November 27, 2017

November 27, 2017

I totally forgot that thanksgiving already passed. Really the mission is a blur sometimes.

The baptisms didn’t happen this week. I am very grateful for my companion and his hard work. He really tried hard so that the baptisms could happen but they ended up falling through.

This week went by flying. We had to travel to some other areas to help them and to do some interviews, and between that and going to doctors, the time got filled up quick. It was a hard week for work in the area.  But I am really excited for these weeks. I feel and know that there is a lot of potential in the area, and we have some great investigators we are working with.  One is named Eugenia, she was a referral from a sister in the ward and is great! She is preparing to be baptized and she realizes what she has to do and is willing to make those changes.

I am now with Elder Baker from Wisconsin. He’s really awesome and I know that we´ll be working really well together.

I think that’s about it!

Love you all too!

The one that is closest to me is my new companion. His name is Elder Baker. He is from Wisconsin. He’s really awesome and I’m excited to be with him for this transfer.

Here is a picture of the city at night.

This is a girl that always helps us out a lot in the mission work, her name is Karen

Here are some Elders from an area called Cafayate.  They are amazing elders and have recently started a branch there. We got to visit them and help them out for a day. Elder Baum is from Houston Texas (blond hair) and the other one is Elder Towns.

My comp and I.  This is a picture of us one the way to Cafayate.

A picture on the way to Cayafate.

Some amazing scenery and when we got there. It takes about 4 hours to get there

  

November 20, 2017

November 20, 2017

This week has been a little difficult. At the beginning of the week my ankle got a lot worse.  I had to go to the doctor and he told me that the insoles that I use are like already really worn out. He told me to rest for 15 days putting ice on my ankle and not doing too much walking. I have to do some physical therapy and I have to see if I can get some better insoles.  I have had to stay in the pension for these last few days, and it has been soooo boring... haha

I was able to finish the Book of Mormon this week on the 14th, and it was amazing. I was able to pray and I felt a confirmation, like always that it is true. This time around I remember a lot of moments when I read a verse or a part and I could feel the Spirit really strong. It’s amazing but I felt a little sad because I didn’t write down the parts that made me feel that way. Sooo I started the BoM again, and this time I have a list of scriptures that I am writing down when I feel a strong spiritual confirmation.  Some moments from when i have started again are...

-the testimony of Joseph Smith when he describes the angel Moroni (loved that part)

-1 Nephi 1:9-10 (Lehi sees Jesus and the 12 apostles in a vision)

-1 Nephi 10:4 (also testifying of the Messiah)

-1 Nephi 13: 28-29 (talking about the story and fate of the bible)

A funny thing that happened this week is that we got back from interviews with president, and I changed my pants, and I took off my tie. We then went to go get lunch, and we were walking and my companion started laughing at me, and I said, “What?” And he said, “Your tie!” I looked down and i forgot to put a tie on and so when we went to lunch.  I was pretty embarassed... haha I explained and they understood.  :D

This week for the first time I saw light bugs. We looked down a little creek and say like all these lights twinkling. I got to hold some and it was fascinating to me!

We are hoping to have 2 baptisms this weekend. And I’m grateful for my companion. This is his last week in the mission but he’s been helping me out a lot with my ankle and has been working hard.

That has been about it for this week!

Love you all! :)

Elder Wolf

This is a picture of a kid who has been staying with me while my companion goes to the visits.

Also a picture of my reading of the Book of Mormon.

Also a picture of today. There was a service project and well we went to that. I couldn’t do much. I just watched but the members are really great. One of the members went and got some of the medicine that I needed and that we hadn’t gotten yet.

These are pictures of the meeting of zone leaders and a picture of the whole mission.

  

November 13, 2017

Hey all,

This week has been good, and pretty busy.

Elder Christensen and Elder Bragg came with their wives and visited the whole mission. We had a mission conference. It was great. I got to see a bunch of my old companions and see other missionaries.

One thing that they talked about a lot is the ability to dominate the doctrine. How being representatives we have to be informed and well-studied about everything.

This has been something that we have seen a lot this week. In a lot of our lessons and contacts that we had people will try and put doubts in our head and will try to twist and change what comes from the real gospel of Jesus Christ. We saw that a lot this week, and I could feel the spirit when I testified of the restoration and the things that I know.

We also got to visit some elders and attend their planning session. It’s always nice to see the efforts of the Elders and Sisters in the zone. 

We are trying to work with a lot of people but it’s hard to find them at home. We find a lot of people to teach here, but getting to the point to have daily contact or even more than once a week contact is getting to be hard. All the people are important but I feel like there are people even more prepared for us to teach. We are actually going to be visiting a sister that is the granddaughter of a member. She is about 35 years old, and she came to church this Sunday. She said she really liked it. Her name is Eugenia.

That’s about it for this week.

Love you all!

Elder Wolf

Here are some pictures from Palermo:

  

And some pictures from San Lorenzo:

  

  

  

November 7, 2017

November 7, 2017

Hey, Family!

This week was good. We worked a lot trying to find new people to teach, like always. I feel like I’m always saying that but it’s true.  We are looking for people that are going to progress.

This week we invited a lot of people to church and a lot said they were going to come. Some of the people couldn’t make it but we were able to go to church with 4 young adults that are 3 sisters and one brother. They really liked the church, and then some members were able to bring people to church.

I got to go on exchanges this week with the companion of Elder Damron. He is new in the mission, Elder Parker. He’s awesome and it was great. I did an interview of one of their baptisms that they had this week.

Something interesting,   Here they are trying to get Halloween started but it’s not very big at all. They mostly just use it as an excuse to have parties. I mean it’s the same in the US but at least they give us candy in the neighborhoods. A bunch of people here are anti-Halloween because they think it’s like from the devil, haha. I tried to explain that’s its really just a tradition in the US, but they are convinced that it’s from the devil... haha.  It made me remember when we went trick-or-treating!

Also soccer games here are craaaazy! like the other day there was a soccer game between two big teams here, and when something happened in the game we heard like the whole neighborhood scream from in their houses! And then after they went parading in the streets with their cars and motorcycles.

Other than that it has been a pretty chill week.

Elder Wolf

This was in the conference that we had with president and his wife

 

The Zone