Dear Family,
Sorry for the lack of detail...there
is just too much going on to write it all and I feel bad because my journal has
been lackluster at best....so many of my experiences are not getting recorded! Here are just some random
tidbits of information.
*My companion, Sis Le Doux, is from
Cedar Hills UT but her family just moved to Virginia. She is the best thing
that ever happened to me. Ya'll would think she is hilarious!
*We bike, walk and drive. I love to
bike but my rear end hurts on that little bike seat. What is the deal with bike seats
anyways........I mean ...really...a little triangle! I don't know whose rear is
actually the size of those pathetic seats. Yes, my skirt gets caught in the
back breaks but I have figured out how to just tuck the bottom of my skirt into
the bottom of my leggings...it has a nice bubble look:) We usually drive to an area and then take off
our bikes and bike, bike, bike. I really don't have a testimony of tracting....but
I am trying.
*We cover 2 Wards but President said
within a year there should have enough missionaries to have one companionship
per ward. On Sundays we go to both wards... and we go to their ward councils. Bishop Lake of the Mika Peak ward has a
daughter that I serve with on Temple Square. Kind of cool.
*We had zone conference this
Halloween and it was great! Afterwards we went and had dinner with the district.
*The area is Super
conservative....and I think I plan on raising my family here. The members are
awesome! When they have referrals it is great! I just love the families out here!
*Tomorrow we are moving
again...never a dull moment! Also we are going on exchanges because they have a
traveling Sister that goes out on
exchanges to see how the Sisters are doing.
So the other day we go up to a
door and talk with this Latino looking guy and once again I make a fool of
myself. We had already introduced ourselves
and when we were done visiting I ask, "Its Alejandro right?" He says, "Uh...no...its Adrian. Its
because of the color of my skin huh?."
I sputter, "No, no...sorry. I really thought that was your
name!" After we walked away I turned
to Sister Ledoux, "Grrrr....fill my mouth INDEED! The Lord didn't provide
the words that time!"
"Sandra" came to
sacrament meeting yesterday, and it was fast and testimony meeting so I was a
little nervous about what she would hear, but it was really good and she said
she really enjoyed it. I bore my testimony. Most the time when I have born my
testimony in sacrament meeting I have
felt I should just because it's a good thing to do. But yesterday I truly felt what
people say when they are sitting there and they just HAVE to get up. It was
good to feel the spirit so strong. I feel like my testimony has grown so much
lately, especially of the Book of Mormon. Its true!
Transitioning from Temple Square to
being out in the field is kind of settling in. I just feel so strong about
building a relationship of trust before preaching to someone but it seems like
no one out here does that. Anyway, I am trying to figure out what is expected
of me. All is well.
Hurrah for Israel!
Sister Reynders
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