Good morning Family,
Well this week was a blast and a bunch
of work!!
I really don't know how to start out
this week...
We just started out with a normal p day! We didn't really do much
because it was pouring rain!! So we just played ping pong in the chapel and
just chilled, literally. We ate ice cream!! haha its the best ice cream in the
world!! You gotta trust me!! But then we had a good Tuesday. We didn't have
a district meeting because we would be leaving to Bariloche for the weekend to
meet the president. So we just worked and we did some service for some menos
actives in the branch. They didn't have lights, so my small knowledge and
my comp being an electisista we work on the lights and put lights and plugs all
over the house!! Tell Robert Lord this... he will be proud he taught me a
little bit. He may not think I listened when he talked but I did. ;)
Wednesday we finished the lights and talked with Julian and then also
with his sister Lorena!! We talked the importance of recognizing the trails of
our faiths and temptations. This was something hard for them to
understand. So we talked about that and they accepted dates to be
baptized the first of agosto!!!! wahoo!! PS.. We will expect a baptism this
week!! Pray that we will see a miracle!!! :)
Thursday, we straight up traveled to bariloche!! Seriously I'm so lucky
to be a witness of Gods greatest creations.. THE ANDES MOUNTAINS !!
Its so awesome and the lakes it unimaginable!! I'm so blessed!! But we
got there for a solid Zone Training. We did combined zone training with
bariloche. That is why we went. I'm part of the zone San Martin.
This Thursday afternoon had changed my life... IN Ether, Moroni talks about how
things were so great and the words were spoken so powerfully that they could
not be written, this is what had happened. I have never felt the spirit
like I did feel it there. We talked about the talk "Faith in the
lord Jesus Christ" By Gene R. Cook. I want you guys to look it up.
It is on the website byuspeeches.org in this talk it talks about six steps
of faith that we need to see the miracles and the blessings of god. We started
with a story about a missionary that committed himself to baptize 25 people in
25 days!! And he baptized 18 but the week after he baptized 11. We were
filling the spirit. In our two zones we put the goal to help 136 people receive
the remission of their sins by the 8 of Agosto. Here in villa la
angostura my comp and I put the goal to help 20 people receive the remission of
their sins by that same day. I have faith because I know it can be
done. I KNOW JESUS LIVES. He resurrected, he lives, and so does all
the miracles he can perform.
A little bit of background, I have been studying this talk for
almost the whole length of my mission. It is about a missionary who
changed his whole mission solo by faith. He was an example to me in my
mission and I have been following this talk since my time in Lago Puelo! And it
has changed my mission and it is the reason because I started believing in the Lord
Jesus Christ! And why I started baptizing. And now I had the privilege to
meet this missionary. He is from Uruguay . HE is my
President. I have never been so dumb founded in my life. It was
the coolest thing to know!! And now he lets us drink coke as well. :)
One of the steps is to expect God to
act after the trail of our faith and doing our part. For that my message
is that Im going to do my part. I have been trying my best to make this
time worth while, but now, I know exactly what I need to do. I should
expect god to try my faith. I shall not give up; I shall not let down my
faith. I shall gird up my loins and go to battle every day! And with that I
know God will bless me. I will persevere through the trails that come my
way. Just like I have done before. I shall deflect the fiery darts that
satans throws at us! We will glorify God on the 8 of Agosto and nothing will
stop that. Joseph Smith the prophet of the restoration of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ said, ¨No man can stop the work of the Lord.¨ we will glorify him and he
will be triumphant.
Thank you so much family for all of
your support! I love you guys with all my heart and I hope you guys know
that!!!
Elder Wessel