Dear Family,
Sorry not a lot of time this week. The most important thing to say though is that I love you all. I love being able to read about each of your lives and what you are learning right now. It's hard not being all together, but we wouldn't be learning as much as a family.
That reminds me of a talk I listened to this week that Elder Robles wants me to have Luciano listen to. The talk is amazing. It was on trials. At one point he spoke about how to face trials in life. He said the best advice he could give was to not face the trial alone, to go to others and ask for help. He mentioned how in our families we are all blessed with different gifts and talents and that we need all of those gifts and talents working together so that all of us can conquer the trials of life and continue forward towards eternal life. We all have different talents and abilities ad we need to rely on each other or else life's challenges will become overwhelming. Just like David said, we need to learn from each other. I am excited to be able to counsel with all of you when I get home and have to start making difficult decisions. I am glad to have you all as my friends!
Another thing that I really liked about that talk was this quote: "The trial of trials is the trail of no trials". The true test of our faith is how faithful we are when we don't have trials forcing us to be. One of my recent converts, Italo Inanami, mentioned to me this week that he didn't like that the Book of Mormon has so much fighting and death. I had to explain to him that all of that happened because the Nephites and Lamanites were slow to remember their God and be faithful during times of prosperity.
I don't know if I have told you all this recently but I love my Mission!! I am learning so much. I fell that I have really started to learn and grow a lot ever since I have been a trainer. Elder Crowder left me last Monday and I got Elder Hartman. He came in with Elder Crowder so he is still very new and I am still a Trainer. I am really learning a lot about what David talked about: Humility and trusting in the Lord. It is so nerve-wracking to walk into a home with a person for the first time and not have any idea what you are can say to be able to help them accept the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. But it is so comforting to walk out of a lesson and look back and see how God lead you through the lesson. A I trust in God to give me what to teach, the lesson just flows. We had such a good lesson with a new lady last night. I felt the Spirit stronger in that lesson than I have in any other lesson on my mission. Her name is Alison. She is from Peru. We contacted her about a month ago, cut her grass for her on Saturday, and taught her with Eduardo and Andrea yesterday. The lesson went so well. She is coming to Church on Sunday with her husband and three daughters, one of which already knows Andrea from High School. A big challenge for me now is learning how to teach with my companion, who is still learning the language. But he is great. I love being with him.
Well I am late. I gotta go. I love you all. Please take care of yourselves and Mom, say hi to Stuart for me and tell him I will see him soon and that he can't get married until I get home ;-D
Love you all,
Elder Reece
PS- This is me and Elder Crowder. Hopefully I will get a picture with elder Hartman soon. Love ya'll.
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