How are you all doing?? How goes life? Well, I hope you are all doing well and enjoying everything that is happening wherever you may be. This past week FLEW by, but was actually quite spectacular. This Monday night, we left at 9 PM in bus to Sucre (passing through Potosí on the way) and arrived at 5 AM. We travelled all the way there for our Zone Conference, where all the missionaries not currently in Cochabamba had to go. More words about how the conference went in a moment, but I'll just say that with all the travelling we did, along with the conference, we were only able to work from Thursday through Sunday, but it was still amazing. We are still basically working with our same group of 4 investigators, but have a couple others that we hope will progress. This week, I want to focus on Jherson, Noemi, and Robert. Jherson is an investigators that the last missionaries in my area had been teaching for quite some time. When we got here, he was already quite prepared for baptism, but has been travelling a lot lately which has restricted our time with him. However, he has a baptismal date for this following Saturday, and we will be preparing him as much as we can this following week to fulfill that goal. We are super excited for Jherson and hope that all will go well because he is an amazing person and I have absolutely loved working with him :) Now, Noemi and Robert. These two are a couple and have 3 beautiful, crazy children. We knocked their door about 3 weeks ago but were not able to actually visit until yesterday. I am already in love :) They live in a very small, humble home and are about the nicest people that you will ever meet. We have a Noche de Hogar (family home evening) scheduled with them tonight in the house of our Branch President and hope that all will go well so that they can come. Hoping for the best with this wonderful family :) Besides these people, we have been working with several others and are very happy with the way the work is progressing here. Along with our investigators, we also had a visit from President Montoya in Tupiza for a district conference, and we had one-on-one interviews with him while he was here. Now, between zone conference, district conference, and interviews, we got to see President Montoya a lot this week, and for my thought today, I would like to just express how amazing that was. In every part of the Church, there are assigened leaders to help us and guide us along the way. They are normal people, just like you and me, but at the same time they are extraordinary. They are entitled to receive revelation, or direct communication with God, for each and every one of the people they are assigned over, and I realized more than ever this reality during the past week. There were many times that I heard my mission president say something that I felt was just for me and helped me in unbelievable ways. I am unbelievably grateful for President Montoya here in Bolivia and cannot thank him enough for all that he does for me and all the missionaries here in the Bolivia, Cochabamba mission. Now, about each of you guys. All of you have local and other leaders chosen and set apart to help you. Do you realize how amazing that blessing is?! Whether it be a Bishop or a Stake President, all the way up to the Prophet, we are so blessed to receive the guidence of these inspired individuals. My purpose with this message today is to remind you all of the great blessing it is to have chosen leaders, and my invitation is that all of you might listen a little more attently to there advice and guidence because I testify that it truly is inspired and will help each and every one of you. My promise each of you that if you try a little harder to stay awake while your Bishop or Stake President are talking, that you will be able to receive answers to your prayers in more abundance because they are literally called and set apart to receive revelation for you. Listen to your leaders, take their advice, and I promise that your lives will be blessed more than you'll ever know. Well, I hope that all of you can have amazing weeks and that you keep enjoying the spectacular lives that you are living! I love all you guys and think you're amazing! Don't ever forget it! Next week I'll be able to tell you if Elder Ordoñez and I will be staying together or separating because it is transfers week. About Elder Ordoñez, I would like to ask a little favor. He has been sick for quite some time here in Tupiza and would like to ask for your prayers on his behalf. Thank you so much! Have a great week!
Elder Wynn
Zone Tupiza at the zone conference in Tupiza
Seeing an old friend in Sucre <3 Love you Elder Waldvogel!
Where I am every Monday morning: the big sink handwashing my clothes,
Love you!
Love,
Elder Wynn
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