Rabbit tastes like chicken

Well hello there folks. Long time no see. I am sorry for not writing an email last week but I'll write an extra long one just for you Grandma Rodabough!

SO on Monday (PDAY) we went to hang out with the Radford sisters. We first went to Walmart with them, then we got shakes at Cook Out (the best food place EVER) and then we played chair soccer. I'm not sure if many of you have heard of chair soccer but its where each person is on their own team and each person has their own chair. The purpose of the game is to be the last man standing. You do this by trying to make the ball touch all of the other chairs. The same rules of normal soccer apply and you are not aloud to move your chair (unfortunately). It is so much fun! But I however, was not coordinated enough to win lol. 

We picked up 4 new investigators this week but I'm only going to tell y'all about the coolest one. Her name is Sister Richardson and she is an excommunicated member. She wants to be baptized again so that she can renew her covenants and watch her son get married in the temple. I am BEYOND excited to be teaching her. She has such a sincere desire and she is just so loving and cool.

On each Wednesday we have a short missionary meeting called coordination. It is where the missionaries in the ward get together with the Ward Mission Leader and talk about investigators and things like that. BUT we eat dinner before too so that's awesome, last Wednesday we had Bennies Pizza for dinner. IT WAS THE BIGGEST PIZZA IVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE HOLY COW!!! I could only have one piece because it was that big. I kid you not people. Only eat that pizza if you are asking for diabetes or a heart attack. 

So some of you may know that these last few months have been harder for me. I am not going to say why exactly because its kind of personal. However, one of my all time favorite scriptures gave me great comfort. It is 1 Nephi 3:7, it reads as follows, "And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." I LOVE this scripture because it tells us that we can go though any and all trials that we have. There is also a super cool scripture in 1 Corinthians 13:7 that says "Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things." Isn't that just awesome? I love these scriptures.

So as far as my caption goes, Rabbit really does taste like chicken. We where at the Morgans and they gave us this stuff that looks like shredded chicken and after dinner he told us that it was chicken mixed with Rabbit. It was super good. I don't hate animals if that is what y'all are thinking but yeah. It was just fun. 

I just want to say how grateful I am to all of my family and friends. I love each and every one of you so much. Thank you for your continued support. 

Love always,

Sister Rodabough 

Not so nice people and transfer week

So transfer week so she emailed yesterday but no mass email boooooo, however she did say this to me via email chat. Her companion isn't so nice to her so ya, momma bear here... she's so righteous 👊🏼🙏🏼 Dearest mother, don't fret. All is well. I was doing daily contact the yesterday and that is where we send a scripture to our investigators via text. I randomly flipped open my quad and I came across a scripture in 1 Corinthians that says "Bareth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things." and it reminded me about 1 Nephi 3:7 and how we can go through anything. Because Heavenly Father will not give us something we can't do. That gave me peace in my heart knowing that I can do this. Thank you for all of your help and support, I love you forever!

Hey how are ya'll?

I hope everything is well back at home and that y'all are making good choices:) This mission (WVCM) is just the best. Sorry to all of the other missionaries but its true. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father sent me here. It is perfect for me in every way. It is beautiful, challenging, fun, exciting and so many other things that I can't think of right now. 

So. We had our conference with President Lindhardt and he is AWESOME!!! He is super funny like holy cow. He is just the coolest. And my new mission mom is just the sweetest lady, she is super fun and cute. My heart is so full of love for them already and I only spent 4 hours with them! The only slightly disappointing part was that we didn't get to have interviews but that's okay. Of course I will miss that Salisbury's but I am grateful to have a new Mission President!

Okay for one of our dinner appointments we had was with Sister Samples. She is an older lady and she is kinda crazy. Haha I still love her though. She gave us a referral and he ended up coming to church this week AND he is our newest investigator. He is pretty much golden. He just needs a car lol. I hope that we will be able to teach him more because he is just the sweetest guy ever. ALSO, when we where at Sister Samples house, I got to paint her door! It was so much fun because for those of you who don't know, I love interior design so painting a door was awesome. She also took us to like the most expensive restaurant in Pulaski so that was fun. She was like "Do y'all want to see the bar?" She showed us the bar and it was probably not good for our reputation to be in there but its okay haha. 

I guess that everyone in my family is having babies and not telling me about it. Whats with that guys? Cyler I am talking to you. I would like pictures of all of your babies please and thank you.

I am so grateful for all of the support that all of you have given me. I can feel the impact of your prayers in my life so thank you. I hope that y'all have a great week!

Love always,

Sister Rodabough

What's up family and friends?

Well folks, my Fourth was pretty much the best. We started off with a HUGE ward breakfast that was so good. We had dear, pork, chicken, beef, hamburger, pancakes (duh;), fruit, monkey bread, chocolate milk, orange juice and tons of other food. And no I did not nor could not eat that much food haha. After that we went to Walmart and got some shorts and we did service at the Morgans! That family is so darn fun to be with holy cow. We had a super dope firework show after. On Tuesday we went back to finish our service with the Morgans, then we went to this cool place in Dublin where you can go sightseeing and you can play basketball, baseball and lots of other cool things. The rest of the week we just did normal missionary things.

I am SO EXCITED FOR TOMORROW Y'ALL HAVE NO STINKEN IDEA!!! We get to meet our new Mission President! I have been waiting a whole week for this moment ladies and gentlemen...that's right. A whole week! I am so grateful that Heavenly Father has blessed me to be able to serve with two mission presidents.

I am also excited about my friends McKenna and Kelsee who will be leaving on there missions soon! But lets not forget Dallas and Dylan and Jake and Dylan (on the other side of the family) and all of my other cool cousins! I am so proud of all of you, this will be one of the best decisions you make in your life.So make sure you live it up on your mission, become your best self and focus everything on our Savior, Jesus Christ.

I it is so crazy to thing that I hit my 6 month mark on the 18th, then I hit my half way mark on October 18 and then after that I turn 20! Oh wait that actually just means that I am an old human.

I love Virginia so very much. All we need here now is a billion temples and we'll call it good. I hope Heavenly Father will allow me to spend my whole mission here. My family is going to go completely crazy when I bring them up here. Especially McKay, he will LOVE Virginia I just know it. Chip will probably like it for a few minutes and be like, "Okay, yeah yeah that's cool, where is my computer?" Nah I'm just kidding haha. If any of you get the opportunity to go to Virginia, you better go or you will regret it!

I hope that all of you know how grateful I am to each of you. I thank you and I love you.

Love,
Sister Rodabough 

Happy 4th Everyone! Plus a movie or two

Happy 4th y'all! 

This is one of my favorite times of year! We are so blessed to have this wonderful country that Heavenly Father has given us. Plus, who doesn't like fireworks? I have so many memories of going to rodeos, parades and family gatherings. Its a good time ladies and gentlemen!

The mission is just going by crazy fast. Holy cow I don't even know what to do with myself. We got our new mission President. I am so excited to be able to work with them! They are going to be so amazing!

We found a new investigator this week and it was a really cool experience. She loves the temple and she already believes that Joseph Smith is a modern day prophet! She was also very excited to get a Book of Mormon! I love to see that Heavenly Father truly does prepare His people. This work is so amazing and I am grateful for this time I have to serve my Heavenly Father!

I got the news that I have two new baby cousins! Although it makes me a little sad that I have to wait so long to meet them, I am grateful that they are apart of my wonderful family!


Wednesday was so much fun, we got to go to the Niels for our coordination meeting then for dinner Sister Niel made us legit orange chicken. I learned how to use chop sticks so that was a lot of fun. I also got to hang out with my best fiends! Their names are sister Lambert and Sister Chantry. I love them a lot haha.

So for tomorrow (fourth of July) we are having a HUGE breakfast. They are starting to cook at 6:30 and the breakfast doesn't even start till 9:00 so I'm hyped. After that we are going to the Morgans for dinner and before hopefully we will be able to see some fireworks!

Thank you for everything!

Love always,
Sister Rodabough

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The mission life is the best life

Hello dearest family and friends,
This week has been...interesting. My new area consists of Dublin and Pulaski Virginia. It is super pretty and the ward and people are amazing! My companions name is Sister Van Tassell, she is from Paul Idaho. She is super awesome and we like to play football and pick wild berries so its a good time.:)

Tuesday: We had our last zone conference with President and Sister Salisbury. We learned a lot about the Book of Mormon, being obedient and they gave us some post mission advice (which was awkward because they talked about marriage...) We are sad that they are leaving but we are also excited to get the new President!

Wednesday: We had dinner with the Niels today and it was fun because we accidentally showed up early so Sister Niel showed us how to make tacos! Before that we where tracking and we ran into (not literally) this lady who was 99 years old but she looked like she was at least 75. She was super nice to us and it was cool because she turns 100 in July!

Tuesday: Every Tuesday and Thursday we serve at a church that provides meals for homeless people. It is SO much fun and it makes my whole day when we are able to do service for others who are in need.

Sunday: During sacrament meeting I learned the following about agency: It is important that we do hard things because they make us stronger. What am I willing to give up to know God better? Scripture in Alma: 'I will give up all of my sins to know thee.' What you think about is what you get more of. If we do our part, the blessings will follow.
Relief Society-Obedience: Try harder to live the Gospel. The more you are obedient, the more the Spirit can work with you. We must rise above the crowd and stand a little taller!

Today I am really excited because we get to go explore a mansion house, which may or may not actually be a mansion haha. Either way it should be fun. I love being a missionary holy cow. It really is just the best thing.

I hope that y'all have a good week and that you will make good choices:) Thank you for all of your continued support, prayers and love.

Love Always,
Sister Rodabough

Father's Day and New Apartments

Hello family and friends!

I hope y'all had an amazing Fathers Day! I love my dad a lot. He is my best friend and he is the best dad I could have asked for. Heavenly Father knew exactly what he was doing when he blessed me with such a wonderful man like him. We have had some awesome adventures together. He is the most hardworking man I have ever met. He is kind, funny, smart, caring, and Christlike. I am so honored that he is my dad.

This week has been so exciting. Our new apartment is super dope. However, elders used to live in it so we have to disinfect everything multiple times. The area is fantastic! I love my new companion. She is from Idaho and she is super legit. We have to sets of sister missionaries serving in the ward so it is fun to have more than just us haha.

It is super sad though on the other hand because President and Sister Salisbury are leaving very soon. I love them both with all my heart and makes me sad to see them go.

We had a wonderful stake conference on Fathers Day. I forgot my study journal like a dumbie head so I will get some notes for my email next week.

I am so excited to see all of my cousins and friends serving missions! Here is some things I wish I had done more of before I left:
Go to the temple as often as you can (whether you are a missionary or not)
Study the DOCTRINE
Read Preach My Gospel
Gain a rock solid testimony about the atonement of Jesus Christ
Read the WHOLE Book of Mormon no matter how many times you may have read it in the passed!
Spend time with your mom (legit, do it)

I hope that you future missionaries will apply these things in your life because they will help you in the mission.

Thank you for being awesome,
Sister Rodabough