How are you all doing?? I hope that you guys are enjoying your July and looking forward to all that is to come :) As for me, I'm just enjoying the Tupiza life :) This past week has been a week of looking for new investigators. Today was the last week of Bolivia's winter break from school, so lots of our investigators left to Potosí and other places. However, that gave us some good time to look for new investigators, and I am happy to say that we found a couple people we have hope with. We look forward to appointments this following week and I will be sure to keep you all updated :) To talk about a couple people now, I would like to focus on Diego and Jose. As you may remember, Diego was baptized this past week. I just want to mention that he is looking forward to receiving the priesthood this following Sunday and passing the Sacrament. I am really excited as well :) With Jose, you may remember him from a WHILE ago. He has been in Potosí for the past 3 weeks for the break, but has been attending church every Sunday there with his sister, Febe. He has his baptism scheduled for this following Saturday and we really look forward to that :) If it's not too much to ask, I'd like to ask for your prayers for Jose so that he can take this amazing step :) Well, now that I've updated you all on a couple amazing people, I'd like to share a small thought from my personal study this week.
I am currently still working on finishing the Book of Mormon in Spanish and recently arrived to the book of Ether. There are amazing things that happen here with Jared and his brother, and I want to invite you all to read the book of Ether if you never have before. Here we find Jared and his brother travelling from their homeland to the Americas and have recently arrived to the sea. They have received revelation from God and build ships according to His instructions. They find some problems though. These ships are COMPLETELY sealed. Which means no air, no stearing, and no light. The brother of Jared goes and asks God about these apparent problems and receives two quick answers about the first two problems, but something very interesting happens with the third. Forgive my imperfect translation from Spanish, but God asks the brother of Jared: What do you desire that I do (Ether 2:25). I find this fascinating. I don't believe that God is out of ideas and is relying on mankind to find the solution that He can't. Here, He is testing the brother of Jared and allowing him to use his faith and search out an answer for himself. Read the story for yourself to see what happens next because I want to apply this to all of you now :) Many times, we have faith in God and desire something, so we simply ask for it. However, it is often not that simple. Many times, we personally must make the effort to search, ponder, and THEN ask for what we need. According to D and C 9:7-8, we must first study it out in our minds and THEN ask. Now, I invite all of you that are looking for answers, and seem to not be receiving those answers, to make a stronger effort. God will not always do everything for us, in the same way that our own parents cannot do everything for us, so that we learn and grow. I promise you that if you personally look for a response, ponder about your findings, and THEN ask God that you will receive the answer that you seek, that is a promise :)
Well, I love all of you guys and hope that you have an amazing week! Thank you for your support and I hope that you guys know that I'll be keeping up my work here in Tupiza as long as God permits me to be here :) Talk to you next week!
Elder Wynn
Diego with the tie I gave him :)
My favorite Bolivian dish: Picante de Pollo, with extra chuño!
Luis, one of my favorite young men here :)
¡Provecho! I love you so, so much!
Love,
Elder Wynn
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