See you all this week😎
Elder Reynolds
Here's some random pics of me with larger than life animals I have found, hope you enjoy.
Monday, August 12, 2019
I'm Coming Home!
Well this is the last email I will send as a missionary, so I hope you all have enjoyed the last 2 years of emails from me haha! I hope they have represented how great my mission has been! I have loved it, through the hard times and good times. I have come to know Jesus Christ more than I thought possible 2 years ago. I know that he lived, and that he lives again for us. There is something special about The Spirit you feel when you talk about His mission. I know it is true. There are so many things I've learned, but I think the largest for me is that God loves us all individually and cares for YOU. He doesn't do things for fun or for any reason but to help us, his children. The Book of Mormon blesses lives of those who read it, including mine. I hope you all have the same wonderful experience reading that book as I do. It is powerful! I love God and am so thankful for the chance I've had to serve him for 2 years.
See you all this week😎
Elder Reynolds
Here's some random pics of me with larger than life animals I have found, hope you enjoy.
See you all this week😎
Elder Reynolds
Here's some random pics of me with larger than life animals I have found, hope you enjoy.
Friday, August 9, 2019
Monday, August 5, 2019
Missionary Work
Hello everyone,
I have 2 weeks of being a missionary left, and that's an interesting place to be, but it's been a good week nonetheless. So, I honestly don't feel like typing a whole lot.
We had dinner with our friend from Utah again and he took us out to steak so that was nice! We also took a ferry to get to an old formers place and that was fun! I got a my haircut by a member for free! So that was good too!
Other than that it's just been normal missionary work and I've been enjoying life! Hope you all have a great week!
Elder Reynolds
I have 2 weeks of being a missionary left, and that's an interesting place to be, but it's been a good week nonetheless. So, I honestly don't feel like typing a whole lot.
We had dinner with our friend from Utah again and he took us out to steak so that was nice! We also took a ferry to get to an old formers place and that was fun! I got a my haircut by a member for free! So that was good too!
Other than that it's just been normal missionary work and I've been enjoying life! Hope you all have a great week!
Elder Reynolds
Monday, July 29, 2019
Pioneer Day
Hello!
This week has been a blur! Life seems to just keep on flying by! So I'll give you a rundown of what I remember this week!
So to start off we had a fun p day in prairie with some of the closest missionaries to us! And that was a blast, we just kinda explored the town a little bit and had an all around good time!
Tuesday we had a day to go and find people to teach, and it was hot! So we were out walking around and talking to people anyway that we could! So it was interesting, but fun!
Wednesday we had our interviews with president Murphy in Dodgeville! It was fun to get to know him a little better and have a good conversation about missionary work! It's amazing how smooth the transition seemed for me from mission president to mission president. They are 2 very different people but in the best way possible! They both are fantastic. So then after interviews we drove to Richland Center!
The rest of the day Wednesday and then some of the day Thursday we were over there doing work! They play pickleball to try and find people to teach on Thursday mornings and playing pickleball was soooooo fun! We also had a couple of good conversations about the church with some of the old guys we were playing with! All around it was a good time there.
Then we drove to Platteville to accept an award that the missionaries there earned. Long story but basically we went over and got a little piece of paper saying we were good volunteers, even tho we never volunteered there! So that was fun, then we got dinner!
Friday was another good day, we did our weekly planning and calls with the district and then had some time to work around town in Prairie! It has been a good time meeting people around here!
Saturday and Sunday were a blast! Saturday was the branch pioneer day activity! We were at a members home and played some games and had some good food! There will be some pics of that stuff! Then Sunday we had church and it was good, and then we went over to a members for dinner and the missionaries from the Iowa branch were there too! So we talked to them a little and then had a great time with the members!
So here's some great photos for you, hope you have a great week😊
Elder Reynolds
This week has been a blur! Life seems to just keep on flying by! So I'll give you a rundown of what I remember this week!
So to start off we had a fun p day in prairie with some of the closest missionaries to us! And that was a blast, we just kinda explored the town a little bit and had an all around good time!
Tuesday we had a day to go and find people to teach, and it was hot! So we were out walking around and talking to people anyway that we could! So it was interesting, but fun!
Wednesday we had our interviews with president Murphy in Dodgeville! It was fun to get to know him a little better and have a good conversation about missionary work! It's amazing how smooth the transition seemed for me from mission president to mission president. They are 2 very different people but in the best way possible! They both are fantastic. So then after interviews we drove to Richland Center!
The rest of the day Wednesday and then some of the day Thursday we were over there doing work! They play pickleball to try and find people to teach on Thursday mornings and playing pickleball was soooooo fun! We also had a couple of good conversations about the church with some of the old guys we were playing with! All around it was a good time there.
Then we drove to Platteville to accept an award that the missionaries there earned. Long story but basically we went over and got a little piece of paper saying we were good volunteers, even tho we never volunteered there! So that was fun, then we got dinner!
Friday was another good day, we did our weekly planning and calls with the district and then had some time to work around town in Prairie! It has been a good time meeting people around here!
Saturday and Sunday were a blast! Saturday was the branch pioneer day activity! We were at a members home and played some games and had some good food! There will be some pics of that stuff! Then Sunday we had church and it was good, and then we went over to a members for dinner and the missionaries from the Iowa branch were there too! So we talked to them a little and then had a great time with the members!
So here's some great photos for you, hope you have a great week😊
Elder Reynolds
Monday, July 22, 2019
Weekly #101
Hello everyone!
This week flew by! On Monday we had our p day and we ended up in Madison because we had zone conference the next day, so we had a good time there at the church to hang out with the other missionaries and talk to our families! We stayed the night with Elder Record and his companion Elder Grant, who are my mission son and grandson so that's kinda cool! It was fun to be with them!
Then on Tuesday we had zone conference, the first one with our new mission president, president Murphy! He is an awesome guy and it was a great zone conference! It was also my last one, so it was a little tender for me. But then we got to go to dinner at Costco after and that was bomb. Then we drove home and that was pretty much the day since we live so far away lol!
Wednesday was a normal day to get out and proselytize! We met some cool people, and then I did my plan! It's a pretty cool way that we get to prepare for going home, but it's kinda rough sometimes because it gets ya thinking about what you want to do! I don't want to be an adult yet lol!
Thursday we did our weekly planning and then the rain came and so we drove to a few potentials just outside of town to try and stay a little more dry, which kinda worked! And then we had a nice dinner at home!
Friday we had a little bit of knocking, tried by some people, and pretty much had a normal day of missionary work. Nobody was home so it was kinda rough. But then for dinner a previous missionary from our mission that we were both good friends with stopped by and we had dinner with him! So that was really fun to see him again!
Saturday and Sunday I don't feel like anything exciting happened. Like it was just kinda being a missionary and living our best life. So that's the week! This morning I caught a pike for the first time in my life so that was kinda cool! I hope you all had a wonderful week!
We also went to the zoo last p day
Elder Reynolds
This week flew by! On Monday we had our p day and we ended up in Madison because we had zone conference the next day, so we had a good time there at the church to hang out with the other missionaries and talk to our families! We stayed the night with Elder Record and his companion Elder Grant, who are my mission son and grandson so that's kinda cool! It was fun to be with them!
Then on Tuesday we had zone conference, the first one with our new mission president, president Murphy! He is an awesome guy and it was a great zone conference! It was also my last one, so it was a little tender for me. But then we got to go to dinner at Costco after and that was bomb. Then we drove home and that was pretty much the day since we live so far away lol!
Wednesday was a normal day to get out and proselytize! We met some cool people, and then I did my plan! It's a pretty cool way that we get to prepare for going home, but it's kinda rough sometimes because it gets ya thinking about what you want to do! I don't want to be an adult yet lol!
Thursday we did our weekly planning and then the rain came and so we drove to a few potentials just outside of town to try and stay a little more dry, which kinda worked! And then we had a nice dinner at home!
Friday we had a little bit of knocking, tried by some people, and pretty much had a normal day of missionary work. Nobody was home so it was kinda rough. But then for dinner a previous missionary from our mission that we were both good friends with stopped by and we had dinner with him! So that was really fun to see him again!
Saturday and Sunday I don't feel like anything exciting happened. Like it was just kinda being a missionary and living our best life. So that's the week! This morning I caught a pike for the first time in my life so that was kinda cool! I hope you all had a wonderful week!
We also went to the zoo last p day
Elder Reynolds
Monday, July 15, 2019
We can help them be happier!
Well this week was a pretty fun week here in the boonies! We had our first district council of the transfer in Tuesday and it was a blast! We rode with the senior couple on our way there and so we had a lot of fun with them, and they took us out to lunch so that was a bonus! We hadn't been to Bob's BBQ in quite a while so it was good food! Then we went and visited an older member of the branch who is in an old folks home and it was nice to be with him!
The rest of the week we did a lot of walking and met quite a few people. Luckily no crazy dog bites or anything like that! But it was super humid outside! It rains in the night or early morning and then the sun comes up and heats up the water in the air and on the ground and it gets hot and humid and wow. I can sweat quite a bit when it's like that! Honestly it's pretty crazy! So we had a good couple of days in the middle of the week and then Saturday came along!
Saturday we had nothing going on, but we had decided earlier in the week that it would be our day to go to Boscobel and try to visit some people over there. So we tried by a couple different formers, and then we went to Bill Parrish! Who we met a couple weeks ago and he told us to come back when we are in town. So he let us in for the second time, and we started talking to him about God and about how we know that God and Christ are two separate beings, and he very much agreed! He loves the Bible, and so he has some opinions. But then he says, "I believe in reincarnation"... So that confused me, so I asked him to explain making sure we were on the same page, and we were both thinking the same thing for reincarnation.... But the Bible for sure doesn't teach that so.... Not sure. Then elder Mecham asks him, "so where does Jesus Christ fit into your plan?" and then it got very powerful! The spirit was strong and we were able to testify that Christ came so we can live again! It was amazing!
Let's just be sure to remember the knowledge that we have is something special! We take for granted a lot the gospel that we have, but it's a wonderful thing that soo many people don't understand. We can help them be happier! Hope you all have a great week!
Elder Reynolds
The rest of the week we did a lot of walking and met quite a few people. Luckily no crazy dog bites or anything like that! But it was super humid outside! It rains in the night or early morning and then the sun comes up and heats up the water in the air and on the ground and it gets hot and humid and wow. I can sweat quite a bit when it's like that! Honestly it's pretty crazy! So we had a good couple of days in the middle of the week and then Saturday came along!
Saturday we had nothing going on, but we had decided earlier in the week that it would be our day to go to Boscobel and try to visit some people over there. So we tried by a couple different formers, and then we went to Bill Parrish! Who we met a couple weeks ago and he told us to come back when we are in town. So he let us in for the second time, and we started talking to him about God and about how we know that God and Christ are two separate beings, and he very much agreed! He loves the Bible, and so he has some opinions. But then he says, "I believe in reincarnation"... So that confused me, so I asked him to explain making sure we were on the same page, and we were both thinking the same thing for reincarnation.... But the Bible for sure doesn't teach that so.... Not sure. Then elder Mecham asks him, "so where does Jesus Christ fit into your plan?" and then it got very powerful! The spirit was strong and we were able to testify that Christ came so we can live again! It was amazing!
Let's just be sure to remember the knowledge that we have is something special! We take for granted a lot the gospel that we have, but it's a wonderful thing that soo many people don't understand. We can help them be happier! Hope you all have a great week!
Elder Reynolds
Monday, July 8, 2019
Happy 4th! 🇺🇲
Hey everyone! This week flew right on by! We met our new mission president on Tuesday in Milwaukee, so we had lots of driving to be done this week to get there and back, about 8 hours total! So he and his family are amazing! Then we got back and the next day was a good day to get out and do some missionary work! It was hot!! I got plenty sweaty, and all we did was walk... These proselyting clothes don't help lol. But we had a good time talking to some people, I think one of them was very grossed out by our sweat.... So that's awkward! But it was a good time!
The 4th of July we spent weekly planning and then at a members house for a BBQ! It was some good food and good company! And of course it wouldn't be the 4th in Wisconsin without a brat! So we had some with the members and they were delicious!
Honestly other than that our week was really normal. Lots of walking and trying to meet people, lots of people weren't home but we had a good time while we did it! Oh, we also got a new car, it had 12 miles on it when we got in... Newest car I'll ever set foot in lol, but we lost our truck (Simba) and that was sad! Oh well, life goes on with a new car!
Well I hope you all had a great week! We are blessed to live in this wonderful country that we do! It was put here for the gospel of Jesus Christ to be restored! And that's the most important thing that has happened in a long long time! Have a stellar week!
Elder Reynolds
The 4th of July we spent weekly planning and then at a members house for a BBQ! It was some good food and good company! And of course it wouldn't be the 4th in Wisconsin without a brat! So we had some with the members and they were delicious!
Honestly other than that our week was really normal. Lots of walking and trying to meet people, lots of people weren't home but we had a good time while we did it! Oh, we also got a new car, it had 12 miles on it when we got in... Newest car I'll ever set foot in lol, but we lost our truck (Simba) and that was sad! Oh well, life goes on with a new car!
Well I hope you all had a great week! We are blessed to live in this wonderful country that we do! It was put here for the gospel of Jesus Christ to be restored! And that's the most important thing that has happened in a long long time! Have a stellar week!
Elder Reynolds
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