Mission Tour

What up? This week we had a mission tour, which is basically Zone Conference, but we had a General Authority 70 come. It was cool. I was picked to do a role play in front of a ton of missionaries and kinda muffed it up, which was kinda embarrassing. But you live and you learn. We talked a lot about establishing the church with families and focusing our invitations and our teachings on Jesus Christ. It was a good learning experience. 

Other than the conference, this week has been pretty chill. We found a guy named Vladimir and he is a little odd but has a lot of interest in the church. He came to church yesterday and liked it. He lives with his dad who is a member and has been inactive for like 30 years. They live in a wooden shack in the middle of a forest basically and it is so cool. 

Another cool thing from this week is our friend Wilfry. Wilfry was baptized 4 years ago and has been inactive for about 6 months. He has been depressed and just does nothing. We started to meet with him to teach lessons and it has helped him so much. We had a lesson with him and his mom last week and we talked about repentance. I shared my personal testimony with them and the Spirit was incredibly strong. At the end of the lesson Wilfry told us that he wants to repent and prepare for a mission. We were so happy. He came to church yesterday and you could see the difference it made by the smile on his face. Although our missionary purpose is to prepare people for baptism, I love helping inactive members come back to church. 

We are truly teaching a lot of people but they are all having a super hard time coming to church. They live like 40 mins away and none have motorcycles or cars so they have to walk and that is a huge sacrifice. Pray for the people in Bonao to find a way to get to church. Would be much appreciated. 

My fam went to Lake Powell this week and it looked like a party. Hope you are all livin’ summer up out there. Love you all! 

-Elder Wilde