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Monday, July 16, 2018 - Good Week

This week was a pretty good week! My new companion is Elder Martinez. He was born in D.F. Mexico and moved to the Bay area in California when he was 5 years old. He has been out on his mission for 20 months, so he goes home soon as well. We are super excited to work together! 

Anyways, we contacted a referral last week and they had just recently (3 months ago) moved here from D.F. They were super excited to come to church, but something came up and they told us they will come next week. They want to keep meeting with us though so there is a lot of potential there. 

I just wanna share a quick testimony with everyone. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is Christ's church on the earth today. That it was restored by Him through His servant Joseph Smith and that we have all the principles and ordinances necessary to make it back with our Father in Heaven. He is waiting for us, and wants us to make the right choices. When we fall short, I am sure it hurts Him, but that's why He sent His Son. To save us. To help us. And to show us the way back to Him. 

Have an amazing week everyone! 

Doctrine and Covenants 76:22


-Élder Wilkes





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