Mom and dad it sounds like you loved España!! Its the best huh? I still dont really believe that im actually living here in Spain. Thats so neat that you had so many experiences with the Taylors. I cant wait for the chances that i´ll have to come back in 20 years and see all my converts. Where did Greg and Brittany go while they were here? I still havent been able to activate the credit card but dont worry about it because i really dont have anything to buy now because of the package you sent me.
It´s getting COLD here in Lleida! At least for me because i havent been in the cold winters of Utah for a while. I actually think its only in the 60´s right now which is pretty weak haha but it feels cold. And it will for sure get a lot colder. Last week it rained almost every day and i was sick so my spirits werent to lively during the first week with Elder Bajaña. I think i know have what eric has.... every time i start to eat i lose my appetite and can only eat like half a plate haha i dont know whats happening to me but dont worry im getting better. Elder Bajaña is a great companion! He´s pretty good at speaking english so he can still talk to all of our Africans but outside of our visits with them, everything is in spanish! He is from Ecuador but his family moved to Madrid about 11 years ago. He has 2 younger sisters and 1 younger brother and both his parents were converts in Ecuador. He´s helping me a ton with my spanish but right now i feel like im back to week one in the mission field with my spanish because he´s a native speaker haha but its coming slowly.
We have an investigator named Kelly from Nigeria and he has been taught by the missionaries before but has never agreed to baptism because he doesnt believe that a person can be baptized again. When Elder Pericle and I would visit him he would always tell us that he cant get baptized again and that he never will. But he still loved being taught and he always wanted us to come over so he could learn more. This week we had a visit with him and he was telling us how confused he is in his life right now. We told him that this gospel will help him solve all of his problems and we started talking about baptism again. We told him that the only way he can know if he needs to get baptized or not is through prayer and receiving an answer from God. We invited him to kneel down with us right then and say a pray to find out what he needs to do and we asked him specifically to ask about the Book of Mormon. He prayed and asked if the Book of Mormon was true. After the prayer we asked him how he felt and if he got an answer. He said, "that is a personal thing between me and God." We told him that we were God´s servants sent from Him and that we knew he had received an answer. We invited him to be baptized and he didnt accept a date but he said he needed to think about it. Before, Kelly wouldnt even talk about getting baptized again but now he is pondering and praying about it. God always answers our prayers. It´s the exact same way Frank got his answer.
Something that i forgot to write about last week is that President Hinckley asked all of us missionaries to ask our families to fast and pray with us so that we can reach our goal of baptisms as a mission this year. We have the goal of 450 and we´re right on track. It will be the most this mission has ever baptized. Love you all
Élder Reeves
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