I am really going to miss serving here in Madison in the YSA ward and all the great people I got to meet! Also, I am going to miss the great missionaries I have been blessed to serve around, but the great thing about a mission is that you have a new start to do the exact same thing again! I am grateful for the experiences that I have had, and look forward to having more great ones as the time continues to fly by!
So last Monday we had our p day, which we just chilled at the institute building with the district and played some ping pong and pool! That was pretty fun, and then FHE was cancelled so that night we had some finding and then pretty much called it a night!
Then Tuesday we had a normal day of work! We had a ton of time to find in the morning, so we decided to take a bus and try a different area than normal! It turned out working really well! The main reason we went was for this girl named Sol, and she came to church this week!! So that was really good to see! Then we also had an awesome lesson with Brennan, and he is sooo close! He loves the gospel and everything we teach him, but he is afraid of commitment... so we are working with him for that!
Wednesday we had district council and then I had one of my favorite exchanges of all time with Elder Roberts! He is the funniest guy to be around, and we had a good time working hard in the rain... the rain ruins missionary work in this area because nobody wants to stand in the rain longer than they have to, and you get to stop them and try to keep them paying attention. So that was a struggle, but turned out alright!
Thursday was also a good day, it was weird because there was no institute... so that meant we didn't have a class at the end of the day and we got more time to find! It was really cool! Then at like 10:20 PM we get a phone call from some random sisters in new Zealand, so we were confused. But then we talked to them for a little bit and we figured out there was this guy in the hospital that wanted us to come and visit, and he's not a member!
So first things first on Friday we head over to the hospital and meet this guy named Zach that invited us. Turns out they are in the psych ward, so we had to leave like all of our stuff outside. Then we go in and he says, "I wanted this a little bit for me, but mostly for Alesha" so I'm like okay who is that? Turns out Alesha is a member that I had met in Green Bay! We had tried teaching her family up there, but then I got transferred and nobody knows what happened after that, until now! So we were able to catch up, obviously not that good of a time since she is here... but good to see a familiar face! So then we taught Brennan again and it was awesome! He is so willing to learn, I love it!
Saturday was a pretty normal day, except we had an appointment with a guy named Newton! He is from China has very little background on God or Jesus Christ or anything like that! So it was fun to answer his complex questions! He is a math PhD student, so he is brilliant, but it's crazy to try and understand what he asks! And his English is good, but still a little hard to understand. So turned out to be a good lesson, and then we had correlation and dinner and that was pretty much the night!
Sunday morning I found out I was leaving and so the rest of the day was just joking with the members and saying see you later! But it was a great church meeting, and Brennan came for the first 2 hours so that was really good! Then we had a potluck that night and it was delicious!
Spiritual thought!
Read conference talks!!! They will bless your life so much! I love Elder Rasband's talk from Saturday morning, he talked about how we need not fear when we are doing what the lord asks!
Hope you all have a great week!
Elder Reynolds
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