How are you doing? Did your Valentine's Day include that special someone?? Or was it spent eating icecream in the darkness of your basement while watching a movie?? Alone?? ;) Well, however your week went, I wish you a happy Monday and hope that this week will be even better! :) As for me, this week was full of really cool experiences, but first, the investigators :) This week, let's talk about Verito (or Veronica ;), Emerson, and the Limón Family. Verito got baptized this week! It was an amazing experience and it has been such a blessing to be able to teach her. We have high hopes for her to continue active in the church :) With Emerson (whom I doubt I have mentioned before... but I'm not sure... ;), he is an amazing teenager that we have taught for about 2 weeks now. He went to church for the second time yesterday and accepted a baptismal date for March 3rd, so we're super pumped for him! With the Limón Family, they are doing great! We were able to meet with the whole family last night and extend a new baptismal date invitation. They accepted the date of March 10th and we are confident that they will be able to meet that goal. I am in LOVE with the Limón Family and it has been super hard to watch them through their struggles they have experienced, but things are turning for the better for them and we couldn't be happier to be able to teach them :) With all of our investigators, if you could keep them in your prayers, that would be greatly appreciated :) Now, the cool experiences. First off, we were not able to leave our house this week Monday night and all of Tuesday because of Carnaval. However, I did get to see a little bit of it Tuesday in the afternoon and I just have to comment on how cool it was! It was amazing to see a little bit of a culture that I have never experienced. It was really cool :) Also, I had the opportunity to confirm Verito a member of the church and give her the Holy Ghost. There are not words to describe how amazing that is, but just know that it is unbelievable :) One more, though there were countless cool experiences, and this one was a mission milestone, and I would like to focus my thought on this milestone. Maybe some of you already know, but every 16th of every month is the anniversary of me entering the mission. This week, I had my 6th of these anniversaries, completing 6 months in my mission. I am just blown away by how fast this is already going! I have already learned so much and I cannot believe that I only get to be here for 18 more months. You better believe I am going to enjoy them :) I just wanted to take advantage of this great opportunity to bear my testimony with you guys. I want you all to know that I know that this Church, La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días, is the one and only true church upon the face of the earth. I know that Jesus Christ is at the head and directs the church now through our beloved Prophet, Russell M. Nelson. I know that the church was restored through a true Prophet, Joseph Smith, and I know that the book that was brought to light through him, The Book of Mormon, is the word of God and a true book of scripture. I love this Gospel and I love the opportunity to go out and preach it every day, so that I can help others to come unto Christ and show them the path that leads to everlasting happiness. I am so unbelievably blessed to be able to be here in Bolivia and I cannot wait to be here for 18 more months. I hope that you all know that I know that this is true, that I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior, and that through Him, I can return back to the presence of my Heavenly Father. All these things I seal in writing in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. I love you guys so much and I can't wait to see what these next 18 months will hold because the first 6 have already been lifechanging. If you ever have any questions about what I am doing here in Bolivia, don't be afraid to ask! Love you guys and I hope that you all have amazing weeks!
Elder Wynn
It truly was wonderful :) I hope you keep having fun with the Bishops!! I have not had the opportunity to use the scrubber-bag-thing, but I definitely will!! This will also serve as my pictures email because I'm running out of time!
Verito's baptism
Drinking Mate with Elder Albarán inside of a pineapple
An AMAZING photo that Elder Albarán took!!!
I love you so much and hope that you have a wonderful week!!
Love,
Elder Wynn
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