Hello!

Well, Transfers happened and I ended up in Laredo!

My new companion is Hermana McArthur, and she actually went to SVU. We never had a class together, but I'm pretty sure we saw each other often and we have lots of mutual friends/acquaintances. She and I have lots of similarities and get along swimmingly. We are in a cute apartment with 2 other sisters, and it would be the nicest apartment I've been in, except for the fact that our AC has been broken since I arrived here. Thankfully, there's a lot less humidity in Laredo, so that's nice. But it's been pretty warm at night. It's all good though, it's a great opportunity to prepare for nights without AC in the future, right? :)

We've had some super cool things happen here - the people of Laredo are VERY humble and prepared, and we're always busy. Right now there are only branches in our Zone, but they're getting bigger and it's exciting to see lots of receptive people. I got here on Tuesday, and then on Thursday we had a Zone meeting and afterwards went and ate at a place called Cici's Pizza. I didn't eat a lot, but what I did eat didn't make me feel so great. Lots of grease. Yum. We went home and were going to have a biking day, so we got our bikes and started biking (Laredo has lots of hills, so I'm gonna get nice and fit this transfer). After biking for a while and being in the sun, I didn't feel so great. We tried a couple people that weren't home, and then I realized I wasn't gonna make it. So I went behind a car and vomited all the pizza out, and then I heard my companion contacting a guy walking past on the street. We talked with him for a little bit, and then kept walking, and then saw a guy who was just coming out of his house abd about to leave. He said we could go talk to his blind father, and we did and he was super prepared. We taught him to pray, and when we came back the next day he said "I've been praying the way you taught and I feel a difference! I've been mad at God for taking away my eyesight, but now when I feel mad I start to pray and I feel better!" We went back yesterday and met his wife, and they both are planning on being baptized in a few weeks. Miracles! Also, isn't that beautiful metaphorically? Teaching a blind man the gospel? Love it.

Yesterday we went and talked with a woman who the other companionship of sisters met, and we met her husband. She was super excited about the idea of baptism, and they both are pretty receptive as they're about to be parents (she's like 7 months pregnant). We taught them how to pray, and asked the husband as the head of the household to offer that prayer. He didn't want to, since he said he was shy, but finally offered a very short, simple prayer, and afterward the wife broke down into tears. The spirit was super powerful, and it was really cool to see her recognize that. First prayers are the best! She also then proceeded to pin a clothes pin with blue beads to "counteract the gravity from the foll-moon/eclipse so that her baby wouldn't be born with cleft palette or anything." Cool.

Well, I hope that everything goes splendidly this week!

I love you all!!! 

Love,

Hermanita Reynolds

3319 S Bartlett

Laredo, TX (I don't know my zipcode...)