Hermano Reyes Green

Dear Fam,

Hola and Aloha! ha how are you!? Oh my gosh I have so much to tell you! I hope everyone is doing so well and Katie, wow I am so happy that Ellita is ok! I have been praying very hard for her health, I know everything will be ok. THanks for your faith and positive attitude. THe Lord definitely takes care of us. First of all, thank you all so much for your support and love, and second of all....guess who came to church this last Sunday!!!!!!!!????? Hermano Reyes Green!!! You dont know who that is, and sorry to give away the story, but you all know me, surprises first :) But seriously I have never felt such a rush of joy, excitement, wanted to cry, my companions and I did cry, gratitude and happiness all in the same moment. So remember last week how we had a crazy pday and i didnt write very much, well right after that we had a noche de hogar with the familia Reyes. They were supposed to bring another family over that wants to investigate the church. But when we got there, this other family couldnt come, we were kind of bummed because we are always looking for new families to teach, but still were excited to have this noche de hogar with the familia Reyes because the dad is inactive. The mom just started right off by saying right in front of her husband, ´hes inactive and has been for 7 years, we really want him to start coming to church again´. just kind of blunt like that and the dad was fine with it, he told us it was true and that he hadnt been to church since his daughter passed away 7 years ago. What a tragedy! We had a noche de hogar that I will never forget. The spirit was so incredibly strong! We watched FInding Faith in Christ and afterward had an incredible discussion about what it means to let the Atonement work in our lives. I told him something that I remember Michal Hales telling us when Madeline passed away, that we all need to live in a way, here, that will allow us to be with Madeline and our Heavenly Father again. It doesnt make sense to ever be angry with God or to turn away from him, He only wants to help us. Wow, it was awesome. We had hopes and invited him to come back to church this Sunday, but ill be honest, I was a person with little faith because I figured it would have taken someone with so much time away from the church a little while to come back. But this just goes to show, that nothing is impossible with the Lord. He knew that the father of this family needed the noche de hogar more than the other family. He knows! Heavenly Father just knows whats best. And to see him walk in to Sacrament Meeting late was indescribable, I couldnt help the tears, none of us could believe it. This is my true testimony that the Atonement is real. Jesus Christ suffered for our pains, afflictions, sad moments, all of it. Sometimes we are the only ones that are stopping ourselves from receiving the blessings of the healing power of the Atonement. Jesucristo is waiting for us to draw near unto him, so he can draw near unto us. If you just picture what thats like, to see the Savior of the world with outstretched arms, he will receive us like it says in Alma 5 33. I love it!

Also, this week was so fun because our stake is having a soccer tournament and we have been bringing our investigators to play and watch. They are so fun and you would not believe the number of people that come! Rosita, one my most favorite hermanas in the ward is selling her pupusas there, comida de Salvador- y todo! its so muuuuuuuch fun! And Manuelito, who was baptized two months ago is the star of the Primary! Everyone calls him Messi 2 for those of you that know who Messi it. Oh and ps blessings received this week in the guat city central mission...one of my friends, who was my friend before the mission, Elder Crosby got electricuted! Its not an exclamation thing, just saying that he straight up got electricuted during a rain storm and had he not had his garments, he would have died. THe Doctor told him how lucky he was that the electricity jumped from the left side of his body, skipping over his heart and out his feet! That probably doesnt make any sense and i dont have much time to write, but Im so glad hes ok and that we have our endowments to protect us! Hna Ramos and I talked a lot about how real the power of the temple blessings are! Love you all, have a great week! Oh and remind me to tell you about having 4 hermanas i n our area this week, it was fantastic! Adios! And Luizirene! love this work, love all of you!

Con amor,
Hermana Wetzel

P.S. oh and hna brown, remember when we tried to break a hundred qs by buying matches? haha 25 centavos, kills me! but sad day, we finished those matches and it made me think of that day when we were like, umm yeah, we need to buy something bigger than that! so well take ummm....thirty of those? love you! im so glad you talked to the fam! way to go! a letter is on the way, next week ill send it with all the details! manueltio y todos say hi!