1st letter from AZ!!!!!

I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY WHAT THE HECK!!! okay so ill just start from the beginning! so i got here on Aug. 23. when we got off the plane our mission president and wife were there. there was 28 of us that came and there were only 3 sisters! so they had vans to take us to the area but the mission prez wanted the sisters to ride with him and his wife so we didnt have to squish with the elders lol! so we got to the church and they had lunch for us. then we got our bikes! everyone got like grey bikes and i got a bright blue one and everyone is jealous! haha it was funny! then they had dinner for us, then we slept at a members house.(oh and my area is in Mesa by the way) me and the other two sisters slept at the same house so it was fun! (they were my roomies at the MTC) then the next morning we got our new companions... Sister Marberry told me that when you see all the missionaries you will know exactly who your companion will be. so when we all met in the room i looked over at other missionaries and i saw one girl and i KNEW she was going to be my companion...and she looked SO SCARY AND MEAN! so i was kind of worried, then they were announcing companionships and i was fir

st, so they called my name and walked up to the front and then they called HER name...and i died inside. i was soooo scared of her hahah. but then she started talking and i was like ohhhh snap shes so cool! her name is Sister Gasu but its pronounced nasu! SHE IS SO FUN! shes half Samoan and shes really funny! shes such a good trainer! she has me do a lot of things like talking to people while were tracking (knocking on doors and talking to random people) but im not nervous to do it anymore!! but Anyway... so after we got our companions a member picked us up and took us to cafe rio! it was sooo goooood! then we went grocery shopping so i could get food and stuff. then we started missionary work.. i was like what the heeeck, can i at least unpack or something haha but its cool. we visited a girl who is the only member in her family. her mom is in a wheelchair, she has a disease and she is about to die soon ): she wants to be baptized but her husband is Filipino and a super strong catholic and she doesn't want to make him mad. so were working on them! then we went to dinner... OMG.... so we get to the house, and its a pretty big house, so i'm thinking YAASS were about to be fed so good! then before we get to the door the mom walks up from behind the house, and i wasn't judging her or anything, but when i saw her i just knew this wasn't going to be as good as i thought it was... so we go in the house and it was TRASHED and smelled so bad hahah it was so funny! like they had dog hair everywhere and a random giant turtle... and their trash can, was a legit dumpster... like in the middle of the house hahah! i was like what is happening here!! and the tables and counters weren't even cleared off so we were eating over random stuff! Her kids looked like they hated life but they were really nice! i shared a message with them then left... and the days go by so fast! everyone says that your fist couple days are miserable and slow but for me it was so fun and fast!!! the next morning i was getting kind of nervous because it was sinking in that this was real, so i decided to have a good attitude and try my best to be a good missionary and it worked because i'm having so much fun!! i don't even have anxiety anymore! its so awesome! so the next day we went biking to go tracking  and no one was answering, then one lady drove by and was like Sisters i have something for you! so we followed her and when we got to her house she pulled out a HUGE thing of goldfish crackers! me and sis gasu each got like a 3 pound bag of goldfish! so awesome! it should last me my whole mission, but lets be real, maybe 3 weeks.anyways... i have to buy new skirts (probs from good will) bc my skirts don like my bike. I've been flashing people left and right! I even have a clip to clip it together but it doesn't work! Even though my skits are long! so then we did service at this one lady's house and her house was clean, but she just hoards.. so that's fun. she wanted us to move all of the stuff from one room to the other, and the bring a bunch of toys she bought for Christmas upstairs. i love doing service tho!! then we went to sonic, cuz why not!! 
Then we had dinner at a cute family's house then went home! the next day we got up and exercised. Im so glad sis Gasu likes running! so we ran then went to our zone meeting. honestly i don't really know what went down at that meeting, all i know is that my calling is the one who writes on the chalk board lol. after that we went to Rudies and they gave is free food! and one of the workers said hey sisters, you wanna see my tattoo? it was a freaking CTR tattoo haha it was so great! he was so happy about it! so we have a new ward that both of us don't know so we had to go white washing, so that was fun meeting all the members and stuff!  There is a girl who decided on her own she wants to be baptized but her parents wont let her till shes 18, so bout 2 years. We taught her the first lesson and i had to say the first vision (good thing i have that memorized) and it was awesome! and i  invited her to be baptized on her birthday! So then the next day we woke up and did service for this inactive family who is moving. so we helped them clean their house and i cleaned so many windows and dusted so many blinds it was crazy, like i was sneezing the whole time from the dust! then we found out the mom was an Uber driver and shes always in the middle of drug deals.. and she has to carry a gun...so we were like maybeeeee you shouldn't do that anymore haha then we went tracking..got nothing... then dinner, i shared the message and accidentally committed them to do something different than what we planned, but i didn't even know that i did that, then later sis gasu was like i like how you changed the commitment, that was awesome! and i was like wait i did? and she said yeah, instead of having them share their fav scripture you invited them to find out how they can better understand answers they get from their prayers...i was like what the heck!! so i guess the spirit just says things for me because he knows what they need more than i do! the next day which is Sunday was so awesome! we woke up then went to mission prep and roll played with kids about to go on their missions. then we went to the ward were white washing in and met people and they are so nice, and they are SO excited to have sister missionaries!! so we were sitting there in sacrament meeting and it was ending early and we looked at each other and knew they would have as come up and bare our testimonies! and guess what happened? just that! so we went up and i bore my testimony and said i have only been out 4 full days and they were all freaking out and afterward they all came up to me and was like i cant believe they made you go up only on your 4th day!!! it was funny! the members there want us to talk to this random group of kids who sit in the foyer and play Pokemon go the whole time...no one knows who they are lol. then we went to dinner and the mom and dad were acting kind of weird.. but then i shared the message and it was 2 Nephi 31:19&20 and its about not stopping when you get on the right path and endure to the end with a steadfastness in Christ. while i was sharing this they all looked bored out of their minds, but then when i finished the mom said to me something like   "you have no idea how much i needed that" and she was crying. Im so thankful to be serving a mission, not only to convert or baptize people, but even bringing members closer to Christ. our purpose as missionaries is to invite or bring others closer to Christ and i love doing that. I'm so thankful for my companion Sister Gasu. she makes me laugh all the time and i can be myself around her. and were like the same person, we both hate mouth noises, people being passive, and we're both sassy so its so fun! i miss you all and love you!!!!

ps if you want to send me snacks feel freee....lol    im broke as a joke and i need emergency candy to put in my bag! apparently were supposed to eat stuff that's salty to get electrolytes... idk

oh and the people here are so mice! like a lady gave me police pepper spray, and another gave me a good stainless steel water bottle because my hydro flask didn't have a straw and hers did!

anyways love yall!

-Sisiter Bischoff