Week 29- Lets Talk Music

 I'm  assuming this is Paige and Kallen

Hey its me again! 

Today I'm super sick but still emailing.  When I go home I probably am going to puke lol! I have been sick 8 times on my mission! Anyway, this week was awesome! Me and Elder Reynolds got to face time his family because his best friend just got baptized! It was pretty awesome to see that! His friend was actually from a  reformed lds group but he didn't like it and wanted to learn more about the church. He got interviewed by President Uchdorf which is pretty cool! 

We have been doing tons of service! We have done bingo at a retirement village and that has been fun! We have been working at a food bank! I have worked at food banks for my entire mission! In my last area we went into a retirement village and scooped ice cream for the old folks!   I also have used my piano skills to play for the elderly.  I have enjoyed this part of my mission so much.

 I don't know anything about Paige really but Elder Cluff emailed me and said that she felt like she isn't quite ready because she doesn't know enough about the church! They were going to Hopefully,  have a lesson tonight so we will see how it goes! ! But the good news is that Kellan will be baptized with her because he wants to be baptized now! Continue to pray for Paige she has been doing such a good job,  hopefully she can ignore Satan and enter the waters of baptism on the 25th!

This week has been a great week! People have been coming up to us and asking for guidance and help! So we have found 7 new investigators in the past week which has been unbelievable! That has been unheard of in the red leaf ward according to my companion who has been here a while! We have seen a lot of blessings from working hard and being exactly obedient! I haven't been using that term my whole mission because it didn't strike me till last transfer that I needed to change! My whole mission thus far,  I have been selectively obedient! Probably one of the biggest struggles for missionaries in the mission! But I really had a change of heart! I buckled down and wrote down everything that I was not doing previously and now have been doing it to the T! I have seen miracles and have felt better about my missionary work! I have been getting up on time, I have been wearing obedient socks, I have been doing everything in the white hand book! It has been so much better! That is a huge lesson I learned!!! I remember at home how I would be selectively obedient to you guys and often it ended up in fighting! We read about that constantly in the Book of Mormon! When they were obedient they prospered! When they weren't they no longer had the hand of the Lord in their life and they slowly fell away! I'm sorry I wasn't super obedient at home I know that was the cause for a lot of fighting! Sad though that I learned this lesson 6 months in but at least its better than 23 months in! Be EXACTLY OBEDIENT!:)

Anyway lets talk music! Last week was zone conference and I had the privilege of playing three musical numbers! Sister Mendenhall called me to ask me to come down to the first zone conference for the first half of the mission and play the piano for Elder Olsen! It was a 1 hour drive and we played the musical number then left. Then the next day we played the same musical number for our zone and it was awesome! Its a song that a lady sang at Pres Mendi' mom's funeral! It made him cry! Then that morning two sisters came up to me and asked me if I could play the piano for them.  Of course I said yes.   I practiced it twice before I had to perform which was scary! It was a hard piece to play but my chorus sight reading helped me learn it quick! I also played alongside a violin so that was a first! We accompanied a sister who sang beautifully! It was so good that I forget the hymn it was but it was a difficult arrangement!  I have played a musical number every zone conference! I'm sister Mendi's go to musician! I'm playing another one next zone conference though!  Next week for church I'm playing the organ because the lady is out of town and somehow they knew I played so now I am playing the organ for sac meeting! That should be fun! 

Me and Elder Reynolds are having a blast though! We are working hard but having a lot of fun! We really relate to each other a lot especially things we did before our missions! He is a super good guy and I haven't been closer to an elder! He has 5 months left! Hopefully I can kill him off and stay with him till he dies!( mission lingo, when he is done with his mission) He gives me such great advice and has made me a better missionary! We are going to try to meet up after the mission!

 Alright,  I love you!  I will talk to you next week bye!