How are you doing?? I hope that you all had amazing weeks and that this next one is even better! Well, I've had a great week here in Tupiza as normal and don't have really anything new to report. With investigators, I would like to talk about Febe and Narciso. Febe has been struggling a little bit of late to come to church due to the fact that she is a very involved young lady. She loves working with stray animals and has been a part of an association that helps for a long time. However, they have meetings every Sunday morning and has not been able to come to church in a couple months due to that. However, this past week, it was amazing to see her make the decision to drop that association that she loves so much so that she can prepare herself for the goal she set to be baptized this coming September. She is amazing and I love working with her :) With Narciso, I have a cool story :) Well, we were knocking doors for a little bit searching for new investigators and hit a pretty long streak of rejection. We finally got to Narciso's door and got discouraged as we say an older man answer because the older generation is normally a lot meaner to us here as missionaries. However, Narciso was the complete opposite of our expectations. He greated us nicely and got very excited when he heard that we preach about Jesus Christ. We asked if he had any questions for us and he asked if we believed in Hell, if we even believed in a life after this life. We began explaining the Plan of Salvation and he became very interested very fast. Surprisingly for us, he agreed with everything we said and loved the lesson. Then, my very spiritually-in-tune companion extended a baptismal invitation for this coming September. We didn't even have to wait for a response as he said,"Claro pues!", which basically means,"Well, of course!" This man is amazing and I look forward to continuing to work with him. I would also like to share a short thought about this experience. I would assume that everyone is looking for happiness in this life. We search and search and search for the things that make us the happiest here. Well, I have found that sometimes we find the things that make us happier than anything else, but due to fear or other factors, we turn away. This lovely man, Narciso, is not that way, accepting something that made him happy in the instant it was offered him. My advice to you all this week is that if you find something that makes you happy, that truly brings joy to your life, that you stick to it as long as you can. I can honestly promise you that the best and most everlasting happiness that you can find is found within this Church, following Jesus Christ. I plead with you all to strengthen your testimony of Christ and search to become a better servant of Him, and I promise that you will find more happiness than anywhere else. That is a promise in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Well, I love you all and I hope that you have an amazing week! Keep being the great people that you already are!
Elder Wynn
Photos:
At the cross with the district
Teaching piano to my compi :)
With Febe, Jose, and Esmeralda, completing my homework from you Primary Presidency ;)
It's great to hear about Tupiza!
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