week 2 in Bedford

Hello Everyone--

To start off, Thank you everyone for all the birthday cards and wishes!!! I promise I will write you all back, it just might take a while. P-days here in Bedford are a little crazy, so we don't have much time at the end of the day.

So I turned 22 this week.... It seemed like just a normal day on the mission. I guess that is also just part of getting old! haha ;P

On Wednesday our cars were grounded. So Sister page and I spent the morning walking around Manchester trying to help people shovel their snow... no one would let us help. :( But we were able to talk to a lot of people, so that was nice! I will say, I miss our Subaru Impreza from Plymouth. It had 4 wheel drive, and our car here in Bedford doesn't. We got stuck trying to go up some hills this week. A few of them we couldn't make it up them. Some I was able to by driving back and forth up it. haha. Luckily no cars were coming the other way.

There is SO much snow here, it's not even funny. You can not see anything when trying to turn the corner. It's kind of scary actually. But we are being safe.

Thursday we went and did service at an assisted living home. We play scrabble with the old ladies. Oh boy, they are so funny. They always argue over the rules, and if words are actually words. Sister Page and I just go with the flow. We don't worry if they add up our score wrong or not, but the old ladies, they make sure it's exact. It is fun though. We are able to have good conversations with them.

Friday was a great day. Hannah Jones got baptized. We spent a good chunk of the day filling the font, and cleaning the church. It was so cute, after she came up out of the water, she said, "Yay! I'm so happy!!!!" After she was so excited. Then on Sunday before church she came up and was telling us about how she feels now! It was SO exciting to hear. She is only 17, and the only member in her family. She has such a solid testimony, and the spirit is just bubbling out of her. That was a really neat experience to see!!!

On Saturday we were able to go on line and check out mormon.org. OH MY GOODNESS, it is SO cool!!!!!! EVERYONE SHOULD GO AND CHECK IT OUT, CREATE A PROFILE, AND TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT!! We are going to be using it a lot more in our mission now. I am super excited about it! It's cooler than facebook!!!! :P haha.

Also on Saturday, I experience freezing rain for the first time. It was raining, but when it would hit the ground it would turn into ice. So everything was a solid sheet of ice.... it was weird. I could hardly walk with out slipping. But Sunday morning, when the sun hit the tree's that were covered in ice, it was SO pretty!!!!

Well that was my week! We are working hard, not getting as lost, and enjoying ourselves!!!

Thanks again for all the birthday wishes!

love, Sister Rankin

Sister Rankin after slipping