Elder Wilkes in Guatemala
5/24/16
The Best Letter Home
Well here is a short little note that I wrote yesterday...everyday my mind just goes blank but these are some things that came to my head last night...maybe mom you can type it and sent it out as the family letter. I think it will be better than normal. Tell me what you think!
5/17/16
A Living Prophet
Man the desire that I have to write these letters is really going down...that is probably not a good thing. But it looks like everything is going fine with the family....I am so proud of Jamison for qualifying for state. Someday I want to run like him. Well this last week has been very good...we have been working really hard. The branch here has about 40 people attending right now.. so we are working very hard with the less-actives.
Right now our ward mission leader just got his mission call.. he is a convert of about a year! His parents still have not been baptized and we are working with them...to help them get married and baptized. It was very cool for because the only time we visited his parents this last week. The dad told us that he knew Thomas S. Monson was a prophet because his son was called to Mexico. So I thought that was pretty cool.
When he said that it really made me realize how grateful I am that we have a living prophet who calls missionaries where they need to go.. I have seen that in so many missionaries. Well that is about it for this week. I love you all. I am thankful for all you do.
Elder Wilkes
Here are some pictures of my new companion:
Right now our ward mission leader just got his mission call.. he is a convert of about a year! His parents still have not been baptized and we are working with them...to help them get married and baptized. It was very cool for because the only time we visited his parents this last week. The dad told us that he knew Thomas S. Monson was a prophet because his son was called to Mexico. So I thought that was pretty cool.
When he said that it really made me realize how grateful I am that we have a living prophet who calls missionaries where they need to go.. I have seen that in so many missionaries. Well that is about it for this week. I love you all. I am thankful for all you do.
Elder Wilkes
Here are some pictures of my new companion:
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5/11/16
San Pedro
Well I am glad that everyone remembered to write me.....Just a joke! But things are going very well here. I am in my new are with my new companion. My new area is called San Pedro. My new companion is from Arizona and named Elder Whiting. I feel really weird being outside the office. No one has called me with questions and I don't have to worry about anything other than my companion and our area and baptizing! So it's actually pretty nice...
I know that dad said that I need to write better letters now...but this is really so hard for me. I seriously cant think of anything right now. I am just happy that I still have a few weeks to work here in Guatemala and become a better person. I'm still just trying to learn the area because I have only been here for 24 hours. But it should be really fun.
And just so everyone knows, I am writing again normally on Tuesdays. I love you all. If you want me to write better letters. I need you to ask me some questions!
Love you all,
Elder Wilkes
I know that dad said that I need to write better letters now...but this is really so hard for me. I seriously cant think of anything right now. I am just happy that I still have a few weeks to work here in Guatemala and become a better person. I'm still just trying to learn the area because I have only been here for 24 hours. But it should be really fun.
And just so everyone knows, I am writing again normally on Tuesdays. I love you all. If you want me to write better letters. I need you to ask me some questions!
Love you all,
Elder Wilkes
5/4/16
P-Day Soccer Tournament and Pictures
For P-day we played in like a little soccer tournament in the stake...these are the jerseys we bought...we lost in the semifinals and some of the members like almost got in a fight with us...
5/3/16
Three Months Left
Well I can hardly believe that I only have 3 months left from today....I am not going to lie it is kind of hard to be in the office at this point because they have already purchased my ticket and stuff...but things are still great!!
This week we have our zone conferences..today we had our first one and it went really well. After something crazy happened...you just all need to ask me about it when I get home!! I was pretty nervous to speak but it turned out pretty well. I don't why I got nervous because I have done things like this a ton now...but whatever who knows...
In our area things have been going great!!! We are going to have three baptisms this weekend! It's actually kind of funny because this week we found out that the ward mission leaders daughter doesn't have a membership she never had one when she got baptized...so we have to baptize her again!!
But other than that things are great!! I am so excited to see you all this Sunday!!
love you all!
Elder Wilkes
4/26/16
We've Been Working Hard
Well it has been another crazy week!! We have been working hard so that is good. Our area is doing well so that is a relief and we have found a ton of investigators lately!! We have three people that we are working for baptism with this weekend!!!
Well it has been fun this week because we have top new assistants here with us! We are training them and then both leaving to finish out our missions. I am not going to train when I leave but it will be fun.
I don't have a ton of time this week but I love you all!!
Elder Wilkes
Well it has been fun this week because we have top new assistants here with us! We are training them and then both leaving to finish out our missions. I am not going to train when I leave but it will be fun.
I don't have a ton of time this week but I love you all!!
Elder Wilkes
4/19/16
Put His Life in God's Hands
Well I can't believe that it has been another week! Time is really flying here...I can't believe that school is almost out again and that Jamison signed to play a college sport...(glad someone told me that....)
Things have been going good here. This last week we had a baptism... that was a huge miracle on Sunday...we went to visit the father whose family we had recently baptized. We had not visited him for like 2 weeks...anyways he just started to tell us that he was ready to change and that he just wanted to put his life in God's hands..then he was like I am getting baptized next Sunday...then we just kind of looked at him and we were like why don't we just do it today?? Anyways he was like fine so we went to the church and he had his interview and he got baptized!! So that was a huge relief for us...
Tomorrow we are going to get 2 new assistants. One of the them is my old companion Elder Gallacher...we are going to train them for 3 weeks then my last 2 changes I will be leaving the office!! So that should be fun.
On Saturday for our p-day we are going to play in a stake soccer tournament so everyone pray that we can win!! Well i love you all. Have a great week!!
Elder Wilkes
Things have been going good here. This last week we had a baptism... that was a huge miracle on Sunday...we went to visit the father whose family we had recently baptized. We had not visited him for like 2 weeks...anyways he just started to tell us that he was ready to change and that he just wanted to put his life in God's hands..then he was like I am getting baptized next Sunday...then we just kind of looked at him and we were like why don't we just do it today?? Anyways he was like fine so we went to the church and he had his interview and he got baptized!! So that was a huge relief for us...
Tomorrow we are going to get 2 new assistants. One of the them is my old companion Elder Gallacher...we are going to train them for 3 weeks then my last 2 changes I will be leaving the office!! So that should be fun.
On Saturday for our p-day we are going to play in a stake soccer tournament so everyone pray that we can win!! Well i love you all. Have a great week!!
Elder Wilkes
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