Pioneer Day

Hello!

This week has been a blur! Life seems to just keep on flying by! So I'll give you a rundown of what I remember this week!

So to start off we had a fun p day in prairie with some of the closest missionaries to us! And that was a blast, we just kinda explored the town a little bit and had an all around good time!

Tuesday we had a day to go and find people to teach, and it was hot! So we were out walking around and talking to people anyway that we could! So it was interesting, but fun!

Wednesday we had our interviews with president Murphy in Dodgeville! It was fun to get to know him a little better and have a good conversation about missionary work! It's amazing how smooth the transition seemed for me from mission president to mission president. They are 2 very different people but in the best way possible! They both are fantastic. So then after interviews we drove to Richland Center!

The rest of the day Wednesday and then some of the day Thursday we were over there doing work! They play pickleball to try and find people to teach on Thursday mornings and playing pickleball was soooooo fun!  We also had a couple of good conversations about the church with some of the old guys we were playing with! All around it was a good time there.

Then we drove to Platteville to accept an award that the missionaries there earned. Long story but basically we went over and got a little piece of paper saying we were good volunteers, even tho we never volunteered there! So that was fun, then we got dinner!

Friday was another good day, we did our weekly planning and calls with the district and then had some time to work around town in Prairie! It has been a good time meeting people around here!

Saturday and Sunday were a blast! Saturday was the branch pioneer day activity! We were at a members home and played some games and had some good food! There will be some pics of that stuff! Then Sunday we had church and it was good, and then we went over to a members for dinner and the missionaries from the Iowa branch were there too! So we talked to them a little and then had a great time with the members!

So here's some great photos for you, hope you have a great week😊

Elder Reynolds

Weekly #101

Hello everyone!

This week flew by! On Monday we had our p day and we ended up in Madison because we had zone conference the next day, so we had a good time there at the church to hang out with the other missionaries and talk to our families! We stayed the night with Elder Record and his companion Elder Grant, who are my mission son and grandson so that's kinda cool! It was fun to be with them!

Then on Tuesday we had zone conference, the first one with our new mission president, president Murphy! He is an awesome guy and it was a great zone conference! It was also my last one, so it was a little tender for me. But then we got to go to dinner at Costco after and that was bomb. Then we drove home and that was pretty much the day since we live so far away lol!

Wednesday was a normal day to get out and proselytize! We met some cool people, and then I did my plan! It's a pretty cool way that we get to prepare for going home, but it's kinda rough sometimes because it gets ya thinking about what you want to do! I don't want to be an adult yet lol!

Thursday we did our weekly planning and then the rain came and so we drove to a few potentials just outside of town to try and stay a little more dry, which kinda worked! And then we had a nice dinner at home!

Friday we had a little bit of knocking, tried by some people, and pretty much had a normal day of missionary work. Nobody was home so it was kinda rough. But then for dinner a previous missionary from our mission that we were both good friends with stopped by and we had dinner with him! So that was really fun to see him again!

Saturday and Sunday I don't feel like anything exciting happened. Like it was just kinda being a missionary and living our best life. So that's the week! This morning I caught a pike for the first time in my life so that was kinda cool! I hope you all had a wonderful week!

We also went to the zoo last p day

Elder Reynolds

We can help them be happier!

Well this week was a pretty fun week here in the boonies! We had our first district council of the transfer in Tuesday and it was a blast! We rode with the senior couple on our way there and so we had a lot of fun with them, and they took us out to lunch so that was a bonus! We hadn't been to Bob's BBQ in quite a while so it was good food! Then we went and visited an older member of the branch who is in an old folks home and it was nice to be with him!

The rest of the week we did a lot of walking and met quite a few people. Luckily no crazy dog bites or anything like that! But it was super humid outside! It rains in the night or early morning and then the sun comes up and heats up the water in the air and on the ground and it gets hot and humid and wow. I can sweat quite a bit when it's like that! Honestly it's pretty crazy! So we had a good couple of days in the middle of the week and then Saturday came along!

Saturday we had nothing going on, but we had decided earlier in the week that it would be our day to go to Boscobel and try to visit some people over there. So we tried by a couple different formers, and then we went to Bill Parrish! Who we met a couple weeks ago and he told us to come back when we are in town. So he let us in for the second time, and we started talking to him about God and about how we know that God and Christ are two separate beings, and he very much agreed! He loves the Bible, and so he has some opinions. But then he says, "I believe in reincarnation"... So that confused me, so I asked him to explain making sure we were on the same page, and we were both thinking the same thing for reincarnation.... But the Bible for sure doesn't teach that so.... Not sure. Then elder Mecham asks him, "so where does Jesus Christ fit into your plan?" and then it got very powerful! The spirit was strong and we were able to testify that Christ came so we can live again! It was amazing!

Let's just be sure to remember the knowledge that we have is something special! We take for granted a lot the gospel that we have, but it's a wonderful thing that soo many people don't understand. We can help them be happier! Hope you all have a great week!

Elder Reynolds

Happy 4th! 🇺🇲

Hey everyone! This week flew right on by! We met our new mission president on Tuesday in Milwaukee, so we had lots of driving to be done this week to get there and back, about 8 hours total! So he and his family are amazing! Then we got back and the next day was a good day to get out and do some missionary work! It was hot!! I got plenty sweaty, and all we did was walk... These proselyting clothes don't help lol. But we had a good time talking to some people, I think one of them was very grossed out by our sweat.... So that's awkward! But it was a good time!

The 4th of July we spent weekly planning and then at a members house for a BBQ! It was some good food and good company! And of course it wouldn't be the 4th in Wisconsin without a brat! So we had some with the members and they were delicious!

Honestly other than that our week was really normal. Lots of walking and trying to meet people, lots of people weren't home but we had a good time while we did it! Oh, we also got a new car, it had 12 miles on it when we got in... Newest car I'll ever set foot in lol, but we lost our truck (Simba) and that was sad! Oh well, life goes on with a new car!

Well I hope you all had a great week! We are blessed to live in this wonderful country that we do! It was put here for the gospel of Jesus Christ to be restored! And that's the most important thing that has happened in a long long time! Have a stellar week!

Elder Reynolds

Elders Harris, Record, Reynolds, Winborg, Davidson, Grant & Norton

The Work Goes On!

Hey everyone!

This week in Wisconsin was as great as ever! We had transfer week, and soooo many missionaries from this place left... So it's going to be different from here on out. But I'm excited for the last 6 weeks of this mission, it's going to be a fantastic way to end it out!

So Monday of this week we went all the way to Madison to hang out with all the missionaries that were leaving, so it was good to see all the friends back there and play some good basketball! But other than that it was a day full of driving!

Tuesday, since it was transfers means that we are asked to do a deep clean of the apartment whether we are getting transferred or not, since ours is relatively new for an apartment it didn't take a long time to clean! But we did some of that and then we did some work out here in good ol Prairie. We didn't see a ton of success, but it was plenty warm outside that's for sure!

Wednesday we spent some time going through our area book looking for people that have been taught before, and trying to meet them, so we went and met a couple of people who are no longer interested lol. But then we went back to Darlene, and she actually seems like she would love to hear the message that we share! So I'm pretty excited to try and meet with her again this coming week!

Thursday we did our weekly planning and then some more work with people in the area book! It has been helpful for us to walk around to them and meet people on the street as we go! We had dinner at a members home and they made some really good BBQ chicken! So that was fun!

Friday we helped a member of the branch presidency move out... So that was a little bit sad for all of the branch, but it's all good! Then we did some more walking and it was HOT! The day was good tho, and we were able to meet a few people that we had been hoping to meet since we got here! The branch had given us a decent list of people to visit and so they were on there!

Saturday we took our trip up to Boscobel and were able to work with a referral that we were given a couple weeks ago! It has been hard for us to do a lot of work in this town because we don't have a ton of miles... So we are trying to make it work the best we can, but Saturday was good for us to be up there and meet a few awesome people! There are some great members of the branch that live there and some people that have been taught before as well!

Sunday was a a normal Sunday. We pretty much had church and had lunch and studies! Then it started dumping rain and there was a massive thunderstorm. So we sat inside for a little while longer and made some phone calls to people we have met and some members to follow up, and then the rain stopped so we were able to go and talk to some people!

Overall this week was good! Summer finally hit in Wisconsin and it was pretty miserable 😂 you can complain about the cold winters and the hot and humid summers... None of it is super pleasant lol. But the work goes on! Hope you all had a killer week! 😎

Elder Reynolds

Here's a picture of some views on the Mississippi and elder Mecham with his new favorite street lol