It was a year ago that I was in the MTC??

This week has been awesome! I looove being a missionary!! It's crazy to think that a year ago I was in the MTC with my missionary buddies. A ton of things has happened since then, but I really feel like no time has passed. I am thankful that I have about 9 more months of my mission left. I promised y'all crazy stories from serving in City Park, so here are a few bullet points on what has happened this past week.

~Museum: Last week I went to a museum with my companion, a member, and two Sisters. It was super fun. We enjoyed walking around most of the museum together. The Dead Sea Scrolls were in town, and we had the opportunity to go look at them and other artifacts from the time that they were written.

~Elders: The Elders ward-share with us. We see them most days through-out the week. It's an awesome missionary family that we have!

~Safe place?: For those of you worried, I would say yes. But then you have the creepy elevators, apartments, hallways, allies, streets, etc. I promise I'm safe though :)

~Hanging out on roof-tops: It's so pretty to find a place up high to go see Denver.

~License Plate Game: My companion and I decided that we were going to use the idea of starting to see if we can get all the license plates in the US. We started over each day and went on for three days. We got at least 30 each day. Since the 11th, we've found 48 of the US states on cars. Denver is pretty populated with lots of people. 

~Free Slurpees: On July 11th, 7-Eleven had free slurpees. You bet that I had to go over to at least one place and get one. Sadly, we were so caught-up that day we didn't have any time to go to more than one place.

~Lemonade Stand: These adorable little kids had a lemonade stand. My companion and I just couldn't resist stopping by them and buying some.

~Soaked in the rain: My companion and I were walking around, and it started pouring. 

~Lost Wallet: This lady lost her wallet. We were super excited to go deliver it to her door ourselves. It turned out that she lived in a locked apartment. We tried waiting to go inside, but no one went through. Eventually, this lady took it from us, saying she was taking care of dogs there, and she delivered it for us.

~Fire: There was a fire that happened pretty close to Denver. Our Zone Leader and District Leader Elders kept calling us. We were in a middle of a lesson, so we didn't answer them. They were freaking-out because they thought we could've been near that situation.

~Parallel parking: There's parallel parking, both ways. On one ways, you can park on both side of the roads. Just so you all know, I'm a pro at backing people up to parallel park, both from the right and the left. So if anyone ever needs help, you know where to look.
~Parking in general: It's basically impossible to find parking here. Every place you park, you have to watch out for the signs about street sweeping. Once you park, probably a paid parking spot, then you have to walk about 2-6 blocks to go to where your destination is. It's good exercise, but it does waste a lot of miles trying to find a good spot to go.

~Talking to homeless: We got a call from this lady. A sister in another place gave our number to her and said we could help. She was telling us that she needed a place to stay and some food. I'm not sure why members do this, but they think that we can help people with their homes, food, jobs, etc. We love giving the service of our time to others. We don't have the resources more than that to help others. 

~Talk to the homeless more: After getting soaked in the rain, this guy from Mexico came up to us and started talking. It was really hard to communicate because both my companion and I can only speak a little bit of Spanish, and his knowledge of English is really small. He told us that he had been drinking too much and that he was trying to find a place to give him food. He was super sweet, and really enjoyed our company, so he kept talking to us. Later, we pulled up google translate and attempted to talk with him through that horrible translation.
~Dangerous Driving: My companion always scares me with what she does, minus parallel parking. While regular parking, she'll run over curbs. While driving, she'll not see cars, people, and stop signs. She loves being close to cars and slamming on the brakes and flooring it. One day, while we were going to get gas, my companion drove to the gas station where a bunch of cars were. I thought she was going to go around the parking lot. Then, while going to the edge of the gas station area, she kept going straight. My lovely companion drove over the curb. We tried backing out, then her wheels got stuck, same thing with driving forward. Two couples came over, and we push the car over the curb, onto the grass, and on the sidewalk. My companion was so shaken up, that I had to get in, and drive into the road and home. We called out car coordinator and told him the situation. Him and I thought the same thing, it was a funny mistake that we all have to make in our lives.

Spiritual punch;

I truly believe that if you are obedient as you can be to the Lord and His commandments, He will bless you more than you are able to handle. This week I saw Linda, Sherry, Ryan (new investigator), and Montiel family (mom is a Less- Active member, daughter is 8 and will be a member baptism soon) all progress to such a great amount. Their desire and testimonies have all increased. I' thankful for those that I'm able to serve in this ward!!

Challenge;

Something that I do a lot is walk just about everywhere. It's good exercise and over-all good for the body. Find a time to grab a buddy, a dog, some headphones, or water, and just go out for a nice stroll in the wonderful outdoors.

Quotes;

"This elevator comes straight out of a scary movie"

"Ahhhhhh....*moans*....*cries*....*somehow died*"

"My brain can't handle all this reading"

"Hello dark alley..."

"....hello, can we stay here for the night, we don't have enough miles to go home"

"What if...."

"I think we're in an emotional emergency, we need to go to Ben and Jerrys"

"We should just go to the big puff of smoke..."

"...and lay down in the flames"

"Scary, creepy hallway"

"Where are you from?.... Where do you live?" (x27 from an old lady)

"If we got permission to do District P-day, then it would be like a normal p-day plus the sisters... maybe we Elders would actually behave ourselves"

"We are saved from a car accident, and then we walk on Colfax at night"

"Celebration Cookie"

Shout-outs;

-Some kids I know love playing this game called Fortnite.

-I was at the museum with three sisters. Two of them really enjoyed reading every detail of everything. It reminds me of Shane. 

-At the museum I saw dinosaurs

-Also at the museum, there was a mummy exhibit, made me think of the body exhibit that I went to in Las Vegas.

-People need to teach me their mission language so I can communicate better with those of different languages.

-One of the licence plates that we found and I wrote down was Batman

-Yes, I found a licence plate from Hawaii 

I love you all!!

-Sister Reynolds 😁😃😉

City Park!!

I love serving in the center of all things! I'm such an attention hog ;p

I love my District and my Zone! Everyone here seems to support and uplift each other. We all want to work super hard, but we know how to not be serious all the time. We don't have unnecessary drama with each other, and that's such a relief. I'm excited to work more with these people. My companion are working so hard that we're exhausted all the time and so one day we ended up "falling asleep" while in the car... whoops.

At our District Meeting, we figured out how the world is changing. Since we're missionaries, it's harder to be apart of the world. Together we learned that "texting is the new calling", as in, people have a hard time responding to any texts you get, and are about as comfortable with calling as texting. BUT! Facebook has turned into the new texting. Facebook is the place we can go now to get people to talk to us and respond to basically everything. I'm so thankful for the technology that we have been given in this mission.

On the 4th of July there was a ward picnic/ breakfast. I went around and I was meeting new members. Now, I'm in City Park, so... some of these people aren't straight in the head, but they're super fun! I'm super excited to get to know all of them and figure out the best way to help them and their needs, even though we are barley fed. The only thing that changed about missionary life on this day, was that we had to go home at 8pm. We heard tons of fireworks this week.. we think.. We were encouraged to be out and about, so I posted the idea of going to the 16th street mall.

16th street mall was a blast!!! There were some... less safe things there, but I loved every moment of it. It really did feel like I was home in Las Vegas. There were street performers, people trying to sell you things, lots of shops, lots of people, music playing, etc.

My gentile birthday, we had our Stake Breakfast with all of the missionaries. Afterwards, we went to lunch with a few select sisters. There was this small program President and Sister Savage started and my current companion was in it. They invited all of us to lunch, and we hung out and talked together. Sister Savage called me out, in a good way, and I loved it. We were actually fed for dinner, and we were taken to a Mexican restaurant. Since it's my GENTILE Birthday, I didn't celebrate, sorry to all those who've been asking me. In fact, no one really knew it was my birthday, I didn't think it was important enough to share honestly. However, I went to Chick-fil-a before I got home and grabbed a quick drink ;p

Funny Quotes;

"You know that something's wrong with you when you're from a lot of hot places, and your companion is from Alaska, and somehow she ends up being colder than you"

"I use applesauce to cure my hiccups"

"Dark, sketchy alleys do exist!"

"We tracted a sketchy area at night and survived"

"If my mom saw where I was at, she wouldn't let me be on my mission"

"Did you see the sleeping lady?... hopefully she's not dead... did you see the flies around her?.... Let's go before our DNA is left behind."

"Is that a Firework, or a gun shot...?"

Shoutouts;
-Since we're never fed in Denver, one night I pulled out a bag of chips and some cheese. I realized I was missing a special sauce, I have officially been converted.
-We do this service at a church, and the Elders join us. There was this one Elder who walked around the church calmly and was just taking in everything thing he learned. I thought it was Shane I was seeing.
-Also at the church service, there's this sign that says "Bradys room"

-Thanks for all your packages and letters!
-I took a video of myself and my companion. I was completely white. It was like sc all over again.
-At the ward picnic, this member played his bagpipes. I'm ready for another guy I know to finish learning in the next 9 months
-My Ward Mission Leader said, "you can't fix stupid". I told him that someone I once knew taught me that very same quote...
-Tiwi is the new find your phone. I feel like my mom is going to learn how to hack into that to make sure I'm always safe now.
-Little bro, I saw a road sign that said Havana.
-I'm teaching this 8 yr old and she likes to dab..

-16th street mall feels like Vegas all over again, minus some details.

-Sister Reynolds :)

Fire-works!

As this is the beginning of July, I thought to make a fun-ish subject. My weekly email this week will be super short, and I apologize in advance for that. Today is transfer day, and they won't change our P-day. There are also extra crazy things happening with sisters needing help to do last-minute packing for the last-minute transfer changes. Since there's so much going on, our P-day has been made extra extra short. 

Hey Sister Reynolds! How was your week?

....

What? 

Y'all! It was so crazy! I can't even. So here are some random questions I'm asking myself in-front of you, because I'm just trying to cope with.... how interesting missionary life can be sometimes.

Why are your companions walking in the dark?

They closed down half of our parking spots in our apartment building, so we had to park far-ish away, and then walk over to go home, it was past 9:00 pm.

What;s up with the "Reynolds" sign?

There was a sister, Sister Dennis, who served in my mission. She came home, and ended up moving to Colorado because she got married to someone with the last name Reynolds. 

What do sisters do when they have a car accident/ when a member drives them to save miles and they go over a big curb super fast and one of your companions hits her head on the window?

Pretend that they're Sister Reynolds by having a concussion, going to the ER, get two Priesthood Blessings, and stay inside with no light or sound for a few days.

How many companions do you have? 

Girl! I don't even know anymore! So I thought it was Sister Aversa and Sister Sauls. Then I've been with Sister Thompson and Sister Lester so much, and one of them has taught more lessons to someone in my ward than one of my own original companions, that it's all just a blur. They're not just sisters that I've gone on splits with, because this week alone, I've gone one splits with 6 other sisters. Man, this is flip-flopping all over the place.

Why did your mascara just start to run down one side of the face?

You mean my "obedient mascara"? Well let me tell ya. I was out with this member, trying to find people, and I swore a bug flew in my eye. I thought I was going insane because I didn't think that was possible. Low and behold, a few hours later when I was back with my 4 companions, that this dead thing comes out of the corner of my eye. Do you know what it was? a bug!

What happened on Saturday?

I'm so thankful you asked! I had my first baptism!! Ailyn got baptized, and I couldn't be more blessed for that. I was able to stand inside the bathroom and watch her get baptized from that view. I can't believe she made the decision to do that so fast, she's amazing! So many people showed up to her baptism. She came to 3 hrs of church in my ward, only one Sunday, and she had a whole fan club. We had to keep adding chairs as people came in. During the baptismal service, they asked me to conduct the music, I enjoyed that.

How was Sunday?

Oh, where to start. Ailyn received the Holy Ghost and it was so strong. I was wondering if she, or anyone else, would be able to notice it.

Where's Sister Aversa/ your mom #3?

ummm... she is dead... She went home. Yours truly helped kill her off. Don't worry! We gave her a proper funeral service at the end of our last District Meeting, and she knew this was coming. 

How's "Meet the Elders" going?

It finished on Friday. Alright, here's my quick story. Once upon a time, Sister 1 and I drove to drop off Sister Aversa off at the mission office for her interview. My companion, and that sister's 1 companion, Sister 2, was resting with Sister Sauls concussion. Then, sister 1 and I, picked up two sisters, sister 3 and 4, who lost their car due to actions that were against the tiwi rules, and we dropped one of them off for their interviews. Sister 1, Sister 4, Sister Aversa and I went to some service. After we drove some sisters, going home, around to get lunch. All of those sisters then stayed at the mission office because they were going to their departing temple trip. Then sister 1 and I went with sister 4 to see Sister Sauls in the ER with sister 2. Sister 1 and 2 stayed with Sister Sauls, and sister 4 and I did some work. Later, sister 4 and I went to pick up our companions, who were supposed ti be back at 5:30. Time passed, and we found out that they weren't going to be back until a little after 7. We were in Broomfield, and Sister Baldwin needed to get down to Parker to film a video of "Meet the Elders' for President Savage. Sister Baldwin and I ended up taking my car and agreed to meet our companions later that night in Parker. It turns out that and elder going, had his mom coming, invited by our mission president, and totally surprised him. I loved seeing so many people I love from Parker there. After the musical, we video chatted with Ailyn over Facebook, and taught her some lessons. Finally, we were able to drive all the way back up to Westminster to go home, pick up our companion, and sleep. Crazy crazy day. Super exhausted. More insane things happened, but that's the gist of it.

In one of your pictures are you holding up a huge box of chocolate??

Uhhh, you know it! I got that at the food bank service. They really do love me after all. Don't worry, I'm going to share it! ;)

When'd you find out about transfers? 

We were told that we'd find out at 3:00 pm on Saturday. At 10:30 pm, we were told that Sister Sauls and I were staying. Sunday at 4:15 pm, I found out I was transfering. They didn't tell me where, but I had dinner, had to drive around Sister Aversa and do some chores for her, and then I ended up packing within 2 hours.

How'd you survive the insane week?

I... ate chocolate... fell on the floor a few times (like on purpose).... pretended I could sleep in the car.... talked to some dogs.... annddd ran around like a chicken with it's head cut off.... ahhhhhhh!!... I'm good though :)  

Who's your new companion and your new area?

I am with the beautiful and gorgeous Sister LeCheminant. We are serving in the big and bad City Park/ the real down-town Denver/ the place where missionaries only dream of going. During my interview with President Savage, he asked me if there was any place on my mission I wanted to go. I told him no, but at the beginning of my mission I wanted to be an online missionary and wanted to go to City Park (for obvious reasons of City Park). He asked me if I've ever been there, I said twice on exchanges, he asked me if I liked it, I said that I did and that the drivers almost reminded me of the horrible ones in Houston, and that the crazy stuff always going on reminded me of Las Vegas, both places I've lived. He said that was good information to know, and that was that. Now that I'm in City Park, get ready for awesome stories and a trillion pictures!!

From mom's email: "I just have the main weed factory here. City Park is the place to be in the Denver North Mission. the very center of the Denver down-town area. I live right off of Colfax.... look it up... it's like the scariest street on the mission. Just lots of shootings and kid-nappings. BUT!! President wouldn't put sisters here if he didn't think it was safe. He already took sisters out of another area, outside of Denver, because he wanted to protect sisters"

Spiritual message;

Although life may seem super crazy, and it may feel like you're always having a FIRE blow up in your face or around you, always remember that things will always WORK out with the Lord's help. I hope all of you enjoy Fourth of July!!

Shout-outs;

Alright, I think about you all the time, but this week I'm not sure if any of you really existed to me because I always had 5 things running at once.

--Sister Reynolds

I love being on a mission!! CDNM is the best!

A Week At A Glance;

P-Day~ We joined some Sisters in our zone for their Sisters' P-day. They had a cooking competition, with some random food.

The Zone Leaders were our judges. Of course, with my cooking, we won... ish. We emailed our beautiful friends and family. On our way to emailing, Sister Sauls was racing with our Zone Leaders (who, in fact, didn't have a tiwi). Sister Sauls drove in-front of them. A big, black truck was in-front of us, and he randomly stopped. We drove around that car, and then he got mad, so he cut us off. The Zone Leaders, who were behind us, went around us and cut off the black truck. We're pretending that they stood up for us and protect us from a truck, but they were probably just trying to beat us to the library. After emailing, drove to go to our Sisters' P-day. Sister Sauls was driving to city park/ downtown Denver, and I was scared for my life. 

Sister Sauls is from the middle of no where, but, since she got her licenses back last week, she wants to drive, if she's not sick. Sister Aversa has never driven before, and is from a different country. So we were driving in a busy, traffic filled downtown area, with these hooligans up front, and me chilling in the back. It was funny, extremely dangerous, but a pretty view for me. With the sisters we played Chubby Bunny (marshmallow game), Mormon Family Feud (as we threw whip cream pies in each other's face), and a card came called Phase 10. It was such a fun P-Day, but very crammed because of all that we had to do. We also took a million amazing pictures this night!

Megan's B-day~ know that I was thinking about you my sis! My ward had a stake temple day today, and I was able to see the musical, "Meet The Elders". We fiiinnaalllyy went to the office for our A.C., and they fixed it for us later that day!!

20th~ One of our Sisters got sick. They had an appointment today, so they called us and asked us if we could go on splits with them. So one of us stayed with the sick sister, one of us went to their appointment, and I went to our bingo service. We called some members in our ward, and were finally able to find someone to join me. I love retirement homes, they're all cranky and it's super funny, they're all cute too. Plus, calling Bingo and making the day of these ladies that come is such a blast. 

The Longest Day of the Year~ This day was really the longest day of the year. Since I missed dinner (because I stayed with the sick sister), which was with the amazing lady that room me to bingo and has an awesome yellow jeep, my companions drove to the apartment in the jeep, so I could take the jeep back to get house and get the car.

When my temporary companion and I got into my car, we saw that the gas was literally on E!! We have been asked to fill the tank every time it is at half. I haven't been the driver in a few days, so I had no control over filling up the car. Having to go to an appointment in the other sister's ward, I made sure the ac was turned off, and that there was no led in my foot/ I drove safer than I do with a tiwi. I didn't die, but man, that was a tight one. The one sister who hasn't sick, has been going completely insane staying in the house with nothing to do. There are videos of her rolling around on the floor and screaming into a pillow. So for those of you who have been wondering, yes, sister missionaries have the capacity to loose their minds haha.

22nd~ The poor Sister Lester was sick again, so we helped them out with the things they had to do today. The second sister started getting a fever. Sister Sauls started getting sick this night. An investigator, Dani, asked to feed us for dinner. Since members like to sign-up to fed us for dinner, we ended up having two dinners this night. We felt so stuffed this night. Originally, since Sister Lester was sick, we were going to let Sister Thompson take my place so she could eat dinner. My companions both know the size of my stomach, and they knew that I couldn't handle two dinners. Sister Thompson ended up getting sick, so the originally trio of us went to two dinners. You wonder why missionaries gain so much weight? That's because we sometimes accept more than one dinner out of trying to build trust with others, and the holidays are even worse. 

Breather Day for Sister Reynolds~ This morning Sister Aversa and I felt a little sick. Sister Thompson started feeling better. Half-way through the day, I got better, so that night I went back to work. I have to be honest, I really really enjoyed this day!  All we did was relax. Sister Lester and Sister Aversa received Priesthood blessings, I was mostly better by the time the Elders came, and I didn't have anything major. I slept, read some of a talk, and played 4 different card games (Love card games!)

Then by the end of the day I was back at the work, so I wasn't driven crazy by sitting inside all day. The Lord truly knew that I needed a short break, so he blessed me with this day. Today all 4 Sisters made fun of me. They don't think I could survive in the sketchy/ ghetto areas of the mission, they laughed at the thought of me being there. I pretended to wave at a cop, so that's what I get ;p

P-Day Eve~ Church with our first ward was pretty good. We had about 10 minutes to go home and eat a snack, a meeting was canceled, so we took advantage of our extra time. When we were leaving to go to the church, our car started to have some issues. The remote to the Malibu, wouldn't unlock,  but it would lock. What we did, because Sister Reynolds is smart, is take the part of the handle off where we could do it manually. Somehow, someway, we messed this up.

The car alarm started going off once we opened the door. We tried everything to make it be quiet. Our only solution, that worked, was to have the keys in the car, and locked. So Sister Sauls was "locked" in the car. If we unlocked it, and she came out, then the alarm would go off again. I had to give a talk in church, which started in about 25 minutes. We called our car coordinator, he didn't answer, we called some Elders, they were clueless on what to do and just laughed at us, and we called some members and asked them to pick me up so I could give my talk. Grami ended up taking me to church, and we were able to contact the car coordinator. I went to church and gave my talk, and the sisters waited for Elder Reeder, who gave them a new key. The Sisters made it to church right as I was closing with my testimony. The rest of our Sunday was really good.

People;

•Richard- We read a chapter of the Book of Mormon with him, 1 Nephi 1. We invited him to read the next chapter. When we came back two days later, he almost finished chapter 10!! We read chapter 11 with him and invited him to keep reading, which he committed to do because be said he enjoyed reading. In church, since I was sitting up on the stand for my talk, I saw Richard sitting in the congregation. The 3rd speaker talked about Nephi, Laman, and Lemuel. Once be started talked about these three guys, I saw Richard perk up, because he understood who they were and what their stories were. I could tell he was impressed by what knowledge he gained and hearing someone else talk about it.

•Lori & Troy- Troy recently moved in with Lori. They both have a huge smoking problem. We invited both of them to slowly stop smoking. Lori has someone in her life making hey stressed,  causing her to feel like she needs to smoke more. They're both super stubborn, but they have recognized what they need to do, which is great, but their action taking is very slow.

•Dani- We had dinner with her one night. We weren't really able to teach her any actually lesson though. She's amazing still.

•Ailyn- One day, she walked into church and she met the Elders in another ward. Ailyn is in my ward boundraies, so the Elders gave her to us. She is such a miricale to us. We taught her an amazing lesson over the Plan Of Salvation. The lesson was in a Sister's home, who joined us, and there was another brother and sister member present for it as well. Ailyn came to church, she was engaged the whole time (including during sacrament meeting), she met lots of people, and she really seemed to enjoy it.

•Chris- We taught the Book of Mormon to him. Umm.. not sure how much of it he really understood. He seemed to think that it was pretty cool. Chris, in his 60's-ish, lives with his mom.  We invited him to come to church. He called us later in the week and said that he asked his mom for permission, and she said no. 

Toby- He drunk called us. Not sure if we're going to keep meeting with him, we don't know if he's interested in changing any of his choices.

Miricale Moment:

On one of our splits, two sisters and I really wanted to take pics with these metal buffalos. We were in the area checking up on a family, who aren't all members. After not finding them home, we knocked on some doors before we left. When we drove around the corner to take pictures, we ran into a couple with a dog. It turns out that the women used to be a member a good few years ago, has two teenagers, and lives super close to the other family we were stopping by. There's no such thing as coincidences. This wasn't my area, but it was an amazing miracle to be able to talk to them for a good 15 minutes, then get our pictures. 

Spiritual Moment:

On Sunday, I felt prompted to take my talk inside with me when my companions and I were going to eat a snack. For those good friends of mine, y'all know how much I enjoy carrying my bag and other stuff around. I had this fear that we wouldn't be able to get back in the car.

So I took my whole bag with me, and it turned out that we had car problems restricting us from going in there and getting to church in time for our talk. I'm so thankful to have the constant companion of the Spirit in my life.

Challenge:

Rest! Take a breather sometime. "...it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize..." (Mosiah 4:27) On the morning of the 24th, I got up, said my prayers, and exercised a bit. Through me being "dilligent" and obedient to what we've been asked to do as missionaries, I was blessed with not feeling so good. Heavenly Father was able to help me feel this way so I could get the well-needed breather for most of the day. My challenge to y'all is to be good and try in all things, but also, take a break one day or half a day if you push yourself too hard.

Shout-outs;

-HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN! You're so old now, I never agreed to you growing up when I was on my mission.

-Sister Sauls keeps changing clothes whenever we have a chance to stop at home,  makes me think of a dear sis of mine!

-We visited a Less-active member, and she had two Duck Dynasty mats.

-My companion had this face mask thing, but for your feet. She made me put them on, and it was like having a massage. Thanks for those who would do that for me haha

-I went to chick-fil-a again and I noticed how much the price has gone up since I would pay for my best friend and my meal all the time, it's crazy. 

-Thank you for all of those who have shared your beautiful testimonies to me over the Book of Mormon, it's amazing and uplifting.

-I appreciate those who send me a little email through-out the week for me to see. It doesn't matter how positive or negative it is. Just as long as you're being yourself and honest. It makes my days so much better to just hear from you

-We did service for this member in her front yard. She pulled out some mulch. It was like when we had to place mulch for when I was earning money with the YM, it was fun! 

-I rode in this amazing yellow jeep. It wasn't red, but it reminded me of a Texas friend and a Colorado cousin, who didn't have doors.

-I watched this YW open her mission call, she's going to Brazil! I hope you're as excited as she is my friend. 

-The Elders brought us some card games. I appreciate all you who sit through a card game with me :) Oh! Important information! I won all the card games from both Monday and the day I was recovering. I have pictures to prove it, just thought you should know ;p ;p 

-Thanks to my friend for sending me an amazing talk I could read the day I was recovering. I don't know how you do it, but you seriously find the best stuff!

-Aiyln is from Peru. Also, can't stop thinking about my dad's joke about that name.

~Sister Reynolds :) \('^.^\)