Elder Merrick Reynolds: Brazil Week 19

Friday, March 23, 2012

Brazil Week 19

Lately, I have been pretty tired from all that had gone on. We had2 baptisms this past Sunday, Luis and Julio. They were great but I got Transfered to another Zone. Right now I am in Piracicaba with Elder Campos. He is cool, the house is nice and the area is small. The only down side is that is hotter than where I was. I dont have time to talk because I wasted my time trying to get the computer to read my SD card with the baptism pictures. I love you all and I am very thankful for all your support.

Love Elder Merrick Reynolds

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Story in Elder Reynold's 4th email

A story shared by our beloved Apostle, Elder Henry B. Eyring, illustrates this principle of commitment still further. This story is about his father, the great scientist Henry Eyring, who served on the Bonneville Stake high council. He was responsible for the welfare farm, which included a field of onions that needed to be weeded. At that time, he was nearly 80 and suffering from painful bone cancer. He assigned himself to do weeding even though the pain was so great that he pulled himself along on his stomach with his elbows. The pain was too great for him to kneel. Yet he smiled, laughed, and talked happily with the others who were there that day weeding that field of onions. I now quote what Elder Eyring said of this incident:

" 'After all the work was finished and the onions were all weeded, someone [said to] him, "Henry, good heavens! You didn't pull those weeds, did you? Those weeds were sprayed two days ago, and they were going to die anyway."

" 'Dad just roared. He thought that was the funniest thing. He thought it was a great joke on him. He had worked through the day in the wrong weeds. They had been sprayed and would have died anyway.

" ‘ . . . I [asked] him, "Dad how could you make a joke out of that?" . . .

" 'He said something to me that I will never forget He said, "Hal, I wasn't there for the weeds.'

Elder Reynolds in Brazil

Friday, March 23, 2012

Brazil Week 19

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