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.