Temples

Hey everyone! Hope you're all doing well.

This week was a super fun week. We had Zone Conference on Wednesday and General Conference this weekend! 

Zone conference was a super good time. It was the first Zone Conference I have had since July where I wasn't having to set up technology and go to all 3 Zone Conferences haha. Made for a nice relaxing day. We talked about the Doctrine of Christ and how to teach short powerful lessons. We have been trying to apply that in our area and hope for success! 

As far as success goes in Samaná there sadly isn't a lot of it right now. The good news is that we are trying and can always find a positive. The positive this week is Ana. Ana is a lady I have talked about for 2 weeks straight. We randomly found her in the street one day and she has come to church for 3 weeks straight. She is truly amazing! She is reading the Book of Mormon and understands our lessons so well. We are hoping to invite her this week to be baptized. She has truly been a light in our lives these last few days! 

As far as General Conference goes, I loved it! I truly feel like I received some answers to my questions and it feels so good. There are too many talks to choose from as a favorite but I did love the talk by Alexander Dushku. I feel that too often we get caught up in wanting a "pillar of light" spiritual experience that we lose track of all the "rays of light" experiences. I loved thinking back to my rays of light experiences and realizing just how strong my testimony really is. 

I hope you all got the impression to start visiting the temple more. I am gonna give my best effort to go weekly when I get home. I think the temple is truly an amazing place and for all of us that live in Utah, we're far too blessed to make excuses to not go to the temple. 

I love you all and hope you have a great week! 

Elder Wilde