Thanksgiving! 🦃❤

What a good week! Last pday we were able to get together with the district and eat some yummy food! We had Yonkers rolls which are soo good! They are kind of like a pizza pocket, but way better haha. And we played some good ol' charades! 

We also were able to find lots of new friends this week so that was exciting! We now have 3 of our friends on date as well. They all have word of wisdom struggles so please pray for them, but we are super excited about all of them! Their names are Josie, Audrey and Shayna. As well as finding lots of friends we had some cool friends come to church! Our friend Ed who we have been teaching for a little bit was able to come, our friend Ahmad and Audrey was able to come to church too! 

Our friend Ahmad when we first met him a few weeks ago didn't know if he even believed in God and within just a few weeks he has started praying, reading the scriptures, attended a baptism and came to church! He really is so prepared and one of the coolest people I have ever met. 

One of our friends we met this week on the street turned out to be an NBA basketball player and he plays on the junior team for the Knicks, so that was pretty cool. He didn't answer for when we set up a return appointment, but he now has a Book of Mormon so that sweet! 

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We were able to eat with the Clark family in our ward and it was  so sweet to be with them and their family. They made some good traditional Thanksgiving food! 

Spiritual Thought: Mosiah 4:9 

"9 Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend." 

I invite all of you to ponder on why you believe in God and what helped build your faith and testimony in Him and our Savior, Jesus Christ. ❤

Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week! 

Sister Reynolds(: 

**Pictures: 

1. Some yummy food from some members! 

2. Food with the district

3. Pretty view from an exchange this week! 

4. I as always have the best family! 

3 course meal!! Baptism!!

This week was a good week! Last pday we went to Yonkers and ate at a burger place with the sisters in our district! And played some good old fashion slap jack! 

Our friend Malik got baptized this week which was amazing! He was so prepared and ready for this next step! BEST DAY EVER! And one of our friends Ahmad, who we found on my exchange with Sister Robison, came to the baptism! When we found him he was atheist but he now has been trying to pray and loved the baptism! The members here are amazing and made the baptism so special! He also read a poem at his baptism so that was awesome! Haha 

Our friend Audrey is also doing well and still preparing for her baptism in December! If you could all continue to pray for her to have strength to overcome the word of wisdom that would be amazing! 

I also was able to go on exchanges with Sister Winkel in Yonkers which was a good time! It was the Spanish area so I was hopeless but it was a fun time haha. I tried to street contact someone in Spanish and he said he wasn't interested and after I turned to Sister Winkel and asked if what I said made since and it definitely didn't ahaha but I tried! We also got some yummy tacos! 

We also had one of the coolest miracles this week! A few weeks ago when we were street contacting on exchanges we talked to these girls who weren't interested but they gave us their friend named Brennens phone #. We found out he is a sophomore and does Bible studies with friends every Friday night so we joined their Bible study that's run by 2 20 year olds. It was good but not what we expected so we probably won't be going back haha. Just wasn't super effective. 

There was a guy we met by the library named Donovan this week who is super cool as well! We originally weren't gonna talk with him because we had somewhere to be, but we did anyway and he said he was wanting to get back into religion. Sadly he didn't come to church but we'll hopefully be able to meet with him soon! 

On Sunday Malik got confirmed which was amazing! And our friend Sherwin got the Melchizedek priesthood! He also fed us a 3 course meal on Sunday and it was delicious but sooo much food! We were so full! 

Here's a scripture I wanted to share from this week! 2 Nephi 32:9

"9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul."

We must pray always and include the Lord in all we do so he can consecrate our efforts! 

Love you all! 

Sister Reynolds(: 

*Pictures:

1. Malik's Baptism! 

2. Our fancy dinner! Course 1 

3. Course 2! 

4. Course 3! 

5. Dessert! 

6. Pina colada! 

7. The comp! 

Exchanges!

This week was an amazing week! On Monday we didn't do anything too crazy for pday, but we had 2 back to back exchanges on Thursday and Friday! I got to go on an exchange with Sister Robison and Sister Call. Sister Robison and I found 4 people in 1 night and we ended up finding 14 this week which is crazy! And our mission found over 830 people this week! 

Also our friend Malik is so ready for his baptism on Sunday and passed his baptismal interview yesterday! He called us today to let us know how the interview went and said that he is super excited for his baptism!! 

Our friend Audrey who is on date for december is doing well still too! We had one of our senior couple sisters join us in a lesson this week and the spirit was so strong! Audrey is one of the most prepared people I have ever met. She still has some word of wisdom struggles so if you could all continue to pray for her to have strength to overcome them that would be amazing! 

On Saturday we went to Yonkers and set up a table in the park and had people write what they were grateful for with the Spanish Sisters. It was super fun and we were able to find a few cool people there! 

Also at zone conference a few weeks ago we were invited to read The Book of Mormon by the end of the year so that'll be exciting! 

So many miracles are happening here in this area and I truly love being a missionary and love the Lords work! I have really felt the power of testimony this week and have seen so many hearts softened through bearing a simple heart felt testimony. I love this Gospel! 

Spiritual Thought: 

2 Nephi 26:33

"33 For none of these iniquities come of the Lord; for he doeth that which is good among the children of men; and he doeth nothing save it be plain unto the children of men; and he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile."

He loves and accepts ALL of us and wants YOU to come unto Him no matter where or who you are! ❤

Love you all!

Sister Reynolds(: 

**Pictures: 

1. Exchanges! 

2. The comp! 

Zone Conference and MLC!

This week was another pretty busy one! On Monday we went to Sleepy Hollow with the district after we got back from Manhattan which was pretty fun! And we went and got some yummy food as always at a place called Mooyah. 

Our friend Malik who is on baptismal date right now is doing good and is planning to be baptized in 2 weeks which is super exciting! We are just trying to help him stay strong as he continues to prepare, so if you could all keep him in your prayers that would be amazing. Audrey is on date and doing good as well! Super excited for her. She has some word of wisdom road blocks but is doing her best to overcome them by December so she can be baptized! Our friend Jodelson who was on date blocked us this week so that was super sad and we aren't sure why he blocked us. 

I also had the chance this week to go on my first overnight exchange with Sister Dennis! She is seriously amazing! She went to Snow College as well and I had a class with her brother, so small world! We had a really cool exchange miracle with a lady who was contacted in the parking lot where we live before I got here. She hadn't been in contact with the sisters but the day before exchanges she texted us back and on the day of exchanges we called her and found out she really only speaks Spanish but Sister Dennis speaks Spanish and we were able to set up a lesson with her later in the day. So later that day Sister Dennis taught the whole Restoration lesson in Spanish and the lady even referred her sister, but the coolest part was that her and her sister are in Sister Dennis' area and she was here on the right day to be able to teach this sweet lady! God's timing is perfect! 

We also had Zone Conference which is always SO good! It was very focused on opening our mouths and how to street contact and door knock which made me just want to go talk to everyone I ever see! They also fed us an early thanksgiving dinner which was delicious. The next day we had MLC which was also SO good and I learned a ton. 

The other night I also had my first real missionary door knock experience haha. We knocked this older mans door and he told us he wasn't interested and his wife was not happy we were there so we leave and they shut the door, but Sister Vera and I turned around to put a pass along card and pamphlet on their door. As I was putting them on the door he smacked the back side of the door and as we walked away he opened the door and chucked the pamphlet. Honestly all Sister Vera and I could do was laugh it off haha. But we met some cool people in that neighborhood and some cool things happened regardless of this older man. 

We had the opportunity to meet with a really cool guy named Ed last night who came to the Halloween party with one of the past people we have taught. He watched the whole Restoration movie and had lots of amazing questions so we are really excited to continue to meet with him! 

Spiritual Thought: 

At zone conference, something that was mentioned was being a doer and not just a hearer of the word. The act of doing is a lot more than just hearing. We need to be heading to the words in the scriptures and from our Prophet and Apostles. I invite all of you to think of something you can start doing this week to be a doer more than a hearer of the word. 

That's about it for this week! Love you all! 

Sister Reynolds(: 

**Pictures

1. Mooyah and the district! 

2. Thanksgiving is the best! 

Westchester week #1!

This week has been kind of a crazy one! On Monday we spent some time with our district and played some sports at the church and got some Chick-Fil-A! After that I did lots of packing which was sad and I miss Manhattan, but Westchester is amazing and this area has some amazing people. 

On Tuesday we had transfers and it was pouring rain. We were super worried we wouldn't be able to make it to the church for transfers because the subway's would be flooded. Luckily they weren't bad and we were able to make it to the church on time. I would not recommend luggage on the subway though, that is for sure haha. 

I love being in Westchester and fall here is so pretty. We also have a wayyy nice apartment and are a little spoiled. This week was very busy, this area finds like crazy and with all of the STL (Sister Training Leader) things it made for a busy time. We are teaching some amazing people though. One being our friend Malik who is currently on date and doing well! We also are teaching someone named Jodelson who is on date as well. Our friend Audrey we are planning to put on date this week so stay tuned, she is awesome. There are some other cool people we are teaching that are starting to progress, but those are a few of our main friends. There also is a really cool family who has been meeting with the missionaries for 6 years and the wife wants to be baptized but the husband won't let her, which is super sad. But we got to eat with their family on Sunday and they are all so amazing! 

My companion and her old companion got asked to do a role play of how they teach the Restoration for the whole mission and it was hard for them to do it not being together, so last night we had to drive to Manhattan to the mission home for them to be able to do the role play and I went on an overnight exchange here in Westchester with 2 others Sisters. We got to drive back to Manhattan this morning again to pick them up and it was crazy to be back in Manhattan! But the role play was amazing and how they teach the Restoration has changed my mission. 

1 Nephi 17:3 

"3 And thus we see that the commandments of God must be fulfilled. And if it so be that the children of men keep the commandments of God he doth nourish them, and strengthen them, and provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he has commanded them; wherefore, he did provide means for us while we did sojourn in the wilderness."

I know that if we keep the commandments, we will be blessed and the Lord will provide us with the things that we need! I invite all of you to assess your lives and think of one thing you can do to better keep the commandments of God. 

That was about it for this week! 

**Pictures: 

-Only 2 pictures from this week, sorry.