February 19, 2018

February 19, 2018

Love you all!

See you on Wednesday!

February 12, 2018

February 12, 2018

Well, I have been sitting here trying to write a decent letter, but I'm a little anxious and I can't really think.

The highlights of this week are that we had 2 baptisms. They were really special because Brother Perea has been listening to missionaries for a while and finally could be baptized. He got baptized with his son Emiliano, who just turned 9 years old on Friday and his baptism was Saturday.

This week I slept in the pension of Elder Andersen. It was awesome. We did exchanges and had a blast, then I went to another area to do exchanges and the other Elder got sick so I took him to the hospital, and we had to stay the night there. It was a pretty draining week. but overall good. We were thankful for the ward mission leader who helped a lot with preparing the baptism.

More than that this week we need to prepare the area for my departure and find a lot of people to teach.

I got to see the Delgado family today and will probably visit them next week too before I go. It was an awesome visit.

Thats about it,

love you all,

Elder Wolf

February 5, 2018

February 5, 2018

When I remove all the personal notes to family members, and the discussion about school when Jacob gets back, here's what's left:

Hey Family!

I don't know if I am having a reverse effect because I have been eating more than normal! Normally when I am nervous I don't feel like eating, But in my mind I'm not nervous, so I think my body is being nervous and eating a lot, or I don' know.

This week has been good!

We have 2 baptisms set up for this weekend and then one for the next week! We are really excited for that! But everything is pretty normal!

January 29, 2018

January 29, 2018

Yeah! It was a real stressful week but we had all 5 baptisms. It was an amazing experience.

We almost couldn't find enough white clothes for them we did exchanges because there was an Elder Batman that had to do the interviews, and then the next morning I had to go to the other stake to get the other clothes that we needed.

This might be the first time in my whole mission that we reached our goal as a district.  We finished with 9 baptism out of a goal of 6. and as a zone we passed the goal by one. We got 16 out of 15 baptisms. President said that we can do an activity together, and he's gonna buy us some ice cream. Its not like its an incentive or anything... haha but we were really excited for the zone.

We are working with some other people named the Molinas family.  They came to church this Sunday, and also another partial member family named the Perea family.  The husband said he wanted to be baptized so we are working with them.

This area has a lot of potential still, and so we are really excited!

That's about it though,

Love you all! Elder Wolf

This little chihuahua is called Papi jr. Hes a beast! Haha.  He is from family Segovia who just got baptized

This is Elder Batman who is our district leader.

This was this weekend with the baptisms. soooo stressful, but really worth it.

Played frisbee in the church with "Kevin". Haha.  We just found this lil Egyptian guy and named him Kevin, and we used him as a target.

January 22, 2018

January 22, 2018

So this week turns out that Walter, the kid that was going to get baptized had to go back to a little town to visit his family and he wasn't able to be baptized.

However we are expecting to have about 5 baptisms this weekend. 3 from the Segovia family, who we have been teaching for a few weeks now, and then 2 kids from a Gonzales family. They are really awesome, and the 2 little kids want to be baptized. The dad does, too, but he is waiting to get married.

We have some investigators that might be the hardest that I have ever had in my mission. They are really, really nice. They were a contact and they let us in to talk. We are really good friends. Buuuuut the lady is like half JW and half Catholic but she believes in God. The man doesn't know what he believes. He knows a lot about the scriptures but always expresses the confusion and the doubts that he has. It's different because we know how to answer all the questions that he has but for someone that believes.  We told him, the only way you can know is by asking God. We then asked him if he would read, he said yes. Then we asked him if he would pray and ask God, and he said, ¨No, it's ok I'll just ask you guys...¨  haha we laughed for a second and explained to him that that's not how it works... haha.  They are willing to come to church the next Sunday. He is willing to try it out and see if he feels anything

Other than that it has been a pretty chill week. We are going to have zone conference tomorrow. We have to teach about the new area plan. That'll be fun! haha

That's it for today. I haven't been able to send the pictures in these weeks, the computers have been kinda bad.

Love you all!
Elder Wolf

January 15, 2018

January 15, 2018

We also had our meeting of leaders this week and they had the Elders and Sisters that were going home give their testimonies.  I was one of them. It freaked me out... haha but I’m all good. We got back pretty late from the meeting and I just told my comp, we need to go now and leave the pension because if I stay here any longer I’m gonna think about things and yeah... haha so we left. There’s nothing better than just going out and seeing what is gonna happen.

Almost every day this week it rained. We are in a heavy rain season.

This week we found a lot of new investigators, including an awesome family that has some amazing questions. It makes us so excited because first they are asking a lot of really awesome questions and two because they actually understand the first time that we teach a principal.

We are also working with a Segovia Family and they are progressing really fast! The ward has been really welcoming with them and that has been such a blessing for us!

We are also waiting this week to have a baptism of a kid named Walter. He is 16 years old. He has been listening to us for a while! He is understanding more and wants to be baptized.

I’m really grateful for my comp. He’s helping me out to finish strong! I am having some awesome experiences with the investigators and every time we leave an appointment I feel so happy and then think about how I only have so much time to enjoy these experiences here.

Loving every moment.

Elder Wolf

January 8, 2018

January 8, 2018

This week has been great! and trying at the same time. :)

We almost got struck by a lightning bolt in a rainstorm. We were walking and it was raining and then we saw a really bright light that covered all of our vision and then we heard a thunder crack not even a second after. We thanked God after

I read Jacob 5 and actually understood some of it! so that was fun!

We had a family of 3 in the church and after fasting I believe God let this be one of the best fast and testimony meetings of my whole mission.

We are still working hard and I dont feel that trunky. Elder Baker is helping me out though.

Elder Wolf :)

January 1, 2018

January 1, 2018

This week was fun!

We found some new people that seem excited to learn more about the gospel, and we are still talking with the Gonzalez family! They are really awesome.  We had a family home evening with them this week and they liked and appreciated it!  We acted out the parable of the talents. It was fun!

We went to eat dinner with a family for New Years and it was good. We ate cow meat, pig meat, and chicken! It was all really good, but I’m feeling like a good stir fry. :)  Afterward, we saw a bunch of fireworks in front of the pension.

That’s about it. I’m loving the time here with my companion.

Love you all!

Elder Wolf

This is from when we had dinner with the Ocampo family for New Years.

  

December 25, 2017

December 25, 2017

Christmas here is still always so weird. I still don’t feel like it’s Christmas.... haha buuut oh well.

It has been good though. They celebrate Christmas with La Noche Buena. And so yesterday there was a lot of fireworks, and we ate BBQ with some members.

This week we had our Christmas conference and it was great. We did a white elephant gift exchange. I got a remote control car... just my luck haha.

Today was fun, we got together with the district and we ate pancakes and fruit and then we did a gift exchange.

We had a really awesome investigator come to church. His name is Nicolas and he got to go to one of the open churches. We are hoping that he will be able to progress.

Like I said, I loved seeing you guys yesterday and it’s so crazy to think how that was my last and how the time has flown by. 

Love you all,

Elder Wolf

December 18, 2017

December 18, 2017

This week was good. We have some awesome investigators but we are just trying to help them progress. One is the Gonzales Family. Angel Gonzales went to church this week.  He told us that he has already made the decision to get baptized but he would need to get married first.

We are working with a lot of other people too.

It’s been hard this week to have time in the area. We have had to go to some other areas that are more than an hour away to do interviews and help them out, and we have just had stuff all this week. I love being able to help when people need us, but it makes it a little harder to be in the area and work with the investigators.

The packages got here and I can’t believe that Christmas is this next week. It has come too fast! But we are looking forward to it!

We are preparing for a Christmas conference that we are going to have. That should be really fun!

That’s about it!

I loove you all! I’ll try to send some pictures.

Elder Wolf

A sister that always cuts our hair. Her name is Silvana Diaz.

Then this is my comp and me at a lookout close to our house.

December 11, 2017

December 11, 2017

This week was full of miracles. As always the mission is a rollercoaster, just gotta remember that when you go down you´ll come up again. 

I think this week we saw a lot of opposition. And it’s ok because we just thought, “Well there are better things waiting for us.”

One lesson we had was a big testimony for us.  Earlier in the last week, we talked a lot to this family about going to church. They said they usually can’t because they play soccer. We promised them that if they looked for a way and prayed and asked for a way to go God would give them a way. We asked what they were going to do. They said, we are going to pray so that the game gets changed. We were surprised and thought wow, that’s a lot of faith. But we said, its ok, we want you to be praying for that and we will be praying for that too. That Sunday, they didn’t show up to church. We went to their house and asked them what happened. They said, oh we got up late, and then it was raining so much that they canceled out soccer game. Both of our jaws just dropped. They had been praying but in the moment forgot and didn’t realize that God answered their prayers. We talked to them and reminded them of what they had asked for. Their jaws dropped, too. It was a very spiritual experience, and we said well if that wasn’t a sign that God wants you to go to church, we don’t know what is. :)

We also found a family this week. The man of the house had gone to church a couple times and really liked it. We went to his house and talked to him. He had an old triple, (BoC, D&C, and PoGP) and he says that he reads it every day before work, and he notices that when he doesn’t read it, he doesn’t have a good day. He accepted a baptism date and he will need to be married. His name is Angel.

This week we got rained on a lot. We got stuck in a rain storm one day and we went into an ATM. It was better for coverage, buuuut there were also about 7 dogs in there hiding from the rain too, and it smelt like wet dog pretty heavily. It was a funny experience.

We´re having a lot of fun figuring out all the stuff for Christmas in the mission.

That’s about it,

I love you all!

Elder Wolf

These are pictures from the area. :)

  

These are pictures from my birthday. We were with the Diaz Family who are recent converts. They made me a cake and they are so nice.

  

This is also a picture of us when we got rained on.

December 3, 2017

December 3, 2017

This week might have been one of the most tiring weeks in my whole mission.  haha

Monday was transfers and there was an elder who was waiting for his companion so we stayed at his house. It is about 45 minutes from our house) and then Tuesday we had district meeting and we also stayed at the other elders’ house for the night. 

Wednesday I had to go to physical therapy for my ankle. It’s doing a lot better. Then that evening we met some new people to teach. Including a family called the Fernandez family. They accepted a date to be baptized. 

Thursday we traveled to another area to verify their planning, about an hour away. They were doing good. 

Friday we had a meeting with all the zone leaders. It went to about 3 o clock and then we went to go work in our area.  When we were in the street a dog jumped out and bit my comps arm, so that was crazy!  We went to a clinic, and then to the hospital to get him some shots and get it cleaned. We got to ride in a police car!  Always wanted to do that!

Saturday we had to meet with the zone and present the Initiative Ilumina el Mundo (Light the World Initiative). It was fun to be with the zone. We are really happy with all the missionaries that are here in the zone.

After lunch on Saturday, we helped out with an open church in another area. We contacted a lot of people and then we talked to a couple and started talking about what we believe in. We read a scripture in the book of Mormon and the lady started to cry. We talked to her about how the scriptures help us to feel better. We talked some more and then she stopped us and asked if we could read it again. We read 2 Nephi 25: 23-26.  She started crying more and explained that they were going through a hard time, and she has been looking and waiting for something like this. It was probably one of the most spiritual contacts I have ever had.  After 3 attempts they finally accepted the Book of Mormon, and what to learn more.

On Sunday we had 5 people in the church, all five were miracles! A young kid named Walter came on his own and then an investigator that we had also came. Eugenia. We are excited for them.

That’s about it.

Today we got together as a district and ate milanesa napolitana con papas. It’s a breaded piece of beef that you put tomato sauce and cheese on top, and we ate it with french fries.  We played sports after.

Love you all! I’m enjoying being companions with Elder Baker and enjoying being here. :)

Elder Wolf

So this is us in a police car, because a dog jumped out of a house and bit my companions arm. It was pretty crazy.

   

Then this is today. We made lunch with the whole district!

   

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