Tuesday, May 8, 2018 - "...what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord..." Mosiah 18:10

Super good week!!

We lined someone up for baptism on May 26th this year!! We are super excited. He is 9 years old and his mom got baptized about 2-3 years ago but for some reason they didn't baptize him at 8, so we get the opportunity to baptize him. Our first lesson with him went super well. We thought he had autism because he was SUPER shy, like, his mom even had to tell us what him name is and how old he is. But, by the end of the lesson he really opened up to us and it was great. We are super excited to be able to see him be baptized.

So, we were walking around one day, can't remember what day it was, and we heard these people yelling down this one street but we couldn't see them. And then, all of a sudden, bullets. EVERYWHERE. We walked right in the middle of a war. There were tons of casualties. I mean the trees, the cars, the dog. Bullets were flying. It was one of the craziest things we've ever seen. One person even had a sword, she seemed like the boss lady. About 20 kids, under 12 years old, had the best Nerf war I think I've ever seen. It was funny.

Elder Blount and I did service yesterday for 4 HOURS. It was ridiculous. I thought it would only be about an hour...so I didn't wear any sunscreen...and I got sunburned. It isn't too bad, just on the backs of my knees and on the back of my neck.

Anyways, to finish. We went to the temple today! It was super awesome and, as always, a good experience.

Mosiah 18:8-10

-Élder Wilkes

Surprising my Aunt Alyssa,

we were passing my nephews school and she saw us and started waving like crazy!

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