Hey Ya'll!!! So much happened this week and I can't wait to tell you everything!!!!

1. TRANSFERS: I GOT TRANSFERED!!! So this week we had transfers and me and Hermana Rodriguez BOTH left! They put Elders in Webster City! Ehh we were not happy but they put really good elders there so I can't complain too much. Anywho, so I am in......wait for it......DES MOINES...again! It is so great to be back and see all the members I love and ahhhh its awesome! My new companion is Hermana Barnes. She is from Harriman and has been out for 3 months. So she's a newbie. She is a perfectionist and a clean freak. She is the most innocent little thing I have ever met! Her Spanish is fantastic!!! She is hilarious! I'm not quite sure exactly how to describe her but she is amazing and I love her and I am excited to serve with her!!

2.RANDY: RANDY GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!!!!!!! The only sad thing was he got baptized the day after we left. We taught him every single lesson and have been with him from the beginning and organized the baptism and got everything ready and it was perfect. Then we both left and we handed the Elders a baptism on a silver platter. I will admit it was very hard. But the joy of seeing him progress and be so much happier makes it ok that I wasn't there for the actual ordinance. He will always be mine and Rodriguez' golden child. Sooooo happy for him!

3.FOURTEEN: Guys, I have been on my mission for 14 months today! What in the world??? How is this possible? I just got here yesterday!!! I feel soooo old!!!! There are only 3 Hermanas that are older than me in the mission!! Ahhhhhhh I only have 3 transfers left!!!! NOOOOOO hellllpppp SOS!!!!! Quick send chocolate assistance!!!!!!

4.RESTORATION: So the Spanish Elders here in Des Moines had a baptism on Saturday and as missionaries we teach the Restoration at baptisms while the people are getting dressed after the actual baptism. So they asked us to do it and we taught the Resto in Spanish and it was awesome!!!! So fun!!! Lemme tell you the gift of tongues is reallllll!!!!!! It was great and then there was delicious Spanish food afterwards:)

5.SPANISH: Ya'll so I am in a completely Spanish area now. Up until now I can count the number of times I have had a spainsh lesson on my hands buuuuuuttttt lemme reemphasize that the gift of tongues is sooooo realllll!!!!!! I have been able to communicate better that ever and understand better than ever! Its is amazing how much I have actually learned these last 14 months. Its so nice to actually speak Spanish on a Spanish speaking mission! Everyone is the branch commented on how much better my Spanish is! Apparently I was really bad cause they all remembered....hahaha!!!

Well that's it for this week! I am so happy to be back in Des Moines. Its fantastic and I love it and I love Spanish and I LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL!!!!! Until next week....xoxo Hermana Rice

Happy Monday Ya'll! This week was a fantastic one and i can't wait to tell you all about it! Here we go!

1.RANDY: Our dear sweet Randy is getting baptized this Saturday!!! Oh my lanta we are so excited for him! He is amazing! We had two lessons with him this week in a members home. Sis. Sayer is amazing and testified and answered his questions and oh my lanta is so ready! His friend who is a bishop in Kansas and who introduced Randy to the church years ago is coming for to perform the baptism! Its so great to see the change in people and to see how much happier he is compared to when we first met him. The gospel truly changes lives and brings a light into people!! Its so awesome getting a front row seat to that!

2. JENIFER AND KYLE: Ok so we found these two new investigators this week and they are fantastic! They are a young couple living together (not married) and Jenifer has 3 little girls. Twin 4 year olds and a almost 3 year old. She is 24 and looking for a church to raise her family in. She has a TON of questions. We taught bits of all the lessons because she kept asking questions. She said she loved everything we taught and oh my lanta she is the cutest little mom ever! She is super bubbly and sweet! We are super excited to work with them!

3. MIGRAINE: I was in bed with another migraine this week and so I called the mission nurse and talked to her about it and she thinks i am not getting enough sleep. So she has sentenced me to bed by 10 and i get to sleep in til 7. And i am not allowed to take any naps and i have to keep excedrin with me at all times. So far its worked and i haven't had more than a mild headache. Hopefully it stays this way! 

4. MAKEUP FAST: So Hermana Rodrigues wanted to teach me a lesson and so she bribed me to go on a makeup fast for 3 days and it was torture! hahah not really but i didn't like it one bit. However now i have a new dress and can wear make up again woot woot! 

5.TRANSFERS: This week is transfers and i might leave or i might stay. we don't know. So stay tuned for next week cause i may be in a new area......

That is all my good lookin peeps. As always I LOVE AND MISS ALL OF YOU!!!!! xoxoxoxoxo Hermana Rice

Hey ya'll! This week was weird. I don't really know what to write about...hmmm what even happened this week?

1. RANDY: Ok so the major thing that has been going on is Randy. He is doing great!! We had a fantastic lesson in a members home with him about the law of chastity and the word of wisdom and miracle! He doesn't have issues with any of it! So refreshing! It unbelievable how many people have been living together for decades but arent married and lemme tell you everyone and their dog smokes here. Its just a thing. I don't know why. But Randy is amazing and is so prepared and loves learning and oh my goodness i could go on for hours! Stay tuned next week for more Randy updates. 

2.SKELETONS: So we may or my not have two baby deer skulls on our car dashboard and antlers hanging from the rear view mirror....iowa is getting to us. This is how we roll.

3. CREEPY SUSAN: The other night we went to go visit an inactive member and it was soo creepy. FIrst of all her house was pitch black except for 2 small lamps. She showed us this creepy ghost video and told us all about her supernatural powers and how she has spirits follow her and how she just wants to communicate with them and it felt super satanic. Then something started making noise and she smiled creepily and said Do you hear that? and i told her that it was her cat but she would not accept that answer and she kept repeating it and ahhh it was creepy. Needless to say we ran outta there and slept with ALL the lights on and squished our beds together. Such a demonic feeling in that house. We will not be going back. 

4.IOWA: I don't know what else to put...but just in case you don't know what iowa looks like...Its gorgeous!!! And it'll be even prettier with corn.

5.LIFE IS GOOD: I am a missionary in Iowa with a fabulous companion having a fantastic time learning and growing and eating delicious food and teaching people about Jesus. What more could i ask for. Everything is good:)

Oh my lanta i feel like i have sooo much to tell you all and so little time to say it! So i am going to be fast but here is my Top 5 from this week!

1.ZONE CONFERENCE: This week we had zone conference in Des Moines and it was awesome! It was sooo good! We had a lot of great trainings that got us motivated and excited for missionary work all over again. My favorite part was we had a special part where it was just the sisters and SIs. Jensen and she talked to us and answered our questions about being a wife and mother. It was so good, and like always, a tearfest. haha it was a fantastic day!!

2.GENERAL CONFERENCE: Oh my lanta can we just address how amazing General Conference was?! It was sooooo good!! 4 new temples! All the talks! The music! Ahhh my heart melts! Also can i just express my love for Elder Holland?! Only he could be so funny and so real and show a picture of a TRex at conference! He is amazing!! We watched Conference at the church with a bunch of other members and it was sooo good. In between Sunday sessions we had a ward potluck which was super delicious and fun to talk to everyone. Conference weekend is just amazing!

3. RANDY: Speaking of Conference, our investigator Randy went to ALL 5 sessions of Confernce!! It was awesome! He is doing so well! He is working on being baptized on April 23 so i will keep you updated on that:) We are super excited for Randy and he is very eager to dive right in and learn as much as he can! Randy is a former investigator that just showed up to church and has been very willing and ready to accept the gospel. He is great!

4. HAIR: Family and freinds, i have finally accepted that i absolutely HATE HATE HATE long hair! I look gross with it and i always have it up and its just to annoying to even think about. I went a whole year without cuttting my hair, which is a record for me buuut i hated every second of it and i finally am embracing the short hair life forever!!!  I LOVE IT!!!!!! #feelinsassy

5.NO MILES: So the beginning of this month we ran out of miles. So we couldn't drive so we walked everywhere and it was fantastic! We talked to so many people cause the weather was decent and people were outside. We walked down main street and went into random stores and talked to people and knocked on a bunch of houses and man, it was great. There are definitely perks to running out of miles.

Yell ya'll i did it. That was my week! It was awesome an i hop all ya'll have an awesome week and i can't wait to hear from all of ya'll next week. LOVE AND MISS YOU!!!!!!! xoxo RIce

Lookin on fleak for Zone Conference

NAAAAAAAAAAAAAASWENNNNNNAHHHHHHH!!!!!! Aren't Iowa sunsets gorgeous?!?!