3/21/2016

Dear Everyone Cannock it great. Its smaller than my last ward, but also more alive because there are more young families than before. I'm starting to find my way around again and not having to depend too much on my companion to get me to the town centre or the church at least. The most disappointing thing was i thought we would be biking, but it turns out that we just walk everywhere. at least its smaller that Woodsetton. the hardest part is getting across the roundabouts everyday. The work is great. we are mostly working with the less active members and part member families (digging the gold mine) but we have also been doing some street contacting, or attempting it.the town centre is super small, but we have had some success that we are willing to keep trying. Its so hard to have to learn and love new people, but its so great at the same time. my favorite new person is our thai investigator, who is always happy to see us and reads her book of mormon when no one is in her shop. she got past jacob 5 and is now somewhere in mosiah. My companion is great. shes going home in a few transfers and so shes really more focused on that than her purpose as a missionary, its going to be an interesting transfer.. there are miracles that happen every day though. and I know the lord blesses us for our efforts when we do try our best. I love being a missionary and its so great. Can you believe its been 6 months? it has just flown by so fast. My funny story for this week is going to be when we gate crashed a less actives visiting teaching visit. but that was also one of my favorite moments too. It was sooo good to see them encourage and support her especially with her desire to come back to church. Love you all, and hope you have a great week! Sister Wadsworth :) hey, are we related to any Wadsworths in winnemucca? theres a sister wadsworth coming from winnemucca in april? i think, and the ap keeps asking me if we're related, but I dont know who it is. and I sent home some clothes that Im not ever going to wear here, but it got marked as a gift even though its not.. and dont let all wear my graduation dress!! On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:44 AM, kelly wadsworth wrote: Dear Rachel and Chelsey, Happy birthday again, Chelse! From your email, it sounds like you had quite the weekend. I'm glad you had a chance to do something fun and exciting. We thought of you all day, but we didn't have a chance to skype cuz we were either driving, at the poetry thing, or you would have been asleep. We have had another busy week. Monday was dress rehearsal. It didn't go too late, so we were able to have FHE. We watched the lamb movie. Tuesday was opening night plus they did a matinee. One of the boys was on grade check, so Mr. Lester had to (got to) be in the play. He made a pretty good suitor. The did really good that night. There weren't very many people there, but that was good. We got to sit right up front. This was late night #1. Wednesday they did even better. Natty got to go to the play for YW. Her third time. Dad was there that night. He'd had some problems getting his pickup back together, so he missed the first night. Late night #2. Thursday, they did a good job again. Adam forgot a few lines in a song. Nothing too big. Natty's fourth time, my third. Late night #3, and then we stayed up to watch a movie after we got home. Really late night. Dad went back to work Thursday, so he only got to see it once. Benson never did see it. He just stayed and played basketball. I was so glad to see Thursday come. It was a loooong week. Everyday felt like Monday. Friday, when we finally got up, we got ready to go to Reno for Poetry Out Loud. I told everyone we needed to leave by 11, and when we got out the door at 11:30, l felt like we got away on time. We took the boys to Henry and Shawns' house, so they wouldn't need rides to the bus for the track meet (Benson) and the play. It's a good thing Shawn loves us. We made it to Reno about 7:30, got checked in to the hotel, then went for a drive up to the temple. It was dark, but still really pretty. Then we went to Denny's, and did a little more exploring. A lot has changed up there. Then we went to bed. Yeah!! We stayed at a different hotel than last time, and it was a lot nicer and the bed was really comfortable. Saturday, we got ready, and went to the PBS station where they taped the competition. It was a lot nicer than when Cami did it. But still long and boring. Sorry, Ally. It was boring. Natty thought so too. Ally didn't place in the top three, but she did a good job. There are some schools that really get into the competition. Elko won. I think they did last time we were there, too. We found the Kratt brothers while we were there. One of the kids from Eureka was LDS. It was great to see such a clean cut young man in his BYU sweatshirt. His dad asked if we were related to Pres. Wadsworth who was the temple president up in Reno. We are. After the competition, we stayed long enough to eat, then hurried home. We did get stopped twice, because we still have one headlight out. Both officers were really nice. Just wanted to make sure we knew the light was out. After we left Ely, we saw an elk, some antelope, some deer, and hit 2 rabbits. All the big animals were right alongside the road. Our guardian angels must have been holding them back, just a couple of steps further for any of them would have been ugly. We made it home just before midnight. Benson had begged a ride home from Justin, so the lights were on and there was a fire going. It was nice. Jacques was stuck in Panaca, and Shawn must have gotten tired of him, cuz she was taking him home. We passed them going down the hill to Panaca. So we turned around and met them, then turned around again and went home. Church today was really good. Having Sacrament meeting first really helps when you are tired. We had High Counselors, and both of them were interesting. Pancakes for Sunday dinner. Chelsey, Marie says she and bodie are getting along great. Grandpa Wadsworth is back at Eve's house. He was at Sara's for a while. He's been having pains and cramps in his legs, and not able to get out of bed for a while. I don't know how he is now. Spring Break is this week. Ally and Jacques will be going to Reno for FFA on Tuesday. So it will just be Benson, Natty, and me. We do get Taryn and Ashton on Tuesday, but other than that, just us. We will have to think of something fun to do. Maybe a short campout, or a trip to Cedar or something. I guess that's about it. This is quite a letter for me. The next one won't be nearly as long. We will be back to boring. Rachel, how are you doing in your new area? Tell us all about your companion, and apartment, and neighborhood, and everything. Keep up the work. it is a good one.. Love you!! mom hpaich on