Hey everyone! Well another week has come and gone but it was a really busy week for us so I'll see if I can get most of the things that happened in this email! Something awesome that happened was Angels baptism and we had so much support which was really awesome but I sure do love being a missionary!
Reply: I really loved your spiritual thought mom thanks for starting with that. I like that principle that Elder Jorg shared in his talk about how Heavenly Father neither Satan can obligate us to choose their way. Our agency really is the ONLY thing we can give back to our Heavenly Father and it is to take advantage of all the resources He has given us and choose to follow His path! I really love chapter 28 in 3rd Nephi too and thanks for sharing all your thoughts on that chapter and honestly all of the Book of Mormon has become so real for me lately, how it actually is a Book that has all the answers, if we are sad or we need help the Book of Mormon has the best advice we can get so thanks for sharing that with me!
Sounds like a good week too with heading back to school for the first one and it is always the hardest but I am glad you are excited to have the kids and spend time with them! I am so excited to hear about football and how they beat Jackson that´s so cool! Who is coaching with Coach Joyce? And wow I never that I would see or hear that the volleyball team won but that is super exciting!! I will keep Jason and the whole Streit family in my prayers during this hard time and I will send them a message for sure! I hope he can get feeling better soon but let me know if there is any updates on them. Thanks for everything mom and sure do love you!
My Week: Like I said it was a wild week with a lot of activities and planning but all in all it was good. We went to Palenque on Monday for our last transfer and it was super fun! Then on Tuesday is when our new companion got here. His name is Elder Pimentel from Michoacan. He was my Zone Leader when I was in Benemerito so we know each other and he is really awesome! You can imagine that this week in the office it was a lot of training and showing what things we need to do and our responsibilities but it also has been super fun to be in a trio and just enjoying our time together!
On Thursday we had a meeting with all the leadership of the mission with President and Hermana Chavez about the goals of the mission and it was super awesome! We all decided to increase our finding goals because all of Mexico increased the baptism goal to 25 baptisms every week so we have a lot to improve but it was a spiritual meeting and little by little the Lord will bless us to be able to accomplish this goal!
On Friday it was a normal day but we had Angels baptism so it was super fun! We got to the church and helped his mom decorate and had about 60 members show up and probably 10 of our friends come so it was a huge miracle and it was a good spiritual experience and Angel was so happy too! The big miracle was we are teaching Guadalupe's(recient convert) neighbor and she came to the baptism and church and told us she wants to get baptized so we are really excited and are going to work with her mom and dad so they can open up too and accept the gospel but we are so grateful for Heavenly Father and these huge miracles we see every single day!
I can't really express how grateful I am to be on a mission. Even though it's hard sometimes, it has been the best experience of my life. I still have 3 more weeks to enjoy it but one thing I learned these week in my study is that all the experiences I have had and the person I have become on my mission is just the start. I am grateful for all of you and the blessings and miracles my Heavenly Father has given me and more than anything is the relationship with my savior Jesus Christ. I love Him and know He is real! I love you all and we'll keep in touch! If you need anything at all I will do all I can do help but thank you for all the support and have a good week!
Love Elder Reiley
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