Hospitalet week 3 - Bitter to sweet

Buenos días de Hospitalet a todos

Girlcation huh? Nice! The girls are finally catching onto the trend. Don´t party too crazy. Haha. Sorry I havent read any of the other emails yet (I print them out and read them when I have more time) so if i dont answer anyone´s questions it´s not my fault.
This week was a little harder especially because of not having anyone come to church. It really showed that a lot of our investigators are not progressing as they should be and that we have to let some of them go for a little bit. It´s been super crazy because we´re starting to see around the mission right now that Satan is attacking hard. We only had 2 baptisms in the whole mission this last weekend... probably the lowest EVER. That was the bitter part. President sent us a text on Friday and asked everyone to start a fast on saturday and fast for our investigators, members, and areas so that we can fight against the work of Satan and see the success that God wants us to have. Yesterday we finished our fast and continued praying throughout the day as we passed by other people/members. As we were walking in the street, we found 2 new families who want to hear more and in a visit with a member we found another couple. 3 new families that the Lord has prepared. We have plans to visit them again this next week and share them the wonderful news of the restored gospel. I know that through fasting and prayer, along with diligently looking and finding, the Lord puts prepared people in our path.
I kinda lost track of really how everything in this work is the Lord´s, not mine. Every good thing and every blessing that we see is not because of my skills or my knowledge as a missionary. It´s because the Lord loves us and wants us to have success. I know Satan starts attacking like crazy when he knows something good is about to happen (Joseph Smith right before the first vision) and as we keep praying with all our hearts pleading for the Lord to release us from the grasps of Satan, we will see the miracles. That´s the sweet part.
Fam if you ever have doubts or are feeling the grasps of Satan come down on you, pray with all your might. Know that he doesn´t want us to have the blessings of the gospel and he´ll do anything in his power to stop us. Keep praying, keep fighting. It´s all worth it in the end. This is the Lord´s work. Love you all

Elder Reeves