Called to Serve
Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square
This Is The Place
January 2012 to June 2013

Sunday, February 17, 2013

I'm Back!



First of all, Happy Family Birthday! We were established 33 years ago on Feb. 16. Woot Woot! Thanks Mom and Dad:) I know you didn't know my p-day was today sorry. My prep day is now on Saturday.

Leaving Spokane was traumatic and hard but here I am just the same! I will always love Spokane. We had an awesome lesson with Jeremy right before I left. We hit it off with a bang. It was spirit filled and we all fasted the next day that he would have the strength to overcome coffee.

I don't think I let it really hit me that I was leaving until 8:30 pm. that night when they drove me to the mission home. I flew out and got to Salt Lake around 12 noon on Wednesday. When I got off the plane  they had a Sister there waiting for me and she told me I was to be Zone Leader with Sister Elliot! I am so happy Sister Elliott is my companion. I have yet to unpack but today is the day. The moment I got here I took a VIP tour with sister Elliot.  I guess we are responsible to give those tours now...kinda scary!

For the last two days it has been so crazy. We have had to do 4 training meetings for the Sisters and one zone meeting. They put me as a zone leader over WEST 1 which is the zone that covers, West gate services, Guest services, Humanitarian Center, Welfare Square, Office Assistants and a little Beehive house!........What?....do they realize I haven't served in ANY of these venues?!  haha  And here I am training the Sisters? But I really feel that the Lord is doing it all and I just apply myself and open my mouth.

The Temple Square missionaries are doing a performance "Music from around the World" in the assembly hall and I am heavily involved in that.  We heard that  Pres. Monson is planning on attending.  They have asked me to play guitar for some of the numbers so....gulp...the Lords really going to need to help me:)

I feel so grateful for my outbound experience because I have been able to share with the sisters the things I have learned. Yesterday in our zone meeting we taught about the Atonement and that the Atonement is central to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. People can find access to the Atonement through the Gospel and people can find access to the gospel because of the restoration.  SO...we really are here to help people access the Atonement. It went really well and I know we are going to see great things happen. The Sisters are great. Sister Ibarra is in our zone and so is sister Nixon and  Sister Lake, whose dad was the bishop in one of my outbound wards. 

Anyways life is good.  I will talk to Pres. Gillette about interviewing for that job. Thanks!

-Hurrah For Israel!

-Sister Reynders

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