Miracles Happen!

Well this week went by super fast! And we stayed pretty busy the entire time! Starting off with Monday last week we went to the mall and then went to downtown and walked around all the little shops and stuff that is there. It was super cool, there is a ton to see here in Appleton that I didn't even know existed yet! So then on Tuesday we had exchanges with the elders in the Appleton 1st ward, so I was in their area for the second half of the day Tuesday and some of the day Wednesday. I was working with Elder Piscoitta and he is a blast to be around! Really our entire district is pretty cool so that's fun. But we had a really cool experience where we showed up at a part member families house unexpected and they let us right in and fed us some dinner! We then had a really good conversation with them about all sorts of stuff. Although it was sad because in our area that day elder Raymer and Jeffs taught like 3 lessons to some pretty cool people! So we decided that I should leave the area more often because that is when we teach all the lessons. Haha 😂 not really but sometimes it feels that way.
So then when I came back to my area on Wednesday we had some time to do some finding and then we had a dinner appointment! Then on Thursday we had a couple of really cool things happen while we were knocking doors! So we had been going for a good hour and then some on this one street and it just wasn't seeing any success. But we kept going and ran into this guy in his garage that opened up to us and told us all about how his friend was in the hospital on his death bed and he was in distress. It was so cool to see that the Lord put him in our path or us in his to help him. Then we finished that street pretty much completely and drove a little bit to do some more finding. We are about to get out of the car and we get a call from a member asking if we could go and give them a blessing. So it was like 6:45 and I felt strongly that we needed to just knock for a little bit on this street we were on before we left. So we start knocking and the 3rd door we knock on we were able to share the message of the restoration and set a return appointment! The prompting from the spirit are real people! God cares enough about these other people to have missionaries like us go and talk to them all over the place! God loves his children! So that was an awesome day!
Then Saturday we tried to contact at the Flag Day Parade and it was very awkward. People don't want to talk to you while you are at a parade... But like the entire city was there so we couldn't do a whole lot more than that, so it was cool. I didn't know flag day was such a big deal out here but it was a huge parade! Then the rest of the day we spent in appointments teaching and then we had dinner and a meeting with the ward mission leader. It was a good day! Then Sunday was pretty great too! We had a really good sacrament meeting and then we had an old investigator show up that we weren't expecting and that was super cool!! So if anything was learned this week it is that there are miracles happening in Wisconsin!

So here's a spiritual thought for you all:
D & C 130:21
If there is a blessing that we want we must find the law and obey it. That is why we are blessed. It is when we are doing something that God can bless us for. All things have a law, so if you want a blessing you need to find the law and obey it and God will bless you!

Hope you all have a wonderful week!
Elder Reynolds

Flag Day Parade

Elder Raymer & Elder Reynolds at the Richards