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2 Exchanges, 2 Reptiles In The Apartment

 Dạ Xin chào mọi người, 大家好, and hello! 

Hope you are having an amazing start to your March. Seems like February flew by, even with the extra day. This week was nice - we got a lot of work done and stayed productive. 

P-Day Pizza Party:

Last P-Day Elder Tolley, Elder Honda, Elder Neinhuis and I all made some homemade pizza. Elder Neinhuis made some dough, and we had the oven, so it was a good trade. We played some board and card games while we ate our delicious pizza.

Exchanges:

This week I had the opportunity to go on two exchanges, the first with Elder Vassantachart back in Thảo Điền. It was fun to go back and see the apartment and streets. We did some finding and a couple of lessons which went well! 

The second exchange was with the Zone Leaders in the Thủ Đức area. The ZL and I took a 45min bus ride out to a referral which pretty much dropped us off in the middle of nowhere in this town. It really hit me that I was in Vietnam when we visited there, haha! The person we met was really amazing and super interested in learning more. We got to visit his home and do a bit of finding in the town. 

Reptile Friends:

This week Elder Tolley and I have found two new friends in our apartment. Unfortunately, neither the frog or the lizard were interested in learning English when we asked. See Google Photos for videos.

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Spiritual Thought:

While reading in Preach my Gospel this week (the book missionaries use for teaching) I found this sentence I really like regarding the atonement of Jesus Christ: 

"Although we are imperfect and may fall short again, there is more grace, love, and mercy in Jesus Christ than there is failure, flaw, or sin in us" I found that to be a really remarkable statement. I know through the grace and mercy of Christ, we can move on from our mistakes and live a life of happiness filled with hope.

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Overall - I don't have much else to report on. Life is bình thường here in Vietnam! I didn't take pictures this week... sorry. Check out the videos of the lizard and frog though. 

With love,

Elder Reynolds

Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/KXNEyuJ6epdKQtAq6









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