Hey everyone! Happy Father's Day to all the great dads! Also thanks mom for the email! You're the best!
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I love your spiritual thought so much about patience. That is exactly what I needed because it is so true with these people, I just want them to recieve these blessings but sometimes it is really tough, and with Spanish, I just want to wake up tomorrow and understand everyone but I know that is not the case! I really believe through this time of just ducking my head and going to work, the Lord will bless me.
I am so glad you all had an awesome week with Allison and her friends. Austin told me they had a lot of fun so I'm glad. Summer in the Valley is always so fun. Also that is super cool about Ty's jv team getting all the wins and who is on varsity this year? I am glad you got to spend some time with Kinley's team. How are the dogs and cats? What does your usual day look like? That is so cool dad is going to climb the grand. Tell him to get it down so we can go when I get home. Thanks for your kind words mom. The mission is super weird because it is pretty hard but I wouldn't trade for the world!. Thanks again and I love you mom and fam and friends.
MY WEEK
This week was really cool for Elder Ashton and I. We did a lot of finding this week and we found a new family to teach in Basin and it always blows me away to watch the Lord provide new opportunities for us each day. Then in the same apartment we found this guy named Ricardo and he came to church on Sunday! It was so cool and then later on Sunday we taught his roommates too so we found 3 more people to teach and it's all thanks to the Lord.
So a little update on our friends - we're teaching. Joe, we've had some way good lessons with him and actually brought a member so he's moving forward. Then Karie started working again so we haven't had any contact with her except on Friday and she was busy but I think we've figured out her schedule so we'll get with her this week. The Haworths; this one is pretty tough, so Reagan wants to be baptized but we still need to teach her some stuff and get her interviewed, the problem is her parents are so busy and don't get back to us so we are at a stand still and don't know what to do so big prayers for the parents that they can make some time in their lives to make this happen. Luisa and Osbaldo, pretty frustrating because we'll have a lesson with Luisa and she wants to be baptized so we tell her she needs to come to church, and yesterday Tyler Hawkins went out there to pick her up and she was sleeping. It was tough so we'll see if her desire to be baptized increases and she can actually come. I think that's everyone so far but I'll keep you updated.
Friday & Saturday I had meetings pretty much all morning and then Sunday so I was in a suit for quite awhile but I learned a lot and I feel like I am growing so much in my testimony and my ability to be a productive missionary but I do have a lot to do still, but thanks to the Atonement of Christ I can be better.
Also something fun was we had a big carne asada on Saturday at President Davidson's house and at first only a few people from the ward showed up, but then a member we've been working with showed up (tersita) and then Norma, remember her? She pulled up with all her family and sisters and it was so sweet! We had a big party and then everyone else shot shotguns and we just watched which was tough but it was a huge success to have some people come.
I am so excited for this week because Basin City is having a rodeo this week and I am pretty sure we are going to help out so I am pumped! I feel like since summer has come on our service has gone down quite a bit but I know the Lord has something in store for us.
I love you all so much and I just want to leave you with a scripture in D&C 10:4-5. I read this the other day and I loved it. In verse 5 it talks about prayer and how we can literally pray for help to avoid Satan's grasp. President Rasmussen says if you want to be successful, you need specific prayers and it's so true. I feel a difference when I really pray and ask God for specific blessings than when I just go through the motions and in PMG it has a little chart to help us all say more sincere prayers and I want to invite you all to read it and find just a little something to work on. I can't express how much I love my family and especially my Savior Jesus Christ, He lives and I know He loves me.
Have an awesome week!
Elder Reiley
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