Hello everybody! This week was awesome! I took charge and called the shots this week. I was sick of reporting 0's every week haha. Well, we found 18 new people so I think it was pretty successful. Lots of really cool experiences too so get ready!
We will start off with divisions on Wednesday with Elder Garff. He is the President's Assistant and is such a homie! With him we found 8 new people and it was awesome. It is always nice to have someone to talk to. He stayed the night with us and we may or may not have been up until 2 talking haha. He is a really good dude and taught me lots of things.
The next day, I had 2 really cool experiences. The first was in a combi (mini bus). Because I was tired from the night before I used this as an opportunity to take a 10 minute nap. Well during my "nap" I heard the little voice everyone knows (the spirit). All I heard was "speak". Well my first thought was, "no Carter, you don't know Spanish." Well then again, "speak". I started to get nervous and I opened my eyes and looked around. I saw on my left a guy reading the Bible on his phone and in front of me was his wife and their baby. Again, "speak" and I knew I would regret this opportunity so I spoke. I talked to the guy and wife for about 3 minutes before we had to get off for an appointment. I understood everything and was able to share why I am here in Mexico and then a short testimony. Didn't get his name or number but when I got out of the combi I felt like I did everything I needed to do.
That same night we visited a dad and son who are inactive. 2 more people walked out and were about to leave. Well, you can always count on the spirit to help you out. "speak". This time I didn't hesitate and started talking. So it turns out, I can speak Spanish. Like it's not good but they understand me and I understand them. I was able to find the common interest with him and it was baseball. Of course he was a Dodgers fan so I was teasing that they couldn't beat the Cubs. As I got the friendship going then I was a missionary. I told him about us and then set up an appointment. (we were gonna visit yesterday but he wasn't home so we are going back tomorrow).
Now this experience happened Saturday and it might be my favorite. I don't know if you guys remember David from my last email. Anyways, we had gone by his house almost every day last week trying to teach him but there is always and excuse on why they can't. We had the thought of giving up, then I remembered that mama didn't raise a quitter. We stopped by and they let us in. We taught the first lesson and holy crap the church is true. I have never felt the spirit so strong in my life. His grandpa had a few doubts about the Book of Mormon. Well, I bet you can't guess what happened next... the holy ghost. I talked... and my Spanish was almost perfect. I honestly don't remember what I said but I remember saying something like this; "You might wonder why a tall white boy keeps coming to your house, well here is the answer. I left my home in Utah to come and share the Gospel with the people in Mexico because I know our message is true. I am learning this language and am constantly coming by your house because I love you." Well I made tears come out of their faces. We asked David to say the closing prayer and he couldn't finish because he broke into tears. Well that made me cry too... I'm such a softy.
None of them came to church. If you look at the numbers for our week and see that we had no investigators at church you could think it was a crappy week again. It wasn't. Best week of my life I'll tell ya that.
Love you all so much!
Elder Wilde
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| Drank my first coconut water. It was weird, but not bad. |
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| Me and Elder Garff. He looks pretty fresh in my Cubs gear. |
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| At my desk studying |
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| Interviews with the President. Elder Lopez (top left) Elder Montes (top right) Elder Cicerone (bottom left) Elder Wilde (bottom middle) Elder Fogg (bottom right) |
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| Bus ride home from interviews. Elder Montes snoozing. |
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