Been a While

Hey Everybody! 

Last week I didn't write an email due to a temple trip which took meant we didn’t have our usual P-day, but boy was it worth it! 

We went to the Santo Domingo temple this past week and it was one of the best experiences that I have had in the temple. I felt the spirit so strongly and felt like I received many answers to some questions I had. Makes me beyond excited go get home and go to the temple frequently! 

Apart from the temple trip we have been working hard! We are teaching so many people and everyday we are so busy! One of the people we are teaching is Ines. She is a mom of 4 boys and is a single parent, but she is so so cool! We are trying to help her to get baptized and she is down and has been reading the Book of Mormon. The only problem is that she can't get herself to come to church. Idk what it is but she does not want to come or something. It’s weird. She reads and understands the lessons just as well as anyone. Pray for Ines so she can be baptized and come to church. :)

Some of the funny highlights this week come from Elder Kirkham. One night we were teaching this lady and she had a shirt of Benjamin Franklin. Elder Kirkham starts explaining to her that this so called man "Benjamin Franklin" did something super important. She asks well what and he says that Benjamin Franklin created the light bulb. I was lost cause I was like no he didn't but I can't remember who it was and so Elder Kirkham keeps going and I am like wasn't it Albert Einstein or something and he's like no it's Benjamin Franklin. Then 2 mins later it clicked and I go "bruh it was Thomas Edison" and he dies laughing and goes "don't tell them I was wrong" hahahaha. Anyways that was a good moment. 

Anyway fun fact is that the lady who had the Benjamin Franklin shirt is the friend of the friend we are teaching Raquel. Raquel lost her husband 2 months ago and so we are taking it slow, but we think she has so much potential in the church. She is a kind women and we hope to help her continue progressing. 

Yesterday we had a rough day at church. Only 25 people came. We normally have around 80. It was voting day here in the country for President and everyone uses that as an excuse to not go to church. It was frustrating, but we got to look at the positives. One of them is a man named Felix. We call him Francy. He came to church unexpectedly. It was awesome seeing him walk in. He has one problem and it's that he has a really controlling girlfriend who we are like 80% positive that she is cheating on him. Due to his gf he hasn't accepted a baptismal date. Pray for him to receive guidance to make a choice. 

Anyway I wrote a lot this week. I don't like sending novels cause I'm sure they aren't too entertaining to ya’ll haha. I love you guys. Miss ya’ll lots. Crazy how the last 2 months are the hardest haha. 

Hope ya’ll have a good week! 

Elder Wilde