Wisconsin is bipolar

So this week was pretty good! If you remember last week it was snowing and like 30 degrees outside. We had just been hit with a record size snow storm. Well it is a little bit different this week. Currently it is probably like 60 degrees and sunny, and the snow is almost all gone! So this week has been pretty warm, and it is fantastic! I haven't had to wear a jacket some of the days because it has been so warm!! So that is pretty nice. And the work here in Appleton is starting to pick up a little bit. We have done a lot of contacting part member families and have found a couple of people to teach out of that, and then we have been doing some knocking as well and found a little success there as well!!

So this week we had a few things out of the ordinary. We had interviews with President Williams on Tuesday, and that was good. And then we had exchanges with our zone leaders on Thursday and Friday. So it was a busy week. Then every Saturday morning we get to wake up a little early and go play basketball with the Elders quorum. Elder Fronk is a super good basketball player, so it is fun to go and play with him and build some relationships with the elders in the ward.

Then on Sunday we had an investigator that we thought for sure was going to come to church, and then she texted us Sunday morning and said that she had went to the Lutheran service Saturday night and decided that the Lutheran church was best for her at the time.. so that was a little rough. But we also had another investigator at church and that was awesome!

I am thankful for the opportunity to serve the Lord. There is so much that I learn every week. But this week I learned a great lesson in Sacrament Meeting. The speaker quoted Brigham Young and said, "The greatest mystery a man ever learned is to know how to control the human mind." I really like that thought. We have to be able to focus our thoughts on the Savior all the time. And to do that it takes a lot of self control and self mastery. It is a little easier for us as missionaries to do so because we are always teaching or finding and testifying of Christ. But if we can internalize the idea and always have Christ in the center of our lives, everything will go so much better! I hope you all have a great week, and focus on Jesus Christ and all that he has done for YOU!!

Elder Reynolds

 I realized in my group email that I totally forgot to mention like my favorite part of the week!! So I got to do three baptismal interviews on Saturday! The sisters in the Neenah ward (just south of Appleton) had been teaching this part member family. The mom is a member and the kids and the dad are both getting baptized this coming week! I am super excited for them! But doing an interview for them was super cool! You get to be a part of something special for them, and the missionaries teaching them. It was a really fun experience, and I think I am going to get to do another one this Saturday. So I am pretty excited. It makes me want to have some one that I am teaching get to that point. But its life, and I am blessed to be able to be a part of the ones that I am.

Elder Evans and Elder Reynolds (exchanges)