Popcorn poping in Florida!
Tu hijo,
Elder Reay
Burger king... after more than two years. haha. :) A pday
treat
I have emailed hermana White for the last few weeks, she baptized this brother
two years ago and i am helping them get back in touch. :) Pretty fun. :)
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This week went really well! We have seen many miracles!
The most touching was the sister Suarez that made it to church yesterday!
She is 80 years old and was one of the first members to be baptized here
in Florida.
We visited her after receiving the prompting to do so on Friday. We
showed up to her house with a friend of the family that is a member and when
Sister Suarez´s daughter opened the door (Also a less active member) she asked,
"Oh, hello, what are you guys doing here?" And the brother that
was accompanying us replied, "The missionaries asked me who we should
visit and I told them that I wanted to come and see YOU and you mother... I
told them that it has been a long time since I’ve seen you in church and wanted
to visit you to see how you have been" and with that said, we were in the
door. :) They haven’t gone to church in about a year or a year and a half
now due to one reason or another and lately it has been just the cold mornings.
As the lesson unfolded, my comp and I shared some great scriptures and
then began to ask some inspired questions... Let me tell you. I have
gained such a testimony on Inspired questioning... it is amazing to hear the answers
that come from our investigators and less actives. Cloudia (The daughter
of sister suarez) answered a few of our questions and then broke down in tears
as she began to realize how powerful her OWN testimony was about church
attendance and as she began to realize that that testimony was being waited by
the years of excuses. She cried as she thanked us and Brother Rodriguez
for thinking of her and her mother and for our surprise visit. :)
They both came to church yesterday and it was absolutely beautiful.
One of the most amazing things about the lesson was that as I listened to
Sister Suarez´s conversion story and all the stories she has acquired over the
years, I sat in awe as I saw the image of Sister Suarez melt into what seemed
to be a childhood memory of my Grandma Reay. She seems to have the same
face, the same manner of speech and it was amazing to feel that closeness to my
Grandma. As I listened to her, I could remember one visit we made to
Grandma Reay’s apartment (Or old folks home... not sure) and I remember Uncle
Joe showing up as well and I remember the grandfather clock with the little
mouse sitting on the counter weight.
We have some great investigators coming to church!
Macarena has all the paperwork for the wedding and we will be finishing
up everything this week hopefully. Axel and his mother are now taking the
lessons and WOW they are just blown away by the spirit. We got to know
Axel first and invited him to be baptized, for the 30th (Hopefully there will
be a baptism over there in Arizona
the same day!) and then got to know the mother yesterday. She has
accepted baptism for the same day and we are so super excited!!!
Love you all!
Elder Reay
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