"The odds are good but the goods are odd"

Helloooooo my people!

Missionary life is pumpin!

So... many of you enjoyed my story last week about the man licking his dentures. I have a new one from this same person. So this man (Roy) is a non-member who is the husband of one of our recent converts (Betty). Yesterday they came to church and as soon as he took the bread during the sacrament he said quite loudly "That would have been a lot better if they had put peanut butter on that!" And we all about died trying not to laugh.

We had exchanges this week! Sister Mohenoa and Sister Guynn went to Apopka with Sister Bridgewater and Sister Olsen, and I stayed and lead out my area with Sister Weston (I LOVE HER!) I was super nervous about being in charge of the area because I still feel like I don't know anything. But it actually went really good and we didn't get lost and I actually found a really cool lady knocking on doors (Bonnie) and I didn't screw anything up too bad so I guess I can call myself a missionary now!

On Friday we had our ward Halloween party that was so fun! We have this less active family that has lived in our ward boundaries since April but that has never been to our building come and they had so much fun! We got to talk to so many people and we all had a good time!

Halloween was less exciting because all of our appointments canceled and we can't do stop bys because it wouldn't be effective so we spent the night planning.

Church is always our biggest struggle because we all have such a hard time getting investigators come to church. We actually didn't have any investigators in our whole district come to church this week so we would all appreciate some prayers that we will be able to help our investigators feel a desire to come to church. We did have two awesome less actives we are working with come to church and we were so happy about that!

Update on gators!

Willy is crazy amazing. We had an AMAZING lesson with him this week where we showed him a video of Thomas S. Monson speaking and he had to stop the video half way through because he was feeling the spirit so strong he couldn't handle it. Then he said "he was talking in general...but he was talking to me...but it wasn't him talking... it was God." And he just is so great and he loves the gospel.

We weren't able to meet with Julia this week (Willy's girlfriend) but keep praying for her! David is doing good, but he is having some stumbling blocks when it comes to coming to church. Kristy has been in the hospital so we haven't been able to see her or her daughters Kiki and Ana in a while either so pray pray pray for them! And Louis is just Louis. He's doing normal and is just his confusing self.

Every P-Day we have a big volley ball game with a bunch of the surrounding areas and some of the local YSA people. We usually have 7-11 missionaries and 3-4 other people. It is always SO fun and I will send y'all some pictures from this week. (also, I have picked up saying y'all a lot which is about the extent of my "Florida accent.")

Also, here are some of our out of context quotes for the week:

 "How have your feelings been doing?"

"Slow vibrato... All the cool kids are doing in these days?"

"Brother Gray is like the Bob Barker of the ward... Who's that? The host on the price is right... Oh...

"Yesterday during Book of Mormon class I learned how to flare my nostrils."

"On a scale from 1 to facsimile 2 how deep was your scripture study this morning?"

"I think the first thing I learned on my mission is that kissing isn't against the law of chastity."

"In my head is what's real, in my hands is what I feel, in my stomach is what's for lunch because I'm hungry.... and the second thing I learned is that there is a thing called the veil."

"I don't even know where Botswana is..."

"we're not just the candle, we are the cake."

So that is all I've got for this week! I love you all and I hope you have an amazing week! Read your scriptures because they will make your life so much better!

     -♥-

Sister Reid

"Say both prayers, it'll be cool! All the way!"

Hello my people!

I'd like to start off my letter this week with a story that is an accurate representation of what it's like to serve in central Florida.

Yesterday we decided to call one of our recent converts (Betty) to see when we could meet with her. When we called her she said "hey! I just made a big pot of beans why don't you come over and have dinner with us?!" So we were excited for a surprise dinner and we headed over to her house. After dinner her husband Roy proceeded to pull out his dentures and licks them clean. He then said "I wouldn't trade these teeth for anything!"

And that my friends is what it's like to serve a mission in Florida.

This week has been good! We got David on date which means we have 7 people who have accepted the invitation to baptism! The struggle of our mission though is getting people to come to church. So keep praying for them and that the people we meet will have the desire to come to church as we didn't have anyone come yesterday.

This week has consisted of a lot of funny quotes. One of my favorite of which was when we had just finished reading a scripture to one of our investigators (Louis) and we asked him what stuck out to him and he responded "the chant..." We all panicked because there wasn't a chant in the scripture of any kind... then he said again "the chant... verily, verily." LIKE WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? haha Sister Guynn said "ya, verily means this is something really important and then he talks about baptism so that means it is important that you get baptized. Louis is usually a very confusing person and he always follows every comment with the phrase "do you know what I'm saying?" and we usually not our heads in agreement when on the inside we are yelling "no! We have no idea!" haha it's always a good time.

One of my other favorite moments of this week was when we were teaching Willy and all of his friends were coming in and out of the house interrupting and he got up and locked them all outside so they wouldn't interrupt. haha He's such a star and he loves the gospel.

haha so we have been laughing a lot this week.

I am also loving how much closer I feel to Christ when I wear his name on my tag everyday. I can never get enough scriptures in our hour of personal study in the morning and I have felt that my prayers have become a thousand times more meaningful. One of my favorite things that I heard this week at church was that we should make our knees the first part of our body that touches the ground everyday, not our feet. So I give you all the challenge to try that this week! I feel that God is my very best friend and I know for a fact that He does answer every prayer and that He has sent angels to walk with us everyday.

For those of you at home I also give you the challenge to do something nice for your missionaries in your ward, be it giving them a referral, serving dinner, or something else.

Here is a non-comprehensive list of out of context funny quotes from my week... I also decided to follow the example of my trainer and give you an out-of-context-quote as my subject line every week. Enjoy!

Has anyone ever told you that your name rhymes with quinoa?

It's better to be have to wait than to be dead!

Did you see me chinging on the swandelier?

I'm so excited... It's Christmas!!!

He didn't want to stay with you...

The chant... Verily verily

Say both prayers, it'll be cool! All the way!

Are you okay? Need water?

There's an alien... In my tree!!

Where's the wisdom??

The Holy Ghost descended in the form of a dove. The Holy Ghost

descended in the form of a dove!!

I think he really wanted to get put on date if you know what I mean

Have you ever seen a seahorse give birth?

Oh yes. The time change.

Gwynn you coming?

It's like my son has football practice, my daughter has cheer

practice. Like, did I even make it to that dinner?

I touched a snake today

Who's shaking a gourd outside my house??

Wait.. Blind people can't read sign language

Shoots out the bosom

Good thing we have that big box of.. Ehhh....

Down at the water trough like, hey Dave! Wait... Doesn't Dave have mono?

Hey cowboy boyfriend, can you show me how to sacrifice a Guinea pig?

Then get all competitive and sacrifice it BETTER than him!!!

So many cowboy points...

Man I'm DONE with these birds

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL week and keep me posted on all the amazing and hilarious things in your life. (also the mediocre and horrible things.... I want to hear those things too. Attached is a picture of us with the horseshoe crab I mentioned last week... and for those of you who were wondering it wasn't still alive. And the other picture is a picture of me and my trainer sharing a pair of shorts we got.

I love you all and hope you have a swell week!

p.s. Tomorrow is our first exchanges and I am leading out Leesburg as both of my companions are going to a different area. Ahh! Wish me luck!

 

 

The epistle from L-Beezy to L-Town

Hello friends and family!

I hope you are all having a marvelous week!

Okay so are you ready for God's choreography to blow your mind?!

So before my mission I used to go to lessons with these two sister missionaries; Sister Goormastic, and Sister Kapelli... They were the two sister missionaries that were there when I opened my mission call for those of you who were there... are you ready for this?

So Sister Mohenoa (my comp) knows Sister Kapelli's brother and kind of knows her from Tonga, and sister Guynn (my other comp) was one of Sister Goormastic's best friends in high school... like she drove her to school all the time.

RIGHT?!? We freaked out for several hours about it yesterday.

So here's my crazy awesome week:

We DOUBLED our number of Gators with a baptismal date yesterday! So right now we have Louis, Willy, Julia, Kiki, Kristi, and Ana! Pray for them that they will continue to progress in the gospel! They are all set for November so the month of thanks is going to be a hoppin’ month! I love them all so much I can't handle it!

We also have David and Justin who are pretty golden if I do say so myself. We are hoping to get them on date this week! Pray for them! We also have several other amazing gators and LARCs we are teaching such as Sister Trembly who is a recent convert that came to church for the second time in 15 years on Sunday! And Betty who is a RC who also came to church on Sunday, and Matthew and Babeann's family who have been coming to church!

We also have a potential named Tig who has like 18 motorcycles in his house and he has a white beard that has ponytails in it. He is super cool and the nicest person ever! We went to his house this week and he had a huge horseshoe crab just hanging in his tree. It was the weirdest thing and I really wish I would have taken a picture of it! (I have been terrible at taking pictures this week.)

The weather is great here! It's perfectly cool and the sky is always beautiful. I'm in a full car mission so I don't have to ride my bike in the sun, although I did get a nice tan (sunburn) this week when our car battery died and we had to stand in the sun while we got it jumped (twice) but we got a new battery and my burn has faded so life is good!

In response to my mom's questions from last week; we have dinner appointments a few times a week, but the craziest thing I've eaten is hamburgers thus far. haha. We do have a washer and dryer in our house so that's a blessing! I do Steph's conditioning every morning for a half hour so S/O to Steph for keeping me from getting fat on my mission! You're a peach! My skin feels great in the humidity and my hair is only slightly frizzy so that's a good time.

Also, S/O to my tumbling friends and students! Send me an email telling me how tumbling is going because Coach Sister Reid wants to hear! Also, tell all the other kids on team to do the same!

I want you all to know that I love you and that I love this gospel. God is so present in our lives and because He loves us He has given us so many gifts; my favorite of which would probably be my amazing friends and family. Thank you for everything and keep sending me love.

"God is good all the time, and all the time God is good."

Keep reading your scriptures, and don't forget to say your prayers.

     -♥-

Sister Reid