Last Transfer-- Home!

Fort Collins, Colorado Temple

All I know is MTM (Meet the Missionaries)

This week was really crazy. We had our Meet the Missionaries performance four times, three of which were in a row. It was truly an adventure, but super exhausting. What made it so worth it was one night they took us out to Sonic. There's a senior couple that carpools most of us, and they just wanted to get to bed. They promised us that if we cleaned-up fast enough, then they would take us out. During our last debrief, the Petersens were asked how we were doing on the clean-up. They shared how this one time we did really good. In response, Sister Savage's friend said she would take us all out to sonic if we were fast enough. Everyone was practically sprinting, and it was funny to sit back and watch as I was just chilling at my little station. We ended-up being taken to Freddy's instead, and it was great!!

I was able to see my beautiful Parker South stake again! (the area I was born in.) However, it turns out that they didn't have any lights set-up. The Stake President ended up coming over to help us stick the lights into the ceiling. For some reason, the lights wouldn't properly stick, so after a couple of hours, and one broken light, we were able to get about six lights up. The lights on the stage were up, but we had no way to get a latter tall enough for the front lights, so we just kept some of the lights in the gym on. It was a little interesting because it didn't give off the whole performance vibe, so the audience was a bit too casual. We did a live Facebook recording of this night, and the sound wasn't working too well. Point of the story, don't watch this performance on Facebook, look at the one from Boulder!

This week I decided to copy one of my companion's weekly email, but there was too much nonsense for me to copy (she wrote a lot). I think this is all the update I actually have though. I can't believe that this is my last full P-Day. It's weird, but I'll be back out here soon enough when I go serve a senior mission.

Shout-outs;

☆I had fun with the best family who just had chickens chilling all over their back yard.

☆Thanks to the one who helps me with these. emails.

☆An Elder that's going home with me and is in MTM told me how his mom is upset because she didn't get the flight plans. I told him that my mom was on top of it. She contacted me, I told her who to reach out to so she could have it, and she followed through, boom!

☆The Sisters were chilling in the van together. They were talking about reunions with us and our moms. I told them my mom could play the piano pretty well. Get ready to become famous!

🐵Sister Reynolds :)

I'm Not Counting Down

I've realized that if I don't take the time to draft at least a few sentences on Sunday night, then I'll have absolutely no motivation to send this out on Monday.

Out "Key Indicators" are numbers that we send out as a report on what's happening in the area we are serving in. We are not trying yo "get numbers" or turn people into just a number. It just shows how a geographical area is progressing to know if we need to assist other missionaries in their work. This week, my companion ships key indicators is one of the highest I've probably ever seen it. We were able to start teaching four new people, watched General Conference with two people, and we put one person on date to be baptized. 

Your girl, Sister Reynolds here, still hasn't changed. Let me tell you why! People think I get all the boys, my snacks are the same, when I need to do something it's in-between me rushing from one thing to the next, I love games, I am a money person, and I'm meant to be a Stage Manager/ business owner/ I know how to delegate things. I'll explain in random order :)

Also for some reason I have been getting a lot of heat about going home. Some nice experiences I've had this past week...

Me: talking about how comfy maternity dresses are

Sister Weenig: better keep that maternity dress close you could be using it soon.

Me: no I run away from the boys! 

Brother Simon: they can run faster than you! 

Me: I love having best friends, I'll have to invite you to my wedding

Sister Van Tassell: no I'll still be on my mission then! 

[Written by Sister Van Tassell]

Scariest moment of my life! We had a performance of meet the missionaries, and that was good. The next morning we had to get up bright and early for our Zone Conference, cool. The thing that's was freaking some Elders, the ones that set MTM things up with me, and I were pushed back quite a bit on our schedule. To be able to set 8 body pics, a table of receivers, mixers, and other cords, a million XLRs, booms, mice, DI box, speakers, and so forth isn't no fast task. Zone Conference got out, and we lost about 1.5 hours to set-up our stuff. Some missionaries came over to help us set-up some chairs for our performance. I stole two Elders and made them my assistants so I could set things up faster. Later, right before the show started, I directed four Elders where to put things. I was also along with 13 Elders, our mission President, and another senior missionary/ Elder. In between trying to set things up, I was asked to drop everything and give my departing testimony. I feel like I'm always in a rush from one thing to the next. I'm glad it happened that way, I would feel off if it was any other way though. 

I still try and look for coins to collect when I'm traveling from one place to the next. This new hobbies ended up being pretty beneficial. I found some keys on the ground, and because of such, we had an excuse to re-knock this little complex. We re-talked to someone and they accepted our invitation of us coming back. This week we picked them up as new people, and they are currently progressing on the covenant path. 

Shout-outs;

☆My General Conference has cinnamon rolls, little yorks peppermints, and W

erther's original. Thanks for your influence!

☆So thankful for the traditions of General Conference, including bingo games, it never gets old!

¤Sister Reynolds :)

Its not Dis-O if you get Permission

I'm having fun as I'm dying this transfer. My current goal is to see how many rules that I can break, with still being obedient. It's super fun because I'm still being an obedient missionary, but yet in doing some thing that others don't get to do. Here is what I've came up with;

¤Leaving the mission boundaries 

¤Going to the store, not on a p-day

¤Going to the library, not on a p-day

¤Riding in a car with Elders/ even sitting next to them

¤Using headphones by myself 

¤Use a laptop without being watched

¤Working one-on-one alone with a dude

¤Not having a companion

Random things;

◇We had a Missionary Leadership Council, and this Sister drove a truck!

◇Last p-day we went to an escape room

◇Went on exchanges this week

◇Got some theatre

I know it's my last transfer, but I'm apparently actually broken. There's this senior couple that lives in the ward I'm currently serving in. The wife is an international masseuse. I told her that my head hurt and here's what happened and what I learned; 

▪My right shoulder was out of place

▪My jaw wasn't aligned

▪C4 and a few other vertebrates on my neck weren't in place

▪My lower back was also not in line

▪My clavicle wasn't where it was supposed to be

▪There was another name of something, that I forgot what it was called, that had to be put back

▪Besides my bones, there was the typical knots from my head, neck, shoulders, back, etc. 

♡Sister Reynolds :)

"I'm on the Edge, Of Glory"

Man, they really work ya until there's nothing left. Or that could just be me not wanting to stop running.

Speaking of running, my companions and I have recently decided to get up at 6:00 in the morning to get an extra 1/2 hr of exercise. It's been great! Keeping ourselves fit and healthy. I have a long way to go, but making progress. It's always good to improve, no matter by how much that might be. 

I love my Savior and I love being out here! 

I'm not sure the reason for my title, but... that's all I got!

Ummm.. I love y'all. If you have any questions, email me! Check out my Facebook page for MTM jams! :)

Dying Happy by MTM

Wow! I know it's only been a few days since last time we "spoke" 😉 but I'm thriving!! Although this is my last transfer and I have a cold that won't go away, miracles don't cease. My title is a little funny because my companions are MTM and they're killing me. 

My companions are the best missionaries ever! They're super funny, obedient, really good at contacting, and sweethearts. I'm so grateful for Sister Packard and Sister Van Tassell!!

In this ward with live a member named Sister Ellis and she seriously is so amazing! She is DEFINITELY the "mom" for the missionaries in this ward. She has been a missionary for many years in the past, so she knows all the rules. Sister Ellis is also our best friend. We'll go upstairs and cook out dinners (usually around 8:30 because we're working too hard to do it earlier) and we hang-out with her. She also helps us out with supplying around the house things, so that saves an extreme amount of msf. 

In my zone, we cut down a set of sisters (they swept us out from my old ward), there's only one STL (me), and I'm only over the other set of sisters in our zone. My new District Leader is serving in my old ward, so we are talking a lot about both of our areas. My zone leaders are awesome, and we have an AP in our zone. 

We LOVE to share are miracles with our Zone Facebook page, so here's what we told them;

From Friday: 

Hey there Wild Wild Westminster Zone! We are so excited for this amazing transfer and the wonderful miracles we will all see. We wanted to start off by sharing some of the miracles that we were able to see today;

1. Our first contact this morning was Tiffany. Sister Packard applied her to the message we share as missionaries. Tiffany seemed really interested and said she was busy, but told us to come back any time next week. We set a time to see her Tuesday morning and got her phone number. 

2. We texted a potential and she invited us to come over today. Sarah used to meet with the missionaries and come to church many years ago. Today she expressed to us how good she felt when she came to church, and we invited her to attend church this morning. We were able to pick her up as a new person to teach. Set another appointment to see her tomorrow morning. 

3. Before we left an apartment complex, Sister Van Tassell wanted us to go stop-by someone who formerly came in contact with the missionaries. We knocked on Claudia's door and she let us in. She is so sweet! We talked to her about our purpose as missionaries and about church. She asked us about how we felt at church and we were able to share our testimonies. Claudia is super excited to come to church this Sunday and was saying how church "sounds so nice".

Great kickoff to this transfer!! 🤙🏻🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉

From Sunday:

Hello again wild wild Westminster zone!!! 

🙌MORE MIRACLES TODAY!!🙌

We fasted for our area last night and this morning, and wow, the results are incredible!!

Sara, who we just picked up yesterday, came to church with her daughter and loved it! We later stopped by her house, but she was gone due to some family problems that came up. So we rescheduled to meet with her later the same day. We came by later and felt prompted to invite her to be baptized. She didnt accept it right then, but said she would pray about it and receive the lessons from us. We promised her many blessings if she took this leap of faith! She definitely had a change and softened heart by the end of our visit and is in a good place to move forward towards baptism.

Vincent is a guy we met through Sara and has talked about some evil spirits in his house that need to be cast out. We talked about how through the power and faith of God and Jesus Christ, those spirits could be driven from his home. He really wanted us to come over and do that, so we came over today with Elder Cabrera and Elder Vaccaro. They gave a special prayer on his home to make it a sanctuary where the spirit could dwell. The spirit was so strong and we testified of the power of God that has been restored on the earth today. We asked them if their family would like to learn more, and they said yes! They were very grateful for the prayer and Vincent's wife, Lisa, was thanking us with tears in her eyes.

We went by Iberia and her six daughters today and brought her and her mother each a cope of the Book of Mormon. They were so grateful for it and are very excited to read it! We shared Moroni's promise with them and also invited them to come to Meet the Missionaries. They got so excited and are all definitely coming to Tuesday's showing! Iberia's mom, who was the most closed off, even said she wanted to come and is excited to see the show.

We have had so many incredible contacts today and made three solid return appointments! We met Amber while walking to another appointment and simply asked her if she wanted to learn more about Jesus Christ and come closer to him. She said yes! We also met Sophia while walking and she moved in just five days ago. She told us about her family situation and how hard it is. We shared with her that the gospel blesses families and asked her if we could share that message with her. She said yes and got really excited to receive more peace and joy in her life and in her family. At the end of our conversation, she was in tears, just overcome with gratitude that God had sent us to her. She expressed how grateful she was that we stopped to talk with her. We set a return appointment with her for tomorrow night! We also felt inspired to knock on a particular door and met a guy named John. He shared his love for Jesus Christ and said he goes to a Christian church already. We shared with him that truth has been restored to the earth and asked him if he wanted to learn more about it. He said yes! He wants us to contact him later to set an appointment, and is planning on coming to Meet the Missionaries!

Our members from our ward are also just on fire!! We had MCM after church today and talked about a less active member. A new ward missionary noticed she was related to them in a round about way. She was so excited that she stopped by them after our meeting and was able to contact the whole family. She was also able to get in contact with the relief society to figure out her ministering sisters. The returning member is ready to come to church in our ward more often! Also, our Primary President came and talked to Sara's daughter after sacrament meeting and totally took her under her wings and to her class. She later told us that it was a prompting from the spirit. During today, Sara called up being super stressed that her daughter's babysitter bailed so last minute. We called our Primary President and she started calling people so fast. Also, a recent convert, Hajir, came up to us today and told us about her four friends who want to learn about the gospel, and how she has given them Book of Mormons already! We love this ward!

So sorry this is such a long post. We are just so overcome with the miracles and blessings we have seen in this area. God is truly reaching out in great power, and WE ARE SO GRATEFUL!! 😁😁😁❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

(Sister Savage responded to that with a hypnotizing GIF and "Wow doesn’t even begin to express how exciting this all is!!!")

Meet the Missionaries:

There wasn't too many people at our Saturday performance, but the crowd was so hyped!! We have a performance near us on Tuesday and we've been able to invite lots of people. A family of 8 and many people here and there are excited to come, and lots of members are bringing their friends!

Miracles from that:

Sister Van Tassell met these two girls. One was a member and she brought her nonmember friend. Her friend was given a Book of Mormon and they asked the missionaries to explain a verse she didnt understand. This friend now wants to take the missionary discussions and accepted the invitation to come to church yesterday. 

With all these amazing blessings happening and more, there's no other way this transfer could be made any better! Like I said, I'm dying a happy missionary. 

Shout-outs;

♡To my wonderful two friends that would hang-out back in TC and talk about how I didn't ever sleep, that fact is so real with how busy we are!!

♡I'm going all out on the Hartman Color Code with my two new companions. 

-Sister Reynolds :)

Counting Down with Goals

It's so weird to watch the time tick down. It has really encouraged me to set goals about finishing things. I've decided to finish comparing the new and old Preach my Gospel, finish the Book of Mormon (I just started 2 Nephi), and listen/ read with a Spanish audio of El Libro de Mormón. We'll see how far I can get!

MTM; (Meet the Missionaries)

We performed at MLC. Terrible performance for me because of how stressful it was! We all go in from the MTM Fam Van and unpack the trailer of things we have. I asked one of the Elders that I work with, if he knows what they did with my board. He told me that President was getting another one. As I wait for President to show-up, I start to set other things up. In the process of this, someone hands me two new mics. I'm learning how to deal with last minute things/ little people telling in my har to fix things when there's bigger things at stake. I love this more than anything. It's as close to a dream job as I've ever gotten, it's so amazing!!

Also! Had an important performance before MLC (from Friday). There was one little boy that took a Book of Mormon, went up to his dad, and said "dad! This is our bedtime story." The boy isn't of age, but he will get baptized. The dad isn't a member, but they're working on him. There was also someone who saw MTM and now wants to get baptized! The Lord's work is moving in various ways :) Meet the Missionaries is such a spiritual performance created by our Heavenly Father and we are all His instruments. I cant even explain enough how outstanding this all is  

Did a zone blitz this week, that was super fun!

Wore pants this week, it was AMAZING!!

Miracle of Prayer:

Prayer is a powerful thing! This past week I prayed specifically to knock on someone's door that would recognize us and had a dream pertaining to the church. We were knocking some doors around this member that we haven't met. We were able to leave, but then decided to turn around and do this last door. Heather answered. She lives with this other member that we didnt know lived there. She knew we were missionaries and let us in. We taught her the first lesson/ about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As it turns out, she had a dream about bearing her testimony at a fast and testimony meeting. Heather has gone to church a few times, met the Bishop, and loves everything about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are so excited to be working with her! Remember to be specific in the things that you ask God, and dont be afraid to reach out. 

Shout-outs;

- We were moving people, and the was a little big who was super cool who reminded me of Brady. If you add many years there was a fit senior who I can picture Brady becoming.

-Sister Reynolds :)