Mom
that truly touched my heart. I sat here in Uruguay, reading the
rich words of my mother. There is nothing that has EVER
compared to this moment here. right now. I am in a room
smaller than my bedroom back home, sitting next to my comp. with 4
out of the 8 computers occupy. I am blown away at how even in
times like these, the spirit can hit me so hard. Mom you do an
amazing job with your calling as mother and i can only imagine how
happy our father is for the service that you offer as a leader in His
church. Thank you so much for helping the Girls with this
family. Helping them by your example and showing them the best
way to be missionaries. You are amazing and thanks to you and
the family, i am having members here that are ready to help and ready
to share the gospel with their friends.
Here
in 18 de Mayo, my companion and i started with our guns a FLAIILING!
we have EXPLODED this area. Seriously. This area
was kinda written off as dead seen as it hasn’t seen a baptism
since march of this year. We have 5 converts and all of them
were baptized in jan and feb. I have been here for 3 full days
and we have DONE SOME WORK! Elder Macavilca is amazing and works
harder than any of my past companions... (Sorry elder Ponce,
Gardenier, Ha, and Powell) but here, he is 100% seriously! He
and i are so ready to work and obey. There is so many things to
tell you but ether is so LITTLE time do do so. I feel the love
of the savior again as i serve with everything that i have.
When
they told me that i was going to be district leader, i didn’t know
how AMAZING it was going to be! I have 4 hermanas and 4 elders
(including me). The hermanas are exploding as well, in the 3
full days that i have been here they have found over 15 new
investigators EACH companionship! Incredible. You will be
interested to know that there is an hermana Young in my district. Go
figure no? haha. Also, i have hermana Coon in my
district. Remember her? She is related to the Stockbridge`s.
haha. She is amazing and working hard! Her spanish
is quite well, working on getting all that knowledge she has in her
head out of her huge smile. haha. I am impressed at the way the
Lord has prepared me for this calling. I am truly dedicated to
the lord in this work. Before being district leader, there was
lots of down time after 9 30, haha. now i am on the phone and
verifying basically up till 1030! haha. It amazes me that
there is NO time here in the mission. There seems to be just
work. :) but that`s how i like it. There is so much to do
and so much to expect, i can`t slow down a second because if i do,
I^M TOAST! hahaha. I love being here with the wonderful
people of Uruguay. They are very humble and i love being able
to help them with just a half hour charla in the street or a good sit
down in their homes as we talk to them about this grand message that
can help them so greatly.
I
can`t believe that there are so many things to do. I felt
overwhelmed in the offices with things to do on my schedule and now i
seem to have sped up and ADDED much more. haha. I love
this work and i love the gospel. There just are no words to
explain the mission... experiences that just can NOT be captured here
in this life. I was touched by your stories about the baptism
and how wonderful it truly was. (But mom... you’ve got to do me a
favor. Don`t expect Chelsea or JJ to write me about their
experiences. haha. They always write me but almost never about
what you tell me they will. haha.) I am so thankful that
you have all had that experience and that you are able to feel a tid
bit of the joy that comes from being a missionary full time. I
can totally feel your pain mom, Thankfully i have these two years to
dedicate to the Lord and not juggle the craziness of life on top of
it all. :) Thanks for being such an amazing family and for
always being there for me.
Los
amo con todo mi corazon!
Con
amor,
Elder Reay
Elder Reay
Chou!
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