Adventures of BIKING!

Hola Amigos!!

walking to our recent converts house!

 What a week it has been! We have had some fun moments and some sad moments but overall, it’s been a marvelous week!! As I mentioned last week, our car got hit... so on Thursday we took it into the Auburn car shop, which is 40 min away from my area. Sadly, it takes a while for things to get done here in the mission, not that I’m complaining, and so we have been and will be on foot/biking for the next week at least. 

 Our first day biking was quite an experience. We had to bike from our apartment to the church building which is about 3 miles. uphill. (I have come to the realization that I’m out of shape and exercise is needed in my life...) as we hit the middle of the biggest hill Washington did what Washington does best. Rain and I mean it RAINED HARD. We haven’t had rain in a few days so I’m pretty sure it was all the stores water that had been waiting to burst! It was fun though not going to lie. Sister Tayco and I were laughing so hard. Better laugh then cry in the words of Sister Hinckley! It was way fun and a good memory. The past few days, not AS fun but still memories. One day it was super-hot, AKA 75 degrees and we biked to a recent convert’s house. I now have a watch tan that I’m pretty dang proud of ;) 

my new friends... sister tayco is so patient
with me and all my animal friends i meet haha!
(she also probably thinks im crazy)

 Also, when walking you are able to appreciate the world around you so much more! I have seen some beautiful things that you never see when driving! i have also seen more cows goats and alpacas than ever before! haha! They come running whenever we walk by, they must like us :) 

biking in the rain that first day... pure joy

 The best part of this though is that the members have been so amazing. They are always willing to pick us up and take us to far appointments which makes my heart so happy. 😊 A little miracle that happened the other day truly was a faith building experience.. a silly one but faith building nonetheless. We had a dinner appointment with someone in the sunrise ward which was about 10 miles away... we didn’t think it would be smart to take so much time biking there so we told her the situation and she wanted to pick us up and take us out to eat instead. We gave her the address of where we were at the time but about an hour later we had to send her a new address because our appointment had ended and we walked home. Her phone service was shut off randomly so apparently she didn’t get the message. As we were walking out to the road to see if we could flag her down as she drove past, we saw her car zoom right by before we could get to the corner we were at a loss. It would have taken us another hour to walk to where we were so we said a quick prayer to know what needed to be done. Less than 5 minutes later a YSA member drove by and then turned around and offered to give us a ride! To make a long story short we FOUND THE MEMBER! and we also got to eat yummy Thai food! It was amazing to see prayers answered so quickly! Our heavenly father is so good!

a member said im her favorite and
she thought this rose was life
my personality so she gave me the
big one as well as a smaller pink one and a small white one

 I truly am grateful for everything in my life. even the hard times. I know that Satan tries to make us doubt and make the situations we are in seem even worse than they are but if we can "hope for a better world" aka a better situation, I know they will come! Our Father in Heaven is so very aware of each of us. Even with the simple things I know he is looking out for us and wants us to be happy in this life! I see so many blessings surrounding me and those I serve. I want to point them all out to everyone but I think that seeing them for ourselves is part of the process of Becoming like Christ. Truly we are a blessed people and i know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is one of our biggest blessings! I love you all so much and I’m grateful that I have your love and support. I truly feel it each day! I hope your week is amazing and all that you hoped it would be! Look for the positive in life and keep smiling!!

the Graham Hermanas took us to choir and
 the library today! (Sister Tayco and Hermana Souza
are in the back if you look closely..

Sister Reynolds

 i think Arizona wants me back...