Last P day in the MTC

Hello everyone!

How have you all been? Hopefully good! This is my last P day here in the MTC! i am being shipped to Seattle on Tuesday at 5;50 am! Super excited.... :) anyway life here is good! No complaints really!

Sister Reynolds and Elder Clark...life long friends
and went to the MTC the same day

 I am definitely NOT ready for the cold! haha!! My companion and roommates say I’m going to freeze because my definition of winter is FAR from the real thing! 

I’m glad you got that picture of us! We might have broken rules by just us two taking pics but oh well God forgives us! :) I am loving it here even though the schedule drives me insane.

Fun story though, my roommate got a concussion.....and it wasn’t even a cool story. she came in telling us she had a huge headache and I thought she was going to tell us about this miraculous story about being in the field for gym time and making this huge block while playing soccer and how after defeating the other missionaries she was attacked by a rabid sister missionary who couldn’t contain her rage.... this wasn’t the case. Wednesday we did service for the MTC and cleaned their dorms, bathrooms, classrooms etc. She and her comp were mopping the men’s room when she bent down to pick something up. she then proceeded to come up at the velocity of a rocket being shot up by a young boy and somehow hit her head on the toilet roll dispenser.... how this came to be no one knows.... why it gave her a concussion.... beats me but nonetheless it did. So now we have to take turns going off site to the physical therapist and stand by while she receives a massage, chiropractic maneuvers, and shock therapy. I could pass on the shock therapy but it kills to sit and watch someone else get a massage. I feel as though its punishment for something but I don’t know what so it makes it even worse.... she really is doing well though,  healing fast and we honestly don’t mind being with her during it. I just hope she can be cleared before Tuesday so she can fly out with us!

I love my district! I love the people in it and all that they bring to the table, but I will have to say, I’ve come to know the importance of patience and love while dealing with some of our elders.... goodness knows I want to smack some sense into them but goodness also knows it would be frowned on... sadly... but really we have had some amazing growing experiences as a district. We’ve created relationships and memories that hopefully will last a lifetime! 

Last night was something to behold. i wish that we had a video camera set up constantly because some of the things that are said and done are something for the books! we, me, spent about an hour changing the lyrics of songs to things revolving missionary work. Such as Les miserable, Meghan Trainor, and the What does a fox say. It was quite the night. We laughed for at least 2 hours before we could calm down and go to sleep! Even though I now have a lack of sleep I’m glad we got to become world famous, MTC famous, singers! 

We’ve had some super cool devotionals while being here.  Last Tuesday we heard from Richard Maynes of the seventy he spoke a lot about the power of one soul. he said some super powerful things but one of my favorite lines was, "have more FAITH then FEAR." it was such a powerful thing to hear as he spoke to us about our missions and what it meant to be servants of the lord. i like to think that as we are teaching people we should see them all as someone who can be a future leader of the church and not just some crazy person who wants to sit and talk about random gospel facts, which I’ve had to learn a lot of them by the way. Morale of the story is that we never know who we are going to touch with our message. Even if we move one soul closer to gaining faith in this amazing gospel that is enough in our Father’s eyes. This gospel is just so powerful! 

Remember that even though ya’ll are at home and not wearing a badges you can be the person to change someone’s life for the better! 

PS, I’ll call when we leave from the airport if I get the chance! Keep your phone on! :) 

I wanted to let you all know that I love you and appreciate you!

-Sister Reynolds