Bon día family
That´s so weird that Valerie is already done. I remember thinking when she left, "wow, when she goes home, i´ll have a year in the mission." I´m pretty sure that was just 2 days ago when I said that. That´s how fast time has gone. it´s been such a blessing being able to serve side by side with you Val. Thanks for your experiences and for your testimonies. I´ll just keep goin with Emily by my side.
Going out with President Pace was so much fun. I love the Paces so much. They say hi by the way, mom and dad. It´s weird to think they were just with you a week ago. Anyway the miracle i wanted to share was actually from the visit we had with President Pace and the family Alvarado. The Alvarados were a reference from a member and they came to church last week for the farewell of the member´s son who was leaving on a mission to the Dominican Republic. The whole family came: Patricio (padre) Nancy (madre) Patricio (hijo 18 years old) and Antoni (hijo 12 years old). They loved it and agreed to meet with us that night in the house of the member that invited them to church. That night we taught them the restoration and invited them to read and to pray. We lost contact with them for a couple of days because they went to Valencia where they had been living, but then brought all of their things and moved in with another member, Jonni Ocaña. We found out about them coming to live with Jonni and we set up to visit them on Friday night. When we got to their house, the 2 sons were just leaving to take their dog on a walk but they reassured us that they were coming back. After eating a little bit and Patricio and Antoni coming back, we started with a song and prayer. We asked them if they had read and prayed and they said they werent able to because of all the moving that had to do in the last couple of days. Immediately we opened up the Book of Mormon and said we were going to read with them. We taught them about baptism and read 2 Nephi 31. Elder Littlefield invited them to be baptized but they were a little hesitant. We pulled out our baptism plan and told them that we would set a date as a goal and if they felt like they weren´t ready by that day we could move it. They agreed and are preparing for the 21 of July to be baptized as a family. President Pace testified throughout the visit and promised incredible blessings for them as a family. The spirit was so strong. They came to church again this last Sunday and Patricio the father even got up and bore his testimony in front of everyone. He testified of how God can really change lives and how he´s starting to enter into the path of God with his family. It was incredible. I love being part of God´s plan in helping families become eternal.
This Lord´s work is a work for families and the Gospel is what every family in this world needs. The Savior suffered and died so that we can be with our families together forever. Let´s all show our love and gratitude for what He did by helping other families receive what our family has. Love you all like I love my mission.
Elder Reeves
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