Hola Ya'll! This week has been fantastic as always and i can't wait to tell you all about it! So here ya go, my Top 5 of this week:)

1. TRANSFERS: I am leaving Washington:( I am getting transfered tomorrow. On to a new place with new adventures. Transfers are so bitter sweet because i love Hermana Clark and all the members here but at the same time i am so ready to be in another area. I can't wait to find out where i am going:) Its gonna be great!! Stay tuned next week to find out about my new area/companion:D

2. HIGHLIGHTS: Let me start off by saying Sorry Mom! So the other night Hermana Clark was like hey, Hermana you should let me put highlights in your hair! And me being the easy going one said Sure, do whatever you want. Not the best choice. So we go to Walmart and get some blonde hair dye ( i think it was Revlon brand) and some foils and Hermana Clark attempts to put some highlights in my hair. This ended up good and bad. Good because she didn't fry my hair off and they turned into a pretty carmel blonde color. The bad is when i wear my hair up i have racing stripes that start out an inch from my scalp. Basically, not the best highlights but not the worst either. When i wear my hair down i LOVE it but up is kind of iffy. Oh well, Its just hair and i love doing different things! 

3.SCARY: So funny story. One late night we were parked in front of a less-actives house in the sketchy part of town getting ready to go in. All the sudden the back door opens and someone starts to get in. We screamed at the top of our lungs ( i didn't know i could scream like that) I seriously thought something awful was about to happen. Well after we screamed we realized that it was a teenage girl who looked at us and said Oh, Sorry and walked away. After we calmed down we looked behind us to see the girl and a car IDENTICAL to ours comes and picks her up! The poor girl just thought we were her parents coming to get her and we thought we were gonna die! After we got our hearts to stop racing we just sat in the car and laughed for a solid 5 minutes! Never a dull moment! 

4.HALLOWEEN PARTY: The Branch had a Halloween party and it was so fun!! All the kids dressed up and we bought little kitty ears to wear. There was all sorts of games and a bonfire to roast hot dogs and smores and afterwards there was a trunk or treat. It was super fun! Hermana Clark and I did the donut on a string game! I got it all on video but we can't email videos so ya'll will have to wait to see it. Lots of people came and we had a super fun night!!! Halloween is the best!!!

5.STAKE CONFERENCE: This weekend we had stake conference and it was awesome. We had our favorite member Sis. Brenneman drive us up to Iowa City and Pres. and Sis. Jensen spoke and we got to see a bunch of missionaries and it was awesome. After the adult session on saturday, Sis. B took us out to lunch at this place called Midtown. Its kind of like a Jim's. It was sooooo good!! I had breakfast and then we got turtle cheesecake! Delicious! Our waiter was this 18 year old boy that was just the nicest thing! He stood by our table the whole time and the four of us had a really good conversation about the church and life and lots of things. Basically it was a super fantastic day!!!

Well, thats all for this week! Have and fantastic week and as always LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL!!! until next time... xoxoxo Hermana Rice

Buenos Dias Everyone! This week was fantastic!! I can't wait to tell you all about it. So here it goes, My Top 5 from this week:) 

1. FARMER TALK: So this week i learned how to talk like an Iowan Farmer. Like this: " Yeah, well the corn harvest is almost done but were waiting on a bit more moisture for the soy beans because we don't want them to turn to powder in the combine. That puts a dock on the harvest and its better to wait a little longer that usual and get the most out of your harvest that to risk ruining your crop in the combine." #Iowan

2. TACOS DE WHAT??: Guys i tried a new food. Tacos de Lengua. For all you white people that is cow tongue. It was shredded but it stuck together and it had lots of little taste bud bumps and things on it. It was very dark brown. It was nasty!!! Nope. Never again. I prefer the other parts of the cow. I wont be eating that again any time soon. 

3. INVESTIGATOR UPDATE: We still have no investigators to teach and we are spending all of our time knocking on doors and talking to everyone we can. Lemme tell you i will never again be nervous about talking to random people ever again. Its so fun knocking all the time because you meet so many different people and get to know them and its just a super cool experience. 

4. PRIMARY PROGRAM: Yesterday was the Primary Program and it was so cute! I love hearing the little kids sing. We have a really small Primary but they sure are loud! Its the cutest thing! They sang one song called Gethsemane and its not an official primary song but its all about the love of Christ and how he atoned for us because of that love. Its the most beautiful song and i just get chills every time i hear it. Basically, the Primary Program is the best!

5. NAUVOO: So the Castillo family took us to Nauvoo on Saturday and we walked around and rode in a carriage and did all that fun stuff and it was freezing cold but super cool. Then we went and did a session at the temple and guess what? it was a Spanish session. Thats right, we did a temple session completely in spanish! I understood everything and was super happy about that! Super neat experience! Then we watched the   Halloween parade there and ate Walking Tacos and it was super duper delicious and basically the bestest day ever!!

Thats my week:) As always I LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL!!!!! Until next time...xoxoxoxoxo Hermana Rice

Carriage ride with the Castillos!!