Still Chillin'

What's up everyone, still chillin here in Gilbert. This week was a little more productive but not super eventful so I'll try my best to write a good email! 

Nothing really happened until Thursday because we finally got to meet with someone at the church! Her name is Julia and she just graduated. She is 100% gonna get baptized but the only problem is she can't get that paper signed by her parents. She's been taught since about October and she has a really strong testimony which is dope! Her birthday is in September so she will most likely have to wait until then for a baptism, but we are praying for sooner! She leaves to college in Colorado in August and we are really hoping we can get her baptized before that. She has a super strong testimony and is going to be a solid convert.

Then comes Friday and we get a call from a random number. It ended up being the missionaries from the Portland, Oregon mission and they were passing over a person for us. Her name is Lori and she just moved into our area this week. She worked for a member up there for 13 years but after talking to her about the church she wasn't too familiar. We helped her move in and she was super cool. She is moving in with her boyfriend who is this big strong dude but he ended up being a teddy bear... at least for now! We talked a little about how we want to share a message but she honestly wasn't too down and kept saying "well I wanna settle in with work and move in so I'm always busy". I told her that we do basically everything over zoom and then told her we would keep in contact. The thing that gave me hope is she likes to learn about why people believe certain things so maybe she will wanna listen to us!

Friday morning I spoke at devotional and it was kinda fun. My topic was chapter 4 of Preach My Gospel which is "How do I recognize and understand spiritual promptings" or something like that. All I did was talked about some of my experiences in Mexico and shared a few scriptures. I think it was decent because a few people hyped me up after so that was nice. A thing I talked about that I really like is how important it is to stay in tune with the spirit. It is crazy how quickly the spirit can leave if we aren't doing what's right so it is super important to do our best to choose the right. I feel so much better when the spirit is with me and I'm grateful for the opportunity I have to feel it every day! 

Love you all, stay sweet

Elder Wilde 

Had to get a new suit this week. This quarantine is getting to my waistline

Lots of Nothing

What's up everyone, 

Another week gone by and not too much to tell. Basically the whole quarantine life sucks but you gotta look at what we can do rather than what we can't do. Missionary work in the states is a lot different than in Mexico haha.

I'll start with the fun stuff. This last p day we went golfing and to the batting cages! I wouldn't say I'm the best golfer but I did better than the other elders so that made me happy. After that we went to the batting cage and it felt good to take some hacks! There were some 40 year old dudes next to us living in their glory days and one tried to give me advice on my swing, so naturally I went and showed him up on the fastest machine. Homie didn't say a word after that haha. 

Tuesday we had a district council and when we shared goals they all laughed when I said we are gonna find 10 people. My thought was "well in Mexico we can find 10 a day, it'll be easy to find 10 in one week." Well then reality hit and every person we called didn't answer and that 10 went to a fat 0 haha guess the goal will be different this week!

Now for the rest of the week... not too much to say. We did a few service projects and it was nice to get out of the house and finally meet people! It's fun to do zoom calls but talking in person is so much better. The members are super good when it comes to giving us people to teach, only problem is we can't go to their house and when we call on the phone they never answer. We are focusing on getting 2 kids that just graduated. One girl has said she will be baptized but needs to turn 18 first and the other boy has shown interest and has been to church. Good thing is that he is a baseball player so I am anxious to meet him! Now we just pray we can get in contact with them.

Both of those referrals came from the YW president and she is super dope! We did a service project for her and when she noticed I was wearing my Cubs stuff she said "my boy got to shave one of the players heads for the Respect Bald fundraiser they do". Kinda got a little jealous not gonna lie! She showed me the pic and it was Ian Happ so I thought it was pretty cool. Only problem is her boy still doesn't know who the Cubs are... kinda sad haha. 

That's the best I can do for this week, don't expect too much from my emails as long as quarantine lasts.

Love you all!

Elder Wilde 

Batting Cages! Channeling my inner Clark from Benchwarmers.

Caught a scorpion. I call him Gerald.

Haircuts!

Guess Who's Back!

Long time no see my dudes! 

So most of you guys probably know that I'm chillin in Arizona right now, shoutout Corona. I've been here about a week now and it is dope! We can't really do too much but gotta do what we can. For those of you wondering I am covering an English area so I will have to find ways to speak Spanish! 

I got here Tuesday and we spent most of the day at the mission office doing an orientation that wasn't boring at all... after that we went to the chapel and met our companions! My comp is from Las Vegas and his name is Elder Greer! He was originally assigned here and has been out almost 4 months so he's new! We then came to our house and settled in. The first 2 days it was just me and him in the house and it was super boring! Not gonna lie I was wondering why I even came back out, but as usual after praying a bunch I felt peace. 2 other elders showed up and now we have 4 in the house. Their names are Elder Remington and Elder Waldrop. They're both from Utah. 

As far as missionary work goes we are serving in the Gilbert 3rd ward and Higley Grove ward! Elder Greer and I are white washing the area so it has been a fun experience! We are only allowed to meet over zoom calls and can do service projects as long as they're outside. Not the most ideal situation but we make it fun! I have met a lot of awesome people down here already! The members are super cool and treat us really well, it also helps when you have family here that brings you treats (shoutout RaLyn)! But yeah like I said we just do zoom calls with families and it's cool to meet new people and hear their testimonies! It's a little weird to do things in English but it's also really fun because I feel like I can relate with people a bit more! 

As far as Spanish goes, I'm talking to people from Mexico to try and keep up! Elder Remington was originally assigned to Argentina but because of covid he only made it through the MTC so his Spanish isn’t the best. I have been teaching him and it is actually super fun! I love seeing the progress I've made because I remember when I was in his shoes and was struggling to say a prayer in Spanish! 

This week we were able to do a zoom call as a mission along with the Phoenix mission with Elder Soares and it was awesome! Both he and his wife spoke and I loved it! He delivered a message that I needed to hear and I knew it was an answer to my prayers! He confirmed that through our faith in Jesus Christ everything is possible! 

Love you all! 

Elder Wilde

Elder Wilde and Elder Greer

Just chillin in my new place

"I met your awesome son today...he almost had me convinced to being a Cubs fan. He shared with us a powerful testimony and we feel blessed to have him in our ward."
Joe Curtis