Merry Christmas!

Christmas is in a week and that is just insane. Time flies. I am so glad for the opportunity to share the spirit that Christmas brings into our lives with others. It is so fun to watch people grow closer to it! Everything in Green Bay is going great! We have a mini transfer this week, and I am not going anywhere, but we are getting another set of Elders in the Green Bay 1st ward until at least Jan 3! So I am really excited for that! Our ward mission leader has been begging for that for a long time so he is really excited too! It will be fun!

This week was pretty normal, we got a whole ton of snow! We have about a foot on the ground still, but on Wednesday it snowed literally all day until like 7. So it was super sketchy on the roads but we are safe so no worries! We had to drive for like 40 minutes to our interviews and that would usually be a 20 min drive. So it was fun! Everyone said that it was a pretty average snow storm for here, and that scares me.. It felt HUGE! I like the snow, but driving in it is not as fun... But we just have to leave early so we can be on time to places.

Here is a spiritual thought for you all-
Mosiah 3:5-11
This talks about a lot about Christ and what he can do for us and what he did do for us. During Christmas we need to remember the reason that we celebrate. Christ did so much for us, and without him we have no chance to do anything. There is no other way that we can get back to our Heavenly Father. Just keep that in mind during this Christmas season and throughout the year! Love you all!

Merry Christmas!
Elder Reynolds

Snowy and cold!

It finally snowed!! ​So this week it snowed on Thursday or Friday... not sure what day it was! But it was only like an inch tops. This morning we got a little more but not even an inch this time, so it has been fun! This weekend was awesome! We took some time on Saturday and went to a park and handed out Hot Chocolate! It was cold, but totally worth it! You could see that the people really appreciated it! We did it with another set of Elders in the area so there were 4 of us! But it was really fun! So hopefully we effected some people and they open their hearts to the message we have to share. The Christmas season is also helpful!

We have a lot of work starting to go on! We were struggling to find new people and we get this referral from the sister missionaries. And we go to talk to her and the first thing she told us was that she wanted to join the church!! Miracles happen people! There are people being prepared to learn about the Gospel and accept it!! Missionary work from the members is how this happened, and there is nothing more important than having the members doing work! I promise that when you work to help someone else learn about the gospel it will be easier for them than if just the missionaries teach them! So do it!!

Here is a spiritual thought:
"The greatest gift ever given was of infinite value but no price"
This referring to Jesus Christ and his Atonement. But at this Christmas season we should strive to give gifts that have a lot of value, but no price. We can serve, forgive, and love. These gifts require us to pay no price, but they do require sacrifice of ourselves for others. Jesus Christ did this for the entire world, and if we can do it to just one person we will feel the love that Christ has for all this Christmas season.

Love all of you! Have a great week!

Elder Reynolds

Creche event

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Week 2 with my boy

Well this week was a great week! We did a lot of work leading up to our ward Christmas activities and stuff like that. Our ward puts on this event that they call the Creche event. So when I heard it the first time I was super confused, but basically there are a bunch of little nativities set up around the gym, and then they also have choirs and stuff sing! It goes for two hours tomorrow and Wednesday night. I am really excited! There has been a big push for people in the ward to invite nonmembers to it, and so we are excited to see who is there and hopefully get a couple new people to teach! We have also been inviting like everyone we tract into, meet on the street or anyone to it, so hopefully we will find some cool people that want to talk with us this week!

Then there was something else really cool that happened this week. We were trying to contact some less active members one day, and we knocked on this door and a guy named Chris answered. We told him we were looking for someone, and he was like "she's right here want to talk to her?" And for some reason we were just like, no we can talk to you. So we set a return appointment with him and he is an investigator now! So God works in ways that you would never think of. It is really cool to see how he helps us everyday. I promise that if you look for it, you will see something he does for you every single day!

We also had zone conference this week! That was really good, our zone has 2 more companionships then it used to. So it felt like the whole mission was there, but really just the Green Bay Zone. It was good to see all of the other missionaries, get to know them a little better, and learn from each other. President Williams was also there, and it is always good to hear from him. He knows how to make you feel loved and motivate you. I have loved getting to train Elder Record. It has been a blast so far! Thanks for all the support from everyone! Love you all!

Spiritual Thought:
In the Christmas Devotional the theme for me was all about Love, and how we need to start to love like the Savior and Heavenly Father love us. They have an infinite amount of love that we can't even comprehend. I love the phrase that Pres. Uchtdorf used, "You won't be forgotten". God's love is huge, he will not forget about you no matter what. Christ is the same way, no matter what you have done, he is always there waiting for you to come back. I love how important that is to all of the world that knows about Christ. I am grateful for the opportunity I have to share that with others, and at Christmas we notice that love more, and people are much more charitable in general. The love that Christ has is not describable. But it is always there for us!

Love,
Elder Reynolds

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