General Conference

Familia!

We had some tender mercies this past week! General Conference was
definitely the highlight of the week. I feel like there can be no
doubt that the church is true after watching general conference. Every
time I watch it, I feel the same way. The leaders of the church are so
inspired! I loved this past conference and felt like there was a lot
of hope that was transmitted through the talks. Some of my favorites
were President Uchtdorf's from the Sunday morning session, Elder
Gong's, and Elder Holland's as well. I'm excited to go back over my
notes this week and review those messages. Such good counsel!

On Thursday, we had temple day and you won't believe who I ran into..
My best buddy Drake Job! It was real good to see him, he's doing well.
He's already engaged and is getting married June 18th! Pretty wild
haha. Excited for him. We started a fast as a zone on Thursday and
into Friday so that we'll be able to meet some of our zone goals and
we ended up with a tender mercy Friday night! We contacted a guy on
the street the first week of the transfer named Jose but he didn't
know his address, so all we ended up with was his number. We tried him
on Friday and he said that he was busy, but when he mentioned meeting
us, his wife was interested and he told us that she'd give her our
number to call us. And she actually called us! We went over and taught
them last night and it turns out that Jose's sister is a member in
Guatemala and even teaches seminary! It was kind of tough to keep the
lesson focused because there were a bunch of little kids running
around, but we committed them to read from the Book of Mormon and
we'll be meeting with them again tomorrow! Good things coming.

I've got no doubt that the church is true! I've been blessed to gain a
sure testimony throughout my mission. I found out that a couple that I
taught from my last area (Ali and Crystal) are getting married and
baptized in a couple weeks, so I'm hoping to be able to make it back
for that! It's fun finding out about people I've taught in the past
and how they've finally come to get their own testimony! I love this
work! Make this week the best!

Elder Reynolds