Joseph Smith

What's up everyone?!? I named the title of this email Joseph Smith because this week was full of him lol. I will get more into why a little later. 

But first things first Villa Vasquez is slowly feeling like home and I love it here. The ward members were rough at first but they are getting better. Yesterday at church I got to say the opening prayer and I was able to bless the Sacrament. It was so fun. Blessing the Sacrament reminded me so much of home because I swear I blessed it weekly at a point in high school. We also found out last night that this week we are going to the Santo Domingo Temple! We are so hyped. We don't know what day but President told us he will let us know what day tonight. 

As far as the work goes... Wow it is going! I have never felt more overwhelmed in my life. For the first time in my mission we are teaching so many people it is hard to organize our days. It just freaks me out cause you don't wanna miss people. That being said we had 7 people come to church and all 7 are related to a ward member already which is fantastic! We hopefully should have many baptisms to come in this area. 

A highlight of last week was we traveled to MonteCristi to have our district council. Afterwards we ate at this pizza place. I don't know who owned it but wow it was so nice and they even played American music. Harry Styles had like 4 songs play and I was in heaven. Basically that pizza place is the GOAT. So is Harry Styles, but Harry with One Direction is better. I think we should start a petition to make them get back together! 

Now for Joseph Smith. We talked to this lady named Griselda 2 days ago. I wish I could say this story is spirit filled but it is not. She went on for 15 minutes how Joseph Smith appeared to her with his big white beard that was very nice and he asked her for coffee. He then proceeded to tell her that everyone in Villa Vasquez is a bad person except for her. After we listened she said "And guess what I even prayed to him and he answered my prayer." So moral of the story if you are trying to impress missionaries, make sure you study first before making a fool out of yourself. It was pretty comical. My comp and I had a good laugh after. 

But last night my comp and I watched a video about Joseph Smith in the Gospel Library app. Made me realize how grateful I am for him. I also know that this is the true church of Jesus Christ and that Joseph Smith is the Prophet of the Restoration. It was insane how much I felt the Spirit in the video. If I didn't know this church was true and Joseph Smith was a prophet, I know now. 

Love you all! Have a great week! 

-Elder Wilde