How are you guys doing? i hope good! This week has been good, we have been working in a part of the area that is called cuartel quinto its huge but its really humble is some parts. we will be having a baptism this week of a kid named efrain ferreyra hes 10 years old. hes an awesome kid who knows alot for being taught before. we have spent the week teaching him and reteaching the baptisms of the months before ezequiel and malena and hector. We were going to have 2 baptisms this weekend but Erica who was going to get baptized her mom said not untill here aunt from peru comes in a month... we were like nnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, but were still happy cause atleast shell be baptized and soon!
I am sad that on the 8th of february theyre probably going to change my area and companion. i only have 2 weeks left and time is flying by fast! This despedida is going to be huge. like 40 missionaries are going home more than ever before at a time. the transfers will be crazy cause lots of new spots and positions will need to be filled and noone knows whatll happen haha. The mission is the best experience ever though! i am learning alot in the mission. i love teaching lessons. there are some lessons that are really spiritual and when the spirit guides your words its so awesome. I only have 6 months left and i feel like its so unreal the time but when you give your all to the lord the lord gives his all to you and its suppppper awesome!
Not quite sure what were going to do today but its super hot outside and so well probably go to coto ( grocerystore) because there is air conditioning there haha.make some ramen noodles for lunch. well hope you all have a great week! love you all mom and dad and cole and carson and tyler and calli!


Elder Wahlstrum

we are going to have a baptism this week.
a ten year old named Efrain

here is a view of some of the area me and
my companion work in.

This week has been a good week. We are preparing a little girl thats 10 years old from peru for baptism on the 1st of ferbruary. her name is Erica. I will have to take pictures and show you the area i am working in, its pretty sweet! super humble, there are alot of paraguayos and peruanos where i am at. super humble people. Its been 3 weeks since the kitchen has had light in the appartment and the toilet sits crooked on the floor but other than that everything is great haha. The ward attendance has jumped up alot now, the bishop is working like crazy we started at like 90 people and now were at 120 attandance everyweek. the members are awesome and they give us lots of food! The peruvian food is the best man! hahaha. Its super hot here and with the humidity its even worse i look like a washington red skin man! Latley it has been raining though so its alittle cooler outside untill the sun comes around the corner. This week i will take some pictures in my area and show you all what it looks like but just so yall know things are great and the mission is the best man! aguante BOCA ( i am a fan of boca the soccer team here, its boca, river or death haha) jk. Have a great week!


Elder Wikstrom

17 Months

Hello mom,
tell everyone that is coming home i said hi! Time is going by too fast isnt it! It seems like i wake up and then i go to sleep and then i wake up and go to sleep and then its pday and then i do the same,it all feels super fast! I dont know if i told you last week but i got to see Ezequiel pass the sacrament. The 15 year old i got to baptize. Malena ovando came to church yesterday and shes super happy there! and Eduardo Lobos the first baptism we had here when i got here is coming every single week even though he has cancer of lukemia and passed out last sunday. We have found another person to get baptized on the 25th. she is called Erica and is 10 years old. My companion is super awesome and helps me out alot! We had 22 lessons with member this week. the other day the assistents called us and congradualated us for having 26 lessons with member the week before, they said president felt strongly that he needed to recoginze our hard work we did, i felt good cause i was even sick too with a fever from being out in hot sun all day long without air conditioning! It is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hot here, its the worst heat i have felt in my life! hahaha. I never get the chance to see hermana ruth, shes part of another ward so i cant visit.
Hopefully this week itll rain and things will cool down alittle. for the less take out the humidity, its the worst thing that exist on the face of this planet. you seriously cant find cool air its super hot and it makes you super sticky and sweaty and you feel like youre being cooked! hahaha, it is terrible even the cold water is hot. anyway i am glad to hear that everything is going well and that everyone is good, tell carson dont worry he lives in murca and he can go if he wants to or not! haha
Love you mom and dad thank you both for your messages! i love you guys too!


Elder Wikstrom

Hey mom i am sorry i didnt get to talk to you very much today=( next week i will be better! I am getting alot better at being smarter with my money! I havent spent much money this month, i decided i would try to only live with in the means that the church has given me! Its working so far! woo hoo! tlking with you guys on Christmas was so awesome. I am starting to realize that i am almost at 6 months left.... I cant belive how fast time has gone and is going! I feel like i am on a roller coaster and i cant control the speed of things. Its going to be so weird when things are done and over with on the mission! i dont know what i am going to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i thought this time would never come and when it came i thought it would never end but its already come and almost gone! it is so crazy everything! i cant belive it all! Ezequil Matoso that was baptized about a month ago is now a teacher and is the sectetary in the teachers quorum. Yesterday was his first day to pass the sacrament in church! I am so happy for him! Like as if he were me own kid or something hahaha! He has 11 brothers and sisters and his mom and dad are not married and dont want anything but he is strong and a great example for his family! I am super happy for him! I hope all is well up in coldmonton haha its hot here, the nights are ok if there is no humidity but the days are hot. the sun is like a campfire with the heat it gives haha! anyways i hope that you and dad and the rest of the family enjoy the week and working! enjoy school and tell Grandma and Grandpa i said hi and that i love them! keep up the good work mom i love you very much!


Love you Elder WIkstrom Talk to you on mothers day! itll be here before you know it!