I Hate Goodbyes

What's up dudes! 

Today we have transfers and I am staying in the area but getting a new companion. His name is Elder Barlow. I don't know anything about him because I'm not with him but next week I'll update y'all! Transfers are the worst because all of the homies in the district get moved! I loved this district a lot! I'm hoping this is my last transfer before I go to Mexico! 

Saturday we had a foot rodeo. The Maplewood ward organized that and it was so fun! I'd say half of the people there weren't members so we had lots of good opportunities. Elder Beckman and I did the egg toss and took second. Should've been first but its whatever, we still got Crumbl Cookie gift cards! We are gonna use those to buy cookies for people we wanna teach... we will do anything to get us in the door. 

The rest of the week we had normal days. I had lots of good study time. I have been reading in the war chapters. Usually I just skim through them but I have actually learned a lot this time. I talked with our ward mission leader Brother Riggs and he gave some good insights on them. He was a mission president so he knows what's up. He said he relates the war chapters to us dealing with the adversary. The only way the Lamanites could enter the city was through the front gates because the walls were so strong. That means we need to build up our towers and walls to our cities. When we do that we force Satan to come through the front gate and that is where we have our strongest soldiers. When we are strong, Satan has zero power over us. So that's my little thought for the week.

Love you all!

Elder Wilde 

Chick-Fil-A

Sup homies. 

It was a speedy week here not gonna lie. I had lots of awesome experiences this week so I'll go ahead and tell y'all. 

So earlier this week we went to Chick-fil-a and talked with our friend Jenna. She takes our orders every time we go and for the last couple months we have developed a good friendship. Well on Monday I invited her to church and then Friday she said she would come, so I asked if I could give a talk. I asked her what question she has for me to speak on and she said "why are people idiots." So I answered that for her and she didn't even come to church. We went today and I showed her the talk and then we gave her a Book of Mormon and it was so cool! 

We also had a mission tour this week from Wednesday to Friday and that was also amazing! Elder Carl B. Cook and Elder Brook P. Hales from the 70 joined us via zoom. I learned so much it was the best! I would write everything I learned but I don't have time for that, so I will include a couple things. 

The first thing I learned was "but if not". That is referring to the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the Old Testament when they got thrown into the furnace. They say something like "the Lord will save us... but if not..." we talked about how that is a HUGE act of faith and we all need to be like that! Go read Daniel 3 when you have the chance! 

The other cool thing happened yesterday at our Stake Missionary Training. A member of the stake presidency talked to the ward members and said we need to have a burning desire to share the gospel and it was super cool to think about that. He also mentioned how we need to pray for missionary opportunities every day and they will come. With that being said, I invite all of you to pray for missionary opportunities and then act on them! I promise they will come! 

Love you all! 

Elder Wilde

Free Goodies

What's good everyone! 

This week went by super quick! Today we got hooked up with some stuff. We went to Walmart and a guy gave us a 50 dollar gift card, then we went to chick fil a and got that for free, and after that we had a member give us a free party box from crumbl… gotta love being in Gilbert! Only bad thing about this is I'm gonna get fat haha good thing I bike a lot! 

So this week was interesting as far as the work. We had a cool lesson with Nate and we taught him the first lesson. This kid is soooooo sick! He is gonna get baptized at some point, we don't know when though. We don't wanna rush him and make him think that's all we care about. We are meeting with him again this week and I am so excited because I love him. 

We picked up a kid to teach and man is this a fun story. So Friday we met this kid at a park and homie was SO golden and loved the Book of Mormon and promised to read it. Well we meet with him again on Saturday and he came with a list of questions. I thought this was awesome because I told him to come with questions. Well this dude pulls up with a list full of Bible verses trying to prove us wrong 😂. He definitely talked to his parents or pastor but it was so funny. I still don't understand why people think we worship a different God and why they think the Book of Mormon is of the devil. Moments like this are where I thrive and just share my testimony. 

For my studies this week I focused on personal revelation. Our Ward Mission Leader, Brother Riggs asked how we receive personal revelation. We all receive it in a different way and we need to find out which way we receive it. I know for me, I receive it through my thoughts and not these huge overwhelming feelings. I invite all of you to find out how you receive personal revelation! 

Love you all! 

Elder Wilde 

Tiger Woods

What's up everyone! This week was actually pretty good! We found a person to teach and had some fun! 

Today for p day we went to top golf and I lowkey was killing it. I was hitting the back net a lot soooooo I think I'm ready to play a round of golf with my little brother Tate and show him who the best golfer in the family is! It is always fun to do district activities and top golf is like pretty much the only thing that is approved in this mission! 

Ask far as teaching, we found someone! His name is Nate and he is awesome! He is the best friend of the Bishops son and I really like him. We met him Wednesday and then taught a tiny lesson about the restoration on Friday. After I talked about the First Vision he said how cool it was and he looked super interested. After talking with him I think he is going to be a future missionary. Pretty bold statement but that shows how special he is. 

We are still working on different ways to find other people. We have been told we need to do 1.5-2 hours of Facebook finding everyday and honestly I'm not excited about it but I will learn to love it I guess. 

I had a pretty good week of studies this week. I read all of Mosiah but I was really impressed with the people of Alma. I love how much they cry out to the Lord in prayer and how he ALWAYS answers. But, He answers when we have faith and patience in him. It is definitely something I need to work on and I would encourage all of you to try! 

Love you all! 

Elder Wilde