Happy Thanksgiving

Hello everyone!

I hope that every one of you is excited for thanksgiving! I know I am! It’s going to be fun to spend it out here with my ward members! I may gain 100 pounds in one day but I guess that’s mission life right? I miss everyone around this time but I’m grateful for my call to serve here!

I'm not sure what I want to write about this week but maybe I’ll start with talking about Shane. We met Shane while contacting a few days back. He is in his 30's and right from the get go I knew Shane was going to be a funny man. He opened the door and he was brushing his teeth. We introduced ourselves and he started to talk with us and create a conversation, all while brushing his teeth. We told him we wanted to share a message and he said he would listen, still brushing his teeth. We told him we would wait while he finished his dental hygiene regime but he declined and said he was okay so we just started to teach him! We taught, he went and spit. He would talk about Kent and how he just moved here and then we would tie it into the lesson, then he would go spit. Then we would talk about his old job in the army, he would spit and then we would try to teach him some more. (I will have you know that a normal contact is not so jumbled nor does it last 'that' long). This process went on for 30 minutes. Each time he left to go spit, Sister Taylor and I would die laughing and try to compose ourselves! Overall he committed to meet with the elders and we made our dash out to the parking lot all while he still stood there brushing his teeth. I truly hope and pray that he never has any teeth decay for he takes such good care of them....

We had another meeting with an area of the seventy this week! His name is Elder Gay. He and his wife came and talked to us about missionary work and working with the members. From 10:30am to 5 pm we sat and listened. We learned a lot of super good things and revelation was definitely received! The only problem was that I could barely sit still. Any of you who have sat with me in any meeting should know that I struggle not to move and to focus. Thankfully no one told me to leave so that’s good :) He told us to be bold with the members and to those that we are teaching. He gave us some things that we could say and all; I will tell you is that I have yet to become as bold as he is wanting us to be! Hopefully I can learn to do it throughout my mission! 

 I am sorry that this is such a short letter! I wish I could write more but time is almost out!

Thank you so much for your emails! Next week, if you’re willing, would you all send me one of your favorite scriptures of conference talks? I would love that so much! Have a great week!

Love, Sister Reynolds