In the Middle

Wow, Here I am again...TIME GOES SO FAST!!! I don't want to get old! Is this how fast life goes for the rest of my life???? When people ask me how long I've been out...my response is, "I am in the middle"...thanks Elder Uchtdorf.  I was taking a Hospitality Bus Tour this week and the Bus Tour Guide and I got talking and she said something that I think will stick with me for a while. "Life is like a roll of Toilet paper.....It goes faster as you get closer  to the end!" (She was an older, bleach blond, smoker, cowgirl, southern accent, tour guide lady and she was great.)

Oh, so the 4th of July was so fun.  All the Sisters dressed in their red, white and blue clothes. Surprisingly there were a lot more people on the square than I thought there would be on this holiday.  But I was glad there were people to share the gospel with.  At around 8pm the Sisters gathered in the SVC where we partook of the traditional American summer foods...AKA hot dogs and such. Then we all went to the 27th Floor of the Church Office Building and Pres. Gillette and His wife and the AP's had put together a program for us. We went through the history of some of the hymns and old traditional American (patriotic) songs and we all had our Hymn books and would sing one verse of each song.....except "Scripture Power" of course....we did that one a couple times. It was funny because President went on this whole tangent about "down beats" and conducting music...so we all learned how to conduct music. He got a cane and would hit the ground on EVERY down beat.....ahhh good ol' Pres. Gillette. Afterwards we watched the fireworks from the 27th floor but to be honest I didn't do much fire work watching...I was a bit preoccupied hanging with the gang B.E.R.K.(Beller, Eliotte, Reynders, Kyle). It was fun to be able to hang out with them and we've since added souls to our group -  Sister Nixion and Brickley.  Anyways, we were way too hyper for our own good. We started "putting on a show" because there was a mic. We had an announcer and Sis. Brickley did some Mormon rapping and the finale  was the Battle Hymn of the Republic that we performed in Sacrament meeting in the MTC.  Good times:)

We have  had 5,211 souls come through hospitality bus tours in the last two months!  WOW! It keeps us busy but they are so fun. We see so many miracles! I believe the way we teach on Hospitality Bus tours is inspired. It is a lot more warm and welcoming, and the people are so much more receptive to the gospel when they don't feel like they aren't preached to. We just share a lot of history and stories and they ask the questions. We have people all the time saying, if I ever see your missionaries I will invite them in!

It is soooo funny/fun to see pictures our investigators send to us from their baptism. We have been teaching them over the phone for months so we can only imagine what they look like as we talk to them. Boy, I am always way off!

I finally decided to pass off for driving.  I have been avoiding it for so long but I just felt that I should because there are a lot of international Sisters that can't drive that want to go places.

Oh I saw Neil Boyer and it was fun I haven't seen him for years!

Life is Good. I am Happy. I find confidence by trusting in the Lord and aligning my will with his.

I am A Mormon.

Cheerfully do then stand still.

Hurrah For Israel.

Sister Reynders.