HELLO
EVERYONE!!
Picture this: It
is a Sunday night. The transfer is over and we are waiting to receive a call
telling us we are leaving or waiting for the text to say transfer calls are
over. The stress was real. Well, mostly for sister Skousen. I was already in
bed falling asleep and just wanted to find out it in the morning! Ha ha! There
are 14 companionship's out of the 75 that are staying together; odds are slim
that both of us would be staying. Anyway, it was 10:29 and still no news. 10:30,
time for bed and not a “vibrate” or “ring”to be heard for miles. We assumed we
were safe and in the morning we took matters into our own hands! Come to find
out... WE ARE SAFE! The destroying angel has passed by me again! Woot
woot!(that is probably blasphemy...) Any way, i get to stay here in James Hill
and Sister Skousen is here with me too! I am so grateful to be here for another
6 weeks! i am especially grateful that i will be able to be here for our
investigator Lauren's baptism!!! What a blessing!
It was a pretty
good week this past week! We had dinner at one of our member’s house, the
Oxburrows. These people are characters. Bro. O is the Kent representative for
us YSA and his wife helps with relief society in the ward. They have 2 birds, a
cockatoo and an amazon parrot and a chocolate lab. Both birds are free roaming
but the cockatoo is the only one that will fly around. It sat on the dinner
table and ate dinner with us!!! These birds do tricks, say hello, and are potty
trained. For the most part! What an experience it was! The bird kept flying to
me and sitting on my shoulder and trying to hide itself in my scarf. I think I
want one of these!
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| AMalak and Raneem! they
are 2 girls who I got to teach a few times and they got baptized on Saturday! I sure do love them! (they are Arabic) |
We went to the
Missionary devotional on Sunday. These happen once a month and it is where the
missionaries in the mission choir sing, recent converts bear their testimony
and the restoration is taught through videos! I love going and this time we had
the chance to go even though it was in Graham, about an hour from Kent. Lexi
Angell in our ward drove us there and back! She is so sweet :) When we went, I
was really hoping to see Sister Taylor and lo and behold, SHE WAS THERE!!! Man
was I excited to see her! She is awesome :) the devotional itself was super
good and the spirit was strong. I am so happy to be able to sing in the choir
and help touch those hearts who are investigating the church through song! (Yes
mom, I actually enjoyed being in the choir and singing :)) I am so grateful for
the experience
Well, I can’t
think of much more to share. Washington is still raining and cold. The people
are still as awesome as ever and James Hill will have to deal with me for
another 6 weeks :) I love you all and hope you’re doing well. I invite you all
to remember the blessings you have seen in this gospel and stay active in the
church. It is a church of deliverance and it can and WILL deliver us out of our
dark times! Read Joseph Smith History to see how he was able to receive the
blessing of deliverance from Christ our savior! We can all have it in our
lives!!
Sister Reynolds
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| The bird! her name is gabby |
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