There was a Mission-wide p-day today. If you see the picture with a bunch of people in blue shirts, that's all of us in the Colorado Denver North Mission. We were separated into teams, and since I'm living in the Parker area, I was put on the Parker team. It was super fun, we had an awesome flag and an even better chant. During this mission-wide event, there was a lot of interactive games to play, and it was super fun because we all bonded and got closer together with each other. I stole the flag we made, don't tell anyone tho, they'd probably want to take it. My companion tried to take it from me, but I hid it in my pocket and no one noticed or seemed to care that our flag went missing. While my companion wasn't looking, I was able to take a picture for ya'll so you can see how cool we are. We were also given these super cool glasses to see the awesome eclipse.
There was this super cute baby bunny who needed my companion and mine help the other day. Randomly, in the middle of the night, we hear this thudding on the window in our basement room. We find out it was a baby bunny. When the alarm finally went off, we got up, said our prayers, made our beds, then ran up and went to the bunny. What had happen is that he/she fell down the hole that reaches the window to the basement, and there was no way of getting back out. So we had to pic it up and we did a hand off. We saved an animal, so I think my work as a missionary is complete, even though this has happened a bunch before.
On Saturday there was a Stake Activity Day Girls thing and the theme was "There's no place like home" from Wizard of the Oz. The home was representing the Temple and the lessons that was taught to the 7-12 yr olds were about how they could teach different lessons to their family for Family Home Evening. My companion and I were asked to help out. We were asked to teach about Joseph Smith's First Vision and the theme of our room was something about how we can be brave and have courage (the lion from the movie). The little girls walked into our room, we split them up into two groups, and we told them to go find pieces of a puzzle that I had cut up and hidden from the picture of Joseph in the Sacred Grove. There were 10 pieces per group and the girls really loved it, I was told by multiple ones that it was their favorite. The point of that activity was to represent the different pieces of truth that were scattered about the Earth when Jesus and all of His apostles died, then how Joseph Smith was able to help restore the whole truth. It was super fun and I loved being able to work with these kids.
What I've noticed about the town of Parker, is that people kinda have an abundance of money here. I drive by all these house and I look at it and say to myself "Wow, that's really nice and big house, maybe one day I could afford that, maybe, if I'm really real lucky." Then I realize what I'm looking at isn't a house, it is one of the smaller garages in the neighborhood. The street signs are also pretty interesting. I lived in a foresty area before Colorado, and there were street signs like "Woodlands Parkway", "Lake Woodlands", and "Branch Crossing". In Colorado it's kinda similar, there's "Burn Oak", "Burnt Oak", and "Burning Tree". It's pretty funny actually.
On a mission we love doing service. A service activity that I get to do in the area I'm serving in is taking care of horses at a place called Promise Ranch. I did this for the first time on Thursday, and it was a super cool experience for me because of the great love I have towards animals. The thing that kills me, is that for safety purposes, they don't want missionaries to ride any horses. So I get to help out horses and help clean them and help special needs people ride them, but I just get to look and touch. Once I get home, I promise that I will ride some of these horses.
Pictures: On the way back from the Mission-wide p-day, I took pictures with my companion, one of me pretending to be cool, one of the city not too far from me, and one of the direction I was heading towards, aka Colorado Springs, my proof that I'm so close to that area. Sorry for all the pictures of the sky and of all my goofy faces, my companion took them these past few weeks days and finally sent them to me, so I decided to send them here to prove how gorgeous the sky really is.
-What's your address? *times 3* Alright goofy people. Every week people ask me for my address and I give it to you and I sent it out in the long email right before I left the MTC. But I'll type it out this time just. for. you. and for the others who have asked. Just so you know, I think even the thought of you wanting to send me something is super sweet so thanks, but you're all still crazy.
Sister Aubrey Kaye Reynolds
Colorado Denver North Mission
1250 Main St
Broomfield CO 80020
United States
That is my official address for the next 17 months, and I promise you that it won't change at all :)
-Does it have to be just general authority talks or can it be BYU devotional talks too? Those talks work too, it is uplifting and spiritual, so it works just like Disney songs work for us.
-Have I worn my wonderful feather jacket my grandma(nana) got me? No, the only jacket I've worn is the one you've seen in the pictures, besides the basement where I'm staying at, it doesn't really get cold.
-How are my clothes/ shoes? They are wonderful! I don't have near enough clothes as other Sisters, but it works for what I need it to. I bought some socks for my shoes so they won't get ruined so easily.
-Have I had much *inserts emoji with rain on the umbrella*? Actually, recently it has rained and stormed a lot and it's so beautiful. The clouds and sky here is amazing!
-Has my 9 year old gotten baptized yet? Sadly, not yet. His family has a busy schedule and there are some basic things we need to make sure he knows before he gets baptized to make sure he knows the decision he's making.
-Can I send you videos and can you watch it? Actually, I think it'd be super cool and amazing to see a quick clip of my wonderful people out there. I have headphones at the library in Parker so I can watch and listen to whatever as long as you send it to me through email.
-Was I able to watch the eclipse? Yes I was! and it was pretty cool!
-Can I read emails throughout the week like I could at the MTC or do I have to have to wait until my p-day to read them? I have to wait until my p-day because besides that, I don't have access to a computer unless I've been given specific instructions that I can.
-Has people asked you to play the piano yet? Actually, a few asked me if I could sing or play. I am honest with them, I tell them that I can play like 10 songs and that's about it, and I might be playing for my companion who can sing wonderfully. There is this ward event going on and they want us to do a number together. Also, as of the end of the mission-wide p-day, they asked if anyone had any musical talent, so I told tem that I could play the flute, so now I'm doing this unknown number in October, and I'm excited!
Shoutouts:
-So... I'm not sure who had the idea of sending me this.. but *laughs* thanks for this phone case? It works perfectly with the phone I have now. It's actually really fun haha
- So last week this area in Pinery had a community picnic, I went and I made this piece of art work on this spinning thingy. The yellow represents me, the green is the one who I send turtle stuff to (not my brother) and who, with one of their jobs, has green stuff all over the place, the blue is for D-man, the black is for the cool starting at BYU this year- they didn't have purple so black was the closest thing I could find, and the white is for both my new friend and the friend I have doing their senior year of HS this year. I love you all and I always think about you.
-At the Mission-wide p-day even, they had 7 people in each group shoot nerf guns, and to the one who thought they could train me at a shooting range, I was able to win my team a total of 0 points *high-fives*
-Movie theatre man, I just bought some pretzels and I was telling my companion how awesome you were to my family and I with hooking us up, so thanks!
-Crazy flash dude, I got this awesome cape from my ward, and I wanted to show you how cool I am!
Some more random pictures with my companion
Love Sister Reynolds
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