Hello my wonderful family
Val it sounds like your having just as many miracles that im having. Its the best to experience. Other normal/day-to-day experiences are the best too. One crazy experience we had this last week.... we were going to a visit with a missionary senior couple who are in our ward and we told them that we were in probably the most ghetto part of Barcelona, but that they would be safe because they were with us missionaries. We had a super good visit and then left to go back to piso because the day was over and when we got outside, there was this huge group of people gathered around someone. We looked in the group and there was a man face down on the ground in the middle of the street! Dont worry it wasnt as bad as it sounds. It seemed like maybe he had just passed out from being drunk or he just fainted or something because there wasnt any blood. And luckily the police was already there and an ambulance was on the way. It was pretty funny though because we had just told the Browns that nothing would happen and then that happened. I dont know if anyone wanted to hear that story but just to give you a little taste of my experiences haha
Alright now on the more spiritual side. The miracle this week is from our investigators Dr. Rafael Esparza and his girlfriend Bertila. Rafael is a retired dentist from Cuba but he loves going by his title so we usually just call him Doctor haha anyways...... The first couple of times we met with them, Bertila wasn´t really interested because she comes from a very strong Catholic background. Yes, she´s a spaniard. This last week we invited both Rafael and Bertila to read from the beginning of the Book of Mormon together and to pray. We also gave Bertila her own copy for when she went home so she could read on her own. When they both came to church on sunday, Rafael pulled us aside and said, "Bertila is really thinking about this stuff. If I get baptized, she wants to get baptized too." They still have a long ways to go because they have to get married first, but it was amazing to see the power of the Book of Mormon and prayer work with them. They know now that the Book of Mormon is really a book from God and another testament of Jesus Christ. It really is our most powerful tool in missionary work.
I wanted to use a little missionary work with the fam... I know its kinda late from the beginning of the year but what we´ve been doing with all of our investigators is inviting them to read from the beginning of the Book of Mormon this year and read it each day until they finish. And each time they start to read, to start with a prayer and ask for understanding from the Spirit. So i want to invite the WHOLE family and anyone who´s reading this email to start from the beginning of the Book of Mormon and use prayer each time you read. It´s not a bad idea to end with prayer each time too if you want. I really have started to see so many miracles from it and i know it will bless everyone´s life who does it.
Love you fam and we´ll talk next week.
Elder Reeves
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