This week
was fantastic! The new missionaries got here and we have only Nortes in
our room! One of them is from Blackfoot! They are pretty cool. I refuse
to speak any English to them at night because we need to be like Latinos. This week we were doing a mock investigator with our teacher
and me and my companion were teaching on the Book of Mormon. He had
questions and it was going alright. He is always very tired and doesn't
pay attention a lot. Elder Kelley was talking and I got this impression
to just start talking. I bore my testimony about the Book of Mormon and
what it means to me. I told him that I know that without a doubt when I
get worried or homesick or I need something that I can open that Book
and feel complete peace. I said other things I don´t even remember but
me and Jairo, the investigator, were both crying because even though the
appointment was fake the spirit was real.
In
class again, this one with another Elder, he had to teach me the law of
chastity and before this I had taught him and he gave me a little bit of
a hard time so I made a plan. Keep in mind all of this is in Spanish
every lesson and every class has no English in it. Anyways, he starts
talking and I seemed like a really good investigator and understood how
you weren´t supposed to do certain things before marriage and I stated
because you don´t want kids before your ready right? He agreed and I
said that will be no problem with me and he got really excited. He asked
me another question and I replied with ¨no yo tango mi novio, juan¨ for
you gringos that means no I have my boyfriend Juan. He barley contained
his composure. As he started stumbling with his words I simply stated
that it is okay because we can´t have kids. That's when he lost it. I
thought it was so funny and so did our teacher.
The temple today
was amazing and I got some answers I really needed. Dad, I remember
once you told me you regret never going on a mission. I know for a fact
that you weren't supposed to. You were supposed to baptize one of the
best converts in the church and that's mom. Thought that me and Abby
have and will bless people through our missions because of that. I tell
people all the time you didn't serve a mission but are a better man than
most could hope to be. And mom I tell everyone about how you are one of
my best friends and how you run funny!
Anyways,
I have not received any letters from Grandma so I will talk to
president but the rule is send everything to the mission office which
you wrote down mom. 3 months is the average time for packages so send Christmas
in October! If any people have questions about the gospel I challenge
each and everyone of the people that read this to be a missionary. You
don't need a name tag to teach this gospel. I love you all so much. Stay
strong!
Con Amor,
Elder Reese
P.S. For a
good laugh read 2 kings chapter 2 verses 23 and 24. Next time you get
made fun of for being bald keep that in mind Dad,
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