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Ok didn´t mean to push send on that one but at least i know you got it. Seriously though, i hope you have the best birthday ever and hopefully have some time outside of your office in Salt Lake. Maybe you can throw a party with the Quorum of the Twelve. Make sure you take some pictures if you do. Thanks for the hilarious pictures Reid. Ally I´m not so sure i´m grateful for your picture. Lets just say you should be glad i didn´t show Elder Keeler.
Anyways, I wanted to write about the whole story about Adrian, our Bolivian boy that got baptized this last weekend. Little side note before I start the story. When Elder Keeler and I had our interviews with President about a month ago, he promised us that if we strived to be exactly obedient and to fulfill our duties as ayudantes that the Lord would provide for us and that even though we´d be out of our area, we´d be able to baptize continuously and frequently. It was a really spiritual experience and I trust 100% in the Lord´s promises through His servants. So going back to Adrian, he is the most incredible little kid ever. Elder Salmon and Elder Haikola, who we live with, actually teach his grandma Flora and found Adrian there at her house. Turns out that he was always at Flora´s house during the day because his mom, Silvana, works so much. Elder Keeler and I had been struggling getting home at exactly 10:00 every night because we were just getting used to the area and there was always something that came up that caused us not to get home on time. We were always getting lost, or we missed the metro and had to wait longer, or whatever would happen and we´d get home a little late. Finally one night we got home on time. That night, Elder Salmon came up to us, not knowing about the promise Pres Pace had given us, and said, "we´ve got a reference for you! It´s the grandson of Flora. He´s always at her house but his mom lives in your area. He wants to be baptized." It really seemed insignificant to us that we had received that reference the same night that we got home on time and I honestly forgot that it was that same night. After the baptism, Elder Keeler asked me if I remembered what day it was that we received the reference of Adrian. Of course I didn´t and so he reminded me that it was the first night that we got home on time. Adrian was baptized and confirmed on sunday (there was a primary activity on saturday so we pushed it to sunday). He´s almost read the whole kids version of the Book of Mormon. Silvana got up during the testimony part of his baptism and said how much of an anchor Adrian is in her life - always telling her to come to church, always praying with her, always telling her how he wants to be an eternal family. No wonder the Lord commanded us to become as little children. They´re pure vessels of the love of God.
I love this Gospel. I love the happiness and the truth that is contained therein. The priesthood authority and power we have is real. I wouldn´t want to be anywhere else right now than serving the Master, our Savior. He lives.
Elder Reeves.
Anyways, I wanted to write about the whole story about Adrian, our Bolivian boy that got baptized this last weekend. Little side note before I start the story. When Elder Keeler and I had our interviews with President about a month ago, he promised us that if we strived to be exactly obedient and to fulfill our duties as ayudantes that the Lord would provide for us and that even though we´d be out of our area, we´d be able to baptize continuously and frequently. It was a really spiritual experience and I trust 100% in the Lord´s promises through His servants. So going back to Adrian, he is the most incredible little kid ever. Elder Salmon and Elder Haikola, who we live with, actually teach his grandma Flora and found Adrian there at her house. Turns out that he was always at Flora´s house during the day because his mom, Silvana, works so much. Elder Keeler and I had been struggling getting home at exactly 10:00 every night because we were just getting used to the area and there was always something that came up that caused us not to get home on time. We were always getting lost, or we missed the metro and had to wait longer, or whatever would happen and we´d get home a little late. Finally one night we got home on time. That night, Elder Salmon came up to us, not knowing about the promise Pres Pace had given us, and said, "we´ve got a reference for you! It´s the grandson of Flora. He´s always at her house but his mom lives in your area. He wants to be baptized." It really seemed insignificant to us that we had received that reference the same night that we got home on time and I honestly forgot that it was that same night. After the baptism, Elder Keeler asked me if I remembered what day it was that we received the reference of Adrian. Of course I didn´t and so he reminded me that it was the first night that we got home on time. Adrian was baptized and confirmed on sunday (there was a primary activity on saturday so we pushed it to sunday). He´s almost read the whole kids version of the Book of Mormon. Silvana got up during the testimony part of his baptism and said how much of an anchor Adrian is in her life - always telling her to come to church, always praying with her, always telling her how he wants to be an eternal family. No wonder the Lord commanded us to become as little children. They´re pure vessels of the love of God.
I love this Gospel. I love the happiness and the truth that is contained therein. The priesthood authority and power we have is real. I wouldn´t want to be anywhere else right now than serving the Master, our Savior. He lives.
Elder Reeves.
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