SO! Here I am in New
Mexico! It's so crazy! The flight last Monday went really well, just two
short, one hour flights into Durango, Colorado and then a 45ish minute
drive into Farmington to the Mission Home. President and Sister Batt are
so amazing! I love them! They fed us lunch when we got there and then
gave us all pillows and told us to pick a spot and nap! It was so
fantastic! There were missionaries everywhere just passed out! hahah I
got up at one point to go to the bathroom and found the hallway leading
to it completely blocked by a sea of snoring elders, completely out and
dead to the world! hahah But yeah it was so nice to get to nap,
especially since we had been up since like 3 in the morning.
Well... except for one
thing... I was kind of sick the whole time... It was so horrible. I felt
like such a loser, the new missionary sick and puking (yes, puking, i
know, what the heck??!) on her first day...( yeah yeah yeah laugh it up)
but Sister Batt was so nice and took really good care of me so stop
worrying mom. Everybody all went to a testimony meeting that night and
Sister Batt brought along a pillow and blanket and had me sleep in the
back of the room... so I totally selpt through my first official mishh
testimony meeting... lame, I kow, but I am so not ashamed... I felt so
bad... hahaha
I also kinda slept
throught most of my first full day in the mishh too... Which was totally
lame and upsetting but my new companions were so great about it and
took good care of me! Yup, that's right, I said companions! I'm in a
trio! My new comapnions are Sister Cozzens and Sister Toyn. Both have
been out for six months and Sister Cozzens is actually a Visa
Waiter too!! AND her mission is the same as mine! Brazil Sao Paulo Sul!!
We are both so excited about it! But seriously I am so loving havning
both of them as my companions, it's so much fun!
For example. Funny stopry.
So both of them watched Glee before coming out on the mishh (I know
right?? blahhh) but neither of them knew that that one guy, Finn/Cory
Monteith, or whatever his name is, had died... So I told them and they
totally freaked out and were really sad but now we totally talk about
him all the time. Sister Cozzens and I actually somehow managed to
convince Sister Toyn that he
actually died of a hot dog overdose at a hot dog eating contest... as in
like eating himself to death with hotdogs... and she straight up
believed us for like a solid 20 minutes!!! It was so funny! We were
dying over that for so long!
Sso I'm with both
of them in this little town called Kirtland, New Mexico. It's about 20
mins outside of Farmington. It's pretty cool. I mean it's really brown
and really new mexico but cool. We're in the Kirtland 1st Ward (there
are 5! in this little town! it's crazy! and all of them have a set of
missionaries, it's so awesome!) But we have the smallest area in
the history of the world... I'm pretty sure at it's widest it's maybe
a mile... it basically just consists of only 4 main roads... It could
easily be a walking or bike area but we get to drive around in a little
truck... I have no idea what kind of truck it is, but it's pretty cool
and I love it.
This past week has been amazing! Even with the being
sick the first couple of days. We've been teaching this 15 year
old girl Tiarra who is on date for baptism Sept. 14th, who is just the most
amazing person I have ever met. And we're also teaching her Aunt Stacie
and her daughters. They are such an amazing family and we all love them
so much!!
Let's see what are some other things that we did this week...
Oh! We worked in a greenhouse! The Kirtland 1st Ward Relief Society Pres
and her husband own a bunch of them and we went over and did service for
them helping them pinch flowers and stuff so that was pretty fun. We
also taught mutual and relief society this past week, both about
missionary work. That was pretty cool/nervewracking...
Sorry I didn't get to
email yesterday... the college that we email at was closed for memorial
day... but it was so awesome to get to read all your emails today! It
was great hearing about all your escapades with Shane this past week, it
sounds like it was a lot of fun! The pansy still hasn't written me
yet... and EMILEE PUGH! IF YOU ARE READING THIS I NEED YOU TO TELL ME
WHERE YOU ARE GOING ON YOUR MISHH RIGHT NOW!!! I NEED TO KNOW!! AND
MADISON DENNIS AND MIRANDA MCMAHON! WHERE ARE YOU?!?! I REALIZE YOU ARE
STARTING SCHOOL AND ALL THAT JAZZ BUT I NEED YOU TO EMAIL ME RIGHT
NOW/WRITE ME SOME LETTERS STAT!.
love all you guys so much! Can't wait to talk to you again next week!!!
-Sister Rice
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