Exciting news!

This week was seriously they craziest week of my life!  We had so many teaching appointments and service projects and meetings.  I have no idea how we fit it all in.  They were all super important so God helped us find the time we needed to do it all.  If I told you everything in detail I'd be here all day.  So here are the best parts of the week.

Tuesday was the busiest.  We had appointments every hour from 9 to 9 and only 1 canceled.  Never had that before on my mission.  So we were so busy.  We taught Mike and Jerry and committed them to the baptism date of the 21st.  Which they both accepted!  They are both getting baptized this Saturday!!!! We are so stinkin excited! =)  We also went to Sherri's.  She is getting baptized this Saturday as well.  So we are going to have a 3 in one baptism.  The wards are so excited, we are so excited, Sherri, Mike and Jerry are so excited!  Missionary work is just so exciting.  haha!! =)

Wednesday was super busy too.  We took the Horton girls to the purple couch and got chocolate milk.  It was a lot of fun.  I've adopted two more sisters. =)  

Wednesday was another day that we had appointments from 9 to 9 and only one canceled.  2 days in a row!  Craziness.  We went over the baptismal questions with Mike and Jerry and they passed with flying colors.  Though we figured out that Mike drinks coffee every morning.  We were disappointed because he has to be following the word of wisdom for 2 solid weeks before he can get baptized.  But because he was serious about getting baptized, he gave up his coffee and we got permission for him to get baptized even though it wasn't 2 weeks.  So now we have coffee and a coffee maker in our apartment... not really sure what we should do with it.  We'll probably chuck it after the baptism.

Thursday we went on exchanges.  I went with Sister Duncan to Emmett.  She is having a hard time.  I tried to help her, but I don't know if I did.  So if you could pray for her, I think she would really appreciate it. =) We talked a lot about our fun times in Enterprise.  It was fun.

Friday the 13th was Sherri, Mike and Jerry's interviews for baptism.  All passed of course.  They are all ready to get baptized... just like I've been saying like 4 times.  You'd think I was excited or something.  haha =)

Saturday we went to a former investigator/ less active's house to see if the little girl wanted to get baptized.  She does!  So we are going to start teaching her and her baptism will be March 14th.  She is pretty excited.  We just have to help them get a habit of coming to church so after she gets baptized they can stay active.  So that was a good day.  Sister Clegg and I got each other valentines gifts.  And Sherri gave us flowers.  It was so sweet =) 

 I heard an elder say... "This will be your last valentines day spent with the same gender."  haha.  I thought it was funny.  True though.  The Hicks had us over for dinner.  And because it was 60 degrees outside we had a barbecue. It was so good!  It was fun to hang out with them and Sherri.

Sunday we went to ward council and sacrament meeting then Sister Clegg didn't feel well so we went home and she slept.  I did some studying then slept too.  Wow was I tired.  Those times when a companion is sick happen at the perfect time.  It's a blessing to be able to take a break and rest.  Opposition in all things... if you don't know how to work, then you don't know how to rest.  Right? =)  After we rested she felt a lot better.  So we went out and visited a bunch of people.  We finally asked the Hortons if they would be interested in learning and being baptized.  Debbie (the one dying of cancer) wants to get baptized.  But she doesn't know if she can in her condition.  If she can't she wants to be baptized by proxy in the temple a year after she dies.  The girls have expressed interest in being baptized.  Hopefully we can get their grandma on board too.  She is pretty set in her religion.  But she isn't against the church like she was a couple years ago.  So there is hope!  They are thinking about it.  I'll let you know the outcome.  I really hope they accept and we can get them all baptized before their mom dies!!  They are such sweet girls, and it's so hard to see them go through this.  They are handling it better than I probably would.

That was our crazy week.  And I think I told you about 25% of it.  

I studied faith today.  And I learned a couple things about it.  

What is Faith? It is having confidence in something or someone

How to get Faith? Pray, read scriptures, go to church, learn about Christ and the gospel, listen to the Holy Ghost.

Why to have Faith? Those who do are promised eternal life and happiness.

Sounds like a pretty good bargain! =)  We always need to have more faith.  No one can have too much faith.

Love you all!! I am so glad to be on a mission at this time.  There has been so much success in the last month.  It is so amazing to watch people do what us crazy 20 year old girls ask them to do.  It's because this is the true church.  They feel the Holy Ghost and want to change.  We really do have a special calling as the Lord's servants.  And he gives us the power to carry his name and his spirit with us always.  It's going to be a sad day when I have to take off my name tag.  But I am always ready for new adventures so I can learn and grow and prepare to have a family and return with God.

Have a fantastic week filled with the Spirit of God!

Love, Sister Radmall

Success!

Hey everyone!  

so I've learned something this week..... when you do your best you get blessed!  Times 10 =)  The Lord seems to be blessing Sister Clegg and I.  We have had so much success that has come with hard work.  We are teaching more than I ever have on my mission.  We had 6 investigators at church yesterday.  We have 4 investigators with baptismal dates in the next 2 months.  It's just fantastic.  I am seeing the blessings of serving a mission.  God wants us to prove our faith and work hard even when it's rough so that he can bless us when we are almost done and have done good work.  So I am loving life right now.  And to make it even better... the sun was out!! And it's been 50 degrees all week! =)

We have been so busy we aren't able to do everything we want to and see everyone we want too.  

On Tuesday we went and saw the Hortons.  Their grandma was stressed out so we took Lane and Sage and the dog for a walk.  It was a lot of fun!  We were jumping over the cracks and lines on the cross walks and the phone flew out of my pocket into a puddle.... oops.  So it got soaked.  And the speakers didn't work =P  So I put it in a bag of rice and luckily it worked the next day.  haha.  That evening we had a lesson at the Vincents.  Mike came and so did the Tophams.  We had a really good lesson about some of the commandments.  I'm so excited for Jerry and Mike to get baptized.  It will give them the added strength they need in their life.

Wednesday we had a great lesson with Sherri.  We were on exchanges so I taught her with my temporary companion, Sister Tyler (From Texas).  It was a great lesson.  We talked about the temple and how she can be sealed to her husband who has past and her son Adam.  She was pretty excited about that.  She is so excited to get baptized that she wants to do it a week sooner!  So it's going to be the 21st instead of the 27th =)  We are excited for her!

Thursday we had to take the Jeep in to get the alignment fixed.  So we brought it down to Nampa at 8 and Elder Short took it to the dealership.  We were planning for it to be gone for like 2 hours.... but we were at the mission office from 8 to 4.  So we were there for 8 hours.  We had a lot of fun though.  And we made ourselves very useful.  We called ourselves the Sister AP's (Assistant to the President).  We organized the material closet, copied, restocked, and helped with some file work.  The office missionaries put us to work.  And we got to go to Costa Vida for our lunch break.  It was a good day.

Friday the elders and us helped the Treats wash their walls and ceiling.  It was pretty gross.  Yellowy brown came off the walls.  I am so glad I am not bound by the habit of smoking... and I never will be!  It's so nasty.  When we were done we went and changed then felt like we should go over to Martina's house.  We walked in and she was in the middle of a breakdown.  Her house was a mess because she just had rude guests over that tore apart her house.  So we were able to help her clean in while she took a breather and tried to calm down.  God sent us over there are just the right time.  

Saturday was a service day most of the day.  We helped the treats again.  Had to go over the walls again because they were still dirty.  Then we painted corners.  We went over to Martina's again too.  Helped her some more.  They were both very grateful for our help.  I love doing service!  We then went to dinner at Garbonzos.  It was a birthday part, feeding the missionaries, blind date dinner... .talk about awkward!!  But the giant pizza was pretty cool.

Sunday was probably one of the best days ever!  Mostly because everyone we invited to come to church... actually came to church!!!  That's never happened to me before.  =)  It was fantastic!  We walked over to the Hortons and picked up the girls.  They sat by us at church and loved it.  On the way home Lane told us she wants to be baptized.  We were like, "Yeah!  We can arrange that!"  haha =)  After church we had a fantastic lesson with the Treats and the Hoopers.  Talked a lot about the atonement and how to quit smoking.  It was great!  Then we had an awesome lesson with Mike.  We talked about the importance of baptism and what his long and short term goals are.  He finally told us that he wants to get baptized.  So we are trying to get him and Jerry ready for the 21st.  We are pretty excited!! =)

That was our crazy week!  Never got a breather.  But that's okay.  It's better this way.  

This week I learned that... The Natural man looks at the failure, God looks at the progress.  Why give into natural man and look at the failure?  Even the tinest bit of progress is noticed by God.  We should notice it too!  So we can be encouraged and strengthened.

Love you all! Have a fabulous week!

<3 Sister Radmall

Message from the field February 1st

Hey peoples =)

Did anyone else notice how random the weather was this week??  Sunny, then rainy, then so cold and foggy, then sunny again, and now raining!  Maybe that's just in Idaho.  haha

Feeding the horses at our house

Living in a mud hole

Monday night we had an awesome FHE lesson at the Yoders house.  They had an empty nesters and invited us to teach the lesson.  So we talked about how to study from preach my gospel and committed them all to read it.  Then we taught lesson 3 just like we would have to an investigator.  It was awesome.  They were all so enthralled and the spirit was so strong!

This is how missionaries park--so they don't have to back up.

Tuesday was fantastic.  So many great lessons!  We went to zone meeting,

The "O-Zone"  (Ontario Zone)

 then ate at Panda Express.. love that place.  Then we had to go to Les Schwab to get our tires aligned.  Then we had dinner and brought those memebers, the Tophams, with us to the Vincents house to teach them some commandments.  Awesome lesson!  They are all awesome at the Vincents.  Jerry is so so so ready to get baptized!  He just has to decide on a date still.  We then went to see what the scouts were doing.  They needed help with dinner and dessert, so we helped them for a while.  Then we had another really really awesome lesson with Scott.  He is a sort of recent convert, of like 3 or so years.  And he just got out of prison.  He has a completely changed heart, and is so willing to let Christ make him better.  It's amazing to see.  There is just a bright spirit about him everywhere he goes.  We talked about the restoration and Joseph Smith.  It was a lot of fun because he already knows a lot, so we went into a little deeper discussion with him than we would have with an investigator.  It was cool.

Thursday was so crazy.  We taught Sherri.  Great lesson!  She is going to get baptized Feb. 27!  She just has to stop smoking, and come to church every week... which she is doing great at so far!  We went to the Hortons and read with the girls again.  And I did their hair again.  They love that =)  We also saw Mike.  We think he can get baptized on the 27th too.  We shall see.  We are hoping Jerry will accept that date as well!

Friday I got to go to Sweet Idaho with Sister Mackelprang!! We had tons of fun =)  

Sister Krauss came here with Sister Clegg.  Me and Sister Mack had a great lesson Friday night.  I'm pretty sure we said 10 words.  We brought a member who is very talkative.  But it's a good, powerful talkative.  She connected so well with the 3 investigators!! It was so awesome.  She just kept going and going and taught practically the whole lesson, especially talked about the atonement.  It was so cool to see and feel the connection she had with one of the investigators who is trying to decide what to do.  He just went through a bad break-up and needs something more in his life.  So she was able to connect with him and tell him how she went through things like that and how she handled them.  It was amazing.  Have I said that enough?  haha!

Saturday morning we helped the senior center with a big project.  Then we went to lunch at the pizza place, Garbonzos and got a french fry pizza.  It was good!

  Then we walked from the church around the horseshoe because the son was out and it was such a nice day.  We ran into the Treats and helped them clean their walls a little bit.  Then we went and helped Sister Lewellen with some technical things she couldn't figure out.  Then we went to the Hicks and taught Sherri.  Great lesson!  We went over the baptismal questions to see what Sherri needed to work on before baptism.  It wasn't our plan, but nothing was coming to mind that went along with the plan, so I felt like we should take a different route, and it went so much better.

Ice cream at the Moscrips

Sunday was a long day of meetings.  After Church we went to the treats and planed to teach the plan of salvation, but I felt like we should go over the baptismal questions again.  It worked out really good.  We talked a lot about all aspects of the gospel and we were able to discern what is keeping Hank from getting baptized.  We voiced a lot of concerns... and now the only thing left is his cigar.  So he got an amazing blessing.  I am really hoping that his faith in that blessing is enough to help him stop.  I know it can help him... but he has to know that for it to work.  Later, Sister Clegg had to write something so we went to the church and I finally got to play the piano while she wrote.  It was really nice, and much much needed!!  My fingers are going to need a lot of re-training to be able to play fun songs when I get home and not just hymns.  haha =P

Well I had a lot to say... haha  Hope I didn't put you to sleep.

I learned this Sunday... again (seeing as I have learned it multiple times on my mission) that if we want to find ourselves we have to lose ourselves.  We have to lose our life in the service of Christ.  Doing what Christ would, and doing our best to serve others.  That is the one and only way to truly figure out who our spirit is. =)

Have a great week everyone!  I sure will, cuz I have Christ!! =)

Love, Sister Radmall 

  

Our Mascot, "Puffer"

Email from January 26th

So we go to the senior center every week, and it's so fun!  We help in the thrift store, serve food, talk to people, and I've recently been playing a game of pool with one of the old guys.  He loves it.  Serving people is one of my favorite things to do!

We taught a lot of lessons this week to people.  The Vincents are doing so great.  Jerry is getting closer and closer every time.  I can feel it!  They came to church yesterday, finally.  He just needs to feel like he can set a date and a goal.  We also taught the treats.  I have never seen someone so into one thing... Hank loves round dancing.  It's pretty much all he talks about!  If you bring it up at all he will talk about it for an hour and you can't talk about anything.  Even if you don't bring it up he will talk about it for an hour.  haha!! It's cool.  He knows a lot about it.  

Sister Lewellen is the one that called mom on Wednesday.  I was right there by the phone.  haha.  It was fun =)  She is so great!  Has such a great, funny personality.  She is the relief society president and is always serving anywhere she can.  She helps us out all the time.  Love her!

On Thursday we went to the blue and gold banquet.  It was great!  There were a lot of non-members there.  They had a dessert auction.  Some of those desserts went for like 50 bucks.  Those auctions are so fun, and such a good idea for a fundraiser.

Friday was MLC.  We have a lot more Sister Training Leaders now.  There was 3 pairs, now there are 5 pairs.  So we won't be quite as busy.  Sister Breen and Dunkle are STL companions right now. I hope they have a good time!  The STLs are making plans for Sister's conference.  I am so excited!  It's going to be a personality theme with the personality colors.  And you know that quote on my wall above my window, "The road to success is always under construction." We are going to decorate with that theme.  It's going to be a blast.

Saturday morning didn't start out very well.  But we were able to help a family in need.  We got a text letting us know that one of the less actives we are working with, Liz, her son died in a car accident Friday night.  He was 20.  The family is devastated.  We had planned to help sister Lewllen with a relief society project that morning so we headed over there and told her the news so she dragged us inside and had us make cookies.  We make cookies then went over and gave them to Liz and her family.  Poor Bella, she is 9, she is mad at her brother Austin and mad at God for taking him.  She is having the hardest time I think because she doesn't understand.  We did our best to comfort her and tell her that her brother is right by her side now all the time.  That he is happy and in no pain. It helped a little, but she still doesn't understand why he had to die now.  Liz is having a hard time too.  She is a single mom with 3 girls.  Not active, though the 2 girls go to mutual.  When we went over we just cleaned out the fridge and did the dishes and organized some kitchen cabinets to try and help her out.  She knows there is a reason for what happened, but she is having a really hard time knowing what that reason is and accepting the fact that it happened.  If you could pray for Liz Astle and her family, they could use all the prayers we can give.  They are a sweet family and this whole thing put a damper on our weekend because we love them and wish it didn't have to happen.

On a better note... Sister Clegg and I have been working on making the church look better so when investigators come and new people it will look good.  So we re-did the missionary boards.  Still in the process, but they look better.  And the relief society boards.  They look awesome!  It's a lot of fun.  And I think people will notice.  Hopefully something good comes out of the little changes we are making!

I have been reading the Continuous Atonement by Brad Wilcox.  Awesome book!!  Love it! =)  If you haven't read it, I highly suggest it.  It makes the atonement so much easier to understand and comprehend. Helps me realized that even though I am not perfect, and can't be perfect, God and Jesus Christ still love me.  They still want me to return to them, and I still can because of the atonement.  Because Jesus Christ payed for my sins so that I could be perfect... SOME DAY.  God is only as perfect as he knows how to be... same as us.  We are only as perfect as we know how to be... that is why we learn.  So we can BECOME like God.  Not so we can be like God now, but so we can eventually, over time, be like Him.  I've learned so much about the atonement... more than I ever have before in the last month.  And there is still so much more to learn.

Alma 7:11-12

Thanks for reading my long email.  Hopefully you aren't falling asleep ;)  Have a fantastic week! 

Love you!

~Sister Radmall 

President Cannon's Ice Cream Machine

Little tiny Chihuahua Puppies

Transfer Week: January 19th message

I'm still in New Plymouth!  Super excited!  And I'm still with sister Clegg.  Makes me wonder if I will stay with her for the rest of our missions, or if she will leave for our last 6 weeks.  Hopefully we stay together the whole time. 

We had a crazy week.  I'm so ready for the sun to come out!  Why does the first month of the year have to be the longest and most dreary?  I guess that's better than the middle of the year being that way.

On monday we played some minute to win-it games.  It was pretty fun.  A lot of the missionaries just wanted to play sports... they are boring.  But those that played with us had a fun time! =)  

Then we went to teach Zelle at the Grovers.  It was a pretty good lesson.  Taught her the restoration.  She is 15 though, so I'm pretty sure everything we said went in one ear and out the other.  haha.  We will see if she is interested next week.  Her mom who is less active listened and loved it though.  

Tuesday we went to the Hortons and played Catch Phrase for a while.  They said that we really bring the spirit in their home and really lighten things up.  They love it because it's really hard for them right now.  Their mom is still suffering with cancer.  I also did the twins' hair.  Braided it so it would be curly the next day.  They loved it!  I really love that family.  It's so sad to see them all suffering so much.  I'm glad I am able to be their friend!

Wednesday we went to a stake correlation and talked about how to better the missionary work in the stake.  It went well.  Our stake president is awesome!  After that we came back to New Plymouth and contacted a bunch of people.

Thursday we were at Horton's again. We helped them go through clothes that were too small for the girls. They really appreciated it.  Got it done quick.  Then we went to the Moscrips for dinner.  They invited us over with 2 of his business partners. (this is the millionaire family).  It was awesome.  We had some great gospel conversations.  And they asked us lots of questions about missionary work.  It was good, fun, missionary oriented dinner.  Something both me and Sister Clegg needed.  It was definitely a rich business man's dinner. 

Friday We just contacted a couple people.  Not a lot happened.  Saw and talked to a couple people we haven't for a while, but nothing really came of it.  There are those days that you are there for a reason and you touch their lives and they let you know.... and then there are the days where you don't feel like you are doing anything.  On those days what you are actually doing is growing and helping yourself.  Learning how to be diligent even after a long hard day.

Saturday we took Mike to the Spanish baptism.  He seemed to like it.  We just wanted him to witness a baptism, to see what it's like.  The Spanish sisters and elders actually needed me to play the piano.  They didn't know anyone who could play come thou fount.  They sang the same thing sister Bailey did in La Grande.  Come thou fount music with Joseph Smith's first prayer words (In Spanish).  It worked out perfectly since I had written the music to the arrangement.  So I played for them.  It was pretty cool.  I'm so grateful for my talent of piano!  It is so much fun.  And I love being able to help people and brighten their day with it! =)

Sunday was really long.  We were both kind of tired of church and ward council.  In both ward councils they didn't really talk much about missionary work.  They talked about menial things for ever.  So we were frustrated.  Then our investigator that promised would come didn't.  So it was just a frustrating day for both of us.  But I got spiritually fed a LOT.  During sacrament meeting the word 'Soul' stood out to me in the sacrament prayers.  I thought about how it doesn't say anything about our bodies in the prayers.  Only our souls.  The sacrament is food for the soul.  It really does clean and strengthen us for the rest of the week.  Before yesterday I just took the sacrament without a ton of thought.  I thought about Christ and what he did for me, and I thought about how I could be better during the week.  But I never thought about the strength the sacrament could give me.  Reading the scriptures and praying every morning is a spiritual boost for the day... taking the sacrament is a spiritual bomb that lasts the whole week!  It's pretty cool! =)  So that helped my day get better.  And the Mia Maid adviser came into Relief Society and asked us if we would come teach her class because there wasn't a lesson prepared.  So we went to Young Womens and they asked us all kinds of questions about being a missionary.  It was so fun! I hope we got them excited to be missionaries!  That gave us the push we needed to go work the rest of the day.  I love church!

That was our crazy week.  Lots of ups and downs.  Pushing through hard times and looking back at all the blessings.  Good week =)

We are reading Jesus the Christ together as a companionship.  It's a long process but we are almost halfway done!  It is such an amazing book!  I am learning so much about Christ.  I'm also reading 'The Continuous Atonement' by Brad Wilcox.  Also an awesome book about Christ.  They are so good.  I recommend both of them =)

Love you all!

Remember that Christ doesn't just make up the difference, he IS the difference!  He isn't asking us to repent so we can pay him back, but so we can learn for ourselves.

Love,

Sister Radmall 

January 15th email: From the Mouth of Babes

We had a really fun week.  It was pretty busy though.  And both me and Sister Clegg are emotionally, spiritually, and physically worn out!  But we still push through and get 'r done!

Exchanges this week were with the Parma sisters, Gibb and Miller.  And the Spanish Ontario trio, Gutierrez, Stadler, and Carrasco.

I got to go to both Parma and Ontario.  On exchanges no one one was home.  Then later I learned that no one was home in New Plymouth either.  Or Fruitland!  I think everyone everywhere was just gone!  But I met a really awesome member family.  Sometimes on those bad days you meet someone who just cheers you up!  It's a fantastic thing.  I'm very grateful for those people.

The other exchange was on Friday and Saturday.  I went to Ontario to the Spanish area.... needless to say I understood nothing.  =P  So that was weird.  But it was very cool to listen to the sisters teach and know exactly when they were bearing their testimony because you can really feel the spirit when testimonies are borne.  The spirit speaks to all whether they understand or not.  In all languages.  I had never experienced that before.  So it was an amazing experience for me!

We were able to teach Sheri this week.  She started out saying she had gotten her answer to know if the church is true.... she said she got the answer that the church was right for some people, but not right for her.  We didn't know what to say.  So talked about discerning spirits.  And how sometimes God with holds our answer for a big so we can learn.  Though she said it wasn't for her, she didn't sound very confident in that answer.  She kept saying that she felt lost now.  We explained that is because she wants the church to be true, God is just letting her figure things out right now.  So she pushed her baptism to Valentines day.  She still wants to get baptized, so that's good!  I'm sorry if that made absolutely no sense.  I did my best.  haha.

We went to a less actives house this week and had a really good conversation with her and her husband about church.  Then she came to church on sunday!  It was so awesome!  I love seeing less actives come back to church.

We help out at the senior center every week.  In the thrift store and serving lunch.  We have a lot of fun there.  Trying to make ourselves known in the community.  Everyone loves us.  Hopefully we are making a good impression for the church!

On Sunday we went to teach a young family.  They are active members.  But she asked us if we could teach her the lessons so that she can teach her little girl the gospel when she gets older.  She lacks confidence in her teaching skills.  So we have been teaching her simply and trying to help her teach.  This week we asked her to role play to her little girl, Nichole, who is only 6 months old.  She didn't feel comfortable and didn't know where to start so we did it.  We have never taught a baby before.  Haha!!  It was so adorable though.  Because as we were teaching her the first discussion... the restoration, she had the funniest reactions.  It seemed like she understood everything we said!  She probably felt the spirit.  At the climax' and exciting parts she would lean in and watch you so intently, then she would make a screech or something and get so excited.  It was so funny.  I had to take a video.  Babies are really just so close to the veil.  Honestly, one of the things I am super excited to do in 3 months is hold a baby.  It's been way to long!  haha =)

So that was our week.  It was an interesting one, but still good.  I love it here!

I found this scripture in Romans 5:19 this week....

"For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous."

Our example shows whether it's a good example or bad example.  So be a good example!!!! =)

Love you all!

~Sister Radmall

January 5th Message from the Field

Hey! So this week just kind of flew by.  It consisted of 4 exchanges!  So needless to say... I'm really glad to be with my companion.  She is the best.  I am much more appreciative of her now that I can't be with her all the time.

Monday we went on exchanges with Sister Paxton and Ma'ukoloa.  I was in Fruitland with sister Paxton... and walking.  That was fun, and cold.  I was exhausted.

Tuesday all day I was with sister Paxton, then we did a last minute exchange with the other Fruitland sisters Tuesday-Wednesday.  They live in the same house, so I just switched beds.. haha.  I stayed in Fruitland again with Sister Johnston this time.  Sister Fox went with Sister Clegg.  This time we had a car.  I am so grateful to have a car!!!!  

New years day I was with my companion!  It was nice.  We saw a lot of people.  It was awesome.  Went down to sand hollow and taught our investigator, Jesse.  He doesn't remember a lot of things.  But he has a sincere heart and will probably get baptized soon.  =) 

Friday brought another exchange.  2 actually.  We went to Weiser's district lunch and had a short exchange with the McCall sisters.  Sister Bowler! And Clarke.  They are doing great together, so we didn't feel like we needed to use that many miles to do a 24 hour exchange.  Then Sister Keyser came to New Plymouth with me and Sister Nelson took my comp to Weiser.  But guess what she kept!  Our phone!  So we had no phone.... and we got lost going to dinner!  So we stopped and asked an older guy who was out shoveling his walk if he knew how to get there.  He didn't because they just moved from Boise.  But he knew who we were!  He said he loves the sister missionaries.  His wife is a member and he referred to himself as a 'dry Mormon'.  We asked if we could use his phone to call our dinner, and we got directions. Then we gave Hank our number so he could call us for help with unpacking.  It was a blessing that we ran into him.  A miracle!  And it wouldn't have happened if we had a phone.  So I'm really glad we didn't have a phone that day.  Even though it would have been nice to have. =)  God is in everything... everything happens for a reason.

Saturday we worked on a list of less-actives that the relief society president gave us because she didn't know if they lived there or not.  So we went searching.  We didn't find any, but we did find our non-member friend who goes to the exercise class with us.  We didn't know where she lived, but then we found her!  We introduced the Book of Mormon to her and committed her to read it.  Hopefully we can start teaching her! Her name is Phillis.  She is super sweet!  Then we went to Alona's, our possible Russian investigator.  They were having a Russian Christmas party and invited us in.  haha.  It was kind of awkward.  We didn't really stay long.  But it was good because we made our selves known to her co-workers.

Sunday was a long day of meetings.  Both ward councils. It was good though.  A lot less overwhelming than the first time when I knew nobody!  Now I know most of the people.  I'm loving this area.  I'm getting my bearings pretty good.  Know my way around mostly, and I know a lot of people now.  =)  I can't believe next week is the last week of the transfer!  December went by way too fast.  I knew it would... but I didn't think it would go that fast!

Sister Clegg and I got our trunky papers on Saturday.  Weird?  I think YES! So I filled them out and mailed them.  I'll be done with my mission April 14th.  It's comin' up fast.

Thanks for all the Christmas cards and wishes this last month.  They really boosted my spirits and made me feel loved and happy.  =)  

Love you all!

~Sister Radmall