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 Alo,


Wishing you all a nice start to December and lots of fun Christmas traditions. No joke, the weather here is actually cooling down and I need to go get another sweater, haha!

This week has been really good. I enjoy my new companion, Elder McBride, who also just so happens to be from Meridian, Idaho. We laugh a lot and have a lot of fun. The branch is really great as well. I get 4-5 meals every week from the one and only Richard Pico, who brings us all sort of interesting food. The district I'm serving in is really great too, so I look forward to the coming weeks. 

Nothing extraordinary happened this week - it's mainly been a lot of organization and meeting new people. We have been meeting lots of new people and are hoping they commit to come to church activities so they can learn more. 
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Spiritual Thought:

On Sunday, we read a conference talk "His Hand Ready to Help You" from October 2024. It talks about how we have waves of trials and challenges in our life that can cause us to feel like we have been swept into the depths of the sea. However, Christ is always there ready to pull us up, like he did with Peter. 

As we reach out to Him in faith, He will always be there, and in His time, He will be ready and willing to grasp our hands and pull us up to a safe place.

Christ is ready to help us - but we have to be humble and willing to reach. 
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We will be going to the mall for some lunch and have a pretty laid back P-Day. Feel free to shoot me an email, and I should be able to respond!

Happy Holidays, 
Anh Cả Giây Nô Lds [Reynolds]








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