here in the city. A little more about Lleida: i thought it was north
of barcelona but it´s actually almost directly west from Barcelona.
it´s in the Hospitalet stake (1 of the 2 stakes in Barcelona) and isnt
a very big city but it´s still pretty good sized. it´s not very green
or mountainous here but it´s definitely hilly in some parts. right
now we dont have the city split between us 2 companionships so we have
both just been working around the whole city. But President called us
and told us that we have to split the city sadly... so probably on
thursday it will be split.
Mom, Elder Pericle has been out for a little over a year haha i was
saying that he´s been in Lleida for 2 transfers. They have this whole
new program that all the missions around the world are starting with
all the trainers and the trainees. We have steps and goals that we
have to accomplish every week that goes for 12 weeks. Its called "the
first 12 weeks". Pretty much by the end of the 2 transfers with your
trainer, you should be ready to become a trainer if youre called
upon... its kinda putting a lot of pressure on the trainee but the
program is really good and will help a ton for the new missionaries.
it´s weird though because my group that just got to the mission field
is the first one to start this program so we´re just getting used to
it.
Yesterday at church was quite the experience... i met all the people
in the ward and i had to get up during sacrament meeting and introduce
myself to the ward. i love all the members here in the ward, they´re
all really strong and good members but i had no idea what people we´re
saying to me most of the time haha. the spanish is still coming but
im getting better each day. and also Elder Rassmussen and Elder
Tirado had a baptism on saturday with this guy from Romania named
Luciano. He is an amazing convert and it was a great baptism.
One miracle experience that we had this week:
Yesterday all of our visits were falling through and no one was home
that we wanted to visit. Elder Pericle and I were pretty disappointed
but he had a feeling to go visit this family from Dominican Republic.
We walked over to their piso and they let us in. Not only were the
husband and wife there (Eusevio and Janet) but they had 5 other adult
friends there in their living room. We taught all of them the first
lesson and the Spirit was so strong. 3 of the adults werent very
receptive to the message but 2 of them (Francisco and Ana) were very
receptive and both took Book of Mormons. We have another visit set up
to visit both of them and teach them more. It was an amazing
experience for me to teach 7 adults all at once but we could
definitely tell who was ready to here the Gospel and who wasnt.
If you cant tell, im trying to keep the rules and not use any slang in
this email. It´s something that President and Sister Hinckley stress
a ton that all the missionaries are trying to keep. We cant say
anything that´s even remotely close to being slang (cool, awesome,
ect.) its probably the hardest thing ive ever tried to do in my life.
Well we have a visita soon so i have to get going but here´s some
pictures of when i first arrived to barcelona and there´s a picture of
me and Elder Pericle with one of our investigadors Donato from Africa.
Adios mi familia!
Elder Reeves
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