Fam,
Dont have a lot to say because we´ll be talking tomorrow. I´ve got some surprise news for you all... You´ll find out tommorrow!!
But i just wanted to share the whole story of Elizabeth and the huge miracle that she was. Elder Cerqueira and I had just gone through a series of finding a lot of prepared people, setting fechas, and then falling through. We were a little discouraged and didn´t really understand why things turned out that way, but we kept working hard and trying to fulfill our responsibilities as ayudantes and as servants of the Lord. A little while later, the Hermanas in Barrio 1 came to us and said, "Elders we have an investigator that showed up to church and she lives in your area. She told us she wants to be baptized!" We met her and had a visit with her a couple of days later. We were super excited but a little afraid because she was in a difficult situation. She´s 21 years old with a 3 year old daughter that was taken away from her and her boyfriend because they couldn´t provide for her. She had just broken up with her boyfriend but was still living in the same room as him. She wasn´t working and couldn´t move out of the piso because it´s the only support she had and she couldn´t afford living outside of the piso because her ex boyfriend and his family helped pay for rent. The government told her that she needed to stay in a stable place to be able to get her daughter back. We had set a baptismal date for the 15th of December but knew it would be a little hard to keep her progressing because of her situation and because we were going to be travelling a lot for Zone Conferences. As we were out of her area, we tried to call her and follow up as much as we could with her reading and her prayers. Members also helped her and invited her over to their house and everything. During those weeks her ex boyfriend moved out of the room, she slowly was stopping smoking, and was always reading and praying. When we got back from Zone Conferences on the 13th, she called us and asked, "am i still getting baptized on the 15th?" Because we still had to teach her a lot, we reset the fecha for the 22nd. We taught her the rest of the lessons and she stopped smoking. She accepted and committed to keep all the commandments. The members continued to grow to reach out and love her. This last Saturday she asked me to baptized her. Elder Cerqueira confirmed her yesterday. Such a huge miracle and blessing. I know this is the Lord´s work and that His angels are preparing and helping people to accept the gospel and be baptized. And eventually go to the temple one day. I love missionary work.
See you all tomorrow! Love you
Elder Reeves
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