Monday, July 2, 2012

Hard work and blessings

Well dear family and friends, this last week was super great as always!
We started off the week with teaching and finding a new investigator! He is a former and has been picked up and dropped many times so we'll pray for the best! 
Tuesday we had a pretty busy day and we were able to find 2 new investigators and teach a few lessons. We also started teaching Juan's mom. So, with teaching her and Juan I think that will help them both get a testimony and be baptized!! 
Wednesday we knocked into a part member family that said we could come back! Then we had meetings and taught lessons and helped the Young Men's President do visits to less active members.  
Thursday we taught and found a new investigator again we found a ton of new investigators this week! Also something cool that happened is one investigator actually called us and wanted to be in contact with us! They were taught before but now they want to take the gospel seriously! 
Friday was crazy! We had a lesson with Emmanuel early in the morning then he asked us to come back and teach him again! We taught him 2 times in one day it was crazy! He is struggling and we gave him a blessing.  Then we had weekly planning and talked to Nati, Hermano Mercado's sister. She wants to learn more but she was going back to Mexico. She said she would come back soon so we may teach her again! Then we had a tour with Silvia and she said she would come to church! Then we talked to the part member family. The son doesn't have baptism records so that's why the hermano isn't active. So, we will probably have to get the son re-baptized. The mom was close to being baptized but she had a conflict with other missionaries so we'll see what we can do to fix that mess!! Then we had dinner appointments which we have a lot now that our ward mission leader made a calendar for the ward.  
Saturday was AMAZING!! Why you may ask? Well when Elder Betty and I were companions we helped a less active family to be reactivated. They now have callings in the church and are super active!  They invited Elder Betty and I to go to the temple! They weren't sealed yet and they took the classes and were prepared! So I got permission to call President Becerra and he said I could go to the Temple on Saturday!! Elder Bowes had to stay here while I was at the temple!  The temple was so great! We went through the Endowment Session and the Sealing they did both in one day and it was in Spanish. It wasn't hard to understand it was different and I may have even learned more in Spanish than in English! So that was the highlight of the week!! :-D They are the Reyes family and I love them to death! They invite us over every week to eat and I'm really close with them!  I know that this really is what missionary work is about! This is a convert family they were baptized 5 years ago and now they are an eternal family!! When we make the sacred covenants with our Heavenly Father we can be together forever! I know that eternal families are important, I am so glad I am sealed to my parents and I know that families are forever!  Saturday we also had lessons when I got back to the area.  
Sunday was a MIRACLE! We had 5 INVESTIGATORS AT CHURCH!! It was soooooooooo great!! I was so happy and all the testimonies that people shared were amazing the spirit was so strong! We had lessons and found more new investigators as well!!! So in total we found 6 new investigators DOUBLE the amount than before!! I know that this is only possible with the Holy Ghost as our guide and through our obedience and diligence to the gospel. Heavenly Father has prepared people everywhere to receive the gospel we just need to find them through constant effort! I LOVE this work I LOVE the gospel!! I know that this is my divine calling to be here and to be a missionary. I am so glad I can serve our Heavenly Father!
 
Que les vaya bien!
Love, Elder Reisner

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