Querida Familia,
Well, Merry Christmas!
This week has been really good. On Tuesday I went out with Elder Barrett all day. He is one of my Zone Leaders. It is really neat because we lived together for my first three transfers in Miami Lakes. He was my Zone Leader there too. It is really neat. Thursday we had a meeting with about 20 missionaries and President Hale and the AP's. It was really good. It gave me more excitement about the work. I am trying to have more fire and enthusiasm. And there's no reason why not to. This is such a great work and message. Thursday Evening, we went up to my old area that is now part of the new Branch, and Elder Carpenter gave three baptismal interviews. What's neat is that I taught them when I was up there with Elder Oliphant. They got baptized yesterday.
Oh, I found out some sad news last Monday after finishing emailing. Do you remember Azucena Ayerdis? Elder Lauck and I baptized her in Miami Lakes back in June. If you remember she had cancer. Well last weekend she went back into the hospital and she passed away Monday morning at about 7. It was really sad to hear. Her funeral should be coming up soon and I hope President Hale gives me permission to go to it. I am sad but very happy for her. She is out of pain now and she went prepared. She is doing a great work on the other side of the veil now. Also about recent converts, I received a Christmas card from the Grimany's this week. It was so great! They wrote a letter and bore a simple, sweet testimony. It made me so happy.
This work really is so amazing! It is so rewarding. I mean think about it. I haven't talken to my family in 7 months. I haven't seen any of you for almost a year. And I am completely happy with it:-D I miss you all immensely, of course, but I m being so richly blessed over here. It is so worth it. I am learning a ton. The main thing I am learning right now is to trust in God. It is quite easy for me to get disappointed or frustrated at myself or my companion or people or just situations. But I am learning to control myself and just move forward. I need to trus in God and trust that he will take my imperfect and often feeble efforts and use them to make great things happen. I am learning to trust that he will bless me as a strive to do what I know I need to, even if I don't have confidence that I know what I am doing. It is an amazing learning process. Like I have said before, this Gospel is absolutely amazing. Christ has the power to make us perfect. What better truth is there?! And he does it as we live the principles of His Restored Gospel. Remember them, all of them, even the seemingly small and insignificant ones. Live the Gospel. Live it to its fullest. It is the process by which Christ will perfect us. And as we do it, we will qualify to live together forever, as a perfect, whole family. I am so excited!
I love you so much. I am excited to talk to some of you soon. And for those that I won't get to talk to- I love you too, very very much. We'll talk in a little over a year. It'll be great!
Con mucho amor y todo mi corazon,
Elder Kevin Reece
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