This week has been a blast!!! I love being a missionary, the area I'm in, and the Elders that serve around me! This email is just about how happy missionaries can be sometimes, and just the joy of serving the Lord!
District P-Day;
Through-out my whole mission, I've never had a District P-day until this last Monday. We all went out to eat lunch at Cafe Rio, I feel like I'm discovering more and more places that most people know about. I'm told that this restaurant is actually a common and popular place "for Mormons", as I'm told by my Utah Elders. After food, we played cards, Mofia and Skum, and just hung-out with snacks at the Grant church building, which is stacked 4 floors high. I inserted a lot of selfish quotes from mainly this day. I love my District, and I wish we could all just stay together next transfer, but 2 Elders are actually going home. This was just a super fun day of laughter, joking around, good friendly and competitive games, goofing around, bugging each other, some Elders singing, and just having the time of our lives!! :)
District Meeting;
The District Leader wanted to include an elder in our meeting, so he asked him to give a training. This wonderful Elder talked about how we can do better at talking to everyone. For his role-play, we played "missionary hide-and-go-seek". How it worked was that we were separated into companionships, of course, because my companion and I are the only sisters, we stayed together. One pair would hide, then the other one would have to go find them and start teaching them about the gospel. My companion and I found these Elders in a ditch and we had a Spanish conversation with them. When we switched, Sister LeCheminant and I hid in the back of the Elders truck. After a few minutes of the Elders not being able to find us, they got in the truck and drove 2 inches, pretending district meeting was over. When they contacted us, we communicated with them in Sign Language. This training was one to remember, but... also pretty interesting. I love that we are able to be flexible enough with those missionaries who have a harder time to understand how some things are supposed to go. All in all, I'm thankful for the good laughs these random things can bring us, and how close all of us are with each other.
The Zoo;
Some Spanish Sisters were able to find a service opportunity with Salvation Army at the Denver Zoo. They asked us, and the Elders we ward share to join them. We were under a pavilion and handed out some backpacks for some kids going to school. Before they came, and after we set everything up, we had the chance to go explore a small portion of the Zoo. The Zoo here is huge! It was so nice to see some animals (especially the monkeys). Some of them actually looked pretty fake because of how long it's been since I've been to any zoo. I love the Elders and Sisters I was with, and the good time we had, with the fun memories that we all created.
Exchange;
Our second exchange happened this week. Sister Neville, my STL, and I were in City Park. Since we had tons of meetings, out little exchange didn't last for long. However, we still had tons of fun being together. We ate with a family who lives in the Downtown area. After dinner, the took us up to the roof. Both us, and the Elders were on an exchange. We took advantage of this opportunity to take tons of pictures with each other. As you've guessed, we had a lot of fun together!
Silly Quotes about Sister Reynolds, from other people;
"Awww, look at her, she's so... guilty."
"So the only option left is to just turn it to Sister Reynolds"
"That's literally the best thing I've ever seen while playing this game"
"OHHHH SISTER REYNOLDS!"
"Up to kiiiing"
"Sister Reynolds, I'm coming after you!"
"Eat your peach"
"Sister Reynolds, do you like that Bird?"
"This place is perfect for you, there are 7-Elevens everywhere"
"She literally has no stomach"
Other quotes;
"There! I just prayed for everyone's food at this table, individually"
"Kill me, save me, it's me!"
"That was a good prayer"
"Ohhhh, tanning lotion. I have to have some!"
"Penguins!"
"Oh! Poaching! I gotta read this!"
"Guuuuuyyysss! I was reading a sign, and when I turned around, everyone was gone!"
"Whaaatt?"
Challenge;
Compliments to others and service are the best way to show your love to another. Go out and reach out to those around you, regardless if you know them or not. It's crazy how much of an impact a little thing you can do will make.
RYAN GOT BAPTIZED!! I'm so thankful for the choice he made at a young age as he is. His mom is going to have a baptismal interview this week, I'm super excited for her.
At Ryan's baptism, he asked me to talk about the Holy Ghost, and so I made a little poem for him. The Elders in our ward saved us by helping conduct the meeting, and be our witnesses, because of how many people weren't able to make it to the baptism. After the baptism, my companion and I had to clean everything up. We figured out, after many mistakes and do-overs, how to mop it all up. Super fun, but a little scary because we literally had no idea on what we were supposed to do.
Shout-Outs;
-HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!!!!
-Happy Birthday Dylan, Kainoa, and Tyler, love you all!!
-Ryan and Sister Green played with my shocking pen, along with some Elders who did the interview for them.
-My current car's name is Bonnie... In every area my companion and I named our car. My current companion and I couldn't do it, and so this one new sister helped me, and that's what she picked. I thought it was the perfect name for a completely crazy place full of adventures, I love you!!
-My companion and I went to Chick-fil-a, and the place we went to looked exactly like the one in Las Vegas, except there were no shinning and glowing lights on the sign outside!
-At District P-day, an Elder said "Wow, your dad and I are literally the same person", when revering to playing golf and Texas Hold'em.
-While walking, my companion keeps running into me and taking up the whole sidewalk. At times I get a little confused on whether that is my companion or whether that's my sister ;p
-My companion hit the side of the church building, in the basement part/ bottom floor, while backing up. It reminded me of when a friend of mine had the garage hit her car.
-Sister Aubrey Kaye Reynolds!!! :D
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