Reynolds, MaKenna

So I have a story I forgot to share in last weeks email. Oops. ? So last sunday we got a text from someone we've been having a hard time contacting saying to come over and he's willing to listen to a message. We weren't going to do much besides facebook anyways so we went. We got to the place Mike lived and he wasn't there but his roomates said he'd be back in a few minutes. So we decided to wait and play some ping pong with them. I'm not very good at it but I tried. Then Mike got back and was happy to see us, then he invited everyone in the house to hear 'The Word'. There was like 13 guys there and they all were pretty involved in our discussion about the Plan of Salvation. It was crazy. I just wish they didn't smoke as much because if felt like both me and Sister Taylor were both hacking up a lung the rest of the night.  For our Preparation day we went to a place called Neptune's Net. It was quite the drive because to stay in our zone we had to...

Hi everyone! Hope you have been doing well! It's been a rougher week but I've made it! I'm writing this in California and I haven't gone back yet. My job still isn't done.  Not a whole lot has happened to be honest. We helped a member trim rose bushes and talked to them about how we can help some people in the ward because it seems like they just know all the tea.  Lots of Gardening this week because we went back to a friend's house and helped him start setting up his garden. Planted like six kinds of pepper seeds and also tomatoes and different kinds of squash. He uses coconut husk and mixes it in with dirt and it holds in moisture! And using a flathead screwdriver makes it easier to get weeds that are in cracks in the sidewalk. This dude is a gardening genius.  We had Exchanges on Saturday. This time I stayed in Newbury and had Sister Vanucci as my companion. I'll admit it was freaking me out because I was the one who knew the area best of us two and I...

Hi! It's Email time! Y'alll better be excited because although there isn't much I've done this week that has been different, I'm going to tell you about it.  Prank calls! We got a referral I'm 99% sure was a prank. We called them and they just started giggling and said they live on 530 Kitty road, which doesn't exist in Newbury and then hung up. We stopped by the adress that was given to us on the referral though but they didn't answer. Left a note. I don't think anything will come of it but honestly, God has converted people who were even less likely, so maybe. Choosing to have faith here. Service with Horses! So, we got a call from our Zone Leader saying that they found us a consistant service opportunity and to go do it. It's this Equestrian Center called Ride On. The idea behind it is a form of animal therapy where they help people ride horses to help their mental state. So we groomed a couple of horses and cleaned some saddles! You all who k...

This time I did not write my email beforehand so you're getting an unedited wierd version of my week.  Happy 4th of July! Exciting. I have my Preparation day today instead of wednesday so you all get to hear from me a day early! You all should feel blessed.  We met our Mission Leaders! President and Sister Rodriguez are awesome! So kind. We haven't seen a big change in rules or anything yet though so we'll see how they'll do things. I'm sure time will tell. I borrowed the pictures off of the mission facebook page for our meeting with them.  Rose moved! She's now in a different area. We will definitely miss her. We've been working hard getting her things packed up and Saturday was the big move. Hope she'll keep being great. The Elders over in her area promised  to get her baptized so they better do it.  We had Exchanges. I went with Sister Stanger in the YSA ward in West Lake. Me and Sister Stanger found a person for them to teach and we hung out with the...