Rhett

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The working is going super well right now. This week we found a bunch of new people. The hard thing for us has been that everyone basically lets us in to talk with them but a lot don't really feel a need to make changes and be baptized. So we have been really focusing and praying to find people who really NEED the gospel in their lives and the Lord has really helped us to find them! We have been praying to find a family that really are in need of the gospel. On Friday we were contacting in a street we had never been to before and we passed by a house and saw a guy working outside. We passed by thinking...ohh he's working he probably wont want to listen, and kept walking. Then we stopped and Elder Esse and I looked at each other and thought, nope we gotta go talk to him! So we went back and we gave him a Saludo and started talking to him. He directly invited us to pass by and share. We got to talking with him and he told us that he has hash a really bad smoking problem and has wanted to quit but never could and that he knows he needs to stop to go to church and be with God. He said he does want start going to church and how he know it will be a good thing for him and his family. We shared about Jesus Christ and the gospel and how he would be able to quit and be clean from everything and start over through baptism. We told him we would be there to help him every step of the way and he accepted a baptismal date for the 25th of this month. We visited him again yesterday and were also able to share with his 2 kids and put baptismal dates with them as well. We told how much the gospel blesses families and how they all together follow Christ through baptism. He loved it and now they are all preparing to be baptized. Pretty awesome!! I dont have time to write more but really it is so great to be a part of this work and see the Lord’s hand in it. This is His work! Love you guys!

Elder Reilly