Rhett

Hola Family!

Espero que todo este bien ahi! The mission is the best, I'm loving it over here. This week was transfers, and I found out that me and Prina are staying here for one more transfer! I'm super pumped about that. We are working super well right now and have a lot of investigators progressing. One thing we are trying to do is just have a lot more quality lessons with our investigators and really show our love for them. We have been doing a lot of family home evenings and stuff to get them fired up to go to church and get them started on the best path there is!

We have been working with the Guetirrez Family a lot. The parents are both less active and their 3 kids aren't baptized. This week we had a lesson with them and invited their neighbors to come and join as well. We talked to them about how Heavenly Father really does have a plan for each and every one of us and our families. We just have to sacrifice a little here on Earth and we can have a life of happiness in eternity after. Where we will be able to rest from all the labors and challenges of this life. It was really great for them and they could all really see the importance of making commitments like coming to church. The daughter of familia Guetirrez and all the neighbors said they would try to come to church and accepted a baptismal date for next month. They are so great. Yesterday we had a family home evening with them and played some games and talked about the restoration. I also brought my Ukeleli and we sang some hymns! Hahah the kids are so funny, they loved it! 

One thing I have been studying this week and the last is a lot about our eternal duties and sacrifices in this life for the Lord. One thing I really liked from a talk from Elder Holland is about the parable of the debtor in the Bible. There was a man in debt that owed another man a lot of money, I'll just say a million dollars. The debtor couldn't pay it, so the man forgave him and let him go free without paying anything. But a little bit down the road the man that forgave, saw the man who he had forgiven trying to charge another man a debt of 100 dollars. Elder Holland explained how in this life Jesus suffered everything for us, more than we can imagine. He invites us to come and be perfect as He is. We may not be perfect but we at least have to follow His example and be willing to forgive others as he did. It seems so little compared to what he forgave us. This life may be hard, but we have to be willing to experience hardships and try to follow the Savior even when it's a sacrifice. If we do so, we will be able to be perfected in Him. I know Jesus Christ loves us and feel Him there forgiving us always when we come unto Him! Love you all!

Elder Reilly