Winter Wonderland

Life is Good:)! So everything is covered in snow here in Spokane! Mother, I just went and bought some more winter clothes. A big poofy jacket and some snow boots. It's really hard to focus on the work when you are freezing cold:) Yeah, but now I have all the supplies I need to keep me warm.

Aww man....the Elders here are crazy and hilarious but I just laugh secretly inside.  I am kind of a Nazi about Sisters interacting with the Elders. I was like that in the MTC.....I barely associated with the Elders. Then I went to Temple Square where I served with a bunch of Sisters and now I am serving with Elders again.  Sister Ledoux makes fun of me all the time because I am so awkward around the Elders. She says just talk to them like they are normal people but I CAN'T! We walked into a meeting and this Elder fist pounded Sister Ledoux and then he did it to me and I just walked right past him!

It is just grand being in an area where people actually know your name! The members in the ward actually know me! YEAH!

OK so this week we started teaching a family and they great! They are so sweet! We have been using the restoration cups for families! The Kids love it! They are a good Christian family and have come to a lot of activities. Mother, could you send me those little cut outs you use for the Plan of Salvation? We like to use visuals or have little games for the children. We have been working with lots of families.

This last week we met with "Sandra"  and she said she received an answer about the Book of Mormon. She says she believes in the Book of Mormon but thinks she already has the power of God in her heart and that there is no need for the priesthood.  We explained about believing the Book of Mormon as a whole and all its teachings , and that by knowing the Book of Mormon is true that Joseph Smith is a prophet and that the Church of Jesus Christ has been restored. We taught about the light of Christ and priesthood a lot but it is just not clicking for her.  She still wants to keep studying though, so that's good.

I feel like we have miracles every day. When someone invites us in or when someone says yes to learning more, it's all good!  We would all do well to look for the positive and not focus on the negative.  Life is so much happier for the person who recognizes his/her blessings and sees the tender mercies of the Lord each day in their lives.  “But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance.”  As you recognize and record those tender mercies in your lives, you will begin to see how much the Lord loves you and is blessing you.

I do have a comment about my experiences on Temple Square  vs. outbound and that is that Temple Square is the harvesting mission and outbound is the seed planting.  People  would always tell me how Temple Square is just a seed planting mission but I saw so much success there. There is success here but the work is much slower.

We officially moved in with the Wilkinsons this week. They are great and its fun living in a mansion.:)

Mom and Anne - I cannot wait to run a half marathon with you when I get home! So here is the song I wrote for Temple Square's zone conference right before I left.

Love you all! Hurrah for Israel!

-Sister Reynders