Well Hello There! It's been quite
some time eh?! Well, I am alive and doing well, but it has been 11 days since
my last Pday.....too long!
Yes, transfers happened. But before I
get to that, two Thursdays ago our zone had and activity at the park where we
just played! It was so fun and relaxing and I will send some pictures.
So coming up on this transfer I was
not even thinking about it or worried about it because for some reason I thought
for sure I would be staying with Sister Galuvao. But transfers came and they
did them a day early which threw us all
for a loop! Boy, emotions were running high on the Square...tooo many Sisters
freaking out at once! But hey, this
happens far too often here, (more than I'd like to admit). Anyways, Sister
Galuvao is now training and I am the Hospitality Bus Tour Co-coordinator with
Sister Kaberry from Australia! She is from Melbourne - not very close to
Annie:)
This week has been ridiculously out
of control...summer has hit! Changes were made, schedules weren't finished but
the square had to be covered so it was just crazy. Plus, we are working in the
office not stop trying to organize this new Hospitality Bus tour stuff. My poor phone investigators aren't getting
enough attention because the Square assignments takes priority. On top of this I had to move for my first
time since being here at Temple Square. I
just moved apartments but still there isn't any time at all to do "moving"! I've been living in a cave of suite cases,
DI clothes, left over trash from the Sisters before, and dirty dishes for
the past 11 days. Hopefully I can spend my pday cleaning so this next
week I can at least come home to something decent.
OK, so what is a "Hospitality
Bus Tour" anyways? These are tour buses that President found out come
though Salt Lake City and stop to eat and then leave..never setting foot onto
Temple Square. So with the help of Elder and Sis Moore (a senior couple), it
is our job to convince these tour guides to have their meals here at the square
(Lion house, Lion Pantry, The Roof, or The Garden) and then let us
take their group on a tour of T2. Are we allowed to proselyte?
No. It is strictly a history tour, but as I have just been doing this for a
week it's amazing the miracles I have seen. You share the history and THEY
ask the questions! Works like a Charm! These people are getting a good introduction
about the church and then when they have missionaries come knocking on their
door, they are so prepared.
But wow it's a tricky business and system,
and it takes most of our time. We prepared a 2
hour training meeting that happened on Saturday for the 10 Sisters on
our committee. There's a lot that goes into these tours, as we are with them
for sometime up to 3 hours, feeding them, and catering to their every
need. The key is making the tour guide happy so they will bring their
tours back here again. I have been so busy that I have barely been on
the Square. I was able to attend the baptism
last Saturday of Donald. Donald is
from Murray and we took him around temple square.
GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!???? ELDER
HOLLAND SHOOK MY HAND AND LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO MY EYES AND SAID "I LOVE
YOU"....It was piercing........I almost broke into
tears.........I had been fasting to feel God's love for me personally
but I wasn't expecting for Heavenly Father to answer me quite so boldly. I
know that Elder Holland is an apostle of the Lord and a special witness of
Christ. And I know God Loves me. Elder Holland came to speak
with us the morning of our Mission Conference...WOWOWOWOWOWO Powerful! That's
all I am going to say. He said, and I quote, "This is going to be the best
summer Temple Square has seen"....oh yeah! He said a plethora of brilliant
things that are written safely down in my journal but I am not going to write
them to you cuz I don't feel like it.
Well the Church is true, life is
good and Keep the letters coming:) Hurrah For Israel!
Love you,
Sister Reynders.
Ps Sis Iberra is alive and well and
we are kindred spirits:)
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