Monday, October 26, 2015

October 26, 2015


I still have an hour so I can reply.. Homecoming sounds like it went like always. That's always such an interesting week. I'm glad the boys won their game. 🏈💥🎆😄 I'm also glad for Chelsey. Is working for elementary school  fun? I hope natty feels better soon too. This week was really good. We visited a couple of awesome people. Bobby decided not to get baptised on his date and a couple of concerns came up about the interview questions we weren't expecting. So we're still meeting with him, but he's not ready to be baptised yet.
We also met with Diana this week and that was really cool, she has almost nothing and she is taking care of two kids both under 2 and she doesn't speak a whole lot of English. She's Italian and her husband is a member and he's trying to find a job al day so she's home alone. We didn't really teach her anything but she was really happy about our visit any ways. Maybe it's because we showed up with cookies again. And we also met Omar this week and that was unexpected. But we taught him the first half of the restoration and we're still not sure if he's super interested but he told us how he had overcome his gambling addiction and that was really cool.
We also met bash and we had a less active referral that was super cool. Her name is becky and she just had a baby girl about three weeks ago. So we're going back there next week to actually teach something. But we haven't had a lot of new potential investigators lately but still busy. Sister Lee is still great and I swear she's trying to make me fat agains benson's wishes. She always asks me if I want some and then makes me twice as much! And after I've made myself something too. We also biked this week one day, and that almost killed me that night. It was terrible, but I have a different bike now but it's a guys bike so we'll see how that works.
Halloween is not such a big thing here but it still happens. I still think that the kids go trick or treating because we still have to turn in early. We carved pumpkins for p day today and that was fun. I'll send you some pictures of that.
Its okay as long as you still email me. And I can read it all through the week, I just can't reply until Monday, and if you could send me some popcorn, just the microwave kind, I would really appreciate it because it's my addiction. 😊 I love that stuff. And I found my tights! They were in my rainboots I didn't even think to look there for them until I tried to stick my foot in one boot. And I found my missing picture of dad and me. 😄 that made me really happy. But that was my week. I pray for you lot too.
Cheers,
Sister Wadsworth 😊
aka Rachel
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On 26 Oct 2015, at 15:58, kelly wadsworth <mkwads@yahoo.com> wrote:

Okay.  I hope this gets to you before 6 then.
It was a loooooong week.  Homecoming.  High School didn't have school on Monday, but everyone else did.  But the teams had practice, so there was still lots of running around.  Tuesday was powder puff.  Puff won.  That would be Seniors/freshmen.  Jacques danced, and the junions did a good job.  Their dance was lots better than seniors.  Wed. was just a regular day for me, I'm not sure what went on at school.  Thursday was the bonfire. Then Friday the game.  We won.  It was like 60something to 6.  Really sad.  I sat by Joey and Heidi at the game.  They are much more entertaining that watching football. Natty was really sad to miss the game, but she had been throwing up again (round 3) so I made her stay home.  Saturday was date day.  Benson took Kia Phillips.  The group he went with didn't know what they were doing until that morning.  He was so stressed.  But he says he had fun, and Kia did too.  Jacques went with Savannah Harr.  We ran him down to Panaca, then came home.  His group drove past us at the mailbox on their way to do their thing.  Ally took the ACT again on Saturday. So we did have to go down to get her when we dropped Jacques off, but it was still funny that we took him down and he came right back out.  He was with Jesse and Derek and their group.  Ally went with Joy. Chelsey took her down, then waited and brought her back, so I didn't have to.  It's nice having the extra driver.
Did I tell you that Chelsey was volunteering at Panaca Elem?  She goes to 1st grade now.  She has been weeding for Bart this week too.
Jacques is going to FFA Nationals this week.  He thought they were flying out tonight, so he got all packed last night.  But they are going tomorrow.
Donnene Mathews is in the hospital. she collapsed up in Reno, and will be having open heart surgery this week.
I can't think of any other news.  We just keep plugging along.
Is Halloween a big thing over there?  The pictures look like it's beautiful where you are.  There are trees!
Thanks for being patient with me.  I guess you don't have much choice.  We do think about you all the time, and pray for you a LOT.
We love you.
Mom
From: Rachel Ellen Wadsworth <rwadsworth@myldsmail.net>
To: Kelly <mkwads@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: Aaaaasssghhhhhh!!!!!

There's still time. I can answer you until 6 when p day ends. This week was good. We didn't meet a lot of new people, but we focuses  a lot on the less actives. Also we biked this week! I almost cried. And the APs showed up with a new bike which is already so much better even if I haven't used it yet, and it is a guys bike. Also we met with Diana this week and she doesn't have a lot and is really struggling because she's home all day in a tiny flat with two tiny kids. So even thou we didn't teach her anything, we still really helped her and built her faith. And we visited a new family, and they don't speak a lot of English, neither does Diana, and the sister in that family was really homesick, and I think it rubbed off on me because I was super homesick this week. Not to the point of tears but I really hated England this week. I do t have a lot of time, but I'll try to send some pictures.
Love sister Wadsworth 😊

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On 26 Oct 2015, at 13:22, Kelly <mkwads@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear Rachel,
I am soooooo sorry! I had every intention of sitting down to write to you, then ,poof, the day was gone. I didn't even think about it again til this morning. I am such a terrible mother!
I love you even if I do forget to write. And I pray for you every day. Multiple times.
I will do better.
Love you,
Mom
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Around sedgley, and last p day with elder page and elder ruka




There's still time. I can answer you until 6 when p day ends. This week was good. We didn't meet a lot of new people, but we focuses  a lot on the less actives. Also we biked this week! I almost cried. And the APs showed up with a new bike which is already so much better even if I haven't used it yet, and it is a guys bike. Also we met with Diana this week and she doesn't have a lot and is really struggling because she's home all day in a tiny flat with two tiny kids. So even thou we didn't teach her anything, we still really helped her and built her faith. And we visited a new family, and they don't speak a lot of English, neither does Diana, and the sister in that family was really homesick, and I think it rubbed off on me because I was super homesick this week. Not to the point of tears but I really hated England this week. I do t have a lot of time, but I'll try to send some pictures.
Love sister Wadsworth 😊

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On 26 Oct 2015, at 13:22, Kelly <mkwads@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear Rachel,
I am soooooo sorry! I had every intention of sitting down to write to you, then ,poof, the day was gone. I didn't even think about it again til this morning. I am such a terrible mother!
I love you even if I do forget to write. And I pray for you every day. Multiple times.
I will do better.
Love you,
Mom
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Monday, October 19, 2015

October 19, 2015

s lee and I in Tipton, a member lent sis lee a hello kitty umbrella
and she had to take a picture even though it didn't rain,





Hi mom! It's nice to hear from you! Thanks for the recipes. Can you send me one for biscuits and gravy? I got the funniest look from bishop when I told him I wanted to make that for a ward activity. :) it was the most American thing I could think of. 
 I don't think that I will ever feel like I know what I'm doing, but I'm really good with just rolling with it. I think that's a good skill to have in life. I got to teach sharing time too! But we had stake conference last week so it was about prophets. I had to do something in all three meetings. Primary was my favourite though. It's funny that I've been out over a month now and this is the first time I was in a ward setting. Because of general conference and stake conference. It was nice even though I had to bear my testimony in sacrament meeting, help teach gospel principles class, and teach sharing time. 
That's crazy that so many people have been sick this week! A lot of people have been sick here too but I've been okay so far. 
Tell the boys good luck in the rest of their football games maybe our football team will actually be good again! 
This week has been really long but at the same time it's already Monday again. I had my first exchange on Tuesday and that was really fun. I went to harbour new district with sis Powell and we taught these two people who had both just randomly called the sisters and wanted to talk. They were both really cool and awesome people. :) and Wednesday I went to my first zone meeting, which was also fun. We taught Bobby again on Thursday, and on Friday we met this really awesome less active named Lucy, and she fed us lunch. Maybe that's why I liked her so much. Saturday was another day of missionary work just like the day before. And I told you about Sunday already. It was a really bad week for finding potentials, but it was still a good week because two of our investigators came to church! Yay!  That s my miracle for this week! Also that my watch broke and I thought I lost it and was really sad, but I found it in my coat the next morning! Prayer works! 
I have bought tights, and I already need to buy more and I'll probably spend all of my money on stuff like that. It would be nice to have some left when I get back, but whatever it's England. :) 
Sister lee is still great and she still loves me for some reason.. :) she's the best. 
I don't know what else to tell you except that I love you, and I wish my brothers would write to me... 
Keep it up! The gospel is true! It's something that you should be using everyday- not just on Sunday's. Faith is an action word. 
Lots of love 
Sister Wadsworth:) 

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On 19 Oct 2015, at 03:17, kelly wadsworth <mkwads@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear Sister Wadsworth,
Well, another week.  You have been out over a month now.  Do you feel like you know what you are doing?  I got to talk about you in primary today.  Sharing time was about missionary work.  There wasn't a lot to tell since we have only had a couple of letters, but I showed them your picture. 
The Pearsons weren't there to talk about there two missionaries.  Otto had his appendix out Thursday morning, and he is still in the hospital.  It sounds like he had a close call.  The boys were out working on fence yesterday, and they said he should be home on Monday.  
This week has been pretty crazy here.  Natty was sick on Monday.  She didn't feel well, so she stayed home.  Threw up right after we drove away.  Good thing she wasn't in the car!  The new little boy I tend is a busy little guy.  He is 2 I think.  Austin and Jaime Cole are his parents.  He goes alllllll day long without a nap.  But he is a happy little guy and lots of fun.  Keldyn and Ashton had a rough Monday, then Keldyn was sick Tues. and Wed.  It sure was quiet without him.
The band concert was actually pretty good.  The 6th graders sounded good.  Better than the last 6th graders I sat through.  We stayed thru the whole thing; boy, was Benson mad.  He had stuff to do!
Jacques has had a cold all week, too.  It's been a sick week for us.   I hope you miss it.  You should be safe clear across the ocean.
The boys played in Needles on Friday.  They WON!!!  43-35.  They have 2 home games left, then playoffs.  
Ally ran in Elko on Thursday.  The cross country team got to stay with Peyton, Shawn's brother.  Ally was sick when she got home.  Cold and/or sinus stuff.  She got to stay home from church today.  
Church today was interesting.  It's been raining and storming since last night.  About the time Sunday School should have been ending, the power went off.  So Bishop just told everyone to go home.  We cooked dinner on my new/old camp stove. And just as we sat down to eat, the power came back on.  Now we have a fire going.  It has rained like crazy today.  There should be lots of flooding in the county.
Benson asked his date to homecoming.  She hasn't officially said yes yet, but he isn't worried.
Your dad got to be home for a while today.  He was too tired to drive home last night, so he drove this morning.  He got to church just in time to go home.
Natty is waiting for you to answer her "real" letter.  I'm sorry we haven't got one off to you yet.  You have a terrible mother.
I've been thinking ahead to Christmas.  What is something we can get you that you need? I don't want to send something that you just have to lug around, or can't use.  Give us a few ideas. . .
Natty went to the orthodontist on Friday in Caliente.  she has orange and black teeth.  
I can't think of anything else that has happened.  Hopefully this next week will go better for us.  I forgot that Natty was sick again Friday night, and most of Saturday.  
So, tell us more about you.  How is your investigator doing?  Are there places you can go to just buy some tights? It seems like it would be cheaper than mailing them.  
A few of the recipes you asked for:
cookies
1 cube (1/2 cup) butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
mix
add 3 eggs and vanilla
mix
add 2 1/2 to 3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
Stir
add in choc chips, or what ever you want.  You can add baking chocolate with the butter and sugar to make chocolate cookies, or add peanut butter with the butter to make pb cookies.
Bake 350 for 10-12 minutes.

Brownies
2 cubes butter melted
2 cups sugar
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
mix
add in 4 eggs one at a time

stir in 1 1/2 to 2 cups flour.
Bake 350 for 30 minutes.

Pizza dough
1 cup hot water
yeast
1 tbs sugar
2 1/2 cups flour
a glob of oil
mix/knead
let rise for 10-20 minuets
bake pizza 425 for 20 minutes.

If there are any others, I will send them next week.
That's about it.  Work hard. and be nice to your companion.  
I love you.  
Mom

Sunday, October 18, 2015

I'm pretty slow at this.  I just found the mission blog for Rachel's mission.  For anyone who wants to check it out the address is ebmcalltoserve.weebly.com.






There are quite a few pictures with Sister Wadsworth!

Monday, October 12, 2015

Oct. 12, 2015


Dear Mum, :) (and whoever else is reading this)
I'm surviving. I don't have blisters on my heels, which is actually kind of a miracle I think but it might be that I've started wearing tights everyday- and I have no idea where they might be you'll just have to search through all of my stuff, ask Ally she might know where to start. That's really funny last week dragged on because to me it went super fast. (I think that's because Benson prays for me) We usually start our day catching a bus and going to the Dudley town square to find people, then stopping by less active members or potential investigators houses to teach something, or going to the chapel and teaching lessons there. setting up appointments and crying when nobody shows up.  That's usually what Sister Lee and I do everyday. Sometimes we go tracting and that's always interesting. That's so exciting about football- here the sports are soccer and rugby and I kind of miss watching people hit each other over a ball. But that's ok because I have better things to do. Tell NAtty good luck on her band concert, I know that she'll sound great even if nobody else does. :) And Who is the third person you have? I only know Ashton and Keldyn and the girls. My companion is awesome. She really pushes me to do better rather than stay in my comfort zone (which is really small so just everything she makes me do is helping me improve) Our flat is pretty small and its just us two staying there. I always have to correct Sis. Lee whenever she calls the fridge the freezer though. and we had some troubles with our oven last night but we got it sorted out.
THe food is good, We eat mostly frozen meals and stuff like that because that's the closest store, Iceland. and we went to the chippy a couple of times this week for kababs. :) But English food is really just meat and potatoes and that's it. and gravy. I got  my letter this week too and that was the best! Thanks for the pictures! I'm still missing a couple of them though. I wrote you a letter back, but I haven't posted it yet. Maybe jsut sent recipies for cookies and pizza dough and biscuts and gravy. THe ward is having a dinner and I'm trying to think of something that's american that I can make because the only thing that I think I could really do without a recipe is pizza and I'm not even sure about that.
Oh, and if you want to learn more about where I'm at and what the people are like, you should look up black country because I guess we're right in the middle of it. And then you should email what you learned so I don't feel dumb asking people about it. :)
And for a miracle this week, We met a guy on Wednesday, who some Elders referred to us, and he's pretty golden! He was really sincere and had gotten himself into some really bad habits like gambling and was really ready to listen to our message. We taught him about prayer, and then he asked about repentance so we taught that too! It was so cool. :) Hopefully our next lesson goes as well as the first one did.
I think that's it. I don't know about anything else to tell you except to keep up the good work! You are such a great example to me, mom, and I love you so so so much! (but I think you already knew that).
Cheers!
Sister Wadsworth :)

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Monday, October 5, 2015

First letter from the mission field


Dear mom and dad,
How's it going? Did you get an email from the 70 who served in dad's mission? I thought that would make his day. 😀 because he thought dad was really awesome. it's crazy being out in the field. I'm in the Birmingham area, woodsetten b. So I'm in Dudley Tipton and sedgley if you want to look it up. My trainer is sister lee. She's from South Korea and is pretty cool. ( seriously) were sharing the ward with some elders and they're also pretty chill. I have not gotten any letters yet but I'm excited for one to show up. My address is
flat 4 an afield court
Tipton street
West Midlands
Dy3 18y
For the next 12 weeks. I am trying to get used to being always cold, and I need you to send me my tights. I forgot them I guess because their nowhere in my suitcases. Oh and tell bishop that there should be a good picture of me on the mission blog so he can use that one.
My day is mostly riding buses to get to one place to the next between cities, and finding people to teach because we have no referrals from anyone. I only taught one lesson so far and that was my very first night and it was kind of terrifying. But we've been finding a lot of people so I guess it's not too depressing. We've met some interesting people.
That's about it so far. That's exciting that the boys won their game, and ally's doing so good in cross country. I'm sorry that you had to drive so long but it was worth it! I love you! Tell benson I miss him and that he should write to me! And natty and everyone else.
Love you,
Sister Wadsworth 😀


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 Sister Lee, Sister Wadsworth, and Sister Lee's trainer
Sister Lee and Sister Wadsworth