1 YEAR! ❤

I have officially be a missionary for a full year! It's crazy to think it's already been that long and I only have a 3rd of my mission left. I am so grateful for all the things I have been able to experience and all the people I have seen change. The Gospel truly changes lives and its truly changed mine! 

Last pday we went and fed some fish with our neighbor and enjoyed the island! 

We also are SO excited! Our friend Alex will be getting baptized this Sunday! He is the most prepared person I have ever met! We have been able to see in just this last month how much the Gospel has changed who he is and we're excited for him to serve a mission in a year! Here in Bermuda people are baptized in the ocean and he'll be baptized at Jobson's cove. It is beautiful! 

We were able to meet a guy this week who is from South Africa and speaks Afrikkans. He is super cool and prayed in Afrikkans in our lesson. The language barrier gets a little tough sometimes but he is super awesome and we are excited to keep teaching him! 

Zone conference was this week as well, which is always kind of hard for us out here because we can't always hear super well. But it was really good and I learned lots as always! 

We were able to go out to Spanish Point to find this week and it was beautiful as well. Bermuda is probably the prettiest place I've ever been, hands-down! 

I am so grateful for this past year and the opportunity I have had to testify of our Savior each and everyday. I love that I am able to have a relationship with my Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and The Holy Ghost. I know that The Book of Mormon is true, and that Joseph Smith saw what he said he saw in the grove of trees. I love my family, and the knowledge that I can live with them forever because of God's plan for me. I am so grateful for my Savior, and the way He showed for us to make it back to Him and to our Heavenly Father! I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Here's to the next 6! 

Love you all and hope you have the best week! 

Sister Reynolds(:

**Pictures:

1. Jobsons cove(our baptismal font(: )

2. Sister Snow and I! 

3. Our banana farm 🍌

WE'RE DRIVING!

What a time to be a missionary in Bermuda. We made history this week! I am the first young missionary to get my license and start driving in Bermuda. They've had senior couples drive out here before, but none of the young missionaries. It's pretty crazy to be driving on the left side of the road, but it's a good time, and we love our amazing van 😅(I'll attach a picture of the giant van we drive which we named tiny) 

Last pday we were able to go out to a place called Dockyard! We road the ferry over and were able to get some yummy food! 

We were able to meet with Alex a few times again this week and he is doing so well! He is wanting to be baptized in May, but we know he is so prepared and ready right now and don't want him to delay the blessings of baptism. But he is still praying about when and has such an amazing desire to get baptized so we are really excited for him! 

Two of our friends we have been teaching who know each other told us that when they were out playing corn hole the other night they started teaching people the plan of salvation and the word of wisdom. It was super sweet to hear that they had been sharing what we have been teaching them with other people they know! 

As I've been studying this week I came across the scripture in Jacob 1:7

"7 Wherefore we labored diligently among our people, that we might persuade them to come unto Christ, and partake of the goodness of God, that they might enter into his rest, lest by any means he should swear in his wrath they should not enter in, as in the provocation in the days of temptation while the children of Israel were in the wilderness."

I am so grateful for the amazing opportunity to labor diligently for the Lord to help His children receive the amazing blessing of the Gospel in their lives. I invite you all this week to think of your favorite Gospel principle and share it with someone you know could use it(: 

Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week! 

Coolest Friends!

 This last pday we were able to go out to a place called St. George's. Sadly a lot of things here aren't super open because there aren't cruise ships coming in and it's winter season. But it was still a good time and super pretty! 

We were able to teach Alex a few times again this week and he is progressing super well! We joke with him all the time about him serving a mission and he is still praying about baptism. He truly is one of the most prepared people I have ever met! 

Dennis is doing well as well! He was not able to come to church this week, but is still praying about and working towards baptism. If you all could pray for him that would be amazing! 

We also able to find this really cool guy named Gerry this week! We found him door knocking and within not even a few minutes of talking with us he told us he has been praying for awhile to know what his purpose in life is. So we taught him the plan of salvation and can't wait to keep teaching him! 

We had the chance to do some service this week for a members coworker and we taught her the plan of salvation afterwards! It was such a spirit filled lesson! 

Recently I have been studying a lot about The nature of God and Jesus Christ. As I was studying this week, I came across a talk given by D. Todd Christofferson in December 2017 at byu, titled "Why We Need Jesus Christ". I love this quote from the talk, 

 "A while ago, a person who has been a member of the Church for many years asked me, 'Why do I need Jesus Christ? I keep the commandments; I’m a good person. Why do I need a Savior?' I must say that this member’s failure to understand this most fundamental part of our doctrine, this foundational element of the plan of salvation, took my breath away. 'Well, to start with,' I replied, 'there is this small matter of death. I assume you don’t want your death to be your final status, and without Jesus Christ there would be no resurrection.'

I talked about other things, such as the need that even the best people have for the forgiveness and cleansing that is possible only through the Savior’s atoning grace." 

I am so grateful for our Heavenly Father and His son, Jesus Christ and that all things are possible through them! ❤

Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week! 

Sister Reynolds (:

**Pictures:

Knock, knock, and more knocking 🚪

This last pday we were able to go to Crystal Caves and it was beautiful! I don't think there's a place in Bermuda you could go that it's not beautiful. 

We had a week of lots of knocking which made it a long week. But we were able to find our amazing friend Alex on the street! He already knows one of the members and we have been able to teach him a lot of the lessons already. He also was able to come to church and loves it! He is praying about being baptized in March so please pray for him as he prepares to make this next step. We're so excited for him! 

We also were able to have a few member meals this week! One of the members took us to a place called Swizzle Inn and it was delicious! 

Our friend Dennis is still doing well and preparing for baptism this next month! If you could all continue to pray for him that would be amazing! This week we gave him 2 quarters glued together so when he is trying to decide whether to come to church with us or not the choice and flips the coin, the answer is always to come with us 😅

We met this cool guy who has like 30 chickens in his backyard all in coops so that was a highlight amongst all the knocking! 

We truly are seeing so many miracles here in Bermuda and I'm so grateful to be a missionary! 

This week one of our friends, during our lesson with him told us that The Book of Mormon was powerful and that it truly could change lives. I 100% could not agree more. THE BOOK OF MORMON CHANGES LIVES! If you don't study The Book of Mormon everyday or haven't ever checked it out, I invite you to do so! It will change your life because I know it's changed mine. 

Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!

Sister Reynolds(: 

**Pictures-

Sister Snow and Sister Reynolds

Happy Valentines day!! ❤💕

What a good week this week was! I was able to take my driving test last pday and luckily the guy was really nice, but I passed and now have a Bermudian license!! It's good for 10 years so I may or may not be moving back here one day 🤷‍♀️ We also were able to meet with our new friend Dammion for the first time on Monday and he is now preparing to be baptized in March! He was able to come to church and we can't wait to help him work towards baptism. 

We had the chance to meet with another one of our friends and they brought their cousin along. They then both came to church and we meet with them after church. We were able to put his cousin on baptismal date for March and we can't wait to help him prepare now as well! Bermuda truly has some of the most amazing and prepared people I have ever met. 

This week as we were knocking we met these 2 guys that were outside of their house. One of them, after we had a conversation with him told Sister Snow that she had promised him things in the premortal life and that we met him for a reason. He also mentioned that my spirit felt familiar. We met with him a few days later and he continued to tell us the same things. It was such a cool experience. We aren't sure exactly what will happen with him, but it was a testament to me that Sister Snow and I are supposed to be serving here together and that God truly does have a plan for all of His children! 

We were also able to go to the branch relief society valentines party and they had a service auction. Sister Snow won a pedicure from one of the members so now she's gonna give is both pedicures and we are stoked 😂

I loved this scripture as I read in The Book of Mormon this week, 

2 Nephi 7:7 

"7 For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded. Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed."

This reminded me that the Lord will help us in all things, especially when it comes to sharing the Gospel! If we allow Him to help us we will not be confounded by man. 

I love you all and hope you have the best week!! 

Sister Reynolds(:

**Pictures: 

1. Yummy food! 

2. Sister Snow and I!

Driving in Bermuda! Miracles!

 Another crazy week this week here in Bermuda! Last pday we took our permit tests because we are going to be driving here in Bermuda! I also have been able to drive a few times and am taking my driving test today, so wish me luck as I drive on the left side of the road haha. After that we were able to go to a beach called elbow beach and it was beautiful! 

This week we were able to meet with our miracle friend I mentioned last week. His name is Dennis and he was able to come to church as well. He truly is so prepared. As we met with him he mentioned how he felt like we were just bringing something out of him that he never even knew existed and that he kept thinking about our church a lot more than the one he usual goes to. We helped him realize that the reason he was feeling that way was because of the Spirit!! He is so cool and we can't wait to continue to help him prepare to be baptized in March! 

Our friend named Maymay, who working towards baptism at the end of the month is doing well but is very busy and feels that something is holding her back. If you could all pray for her that would be amazing!! 

We sadly were not able to meet with the family of 4 I mentioned last week, but we are still excited to help bring the Restored Gospel into their lives! 

This week we found some very amazing people and the Lord always puts people in our path. There have been too many experiences to share, but just yesterday we went out to knock and saw a guy working at the gas station across the street that we felt we needed to go talk to. As we did we ended up teaching a lot of his coworkers who also were working at the gas station and they all just flocked to us haha. After that we went to take the bus home and called the bus service to see when one was coming and they said there were no more busses running on that route for the night. We were way too far from home to walk so we called a taxi and our driver was one of the bus drivers that Sister Adhikari has always been wanting to talk to. We were able to get his phone number, and although it wasn't ideal to take the taxi, God had a plan for us to meet him! 

We also found out on Thursday that my companion would be heading back to New York... so this week was pretty crazy and she will fly back today... so I am getting a new companion, Sister Snow! She was someone I was told I may come out to Bermuda with when I was first asked if I would come out but I didn't have a passport and she ended up home with a broken foot. She recently got back into the mission after around 6 months of being home and now we are still going to serve here in Bermuda together. We may not always know God's plan, but it is perfect and His timing is perfect. ❤

From my studies this week I wanted to share this scripture: 

2 Nephi 4:4 

"4 For the Lord God hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land; and inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence." 

So many people in the world today look at the commandments as restrictions or things we "can or cannot do", but they truly are blessings in our lives to help us stay safe and pure. Our Heavenly Father never gives us a commandment that he won't provide a way for us to keep and promise us blessings in return. I invite all of you to think of one commandment you may struggle with and strive to keep it more fully this week(:

Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week! 

Sister Reynolds(: 

**Pictures:

1. Elbow beach 

2. Johnny dogs!

3. Just Bermuda🤷‍♀️

Rain, rain and more rain!

This week was a crazy week. It has been raining so much here lately! Last pday we were able to go check out a place called Fort Hamilton, which was a good time! 

We saw SOO many miracles this week! One of them was on Thursday morning. We went to town to meet some of our friends, but had a phone lessons before that so we went to town early. Our friend who we were supposed to have a lesson over the phone with did not pick up, but there was a man sitting at a table near where we were and we knew we needed to talk to him. We ended up teaching him the restoration and were able to put him on date! After that we unfortunately were not able to get in contact with him for a few days and were kind or worried, but we called him last night and he answered!! We were able to set up another lesson and are so excited to help him prepare for Baptism in March! 

Right after calling him we called another one of our friends who's isn't on date yet but was praying about baptism and hasn't been replying recently. She answered as well and we are excited to keep working with her! 

We also were able to find a cute family of 4! The parents are very busy and work a lot but they have a 7 month old and a 7 year old who will be turning 8 next month so we are hoping we can help their family receive the Restored Gospel! 

We saw many other miracles this week and I say it almost every week, but this truly is the Lords work and He is so involved in helping each and everyone of His children. I'm grateful to be a missionary! ❤

We also got to zoom into zone conference and it was hard to hear a lot of the time, but I still learned lots! One of the things that stuck out to me in zone conference was when we have our purpose and the doctrine deep within us it truly will change us and we will become more converted disciples of Christ. I invite all of you to think of one way you can get the doctrine deeper in your heart and start doing it this week! 

I hope you all have a wonderful week! Love you all! 

Sister Reynolds(: 

**Pictures:

Good morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening! 🇧🇲

Here in Bermuda it's apparently a big thing for people not to say hi very much but almost everyone says good morning, good afternoon or good evening when they talk to you or greet you. Just a fun fact for you all! 

This last week was a good one! On Monday, we were able to spend some time with the district one last time and ate some good ol' shake shack. And the rest of the day was packing and getting ready to fly out to Bermuda! Because my covid test took a little while to come back, on Tuesday, I stayed with Sister Call and her new companion Sister Streit and on Wednesday morning they drove me to the airport! For any of you that ever go to Bermuda, just know that pepper spray is illegal and you should make sure to leave it behind haha. I had some in my bag from being in New York and had no idea it wasn't allowed so customs when I got here was fun.😅

This week truly has been amazing though. I already love the people here so much! The first night I got here we were able to meet with a lady named Maymay. She was someone who was formerly taught by missionaries and we taught the Restoration and were able to invite her to be baptized next month. She is currently praying about it and is now in quaratine so we were able to teach her half of the lessons 3 days in a row! She honestly is so prepared and if we can help her come to church and start reading The Book of Mormon she will be ready to be baptized so soon. She already has such an amazing testimony. 

We are over a Branch out here in Bermuda and church on Sunday was my first time being in a Branch. It was small, but the church is still SOO true and the members here are amazing! 

I truly am so grateful to be a missionary and for the opportunity to proclaim the Restored Gospel everyday of my life. This week I read the talk from last April General Conference by President Nelson, titled "Christ Is Risen; Faith in Him Will Move Mountains". I love the part where he mentions, "To do anything well requires effort. Becoming a true disciple of Jesus Christ is no exception. Increasing your faith and trust in Him takes effort." I want to testify that living the Gospel truly takes effort and it isn't always the easiest thing but it is the best thing for us and will bless us SO much!!

I love you all and hope you have such a wonderful week!! 

Sister Reynolds (:

**Pictures!

Transfers!! Bermuda!!⛱

Last pday was a good one, we went to a lighthouse in Tarrytown and got some yummy Mexican food with the district! 

This week was a weird but really good week!! We were able to get back in contact with Djani who was originally planned to be baptized this month. I guess something happened with his phone so we were not able to get in contact with him for awhile. But the other night we had not hit our goal for finding so we were calling a ton of people and the last person we decided to call was Djani and he picked up! We were able to put him back on baptismal date and he came to church on Sunday! 

We also were able to meet a really sweet family! A dad and his 9 year old son and 12 year old daughter. They were not able to come to church on sunday but we were able to set up a return appointment and I sadly will not be here but I am so excited for them to be taught! 

We saw so many miracles this week as always. The Lord truly is in this work and it truly is His work. I am so grateful I get to be a part of it! 

Also about 5 months ago I wrote in my email, and I'm sure not too many of you recognized or remembered haha, but the week I found out I was training, I wrote about getting a call the day before I got a call about training and that call was for me to go to Bermuda. It's been 5 months of getting  a passport and a visa, but I am headed to Bermuda on Wednesday morning so pray for me as I try to navigate the airport 😂 But I cannot wait to serve the people there!! My new companion will be Sister Adhikari! 

I am so grateful for this Gospel and the amazing blessings that come with it!! I am grateful for the Restoration of The Gospel of Jesus Christ and the peace and comfort it brings me to know the things I do. I am so grateful for the opportunity to bring that truth to others. ❤

Have the best week! I am so grateful for all of you! 

Sister Reynolds (:

**Pictures!! 

1. The Lighthouse! 

2. The Headless horseman! 

Families! The Greatest Church Ever!

This week was a great week! Last pday we were again able to spend some time with the district playing games! We played the Bean Boozled game with gross jelly beans which was a good time haha! I lucked out with the bad tasting one of toothpaste so that was nice! 

We also were able to find some families this week! We started knocking more. Some of them have already fallen off unfortunately, but there is still a husband and wife we are working with who have a little girl and one on the way! He is super interested and truly knows God put us in his path, but we are still working on getting the wife on board so hopefully we will be able to help them with that his week. He also really wants to be baptized! Please keep this sweet family in your prayers! 

Our friend Carrie also is still working on preparing to be baptized on the 30th so we are super excited for that! 

We had the chance to speak on Sunday as well and I spoke on the sabbath day. I am so grateful for the sabbath and that we have a day to rest and remember our Savior even more than normal. 

I also was able to finish The Book of Mormon again! We had a mission goal to finish it before the end of the year and I was about a week late, but I finished! I am truly so grateful for The Book of Mormon and the power that it can bring into each of our lives. This week as we have talked with many people, they continuously tell us that they aren't looking for another religion or another church. I have come to a deeper realization that this is not just another religion or church, this is Christ's church and the ONE and ONLY way back to Him and our Heavenly Father and the way we are able to live with our families forever. I am so grateful for that knowledge and that I don't have to be lost or confused. I'm grateful as well that I can bring that knowledge to others each and everyday. 

I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week! It is week 6 and transfers are next week, tune in for some exciting news!! ⛱

**Pictures:

1. White Castle for the first time! 

2. Mirror pic @ the creepiest apartment complex ever haha