ITS 2017!!

ITS 2017!!

That is so weird to say! I cannot believe that the world dint end before this day... weird. Ha ha kidding! I hope that everyone had a good New Year’s Eve and an amazing new year’s day! How awesome that we got to go to church and take the sacrament on the first day of the year! Starting out clean! woot woot!!

Looking back on 2016 I’ve realized that a lot has changed for me to be here on a mission in Washington. I’m so grateful for you all! I know that each of you have made a huge impact on my decision to come and serve. I hope that all of you have made some goals for this New Year, more then go to the gym or stop eating the M&M's that are always on the table (that is one of mine...)  :) I hope that you have made goals that revolve around the Gospel and that you have involved Christ in some way. I feel like these kinds of goals are easier to achieve because we have the greatest support system on our side!

This past week has been a good one with some bumpy edges. We were able to find a new investigator and we hope that he will continue to have the desire to learn more and repent and be baptized! I have never prayed so much for people in all my life but man I’m so grateful that we can pray! It brings so much peace to our hearts. We also have been finding a lot of people to refer who are families! Families are so great because one makes a family. It is one person’s decision to change and follow Christ that will impact everyone else around them, whether they know it or not. I hope that each of you, even if you are the only active member in your family to reach out and share your testimony with a family member! I know that it will bless them and help them have the desire to change for the better! :)

Bebeto, our investigator who was on date for January 14th, dropped us again. It was even worse than the first time. We got a text that told us he was no longer interested and that he felt like the prodigal son and needed to return to his old church and God would be happy with him. I know that he will one day understand that God helped him on the right path and that he will have the desire to come learn again about this amazing Gospel. It broke my heart to have to let him go, but agency is real..... and we have to love it I guess :)

But any way, life in Washington is good! I’m not sure how it can be 33 degrees and sunny, which it is right now. If you looked outside you would think it was spring but that is false advertising! It is like the Arctic when you emerge from the warmth of your home. Speaking of homes, I am still in Auburn. Our bathroom won’t be done for a while so we have to take the commute every day. It really is no biggy but I have decided that I never want to live in an apartment if I can avoid it, or at least an apartment in Auburn. When you turn on the bathroom fan a plume of smoke, not really that’s an exaggeration, comes out and you become engulfed in the smell of drugs. But that only happens twice a day because we are never at our house. Always looking for the blessings! :)

I love you all so much. I’m so grateful for your support and your love. I’m sorry I haven’t sent pics in a while but one day I will. I never remember my camera.:) I also would love to invite you all to read Our Search for Happiness if you haven’t, it is soooo good! One of my favs I think! I love you all and have a great week!

Sister Reynolds