Another week came and went. Time is an interesting concept. It's always the same, but sometimes feels slow and sometimes feels fast. The mission is a roller coaster, but I love it!
This week was an interesting one. We had a lot of things to do and one of them was going back to one of my old areas in Nagua! It was super fun seeing the area again and remembering all the things that happened there. I was able to see one of the members named Verenice there and it was so weird cause it was so long ago when I was there. The reason we went there was to move the Elders out of their house and into the other house with the other elders. We also had a zoom meeting with the whole mission while we were there and President Bretón announced that July 1st 2024 the DR will have 4 missions. Which means our mission will split. I will have a whopping 3 weeks left in my mission when that happens, but it will be interesting to see.
We have been trying really hard to teach more in our area this week. We have found a few new people and 2 of them speak english. Literally half of our teaching pool we teach in english haha. It is fun though. Last night we taught Jackson and John. They are two different people who don't live together but are both Haitian and english speakers. They need Jesus Christ. John expressed to us that if he didn't forget his keys in the house Thursday night he never would have met us, and that God put us in the right place at the right time. Jackson expressed to us that he wants a better relationship with Jesus even though he isn't a “gospel kinda guy." Last night confirmed to me that God prepares people for us to teach. I hope these 2 friends of ours can progress and be baptized. Please pray for Jackson and John.
One thing I have been doing recently when I have "free" time is reading about temples. It is amazing how much peace it brings just reading about temples. It makes me sad that I didn't attend the temple more frequently when I was at home with so many temples at my disposal. It is for sure one of my goals to attend the temple at least once a week when I return home.
I've been using the institute student manuals on the gospel library app during my studies of the scriptures and it is truly an amazing tool. I have learned and gained so much more from dedicating more time to actually studying. Not just reading.
This week I read about Zeezrom and Alma and Amulek in the Book of Mormon. The conversion of Zeezrom is truly amazing. I think it is one underrated. Go read Alma chapter 10-15 to learn more about it!
I love this gospel and am so grateful for the next 8 1/2 months I have to preach it. Love you all!
Elder Wilde
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