HI MOM!
Thank you for sending me that message! It helps me out a lot! I WILL be better this week, I promise! I got up at like 7:55 today, hurried and got dressed and did studies at 8:00. I just don't feel very aware of what time it is, but I am completely responsible cause I hear the alarm at 6:30 every morning and I just fall back asleep. My companion gets up at 6:30 every morning, he is awesome and a really hard working kid! We don't have any problems. We are getting along great and we both love being each other's companion. What you said makes me feel better and like I can do it! Thanks so much mom for that. I love you so dearly!
Are you ready for conference? I for sure am! I love conference. I hope we can get some people there though! Last night we went by to see that kid, Juan Martinez, to see how his reading, pondering, and praying went. Well, when I show up in front of the door he saw me and he ran away into another room. I don't know why. A little kid answered the door and said, "He's not here", right before we said anything at all, so we asked her. She went and told him and then came back and said, "He said he's at his grandma's house right now and will be here tomorrow." We were like laughing because she was so innocent and just being a messenger and we said, "Just call him, we saw him." She went and never came back, but the door was still open a little until the wind blew it open and we just left. I don't think we'll be going back to see Que Paso (what happened). It's too bad cause he was 19, the mission age.
Right now we are talking to Maxi, his brother Emiliano, Brian, Nelson, and trying to get them baptized! They are all 18 or 19 years old except Emiliano is 10. Alson, we talk to Lalo Rodriguez, the dad of Juan and boyfriend of Maria. Well, they are going to get married now. They're taking out a turno today and that will give them a date of marriage. They want us to be witnesses and sign the marriage papers and then we will baptize Lalo. Hopefully I will still be here for all of this. We have been drilling marriage into them and gave them and they've been praying and reading and going to church now and they want to pay tithing and fast too. We are soo happy for them! Lalo is a guy too so it won't be the traditional baptize a kid thing that happens to lots of missionaries! Other than that, we are trying to help the members and less actives become strong and stay in the church and be active and we know that through that we will be able to find, teach, and baptize and confirm! That is the vision of the mission for success. We are going to have success and be successful. I am going to be more obedient, not just more but exactly obedient in all things, at all times, and in all places so that we can have this success, cause I am holding us back right now, and I will report to you next week cause nothing really changed from the last week yet so I promised you and because I want to be able to hold my word, I WILL do better. I love you mom. Things here are really good and if there is something you want, just let me know. I can pick up some Argentine products for ya'll! I love you a buns load mom, more than you ever know! and Dad too!
Talk to you next week!
Chau,
Elder Wikstrom
ps the way I understand copado is awesome.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
Vuleta de Obligado
Matias took Elder Wikstrom and Elder Jones to Vuelta de Obligado in Argentina for their P-day.
Hey everyone
Things here are good! We have an investigator name Margarita. We found he when we were looking for her kid. Her sister showed up in the lesson. My companion had started explaining to the lady's sister about what we were teaching and I kept teaching Margarita. I had told her that the important thing was to read this little part that I had marked for her, and then think about it, and after to ask God if it was true. We had came back the next day and she said that night she had a dream about 2 kids like us with white shirts and a river of water, and she knows that it's true and she has a big desire to change her life. The only hard thing is that her sister has talked to her afterwards and she is now worried that her family won't talk to her if she goes to church and when we went to look for her before church, she wouldn't go because of this fear, but the Lord is helping us out. She had received visits from people that talk good of the Mormons and that only helps her want it more. After church we went and talked to her and she wants to change. She said she knew the other church wasn't true and still went to it and is afraid that God wouldn't forgive her, but we were able to explain that God loves her and if she has a broken heart and a contrite spirit, like real intent and faith in Christ, that she can receive an answer! She'll be at church next week, and she has a baptismal date for 12 of April! I am so stoked man! We'll see how things go! I will keep you informed, but I am happy to be able to share this message with people. Many don't even know that God exists, but want him to. To share with them that not only does he exist, but he loves you too is soo awesome!
I love you all, have a great week!
chau!
Elder Wiky
Things here are good! We have an investigator name Margarita. We found he when we were looking for her kid. Her sister showed up in the lesson. My companion had started explaining to the lady's sister about what we were teaching and I kept teaching Margarita. I had told her that the important thing was to read this little part that I had marked for her, and then think about it, and after to ask God if it was true. We had came back the next day and she said that night she had a dream about 2 kids like us with white shirts and a river of water, and she knows that it's true and she has a big desire to change her life. The only hard thing is that her sister has talked to her afterwards and she is now worried that her family won't talk to her if she goes to church and when we went to look for her before church, she wouldn't go because of this fear, but the Lord is helping us out. She had received visits from people that talk good of the Mormons and that only helps her want it more. After church we went and talked to her and she wants to change. She said she knew the other church wasn't true and still went to it and is afraid that God wouldn't forgive her, but we were able to explain that God loves her and if she has a broken heart and a contrite spirit, like real intent and faith in Christ, that she can receive an answer! She'll be at church next week, and she has a baptismal date for 12 of April! I am so stoked man! We'll see how things go! I will keep you informed, but I am happy to be able to share this message with people. Many don't even know that God exists, but want him to. To share with them that not only does he exist, but he loves you too is soo awesome!
I love you all, have a great week!
chau!
Elder Wiky
Monday, March 17, 2014
Pictures of the apartment in San Pedro
They had an inspection, so Im sure he took the pictures after they cleaned it for the inspection.
Hey Mom, that is soo cool that you all saw Elder Wild, hahaha. He is so awesome and I love the picture! We cleaned like bosses today, but some things were soooo dirty from before I got there that they were stained with dirtiness, like the bathroom and the kitchen. I cleaned the fridge out like a boss! Elder Jones said while we were cleaning, you'd think we are growing up or something, haha! We had a pension inspection today. We have to buy an emergency box of food and get hot water, and clean the shower knobs a little better, and buy a shower curtain...but other than that it went good :)
Nope, I don't have the package, igual I am so far away that even if they get it tomorrow it's possible I wouldn't receive it til the transfer is over or I go to San Fernando. Did it have some sweet letters in it? It may be gone but maybe not, hopefully now.
My companions first name is Harrison, he is a twin! His brother is in Resistencia. We did have transfers this week and we are going to be an awesome district! I had a good week. We went to our zone leaders area and stayed the night there on Wednesday night and then in a place called Lima on Thursday night and finally make it back to our area on Friday afternoon. We cleaned up a lot today! The place is really awesome! I love San Pedro! I have to go because we have to be working at 6:00 so I will talk to you next week during email, and just know that I am doing great and that I really love you soooooo much.
I will take some pics and send them to you next week. Right now we are just visiting a lot of less actives trying to help them reactivate. I am making great friends with them while still trying to fulfill my missionary purpose by helping them come unto Christ and realize that this is where true and everlasting happiness is found! We don't have many investigators, but we are trying to contact investigators through less active members and strong members. The members here really take good care of me and they love the missionaries, I also love being here with them. Practice your Castillano and we will all come back to visit these incredible families here in San Pedro and in other parts of Argentina! I am on a milk and cookie diet too! I love milk and cookies and coke. I also make some great rice that I eat with sugar, and Elder Jones was the first of all my companions so far that was willing to try it! I think he liked it but it is weird for those who don't eat it like I do!
I love you so much mom and dad! Thanks for teaching me all you've ever taught me. It helps me out a lot on the mission, especially the cleaning attribute. Love you guys!
Love Elder Wikstrom
Have a spectacular week!
Nope, I don't have the package, igual I am so far away that even if they get it tomorrow it's possible I wouldn't receive it til the transfer is over or I go to San Fernando. Did it have some sweet letters in it? It may be gone but maybe not, hopefully now.
My companions first name is Harrison, he is a twin! His brother is in Resistencia. We did have transfers this week and we are going to be an awesome district! I had a good week. We went to our zone leaders area and stayed the night there on Wednesday night and then in a place called Lima on Thursday night and finally make it back to our area on Friday afternoon. We cleaned up a lot today! The place is really awesome! I love San Pedro! I have to go because we have to be working at 6:00 so I will talk to you next week during email, and just know that I am doing great and that I really love you soooooo much.
I will take some pics and send them to you next week. Right now we are just visiting a lot of less actives trying to help them reactivate. I am making great friends with them while still trying to fulfill my missionary purpose by helping them come unto Christ and realize that this is where true and everlasting happiness is found! We don't have many investigators, but we are trying to contact investigators through less active members and strong members. The members here really take good care of me and they love the missionaries, I also love being here with them. Practice your Castillano and we will all come back to visit these incredible families here in San Pedro and in other parts of Argentina! I am on a milk and cookie diet too! I love milk and cookies and coke. I also make some great rice that I eat with sugar, and Elder Jones was the first of all my companions so far that was willing to try it! I think he liked it but it is weird for those who don't eat it like I do!
I love you so much mom and dad! Thanks for teaching me all you've ever taught me. It helps me out a lot on the mission, especially the cleaning attribute. Love you guys!
Love Elder Wikstrom
Have a spectacular week!
"The shoes of a champion"
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Elder Wild's Homecoming
Brady's last companion lives somewhat close to us, so we went to his homecoming.
We stood to get a picture with him after and asked his bishop to take the picture...which he did. We got out to the car and looking at my camera I notice that Tyler was NOT in the picture! I was like, Tyler! Where were you? He said...I was right next to Cole! Sure enough, you can barely see his sleeve. The bishop cut him off. Tyler was like, what did he think? I'm just some random guy standing next to you guys smiling? haha. I took a picture of Tyler in the car to prove he was with us.
Tyler, Cole, Suzanne, Alex, Carson, and Jeff
Saturday, March 15, 2014
7 months and New Companion
Matias was nice enough to send me a picture of Brady with his new companion. I sure am spoiled by the members in San Pedro, Argentina.
Elder Brady Wikstrom and Elder Harrison Jones.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
How ya'll doin? I just got a new companion, he is from Arizona. We are going to go preach the gospel like a couple of bosses, but for right now we're emailing. I am a huge slacker in sending out emails, but I am doing great out here. I am learning how to speak Castillano sooo well and the people here are soo awesome, especially the members, que capos ellos. My mom tells me that she puts my pics and stuff on Facebook and some letters too, so if you're not my friend, send me a request please...my mom will accept it.
I can't believe that it has already been like 7 months since I left homw. I am glad that I love the mission. My last companion was someone who I "killed" (in mission terms, it means that I was his last companion before his 2 years were up and went home.) he was sad to have to go back home and I am just happy that I love the mission so much and I still have what feels like plenty of time for right now, but it will go so fast. I loe you all don't forget to do the OLA
Orar
Leer
Asistir (a la capilla)
Ready, Pray, and GO TO CHURCH. The reading doesn't need to be much, just open up the Book of Mormon for five minutes and expect to learn something new. This is the way we will be strong and come closer to the Savior. One thing about being on a mission I learned is that this stuff is for real, that we need to do these things to be strong, active members and to get to know Christ, who is our Savior, better. It's the way to salvation in other words. I love you all soo much and I hope you have a great week.
See you next fall...(Trip)...haha such a classic.
chau!
Elder Brady J Wikstrom
My email:
Hey Mom, I just got back in San Pedro not too long ago. I have a new companion from Arizona named Elder Jones! He is a capo. It will be his first transfer as district leader here. He is excited and he told me I might have to help him a little bit cause he doesn't know what to do very well. I am pretty sure it will be another great transfer. We're going to get work DONE!
I haven't got my package. I asked about it, they said that everything is being opened at the mail place and that it cost money to go receive it, so they wait til enough people have packages waiting to go and get it. Freakin mail.
Well the time has come and I have to go cause we need to have some time to buy some stuff and for my comp to unpack a little. Love you so much mom and tell dad the same please.
Elder Brady J Wikstrom
Love you mom and tell the family the same too please. I love you guys!
Chau
I can't believe that it has already been like 7 months since I left homw. I am glad that I love the mission. My last companion was someone who I "killed" (in mission terms, it means that I was his last companion before his 2 years were up and went home.) he was sad to have to go back home and I am just happy that I love the mission so much and I still have what feels like plenty of time for right now, but it will go so fast. I loe you all don't forget to do the OLA
Orar
Leer
Asistir (a la capilla)
Ready, Pray, and GO TO CHURCH. The reading doesn't need to be much, just open up the Book of Mormon for five minutes and expect to learn something new. This is the way we will be strong and come closer to the Savior. One thing about being on a mission I learned is that this stuff is for real, that we need to do these things to be strong, active members and to get to know Christ, who is our Savior, better. It's the way to salvation in other words. I love you all soo much and I hope you have a great week.
See you next fall...(Trip)...haha such a classic.
chau!
Elder Brady J Wikstrom
My email:
Hey Mom, I just got back in San Pedro not too long ago. I have a new companion from Arizona named Elder Jones! He is a capo. It will be his first transfer as district leader here. He is excited and he told me I might have to help him a little bit cause he doesn't know what to do very well. I am pretty sure it will be another great transfer. We're going to get work DONE!
I haven't got my package. I asked about it, they said that everything is being opened at the mail place and that it cost money to go receive it, so they wait til enough people have packages waiting to go and get it. Freakin mail.
Well the time has come and I have to go cause we need to have some time to buy some stuff and for my comp to unpack a little. Love you so much mom and tell dad the same please.
Elder Brady J Wikstrom
Love you mom and tell the family the same too please. I love you guys!
Chau
He swore he would never wear these shoes...haha.
They are like "Toms" shoes.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Language Lesson
These pictures were posted on Facebook by Matias Maru.
Matias got some rootbeer from Chile for Elder Wild (who will be going home soon)
Elder Wikstrom and Elder Wild at their language lesson with Matias Maru.
Pictures!
Tomas Perez sent me these pictures in a Facebook message.
The first picture is Brady's mission leader and Brady. I was laughing.
This picture is Tomas Perez and Brady.
(Tomas is 15 years old)
(Tomas is 15 years old)
Monday, March 3, 2014
HI MOM
Today is a different day, I don't have much time to do email. I am in Zarate right now for a zone activity today, so we have just a little bit to do email, then we are all going to eat empanadas and play soccer and do stuff like that, it will be really fun! I am doing great! The members here are sooo cool, I can't imaging a better place with cooler members! I don't want to ever have to leave San Pedro! We did eat with familia Mallo on Thursday cause we did divisiones and we changed days. I stayed the day with my zone leader, Elder Nancupil de Chile! He's way cool. Life is great here! I sure hope everything is going great for you guys up there! Next week might be different too. It's companion change day and I will email on Tuesday, but it will be later cause I live soooooooooo far away from San Fernando, like forever, so it will take time to get a new companion and come back. That is so good that I was able to send you a message over Matias phone on Friday...you an dad and brothers. (Matias recorded him on his phone and sent me the recording of Brady speaking Spanish). How is everyone doing? How's the jobs going? and school? Lots of snow? Every day here is the same. Study from 8 to 11 and then go teach all day until 9 in the night. Not a lot of people want anything, nobody will go to freaking church so we can't baptize them cause they need to have gone to church at least 3 times to be baptized here in this mission. The members are soooo cool, I never want to leave. I have been eating asados and spending lots of time with the members here cause I am Elder Wild's "killer" so everyone is saying bye with a dinner, it's kinda nice! Here's this for now. I love you guys so much. Siga fiel ye fuerte and read the scriptures and say your prayers and keep going to church!
Love you all!
BYE LOVE ELDER COOLNESS
This was his group email he sent:
Hola!
Como estan ustedes? Estoy muy bien y estamos ensenando la gente a ful, pero nadie quieren ir a la capilla, oh hahahaha I forgot you're all my English friends. I just about went all in Spanish on you guys...but for reals, I love San Pedro, the place I am in now. I am very short time today cause we are about to head to a zone activity and I am going to whoop some Lations in soccer, haha not really, but I am a whole lot better than I used to be at soccer. For those of you who don't know yet, I am with a companion that will be going home after this transfer cause his 2 years will be up. I am his "killer", haha, but we are doing good. My Spanish is coming along really well. I am understanding about everything that is being said. Sometimes I have a problem speaking cause there are a lot of tenses to learn. I sure hope you are all doing great. I would love to write more, but I have to go to an activity! Have a great week and hacer lo justo.
Love Elder
Wikstrom
Today is a different day, I don't have much time to do email. I am in Zarate right now for a zone activity today, so we have just a little bit to do email, then we are all going to eat empanadas and play soccer and do stuff like that, it will be really fun! I am doing great! The members here are sooo cool, I can't imaging a better place with cooler members! I don't want to ever have to leave San Pedro! We did eat with familia Mallo on Thursday cause we did divisiones and we changed days. I stayed the day with my zone leader, Elder Nancupil de Chile! He's way cool. Life is great here! I sure hope everything is going great for you guys up there! Next week might be different too. It's companion change day and I will email on Tuesday, but it will be later cause I live soooooooooo far away from San Fernando, like forever, so it will take time to get a new companion and come back. That is so good that I was able to send you a message over Matias phone on Friday...you an dad and brothers. (Matias recorded him on his phone and sent me the recording of Brady speaking Spanish). How is everyone doing? How's the jobs going? and school? Lots of snow? Every day here is the same. Study from 8 to 11 and then go teach all day until 9 in the night. Not a lot of people want anything, nobody will go to freaking church so we can't baptize them cause they need to have gone to church at least 3 times to be baptized here in this mission. The members are soooo cool, I never want to leave. I have been eating asados and spending lots of time with the members here cause I am Elder Wild's "killer" so everyone is saying bye with a dinner, it's kinda nice! Here's this for now. I love you guys so much. Siga fiel ye fuerte and read the scriptures and say your prayers and keep going to church!
Love you all!
BYE LOVE ELDER COOLNESS
This was his group email he sent:
Hola!
Como estan ustedes? Estoy muy bien y estamos ensenando la gente a ful, pero nadie quieren ir a la capilla, oh hahahaha I forgot you're all my English friends. I just about went all in Spanish on you guys...but for reals, I love San Pedro, the place I am in now. I am very short time today cause we are about to head to a zone activity and I am going to whoop some Lations in soccer, haha not really, but I am a whole lot better than I used to be at soccer. For those of you who don't know yet, I am with a companion that will be going home after this transfer cause his 2 years will be up. I am his "killer", haha, but we are doing good. My Spanish is coming along really well. I am understanding about everything that is being said. Sometimes I have a problem speaking cause there are a lot of tenses to learn. I sure hope you are all doing great. I would love to write more, but I have to go to an activity! Have a great week and hacer lo justo.
Love Elder
Wikstrom
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