of me to do. Everything we have and will ever have is from God. Let us be more thankful by showing it, by keeping His commandmets. "If ye love me keep my commandments" John 14:15
Another week in Galveston!! Hermana Bird and I were able to reach our goals of lessons and OYMs(people we talk to daily). It was a great week.
One cute old man in the ward saw me and my comp and Wal-mart talking to people outside. Well, he surprises us and bought me a hand held fan cause I always talk about how sweaty and hot I am. SO NICE!!! SO in church on Sunday the A/C was barely working so everyone was dying of heat. Well, I thought for a good solid 5 minutes with myself if I should just turn my fan on during Sunday school. HAHAH!!! I was so tempted. I look over to see my companion using one of the pamhlets to fan herself. We then started passing out pamphlets for everyone to use to fan themsleves. I'm sure the room looked like a bunch of crazy people. LOL!! We got good use out of those pamphlets that day!!
Saturday-- We had a dinner appt with Hermana Perez(LOVE HER!) We get there and we eat mole(chicken with mole sauce stuff) and a ton of rice and tortillas. Well, I barely finish it when seh says that when seh went ot he store to decided what ot fed us she couldnt decide so she made 2 dinners. SO then I have to eat these enchilada things....We left and I thought I was going to puke!! SO FULL!!! But wait---------we go to an investigators house and walk in and she is making fajitas! You have to realize that these people dont have much money. So them feeding you is a big deal and you eat and eat all of it no matter what!! So I then had to eat again. I ate 3 huge meals/feasts!!! We both felt SO sick!! BUT WAIT...dont you worry me nad my comp woke up in the middle of hte night with food poisoning....we were sick all of Sunday!! Who's food made us sick??? Who knows. one of the 3 dinners we ate that night.
I got a letter from a less active family from Missouri City...so cute. She wrote telling me how much she missed me nad how she wanted me back. She doesnt like the current Hermanas! dont you worry I wrote her back a huge letter wiht pics and all. LOVE HER!!
We are going to Rainforest cafe tongiht with an investigator and her best friend (who happens to be a member---YEAH!!) I am super excited!!
Well, I gotta run!!! I love all of you!! Talk to you next week :)
Hermana Richards
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