hey good people!
another week has come and gone here in Reno. This guy is approaching his 1 month mark on the mission. Can you believe it!? crazy. So one thing i've learned recently that is so weird to me is that this mission is not just a destination. for so long when i was preparing for a mission it seemed like a destination. like i would just get there and then that was the end.. it's kind of hard to explain. but one thing that is hitting me lately is that the time definitely passes. i'm not at all saying the first month has gone by fast.. i've experienced so much it seems like i've been doing this forever. BUT, that being said, the time has passed. That means that there are only 23 more months for me to do the good that i want to do here in Nevada. every single day counts and i need to keep working hard!
So this last week was pretty slow. LIke i've said before we cover a singles ward so it's not super easy to find all the singles and to know where they live and stuff. most of what we do is referrals. we had a hard time contacting our referrals last week.. people weren't home or they weren't answering. We were kinda gassed one day, feeling down on our luck, so i pulled out the area book and started looking at all the peeps from a year ago. i grabbed the phone from Elder Castaneda and started just texting peeps asking them if they were interested in meeting with us again. we got a few visits from that actually and also a couple referrals. we had some great lessons with some less actives and recent converts too. one of our recent converts (he was baptized the saturday before i came into the field) received the priesthood last week! that was awesome. We taught him about temples and the priesthood and how it's used just beforehand, then he received the priesthood and went and did baptisms! this guy has been through some crazy stuff.. he witnessed one of his cousins get murdered in california a few weeks before we started teaching him. he said that we came into his life at the perfect time becuase had he not turned his life towards the gospel he would have gotten involved with the gang stuff that got his cousin. It's amazing to see the blessings the gospel brings to people! who knows where he would be if the missionaries didn't run into him, by direction fro the Lord. that's another great thing about this work. Missionaries are just kids. We are 100% guided by God. This is His work and really all we have to do is be obedient and willing to work. That is so comforting to know!
well.. i think that's all for this week. i still haven't gotten any pics from y'all. oh, another shout out to Momma W! thanks a ton for the packages :) I love you all! thank you as always for the love and support. Grandma sue and Grandpa monte, thanks for your letters and well wishes! Grandma and Grandpa sykes, thanks also to you for your support in the letters! thanks everyone! I Pray you all have a super good week. until next time!
-Elder Sykes
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