Hey everyone this week has been fantastic and i can't wait to tell you all about it! 

1. WEATHER: So i find this really funny. We are supposed to have a blizzard these next 2 days and get 2 ft of snow and oh my lanta everyone is acting like its the apocalypse or something! All the businesses are closing and there are signs everywhere telling people to make sure they have food storage and are prepared....2 FEET OF SNOW! COME ON IOWA!! That really isn't very much and everyone is acting like they are gonna have to live pioneer style. No one will set up appointments with us because of the snow. Shouldn't everyone here be used to the snow??? NOPE! Ok, that is my rant of the week. 

2.TRANSFERS:This last week we had transfers and Hermana Smith and i get to stay together for another transfer!! woot woot! So that was nice. We got a new set of elders in our district so now we are no longer the "Relief Society District" it's so weird. But hey its all good. Elders are....elders. 

3. SERVICE?: So we got asked by the Chamber of Commerce to come help at their annual dinner. So of course we said yes because we don't turn down service and an opportunity for the community to see that we are real people. So we went and i did dishes all night ( yes i know) and Hermana Smith made sure that everyone's water pitchers were filled up but you know the funny thing is, they weren't drinking the water...because there was an abundance of alcohol. Eww. But you know they also had an auction and nothing like a little (or a lot) of alcohol to make people spend lots of money on nothing. Anywho, we had fun and met a lot of people and yeah, service is awesome!

4. LIZZY: Ok so Lizzy decided to wait til the beginning of March to get baptized!! So sad! We taught her the law of chastity and her boyfriend didn't like that very much so he got in her head about some stuff but she knows that he is being over dramatic and still really wants to be baptized, she just has to give Brad a little more time to accept it. So she needs lots of prayers! But she is doing fantastic with everything else! 

 

5.PUPPIES: The other day we went to a less active members house to visit and she is the one with the puppies i was telling ya'll about (the chow and corgi mix) and oh my lanta they are walking around now and are SOOOO CUTE!!! They look like little bears!! Literally the CUTEST puppies I have ever seen!!! We played with them for a little over an hour and it was the greatest day of my life!! Soooo Cute!!!!! I cannot express how adorable these little guys are!! i will send pics so you can see! 

That was my week:) LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL!!!! xoxoxo Hermana Rice

PUPPIES!!!!!! Don't they look like little bears!!!! SOOOOO ADORABLE!!!!!