Hello!
On to the last week of the transfer now, can't believe it.
John was baptized this week. We are so proud of him. He's got such a great heart, that is for sure.
Teresa is doing
sooo well! She is super excited to get baptized in just a few weeks.
She's going to be a great asset to the church, to say the least. She has
so much enthusiasm, it's contagious!
Latoya and her
family are doing well, the kids are SUPER excited to be baptized. Latoya
won't be able to be baptized with him due to some unfortunate
circumstances, but she is still going strong. The kids... wow. Amazing.
This week, I got to go on exchanges with Elder Selby. He was in the MTC with me. We had a great time together up in Montrose.
I was able to
do three baptismal interviews this week. I absolutely love interviewing
people for baptism and listening to their stories and how they came to
have a testimony.
(Janice, who Elder Wilde did a baptismal interview with.)
I am just beyond amazed that people listen to us
missionaries - especially myself, it is astounding to me, but of course I
know that once they feel the Spirit, it is hard to turn back and quite
frankly why would you want to turn back?
I love in
Joseph Smith History where it says: "So it was with me. I had actually
seen a light, and in the midst of that light I saw two Personages, and
they did in reality speak to me; and though I was hated and persecuted
for saying that I had seen a vision, yet it was true; and while they
were persecuting me, reviling me, and speaking all manner of evil
against me falsely for so saying, I was led to say in my heart: Why
persecute me for telling the truth? I have actually seen a vision; and
who am I that I can withstand God, or why does the world think to make
me deny what I have actually seen? For I had seen a vision; I knew it,
and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it, neither dared I do
it; at least I knew that by so doing I would offend God, and come under
condemnation."
This week, we
had a pretty cool experience. We received a Bible referral a few weeks
ago for a man named Daniel. We scheduled three appointments with him, all
which he canceled or wasn't there for -- go figure. We finally got a
hold of him after our last attempt and he said to come over but to a
different address. So we came over to the different address and it was
his sister's place. His sister has a son named Maurice who is 12 years
old. As we started teaching Daniel the Restoration, his nephew, Maurice,
came and sat in on the lesson. I could feel and was certainly told, "You
are not here for Daniel, you are here to teach the boy," and so we
shifted the lesson to teach Maurice, and this kid is so solid -- he
understands the Restoration better than most adults!!! He has been
reading from the children's Book of Mormon and praying, we are so
excited for him. He will be baptized in June!
Saturday
afternoon, we were asked to give a talk in Sacrament the next day and Elder Sandburg spoke on faith and I spoke on Repentance. Elder Sandburg
killed it - he is such a stud. I told the story about when I drove a
little too fast on the freeway one summer as a young 16 year old boy - I'm sure my family remembers that one; anywho I tried to relate it back
to the Atonement of Jesus Christ at the end because President Packer
said: “The Atonement leaves no tracks, no traces. What it fixes is
fixed. … It just heals, and what it heals stays healed.” I think the
only traces I have are a few scars from rolling down the hill, but I should be alright.
It was cool. I got to see some of my people from the YSA, Meredith, Vanita, and Eric went
up to the PRS, came and listened to me speak in church. It was awesome
to see them, to say the least!
Not too much else to add - I thank God for the opportunity to serve and am thankful for y'all!!!
This describes Wilkes Barre fairly well. LOL, love this place.
God bless,
Elder Wilde
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