I hope everyone is having a wonderful time wherever you may be! You guys are the best! So, this week, I have been doing my best to just keep working with every moment that we have. The work here is fantastic and I hope to just keep it up! We have about 10 progressing investigators right now and 5 with baptismal dates, so we're very excited and hoping for the best with all of them! If all goes well, my first baptism will be this Sunday!! Her name is Stephanie (technically Estefani, but I translated to English for you guys :) and I really hope that it works out! The hardest thing here is finding out the commitment level of the people. The people are super nice, but often aren't too interested in the message. But, I feel like we are finding people and I hope that we can, with time, find even more people willing to learn and act on our message. This week has been a little different than most because Elder Garcia has continued to struggle with back issues. With this, I have gone on a couple of Exchanges with Elder Romero (the district leader) so Elder Garcia can rest an recupperate. Hoping for the best with him and if you could continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers, that would be great :) Along with the work we've done this week, I also had the opportunity to give my first talk in church, and I feel that it went really great! My Spanish still isn't great, but I'm learning and always working on it. The thought I want to leave with you all today is the power of sincere prayer. In the above message I have talked a lot about more of the great and happy things that have happened this past week, but I'm going to be honest for a minute: this is hard, hard work. I love it, but it is really hard. It's hard to walk all day every day. It's hard to lack the communication skills to effectively communicate your message. And it's hard to watch somebody that you love reject your message, especially because you know how much this message can bless their lives. However, throughout this week, the power of sincere prayer has really been manifest to me. Through the hardships, through the frustrations and through everything else, I know that I have a Father in Heaven that is willing to listen to me and comfort me. I know this for myself and I know this for you. So, throughout this week, through any struggles you might be facing, I encourage you to "send a knee mail," because I know the power that it can have, especially through my experiences this week. I love all you guys and think that you are the best! If you have any questions for me here in Cochabamba, don't be afraid to ask! You're all amazing!
Elder Wynn
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