Hey familia,
Wow my new companion Elder Pearson is incredible. He´s such an obedient missionary and is so reliant on the Spirit that he is just a powerful missionary. He´s actually the nephew of President and Hna Pace haha his mom is the younger sister of Hna Pace so it´s pretty fun. I´m not sure if you know his parents mom and dad? His dad is in the Area Presidency in New Zealand. So yeah, you can get a pretty good sense of what kind of missionary he his. He´s bringing me back my old missionary spirit that i used to have earlier on in my mission. I´m loving it.
I´m so sorry to hear about Nick Sterling. He was a great kid. I didn´t know him too well but i had hung out with him a couple of times. I hope his family takes this trial as a time to grow closer to God and closer as a family. It´s such a blessing to have the gospel in our lives and know the plan he has for us.
In our district meeting this last week, Elder Thimmig, our new district leader, invited all of us to invite at least one person a day to be baptized. The first day, we invited a contact to be baptized but were´nt able to get his info. The next day, friday, we invited a man in a visit to be baptized who was a reference from a recent convert. He said yes, but he didn´t accept a date. Then on saturday, as we were praying and testifying right before going out to proselyte in the morning, we had the strong impression that there was somebody that day that was ready to accept the baptismal invitation and that we would set a fecha. As we went throughout the day, we only had one visit with Luz Marina, our recent convert, and nothing else. We went passing by old investigators and contacting people but we werent finding the right opportunity to invite someone to be baptized. The day was coming to an end and we were going to have one more visit with a less active lady, so i decided that we would have to invite another contact on the way home to be baptized after the visit. As we entered in to the less active´s home, out of nowhere there was another lady there who had just barely moved in with the MA. We met her and got her to agree to listen to our message. We did a lesson 0 and invited her to be baptized. She said yes and accepted the date to be baptized on the 20th of april!! We had to set the fecha for a little later because she´s going to be going back to Portugal for semana santa to be with her family in a week. Her name is Eva from Africa, but when she was little she moved to Portugal with her family. She speaks Portuguese, Spanish, English, and i think some other language. She is so humble and so willing to learn more about the restored gospel. She came to church yesterday with her little 3 year old daughter and loved it. It was a big testimony to me that God knows what our goals are and if we have the faith and our focused on helping people come to Him through baptism, He places people in our path.
Well dont have more to say except that time is going by way too quick. I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Elder Reeves
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