Busy Busy Week

This week was a super fun week! It flew by because of p day being on Tuesday last week it feels like the week was like half as long, but it was really really good! We stayed super busy. So for p day on Tuesday we went mini golfing and did some go karting at a place in Appleton and that was honestly so fun! So then on Wednesday we were pretty busy. We had district meeting in the morning and then we went and had a couple hours to do some finding and then we had this guy that was visiting our mission from salt lake work with us! And he was able to come to 2 lessons with us, and they both went really well! We were able to teach one of our new investigators Troy and his wife Crystal and it went super well! They were open to the idea of reading the book of Mormon and praying! So we are hoping to get back with them this week and be able to teach them some more! We also had an appointment with a part member family, and they are super cool so it was another good visit! It was kinda intimidating to have this guy from Salt Lake with us, but he was really cool and super helpful in our work! Plus he took us out to Olive Garden so that was a big bonus 😉 haha really it was some good food!
So then on Thursday I was with another elder in our district on exchanges! His name is Elder Parker and he is a Hmong missionary. And it was a little bit of a rough day, but we had a good time! Then I get a call on Thursday that all of the district leaders in the mission are having to go to the MLC. Which is mission leadership counsel. So that took up like my entire day on Friday! Which honestly kinda sucked because I wasn't in my area for 2 whole days! All I did in my area was sleep in my apartment! So that was pretty lame.
Then on Saturday we had to do a bunch of planning and call the district and like half of our day was already gone after we did that, so that was pretty lame. So we then did a bunch of inviting people to church because nobody had been coming so we decided to just invite everyone we could think of! And honestly it worked! We didn't see all the people we invited, but there were 3 of our investigators that came! So that was awesome to see! Honestly Sunday was pretty busy again! We had a super fun dinner appointment where I got roasted the entire time for not knowing any movies... So that was pretty funny!
But overall a really really good week! The work just keeps getting better and better and there is so much to do! We are looking forward for the next few weeks here in Appleton and see the blessings that come from the work we put in!
Here's a spiritual thought for you: so at MLC we were listening to this guy from Salt Lake and he said something a long the lines of "We dont see success because we are much more afraid of success than failure" I think it is very true in missionary work and in life in general. There is so much that we could do and see success. Small and simple things like reading from the scriptures daily and praying. But it is easier to fail so we choose to take the easy way out. We are more afraid to do something hard and succeed than to do something easy and fail. I know that through Christ we can gain the desire to do the hard thing rather than the easy wrong. To quote President Monson "May we ever choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong"

I hope you all have a great week!
Elder Reynolds