This week has been super weird! We haven't had nearly as much time as I would want to proselyte because we have meetings and exchanges, and so it has taken up some time that I would rather be teaching or finding. There is a lot of really good things starting to happen, and I am excited to be here in the Port Washington branch! We have some members that are just amazing, and it makes for a good time! We have been able to borrow some rakes from some members and take them door to door and try to find people by serving them! It was awesome to see how much more wiling people were to listen to us when we had rakes instead of just our weird outfits(; But overall it has been a good week, Tuesday was zone conference and we talked about a LOT of stuff! But it was really uplifting and motivating for me! There was a lot of talk about how we can help the mission reach the goal of 200 baptisms this year, so that was good, and we all have the goal to baptize someone by the end of the year! I am excited to try and achieve that!
Then we left and I went with Elder Mckonkie, who is the great grandson of Bruce R. Mckonkie, so that was fun! He is in "the hood" if you will.. The ward is Parkway, and it covers the majority of the sketchy parts of Milwaukee so they see some pretty weird stuff, but luckily we had something to do at night, so it wasn't too bad! We were able to help someone move and then have a dinner appointment with an awesome member! So then the next morning and until about 4, and we had a ton of appointments! So it was the busiest day of my mission for sure, but it was super good. We were able to have a car with us, and that made it a lot easier!
Thursday we had a super cool visit with this guy that lived in the middle of nowhere. So we try to go out with members to visit people 2 times a week, and we usually get one of the two, so this week was Thursday. We meet up with Bro. Earl and we drove for like 30 minutes to get to this house in the middle of the country. But he is this 70 year old Marine vet, and it was super cool to talk to him. We hope to be able to visit him again but we will see what happens. He hasn't been to church in probably like 30 years... but everyone is worth a shot!
Friday, we had calls that take two hours, and then we had the rakes so we went and did a lot of raking for random strangers and that was honestly pretty fun! It is way more effective to the people that are home and need it than trying to tract the entire city.. We really enjoyed that, so we did it for a few hours, and then we had dinner and Elder Mecham made some really bomb wings. It was delicious.
Saturday was another day of raking and then we also had to drive down to Milwaukee so I could do some baptismal interviews and it was awesome! They are some of my favorite things to do as a missionary!! I got to do 3, and they are all some younger kids being taught in our areas. They are part member families, so since they are kids it becomes a little bit weird! But honestly still one of my favorite things to do.
Sunday was super good, we had a regional conference! Elder Holland was presiding and he talked about Missionary work and gathering scattered Israel. So that was pretty much the coolest thing ever. Anytime an apostle encourages someone to do missionary work I get pretty excited! So then we did a lesson with some of my favorite people in the branch and it was awesome!! They have a lot of kids that all want to share the gospel with their friends and we look forward to how they are blessed for their efforts!
Well that is the sum of the week, thank you for all your love and support!
Elder Reynolds
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