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Monday, April 2, 2018 - "Remember, we are all part of the church now because of people like you."

WOW!! What an historic and absolutely amazing General Conference weekend!! SO many amazing things happened!! Elder Carrero and I can't stop laughing at Elder Durrant's quote "es posible". It was just too funny. Speaking of funny, this was one of the most humorous conferences I think I have ever watched!! So many great and awesome talks. Oh yeah, also, Elder Carrero and I (and I am pretty sure this goes the same for a lot of other Hispanics), we are SUPER excited that we now have a HISPANIC APOSTLE!! Haha

Just a little bit more about my email heading. We were eating at Denise's on Friday (absolutely AMAZING homemade diner) and there were some members visiting from Las Vegas. They came to see the Sunday Morning session and the husband went fishing on the Weber River. Well, once we got acquainted and became friends, we figured out that they are all converts to the church. They thanked us immensely for our work and service that we do. Well, right before they left, the mom said to us, "Remember, we are all part of the church now because of people like you." She may never know how much that hit home with me, but that was an absolutely amazing experience that my companion and I shared together. 

Well, we had a TON of investigators watch general conference, and they all loved it!! It was super cool that almost all of them were able to watch the solemn assembly!! We were able to watch conference with 2 investigator families, and gave tickets to another investigator family. It was amazing! 

I am grateful for the prophet Joseph Smith, who restored the Church of Jesus Christ with a prophet and apostles. I am just super excited and happy that we have a prophet, President Russell M. Nelson, to lead and guide the world. And that he receives direct revelation on how to show us the way. I am thankful that the priesthood, the power and authority to act in God's name, has been brought back to the earth, never to be taken away again. I am so very grateful for the Book of Mormon, and that we have that other witness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Most of all, I thank our older brother, Jesus Christ, who willingly "...[took] upon him the pains and sicknesses of his people" and that He "...[loosed] the bands of death". Because of Him, death has no sting, and we will all live again, glorified, and in the presence of Him, as well as our Father in Heaven. 

I love y'all and hope you had a memorable Easter Sunday. May we all remember Him, and what he did for us!! 

1 Nephi 19:9 

-Élder Wilkes




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