New Assignment

"Alright Sister Reynders, your are next.  Your companion is a nice girl and... SHE'S COMING FROM THE MTC!!" (Roars of cheering and excitement from my fellow Zone members)  "Your new assignment will be training .  You will living in DA 216 (same place) and you are in Zone South 1 and your district leader is Sis. Lupashka!"

BOY DOES IT FEEL GOOD TO HAVE TRANSFER CONFERENCE OVER WITH!  I was so worried about it. I don't know why, I just kept telling myself, "Trust in the Lord, Trust in the Lord!" I want you to know that I am so excited to be training! I am a little nervous because I think I am a little scatter brained but hopefully she can help me out with that! I am so excited to learn and grow from this experience! Change is so good, so I am grateful to be training! Last night I really got NO sleep! I couldn't sleep...I knew this was coming....I knew I was training and I was freaking out but I feel calm now.

So my P-day is now on Friday, so I'll be writing again Friday:)  On Wednesday all the new Sisters will be arriving and I won't find out who my companion is till after Pres. Gillett and AP's interview them all and we meet all together. Pres. told me that training is a sacred trust from him and the Lord.

What I learned from this transfer was how to rely on the Lord for everything and to love your companion!  I kept a prayer in my heart always and  I know I was doing what the Lord would have me say and do.  This has brought a lot of peace and happiness in this last transfer . I am grateful for my Savior and all He has done for me. I am grateful for my testimony and that I have the knowledge that I can rely on him! Thank the Heavens!  I really feel at peace with all the changes that are going on and I finally feel part of the team here on Temple Square!

This past week the Hospitality Bus Tours have been great! We had the opportunity to take a group around who were from Tennessee from 10 am to 6:30 pm. We did everything possible on Temple Square and ate at 2 different restaurants. By the end the people were exhausted and we were exhausted but we become their friends! I hope they saw us as representatives of Jesus Christ. I believe that there were many that I associated with in the life before and many I will associate with here after.   Oh, and the  bus driver gave me a full on bear hug!

While we were in the Chapel in the JSMB one of the tourists ask me if I had pioneer heritage in the Mormon faith.  I  had the opportunity to share the story of my great, great, great, (hope that's enough "greats") Grandmother Mary Elizabeth Rollins, who saved important revelations and documents of the church as she hid from a mob in a corn field. I bore my testimony of my Savior Jesus Christ and the role he's played in my family heritage.

We are struggling with having progressing investigators but I feel things will change as I have the added faith of my new trainee this next week.

As Elder Holland said when he came and visited us last transfer conference "Your mission experience is the closest experience you will have of doing what I do on a daily basis. It the closest you will come to an apostolic mission." May you and I both continue in the Faith and trust in our Savior Jesus Christ and continue to do this great work!

Hurrah For Israel

Sis. Reynders