A Request

Hello Friends and Family!

I am heading back to Temple Square this week and I have a request. As much as I love you all I am asking everyone to please not try to find me on temple Square.  It was great to see so many when I was there before but I really want to stay focused these last few months and I think this will help me do that. Thanks for understanding.

Well, I don't even know where to start. It's been a hard week, internally more than externally, but that's really where all my struggles have been on my mission. It's just really hard to leave this place. It is kind of like being told you have to leave your mission after only being out for 4 1/2 months.  You may be thinking, "What do you mean? You are still going to be a missionary."  Yes that is true but....it's hard and it's hard to explain.  Just the same I have felt the spirit very strong this week. The atonement is everything. I have so much to say about that but it will just have to wait until next week.

We had exchanges this week and so I was left in our area with the traveling Sister, it was good.

JT is a new investigator who just got out of prison 2 weeks ago and he has an awesome conversion story that happened in his cell in the prison. He got a hold of the Book of Mormon and he calls himself a Mormon now. He is great. On fast Sunday he bore his testimony.

We decided to be adventurous and figure out the bus system.....so we set off after a zone meeting and just got dropped off by the other sisters and our destination was to get back home.  The night before I decided I was going to talk to the first guy I saw with earphones in.  Well the first guy that walked past the bus stop had earphones, so of course I ran after him and he took the earphones out.  He wasn't interested but we talked about the atonement of Christ and we promised him that through the restoration of Christ's Church he can better access the atonement. We left him with a pass along card and that was that. But that was just the beginning of our adventure.

We found out that we were not at the right bus stop that would take us to the direction we needed so walked 8 more blocks and got to the right one.  We were at the intersection and our bus pulls up but we are stuck across the street. When the light said "walk" we ran like the dickens but.....we missed it! It was sad but I just couldn't help but laugh. While we were there we met Larry. We talked to Larry a bit and he set us straight as far as where we needed to go to get home. He then preceded to start smoking. Right before the bus pulled up he said "OH you're  the LDS missionaries? I thought you said Nurses Aids! I am a Mormon. I haven't been for years and I am from Montana."  But the bus came so we just got his number.  Then yesterday we were driving between church buildings for church and Sister LeDoux says, "There's Larry!"  We pulled over and jump out and he was holding up a sign for food. We said, "Larry we are on our way to church, will you come?" and he said sure. How do I get there?  We called a member to come pick him up and he came to church.  I know this is a long story but I know that Heavenly Father is aware of all his children. Larry is a special man and God loves him more than I know. I know that as we are sensitive to Heavenly Fathers love for his children we can be his hands.

Life is Good. I love the  work.

Love,

Sister Reynders