Wow I didn´t know that President Pace had sent a letter to both of you mom and dad. He impresses me more and more each day. I seriously have grown so much love for him and Hermana Pace and thank Heavenly Father every day for the chance that he´s given me to be able to work with both of them. Next to you, mom and dad, they´re one of the most amazing couples I know. President and Hermana have so much love for everyone. Every missionary in the mission just cant get enough of them because they feel so much of their love. I think they´ve been to their home ward here in Barcelona like twice since they got here because they just love going out and being with all the saints all over the mission. They are incredible.Well the miracles keep happening with Geovani and his family. I was gone in Albacete these last couple of days on an intercambio with 2 Elders who are kind of struggling right now (it turned out super well and we found a lot of good people to teach. I´m praying that they´ll start to see success there) but Elder Keeler and Elder Cerqueira went and visited Geovani and his family on Tuesday. They watched the Joseph Smith movie (the full one) and the family loved it. Geovani said that he wanted to be like Joseph Smith with his diligence and his faith. They invited all to pray to know if Joseph Smith was a true prophet. Well, last night when I got back here in Barç, Elder Cerqueira called them to follow up on how their prayers went. Geovani said that he already knew he was a prophet before he prayed but that he still got a confirmation from the Spirit, Johan the son felt the Spirit as he prayed, and the daughter Jovana after praying got up and opened up the Book of Mormon and just started reading. ALL 3 of them had personal answers directly from Heavenly Father. We couldn´t believe when Elder Cerqueira told us what happened after he got off the phone with Geovani. We were so grateful to the Spirit and the key role that it plays in the conversion process of investigators. It´s those kind of experiences that help investigators obtain their own testimonies and move forward with faith and confidence in the Lord. We´re hoping that we can have a visit with them tonight and set their baptismal date for sure.
When I was on the train back from Albacete (about 5 hours long) I had some good time to study and ponder. Dont worry i also found some opportunities to share the gospel. But I read a verse in 2 Nephi 9:18 and it really hit me hard. All of those that endure the crosses of the world will inherit all the God has prepared for us. The love of God is great and His wisdom is perfect. I´m so grateful for the opportunity to serve my God and my Savior and carry a little bit of the cross that Jesus Christ carried for us. I love my Savior and I love this gospel. Until next week.
Elder Reeves
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Barcelona week 10 - Contact the elect
Hello fam
I dont have a lot of time but everything´s going super well. The mission is going up in numbers and we´re starting to see a ton of miracles all over the mission. Elder Cerqueira has been doing intercambios all over the mission while Elder Keeler and I have been helping at zone conferences and teaching. Victor is still reading and is starting to notice more and more the truthfulness of the gospel. He´s still reading but we havent been able to set a baptismal date with him yet. We have so many good people we´re working with. We´re going to be seeing a lot of miracles here soon.This last Saturday we went to go visit a part member family that we found about a month ago contacting the less active mom in the metro. We had been contacting everyone in the metro and were just arriving to our stop. We could have stopped contacting because we were about to get off the metro but we saw the mom seated accross from us in the metro and seemed to be a nice lady so we started talking to her. Turns out that she was baptized Ecuador when she was like 14 i think and went to church for about a year but then stopped. Luckily she was getting off at the same metro stop as us so we were able to walk with her for a little bit and get her info. She is now married to her husband, Geovani, and they have 2 kids, the son Johan who is 14 years old and the daughter Jhovana who is 12. None of them are baptized. We´ve only been able to visit them like twice because of our schedule travelling and their work schedule. We´ve invited them to be baptized and Geovani told us that if he comes to know that this church is true that he´ll stay faithful for his whole life and bring his whole family and all his friends to church. This last Saturday we were able to visit Geovani. The rest of the family was gone but we taught him about the restoration and watched the movie with him. He LOVED it. Then on Sunday he came to church with Jhovana for the first time. LOVED church too. We have another visit with them tonight. We never would have found them if we hadn´t contacted that last lady on the metro. I love contacting. Pray for this family so that they can all come to church and start progressing together towards the temple.
I´m so grateful for our family and that we´re all sealed together for time and all eternity. You´re all examples for me and am grateful for your prayers. Mom good luck with everything in your calling. Hermana Pace is excited to listen to you in a couple of weeks. P.S. cant WAIT for general conference.
Love, Elder Reeves
I dont have a lot of time but everything´s going super well. The mission is going up in numbers and we´re starting to see a ton of miracles all over the mission. Elder Cerqueira has been doing intercambios all over the mission while Elder Keeler and I have been helping at zone conferences and teaching. Victor is still reading and is starting to notice more and more the truthfulness of the gospel. He´s still reading but we havent been able to set a baptismal date with him yet. We have so many good people we´re working with. We´re going to be seeing a lot of miracles here soon.This last Saturday we went to go visit a part member family that we found about a month ago contacting the less active mom in the metro. We had been contacting everyone in the metro and were just arriving to our stop. We could have stopped contacting because we were about to get off the metro but we saw the mom seated accross from us in the metro and seemed to be a nice lady so we started talking to her. Turns out that she was baptized Ecuador when she was like 14 i think and went to church for about a year but then stopped. Luckily she was getting off at the same metro stop as us so we were able to walk with her for a little bit and get her info. She is now married to her husband, Geovani, and they have 2 kids, the son Johan who is 14 years old and the daughter Jhovana who is 12. None of them are baptized. We´ve only been able to visit them like twice because of our schedule travelling and their work schedule. We´ve invited them to be baptized and Geovani told us that if he comes to know that this church is true that he´ll stay faithful for his whole life and bring his whole family and all his friends to church. This last Saturday we were able to visit Geovani. The rest of the family was gone but we taught him about the restoration and watched the movie with him. He LOVED it. Then on Sunday he came to church with Jhovana for the first time. LOVED church too. We have another visit with them tonight. We never would have found them if we hadn´t contacted that last lady on the metro. I love contacting. Pray for this family so that they can all come to church and start progressing together towards the temple.
I´m so grateful for our family and that we´re all sealed together for time and all eternity. You´re all examples for me and am grateful for your prayers. Mom good luck with everything in your calling. Hermana Pace is excited to listen to you in a couple of weeks. P.S. cant WAIT for general conference.
Love, Elder Reeves
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Barcelona week 9 - Zone Conferences
I´ve just kind of given up trying to recognize the neices and nephews. Theyre so huge! Thanks for the pictures of your birthday mom. Seemed like a wild party with all those crazy sobrinos that i love so much. Cant wait to see them all again. Just kidding, i can wait a while... as long as i´m here on the mission.These last couple of days have been a whirlwind travelling around and giving these zone conferences. But i´ve loved every second of it. We have such incredible missionaries in the mission and there´s something new that i learn from each one of them. We first started out flying to Palma de Mallorca (one of the Baleares island) saturday night and then we were there for all Sunday and had the conference Monday morning. Then we flew to Valencia Monday night and had the conference Tuesday morning. We have a little break to write the fam this morning but tonight we drive up to Lleida for Zone conference up there. This sunday we take a train to Bilbao and have the conference on monday and then we have zone conference with Barcelona and Hospitalet Wendsay and Thursday. Never thought i would travel so much on my mission.
This last Sunday i was on splits with Elder Bronson and Elder Weiss in Palma. After church, we went to go visit an investigator, Jaime, who had been coming to church for a while with his girlfriend, who is a member. We sat down with him and the family and we found out that he had listened to the missionaries a lot before but he could never get baptized because he had a problem with smoking. For years he´s been trying to give it up but has never been able to. Now by some miracle, he has stopped completely. I never heard how he ended up being able to stop but he doesnt have any problems now. Elder Bronson talked about how all these years he´s been putting his faith in God and has been trying to repent and now he´s further along the repentence process by giving it up completely. Elder Bronson asked him what his next step will be. He said, "well now i just have to get baptized!" He is now preparing to be baptized on the 15th of this month and will be getting married to his girlfriend on the 21st. God is preparing His children. This is the second harvest of Spain.
We luckily have time to go visit Victor today in about an hour which will be super good. We´re going to try to get a date set for him and try to figure out how he can either get married to Juana or move out. He´s been reading 20 pages a day in the Book of Mormon. Incredible man.
I love the people here in Spain and it just makes me wanna punch a wall realizing how fast it´s just slipping away from me. I love all the missionaries and i especially love my companions. I have the best companions ever. And I have the best family ever. Love you all
Elder Reeves
This last Sunday i was on splits with Elder Bronson and Elder Weiss in Palma. After church, we went to go visit an investigator, Jaime, who had been coming to church for a while with his girlfriend, who is a member. We sat down with him and the family and we found out that he had listened to the missionaries a lot before but he could never get baptized because he had a problem with smoking. For years he´s been trying to give it up but has never been able to. Now by some miracle, he has stopped completely. I never heard how he ended up being able to stop but he doesnt have any problems now. Elder Bronson talked about how all these years he´s been putting his faith in God and has been trying to repent and now he´s further along the repentence process by giving it up completely. Elder Bronson asked him what his next step will be. He said, "well now i just have to get baptized!" He is now preparing to be baptized on the 15th of this month and will be getting married to his girlfriend on the 21st. God is preparing His children. This is the second harvest of Spain.
We luckily have time to go visit Victor today in about an hour which will be super good. We´re going to try to get a date set for him and try to figure out how he can either get married to Juana or move out. He´s been reading 20 pages a day in the Book of Mormon. Incredible man.
I love the people here in Spain and it just makes me wanna punch a wall realizing how fast it´s just slipping away from me. I love all the missionaries and i especially love my companions. I have the best companions ever. And I have the best family ever. Love you all
Elder Reeves
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