Hermana Megan Emma Reynolds

  Okaaaay sooo... Day 1:  I woke up at 4:30 to say bye to my district and get ready :( Theeeeeeen we walked in the freezing rain to get to a bus which THREW US AROUND!!! AND on my way to the bus i dropped all of my suitcases. And then we got off the bus, and got on a DOUBLE DECKER TRAIN... shortly after we were with the mission pres. Met my comp who is amazing (and is like a nicer version of Aubrey).  HERE IS THE AMAZING PART! Okay so right after we just get straight to work!  (Setting the scene)  1. I am in a spanish speaking area  2. I am setting up a new area  So since we dont know anyone we have to find right??? And since we are in a new area we dont have a car. So the STLS( Sister Training Leaders) drop us off. But we realize that my comp doesnt have her phone, and we are only allowed one sim card. So we have to walk all the way to the church to get me some wifi so i could call the STL's so they could bring us her phone. Welll while we were waitin...

 HEY FRIENDS!! I honestly am blanking on everything that happened this week... the 4 weeks here kind of just blurred together. Yesterday was our last day as a whole district. BYE BYE ELDER MIKKELSEN AND HOLDCRAFT! The rest of us leave tomorrow morning.  Everyone shared their beautiful testimonies last night, and it was a moment where I felt genuine Godly Love for people. I felt like my heart grew too big for my chest, and an overwhelming amount of joy and gratitude for these people.  I didn't tell everyone what I loved about each of them, and since most of you guys don't know who any of these people... here is your quick synopsis  Elder Holdcraft: You remind me a lot of my little brother Brady... except he would never trip on an acorn. Thank you for your kind words when I needed it most. I wrote down most of the stuff you said to me personally, or in class.  Elder Mikkelsen: BEST DISTRICT LEADER EVER!! You have a gentle kindness about you. When you bea...

 Alright sooo  I don't even know where to start mis amigos.... Something that I have been thinking about a lot recently is how much the Lord is humbling me. And how I am allowing myself to be humbled. I am no Bueno at Español. It is super hard for me. I would wake up early and study just to prepare myself for class. I study my El Libro de Mormón every chance I get, and I still can't get a grasp at this language... why is this humbling? Because I typically learn incredibly fast. I can take a piece of knowledge and simply just remember it. It is why I enjoy Ted talks to much. They talk for 15 minutes on a subject they studied their whole life, and I can remember remember they taught me.  But Spanish is different, I have to be the one researching. And it takes a lot of time, and energy. It is incredibly incredibly humbling haha. I don't know everything, and I don't know why I was called to speak Spanish in Utah. But I know the lord knows. And I will act in faith. I am simp...

  The food at the MTC always sucks. BUUUUTTTT PIZZA FRIDAY IS THE BEST annnnnnnnnnd general conference was amazing.... if you didn't watch it you should!!! This week was a lil tiny eensy bit hard. But we all have hard times. It is okay to not be okay all of the time, it is okay to struggle.  But I have learned that God sees something in us we don't see. I have no idea how to speak Spanish or why he needs me to speak it in Utah. But He knows my true purpose more than I ever will. Some days I feel like I totally got it, and others I feel like I am a complete failure. The struggle makes you human. And we don't have to struggle alone. I can promise you, that as you rely on Jesus Christ your burdens will be lightened. They won't go away, but they will be bearable. I know that God hears our prayers. I know that he never leaves us. I know he loves each of us individually. The probability of you being alive is 1 in 400 trillion, so if God didn't think the world needed you, ...

  OH MY GOOOOOODNESSSSS!!!! The past 2 weeks have been insane! I've been at the MTC for 1 week lemme tell you what I learned -1 week feels like 1 month -Christ never leaves us - The Food sucks but the cereal is really good - A member of the seventy came and talked to us about how to be the most effective, driven missionary - And Spanish is really hard  Y'all the gift of tongues is real (el don de lenguas) I can say a prayer in Spanish (kind of) and bear my testimony.... but everyone here is super kind. My district is absolutely amazing. I've had pretty difficult days and they never left my side, they were kind and attentive to my needs. The acts of service these missionaries performed for me are indescribable and I am so grateful for each of them. Hermana Nase y Yo, get to try to teach a lesson in Spanish this Friday. We really have no free time here at the MTC so trying to find time for 3 hours of study plus an hour of exercise is muy dificil.  Anyway that is about ...