How are you? How was your Easter? I hope that this last week was especially full of spirit and joy as we celebrated the resurrection of our beloved Savior. I also hope that this Spirit can stay with you in the weeks and months to come as we remember that he continued living and continues even until now. Never forget it :)
Well, as for us here in La Chimba, things are going great! We had a good week of work, finding a few new people while continuing the work with the old investigators as well. This week, I would love to talk about Leidy :)
Leidy is an amazing woman that we found as we fulfilled an assignment from the bishop to visit a man named Pedro, who was a long-time member but had been sick for some time. We visited him and found that his daughter was taking care of him as he was bedridden. His daughter, Leidy, has known the Church very well since she was a teenager and participated actively in all the activities when she was young. However, she never made the decision to get baptized. We have been visiting her and her father for a couple weeks, but this last week was heart-breaking as we received the news that Pedro, Leidy's father, passed away. We have been visiting her and trying to bring support to her. She is amazing and really needs the help of our Savior at this time. If it is possible, please keep Leidy in your prayers this coming week :)
I felt impressed to share a little bit about Leidy this week to bring these thoughts into an Easter message. Death hurts. With all the people that we know and love in this beautiful life in mortality, nothing really compares to the excruciating sadness of losing one of these people to the other side of the veil. Our mortal minds feel that this is the end, that we will never see them again. Even though the adversary wants us to think that, I wish to testify that this is not the case, because of Him. Thanks to our Savior Jesus Christ, death has no sting, the grave, no victory. Because he suffered, died for us, and then was resurrected, we too will all have the opportunity to do the same and rise up in incorruption. When life's trials and heartaches make us feel like all is over, remember that because of HIm, there are no true endings. Because of our beloved Savior Jesus Christ, we can once again see our loved ones. Death need not trouble us because we know that it is temporary. Life brings heartache, but He brings hope and new life.
I love you all so much! Thank you so much for your love and support of me here in Bolivia! You are all amazing and I hope that you have an amazing week!
Elder Wynn
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