More Missionary Moments

Here are this week's missionary moments:

The Conch: Every Saturday, the North and South Laredo Zones get together in an epic battle of soccer. We play at a place called "the conch" (it's just a rink such as would be used for hockey, but without ice.) We get up at 5 so that we can be there by 5:30, and usually there are so many missionaries that we split up into 3 teams and rotate. It's usually pretty dark and we're playing on cement, so it's a very interesting experience! Sports were terrifying before the mission, but now they're very enjoyable. It's a fun way to interact as missionaries. 

OYMing: (OYM = Open Your Mouth). In some proselyting areas, a lot of the work is done through members and most converts are found that way. In Laredo, it's usually more effective to find investigators through contacting and OYMing. That just consists of talking to whoever is on the street. There's always a little natural hesitation when approaching people who are about to leave or are playing basketball in the street, etc, but ultimately, really cool experiences from it and God blesses with miracles when you show your diligence in talking with everyone. While we were in McAllen this week, my temporary companion and I went to a park to find there, and we ended up meeting a woman who had a lot of questions about church and baptism and we were able to sit down with her and teach her a really beautiful lesson. Miracles like that happen every. single. day. It's so cool

Sad Sundays: This moment is so frustrating. You go by investigators who have said they're going to come to church, and then they say something like "you know what, we just don't think this church is for us," and they haven't even tried it out! it's ridiculous. Yesterday we had one person say he didn't want to come and we flat out said "so you're not going to follow God today?" and he said "no, I don't need anymore blessings, I'm not going to lose anything by not going. It's really horrible. Something I've learned on my mission is that I'm never going to miss church again. It's so important!

Well, I hope your week goes marvelously :)

Love you all!

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Hermana Reynolds