How have you all been? All stuffed with turkey and potatoes I presume? I hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving and just a great week in general! Sadly, they don't celebrate Thanksgiving here, but it's okay, it was a good week! After a rather frustrating few weeks with baptisms falling through, I was finally able to enjoy my first baptism of the mission. I talked about it last week, but her name is Maria and she is amazing! She has been being taught by the missionaries for several months and she has expressed a great desire to one day serve a mission herself. I cannot express how amazing it was to take somebody to the waters of baptism. My companion, Elder Romero, performed the baptism and I did the confirmation, and we are just so happy for her! Our other principal investigators right now are Liz, Daniel, and the Limón Family. Liz still has not received permission from her father to be baptized, but we are still working with her and hoping that someday she will have the opportunity. With Daniel, we are super excited because he committed to a new baptismal date! It was originally this Saturday, but because of elections here, we cannot do it then, so it will be the following Saturday, but nonetheless, super happy for him! Finally, the Limón Family. This family has all the desire in the world to come to church and learn more, but they have just been bombarded with trials right now. I would like to ask all of you to keep them in your prayers because they are amazing, but the wife is currently in the hospital with pain of unknown origin and they are struggling with several other problems as well. Right now, we're just trying to be there for them and help them where we can. We love them and are hoping for the best. Besides investigators, we had another normal, but spectacular week of work. And, on Wednesday nights, Elder Estes (one of my zone leaders from Las Vegas) and I are teaching English classes! So, we're working hard, I get to teach some English, looking forward to another baptism in the near future, and all is truly just so good! Along with all this, I personally had a really cool experience and would like to center my thought on it today. This past week, I had the amazing opportunity to finish the Book of Mormon for the first time in my mission. Though I had done it a couple of times before, this was really the first time I truly dove in and studied the book from start to finish. As many of you know, the book finishes with a powerful testimony by Moroni, challenging everyone to read the Book of Mormon, ponder on what it says, and then pray to know that it is true. Well, though I felt that I knew already that the Book of Mormon is true, I finished, gave myself time to ponder, and then entered my room and prayed to receive a confirmation of the truthfulness of the book. Now, I want to give you all my firm testimony that I know that the Book of Mormon is a true book and that it truly contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel. Because of this, I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and that the church that was established through him is God's true church upon the face of the Earth. The Book of Mormon has power that is impossible to describe. Many of us have had this book close to us all of our lives, but my question is, have you truly studied it? If yes: Keep doing what you're doing! You're awesome! If no: Don't worry, you can start now! My challenge to you all is to truly take your study of the Book of Mormon to the next level. If you have never read it cover to cover, do it! If you have read it a hundred times, awesome! Do it again! My promise to you all is that if you read the Book of Mormon and ponder on its teachings, then ask in prayer to your Heavenly Father if it is true, you will receive an answer. I am here to tell you that it is true and that if you have doubts about the book or about the church in general, read the Book of Mormon and ask in faith. I promise you that your doubts will leave and you will receive an undeniable testimony of the Book of Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am so honored to represent this Church and Jesus Christ here in Bolivia and I want you all to know that I know without a doubt that this church is true. Well, you guys are the best and I love you all! If you have any questions about the things that I'm doing here in Bolivia, don't be afraid to send me an email! I will do my best to respond. Love you all and hope that you have amazing weeks!
Elder Wynn
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