Hey everyone!

How are you doing? Did you have a great week? Did you enjoy General Conference? I hope so! Here in Sucre, we had a great week! In the week of work, things went really well! Investigators wise, I would love to mention Marlene, along with a funny story that happened this week. Marlene is a teenager that is 18 years old who was a reference from other missionaries in our zone. I would love to share the story of us tracking her down. So, the reference said that we had to go to a bus stop near a rather large valley in our area. We called her and she said that she was almost home, so we waited about 15 minutes before deciding to call her again. She said she was home and we asked her to come to the bus stop so that she could show us where her house was. She said no because it was easy to see her house from the bus stop. She indicated that there was a large semi-truck in front of her house clearly visible from the bus stop. We began looking all around but the was no such truck to be seen. My companion then looked at the other side of the valley, where there were about 5 houses separated from everything, and there, clear as day, was the large semi-truck that had been indicated to us. We laughed pretty hard and then began our descent into the valley, just to come up on the other side. No worries though, it was 100% worth it as we had a wonderful appointment and gained a new investigator that attended 3 sessions of General Conference this past weekend. Normally the hardest things in life are the best :)

Well, we're very happy with Marlene and all of our investigators. There is lots of work for us to do here in Sucre :)

Well, I would now love to talk about Conference and share a quick thought with you all :) First off: Wasn't that amazing?? Between the huge announcements about Sunday meetings and Temples and the great talks about just about all topics, it was an amazing Conference. I hope that you all were able to at least watch part and receive the answers to any questions that you may have had :) One thing that really struck me was how many promises we were given during the sessions. Almost every authority of the Church extended an invitation and promised us blessings along with our faithfulness in completing their invitation. One example: President Nelson talked about the importance of the name of the Church. We are The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, not Mormons. He invited us to strive to use the true name of the Church and drop any nicknames we may be using. He then extended several profound promises, one of which was that we would be able to take the Gospel to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. That is a HUGE promise for such a seemingly simple change. Well, I want to give you my witness that this promise, and every other promise made in these past two days, will be completed according to our willingness to accept the invitation. So, my invitation to you all: Follow the words of the Prophets! You will be blessed more than you could ever imagine! That is a promise :)

Well, I love all of you guys so much! Just for your information, we had transfers last night and nothing changed here! I will be here with Elder Martinez for another 6 weeks at least. I look forward to continuing the work here in Sucre!  I hope that you all have an amazing week!

Elder Wynn

Photos:

Descending into the valley while heading to Marlene's house

A selfi with my compi :)

Visiting the famous black Christ statue here in Sucre