"How do you live to be 107?"

"That's easy! Go to church and look both ways when you cross the street!"


Hello! So surprise- our preparation day has now been changed to Friday. This happens in my mission with the Sisters because once Spring Break hits there need to be sister missionaries at the sites every day of the week, so we can't all be gone on Monday. So today I am serving at the Book of Mormon Publication site, and I will get a chance to do all the normal stuff on Friday. Since you would have assumed my death by then though, I am emailing you quickly today to let you know that I will send you news then! Not dead.

This week I:
-Successfully touched my toes
-Learned to make a mean omelet
-Gave a tour to the entire cast of the Book of Mormon Musical

YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT MY FRIENDS! Sister Szuch and I were serving at the Smith Family farm and got to take the touring cast of the Book of Mormon Musical on tour! All of the senior couples were bracing themselves (we knew a few days in advance) because they assumed they would be abrasive or rude considering the nature of the play, but they were all extremely nice. How many people would love to testify of the validity of the Book of Mormon to that cast? On the Smith Farm no less? Ah yes. Lucky lucky am I. Sometimes I'll remember that it happened and kind of flip out all over again. MY LIFE IS AWESOME.

Another beautiful moment this week! We were walking in Waterloo and found someone's keys in a pile of snow. Not a good sign, generally. Luckily, there was a library card on them, so we went and got the persons address and things (it really shouldn't have been that easy- what if I had bad intentions? Anyways...) and then we took the keys to his house. This man's name was David! He was shocked and offered a reward, but of course the best reward is a chance to share our message, so he said we could come back and share a message in the future. Success. So! We brought a really awesome lady from the area with us a few days later. David admitted he never would have let us in had we just knocked on the door, but he felt very distinctly that God was trying to tell him something. (You think??) He decided to be open minded and to give it a shot. I know I've said this before, but that is my favorite part of our message! I would have hated walking around New York for 18 months trying to convince people that I'm right. That's really not my style. I love giving people the Book of Mormon and inviting them to go to God and ask Him if it's true or not. He's certainly not going to lie to you! The connecting theme between the musical cast and David is really prayer. At least a few of the cast members explained to me that they have made a habit of flipping open and reading a page of the Book of Mormon (there are copies all around the set) in the down times. They have found greater peace, but can't remember the last time they've prayed. You have to ask! Perhaps you've read the entire book. If you haven't sincerely asked God if it is a true record, you are not going to know. I love telling people to go pray. I will never feel bad about it, and I will never get tired of it. If you haven't prayed today, you should know what my advice is to you. My email will still be here when you get back.

So with that....I might be out of news. I anticipate more things happening between now and Friday so I'll have more things to tell you all. I hope everything is well out in the world over there! Things are good here.
Till later,
Sister Raines

PS. The first 19 year old sister comes to the mission in 2 weeks. HERE WE GO!
PPS. Why couldn't the printer make an impression?

He wasn't her type.

Haaa site missionary jokes. Yeah.