Last Missionary Moments of November

Hello to all!

Here are this weeks moments: 

Playing Piano: Up until I served in Laredo, I didn't make too much use of my piano playing abilities. Last transfer there was another Sister Missionary who played quite well, also, so I didn't do much then, either. However, this transfer the amounts of piano playing occasions has multiplied exponentially. I started off the transfer strong by playing for the choir for District Conference - with about 2 days of practice. That was pretty miraculous. Then I got asked to help with the primary program in the Spanish Branch. 

Side note: the musical abilities of the Hispanic culture do not generally expand to the arena of singing. Especially in young children. So that's pretty funny. 

Anyway, yesterday was the most I've experienced so far: I played for 2 sacrament meetings, 1.5 primary practices, 2 baptisms, and one district meeting. Thank you, Mom and Brooke. Thanks to you, Laredo has music. :)

Nothingness of Man: This transfer we've had a lot of miracles, and I always just end up feeling so very aware of God's mercy. Sister Medina and I memorized Mosiah 4:11 this week, and that and the hymn "I Stand All Amazed" pretty much sum up my feelings from this transfer. God is SO GOOD. I don't get it. He just keeps blessing us, even though we're less obedient than dirt (says the Book of Mormon). It's really humbling and amazing. 

Thanksgiving: I have heard of horror stories about thanksgiving for my whole mission (having 5+ meal appointments and throwing up between them to be able to eat more, etc), so I have been preparing myself against this moment since February. We decided to only have 1 meal appointment. and it worked! We had a zone meeting, which included a thanksgiving dinner by one of the branches, and then our car had a flat tire, so the Zone Leaders taught us how to fix it, and then by that time we only had a couple of hours so we did some contacting and talked to a couple members and then went to our meal appointment and left feeling quite content at only having eaten 2 turkey dinners. :) However, we definitely felt the Turkey Come the next morning, getting up was pretty painful... 

Well, I hope you enjoyed this week's missionary moments! I love you all!

Love, 

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Hermana Reynolds