Well, unfortunately I have to start this letter with some bad news. I
had MRSA again this past week but don't worry! I am on some antibiotics
and I went to the Dr. and it has already cleared up! It hasn't stopped me
from learning though! I am still learning Spanish and I am
still able to teach!!
So, I know you'll all be disappointed with this
but Ivan is actually a pretend investigator but the experience and
everything I have learned from teaching him is real! We are now teaching
two new investigators BJ and Mariana they are much harder to teach
than Ivan. BJ doesn't really know much and is catholic and doesn't know
what he wants from the missionaries. Marianna doesn't know much either
but she has been going to church for two months and wants to get
baptized! Her parents don't want her to have anything to do with the
church. These investigators may be tougher but I think BJ will come around and
we will encourage Mariana to pray so that her parents can have a change
of heart!!
I am still loving the MTC! I have recently taken up playing
basketball and have gotten ok-ish I think! I also had another amazing
devotional on Tuesday!! It was from the first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric and his wife. He shared a really neat story about a girl who
went to this Wednesday night activity that was a christian activity, and
when the preacher found out that she was a Mormon, the preacher
starting bashing the religion. She then had the strength to stand up for
our church and bore her testimony and then walked out. Because she was
so bold in her testimony that evening two of the people that were at
that meeting were baptized!! So the thing that he said after that is to
be bold and share your testimony with everyone! Another story I heard
from one of the members of our branch presidency was that a couple of
missionaries were tracting and they ran into a gang member who
threatened to kill them. They were bold and told him who they were
and what they were doing. The gang member said that's a really neat
thing you do you tell anyone if they try to mess with you that I told
them to leave you alone! It just goes to show you that the Holy Ghost
can touch anyone!
I am so grateful for this opportunity I have to
invite the Holy Ghost into peoples lives!! I know that if we all press
on through our trials we can receive blessings. I know that I am getting
MRSA because the devil does not want me out here. He doesn't want any more
missionaries. When they wake up they make him mad! I want to make him
mad! I want to invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive
the restored gospel through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance,
baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the
end! I can promise you that if you pray to our Heavenly Father with
real intent to help you overcome your trials, He will! That testimony I
leave with you in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
Love, Elder Reisner
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