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Monday, January 29, 2018 - Baptism!!

Well, my companion is Elder Carrero! He is from Puerto Rico, and yes his family is fine, one of the more fortunate families down there. He has been out for a year now, and well, his brother a mission i the same exact mission as this one!! His brother actually finished in the same area where he just came from, which is also the area which I came from to this area, Murray! It was cool to talk about the area and how it was going and everything. 


We had Stake Conference this past weekend, which was a lot of fun. We got to give a 5-7 minute testimony during the general session for everyone. Conference started with the adult session on Saturday right after our baptism. 

That baptism was SUPER special. I don't know if I mentioned it in my last email, but Azure messaged me on Facebook asking if she was still able to give a small speech after her baptism!! WOW!! That was super special. I immediately said yes that would be awesome!! And she gave one of the sweetest testimonies I have heard. She basically just went through her story on how she came here and the church reached out to her in a huge time of need. It was very special. 

Alma 53:20-21

-Élder Wilkes

Frozen snowflakes

New comp!

Baptism!


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