Monday, November 30, 2015

Dear mom, 
Thanksgiving sounds like it was a lot of fun. I got to have a small version with my district. We each brought a few things and had a lot of fun celebrating. Then right after sister Lee and I had stuffed ourselves on potatoes and cheesecake ( The English can't live without cheesecake) we had a da and we almost cried when we had to eat another huge helping of potatoes again! Then we went to a Rs activity and had to refuse the treats there. So this whole week we have basically just been stuffed..  But I'm still the same size, I think. My clothes still fit, and I think sister Lee would love a pair of pj's and if you just send it to the mission home, she'll get them even if we aren't together anymore.
I'm sorry about the car, but basketball season of always fun. Did "Cameron" show up at thanksgiving? Is he still in good condition? I don't get to hear about his adventures at home anymore. And could you send me some pictures of the Christmas decorations? It would be nice to see even if it always the same every year. We made some cool decorations at the activity on Thursday night, and so we're feeling more festive. And we get to share the new Christmas video! 
This week was also a lot better than last week. We have a couple of new investigators and hopefully that will go somewhere. Sister Lee laughed at me because my definition of miracles has gone down to being able to catch a bus that's running on time for us, or if we come right as a bus is pulling in. 
This week we had some Italian cooking. It was just chicken and vegetables,Mobutu it was so good. We thank our lucky stars every day for Diana and her family. They love missionaries so much, and Diana has come so far since I first met her. 😊 our da's are usually meat and potatoes and that's about what the members feed us. I might be sick of potatoes by the time I get home... We have been having a few more da's than usual too because the members are feeling sorry for us not having any elders anymore, and so we don't have to keep to our old area, because we cover the whole ward now. 
My debit card does let me take money out: I just can't see how much I have spent. So if you could just email me and let me know how much I still have left that would be fantastic. 
So this week was pretty good. I am getting used to being rained on every day now. My shoes are not good for rain, and so I really need to buy some good boots ( not rain boots, some tall brown ones that would match everything) but I can't quite bring myself to pay for them just yet... And my skirts have been doing okay.  They still fit me. 
That's about all that happened this week. I'll send you pictures of our thanksgiving and Christmas stuff. 
Love sister Wadsworth 😊
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On 30 Nov 2015, at 06:59, kelly wadsworth <mkwads@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Rachel,
Wow! What a week!  There were only two days of school, but with switching from football to basketball and having new schedules to figure out, it was a little crazy.  
Benson is a happy kid now that basketball has started.  He is thinking he will be on varsity this year, and with some of the kids not playing this year, he most likely will be.  Bit
I only had the extras 2 days, too. Keldyn kept telling me that "it is Thanksgiving this week, and then it will be Christmas."  I think he will be disappointed that Christmas is still a month away.  Not the very next day.
Wednesday your dad took everyone but me down to the farm to load up a tree that he had cut down.  It was a cold, cold day, and I don't think anyone had fun, but they got it done.  I got to go to Grandma's house and help her quilt.  Nice and warm, tv going, fire, etc.  but my back and quilting finger sure hurt when we were done.  The quilt is done though, and waiting to be delivered.  Next project is pajamas.  
About pajamas.  I am planning to do yours, so I need to know if you are the same size, or have you grown or shrunk?  Do you want me to make a pair for your companion?  You said transfers are right before Christmas, so I'm not sure.  Let me know what you think.  
Thanksgiving Day was fun.  We ate at Grandma Frehner's house.  Albert and Jessica were there, and Henry and Shawn, and Jonathan and Mellica.  Dinner was ready at 11:15 and so we ate.  We told your dad that dinner was at noon, and he was actually there a little before noon, but dinner was mostly done by then.  We played a game and sat around a visited, then went to Panaca for pie at Grandpa Wadsworth's.  Amy and her family were there, Glen, and Matt and Jule.  It was fun seeing every body.  Poor Uncle Todd was playing games with all the kids.  He has the patience of 3 saints!!
Friday Benson had basketball at 7 am. Yuck!  I took him down and waited for him.  I fell asleep in the car with the heater running, and ran the battery down.  We got it jump started, but then have had trouble starting it all weekend since then.  We didn't go anywhere else that day.  Just got your dad ready for work and took a nap.  
Saturday, Kade and Tia went through the temple.  Chelsey and I rode over with Grandma and Grandpa.  It was so neat to be in the sealing with them.  Reiko slept through the whole thing.  
That pretty much took up the whole day.  Then today was Tim and Terry Olson's farewell.  The enter the MTC tomorrow.  I was expecting a lot of visitors in primary, but they all left right after Sacrament Meeting, and primary was pretty small.  We sang "The Nativity Song" about 20 times to get ready for the ward party on Thursday.  I took 5 Nativity sets with me and the kids would have sung the song 20,000 times if they could put up a set each time.  Fun!
Chelsey and Ally are at Grandpa Wadsworth's this week.  It is weird to be the last one up.  Usually Chelsey is up long after me.  Ally has her play this week.  The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.  Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  (Just a heads up for all the family that reads this.)  
All the Christmas decorations are up.  Chelsey, Ally, and Natty put everything up on Friday.  
That's pretty much all for us, so now tell us what you are doing.  What is the weirdest thing you had/got to eat this week?  I know I've asked you before, but I don't remember, do the members feed you or do you fend for yourselves?  
Are your shoes and clothes holding up?  Teri gave us some more skirts,  I will see if I can fit some in your Christmas package.  
Ally said something about your debit card not working.  Do you need me to call the bank?  Let me know about that too.
We love you, and are so happy that you get to be on a mission for Christmas.  What a neat time to be able to serve the Lord.  
Love you lots!
Mom




Monday, November 23, 2015



Found him last Monday at the Dudley museum.

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On Nov 23, 2015 3:35 AM, Rachel Ellen Wadsworth <rwadsworth@myldsmail.net> wrote:
Dear mom and family, 
This has been such a crazy week! More on that in a minute though. It's sad that the boys didn't win state, but at least they went... And now I get to hear about basketball! You need to tell me how good the dancers and the pep band is doing too. πŸ˜ŠπŸ’ƒπŸŽΊπŸŽΊπŸŽ· 
I'm glad that Chelsey went through the temple and that she enjoyed it, and hopefully all of her g's will fit her....... And you get to have a baby again! And we finally got our tree all decorated for Christmas and it looks really good even if it is just a small fake one. And I'm sad that there's no thanksgiving here, and we only had one last year too. Because dad was home for it. I think. 
But back to my crazy week. Monday was pretty normal, we are trying to come up with things to do and go see here but we are struggling to find anything. We went to a museum last week and it was really cool, I think we were the only ones there when we went, though. Lots of old rocks, and. A couple of fossils, some old WWI guns, some paintings and that was about it. But it was still cool. And we had exchanges that night and Tuesday. I had to stay in our area and try and remember where everything is and how to get there. But sister wiesner was really awesome and she was really helpful when nothing worked out that day, and I felt so bad about it. 
Wednesday it was so nice to have sister Lee back though and I was very happy to be following her again. 😊 we went to Wolverhampton and on the way home it poured on us, and we got sososososo soaked. We also met with Bobby and had a really awesome lesson with a member. It really helped home to have a couple of member present lessons with him because he feels more like he's making friends. 
Thursday we had a zone meeting and that took up most of our day. 
Friday was the craziest day. I almost got hit by a car ( but I didn't so don't worry about it) our bus broke down, and then we took the wrong one after that. It was so bad. But we were able to meet Diana that day and she really cheered sister Lee up because it had been such a rough day- I think I was mostly just happy to still be alive, so it wasn't quite as bad for me. Diana is so amazing, we're really working with her to give up smoking because that's all she needs to do before she can be baptised. 
Saturday we got to do some service for a less active member who is really great and we met with Bobby again and he is struggling with some questions and we're not sure quite how to help him with it, but we had some really great lessons with him this week. 
Sunday we had the primary program! My favourite part besides the songs was when they mentioned missionaries and things you could do to help them. Sister Lee and I were just sitting there and nodding going yes, yes, please do ALL of those things! 
And today nothing exciting planned because we don't know what there is to do. 
 But even though it's been a rough week, I'm still alive and even though it got rather cold and wet suddenly, I'm so glad I chose to serve a mission and be able to meet all of these amazing people. And I am so grateful everyday for the amazing people I left behind who taught me the beautiful truths that I'm here teaching others. 😊
Love, 
Sister Wadsworth 😊 ❤️

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On 23 Nov 2015, at 04:35, kelly wadsworth <mkwads@yahoo.com> wrote:
DeaR rACHEL,
i THINK SOMEONE LEFT CAPSLOCK ON.  There.  It is so awesome that you got to meet Elder Ballard.  You sound like you are growing so much in the gospel.  It is exciting to see.
We are still plodding along here at home.  Sometimes we might break into a little jog, but we don't go very fast.
The boys went to Reno to play the state football game.  It was a really good game. But, alas, we did not win.  I was able to watch the game on  my phone.  It was small, but since Dad and I were the only ones watching, it wasn't too bad.  The boys played really hard, but Yerington was just a little better.  The announcer kept saying that no one thought Lincoln County would win except for the boys on the field.  Now we get to move into basketball!!  Benson is so ready to start. 
We went to the temple with Chelsey on Friday.  That was a neat experience.  Teri, Dylan, Albert, Matt and Jule , and Grandma were there.  Grandpa had worked his shift at the temple that day, and was just too worn out to do the session with us.  We left a little earlier that we did when you went, so we weren't so rushed.  It was a lot more relaxed.  Ally and Natty went with us and hung out in the visitor center.
I started watching Reiko this week.  It is so fun to have a tiny baby again.  But I was right about changing tons of diapers.  Between Reiko and Ryder, we do a lot of poop here.
Next week will be a short week.  Only 2 days of school.  But Benson says he is sure they will have bball practice on Wednesday, so we will still get to do some running around.  Grandpa Wadsworth will be home from Thanksgiving to New Years.  Chelsey will be staying with him when Ann or Glen or Amy isn't there.  
Natty has had the Christmas train out already.  But I am holding out to really decorate until after Thanksgiving.  You will know what it looks like, it's the same every year.  But I will send you a picture of the tree as soon as we get it.
There was some rearranging in the ward last week.  A new Young Mens presidency was put in.  Dann Mathews is the new pres.  The Olsons are leaving on the 30th, so they called a new teacher for her class too.  And new nursery leaders.  Beka, and Mara are in the nursery now.  Donnene is doing a lot better, she is in rehab now.  
That's about it.  I think we will only have one Thanksgiving this year.  When was the last time that happened?  
Ally, Natty and I spent 4 hours yesterday splitting wood nonstop, and we still didn't get it all done.  I don't think we will be running out this year!  Yeah!!

Cami just called.  She is doing good.  She just wrote a  9 page research paper on "Nerds."(I will forward it to you)  We are trying to work out rides home for Christmas.  
Natty is waiting for the computer so she can write to you, so I guess I will go.  
I love you,
Mom

Monday, November 16, 2015

Dear mom and family, 
This week was pretty good considering that I got to shake hands with an apostle of Jesus Christ. πŸ˜„πŸ˜„ I met elder Ballard!! (Twice) He's really cool and I learned so much and he answered so many of my questions that I had been thinking about. He's also really funny and my favourite thing he said was the apostles are just missionaries without boundaries. That's so true. And the scary thing he said was that us missionaries need to be the best teachers ever in the history of missionary work because we don't have a lot of time left to share the gospel, this is the last dispensation, so we've got to bring people to Christ now. That's something I think I'll be working towards my whole mission. Then Sunday our stake had a special conference with him so I got to hear from him twice. 😊 
This Wednesday was the end of my first transfer, and I'm still here. I haven't been moved anywhere yet but the elders in our ward are gone now and so sister Lee and I now have a huge area and we're feeling kind of alone and small for the next four and a half weeks until the next transfer ends. But now we won't feel bad when we meet with people in that area who we were working with like Diana because now we just have woodsetten ward as our area instead of half of it. We also finally got the elders area book only to have the same frustrations that you did with the boys. That they really didn't keep a good area book and all the information is not recent at all. Aargh!! Boys. 
But on the bright side, we met a family and we taught them the restoration and they said come back so hopefully it will work out. They're really cute and super adorable at least the ones that we've met so far. 😊 
 Tell Keyden that for lunch I sit by sister Lee. There's nothing exciting happening for thanksgiving, people skip right to Christmas. We put up a small tree in our flat already because this transfer ends right before Christmas. So we get to celebrate sooner! But it is weird that everyone is thinking about Christmas now instead of thanksgiving.  
I'm really excited for Chelsey to go through the temple. It's such a great place. 😊 I'm so sad I can't be there but I'll be thinking of you guys Friday. 
More exciting news is that we're having a baptism on the 28 for an excommunicated member. So it doesn't count for our numbers, but it's still a baptism! Sister jukes is really awesome and she's basically already a member because she's been coming to church for years and years. 
I'm also excited to hear how the boys do at state! That's so exciting that the football team is actually good this year. 😊⚽️ 
That was my week, we worked hard but nothing too exciting happened except for being able to meet an apostle, which was way cool. 😊❤️ 
I love you so so so so much and I miss you, but I'm also grateful to be here and for all the things I've learned and am going to learn. The gospel is true, without it, I would be so lost and so that's one of the things I'm really grateful for is having that sense of peace and direction in life to know where I come from each and what I'm doing, and where I'm going. Thank you so much for teaching it to me. 
Love, 
Sister Wadsworth😊  


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On 16 Nov 2015, at 05:51, kelly wadsworth <mkwads@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Rachel,
How do these weeks go by so fast?  On Monday, I think it is going to be a loooong week, but then all of a sudden, it is Sunday again, and we start all over again.  
Well, anyway, the craziness continues.  Biggest news:  the football team is going to State!! The play in Reno next Saturday.The played a really good game last Saturday against Pershing County, which is where Megan's kids go to school, but Brandon doesn't play football, so no cousin rivalry this time.  
We won't be able to go watch them.  Your dad is really disappointed, but we just can't swing a trip right now.  And Chelsey doesn't want to keep rescheduling her day at the temple.  So we will just listen on the radio.  For all you family out there, you can listen on network1sports.com.
Chelsey is going through the temple on Friday.  7:20 pm session.  (there's a lot of family that reads this, so I might as well spread the word)  She is excited about going.  
I guess not a lot happened last week, but it sure felt crazy all week.  It must have been having Veteran's Day off in the middle of the week.  
I get to start watching Kade and Tia's baby tomorrow.  It will be fun to have a baby again.  
Uncle Matt came and got some of the wheat out of the garage.   You can't believe what a difference that made.  We might actually be able to get the car in there again some day!
I'm really digging to think of anything else that happened.  Even Jacques says nothing did.  I should have all sorts of interesting things next week.  I can keep track of how many diapers I change, how many trips we make a day, and all sorts of things to report for you.
One funny (kind of) thing that happened:  The boys borrowed Jurassic World from the Lamb's Friday.  they came home and started negotiating what it would take to let them watch it right away.  We finally settled on they would do the dishes, not argue for a week, and Jacques caught a couple of gophers.  No dishes happened Saturday.  Sunday, I turned off the internet finally, until they got done.  Next time, I will get payment first before I give in.  Boys.
So tell us how things are over there.  As Keldyn always asked: How was your day? Who did you sit by at lunch? When are transfers? Any exciting plans for Thanksgiving?  Do they let you celebrate, or is it just another day?  
This letter is starting to get painful, so I will stop.  
We love you.  And are so thankful for your example and dedication.  Work hard. And tell Sister Lee I said thanks for taking care of you.
Love
Mom 
 Random bull statue that is apparently famous for something...? 
Anyways, we were on our way to the chapel to the mission conference
with else Ballard and we were early so we took some pictures, (and got
a little lost 😊)



Monday, November 9, 2015

Dear mom 
That sounds like you had a really exciting week, all we got was rain and it just poured on us all week. I have not seen the wood and that something I didn't think I would mis but I miss our fireplace. Sister Lee thinks it's incredible that we use a word burning stove to heat our house. πŸ™‚ also not a lot of people believe me when I say it snows in Nevada. I think they imagine it to look something like the Sahara desert. 
This week was really good though even if we did get wet. 🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧☔️ I haven't been sick yet, so I guess your prayers are doing something. we had a couple of miracles happen and a few new investigators. We also had a ward party where everyone made food, and I made biscuits and gravy. It was a hit and I have now solved the unanswerable question of what a biscuit is called in England: it's a scone. But I know that scones are something much tastier. 😊 so make sure you tell ally that a biscuit means a scone. 
We've also been a lot more stressed out this week because elder ruka went home, and elder page, his companion is only here until the end of the transfer, and they're shutting down the elders area. So sister Lee and I are either going to be working in a really huge area all by ourselves or we're  getting transferred halfway through training. We get to  find out tonight what going to happen to us. It's going to be really interesting either way. And also it the last week of my first transfer! That went by really fast. I learned so much from sister Lee and I feel at least halfway trained. Which is where I'm at in in training  anyways. But next transfer is going to be shorter and end right before Christmas. And also elder Ballard is coming this week! I get to meet him twice (hopefully, because transfers) because he's coming to the stake I'm serving in and there's going to be a mission conference the day before. πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜„
One of the miracles that keeps happening is that members keep inviting us over for dinner, so our number of da's has doubled this week. It's usually only two or three, but this week we almost had something every night. I haven't found anyone who knows exactly where pioche, or Panaca  is but a lot of the missionaries seem to know where misquite is. And a really funny story is about a da we have every Tuesday with the bishops family, but that's like Wednesday nights for us , so they're really busy and they only have about an hour for us to eat and share a quick thought and it's always super awkward because the bishops wife doesn't look at you AT aLL and she is Pretty intimidating . But our bus from Wolverhampton was kind of late and we had to walk a long ways down in the rain so we were half an hour late for dinner. But the had already eaten, and so it was just sister Lee and I eating. We had a da with ourselves... That was an experience. 
P day is always different every week. Sometimes we go shopping, we usually always go grocery shopping in the morning, and catch the end of the relief society activity to eat their leftover biscuitsπŸͺ☕️ and maybe have a cup of cocoa. Sometimes we just hang out at the chapel all day  and play some football maybe basketball, and email everyone with the elders also serving in our ward, but they're leaving so I don't know what we'll do now.  
I'll try to keep working hard, and not to think too much about home or the rain... I love you so much and I'm thankful for everything that you've taught me to do. This week I have realised that the biggest place that I learned the gospel has been at home , so I guess I learned something from the and I didn't sleep too much through morning scripture study. So keep it up! We do learn something, even if it doesn't seem like it. 😊 I'm so grateful for what I know and I'm excited to be teaching it not only know but way in the future to my own family. So thanks mom, I love you and please don't only pray for me but for all the other missionaries out there too. 
Love, 
Sister Wadsworth 😊 
Aka Rachel 

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On 9 Nov 2015, at 06:28, Kelly <mkwads@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Rachel (aka Sister Wadsworth),
I'm tired of waiting for your dad to be done with his laptop, so I will just type this on my phone. With the autocorrect, it might be faster anyway. It almost knows what I want to type before I even get there.
We have had quite the week, Monday was mostly a normal day. Jacques got home from Louisville about midnight. He rode home with Derek so I didn't have to go down and get him. I sure love Jesse and Derek.
Tuesday Chelsey worked out in Eagle Valley filling in for Jennifer-taryn and Ashton's mom. She had to drive the big van out. It was a slooow trip for her. The van only gets up to 30 mph anymore.
Tuesday night it SNOWED! We got 4-6 inches! Wow it was a lot!  Driving to school was an adventure. This little van isn't quite as tough as the old van was.  We made it though. Natty had a half day, so she and Keldyn got some sledding in. We finally got to use the sled we bought last year!
Thursday, Ashton and Keldyn sledded for an hour after preschool. Natty had another half day, but the sledding hill was melted by the time she got home.  They all played outside in the snow that was left.  We went through a lot of gloves cuzntheu would come in and change when they got wet. I rigged a glove clothesline over the fireplace to speed up drying them.
Dad came home for the boys playoff game on Friday. It was cold. We won. I sat in the car. Enough said about that.
We started splitting the wood Friday morning. We worked for about 3 hours and barely made a dent in that huge pile. Did you see it? I can't remember when they brought it. It's about 8 cords of wood. We did 5 or 6 hours on Sat. but the pile is still big. I think we have done about 2/3 of it.
We have all been sick now. I have had this stinking cold all week. I'm down to just the cough now, but it is so annoying.  Chelsey had had it too, but her cough is still really bad.  Natty and Ally are both in the early stages of the same thing. Dad and Jacques are about over it.  Hmmm I wonder if Benson will get it. No fun.
So, how have you been? It sounds like you and Sister Lee are working hard. 
Do the members feed you like they do over here? Or do you get your own meals? Have you run across anyone you know or that knows where Pioche is?
What do you do on your P day?
We love you. Work hard, pray hard, and play, too.
Mom
 

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Monday, November 2, 2015

November 2, 2015


Dear mom and dad,
Ahhhh!!!! I love you sososososo much! I'm so glad that you are my parents and that I have such an amazing family. This week has been really good. I've started praying to recognise the miracles that happen everyday and it works! Miracles are a thing, and they happen EVERY day.
I thing I'm getting better as a missionary too. Stopping people on the street is getting
Less awkward once I just realised its a lot like calling people, you just have to do it. Gird up your loins and get it over with or it's never going to happen sort of thing. Also I've made a goal to smile and bear my testimony every day, which is a lot harder than it seems because I'm sure sometimes when I'm walking down the street I'm like oh yeah I need to smile missionaries are always happy, so I try to smile but I thing it might be me just walking down the road with my mouth open but it's changed my attitude. I really focus on the people I see and how much Heavenly Father loves them when I make a goal as simple as having a smile on my face. πŸ˜„πŸ˜Š
Monday was carving pumpkins as a district, which was interesting because we really didn't have anything to scoop out the guts and not very good knives. And we had to throw out our pumpkins the day before Halloween because hey got soooo mouldy.
Tuesday sis Lee and I went to visit Diana again and Norma who is a really cute old lady. She is so busy and we are just trying to get her to read the Book of Mormon again, and come back to church. We also have been going to a lot of former investigators houses and seeing if they'll meet with us again and we had one say yes! We're hoping that the sister in our ward will help us with her when we meet with her again, because they're friends and sister conroy is really funny and great.
Wednesday we had a meeting and I got to see all of the other new sisters again and that was so great because we're all really good friends and we got to complain and tell stories about our areas and how missionary work is so hard but so great at the same time.
On Thursday we had a district meeting but everyone was sick except for me and one set of elders. It was so bad. Bit sis Lee is feeling better now and so is everyone else. I haven't gotten sick yet, and I'm hoping it'll stay that way. 😊 we also met this really cool guy at our finding spot where it's really busy, and hopefully he'll become a new investigator because he's going through a pretty rough time right now.
Friday was good too. We met our neighbour and she invited us over because she really liked the other missionaries who had come and thought they were nice, and we talked to her for a long time, bit it was really cool because sis Lee has just offered to help her take out her garbage and then this happened! So we're excited to go visit her this week.
Friday was really good too because we had the opportunity to help a less active cl an her house and she was so grateful and she promised to have us over for dinner! Yes food! But Evelyn is so cool. Her kids are really sweet too.
Saturday was great. None of the lessons we planned to teach happened, but we met his really incredible guy and taught him a lesson on the street and it was so cool. (I told you I was Improving as a missionary 😊) he was really interesting and told us all about the places he's been and we told him a little about the gospel.
Sunday was another good day. This whole week has just been awesome. But we went to Tipton after church to stop by some people, and we met one of their neighbours, and he was way cool. He was Muslim, but from Guana,  and we taught him about Jesus Christ and prayer and gave him a Book of Mormon, which he said he'd read, so hopefully he does. But it was another service opportunity, when we stopped to talk to him. We also biked on Sunday, and if you would have seen me trying, you would have died laughing because  it's really hard and i am so out of shape and can't make it up most of the hills and sis Lee is always patient with me which is nice because biking is hard! And I'm too short by about an inch to stop my bike and stand, and it's a guys bike so getting on and off is interesting, but I really like it so far, just not any hills.... And I'm glad we're not biking every day. I would probably die.
There has been so many miracles everyday. im so grateful I'm here to see them. This week I have really focuses on strengthening my faith in Christ and that has helped me so much because without him, I could not be doing this every day.
I'm so glad to hear from you and you all mean so much to me. Thanks for teaching me this incredible gospel and living it everyday. That's one of the best things you could ever do, because if you're not moving forward on faith then your going backwards and you are losing so much happiness in your life.
Love,❤️❤️❤️
Sister Wadsworth 😊
Ps everyone here either passionately hates Halloween or loves it. Most people really are just annoyed with it though, and they don't like it at all. I think of you every time someone starts  complaining about Halloween because you hate it too. 😊

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On 2 Nov 2015, at 05:27, kelly wadsworth <mkwads@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear Sister Wadsworth (Rachel) and Cami,

I remembered!!
It has been another crazy week.  More sickness, ballgames, trips, and just general craziness.  
I hardly know where to start, but I guess Monday is a good place:  Jacques thought the FFA trip was flying out Monday night, so he got all packed and had everything ready to take to school with him.  Turns out they were leaving on Tuesday.  It was funny.  I was really worried about him not having any ID with him.  All he had was his Permanent Resident card with his picture when he was 3 years old.  But miracle of miracles!! His new card finally came Monday, so he had current ID.
It has been weird here at home without him, though.  Way too quiet.  He won't be home until tomorrow night.  His Ag Mech team placed bronze he said.  Something like 15th place.
Tuesday was just normal.  If there is such a thing.
Wednesday was Halloween carnival.  Pioche had theirs from 3-5.  I took kids in to town to meet up with parents, but Ashton and Taryn's mom couldn't get off work, so Natty and I ended up staying til about 4:30.  She paid me extra though, so it worked out fine.
Then we went to Natty's carnival in Panaca.  Chelsey did facepainting with Mrs. Schimbeck.  Natty had her friends to hang out with, so I ended up waiting in the car.  I was carnival'ed out.
Thursday, NO SCHOOL!! and we finally got to sleep in!  Oh it felt good.  The football team won their game against Agassi, even without a few players who were on the FFA trip.  It was a good game, but it was cold!  We sat in the car and watched.
Ally went to her last meet in Boulder City.  No one place except Maddy, and she doesn't go to LCHS anymore, so cross country is done.
Friday, your dad left for Ely to work.  Then we all just kind of vegged out and recovered from the week.
Saturday, not much happened either.  Chelsey and Ally took Natty trick-or-treating, so I got to stay home.  I am becoming a Halloween Scrooge.  Bah humbug.  We have all enjoyed her candy though.  Good thing she likes to share.
The sickness is still going around.  Your dad had the cold this week, and now I am getting it.  Ally had the throwing up bug.  I think it has hit us all at least once.
So, don't they have microwave popcorn in England?  I guess if they don't, we will figure out how to get some to you.  that is a bad thing to be without.
I'm glad you found your tights and pictures.  I really did look for them here, but you were such a thorough packer, I was pretty sure you did have them.
Will you get to celebrate Thanksgiving over there?  I guess with missionaries from all over the world, it might be a little weird. You will certainly miss your mashed potatoes.  Those I will not send.  Too messy in the mail.
Dad will be moving his new(er) trailer up to Ely next month.  He will finally have a bathroom and running water.  And more room to share with Matt.
Chelsey will be going through the temple on the 20th (unless something happens).  (Take note all you family members who read this)
I guess that's about it.  I will send a couple of pics, Kelsie if I can find her.
I am now that missionary mom who checks email first thing Monday morning.  Scriptures and prayer have to wait until I read your letter.
I love you,
Mom

ps  I am teaching "I am happy today for the sunshine" in primary.  Now I won't be the only one in the world singing that song!

pps my goal is to get a REAL letter in the mail this week.