MTC - Counting the Days

Dear Family,

After all is said and done....more is said...than done...Alrighty, Well start on Wednesday.  This week we began Visitor Center Training! I was excited to start but...this quickly left me..haha.  The classes are REAL long and I hate to say it, but a little bit on the dry side..haha.  BUT we did go up to Temple Square on Wednesday and got a tour! That was sooooo fun! It was great to be on my mission grounds! Let me tell you.....I am just ready to get out of the MTC and get to work! Not saying I know everything, but it's about time I start doing the work! Tomorrow we go up again and actually give tours. They will pair us up with a Temple Square sister.

It was soooo fun because yesterday I taught my first potential investigator!!!! He is 15 years-old and I'll keep his name private in case there are creepers.  (SIDE NOTE - You know how you always make fun of me because of my Facebook skills and texting addictions.....well...turns out all those cyber communicating skills are coming to use!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO WONDER I GOT CALLED TO TEMPLE SQUARE!!!! I do the chatting line for Mormon.org! Cha Ching!) So this 15 year-old kid gets on and asks me what sin is, so I told him the definition of sin and then he asked how he can know if God is real!! He was so sincere!!! So I told him all about prayer and we talked for like 45 minutes. I got to paste in some scriptures and ask him how he felt, it was just great! And in the end I gave him Alma 32 and committed him to read and pray to know if God loves him.  I also explained how God answers prayers. I got some contact info and we will either give him the next lesson over the phone or set up a chat again on Monday. ISN'T THAT GREAT!!!!!! My first REAL missionary experience since being set apart!  I always took pride in my cell phone texts....and now that talent is coming to use...who would've thought.

My district left on Tuesday to head out to the field....so it's kinda lonely without them, but good thing I still got my gang (Sisters K., Sister E., and Sister B.)!  I miss my teachers though, they were great. Our zone leaders left on Sunday.  It was fun.  We played the "cup passing" game and I won.....woot...ha ha.  Something the gang and I always play is the "8 headed opera singer"....we just pick a song like "Here Comes the Sun" and Sister Kyle leads, and she'll say like,  "Here comes the _______" and then points to someone and they fill in the blank...it gets ridiculous.....we laugh REAL hard:)

So I went ahead and auditioned to sing at one of the meetings for the MTC and Sister Beller is accompanying me, anyways, we made it and we'll be performing on Sunday in the MTC Relief Society Meeting:) YEAH! and I am also singing the musical number in Sacrament meeting too this Sunday!

Before I go I just want to give a Shout out To AUNT MARTHA for doing my blog:) THANKS!!!

Oh and MICHELLE T, IS THE BEST COUSIN-IN-LAW EVER AND WRITES ME GREAT LETTERS......(I hope that's sufficient..hrrmph hrrmph...haha)

Janna B.- Hello. write me.
And special thanks to those who wrote me this last week! It was MUCH a appreciated....really IT WAS!!!! I LOVE LETTERS:)

Mom, please do not die on this cruise of yours.......I heard a cruise ship tipped the other week....just keep a floating will you:)
Bugs, how come you haven't told me about formal yet!
Kate, Thanks for continuing to write me, and keeping me updated on your life:)
Sarah- YES I am receiving your letters and I wrote you back.:)

Whelp Life is GOOD!!!!! HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!!! I would love to hear How my dear brother Robert is doing.....Paige...?

Dad, I got a letter coming your way with some pics.

Love you!
Sister Reynders