JayLynn E. Loves: Reno Nevada

(Weve been biking a lot in Damonte Ranch! It feels good to be on a bike again!)

WOW. It is getting real. a week left of my mission! I am not the same person who came out 18 months ago! I've learned soo much and I've grown soo much! I've had a lot of great experiences and I've had a lot of not so great experiences. But to be real, the mission is hard! By far the hardest thing that I have ever done! But I would not have it any other way! Its because of those hard times that I've been able to grow. But I am grateful for my Savior! Who has helped me through it! I am so grateful that my mission allowed me to feel just a glimpse of what he went through. Being rejected and having doors get slammed in your face was the hardest thing for me and there were many times where I just wanted to go home. But it amazes me that he went through soooooo much more! I know that with him ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! Well I want you to all know that He really does live! That because of him, we can be strengthened and have peace in this life, and in the life to come!!

Well this week was awesome! We taught Lin and Denali about the Plan of Salvation! We had a great discussion and will continue teach the rest of the plan on Thursday!! They both came to church again on Sunday and participated in the class discussion!

Nonda and Blakely came as well to church. After many months of Blakely trying to find a job to support her family...She finally got one! which was a miracle! Its crazy what happens when you turn more to God! We also taught Edward again and his wife joined us this time!! She is from China and doesn't speak much English so she mostly just sat and listened in as we taught again the Restoration. Edward had a hard time believing what we were saying so we left him an invitation to pray about it. We will be meeting with him again next week!

Well I am about out of time. But I hope you guys had a great week! Thank you for your love and support! I will see y'all soon!

Love Sister T

Its been a rainy/Snowy week!

Hello Family!

The work here in Reno is picking up! It was quite a busy week! We found 3 NEW PEOPLE!! John, Donna, and Teresa!!! We are excited to teach them! We've met with each of them and got a return appointments to go back!!

JOHN

We met John a couple of weeks ago. He had met missionaries in the past so we went by to see if he was still interested. He is 89 and is the youngest of 12 children. He is the only one alive in his family. He said he stares at the wall every day so he really enjoys our company! We've met with him twice now. We have now taught the whole Plan of salvation! His religious background is Greek Orthodox which is interesting. It was cool because the member who we brought with us to our lesson grew up Greek Orthodox. We didnt even know! so that was cool. Yesterday we went by to read in the Book of Mormon to him because he can't read. We also sang him "I am a Child of God". He very much enjoyed it!!!

DONNA!

We met with Donna again. She is in her 70s and is originally from Chicago. She claims to be Catholic but doesn't practice! Her husband is a member of the church but he stopped going when he was young. We went by and testified of God's love for all of his children. They enjoyed the message and invited us back next week.

TERESA!

We met Teresa this week! She is super nice and really into energy and frequency. Its very interesting. We talked with her for a while about God. She is looking for a church but hasn't found it yet! We scheduled to come back in February!! Her husband is a pilot and his plane was hijacked during 9/11 back in 2001.

JENNIFER

We met Jennifer while tracting! She told us to come back again and so we did! She is an active duty medic in the Army National Guard. She loves what she does and is also a mother of 2 little kids. Her husband is also in the army but is currently working away from home. Jennifer was raised in a broken home and lived with a family who are members of the church for some time. She has been to church a couple times in her youth and mentioned that she misses it. She is looking for a church to raise her kids in. a church where the people are like family. I told her there was no coincedence that we happened to knock on her door. She was very open to what we had to say. We shared with her some scriptures in the Book of Mormon and she invited us to come back again. She will be traveling for the next couple months but told us to keep in contact over phone!

Knocked on door

Man opens and says, "Don't yall know there is a serial killer on the loose?" "You don't look like seriel killers, but you can come back in a few weeks"

haha he was really nice and we are excited to go back in a few weeks! Not sure whats up with the whole seriel killer part of it.

We almost hit this dog as he was laying out in the middle of the rode. We stopped to see if he was okay. He was fine, he just was chillling out on the street.