3-18-13

Man :) yes this was a better week ha-ha

I just received an email from the mission president giving us permission to email for 1 hour, and being able to email friends and recent converts.  Still not supposed to email back and forth like instant messaging but what a blessing huh??  I love the work here and we have some more investigators, working on teaching a SUPPER poor family.  We found them contacting doors, invited them to the classes of English and THEY CAME! So we are teaching them now, the mom isn't really interested but the two youngest boys, (9yearolds) are pretty interested so we will see :)  No micro chip yet, I won't get packages till transfers I think... so that’s another 3 weeks.  But that is ok.  I love getting them all the same :)  This week we had problems with the postal service, so I won [t get any letters till next week sometime, till they get things lined out.  Know that I am LOSING myself in the work, so don [t fret over the little things, I’m finding that God blesses me without fail, sometimes in the long run but ALWAYS blesses me.  :)  Thanks for doing the Plaque for me Mom.  That is something our ward wasn't really good with.  I emailed Josh Stewart today; does he have a plaque too? What about Joni and chandery and Jordan?  Haha food for thought if you are going to be ordering plaques and all. :) My favorite scripture is Alma 29 9 and 13 3 but 29 9 is easier for a plaque, 13 3 is little bit off a life lesson. :) so 29 9 is the one :) ha-ha.  I love Uruguay! Did I tell you that? The blessings are so abundant here! The blessings are certainly MUCH different than the states, but man I am thankful that I have been called to Uruguay.  I am progressing exponentially with the language!!! Kinda hit a breakthrough where I just kinda talk without having to think.  Mainly on the uses of the (tenses).... man that was a killer for me... but now it is coming naturalier, so I am getting to a higher level :)

Spiritual experience was yesterday. Sunday.  :) we had what's called a "chocka de esfuersa" where all the elders in our area, (minas) go into one area (Minas 2B) and all six of us do contacts, tracking if you will, trying to get references for them and find investigators that they can pass by latter that week..  I got to go with Elder Garcia from Peru.  How strong was the spirit the whole time!! Don[t know what I did to deserve that strength, but I was able to talk with 71 people in the 2 and a half hours we had, talking with indescribable POWER AND AUTHORITY.  I have never been able to teach like that, till yesterday, ha-ha. I could describe the lessons simply and powerfully, adapting the methods according to the needs of the contact.  I was blown away at how strong the spirit was.  So thankful that God gave me that experience, I KNOW someone was affected by my spirit yesterday, myself included.  Maybe I was blessed with the spirit super strong for me? for elder Garcia? for a specific contact? So far, I don [t know... but I am eternally grateful for the day. :)

Man, investigators... still not sunny and bright but we have a few that are strong, still have faith that they will get baptized.  Don [t have any right now that are close friends, other than the family taking the English classes.  They remind me of bradie bug and as well as the young kids in our ward, the ghrams as well.  I am studying a lot. A lot alot in first Nephi.  I love the story of this family.  Nephi is my hero. 

Pdays, we clean the house before email.  Today we cleaned for an hour, then headed for the computer lab (If you can call it that.) then we will go back to the house and cook lunch, I will write letters and my comp will sleep. :) Ha-ha we stop at some shops and buy some food for the week, go to the cheep places ya know, but that’s about it... short, sweet and perfect. :) Enough to prepare for the week and write my favorite people. :)

Love you all so much!!

Love, Elder Reay