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Nhập Gia Tùy Tục - (When in Rome, do as the Romans do)

 Alo-

Wishing everyone a wonderful November. I hope you are enjoying pumpkin spice everything and the cooler weather. Surprise: It is still hot in Vietnam. I hope those of you in the Provo area had some fun celebrating the BYU victory and are having success in your fall term. Good luck on your midterms and whatever projects you have coming up. 

Although I am not on the educational grind studying and working hard, we have certainly been on a grind here in Vietnam finding people to talk to. We have been visiting all of the college areas trying to find people who would be interested in coming to the church and learning more. The branch I am in currently is in need of some Young Adults to come help liven the branch a little and get some activities going. In the past it used to be huge, but it isn't really around anymore. We have ping pong, tons of tables and games, a karaoke setup -  everything you need for some good wholesome recreational activities - but now we just need the people. Come on, who doesn't want to come party at a church with the two foreigner guys you just met? Right...? 

Anyways - this week was pretty standard. I led two exchanges with some of the new missionaries, Elder Huỳnh who is a native Vietnamese Elder and Elder Felt, a new missionary from the states. They are both so awesome. We all went to the college area to do some finding and had good conversations with lots of people. No one really committed to coming, but at least they were given the opportunity. I am constantly amazed by the new missionaries and their talents/abilities - we have been really blessed with some good missionaries to help the future of this mission. I know here in a couple transfers they will be leading and doing amazing with the mission. I had the opportunity to participate in my first MLC which was fun. 

Crazy story for the week? Some random old man we met on the road we talked to started screaming Russian chants at us that he learned during the war. Not certain on everything he said but from the tone of things it was certainly communist and probably not very nice. He thought it was cool we were learning Vietnamese though, and then congratulated us on electing Donald Trump. 
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Jacob 4:14

Read an interesting scripture this week from Jacob where he shares about how his people were foolish and fell because they "looked beyond the mark". I thought it was interesting and tried looking at myself, is there ways that I am looking beyond the mark? Am I being unrealistic with something and need to show more appreciation for what I have? 
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Life is just bizarre. Send me an update with something bizarre. 

Love you all, 

Anh Cả Reynolds







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