happy Monday!! I'm sure missionaries are the only people who are actually excited for Monday mornings. :) unless, of course you need to drive half an hour away to get your car serviced then Mondays feel just like everyone else's.
also, what a beautiful summer day! its so hot! what is this? what is this yellow thing in the sky?
its great!
so this week. basically another slow one. :( and having a car makes you so lazy. its a blessing and a curse. but- on the bright side, I haven't killed us yet! haha.
what else do you need to know? actually, a list of questions to answer every week would be nice... that would help my lack of desire to type an email every time I sit down to write them. :)
highlights of this week have been:
- last Sunday, I gave a talk in sacrament, a last minute primary lesson, AND the relief society lesson. needless to say, I was exhausted by the end of church. thankfully this week I didn't have to do anything.
- our fhe with our lovely south African members, true sister wadsworth style, (i'll try to send pictures so you'll understand) we made tiaras. :) best fhe ever. they loved it.
-us trying to figure out how to put some air into our tyres... the machines are a bit different here... and also car washes are a bit complicated as well. :) (most of our problems usually are with our car.)
- the personal study where I got so excited about the atonement that I kind of accidentally underlined the whole page..... whoops. haha. my appreciation for king Benjamin has grown so much this week!
- getting my companion to call kwik fit for two weeks now. (she hates calling people as much as I still do) haha
-stopping by one really funny less active member, who since we were pretty sure that sister spangler is leaving (she is) took us over to sainsbury's to but lanterns and some yard lights..... I love her. she calls us the wanderer and cheeky its cute. :)
- DODGE NIGHT. so, I am training. sister spangler is going to Nottingham 4 tomorrow. I will have sister filoso for a week, since she is serving in Peterborough and also training. its going to be a great week. :) and a great transfer.
yup. also, a note on patience. I still dont believe that I am very patient. but something each and every one of my companions have told me is how impressed they am at how patient I really am. haha. its definitely something my mission has taught me, especially this transfer. I think that I have learned to be a bit more patient with myself, which is what i really do struggle with. I get easily frustrated by not being able to accomplish the things that i feel I should be able to. (ex. calling people, talking to people, stopping people on the street, training..) especially when I felt that i was at a point in my mission where I should be able to do these without even thinking. the struggle is real! how grateful I am for the atonement!
I love you all so much! enjoy your week!
Love,
-Sister Wadsworth :)
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what? bombs in panaca? when does that happen? cresent is a tough kid. I'm sure he'll be fine. do they know why he didnt like grandpa's neighbors? what a random place to explode.
have fun camping!!
make sure the ice cream you order is butter pecan... yum..
love you!
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 6:58 AM, kelly wadsworth <mkwads@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Rachel,
It has been a sad, scary, crazy week. we started out pretty slow, but, on Wednesday in Panaca there was chaos.
A man set off a car bomb and another bomb. He was targeting the people who built a house right behind Grandpa Wadsworth's house. There must have been angels all over Panaca, because no one was seriously hurt, except the bomber, who they discovered committed suicide in the car right after he detonated the bomb.
Glen was out mowing the back lawn and saw it explode. Grandpa was sitting in his chair in the living room. The blast blew out all the windows on the back of his house. Grandpa wasn't hurt at all even though there was glass on him and all around him. And shrapnel tore small holes in the wall and ceiling just above him. There are a lot of people who should have been hurt or even killed, but no one was hurt. Except Crescent. He was riding his bike nearby, and was hit by a piece of metal. His shoulder is famous. There was a picture of it on the news.
There have been news crews and reporters and FBI and all sorts of people investigating it. It was such a scary thing to happen, and in Panaca of all places. But despite all the bad, most of the news reports tell about how everyone in this small town pulled together to help the family whose house was destroyed. A lot of people were at grandpa's helping clean up, and board up windows.
So after reporting that. We are all fine. Oh. Except for Jacques. He wrecked on his bike on the scout trip. He ended up at the ER. Camden called me to tell me that Jacques was hurt. He ended up not breaking anything, but had a few x-rays and a CAT scan to make sure. He is moving pretty slowly, but he is fine. He actually crashed on his last run down the hill, in the last 30 minutes of the last day. So he had all the fun the before he was hurt. He just had a horrible ride home. They were in Jackson Hole Wyoming. Those scouts really know how to have fun.
He got home Wednesday night, so I guess Wednesday was a rotten day all around.
Thursday we had Remi and Keldyn. Oh, and Grandma has had West and Addy all week while Megan was at Girls Camp. We've had West over to play everyday so she could have a break. Ashton and West was a pretty good combination, but Keldyn wasn't overly fond of him. After they left, we were going to go help Grandpa clean up his house. They evacuated everyone while they looked for more bombs, but Ann wasn't sure they would be let back in that night. So we ended up going down on Friday to help.
Saturday there was a RS breadmaking thing. Natty was asked to help with the nursery, but no one brought any kids. She and Brynlee and Brooklyn got off easy. We stayed and helped clean the church after that.
Saturday night we went down to play games with Ann and Todd. We took the dice game. It takes forever with 5 people.
Today at church was High Council Sunday. Wade Poulsen was one of the speakers, and he was also up at Camp Helaman. He had asked Benson while they were up on the mountain to bear his testimony in church. So Benson bore his testimony today. He does have one. He is growing, but at the same time, he doesn't want to. It's hard for him and for us.
Bev Peterson and Klark Black are doing a children's choir for Stake conference in August. Ward choristers are in it too. The first practice was tonight, and it was pretty fun. I took Keziah down with me. She had fun too. We were supposed to have 10 kids from our ward, but with a lot of them being gone for the summer, we didn't quite make it. Especially with the "choose 10 children who can sing well and be reverent" rule.
The living room is full of camping stuff. we are leaving in the morning for Wheeler Peak. It will just be chelsey, Natty, Abigail, and me. I tried to talk the boys in to coming, but the would rather go to Camden's. I'm glad Lauralynn loves them (thanks, Lauralynn!)
That's about it. I loved your letter last week. Do I need to ask specific questions every week, or are you going to write us a letter by yourself?
You will be a great trainer. After watching you be so patient with Benson and his math homework, I think you can do anything. Just remember to be patient.
I love you. We will think about you while we are up on the mountain. I might even order you a scoop of ice cream, of course, then I'd have to eat it for you. Hmmm. Good idea.
Work hard and be nice. And don't forget to pray. And listen. You know all this. So just do what you are supposed to.
Love you!!!
Mom
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