Marzo!

When does March Madness start? I might need to have you send me a bracket to fill out haha. That's crazy that BYU beat Gonzaga! Hopefully they'll get a bid because of it!

It was kind of a rough week this week, but we had some sweet lessons! We taught a guy named Jesus on Wednesday and it was way good. My previous companion and I had gone by his place multiple times, but the gate out front was always locked or he wasn't there when we actually did get in, so we never got a chance to talk to him. But we ended up being able to set up a lesson with him and he was actually there when we went by! He's had a pretty tough life and has had to deal with a lot of health problems, but he loves his family a ton and wants to know more about the gospel. He seemed kind of hesitant when we first got there, but by the end of the lesson, he was excited and even asked us when we were going to come back instead of the other way around! I'm excited to see what happens with him. We also had a good lesson with Miguel on Thursday, he is progressing well. He came to church yesterday too. 

I had a district leader training last week and we were trained on a new method of extending invitations/commitments. It's super simple, but it's so good! We've implemented it in our teaching and I trained on it this past Friday in district meeting. It's basically just this: teach, testify, promise blessings, invite (extend commitment invitation), testify, promise blessings. Super simple, but we've seen some great success from it! People are a lot more willing to accept an invitation to do something when they know that there are some good things waiting for them! Haha

We had a couple rainy days this past week and even had some thunder and lightning! When we got out of church yesterday it started raining super hard and then it started hailing as well haha. It was pretty wild. Kind of nice to have a little change in the weather though. I feel like it was just the first of February and now it's already the first of March haha. Crazy stuff. 

I hope you all have the best week yet! My testimony of the Book of Mormon continues to have a way of getting stronger. I love that book so much haha. I've been trying to share a scripture from the Book of Mormon with people who actually open their doors and it's been super cool. I love you all so much!

Elder Reynolds