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Hello Everyone!!!!!!!!!!! 

Wow so many emails this week!!!! Eric i still haven't gotten anything from you buddy! You can stop texting Ashley for a minute and email me!!! Casey does it! and FINALLY CASEY it took you long enough to date Nikita! Congrats lol Kenzie who is this boy? Anyways don't be a baby dad! You did it to yourself! We eat at members homes every night which is way nice! This last week we have been eating in pioneer ward and OMG the food is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! They are all farmers for the most part so its all fresh and delicious. We have only had dinner with the Rs once. They did take us out for lunch a few times though. 

So this last week. Last monday was pretty cool.  Sister M took us out to olive garden and it was delicious. We also played Gatorball which is this missionary game that is both football and soccer it was super fun. Ask Daniel to teach you! I also got boots thats day so im all warm and stuff. That night the Rs took us out for ice cream and then as we were driving home Bishop said " Oh hey we should stop at the store and get the kids (meaning us) some of those chocolates." It was so funny he didnt even realize he called us his kids. We feel like his kids sometimes. That night we also met with the inactive lady and now she is one of our best friends. she lives just down the street from us so we see her all the time. 

Tuesday was really cool. It was my first ever District Meeting. I loved it. We read this amazing talk on faith that i think is called Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. READ IT! Its from awhile back but its good. Lets see we were fasting that day for our area so we didn't get to go to the district lunch. But Sister Halbison played the Piano for like 2 hours while i read my scriptures and then Janine came and she got her interview for her baptism. That night we had dinner and then met with a few members. Pretty chill night.

Wednesday was AWESOME! So sister Halbison hurt her shoulder awhile back so we had to go to the doctors. The appointment didnt go well because he said we could still ride our bikes. We were hoping he would say no bikes so we could get a car. Its all good though. We got dropped off at the Rs store cause we wanted to see their puppy that they have there. Unfortunately they weren't there. We started walking home and within the 15 minute walk 7 cars asked if we needed rides. I think they love us. We went to dinner and then went to an appointment with this family that have been taking the lessons for while now. We extended the baptismal commitment and wait for it THEY ACCEPTED!!!! 2 more dates! So we walked out of there on fire! We were doing good. That night we also set up appointment with four people we know need the lessons. So Wednesday was a great day! I guess the fasting worked. 

Thursday was alright. We didnt do much that day. We met with this guy daniel that wanted to become active again. He and his family were really nice. That night we went to the Cs who live acroos the street from this house that has music to lights. You know like christmas lights but this guy does it for every holiday so we watched the lights to the halloween music. It was super fun. That night were exchanges. So we met up with our sister training leaders and i went to Blackfoot (about 30 mins away) with sister Lagisimon. She was pretty cool. It was my first time so i had no idea what to expect. We went over some things and then the assistants called. The Blackfoot sisters had a meeting the next day at 2. So we would have had to switch back. It was a nice sleep over though. it went well for my first exchange. She also said she was going to recommend me to be a trainer or a sister training leader in a transfer or 2 i pretty much begged her not to. We will see though. She was pretty confident in me. I told her give me at least 6 months. 

So friday morning we woke up early and went back to idaho falls. It was strange getting ready somewhere else. Sister Halbison and i were excited to be back that night because we had a chili cook off to go to where we were planning on meeting a few people. So that afternoon we did some service. Sister Halbison is from arizona so she is all excited about the leaves. We raked like 5 yards that afternoon. It was super fun and we got to know our neighbors. The inactive lady helped us rake her leaves and we invited her to the chili cook off. And she CAME! she brought cookies and her family. It was super fun to have her there. We also met this one family that wants to start coming back to church so we are teaching them this week. Before the chili cook off though we went to go meet up with a guy who has been taking the lessons for about 3 years Sonny D. Yes like the orange juice. We committed him to baptism to!!!! Another one bites the dust!!!!!!!!!!!Friday was a day to make appointments to. 

Saturday was crazy. We had to get to the church early to fill up the font. But really it didnt take 3 hours like the elders told us it took 2. Janine was baptized that day. It was super fun to see her come out of the water clean and reborn. She said it felt like a weight was lifted off her shoulder. She is awesome. Some people from her old ward came and supported her. It was really cool to see that. That night we met with some people we started teaching and those lessons went well. 

Sunday was busy. We have church from 9am to 4pm. We got to see 2 primary programs which was really cool. Next week we are in a primary program and we are singing with the Rs and some little kids about missionary work. Hopefully it goes well. So there is this family, the Js that are totally awesome and their daughter Kelsey is one of our favorites. We got to sit with them twice in sacraments so we were happy. We still dont know a ton of people so everyone is our best friend. That night bishop A called us and wanted us to come over so we did. And his wife is seriously amazing!!!!!!!!!! Add her on facebook Chantee A! She reminds me a little of Aunt Kristen. They just had some papers to fill out but then we went and made a few visits and at 9 that night the As show up with hot chocolate. It was so sweet of them. And the hot chocolate was AMAZING!!! 

Anyways this week has been great and we got reeds dairy ice cream!!!!!!! This ice cream is seriously to die for. Its probably not a good idea to give missionaries a discount. lol Aunt Kristen would be in heaven just saying. I also want to send a message to the Websters and just say i was thinking about you this week. I know its probably a hard time but i love you and im there with you in spirit and dont forget that. I am only a letter away. :)

Alright Love you all!!!!!!!!!

Sister Dearden

PS: I dont think i need anything right now. I am doing pretty good. I may need some skirts eventually. But not now. Oh and i also got the package! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!! The apron is hilarious!!!!!!!!!!! I wear it every morning!!!! The pictures are on our wall now i can brag about my siblings that don't write me. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!! Miss you guys and love you!!!!!!!!!!

To answer your questions

Our daily schedule is pretty empty we are just kind of meeting people right now. Getting to know the area to. 

We did not get to go to in n out but the burgers out here are pretty great. They are from cows right outside lol

POTATOES every night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We actually are going to the temple this week. It will be super cool. We do not get to work in the visitor's center because we arent trained. 

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Raking Leaves.

Janine & the Elders(are these Elders brothers?)

I made little sis model it before I sent off her apron.