Wednesday, November 27, 2013
its MESA VERDE!
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
(112) Pictures first today, just in case I run out of time...
So yeah I had a BUNCH of emails today and am running out of time, so I am going to send all the pictures that I need to and then email after, if
I have time, if not I'll write a fatty letter today, and I'll have the
time to do it cuz WE'RE GOING TO MESA VERDE TODAY!!! Dreams are coming
true in like 4 hours! hahaha I can't wait to tell you all about it! but
first pictures!! Also before I forget, please tell the Landgraves thank
you for emailing me and that I really appreciated it a lot. I just don't
have the time to email them back now!!
Ok so yeah I definitely do not have time to send an email today but I loved all of your guys emails and all the pictures that you sent! They are the best! I love you guys so much and will be writing you a letter in a couple hours on my way to Mesa Verde!!! AHHHH!
Ok so yeah I definitely do not have time to send an email today but I loved all of your guys emails and all the pictures that you sent! They are the best! I love you guys so much and will be writing you a letter in a couple hours on my way to Mesa Verde!!! AHHHH!
(112) PICS!!!
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
November 6, 2013
"Sister Rice's nametag, her mission calling is in Brazil, but she's here in the Farmington Mission til she goes to Brazil, because Heavenly Father knew I needed her in my life before she goes to Brazil :)"
(105) hey y'all! :]
So I should have enough time for this, we're emailing in Farmington
today at the Library, and apparently if there are too many people here
wanting to use the computers they kick you off after half an hour no
matter what, which uh needless to say is stressful. But I have 16 mins
left so hopefully it will all be good. But I might not get pictures in
today... We'll see.
Anyways... I LOVED you package! I got it last Tuesday! It was super
lame, but it was perfect and I loved it so much! The cardinals chap
stick was perfect! I gave one to Tiarra cuz she was keeping me updated
on the games and rooting for the red sox and I knew she would love it
hahah I'm a little disappointed with our cards... hhaha and I totally
knew that you had talked to Lincoln when I saw the subway giftcard! =]
thank you so much! And I have a confession.... I totally told Lincoln
what you said about him marrying Abby! Well, I mean I told everyone, not
just Lincoln, but it's just so funny cuz almost every missionary here
in Kirtland has told him he needs to marry one of their siblings or
cousins and it was just hilarious. He says he'll have to go tanning
everyday to keep up with our darkness... hahaha But yeah, thank you so
much for the package, it was wonderful! Oh and I love the pens that you
sent! So cute!
But yeah, Halloween was
pretty fun. Or well, the day before Halloween was. They had their stake
Trunk or Treat that day and we went and passed out candy and it was a
lot of fun! I have pictures to send you guys! IT WAS SO COLD! But we
survived. And then Halloween we had to be in by 8 and we ended up going
to this family history training for like two hours before that, which
was super interesting but, a lame way to spend halloween, especially
compared to what we usually do with the elders and stuff, but it was
good. Oh and speaking of family history, I realized on Family Search I
have some names that I reserved like 500 years ago, 2007, and never did
anything with... I don't know if you want to get onto my account and try
to see if you guys could go do their work or not, but I felt bad when I
realized they had just been sitting there since 2007... Idunno... I
guess if you could just get on and look at it that'd be cool. thanks! =]
Oh and then on Sunday we
had this really awesome lesson on Family History. Our Bishop, Bishop
Huffman, was asked to teach pretty much everybody in the ward this
lesson about FamHist and it was recorded and apparently is being sent to
Elder Tad McCalister! (I have no idea how to spell his name...
whatever...) So that was pretty cool. Everybody from 12 and up was
packed into the Relief Society room and there were cameras and
microphones and guess who was on the front row... that's right. ME.
hahaha That was a little intimidating but it was really cool. And they
passed out these really neat new famhist pamphlets, I don't know if
you've seen them, but I'm prob gonna send mine home and you can look at
it then. I'm planning on probably sending a package home before I leave
for Brasil, of all the stuff I don't want to take down there.... It's not
much but it's added weight.
But um anyways, this week
wasn't very eventful... nothing really happened... Oh! I realized that
that little Taco Bell dog from those commercials all those years ago was
always saying 'I want Taco Bell" in spanish in the commercials! "Yo
quiero Taco Bell" !!! Who knew!?! Not me. hahahah Sister Toyn said it
the other day and I finally realized what he was saying, cuz it's so
similar to portugues. Who knew learning portugues would be so
beneficial?? hahah
Oh and we might be going
to Mesa Verde next week!!!!! I AM BEYOND EXCITED. Lincoln might be
taking us! So look out for pics of all my wildest 3rd grade dreams
coming true soon! =]
But yeah that's pretty much it... Um one shout out... Rachy Rach I have
no idea if you read these or not but if you do could you send me your
address so I can write you?? =] OH! and also! If I get any Thor 2
spoilers from any of you at anytime I am going to be very unhappy and it
will not be good for that person in 14 and a half months when I get off
and come and kill you.... =] hahah oh and speaking of Thor, Elder
Sutherland is going home this week right???! Tell him I say hi when you
talk to him and that I hope he enjoys the movie and that I am super
jelly!
LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! Talk to y'all next week! Write me! Seriously, no one writes me! Get it together y'all! =]
-Sister Rice
PICS (Oct 28, 2013)
(98) APPARENTLY I HAVE MY VISA!
Was
not expecting that at all!! This is so crazy! But before I get into all
that I'm gonna answer your questions momma so I wont forget. =] Yes, I
got the letter about ethan, I thought I had talked about it last week
but apparently I forgot..., but all I really have to say is he would.
that so totally would happen to him. seriously. hahah no but that's so
crazy!! Also, yes I did buy a jacket, or more actually a coat... which
is funny cuz i totally joked about how as soon as I bought it I was
going to get my visa and be shipped off to a brazilian summer... let
this be a lesson. don't ever joke about such things... hahaha And yes I
do still have a bunch of cash for traveling. So we should be good on
that. =]
But on to the awesome
stuff! This past week has kind of been super crazy... It started with me
almost getting bit by a pitbull while tracking... that was pretty
traumatic. haha We were just minding our own business and all of a
sudden this crazy pitbull comes out of no where and Sister Toyn starts
screaming and taking off for the next house (all the houses here have
fences around their yards aka safety haha) and I'm just kind of like
what on earth is even happening and the next thing I know this dog is
all up on me, snapping and growling not even a foot away from my legs...
I honestly thought I was a goner... or at least that my leg was going
to be... but um after the longest 4 seconds of my life it just turned
around and ran off and I managed to get inside the gate and get my
hands on some rocks... which are now nestled nicely inside my bag
forever/until I need to bust some doggie caps with them. =] haha so
yeah, that was pretty exciting.
Let's see... what else... oh! Abby! So Monday night
this family took us out to eat at one of the few eating establishments
in Kirtland (there's like 4, two of those being Kentucky Fried Chicken
and DQ... you can imagine my indigestion... hahaha) called Country
Family Diner, and let me tell you something Abby, I fully 100% expected
Sam and Dean to walk through the front door the whole time. Seriously.
It was like we had walked into one of the sets. All I could think was
that Dean would've loved this place. hahah They had the best
green chile bacon cheeseburger I have ever epxerienced in my life and
they sold whole pies. Whole Pies! Apple, Cherry, and Pecan! hahahaha I
just thought that you would appreciate that. =] so funny.
Anyways and so then
Wednesday was the weirdest day of the mission so far which ended in us
spending the night in bloomfield and I don't really have time to get
into it now, I'll probably write you about it later today, but it was
weird and slightly terrifying but don't worry everything is a ok. =]
And then Thursday morning
is when Lincoln called me to tell me about my visa..!!! I can't even
believe it! Sister Pielstick says that I am probably going to finish out
this transfer here so that I can finish up 12week before going down,
and cuz that's how President likes to do it, that is if the travel
office doesn't get all excited and just send me sooner, which they have a
tendency to do... I'm fine with either situation really, and of course
y'all will know the second I know. =] I just can't even really believe
that it's all done!! It's so crazy!! I'm gonna miss everyone here so
much! I love them all so much! But I am so grateful that I was given the
opportunity to get to know them all and have them in my life and we are
so coming back here as soon as I get off, k?? =]
We also went down to Gallup on Friday
for the weekend for exchanges. That was fun. I love roadtrips! Even
though it was only like 2 hours, but it reminded me of driving out to
Utah and I love that so yeah it was fun. We met some really awesome
people that the Sisters down there were teaching and we tracted into a
bunch of awesome people. Gallup is so much bigger than Kirtland and it
was cool to get to see a different part of the mission. We tracted into
this one girl named Becky who just let us in no problem and we ended up
having the first lesson with her and she told us how we had perfect
timing cuz she had been having a really hard day with missing her family
and was feeling really down and she said we were exactly what she had
needed and that was just a really cool experience. That doesn't happen
very much up here in Kirtland.
Hahahaha oh and guess who
gave a talk in Sacrament Meeting yesterday?? Yeah, me. It was horrible.
hahah That hasn't changed much. Still a nervous wreck. BUT I totally
didn't even write everything out word for word like I always have to... I
just kind of had it all outlined, so that was awesome. It was on
Family Home Evening as a missionary tool. hahahah coincidence(I have
no idea how to spell that word... don't judge me.), I don't think so. =]
Well, I love you guys all
so much. And yeah you can forward this to whoever you want momma, . As long as it keeps getting up on the blog. =] I'm
probably gonna write you guys a letter later today if I don't fall
asleep. hahaha love you guys so much!
-Sister Rice
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