Rhett

Hola familia y amigos!

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are all enjoying a nice turkey feast right now.. I'm kind of missing that over here right now honestly. The turkey is super expensive here so we don't have a chance haha. But I really do have so many things to be thankful for. I am so grateful to be blessed the family I have especially, a family centered in the gospel of Jesus Christ. I couldn't ask for more than that.

This week was another bit of a crazy week. I'm still adjusting to this AP thing haha but am very grateful for the opportunity I have to serve and help the mission. This week we had to go to Argentina for some zone conferences on Monday and Tuesday and then on Wednesday we were able to go back to our area in Paraguay. When we got back, we worked like crazy. It was honestly one of my favorite weeks in the mission. I feel like my comp and I have the same vision it is honestly so fun. There is a love for the people and the gospel that we have been talking with literally everyone we can. I have been able to see how Lord is preparing people for us to teach and putting people in our path as we open our mouths. In the time we were able to work we were able to have a lot of lessons and help many people come to accept a baptismal date. I honestly feel so happy to be here right now. I feel like the Lord is really helping me be an instrument in His hands. I love this work and invite all who maybe don't know much about the church to come and see for yourselves. If missionaries come by, I invite you to let them in and share this message we have to share. I know it will bless you life. I love you all and am grateful for the influence you have all had in my life. have a great week!

Elder Reilly 

Trent

Hola familia y amigos!

This week was great. The whole week Elder Metter and I were killing it. We were teaching lessons like crazy and and finding new people and working with the members and teaching their friends. It was awesome. But, in the end, only one investigator came to church on Sunday and that was really sad. But we just keep working!

We couldnt find Jose Ventura this week and that was also sad! He received a great miracle and chose not to act on it! We will keep trying to help him and see if we can get him to church and then in the baptismal font. We are working really hard here in Neuquen and I'm confident that some miracles will come!

Love you and miss you all! Thanks for the prayers!

Rhett

Hola Familia y amigos!

I hope all is well. This week was super crazy. A lot has happened here. I don't have much time but on Wednesday of this week President called me and told me that because our mission has 2 countries we will now have 2 Assistants to the President and that me and another Elder named Elder Barrios are going to be the Assistants in Paraguay. Basically what we are asigned to do is help out President and all the missionaries and motivate them to teach repentance and baptize. We will be traveling a lot which will be crazy to do divisions with other missionaries and conferences and stuff but it will be great to help the mission out get them pumped up to be great missionaries! I had to go to Argentina the next day to learn how to drive a stick shift truck!

To end off I just want ot share a miracle that happened recently in our mission. So this week we had a Conference with all of the mission in Argentina with 2 seventies that came, Elder Brague and Elder Cristenson. When President Svec told us about it about a month ago there was a huge problem because a bunch of the missionaries in Paraguay had Visa problems and wouldn't be able to cross without paying a huge fine. President and Hermana Svec told us that the mission wouldn't be able to pay for it eiter and it was pretty expensive. So the whole mission picked a day to fast and pray so that all the missionaries could cross to Argentina and so that we could have this giant confereence. At first there were 38 missionaries that couldn't cross. It seemed almost impossible that they would be able cross without paying. But to make it short the last Sunday the whole mission fasted and prayed, and when the day of the conference came every missionary crossed in the mission without paying anything. Wowww...what a miracle. It was incredible. The power of fasting and prayer is real. God is listening and I know he answered many prayers this week with the conference. The conference was incredible, the whole mission was there, and the Spirit was so strong. I love this work. I know it is truly the Lord's work! Love you guys, have a great week! 

Elder Reilly 

(A couple excerpts from Rhett's dad's letter too)

Elder Brague and Elder Cristenson came and talked and it was amazing, the Spirit was so strong. I feel like it really motivated the whole mission to really open our mouths, and find those people that are prepared for us. He used the example of Peter and Cornelius in Acts where Peter was led by the Spirit to find Cornelius who was had been praying and fasting and was waiting for him just days before. We can all have our own Cornelius we just have to have enough love for these people and open our mouths! I loved it, it was awesome. I'm little nervous but feel very grateful and excited to be able to lead the mission and help save our bruthas and sistas! Love Ya!

Trent

Hola Familia y amigos! Les quiero mucho y espero que estén bien!

This week was actually a REALLY tough one, but I'm not letting it get me down. We had committed many investigators to come to church, but very few came and that was a little sad. I only desire the best for these people and I know that if they keep the commitments that we extend to them then they will be so blessed and so much happier so it's sad when they don't keep them!

This week a really cool miracle happened. We have been teaching a man named Jose Ventura and he has a really tough situation. He is separated from his family and he has been living in the street without a job for about 3 weks now. We talked to him early in the week and he commented to us that he no longer had the energy to keep fighting and that he no longer wanted to live. His last opportunity for a job had just fallen through and he was super bummed out. We were able to comfort him by sharing this scripture(it's not exact I don't have it memorized in English), "My son, peace be unto thy soul. Thy suffering and thy afflictions shall be but a small moment. And if thou endure it well, ye shall be exalted on high." The moment was just so powerful. He bagan to cry and so did I because I just felt the love that God had for him. We were able to give him hope and help him keep fighting. We were tools in God´s hands! How special. The next day, Jose began to talk with a less active member of our Church(he didn't know at the time) in front of a public bathroom and tell him his situation. That member gave Jose a place to stay for one year without charge. The next day Jose found a job! God blesses those who persevere! 

I have no more time but know that I love and miss you all. Keep persevering!

Elder Reilly

Rhett - Trick or Treat

Hola Familia y amigos!

Espero que todo este muy bien. I don't have much time to write but it was another busy, great week. We were able to see some great things happen. Rosaly, her sister, and Marisa all came to church this week. Marisa has really gotten to know the members now and there is a new light in her when she comes to church. She just seems like such a happy person now, it's been awesome to see the change in her. Also, Rosaly has been reading the Book of Mormon a lot and feels really good about it. This week she invited one of her friends to the lesson so that we could share with her too!

We have been working with the Rojas family who is also progressing a lot. The husband has told us multiple times how much he really wants to change and help his family come closer to God. Life has been a little bit tough for them and I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ will help them to have that change. I am very excited for them, and I know it will bless them so much. One thing I have learned from this week is about faith and commitment. Heavenly Father has so many prepared blessings for us, that if we just have the faith and are commited we can recieve. When we are truly committed and show our faith to follow Jesus Christ, that is when the change takes place AND that is when we can feel the joy the Gospel brings. I think it is great to know that we have a Heavenly Father who loves us and has provided a way for us to return to live with Him and have all that He has. That sounds like the greatest plan ever to me! That's because it is.. I know that that's true and am here serving the people of Paraguay because of it. I love you all y espero que tengan una muy buena semana!

Elder Reilly

Trent

Hola everyone!

It was another great week. We are teaching many people and we got a few of them to church this week so that was great! I think we found the secret here! We just have to find all of the people who aren't from Argentina and then they're really nice haha! We're teaching a really awesome family from Paraguay and they're honestly so nice and loving. When we started teaching them they were so respectful. They just let us in and they give us so much respect because we're "people of God". They're so humble and they desire to become closer to God. I love people like that!

The whole mission has been really struggling with baptisms but our mission President shared a really awesome email with us today. He shared with us the story of when Jesus came to the apostles and told them to cast in their nets on the other side. They didn't understand and they said that they had been fishing all night and hadn't caught anything, but they obeyed anyway. They caught so many fish that their net broke. The natural man can't see what the Lord has in store! Then he shared D&C 4. The field is white and ready to harvest! Metemos la hoz! I love this work! I know the Lord's got some crazy miracles in store! It's gonna be sweet!

Love you and miss you all! Have a great week! Let your light shine!

Elder Reilly!