Panama by way of Colorado. Hermana Bledsoes mission

Forgot to hit send on my email last week. Here it is: I'm officially in my last transfer as a missionary! So, to keep me from slacking off, they gave me a brand new missionary as my companion. It's been an insane couple of days, but seriously I wouldn't even guess that Sister Fa was a new missionary. She just jumps right in before I even explain what we're doing! She's awesome. It was after 9pm, so we were done for the day and she exclaims: "I'm just going to send ONE more message!" so I'm loving her enthusiasm for the work.  We're finally allowed to go out street contacting! We've been talking to people at the park and it's been SO fun. Naturally the very first person we talked to was a member.... Hahaha.  And last night we had a lesson with a lady we're teaching and her neighbor was over... And she was very very drunk. It was hilarious.  Funny story: a member came over and brought Sister Fa some cookies because she heard somewhere

I finally took pictures this week so I have something to show you guys!  This week was insane and probably one of the best weeks of my mission so far. Here are some highlights: -It POURED rain out of nowhere (gotta love monsoon season I guess) lots of lightning too  -We pulled weeds and it was super muddy hahaa - Someone had QUAIL and gave us some pickled quail eggs and also a FAT zucchini. (we made muffins using the zucchini)  - There was a church building in Fruita (nearby city) that was burned down a couple months ago (arsen) and they just announced last night that the church was just going to bulldoze the property and not rebuild it for a couple years.... That was sad news but its okay.  And my FAVORITE part of this week was teaching Neena. We taught her about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith and she was just in awe. We asked if she believed it, and she said she did so we invited her to be baptized. She picked her own date (August 15th) and she was so excited that she started cr

Good news everyone, it has been above 100 all week and I haven't died yet. That wouldn't be saying much, if we had air conditioning.... Our apartment is currently 87 degrees and it's totally awesome. On the bright side, we had a tri-stake fast for rain yesterday. So we'll be getting rain here pretty soon:)  Happy 4th of July everyone! I hope you all did something exciting, we as missionaries just read about Captain Moroni and his awesome feats in protecting the liberty of HIS people... And just how this land was chosen to always be a land of freedom. Captain Moroni is one of my favorite heroes of all time. Just to reiterate what kind of person he was, I give you Alma 48:17- "If all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men."  I think that speaks for itself. No commentary necessary.  Anyway, I hope you ar

This week was crazy long. but today I just want to tell you about some bees I don't like bees. They are loud and they sting and we eat their vomit.... Nasty. They are just not my favorite bug at all.  Someone in our ward is a beekeeper. He was showing all the 8-11 year old girls how the honey was made, and we were invited (because inwardly, we are 8 years old). He showed us the bee boxes, and explained how they worked. A couple things I learned: All the bees you see are female. The male bees rarely leave the hive Male bees don't have stingers. They have about a 5 mile radius Every batch of honey tastes a little different, depending on the flowers they visited And many other random facts. And you know what? The more I learned about those bees, the less I hated them. At the end, a bee just about flew into my face, but I hardly flinched. They were just happy, little innocent insects minding their own business, working their little butts off and making that honey for us to enjoy. M

Happy Memorial day!  The past couple weeks have been absolutely crazy and I just sure do love being a missionary. My days are full of service, studies and Facebook! Little did I know that when I came on my mission I would spend more time on social media than I did before my mission hahaaa. But it's just so cool that missionary work is still missionary work, even if it looks a little different than it used to. I hope you all are doing something exciting today for the holiday! Or you can be like me and be sick and miss the ward breakfast😢 but I got myself a patriotic scrunchie so that made me feel better. Sorry it's a short one, but please enjoy my picture 1) my artistic side emerging 2) me and my awesome companion 3) I make the best crepes  

That's just part of missionary life. It's really exciting. Grand junction is pretty awesome. It's a lot hotter than the Denver side, but I'm okay with that. I'm also really close to Utah hahaaa. My new companion, Sister Staples, is AMAZING, I absolutely love the area and the members. We also just got new carpet and floors in the apartment, so it's real nice.  Here's my new address if you want to send me a half birthday card or something 1418 Cedar Ave  apt B1 Grand Junction, CO 81501 Love you all, stay out of trouble and remember to say your prayers!