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Monday, January 30, 2017



Man!! This week was amazing! Well, basically just until the weekend. Nothing exciting happened during the week, besides the worldwide missionary broadcast. That was awesome. We have a new schedule change. It isn't super different during the week, P-Day is the only day that changed drastically. We no longer have studies on P-Day. That is so we can get all the things that we need to get done on time. Our P-Day now starts at 8am and goes till 6pm.


The house where Elder Wilkes lives - pretty nice indeed. 
A far cry from Mexico.

Tag picture with a puzzle


We couldn't get any lessons in until Friday because everyone backed out on us. We taught a family of investigators who live with their aunt and uncle who is a member and they accepted the invitation to go to church. Then, on Saturday, Elder LeTerneau and I were able to go to J's baptism!! Man what a blessing that was. They had to do it over again 4 times because the first time his elbow was out, the second time they didn't say the prayer and just went to the dunking, the third time he forgot to plug his nose so his hand was out of the water, and then they got it right on the fourth time. We also learned that A, one of Elder LeTerneau's and my golden investigators, also got baptized on Saturday! We couldn't have gone because Jason's started at 430pm in Sandy, Utah while Aaron's started at 6pm in Bountiful, Utah. But it is okay because he is going to send us pictures. 

Baptism!! 


Then on Sunday, was when all our number happened. We had 5 investigators at church, 3 new investigators, and were able to put 2 of our investigators on date for February 25th!! About the baptismal dates, we taught 2 of the Peruanas (M and J, we met J the day we asked her to be baptized). J was asking so many questions about baptism, one of them including "So I can get baptized even though I am Catholic?" My companion and I looked at each other and both thought, "Yup, let's ask her." And so we gave her the baptismal invitation, as well as M who is also an investigator, and they both accepted! They are both coming with two of our rock solid Branch Missionaries, and my companion and I to Temple Square this Saturday. The work is insane! We really didn’t think that the family we taught on Friday would come to church, but they did, and stayed for ALL 3 HOURS!!

Headed to Kneaders for lunch. They have discounts and members will often pay for us, too.

Matthew 16:25 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.


-Élder Wilkes

 Crazy knife at a recent convert's house

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