Eagles and Ducks

How are my favorite people ever?!?! 

 I really hope that you all have had an amazing week! mine has been busy and man I am tired but busy is good when you’re on a mission! This past week we had Zone Training which was awesome. Members of the missionary department had come to our mission and toured it and spent some time with the leaders in the mission. The Conference was based on what they had been taught. It was exactly what I needed! INSPIRED! We talked about prayer and why it is important to have meaningful prayer. We also talked about Doctrine and Covenants 4. We dissected it and it helped me to understand what it is that I quote every day! I am so grateful for the knowledge that we can gain as we follow the promptings we receive from the spirit!

Seattle Washington Temple

 We had interviews with president and Sister Rasmussen this week too! They are truly amazing people! i sure do love them and I KNOW that he is meant to be the leader of this mission. He has helped us a lot and he expects A lot from us which is always good. While in my interview I talked to him quite a bit about missionary work but then he got off subject and started talking about the plants that are all around Washington. we talked about it for about 5 min before someone knocked on the door and we realized we had been in the room for 15 min! haha! He is a funny guy!

our duck friend

 So at our cottage, we live right on the lake. We have acquired some new friends lately! We now have ducks and geese EVERYWHERE!! They are funny to watch. There are these 2 ducks that will come up to our porch and get right next to the door and wait until we open the door to give them bread. They are a bit too trusting if you ask me... stranger danger! (But being a missionary, that rule goes right out the window!!) Anyway, as we were observing the nature that exists around us one day, Thursday to be exact, we saw a bald eagle circling the water. Nothing good happens when one circles.... especially water. In a split second this eagle went down at the water and flying like mad trying to catch the ducks!! The duck dove under the water and missed the Eagle by milliseconds! it was insane!!!!!!! It was like watching National Geographic or something!! 

 So I wanted to share some random facts that I have learned in the past couple days, I thought they were cool..

 - In measures of time, one million is 12 days, one billion is 32 years and one trillion is 32,000 years.. BLOWS MY MIND! It makes me realize that I exaggerate a lot.. But ya’ll already know that. 

 -When Ramon noodles fall into the stove top thing, GET IT OUT ASAP! It’s a good thing we live right by a lake and have access to a lot of water.. All I will say on that one.

 -Members in the YSA ward believe that you’re a match maker and that is your first role as a missionary. HA I tell them it’s false. (Little do they know in my head I have matched them all! so I guess it’s true..)

 i apparently fell asleep while studying and trying to stay warm...
thanks sister Skousen for the pic! i look like a caterpillar

some wonderful man gave us free kettle corn! bless him!

 Anyway, I love you all and I’m so grateful for all of the support you show to me! i am so grateful to be here in Washington serving the Lord even when the days are hard! I learned today from our local chiropractor some food for thought. He talked about Pain and how it is a gift from God. It’s interesting to think of pain in that way, a Gift. But when you think about it more, you can realize that when we have pain we can recognize that something has to change. WE have to change. It isn’t always easy and sometimes we try to hide the pain of mask it but pain is good! We can learn and grow to become better and take better care of the bodies that God our Father has given us! I thought that was such a cool thought. Hopefully it makes sense to ya’ll! I love each of you so much! I hope you have an amazing week!

 Sister Reynolds