Elder Bryce in Wisconsin: Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey everyone!

This week has been very eventful! We knew transfers were coming, and we were pretty sure that at least one of us was going to leave! So basically we were just waiting for Saturday to see who was leaving. Saturday morning we got the text that told us... I am the only one staying in Green Bay! Elder Thies is going to Milwaukee, it is called Parkway ward, it is the sketchy part of the mission! But he is really excited, and then Elder Nielson is going to a place called Richland Center and it is kinda close to Madison! It is a little sad that they are leaving, but I am even more excited for what is happening here in GB. I am getting a brand new missionary from the MTC! It will be super fun! And so we are driving down to Milwaukee tonight to pick him up in the morning! It is exciting times. I just barely finished being trained and now I am training! So we will see how that goes!

So before that this week, we went to institute. It is at the teachers house, and they live right on the shore of Green Bay, so it is a gorgeous house! And they fed us, and then invited us to stay for the class. We talked about ways to study the scriptures and that was really good stuff! I thought that the way I was studying was really good, and it is good, but the things we talked about at institute really helped. But then after institute we were invited to sing a couple disney songs just for fun, and that was super fun!! It sounds like it would be lame and not fun when I say it, but we jammed out to some Lion King and Frozen! The institute teacher, Sis. Seiber, is super good at the piano, so she plays and whoever wants to stay after and sing does that. So that was really fun!

Here is a spiritual thought for you.
In church yesterday our sacrament meeting had one of Pres. Uchtdorf's talks as the theme you could say. One of the speakers repeated his line "Faith always defeats fear" I really like this quote. When we have faith, we shouldn't be afraid of anything. It really helped me as I am getting ready to do something new. There is nothing I should be afraid of because I have faith in Jesus Christ, and he will help me no matter what I need and when I need it. He is always there!

Hope you all have a great week! I love you!

Elder Reynolds