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Monday, July 25, 2016

Hello everyone!! 

It is so great to hear how the Tucson Temple is coming along just great! The pictures look amazing! I hope you all will keep me updated on its progress!!

I want to let you all know that I will be heading back to Barrio Moctezuma tomorrow for transfers! Although Elder De Jesus isn't going to be my companion, he will always be my first companion. Another Elder, Elder Ortiz, is going to be my actual trainer. He is Latino, has 6 months in the mission, and knows very very little English, so I will have to step up my language game a ton! Especially after being with all the Americans in the offices.

I was able to go out and work with a Latino Elder from Canada on Saturday for 3 hours!! It was so much fun, all we did was go walk around and talk to people for 3 hours, and then eat an amazing lunch at a member's house. I contacted 3 people!! It felt amazing!! And for those who don't know what a contact is, it is someone who is a potential investigator, you have their name and address, and most of the time a phone number if they have one. We played a game where he would say a specific word, and I would have to contact the first person we came in contact with, and then I could do the same with a different word. It was very effective.

I can't wait to go back out and work! While I have been here, I have been able to do three sessions in the Tuxtla temple, and baptize 20 people who were doing baptisms for the dead. That was an incredible experience!! The Spanish language really is a wonderful language and I am glad I get to learn it.

The reason that they are having difficulties sending packages to Chiapas is because there is an uprising from the school teachers down here and they even have blockades surrounding Tuxtla, none of the big semis are getting through

Love you all, and I look forward to the telling of my experiences next week!!

(p.s. I don't have any pictures to show this week :\ sorry!)

-Élder Wilkes

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