Barcelona week 8 - To the rescue

Hello family!

Today was the first full preparation day that i´ve had so far as ayudante. It´s been a good rest. Now back to the work. And no mom, I was in the office for 4 transfers. So in total i´ve been here in Barcelona for almost 9 months. I know every back street possible in this city. I love it though.President Pace has been teaching a lot about the "rescue" work that President Monson wants all missionaries to get involved in around the world with menos activo work. The Lord literally has been puting menos activos in our path every where. We´ve found probably over 5 people who haven´t been to church since they moved here to Spain because they were scared to be in a new country or who just haven´t found the church. Last night we had another visit with a family in our ward, the 2 kids are active (Madelin is 18 and Piter is 17) but the parents are divorced and the mom Juana is inactive. Her boyfriend Victor has always been believing in God but has never understood why there are so many churches. In this visit with them, we started listening to Victor´s story and then the story of Juana and the kids. Their conversion stories brought the Spirit so strong. We testified of the restored church and the Prophet Joseph Smith. Then Victor asked us, "how can you be so sure that this is the true church? You all must of had some kind of sign to believe so strong in the church." We asked him how he feels when he prays and he told us that he always feels peaceful and like he´s free of guilt. After teaching him of how the Spirit communicates with us, we taught him about the Book of Mormon and how everything we believe is based on that book and how he will feel that same Spirit by reading it. He was so interested and had so many desires to start reading. Then the 2 kids jumped in and said "we can even read as a family too!" It was so perfect. The mom told us how good she felt and how she knew and has always known that this is the true church of God. It was such a powerful lesson and the power didn´t come from us as missionaries, it came from the testimony of the family. They are such an incredible family and the joy that comes from being able to help a less active family and help someone find the Gospel is the best feeling ever. I love being able to work with the less actives.
Alright gotta get going. Thanks for your prayers and for your love. Love you all

Elder Reeves