tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41128519800698896782024-03-12T19:36:46.703-07:00Elder Kyle ReynoldsEcuador Quito Mission December 2016 - December 2018LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-69233107247331123942019-02-28T20:17:00.002-08:002019-02-28T20:24:41.660-08:00WELCOME HOME ELDER REYNOLDS!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">WELCOME HOME ELDER REYNOLDS!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">NOVEMBER 20, 2018</span></div>
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Caiden, Kendra and Carissa</div>
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Colby joined the Army and is in Basic Training in Oklahoma!</div>
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Our Welcome Home signs :)</div>
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Kai, Caiden, Kendra, Carissa and Kendal</div>
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Meeting Kai Hunter for the first time!</div>
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Momma won't let go...</div>
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His suit purchased in Ecuador!</div>
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Mom taking off the name tag!</div>
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Proud parents :)</div>
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Welcome Home Navajo Taco Dinner</div>
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November 24, 2018</div>
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The Boys Reunited</div>
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Brian Farley, Logan Welling, Xander Walker, Jacob Lucas and Sean Farley</div>
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Homecoming Talk--November 25, 2018</div>
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Sean Farley, Xander Walker, Jacob Lucas, Kyle, Brian Farley, Logan Welling, Trevor Cahoon, Tyler Cahoon and Larry Welling</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">MISSION ACCOMPLISHED</span></div>
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LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-42500151537604652542019-02-28T19:59:00.003-08:002019-02-28T20:24:01.769-08:00~Farewell Dinner~<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">~Farewell Dinner~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Quito Ecuador Mission Home</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">November 19, 2018</span></div>
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<i>"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness, I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."</i> Ether 12:27</div>
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LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-53775453131905974752018-11-20T13:28:00.001-08:002018-11-20T13:28:10.495-08:00GOD BE WITH YOU TIL WE MEET AGAIN!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ELDER REYNOLDS IS COMING HOME!!!</div>
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Saying Good-bye to the people in Latacunga Ecuador</div>
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Mama Avila</div>
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<br />LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-8311656727677989662018-11-14T14:27:00.001-08:002018-11-14T18:57:00.987-08:00THE LAST MELON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well..........Never really thought this day would come where I would be sending my last email. I thought Cotopaxi (one of Ecuador's most active volcano) would explode before this day came. But here we are! Alive and well! Even though I knew that this day would probably never come, I have been preparing this email since the first week I was here lol but nothing is coming to me... To this day I still feel so undeserving of the many blessings I have received despite my never ending weaknesses. I would definitely not recommend ending a mission to anyone. It is the worst time of your whole life. I was trying to tell my companion how I really felt but it's just something that you have to experience. Satan sure is real. A real force that hates every big or small amount of good. These weeks have been super hard to keep it together. I feel like a wreck with everything going on lol. I thought puberty and crazy hormones were suppose to end already but that sure is not the case here with Elder Reynolds. I feel somewhat the same ending as I did beginning my mission. Leaving a home and life I love and going to another country excited, scared, and nervous. Not really knowing what to expect on the other side but somewhat ready to take it on. I honestly do feel as if I am leaving my home. This crazy country and people that I have come to love is tearing my heart apart! Ending the Best 2 Years of my life--until now--is something that I can't explain in words. I love this guy who God has made me become. Coming on the mission was definitely the hardest decision of my life...With that said, I can't think of my life without the mission. It scares me to think that I almost didn't come. It scares me to think of all these people I have come to love, thinking of them still wondering, maybe searching for something they know they need but don't know what it is. It scares me that these experiences I have been able to have would have never came to pass in order to help me learn more. God is good. I am so thankful for Him putting me through the furnace of fire in these 2 years so that I am able to be ready to take on for what comes next. This mission is the hardest thing I have ever done. All the previous hardest things I have done--the college football practices, the weight of having to juggle school and work, all of it has no comparison to what a mission can offer. I have been taken to my lowest of lows and my highest of highs. Everything that I thought I couldn't do without, turns out I could go on! The mission really teaches you "a que fuente han de acudir" (to which source they have to go) for everything. The think I would say I prize the most in the mission is my personal relationship with my Heavenly Father and the trust He has given me. Something that has always hit me has been that God loves everyone, but He doesn't trust everyone. I have felt God's love more abundantly in my life in these 2 years than in any other time. It's the one of the most assuring feelings one can feel. But let me tell you, the ability to know that God trusts you is something out of this world. Letting Him know through your thoughts, actions and very being that if He needs an errand to run, He knows He can turn to you. That in my opinion is the best feeling out of them all. I have seen so many things on my mission that I will never be able to deny...come what may but the miracles I have seen here and the things I have felt I will never be able to deny the existence of a higher being or deny that I know these things are true. I still haven't seen anything with my physical eyes or felt anything with my physical touch...which I thought for sure I would be able to see or feel after serving Him for such a long time! But I am convinced that even with seeing, it still wouldn't be enough for me. I am so thankful for a God that knows me better than I do so that He can do what will be best for my good. I know I need God in every moment in my life. After 2 years of working with Him and gaining so much experience, I need Him. I need my main Man. The guy who will never fail me. I love how people can change. I love that doctrine that really people can change. What a blessing it is to see that and to also undergo that change. For those of you that knew me before the mission...yeah that guy won't be coming back next Tuesday hahaha jk. But I really just love change. Yesterday an ex Bishop got up to talk about faith and told a story about the Stake consejeros (counselors) wife and how she became a member. At the age of 14, she had been attending for about a year going on 2. She couldn't get baptized because her dad wouldn't give her permission. One day, near to her 15th birthday, she came to his house and was overly glad and said I AM GOING TO GET BAPTIZED! After a little bit more of digging into the details of how this miracle was able to happen, he found out that as a 15 year old...her only wish, all she wanted from her dad was this...the permission to be able to get baptized. She said "Papi, all I want this birthday is that I get baptized, I don't want anything else except baptism. Please." It made me reflect on what I have. I was baptized at the age of 8 and for sure took it for granted up until the time I went on a mission. All these blessings we have, absolutely everything we have as members of the church is priceless. When I heard that, I immediately felt I was hit by a train. At the age of 15 she knew what we or I had and the price and sacrifice that was to be paid. How incredible. I am so thankful for being in the truth. Even though it took me nearly 23 years to realize a little itty bitty portion of what we have, I am so glad for the patience of God in order to work until I could accept and be thankful for all of this. I am so glad for Joseph Smith and his example of not giving up. How easy it wouldn't been to deny all that had happened and been able to lead a normal life without the persecution of so many people. To not have had left his wife husband-less and kids fatherless. But no. Because he knew. He believed. And so do I! I know we are in the truth. There are so many blessings waiting for us. I know God is just waiting to bless us and may even be blessing us in ways we just don't recognize. Like I said before, I am so thankful for a God that does what He does because He knows and loves us more than we can comprehend. I know that we are in the truth. I know the Book of Mormon is the key to know if all this crazy stuff we talk about is true. And the best part is you don't have to ever wonder for yourself. We have the right and privilege to know for ourselves. I remember being so envious of everyone that got up and shared that they KNEW and when all my friends came home and sharing that they have been changed and they KNEW...I was so prideful to just judge them and roll my eyes and keep to myself knowing that no one can really know. But it is. It's real. All of it. It's unexplainable that you just have to experience by yourself. I know that there is a God and that He loves us beyond comprehension. I know that people can change through the atonement. In our lowest lows we can find peace. I love these people here in Ecuador. I love Ecuador. I am so happy to have had the opportunity to serve a mission. To have been called to serve and assigned to labor. I still remember that day more than 2 years ago when I opened up my call...the day I went to board the plane for the MTC...the day I got to the mission field...the first baptism...wow. What a ride. I love you all. Can't wait to see everyone when I get back! Thank you so much for your prayers in behalf of the missionaries. It's been a supreme privilege to have been able to be a full time missionary. I would recommend it to all. This is the life. I LOVE YOU!!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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<span style="color: red;">2 more weeks</span>...Endure to the End!</div>
Hello Everyone!<br />
It's so weird having everything that I never thought would occur...occur! Like the last zone conference that I would have and the last testimony I would give at zone conference, seeing some people for the last time...Not going to lie it doesn't feel quite real yet but it does feel like something huge is about to happen in my life! lol So in the mission we have a tradition of having the missionaries that are going home share their testimonies. It was pretty amazing. I feel like ever since I started the mission I have prepared for that final testimony lol but I still felt so inadequate and unlearned to be able to bear testimony of the things I have learned. Boy do I love being a missionary. Then afterwards, we were able to visit a few of the families in Ambato that I got close to when I was serving there. It was so nice to see them again. Now being able to fully communicate with them and express myself was a lot better than before haha. I seriously love the people here. They are awesome.<br />
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The Arias Family</div>
This week was a pretty crazy one. We had one full day of work throughout the whole week due to meetings in different cities and zone conference. You want to know how to absolutely torture an ending missionary? You lock him in his house for a full weekend...UGH! <span style="color: red;">(They had to stay indoors from Friday-Monday because of the fiesta Mama Negra that was going on in Latacunga. There's a lot of alcohol involved so rules are they have to stay in)</span>. I was commenting to my companion that it's so crazy that how when we are working, we long to just take a nap or a little rest in the house, and then when you actually do get the chance it's the worst thing ever! Weird how we want things that won't give us any satisfaction...Elder Cox and I got really close though. I love that missionary. He is one of my favorite companions. So humble and full of life. Another plus of staying in is the amount of studying we were able to put in! I have been reading in Doctrine & Covenants and I love it! It's crazy how much revelation Joseph Smith was able to receive. I love how every big or little thing he has questions about, he asks God. I know that God is willing and wanting to answer every big or little thing in our lives. In my opinion, we should have our own Doctrine & Covenants! lol With Elder Holland, I too love the rush of revelation. Like I said, I am always learning so much from everyone around me. This time it was from an investigator named Cristian. He is awesome. We have been teaching him for something like 2 months and is just a stud. I love him so much. Anyways, obviously we were focusing a lot on gaining a testimony of the Book of Mormon and to see if the church is true. Not going to lie, he has A LOT of problems with a lot of commandments. But what I love about the way the lessons are lined up is that it focuses on gaining a testimony first and then teaching the commandments. Because it is true that if you look at it from an outward perspective, the church has a ton of rules...But once you know the "why" of it all...one wouldn't want to obey all the rules in order to gain all the blessings that come from knowing that this is the truth!!! Anyways, one day while we were walking, we got a random call from him and he was almost yelling but saying that he got the answer!!!! Man it was a joy to hear that. Especially that he called us!!! So now we are on to preparing him for baptism and we taught him about the law of tithing. I love his faith, but this one really tried his faith. He showed us his finances subtracting his debts and child support and everything else and was left with less than 10% of what his gross was, not to mention just money to let him eat. I use to hate teaching about tithing because I know they are people and that it's super difficult, seemingly impossible to do! But now I love it, I love seeing miracles happen. I absolutely love putting money on God and knowing with absolute surety that He will always pull through. As we read the promise of tithing it always hits me to the heart, PROBADME AHORA EN ESO...I LOVE THAT!! Try me I dare you!!! haha he then tried to go around it and find ways to be able to keep tithing without paying the full 10% but after a few lessons he and us realized that it was a yes or no. One of the most heartbreaking excuses he told us was he was saving up to buy his kid a nice toy and wanted to give him everything that he never had when he was a little toddler...It came to us the exact answer that the absolute best gift you could ever give your kid is that he knows that you are a man of God. That you keep the commandments and that's that. But if that wasn't enough the next lesson we planned something special...We called it the wall of faith. I told him about my experience and everything I had to go through coming on a mission and the testimony that I have that sooner or later in life we all have to face that wall of faith. There is no way around it...you just have to face it and go. It will be the absolute hardest, scariest, terrifying thing in your life but will be the most rewarding. And sure enough I can bear testimony of that truth. And boom, he is going to get baptized. Man I love the personal experiences we have so that we are able to help others. Even though at the moment it sucks going through, I love being able to empathize with people in order to know how to help them. I love this work! I love you all! Thank you for bearing with me and for those who do read my emails haha. I love you guys so much!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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Adjusting to missionary life level 2 haha</div>
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Ambato Ecuador</div>
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The guy who helped me make my scripture cases!</div>
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This is Mihel!! Completing the family!!! His dad baptized him.</div>
Hello Everyone!<br />
Another week! Gosh I love these people. I love my companion. I love my Savior. I am so full of love. It was a good week of learning...so yea that means hard lol but I am so grateful for these trials that were able to help me in the long run. This week we taught probably the most spiritual Lesson 2 Plan de Salvacion lesson I have ever been apart of. The spirit seemed to be testifying in every moment that these things were true and how grateful I was to be able to just open my mouth and words to fill them. I love the language...because to be honest I wouldn't consider myself fluent but I love that I can just open my mouth and words seem to form and come out and somehow the people come to understand what I am saying...definitely the gift of tongues.<br />
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So as I started out I love loving people but I feel that it comes at a great price. We had really great lessons this week, but we also had occasions where my heart seemed to drop down to my ankles. We had this one progressing investigator that is going through a major repentance problem and is struggling so much. So he wasn't answering his phone which was a bit odd for him, so we decided to go to his house and as soon as we walked in you could tell something was wrong. We walked in and there he was...drinking..with his ex. Ahh how my heart ached for him. The only words that I could muster was "Why didn't you call us? We were here for you. Why didn't you call me? Why why why?????" And then he said "I am so sorry. Sorry for being too weak. I am sorry..." Then as I was walking down the stairs I was thinking about those worlds...<i>Why didn't you call me?</i> And thought about Jesus. Every time we go through something hard and turn to some other means to coupe with our sorrow and hurt, I just imagine Jesus up there...<i>Why didn't you call me??! I was there for you. Why didn't you call me? Why why why???????? I died for that very reason! To life you up, to take away your pain, to help! Why didn't you call me?</i> And there He is, with His heart aching...not because we did something wrong, rather because He longs to help us and see us succeed. I love being a missionary and getting that perspective. But man it sure does hurt. It hurts having the answers to every single problem that every single person has...but bowing my head and letting them choose. My companion and I were talking and we were like AKA Welcome to Parenthood haha.<br />
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I seriously am so privileged to be a part of this great work. It is amazing to be here in Ecuador. Only a few weeks left to make a difference is quite mind boggling...but we will do it...one soul at a time. I love you all!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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His baptism was super special despite the tardanza (dealy) of over an hour!!!</div>
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Getting people hitched! You can call us the Matchmakers!!</div>
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<br />LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-76507413389246597912018-10-23T15:35:00.002-07:002018-10-23T15:35:20.121-07:00There is Power in Weakness!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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~Latacunga Ecuador Missionaries~</div>
Hello Everyone!<br />
Another great week in Ecuador. My companion got his first taste of good ole stomach problems. I feel like my stomach is so messed up that it doesn't make me sick anymore or that it is made of steel now and nothing can damage it haha.<br />
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This week was definitely a week full of ups and downs. Some days it was incredible and I couldn't believe the spirit that we were feeling...and other days, it felt like Satan was attacking us from all fronts and there was no way out. It's crazy how every week and ever day is such a battle to stay on the covenant path. But I love a quote from a Seventy that came to visit us in Latacunga that said THE RECOMPENSA (REWARD) ISN'T HERE! Sometimes we look for the reward a little bit too early but in reality the reward isn't here. I can't imagine what it means when it says in the scriptures about interminable joy. What a day that will be. One of the best experiences this week came on Sunday when Hermano Constante was able to receive the Aaronic priesthood!!!! And then literally 3 minutes after he received the priesthood, he put his hands on the head of his son and conferred to him the same priesthood! Man it was such a spiritual experience to see that. Getting baptized one week and confirmed the next day to receiving the priesthood to giving the priesthood! I think from all that has been going on in the time of my mission, God is trying to teach me that there is power in weakness. We have a little sticky note in our apartment that says PAY THE PRICE and then another note says TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WEAKNESS. I love a talk that is called<i> The Power of not Knowing</i>. It is a BYU talk that is probably one of my favorite talks. The more I learn, the more I learn that I know nothing and am nothing haha funny how that works. I sometimes envy my companion as with his limited vocabulary and teaching skills...in reality he is a spiritual giant and has no idea of his potential and the power he brings. Knowing Spanish, knowing the scriptures, knowing how to teach, it seems I have the disadvantage!! My favorite scripture is Ether 12:27 <b style="font-style: italic;">"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them." </b>Sorry for 2 weeks in a row talking about grace and weakness but I can't get enough of it! I love being weak! It's okay to be weak! I love you all!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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~Latacunga Ecuador~</div>
Hello Everyone!<br />
Well it's a boy!!!!!! haha And we named him Elder Cox!!! lol I am super lucky to be able to have him as my companion. It is super easy to break the ice with people because they are so amazed at how tall he is and what size of shoe he wears! It's funny because they view him as some sort of experiment that went wrong and that's why he is so huge and I just chuckle because of how many people say the same thing every lesson.<br />
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We had a baptism!!! Elder Cox is a stud!! A family of 5 his first week here! He is a legend!! They are so awesome. I love them. The family Constante. I love seeing people make covenants with God. Probably the best sight is being in the font with them and seeing them come up out of the water...pure...just so pure. That's the only word that describes it. I sure am a lucky guy.<br />
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Even though I am suppose to be training him, it seems like I am learning more from him than me! One of the things that has hit me more than anything is the fact that Spanish is SO irrelevant in this work. I thought that wow, it is going to be hard to teach a lesson because my companion won't be able to talk and that will cause that the investigators won't progress, etc. But man was I wrong! I was reading in Ether 12 and I feel like that chapter explains very well how we can deal correctly with the weaknesses that we have. I love this chapter because for me it says that without weaknesses, we couldn't have charity and we wouldn't be able to be made whole. So thanks to the many weaknesses that I have, I can be made whole. It made me think of the talk by Elder Holland and how he talked about grudges and how it takes up space in our soul...and what are we filling it with!? For me...well I probably shouldn't confess sins...hahahaha just kidding but for me I feel like I have a lot of weaknesses that are just gaps. But as I take advantage of these weaknesses, they can be filled with the good ole grace of God! And then will my soul be filled and be made whole! An example of this, obviously Elder Cox is still struggling with Spanish as his 1st week in Ecuador but we went to this lesson where it was pretty heated. Everything. we said was refused by a personal opinion and it seemed like we were getting nowhere. And that's when I kind of realized that I was trying to take this on myself and what I knew about the scriptures instead of letting the true teacher take his place in this lesson. So I turned to my companion and he just had that gringo smile as to say I have no idea what's going on but I am going to nod every once in a while to make it look like I do.....been there done that! And so I just told him DO IT! And he was like what??? Do what??? And then...HE DID IT! Man he testified of the Book of Mormon with such power that I teared up and couldn't talk for a bit. I loved it! I love that Spanish or language in general is so irrelevant! I often lose track of that as I gain more experience. But I am grateful for him and his pure testimony in order to save that lesson.<br />
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On a lighter note, we were able to eat Cuy!!!!! Man was that an experience...and well...it tastes like a rat. I thought it would taste like chicken but we concluded that yeah, it tastes like a rat hahahaha. One of the hardest things to do here is not laugh while trying to eat a cute pet. Man life is good here. I love being a missionary. I absolutely love it. I love you all!!!!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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Super blessed to have him as my last companion in the mission!</div>
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<br />LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-49760452525632051502018-10-11T16:03:00.000-07:002018-10-11T16:08:07.822-07:00LAST Transfer for Elder Reynolds!!!!! ...Staying in Latacunga and Training Elder Cox!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello Everyone!<br />
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Wow what a weekend it was!!!!! Leading up to General Conference it seemed like I was waiting to go on vacation!!! I love General Conference. This whole week Elder Medina and I were talking to everyone we could to tell that a living Prophet and Apostles were going to be speaking to us this weekend! Who could say no to that proposition???? I loved everything what was said. I felt the themes of this conference were auto sufficiency, hope, and forgiveness. It was amazing because as I was so anxious to hear what the Prophet would say to us it came to be right before he was about to talk that what I was about to hear what the Lord wanted us to hear in these moments. Not going to lie, I was a bit confused as out of all the temas (themes) he could have treated with us, it was about calling the church by the correct name. At the beginning of the talk I was thinking that he was going to mention it and then go onto the real talk that he had prepared for us...but boy was I wrong!!! As I was pondering about it later, I was hit with a spiritual V-8 that what the spirit told me before he spoke was true! That this is truly what Christ wanted us to hear and correct for these next 6 months. What I learned was the loyal that our dear Prophet had towards God. Like what is in a name? ....EVERYTHING. I could only imagine what maybe was going through his head like wow, I am going to speak 25 minutes on this...but no! He was like I AM GOING TO SPEAK 25 MINUTES ON THIS!! haha I love that he does what the Lord wants him to do regardless of what others think. Man this church is true. I am so grateful for living Prophets and Apostles to guide us in these latter days. I am grateful to be apart of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This is His church. This is His work. I love you all!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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This week was exchanges and Elder Reynolds will be staying in Latacunga the last 6 weeks of his mission. He will be training Elder Cox, who is from California!<br />
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Elder Medina, Martha, Robert and Elder Reynolds</div>
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Well, this is going to be a short one! But we had a baptism this week!!! And man the story behind the baptisms are always my favorites so I am going to give a short summed up version. So Robert and Martha are 20 years old and are barely starting their lives. They were referrals from a sister that just got baptized. We met them about 3 weeks ago. It is so amazing their willingness to keep the commandments. Whenever it talks about the Lamanites and how they will be brought to the fold in the last days, I know that is a prophecy to be true. Because from my experience in the mission it takes about 5 weeks from the time that you meet someone to get baptized. Just with church attendance and making sure they are repenting and everything like that. But then they are special cases where the Lord has been preparing them and they have just been waiting...because they know not where to find the truth...waiting for us!!! So the very first visit we invited them to pray and read the Book of Mormon and they did, but nothing happened. So we started teaching them about the importance of baptism and the requisitos (requirements) of baptism. I think people have a misconception of baptism and think that we have to be crazy prepared but in reality no way!!! It takes faith and a willingness to be changed. So we taught them about the Law of Chastity and told them that they need to get married. Here in Ecuador it is quite costly to get married but we challenged them to a baptismal date for the 29th of September and to be married before that...and they accepted!!! And man what a miracle it was for them to get married...THE DAY BEFORE their baptism!!! They just barely got in and it was amazing to see them cumplir (comply) with another commandment. The other thing they struggled with was the Word of Wisdom so that was probably the 3rd thing we taught them because we thought it was going to be a desafio (challenge) for them...but I love their response as we committed them to live it. We asked them if they could see any problems or any questions they had and they said "Well, its not like we can change the commandment, so we will live it." I was super impressed by their faith!! Because someone barely learning the gospel obviously has questions but faith is so much powerful and so they got baptized and man was it a beautiful experience. There are so many good people waiting for us and waiting to be changed but they just don't know where to find it! I am so grateful for the role I am able to play. I know that if we have childlike humility, we too can be changed just like Robert and Martha!! They are true examples of Mosiah 3:19 <i>"For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father." </i>It matters very little what we think when we understand the importance and reasons for the commandments. I love you all!</div>
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Their Baptism...THE DAY AFTER they were married!</div>
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<i>"If you will respond to the invitation to share your beliefs and feelings about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, a spirit of love and a spirit of courage will be your constant companion, for perfect love casteth out fear." </i>--Elder L. Tom Perry</div>
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LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-82444900107949670532018-09-26T19:14:00.000-07:002018-09-26T19:14:36.469-07:00You Are Good Enough...Come As You Are!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>"By helping others Come unto Him, you will find that you have Come unto Him yourself"</i></div>
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Hello Everyone!<br />
What a week this was! It was pretty awesome. This week the city was preparing for The Mama Negra. I don't quite understand it yet, but it has to do with a big parade and parties that last for 2 days. Its been pretty cool to learn about the culture and be a part of it and see it first hand. But...it kind of goes against a lot of what we believe so it makes it a bit difficult to do some proselyting. But it's all good. I love people and learning about them and what makes them go. I feel that is a real blessing especially for being a missionary.<br />
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Pertaining a little bit to that subject, we have had a lot of pretty powerful lessons. Ones that honestly at the beginning of my mission or even before the mission would have made me feel uncomfortable. Due to my lack of faith and lack of a sure testimony. But throughout these few months that I have been in Ecuador, both of those have definitely grown. We had a lesson with a part member family that we invited to come to church but started making excuses. We have a lot of their trust so we could talk pretty clear and direct with them. They understood the commandment of going to church and everything...but the more I listened to them the more I was convinced that they really didn't understand it. They were saying things like "We have to get our life in order," "I have to work in order to pay off things," "I have to care for my family " and "I can't go because our kids are rowdy." Not going to lie, all of these things are pretty dang good reasons of not to go...but being here on the mission I have learned the cost of miracles and the blessings of sacrifice/obedience. I felt I myself had 2 angels on both of my shoulders telling me what to say. One saying "Yeah it's okay, I understand and God understands, you get your life in order and when you are ready we will be waiting."On the other hand I had this voice telling me to say "Sister, we love you. We want the best for you. And there is no other way nor desvio (detour) to eternal life. You and your family need to be in church." I struggled a little bit saying the latter, but as I bore my testimony that I knew God always comes through, more things started coming to my head as to what to say. For example, we said "Do you believe in the Bible? Do you really believe it? Do you believe that God parted a sea??? A WHOLE ENTIRE SEA??? Or do you believe that Jesus really raised someone from the dead?? Like not just a cool story that we say in church to make us feel better about our lives and to trust more, but do you really believe?" She said "Yes, Elder. Why what's your point?" We said "Our point is that if we serve the same God, why wouldn't He be able to do the same miracles in your life. That seem a lot less than parting a whole sea or raising someone from the dead...? Why can't He work miracles in your life like He did in olden times? And of course, it all comes from faith and obedience." It really strengthened my testimony to say these things as I know that we serve a God of miracles. I know that He comes through. I know it without a doubt. I love being a special witness of Him as I truly can't deny the things I have witnessed here on the mission that prove that we do really serve a God of miracles. Mormon 9:11 and 2 Nephi 27:23 are some of my favorite verses to share:<br />
<i>"But behold, I will show unto you a God of miracles, even the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and it is that same God who created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are</i>.<i>" --</i>Mormon 9:11<br />
<i>"For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith</i>."--2Nephi 27:23<br />
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Another thing that I learned this week from the lessons and experiences was how important it is to really understand Moroni 10:32:<br />
<i>"Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God."</i><br />
I don't know how many times I have been so embarrassed to come to church or to begin repentance or to pray or read...Because I didn't feel worthy enough or didn't feel good enough. But as it so clearly states, we come to Christ and then we start the process. We don't start the process and then come to Christ once we are worthy! I love the John Bytheway talk on this that compares it to fixing a car before taking it to the mechanic...or for ladies doing makeup before going in to get a makeover. That doesn't make sense! I love being a missionary and being able to say to people that they are good enough. Wherever they are in the life or worthiness, they are good enough and prepared enough to be changed. Come as you are! I am loving my time out here. I hope that you all will continue to come unto Christ! It's the best life. Go all in. We are good enough. I love you all!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">8</span> </b>more weeks until Elder Reynolds is <b style="color: red;">HOME</b>!!!</div>
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<br />LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-48268648843925021492018-09-18T18:38:00.001-07:002018-09-18T18:57:44.552-07:00Let the Holy Spirit Guide!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"<i>In coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost</i>." President Russell M. Nelson</div>
Hello Everyone!<br />
I just have one little experience to share...<br />
We were on splits this week and I was with an Elder that barely has 2 months here on the mission so his Spanish is still a little bit new to him. But man I love the animos (cheers) a new missionary brings to the work. Anyways, of course as it always seems to happen, we had a lot of lessons planned but every single one of them fell and we probably contacted for 6 hours straight. But this one contact stood out to me. We contacted this joven (young) man and he was super nice. He seemed to be into athletics so I jumped on that and we started a nice conversation. After that we blended the topic into God and he said that he was Atheist. Now this is one of the hardest contacts for me because to get someone to believe in something they can't see here, in just a few minutes, is pretty dang hard haha. But I was missing the whole point! It's not us that are to do the convincing, it's the spirit. Luckily the spirit was like Elder, just open your mouth. So I opened my mouth...I...and nothing came out. So I looked over at this new companion and he had this blank look on his face and so I was like just say something...haha. So he testified in his newly Spanish that he knows there is a God...and that even though he's never seen Him nor can he show him that He exists that there is. And then it came to me about the pre-existence! I was like why would I share about the pre-existence??! So again I opened my mouth and luckily things came out this time haha. But I promised him that if he wanted to know that there is a God that he could find out. And if he listened to us, he would find that this message has a familiar ring to it because this isn't the first time he has heard it because he lived with God before. As expected, he had this wild look on his face but he accepted!! The Elder and I talked afterwards and it was awesome because he said to me "I don't think it was that important saying anything, but rather making him feel something." I am glad that I'm not the one convincing or having to convince. I'm glad I can be the instrument no mas! I love you all!! Sorry for the short email!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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"<i>Therefore I, the Lord, have suffered you to come unto this place; for thus it was expedient in me for the salvation of souls.</i></div>
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<i>For it shall be given you in the very hour; yea, in the very moment, what ye shall say.</i>"</div>
LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-49921908730263055772018-09-11T14:03:00.003-07:002018-09-11T14:10:30.369-07:00Through Trials, We Develop a Relationship with our Father in Heaven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well this week was a wild one. I've learned something from the mission. God doesn't accept anything less than our best. This work requires every ounce of our being. And if we aren't in the place to give Him our all, He sure has His way of getting us into giving our all. Trials are super hard. But they are there...always always always for our benefit. It was interesting because in our District meeting this week, my companion bore his testimony on the love he has for Jesus Christ. He said a phrase that hit me, he said "It's through his trials that he came to know his God." I love that, because in no other way do we really come to know Him. I have experienced that this week. I won't bore everyone and go into detail, but it was quite a week ranging from physical pain, stomach pain, emotional pain...etc. But I really came to know my God. Rather my Father. I feel there are different levels of prayer. Ones that barely reach the top of the house, others that go a little bit higher but don't quite get through the clouds, and then we have the pleadings. The ones that are urgent that go right up to Father. Basically like the prayers of the brother of Jared. In Spanish it is suplicas...I don't know in English lol (pleadings). But this week it's been a lot of suplicas. But thanks to these trials, the personal relationship with me and my Father has grown tremendously. I think the more vivid our prayers get, the more vivid the answers come and the more vivid the relationship comes. Obviously we should have a huge amount of respect for Heavenly Father, but often times I don't tell Him the real desires of my heart...what I really want. But as we learn from John the Beloved and the 3 Nephites, He grants to us what our desires are! He really does! It's kind of an intimidating power we have because I know He listens and grants us according to our desires. I love the scripture in Jacob:<br />
"But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people; and they despised the words of plainness, and killed the prophets, and sought for things that they could not understand. Wherefore, because of their blindness, which blindness came by looking beyond the mark, they must needs fall; for God hath taken away his plainness from them, and delivered unto them many things which they cannot understand, <i><b><u>because they desired it. And because they desired it God hath done it</u></b></i>, that they may stumble."<br />
I hope that we all develop a personal relationship with our Father because He is literally our Father. Everything that happens in our life is to help. All He is trying to do is help. I love Him. I love you all so much. So much. Go get em this week.<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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<br />LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-31624725872321509382018-09-05T14:00:00.000-07:002018-09-05T14:00:12.922-07:00"There is no Growth in the Comfort Zone and there is no Comfort in the Growth Zone"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello Everyone,<br />
Alright I feel super bad for not emailing anyone...I'm super sorry, it was a crazy p-day haha. I say crazy but we didn't really do anything. We went to play basketball and time got the best of us and we had to run to do all the rest of the things. But I'm alive! I think that that's a great thing that happened this week...staying alive! This week was a super hard week. Probably one of the hardest weeks I have had on the mission. Like I said in the last email, changes (transfers) are rough for me. I like feeling comfortable. One of the things our Mission President, always says is that<b> there is no growth in the comfort zone, and there is no comfort in the growth zone</b>. Sorry that is the best translation I could get lol. I found myself longing to have it easier. Longing to be able to stay in Puyo where I knew everyone, I knew the area, I knew the investigators, I knew who had potential to be baptized, I had great relationships...everything! But in my scripture study, I came across an awesome scripture in Ether 1:28 <i>"And it came to pass that Jared spake again unto his brother, saying: Go and inquire of the Lord whether he will drive us out of the land, and if he will drive us out of the land, cry unto him whither we should go. And who knoweth but the Lord will carry us forth into a land which is choice above all the earth? And if it so be, let us be faithful unto the Lord, that we may receive it for our inheritance." </i>I read it and thought how in the world can Latacunga be a choice over Puyo?! But as I got here and totally threw myself into the work...I am learning that maybe Heavenly Father has a little bit more knowledge and can see a little bit more into the future and that I should maybe trust Him a little more!<br />
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We had a baptism this week and it was amazing. I already feel so much love towards the family that got baptized. I am thankful for a God that does what's best for me and for the people in Ecuador and doesn't do what I want. That's pretty tough words to say...and am still in the process of feeling it. But everything is going to be alright. Why don't I believe that??? I love you all! More to come next week! Thank you so much for your prayers!<br />
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Hello Everyone,<br />
So yes sadly, I am going from Puyo...Ahh not going to lie sometimes it is hard to accept the will of the Lord but I think on one of the nicest things about the mission is that you are always put in the place where you need to be. No matter if you are wicked or righteous, you are always in the place you need to be or where God needs you to be. That is always a comforting thought haha. Obviously I strive to be righteous. My new companion is Elder Medina and he is from the Dominican Republic.<br />
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So yes Amparito did get baptized!! It's interesting how not all baptisms are the same. I'm not saying that I've been to a baptism and didn't feel the spirit, but that in some baptisms you feel the spirit more strongly than in others. I love this work. I love how it helps everyone that is involved in it. The young man that baptized her is one of my best friends here on the mission. He is a lot like me. He is planning to go on a mission. It was awesome because Amparito picked him to baptize her and as he was preparing to baptize her, tears filled all of our eyes including his and we all felt the spirit so strong. When we help others we ourselves are strengthened. Even if we feel like we are drowning ourselves, if we reach out to help another that is struggling I have the absolute faith that God will help us. Here in the mission I have experienced the most stress and the hardest trials I have ever had to face in my life. And I myself felt useless because I thought how in the world am I suppose to help these great people of Ecuador when I myself can't keep myself afloat and my testimony waivers??? I don't know how it always works out, but it does. I am so grateful for the grace of Jesus Christ. That even though I don't feel like I am giving it all I can and doing my part in earning the grace of Jesus Christ, it always propels me forward. I recently read the talk by Brad Wilcox "His Grace is Sufficient" and man was I motivated and left in tears. I would suggest it to all! It's a much better read than a little letter from an Elder in a far away land in Ecuador! haha I love you all! Next week I will be writing from....Latacunga! It is north of Ambato. Probably being my last sector! I love you all!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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Elder Reynolds, Mama Katy, Elder Peña and the Sisters</div>
Hello Everyone,<br />
Man it was an awesome week. I love being out here. It's almost impossible to be sad or disappointed for a long period of time out here. One because of the scenery (hopefully everyone was able to see the pictures from last week) and two because this work is amazing. I won't lie, I get caught up in being a bit selfish and not working as hard as I should, and those are the worst times of the day. I think to myself man, what am I doing out here? How am I going to make it through the day? Let's just go home and read the scriptures and call it a day but due to an amazing companion and the help from many prayers, thanks to you guys, we work through it. It's so weird because we naturally want what will make us more depressed. Like when we feel depressed, we want to seclude ourselves from everyone else and feel self pity and listen to sad songs...and yes that has some benefits, in my opinion, but not much. When I don't want to be out here, I don't want to work and just want to give in...which is EXACTLY what will make me feel even worse. Weird right? lol But when I just go and do, I find happiness. I find peace. I think sometimes we just have to go and do. I learned that very well this week through an experience we had with one of our investigators, Amparito. I am pretty sure I have told you guys about her in the past. She had a baptismal date but it fell. I didn't comment on it because I was super sad about it. And then we lost contact with her for over a week. So finally we called her again and she randomly came to church! We couldn't visit her until this past Friday. So we went in the lesson with the firm faith that we were coming out with a baptismal date. We honestly had no idea what we were going to teach. We just knew what we wanted but didn't have any ideas come to us. So we had the feeling to read the Book of Mormon with her and she was in Alma 5...how perfect!!! hahaha How direct!!!! lol When she said that I couldn't help but smile and laugh. So we read a few parts about when Alma was giving it hard to this people but it was super awesome because of the spirit we were able to be direct and loving. I love that feeling and when you find that perfect balance. So after a few minutes we expressed our deep love and gratification for her and then said "Sister, we want you to get baptized this next Saturday. We know you can do it. Just do it." And then with a little bit more of persuasion from our part, which also helped that changes (transfers) are next week, we said we might be going haha. She accepted!! Right after that, we told her that tomorrow she will have an interview with another missionary in order to get baptized and she freaked out again but thanks to the spirit she went calm again. She had her baptismal interview and is all ready for her baptism this weekend! It taught me a lot about faith. Everyone has a wall of faith. To get to the next level. And there is no secret to get past it, no secret formula or combination...just facing up and doing it. I don't know if many know how I got on a mission. Sometimes I wonder too! haha But what a blessing it has been. The decision to come on a mission wasn't well thought out at all...from one day to another it changed. And I did it! Man was that the hardest decision I have ever made but if it wasn't for leaving everything behind in that instant and doing everything "without thinking" I don't think I would've made it on the mission. The good thing about revelation is it's always sure. Our mission president has the saying "PRIMERO HACER LUEGO SABER." (first do then find out) I feel that is so true. But not going to lie, no matter how true it is, it doesn't make it any more easier. Life is suppose to be hard. Full of faith. But I know that God always comes through. It is amazing the promises He has promised us. One especially is the promises from doing family history work! I am so jealous of all those that get to participate in family history work! I totally did not appreciate the opportunity I had when I was at home to do that, but it impacted me this week as I was reading in the conference messages. How lucky we are to have all those blessings! Not <i>maybe they will come blessings</i>, but FOR SURE, 100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE BLESSINGS! We are so blessed. I love you all. I hope that we may all continue to press forward and face that wall of faith. Most of the time, practically all the time, we know what it is. But try to find ways around it, up it, under it...but the only way is through it. I know we can do it. Blessings are waiting. I love you!!!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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Celebrating our Mama Katy's birthday!</div>
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Happy Birthday Mama Katy :)</div>
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Service at the finca (estate)!</div>
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My dead chicken!!!</div>
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These identical twins were baptized!</div>
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P DAY ADVENTURES!!</div>
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The Swing!!</div>
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Amazing Adventures</div>
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Lovin' E C U A D O R</div>
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More of the swing...</div>
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Standing up...</div>
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WOW!!</div>
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Zone Conference August 2018</div>
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"I will <span style="color: red;">GO</span>; I will <span style="color: red;">DO</span> the thing the Lord commands"</div>
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<br />LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-42019630857263095802018-08-15T07:29:00.001-07:002018-08-15T07:29:57.087-07:00Enjoying E C U A D O R !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red;">Elder Reynolds went to Baños for his P-day and so he didn't have time to email. He says SORRY to all that emailed him! He hopes the pictures suffice!! They had a great time enjoying ECUADOR! They rented bikes for $5 and took lots of pictures and videos. Seriously cameras don't do justice, it's so pretty there. He is hoping he can stay in the Puyo area for the rest of his mission! He has transfers in 2 weeks so we will see what the Lord has in store. He says that next week he will email and to send emails as usual and thank you for your prayers especially.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span>LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-87473312670324651822018-08-08T09:31:00.002-07:002018-08-15T07:43:58.530-07:00Giving up Something Good for Something Better!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A cold baptism, but the spirit was there warming everyone's heart!</div>
Hello,<br />
This week was a great one. Well it was a physically taxing one that's for sure. I came down with a pretty bad cold but luckily...I am out here in the jungle with professionals that know how to cure things like this!!! hahahahaha They are called Shamans. We have an investigator that is a Shaman. So we went over there one day in the first days of my sickness and so she noticed that and told me to eat this...it's not a gingerbread man, just a ginger man haha. I don't know if any of you have ever tried that but ohhhhhhhhhh it's pretty dang hard on the way down haha. She told me to eat the whole thing and of course I did! haha Then she told me to drink a glass of pure lemon juice to help with the throat too. And after we went and bought 3 chantacuros to cure me. Man it was an interesting day trying all these cures. I would have never thought in my life I would be eating worms and a ginger man with a nice glass of lemon juice in order to cure me haha. And to top it off, to make sure I wasn't going to explode, she told me to eat a pitahaya. I think that's dragon fruit in English. It's interesting proselyting while a ticking bomb is waiting to go off in your stomach lol. Needless to say, the natives here have something going! I'm still a little bit sick not going to lie, but it sure helped me! hahaha Hopefully the nurse of the mission doesn't get a hold of this email..........<br />
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Other than the physical aspect of the week, it was also a very spiritual week! Lots of things went on. Annnnd, 2 more members of the Valencia family got baptized! It was a pretty interesting story because the kids of the Valencia family went to the temple with the ward! Man it was super special seeing them leave to Guayaquil to go to the temple. I think the happiness one feels multiplies by a million when it is brought upon by others. That's how it has been in my love. When those I love choose to do good in their lives, I am always blessed with overflowing happiness. So the whole ward went to the temple this week. Man what a sacrifice it is for people to go to the temple here! So just a quick run down...they leave at 9:00 in the night on a bus...get there at 7:00 am and have time to shower and get ready. The youth go in for baptisms at 8:30 and then they have a recess from 10:00-3:00 or so while the adults go through and then they travel back all through the night. And that's not even mentioning the economical sacrifices each person has to make! It's awesome to see the dedication here in Ecuador. Anyways to add onto that, we had the baptism Sunday morning at 7:30 ha! I felt so blessed to have such willing members, including the Valencia family, to come so early in the morning to get baptized and so they can receive the gift of the Holy Ghost that same week. It was a cold baptism, but the spirit was there warming everyone's heart. Man I love this work. This truly is happiness. I am super grateful for the opportunity I have to be apart of this great work. Not going to lie, everyday seems to be a struggle, but moments like these make it all up. I know sacrifice is an essential principle of salvation. But as the definition goes...giving up something good for something better, I can truly testify of that. I love you all! Thank you so much for the sacrifices and the prayers in behalf of the missionaries. Good things will come!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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Our Sunday 7:30 AM baptism!</div>
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2 more of the Valencia kids get baptized</div>
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Giving up Something Good for Something Better!!</div>
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Celebrating the baptism of the other Elders :)</div>
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The pool was super nice....lol</div>
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The Sister missionaries who serve in the same ward!</div>
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P-DAY with the Sisters</div>
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Cool Missionaries of Ecuador</div>
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C R O C O D I L E S</div>
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AMAZING!!</div>
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Look at that paw!!</div>
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<br />LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-80200780272236136612018-07-31T09:15:00.001-07:002018-08-15T07:44:57.360-07:00Seek out THE ONE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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~Leadership Council with the boys~</div>
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Hello Everyone!<br />
Wow this week was a rough one not going to lie...lots of heartbreak haha. It's weird like I said how we can make such profound relationships in very little time. But that also means all the more hurt when we have to leave them.<br />
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So we found an investigator about a month back and he seemed golden. He came to the activities in the church and was coming to church. He was reading in the Book of Mormon and praying but still hadn't received his answer. We had a real powerful lesson with him as we taught about how God responds to us. At the very end of the lesson, he completely let it out. He said "Guys, I appreciate what you are doing but I can't do this. I started talking about this religion to my buddies and they roasted me. They started telling me about all that you guys have to do and all the rules you have to follow (such as the Law of Chastity and the Word of Wisdom)." We then asked him if he received an answer and he responded "No." So a thought came to us that we were going to get answer THAT night. We taught him Moroni 10:3-5 and taught him the requisites and the costs of an answer. He said he would do it. So we prayed and it was a good prayer, but we could tell it wasn't heartfelt. It wasn't a real conversation with his real feelings attached. So after it ended we asked him if he felt something different, skeptically he responded "No." So we said alright we are going to pray again, but we really want you to express your feelings. We want you to talk to your Father as if He were here. So he said another prayer that was pretty heartfelt. I felt the spirit. So we waited a few minutes of silence and then asked him "Do you feel something different?" He said "No." I can testify of the reality of the gift of discernment. Both my companion and I knew that he had felt the spirit but was simply denying it. So my comp, with no fear, straight up told him the truth! haha And then I added on and said "Hey God answers in HIS way, in HIS time...We can't expect to have an angel appear before us. Maybe your answer is simply us telling you that this is the truth." Then it was quiet for a while and he really humbled himself and was like "Yes I know...I am expecting something big but I shouldn't. I just want to know like really know for sure." We then said yet ANOTHER prayer and man the spirit was super strong...there was no denying it, it seemed to be palpable. But then he was like "Yeah, I can't do this. There is no way I will be baptized in your church. In my church you can be saved and there aren't many rules like you guys'." It was super sad to hear that. After an experience like that I felt like Nephi telling his brothers that they just saw an angel so why are they denying it! We tried a bit more to explain a lot more but his heart was super hard. So we ended up leaving him, hoping that in some future moment other missionaries will be able to touch his heart. MAN!! It hurt....it hurt to see how much potential and how many blessings are waiting for him and having to leave him. #worstpartofmissionarywork<br />
But then it made me think of the reason as to why we teach the restauracion (restoration), then the plan of salvation, and then the gospel of Jesus Christ AND THEN the commandments. It's because when we teach the HOW of gaining eternal life it seems like an impossible checklist to get done with no ending date nor hope nor light at the end of the tunnel. Just super hard things to do. But instead, we teach the blessings, we teach the WHY...and when they or we understand the WHY, the HOW seems to be a lot easier and a lot less stressful. Then the mind opens up and we begin to realize our potential and see the blessings and adquirir (acquire) more faith. Man I am super glad a perfect God has a perfect plan for us as imperfect as we are. I know we are in the truth. It's a lot...A LOT easier than we think. Once we throw off all the unneeded baggage we are constantly carrying around (pride), the road to eternal life is an enjoyable pain...haha I say that because I love lifting weights and feeling that pain because I know that what I'm really doing is getting better and getting stronger. Anyways...I love you all!!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
<span style="color: red;">He shared an experience with us that he had this week:</span><br />
This lady's name is Olivia Vargas. She is someone that I had no idea who existed on this earth and will honestly probably never see her again. To give some background, I was reading a conference talk awhile back and it said that we should pray everyday for at least one missionary experience, one opportunity to share the gospel. So I have been trying to do that everyday by praying that I will be able to find THE ONE. THE ONE that needs help today. Whether it be an investigator, my companion, other missionaries, a member, whoever it may be, I just want to be able to help THE ONE. So I've been looking for opportunities to seek out THE ONE amongst the 99. So we were contacting one day and this was a super poor part of our sector. Her house as at the verrrrry back. Like no one could ever possible find her unless looking for her. She was out chopping down weeds with her machete and so we went to help her. We started talking and presenting ourselves and then like after 10 minutes she finally said "I am a member of your church! I haven't gone in over 20 years because I have so many problems in my home and I am not worthy to go back." So she started telling us all her problems and started balling and telling us everything...we just listened. It was so spiritual and I just felt so much love. She is so so special to me. She then told us that she lives in a community and this was her only day here for like a few months and that she has been praying and praying and praying for something and then she looked at us and said "Thank you." We just said a little prayer with her and went on our way. As I looked back, she was waving and smiling her huge smile. So I went back and took a picture with her and man she has a special place in my heart. It was super cool to be able to minister to THE ONE. The work here is awesome!<br />
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Elder Reynolds and Olivia Vargas</div>
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Elder Reynolds, Elder Mooney and Elder Wilson</div>
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Elder Reynolds and his companion, Elder Peña</div>
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Getting the last of the Butterfingers...</div>
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Man, they are so good!!!</div>
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On splits...</div>
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and waking up pretty early...</div>
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to go work out haha!!!</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Once we throw off all the unneeded baggage we are constantly carrying around (pride), the road to eternal life is an enjoyable pain...haha I say that because I love lifting weights and feeling that pain because I know that what I'm really doing is getting better and getting stronger. </span></div>
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<br />LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-21126363825849932582018-07-24T08:04:00.000-07:002018-08-15T07:48:57.369-07:00LIVE IN THE MOMENT!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Round 2 of WORMS!!</div>
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Elder Reynolds and Elder Peña</div>
Hello Everyone!<br />
This was a superb week with Elder Peña! He is super cool. He pretty much knows English so it's nice to have a walking dictionary-translator with me the whole day if I want to know a word or something haha. He is from the Dominican Republic. Like always, we traveled a lot this week. Some interesting thing that happened to us was there was a big change as the other Elders in our ward got taken out and now there are Sisters...wahooo...haha just kidding. They are the best. They are real hard workers.<br />
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We also had to take a bed to Tena which was 2 hours away. It was super awkward carrying a bed around to the bus and then when we got there to Tena, they weren't there yet so we just camped out by the terminal with this random bed. I could only imagine what people were thinking! haha Now thinking about it, I wish I would've taken pictures because we straight up looked like hobos lol. We have to take a desk from Baños to Tena. So for sure, I'll be taking pictures of that adventure, but we got everything done! Well for now.<br />
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I learned something very very useful in my scripture study this week. "<i>Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof.</i>" I don't know if I interpret this scripture correctly but basically Jesus is saying LIVE IN THE MOMENT! Because tomorrow there's going to be a lot more that's going to go down...That has been my motto for this past week. Whenever a missionary ends the mission, it makes it that much harder for the other missionary to carry on. I think I touched on this last week but it really stuck this week. I found myself wishing away the days. Which I think every missionary or every person has found themselves doing at some point in their lives. But as we all know, even if we don't feel like it, cause I know it sure didn't, it's the worse thing we can do! Sometimes we want to live life seeing miles ahead in the future, or maybe even a few yards ahead or even a few feet! But I think an essential part of God's plan is obviously trusting and only being able to see a few inches in the future at a time. Not going to lie, I would loooove to see what's going to happen in these coming months and then what's going to happen after the mission...but what I can control and what my role is right now is to travel inch by inch in this path to eternal life. And sure enough like Jesus said LIVE IN THE MOMENT! haha Tomorrow is going to have its trials and its "stuff," so why do we worry so much about something we can't change? Easier said than done for sure...<br />
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We also had an amazing experience with an investigator this week. She has been investigating the church for about 3 1/2 months now. She has had a baptismal date once, but it fell. She had all the reasons and "symptoms" for us to drop her for a bit...but there was something that was telling us that we shouldn't. Finally...FINALLY, as Heavenly Father always comes through, we saw the light. It was a simple lesson as we entered the lesson at 8:35pm. Not having much time to teach. We didn't have a lesson plan.We were obviously wanting to talk about baptism but we have shared that topic about 20 times with her so we were sure it was something she understood haha. We simply shared John 14:27 "<i>Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid</i>." We asked a simple question "Before knowing the church, have you felt this peace that Jesus talks about?" She answered "No." Then we asked "When was the last time you have felt this peace?" She said "When I read the Book of Mormon. Despite my problems, my many many problems, whenever I read your book it seems as everything disappears for a small moment and I can escape from realty." We then asked "Would you like to feel this peace for the rest of your life, even when not readying the Book of Mormon?" Obviously her answer was "yes." And this is where for the first time in my mission, I know I am a little slow..that it clicked. My purpose as a missionary is to invite people to come unto Christ. To be honest I thought I could help people whether or not they came unto Christ and were baptized..which is true to a certain point but finally, FINALLY it clicked! The best way I know how to help people is inviting them to Christ...BEING BAPTIZED. It finally clicked!!!I opened my mouth and said "Sister, I can't tell you how much I care for you. I want the best for you. And the best thing I can offer you, believe it or not is the invitation to be baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. I could offer you a million dollars and I am sure that would solve the majority of your problems. But believe it or not, that would be nothing compared to what we offer as representatives of Jesus Christ." It was amazing. We handed her a calendar and boldly said "We want you to pick a date for your baptism, Sister." She did her usual laugh and tried to dodge it with questions and concerns but we remained completely silent...looking straight into her soul. For what it seemed like 30 minutes. But the spirit entered the room and in these 30 minutes (honestly probably 5 minutes) she faced her wall of faith and climbed it like a champ and picked the 11th of August to be baptized! And then the hardest thing about the baptismal invitation is you can't jump for joy and scream and go and hug the investigator. So we just sat there smiling trying to keep it cool haha. Man I love this work!!! This truly is the best way to help people. Hopefully other missionaries and all of you will realize this right now, so it may become something natural to bring up to our friends and families. I love you all. I want the absolute best for you. I wish I could hug you all. I love you! Keep on this path and never look back!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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Grateful for the members who feed us!</div>
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Round 2 of worms lol!</div>
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It was funny because they served it to us as if it was regular haha. It's actually a delicacy here!</div>
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<br />LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-40042399504438711652018-07-18T18:46:00.000-07:002018-08-15T07:51:12.301-07:00Life Lesson...When Trials Come, Learn to Laugh!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Elder Manwaring and Elder Reynolds</div>
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Baños Ecuador</div>
Hello Everyone,<br />
Well the hardest part of the mission is for sure the goodbyes. Thankfully it wasn't me saying goodbye to anyone! It was my companion, Elder Manwaring, who is going home. Not going to lie, it is pretty hard being with someone that is ending the mission. Not at all because he was trunky but you get so close to someone even though you know there is an expiration date. It's crazy how fast and how close you can make relationships here like with the people in Ecuador and with your companion. I sure have had so many that I miss and love. But that's life! I will be staying here in Puyo and my new companions name is Elder Peña and he is from the Dominican Republic. This week was obviously a lot of goodbyes and little going away parties for my companion. It hit me...why do we always wait to celebrate!! Why do we put off happiness??! Until the last moments when we are with those we love??? It was pretty crazy when I thought about it... Along with the parties came many...MANY opportunities to grow. So basically this email will be just talking about Thursday. Man that was a long day. On Thursday we had to go to Baños for a meeting and I was able to meet up with Elder...now Bro. Jacobs!!! He is from North Carolina and finished his mission last December. He was my trainer and the one who I spent my first 12 weeks with here in Ecuador! It was awesome!! A BIG shout-out to him and and his parents (Jeff and Lisa) for all that they did for me. They took us to lunch Wednesday in Puyo and then we met again on Thursday in Baños. On Thursday, they took us out to a restaurant and I was served my favorite plate...CHICKEN ALFREDO. That is one thing I really miss eating from the state!! Prayers are really answered lol!! They were so very kind and took the time to visit and treat us out. It was awesome to reunite with Elder/Bro. Jacobs! They also hand delivered a package from home!!!<br />
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Anyways, we got back to Puyo in the late afternoon and started to work. No joke...3 appointments in a row with kids. I'll explain that a little bit more. Now in the photos I sent I look pretty happy and content with all the kids...hahahaha. So the first lesson we go to is with a new investigator. So we start by explaining who we are and told them thank you so much for letting us in. They have a little girl, super cute and super playful. We started playing with her a little bit and so she thought "wow, these guys came to play with me! Cool!! Let me bring all my toys in the room" haha. So while she was gathering her toys, we started the lesson. For the next 45 minutes we took turns playing and explaining the gospel. Man what a lesson that was. We went to the next lesson which was with another new investigator and yep sure enough they have a boy from the age of the terrible 2's! Man I could not believe how much energy he had. All I could do was smile and think of the scripture when Christ said <i>Let all the children come to me</i>. I don't know what He did, but He sure did have a gift haha! Then the 3rd lesson...I can't lie, I was pretty drained. Just emotionally and physically. We came into a progressing investigators house with a kid crying his eyes out. I was starting to think that it was maybe our fault that they kids were crying or being obnoxious...haha. But that lesson was another super hard one as I felt as if I was trying to calm a raging sea but instead I think I was making the waves grow bigger. After all was said and done, we went back to the house completely exhausted. My companion said to me, "Elder, I don't want to have kids for a long time." hahahaha And then we start talking about how not only physically we were tried but emotionally. It was funny because earlier in the change we were telling each other about the craziest times when people didn't quite treat us the best. One in specific is when we were spit on and how it was pretty dang hard just to turn the other cheek...but then we came to the conclusion that if someone were to spit on us or call us ugly, we would probably just break down crying lol. We were so exhausted and so we went to bed pretty early that night. I have no idea why I told that story but it was something that has impacted me for the rest of my life lol. I am thankful for trials, especially when you have your companion there to laugh with. I hope everyone had a great week and can find time to laugh and of course have a great time. Love you!!!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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On Wednesday, they met up with Elder/Bro. Jacobs. He was on splits with this Elder, who spoke no English!<br />
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This was at their apartment!</div>
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During our Mother's Day skype, he asked Mom to compile a scrapbook of what the family has been up to while on his mission. He can't open and read it until November 20th...on his plane ride HOME!!</div>
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Corbin Jacobs...Elder Reynolds' trainer</div>
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~Dessert~</div>
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On Thursday, they met up for lunch in Baños at this restaurant and he had his favorite....</div>
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CHICKEN ALFREDO!!!!</div>
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During our Christmas skype, we had asked him what American food he missed, he said CHICKEN ALFREDO!!! Thank you Lisa and Jeff for everything!!!</div>
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Elder Reynolds spent the first 12 weeks in Ecuador with Elder Jacobs!</div>
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This is Elder Manwaring's last week in the mission!</div>
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Elder Reynolds travels frequently on these buses!</div>
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Anything to entertain a baby!</div>
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My tie must be tasty...this baby is usually crying all the time, but not when he's with Elder Reynolds lol!</div>
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K I D S</div>
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More K I D S</div>
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These kids are so cool!</div>
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Success lol</div>
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The Valencia family!!!</div>
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In the care package, there was American candy which he shared with the kids there! They were so excited to taste and learn how to say "FUN DIP"</div>
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Another Baptism in the books!!!!</div>
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The boys getting their P-day on!</div>
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The worst part of the mission....goodbyes</div>
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<br />LeAnn Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03714330744764115210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112851980069889678.post-33544637736124995422018-07-10T07:45:00.000-07:002018-07-10T07:45:03.106-07:00 Enduring with Patience, Love and Happiness!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello Everyone!<br />
Crazy that Monday is here again! This week we were traveling a ton. We were able to go to good old Quito again to get my anti-monkey vaccination and then go to Ambato for a zone conference. I love seeing old missionaries and talking with them about the good old times. My Dad recently reminded me of how these are the good ole times despite the many trials that we are facing in these moments. One of the things I have learned while being out in the field is exactly that. Being able to endure with patience, with love, with happiness. Seeing the hand of the Lord in my life is so life changing. I am grateful to be out here serving the Lord in this capacity that I am called.<br />
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Luckily this week we did not have any unexpected hospital visits! That's a first in a while. I was expecting this week to have some cool awesome experience about what we did for the 4th of July. We didn't even get a picture! I was pretty bummed...But as a tribute we did watch Ephraim's Rescue. I haven't seen that movie in a looooong time! But it was super hard watching. I learned that the main actor is Elder Manwaring's great great great grandpa! Well not the actor but the actual person haha. But as I was watching the movie I felt so horrible. So this week we finally got our shower fixed. Even though it is hot here in Puyo, I still feel like I need a warm shower haha...showering in freezing cold water is something that is...hard for me lol! I know I sound so spoiled right now but we have been pretty ornery to the person that was suppose to come fix the shower about 2 weeks ago and still hadn't and I've been having impatience. After watching that movie, I felt dumbstruck...maybe not dumbstruck but just dumb. I couldn't believe I was so caught up in the whole shower dilemma while all the while these pioneers, who I owe so much to for suffering and enduring through all those hardships, had far far more reason to be complaining and they didn't. I always disliked comparing my situation to another's because from my point of view I thought it wasn't fair to me and that I needed attention. I guess this email just ended up being Elder Reynolds confession time, as if Ephraim's Rescue wasn't enough. I was reading in Doctrine and Covenants 121 and the Lord said:<br />
<i>Thou art not yet as Job; thy friends do not contend against thee, neither charge thee with transgression, as they did Job.</i><br />
So obviously the Lord was trying to teach me about humility, there will always be someone worse than me...worse than my situation. Above all Jesus Christ who was the best of us all yet descended below all. I know you are all better than me, but hopefully learning from my pathetic quejas (complaints) we can all learn haha. I love you guys!!!<br />
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6 Baptisms in Puyo!!<br />
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Awesome week this week! We ended up having some of the Valencia family get baptized! 5 of their kids got baptized. We would've waited for the whole family to get baptized but with the crazy marriage process that this country has, it is going to take the parents more than 2 months to get everything done. Man it was so awesome. I'll be honest I haven't baptized more than 2 people at a time...it is sooooo cool when a family gets baptized! Everyone is super excited and the atmosphere is just lit! It was definitely a special experience for all. We had a great turnout too from the members and non-members. We wanted to include the ward so we brought the brethren of the ward over and the kids chose who they wanted to baptize them! I personally felt the spirit super strong. Although...a scripture came to mind after pondering about all that went on this weekend.<br />
14<i> But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.</i><br />
To be honest, all these ordenanzas (ordinances) and all that we do in the church is a bit weird when you think about it. Haha no I'm not going apostate but just from a person looking from the outward in...bathing people in water after saying a little prayer, several men putting their hands on someone's head to give them the Holy Spirit...and so on. I thought about that a lot as in total there were 6 baptisms that took place. To me and all the members of the church these (VUDU) acts actually mean something to us. What is the difference?? It's all...COMPLETELY...about faith and <span style="color: red;">believing</span>. Kind of weird but I thought of the Polar Express when the kid didn't hear the bell ring until he actually <span style="color: red;">believed</span>. When he got that ticket from the conductor and it said <span style="color: red;">BELIEVE</span>, it made me ponder a lot about where I am at with my faith and <span style="color: red;">belief</span> in THINGS THAT ARE NOT SEEN BUT ARE TRUE. I must admit sometimes I feel like that kid. Satan puts things into my mind like this...that everything we do as missionaries and members of the church is just some fad or<span style="color: red;"> belief</span> to make us feel better in moments of despair. But as this scripture firmly declares, it's because spiritual things are only understood by those with the spirit. I personally think it's okay to have doubts. I think if at some point those doubts don't come creeping in then we are too far in Lala land. But on the contrary we can't be all seeing is <span style="color: red;">believing</span> type of attitude. Obviously there is a balance. Just like Jesus said "Only <span style="color: red;">believe</span>." I am learning to love that word more and more! It's becoming more part of my life. One of my favorite scriptures that depict this is in Alma 32<br />
27 <i>But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment up on my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to <span style="color: red;">believe</span>, let this desire work in you, even until ye <span style="color: red;">believe</span> in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words.</i><br />
So if you are ever caught up in the world of doubts...you are not alone. Elder Reynolds is right by your side learning as he goes. But we have to <span style="color: red;">believe</span>. Honestly we don't even have to<span style="color: red;"> believe</span>! We just have to desire to<span style="color: red;"> believe</span>, want to <span style="color: red;">believe</span>! Awesome right?? I know that we are in the truth. As I learn more, the latter doubts seem to fade but newer doubts seem to come. And that's alright. Just be <span style="color: red;">believing</span>. I love you all! Be <span style="color: red;">believing</span>!!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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5 children from the Valencia family were baptized!!!</div>
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The Valencia Family :)</div>
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SO EXCITING to baptize a family!!!!</div>
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My life has a purpose; in heav'n it began.</div>
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My choice was to come to this lovely home on earth</div>
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I will follow God's plan for me,</div>
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Holding fast to his word and his love.</div>
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I will always walk in his way.</div>
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Then I will be happy on earth</div>
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~I will Follow God's Plan ~</div>
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After they were confirmed and received the gift of the Holy Ghost!</div>
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Another ER visit just for fun!!!</div>
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We seem to have the best luck...my companion was trying to cut a coconut and ended up cutting himself...</div>
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Traveling means different comps just about everyday haha!</div>
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On splits with Elder Chuqumango!</div>
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To start off this email...I'll title it LIKE FATHER LIKE SON.</div>
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Well this week did not turn out like it was planned...but when does life ever go that way anyways?? lol Plans changed pretty drastically starting from Monday. Of course we are here in Puyo so you have to enjoy the wildlife and the nature. So we went to a monkey zoo that was pretty legit! I think I sent pictures last week. Left out a few because of...obvious reasons lol. So we were pretty bummed at this zoo because even though it was pretty cool, we didn't get to hold the monkeys! We were totally psyched about that but when we found out it's all just looking it kind of dampened our animos (cheers). But as we were leaving...prayers were answered!! We saw a couple of monkeys that were out of their cages! So what do we do??? We go play with them of course! So we went over there and started taking pictures, playing with them having the time of our lives. Our dreams came true! But as all good stories have a turning point, the monkey did too. My monkey friend decided to turn on me and bit me! (It was a small bite not going to lie) and then they both ran off. As we were waiting for the bus to take us back, I thought to myself "hmmm a monkey bite." Is there anything bad that can happen from monkey bites? I know we have to call the doctor if we get dog bites or cat bites...but they don't tell you about monkeys! So I talked with the Elders that were with me and we then remembered that the tour guide told us not to touch or play with the monkeys that were not in cages because they didn't quite belong to the zoo...haha gotta love Puyo! So as a precautionary step we called our doctor and he was pretty chill and said to go to a clinic there in Puyo and ask for a rabies treatment. Ends up here in Puyo, the medical side isn't too hot. So casually we start to look. All the hospitals close at 3 and 5 and the only hospital available was an abandoned paintball course that I think they use for a hospital too. We go in there and we barely made time because they were about to close too! So if you come to Puyo, don't plan on dying from the nighttime on. Just wait til the next day. Little safety tip from the jungle life haha. So as we were waiting we get a call from the doctor and this time his voice is a little bit more anxiety filled. I guess he found something and I have to get the shot today! Or I'll start evolving into my original monkey ancestors lol. So we with a little bit more urgency try to get their attention before they close. We went to the assistant of the doctor and tell her directly what is going on. Before this conversation I didn't really think about the situation and how the story would sound to another person. It went something like this..."Umm, maam we need some help. We were in the jungle part of Puyo visiting a zoo and a wild monkey was there and it got mad and bit me. Can I get a rabies treatment?"....Here we are 2 gringos fulfilling the what not to do in the missionary handbook... DON'T LOOK LIKE A TOURIST ha I don't think you can get anymore naive or touristy than 2 gringos looking for a rabies treatment because they got bit by a monkey. Anyways this lady is like "what?" Trying to hold back a laugh she asks me to explain what happened. So at this point of explaining more in depth of what happened I am pretty sure she isn't asking these questions from a medical standpoint, rather a Facebook post or social media post that is bound to get lots of looks. She tells me to wait here and she goes where the doctors are and I don't hear anything and then I hear a burst of laughter coming from this room....GREAT! So after all that passed they finally let me see the doctor. We talk it out and yet again I have to tell the interesting story of how a monkey bit me. He kind of looks confused still and I think he hasn't been trained very well on monkey situations either because he tells me that he only has authorization to administer treatment to dog and cat bites no mas (no more)...and then proceeds to tell me that its alright that if I start showing symptoms of rabies I can come in and get the treatment. But until then...hang tight. Hang tight??! Okay, sounds legit. Luckily, God has prepared me for this trial in my life through the experience of a very close family member who had the same thing happen to him that caused a lot of...lets just say unneeded stress haha. So from this experience long ago, and knowing from common sense that rabies isn't so much of a play around sickness, we called the doctor again in Quito and says Well, we will see you tomorrow here bright and early!" We ended up leaving that same night to get there before I start growing a tail ha. I know I'm mixing up rabies and evolving into a monkey but its the same isn't it? So this week we have traveled to Quito various times so that I can get one shot that takes about 15 minutes. I'm just happy to be here haha!! So as a tribute to a Father's Day email, here it is! Love you!! Have a great week!!! Don't get bit by those wild monkeys!</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span><span style="color: red;">After hearing this stressful news about his monkey bite, there is good news this week...</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Elder Reynolds is coming home NOVEMBER 20!!!!!</span></div>
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It is a privilege to be able to represent my Redeemer and Savior!</div>
Hello Everyone!<br />
Like always, another week comes and goes...this week seemed to fly by. We had 3 divisions (splits) this week with 3 different places! It was a crazy week. Definitely couldn't have done it without the help from above. I seriously don't know how I get through each day...maybe it's just me, but 6:30 pm comes around and I have absolutely no energy. And I haven't even done anything haha! But somehow we make it to 9:00 and I don't want to go to sleep because of how excited I am!!! haha Sometimes I wish it was switched around lol.<br />
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So this week it has been a lot of missionary themed experiences ha who knew? lol But our ward mission leader just got his mission call to go to Mexico! It was so awesome as he is 19 years old and is the only member of his family. In this little branch we have, I love seeing the unity because it doesn't matter if you are the only member of your family...cause you got 100 other family members that are just as close!! Anyways, it got Elder Manwaring and I feeling pretty old...just thinking about when we opened our mission calls eons ago ha. I reread what it says in the mission call and it brought tears to my eyes. Again I am so happy to be a missionary. It is a privilege to be able to represent my Redeemer and Savior. As I was reading it though, my mind kinda got off topic and I started to think about callings and certain callings that each of us have been assigned to. I just had divisions (splits) with Elder Hunter and he said something that I really liked. He was talking about what motivates him to become a consecrated missionary and he told me that throughout his mission this desire inside of him has grown tremendously. And about a year and a half or so into his mission he said something that hit me, I REALIZED SOMETHING...THAT THIS WAS PART OF MY VERY BEING. THAT IN REALITY...I WAS MADE FOR THIS...It was so powerful to hear that. We truly are MADE to be here on this earth in this specific time. I am almost positive that we each had our own little mission opening calls up in heaven...Elder Reynolds...You have been called to start your service in the...New Mexico, USA area! What the?! hahaha I don't know what I said when I opened up my mission call in heaven but it must have been some funny joke about the desert and cactuses haha. But each of us was prepared to come to earth at this time in whatever place we are in to fulfill a mission...How are we doing??!! A question that each of us can answer personally. I know that each one of us has a work to do!<br />
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On another division (splits) this week, I was with a missionary that was struggling with seeing his success. He told me that he hasn't seen many baptisms. All the other missionaries in his group have had lots of baptisms but for him, not so much. As he was talking I could only think about myself and how this was totally me!! I went through the same phase at about the same time as him! I am so grateful that I was able to go through that so that I could help him and know exactly how he feels. I told him that each of us have a different work and by comparing ourselves to other missionaries is a part in the self destruction plan that Satan wants. It's impossible to compare ourselves to others when the work that Heavenly Father gave us is totally different to what He gave others to do. Like comparing apples and oranges. It was really a spiritually edifying experience as I was able to learn with him.<br />
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This letter is all over the place...so to summarize, I know that each of us came to earth with the same purpose but different work. Heavenly Father needs each and every one of us. He believes in us, He confides in us. I hope that we all can adquirir (acquire) the faith necessary to follow through with His will. I love you all...so much. Thank you so much for your prayers and hopefully mine are being answered upon you guys!!! Love you!!!<br />
Elder Reynolds<br />
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