SHEEP
IT'S MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY ON THURSDAY. Please make sure to shout out the goat Queen Wilde.
Zone Conference 😅
So, we had a zone conference with 5 out of the 8 zones. So, there was like 75 missionaries there and President of course. But we are sitting there and one of the Hermanas is announcing the agenda for the meeting and all the sudden I just hear… Primera oración de Elder Will… While… Will-Day. My heart literally dropped. I was like there is no way. I went up shaking a little. There's just a picture of me giving the prayer and President and his wife are behind me, and it almost seems like she's praying with me for me. But anyways we had super good lessons taught there from the APs and some ZLs. Super motivating and great messages. Then we had the temple after which, as always, was so so good.
3 more Baptismal Dates
So, this week we saw tons of miracles, and it was amazing. That family we have been teaching with the deaf parents progressed tons and we put two of the kids on baptismal dates, which is awesome. Then on Sunday night, we were coming back to our house and there's this commadore right next to our house and we decided to stop and talk with them about the Plan of Salvation. We ended up getting to baptism and one of them was like, "Ya, I baptized myself but never got the Holy Ghost." Well… we can help you with that. How's November 30? Bang.
Dia de los Santos y Muertos
These days were crazyyyy here. Halloween isn't really a thing, but wow these are. There were so many people it was impossible to get anywhere. We talked to tons of people, who were just so excited to hear from us and learn more…, and it was so cool just to see the culture. We were teaching this one person, and we were like wait, this is going well this isn't like the last 40 and then we are like so do you go to a church? Ya, I'm a Mormon. Ahhhh this makes sense. But it was still really cool seeing everything. Met tons of cool people, all from Guatemala City.
Random thing ☕️
So, my companion and I brought some bread for Sacrament, and this lady stopped us in the street and was like hmm you can eat bread but not drink coffee? My comp and I just looked at each other and were just like what haha. Like uhhh Hermana, I don't think those are really equivalent.
Spiritual Thought
So, I'm not sure why but I've been thinking about this day I had a long time ago a lot. We were picking up one of my brothers from the airport from their mission. Sorry can't remember who. And as we were waiting, I vividly remember, maybe more than seeing my brother clearly, seeing another missionary walk out a couple minutes before him. But it wasn't a normal welcoming home. This missionary came home to one person picking him up. I assume it was his dad and he was not happy to see him and did not even offer a hug. They continued walking and didn't say a word.
But what I remember more than anything was watching my dad walk over to the missionary, shake his hand, give him a hug, and a quick pat on the back with words of encouragement, I'm sure. A simple act but one that I'm sure meant so much to the missionary. And to me, who I'm sure he had no idea was watching. But I was reading in my personal study this week a scripture reminded me of this; Alma 5 59 - 60.
59 For what shepherd is there among you having many sheep doth not watch over them, that the wolves enter not and devour his flock? And behold, if a wolf enter his flock doth he not drive him out? Yea, and at the last, if he can, he will destroy him.
60 And now I say unto you that the good shepherd doth call after you; and if you will hearken unto his voice he will bring you into his fold, and ye are his sheep; and he commandeth you that ye suffer no ravenous wolf to enter among you, that ye may not be destroyed.
Now might seem like a stretch, but it was all I could think about while reading. Many of us are maybe like the missionary or the sheep who may not always be going the right direction or making the right decisions. We all have outward pressures and conflicts on our lives. But something we always have is the Savior wanting to help us in every effort that we make. He's always there to pat us on the back and give us the encouragement that we may need even when we think nobody is there for us. If there's anything I've learned to be true, it's that THERE ARE GOOD DAYS TO COME.
I love you all, please send lots of love to my amazing mom for her birthday she's the best. Elder Wilde
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