Dearest family and friends,
I thought last week was good but this
last week has been even better! Monday we went hiking to a waterfall and
then had a noche de hogar with a family. Tuesday we had a pass off
lesson because the other elders had an investigator they were teaching
that they thought he lived in their area but he actually lives in our
area! His name is Emmanuel and he was found by the English speaking elders. What happened is the English elders live in the same apartment complex
and they just talked to him one day. They don't speak Spanish and he
doesn't speak English. They got his information and sent the other
elders over that could speak Spanish. Emmanuel said that the English elders came to talk to him and they spoke perfect Spanish!! What a
miracle!! We're teaching him now and he has a baptism date set for July
first!! We also talked with a member who was having a Pastor come over
so we could talk to him about our church. He was scared of us so he
left! Wednesday we ate with members and we had a lesson with Arturro
who is an older man that we are teaching. We then had a meeting with
our new ward mission leader Hermano Schleske. He is from Mexico and
served a mission in Kentucky. He finished his mission about 5 weeks ago so he knows what
he is doing and he is ready to help us make this area working even
better than it is! Then Thursday we had district meeting and we talked
about all the Christlike attributes. We talked about purifying ourselves
by taking out all the things that distracted us from the spirit and
fasting to find them. We want to fast to receive answers about the things that take away
the spirit for 40 days. (note from mom - he is not fasting for 40 days just specifically fasting for some answers) I just started that but I know it will help a
lot! Then I was on exchanges with Elder Alworth our new District leader. He taught me a lot of things and we were able to teach one of our
investigators and one recent convert. We also contacted some people and
one man just lost his wife. Elder Alworth said that our message has
the peace that he needs and he just started to cry it was so neat! Then
we also had a noche de hogar and taught some less actives and then we
found some pretty sweet potential investigators that night! Friday was
the bestest day ever!!!! We had weekly planning and then we had 6
LESSONS IN A ROW!!!!!!!! 1 with a member and 5 others we didn't have time
to do anything else! We almost had 7 but one canceled on us but we
probably couldn't have taught them anyway because we were so busy! We
also had 3 new investigators that day that we are now teaching! This
one couple Fernando and Maria said that we are exactly what they need
right now because they are having some problems and they know that our
message can help them get through their problems!! Saturday we helped
some members move they are sadly moving out of our area but staying in
the ward. We then studied and tried contacting some potentials. Then we
played soccer and we were hoping that Juan would show up but he didn't.
We then had to finish weekly planning because literally on Friday we had
no time to finish! Then we went to Juan's house and taught him the Plan
of Salvation. He understands everything and is a super humble guy and
wants us to teach his mom he is reading and is coming to church. We
really think that he will be ready for Baptism on the 17th of this
month!!!!!!!!!! We then went and tried to see some old investigators and
potentials and check on members to see if they were bringing their
friends to church again. Sunday we had a meeting then we went to go get
Juan and we woke him up for church. We also taught primary that was
fun! Juan didn't come for Sacrament Meeting but he was there for the rest of it. Also Patty and Sergio were there as well!!! We then went to some
potentials who were not home and then we had dinner with some members. Then we went and taught the man who was crying on Thursday. He
appreciated our visit but he wants to think about things some more so
we left him with a Plan of Salvation pamphlet then we went finding. So,
everything is going extremely well! I thank you for all your prayers and
support!! I love you all and I hope that you have a great week!!!!
Love, Elder Reisner :-)
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