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🎶 Should I Stay or Should I Go?🎶

Alo mọi người,

Hope you are having a wonderful week and a great month of June! 

This week was pretty busy but not much happened - I was in some meetings with SLC and getting social media things ready for our new Mission President. We have transfers coming up this week (this is when missionaries can change to different areas/get new companions), so it will be interesting to see what happens. I am 97% certain I will be staying here in Ba Đình. If I do, it will be the first time on my mission in 9 months that I stay somewhere! Kinda exciting, but I'm also a little nervous - I have always moved, so it would be strange not to! 

This week we had our District Conference which was super fun. I got to see members from my previous area in Cầu Giấy and old friends I taught that got baptized after I moved! It was so special to see them again. The new members already have callings and are doing such a fantastic job. 

Mercy Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ

As I mentioned last week, I have been doing a lot of study on the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It has really helped me understand the ideas of forgiveness, justice, and mercy much more. This week I read a really interesting scripture about Mercy from 1 Nephi 1:20 that states, "...the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance". I thought the wording "tender mercies" to be quite interesting. This week, I invite you to ponder on some "tender mercies" you have had recently this week. What does it mean to you and what are some that you have seen? 

Wishing you a wonderful week full of success and joy! Remember to do what you can - and let go of the things that you can't. 

Love,
Anh Cả Reynolds

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