Everything is cool here, The whether is getting better, and the time is flying by faster than id like. This last weekend we had a baptism of a 13 year old kid named Brian Duarte. his brother Angel, we baptized last month so he was able baptize his brother and it was a very spiritual expirience. This week we have planned 2 more baptism one for Julio Garcia and the other for Victoria Godoy, this saturday at 6:30. My companion is new so he was able to have his first baptism and was sooo happy! For those of you who dont know he is from Ecuador and his name is Elder Zambrano. The baptism that were having are all thanks to The Book of Mormon. The Mission is pretty sweet, but it goes alittle fast. I have never regreted coming. I have had the chance to work with and learn from a few elders in the district and have learned alot from them. Its wierd how the mission is changing and it is all new people and my friends from the begining have gone home already. Boulogne (The name of our area) has been a real blessing for me and a great learning experince. Weve also been having alot of fun, today we played an awesome game of soccer and then went for icecream after. the icecream i bought was called "cucurucha grido" but i asked for a "cucaracha Grido" and everyone including the lady working started to laugh and i did too. i asked for a cockroach icecream haha. i am not struggling with spanish too much but sometime i have my moments haha. All is well here i hope you all have a great week and see you next fall, hahah thats a knee slapper.
Elder Wikstrom:)

20 Months

Hows yall doing? everything is good here. its taking me forever to write in english! haha. Today Elder Garcia de España, Elder Patey de Utah, Elder Edmonds de Utah, Elder Ramirez de Chile, Elder Zambrano de Ecuador y yo de Utah went ice skating, bowling, played pool, and at a burger with fries and a drink. Its been a great day. During the week all the members are wanting to feed us ( its a good sign) but there isnt enough room for everyone so they are giving us dinner now! And the give really good food! wow, i had lost like 6 kilos and weve been working hard and they think i am skinny and are trying to fatten me up, haha its working. haha. We cleaned the pension this morning. livin in style now. Being a district leader is fun but sometimes i dont want to be a leader cause the only thing that is important is the plack that says "Elder" the calling! i like it though it is fun. Happy to hear that brother Carson got his patriarcal Blessing, its a true testimony strengthener no? read it daily.
I was laughing so hard today cause we went ice skating and we all ate ice pretty bad ahhahahahaha. it was like 30 minutes of pain, how much we were able to take ahaha. oh soo funny but the only thing is was thinking about was when cole hit his head and was hurting bad and i was hoping no one would get hurt to that degree.
Now in my mission its awesome to teach and talk to people cause i am at that point were i am very able to control the discussion and teach the doctorine. The most important thing is the Testimony though. I am learning that more being with Elder Zambrano. Our area is having alot of success we just finished the week with 31 lessons with member and hoping for 2 baptisms before the month ends! Brain and Omar.
The mission is alot better than id ever thought itd be. Serving a mission has been one of my best dicisions in life. I hope you all have a good week. I learned in my last interview with President i asked him how i could use the litte time i had left to the best, he said seek the guidance of the lord and follow it, dont ever question it cause its coming from God. Just do it!
I will never forget in every situation like it says in Alma 37:37 to seek the guidance of the lord and he will guide me.
Elder Wikstrom
will someone roll me a dew please?
ON the ice
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This week has been a great week. training is awesome. but My comp knows more than me so he is teaching me! Hes a great missionary and came ready to work. We were talking to alot of people this week its nice to talk to people about the gospel i always feel happy just talking about the gospel with others, Lots of people are nice and accept the teaching well, the trick in the mission field is helping the people keep thier commitments, that is the real goal so they grow in faith, repent be baptized and recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost, and make it to the temple, and keep going, enduring to the end. I was just reciently informed that one of my converts named Hector Eduardo Lobos from Jose C Paz died on the 26th of march. I was told that during his time in the Hospital he and his wife read the Book of Mormon together! I was really sad at first and am sad but also i know that he had his priorities straight with God, I know like President Dieter F Uchtdorf said that God loves everyone of us perfectly fully and eternally. I know that God recieved this man with lots of joy and love, and that he is now in the rest of the lord. This man had to go through alot to come unto Christ. Before he didnt want anything with the missionaries, for alot of time, his wife was a member already before they were married and the kids were baptized the last year i think, but he had never wanted it and said that he was even bothered when the missionaries would say to him, " we love you Brother Lobos" because he was like how do you say that with out knowing me? After he got sick with leukemia ( a blood cancer) and learned alot about what was really important and what God wanted for him. The Lord had to humble him and he recognized the things that were really important and was baptized immediately, he never missed a day of church unless he was in the hospital even the days when he fainted in church. He had a dream a The lord saving him from a endless pit of darkness. He became converted to the gospel truthfully, recieved the melquiesdec priesthood and was a great husband, father and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Thanks to Jesus Christ and his Atoneing Sacrafice and sacred ordinances we can change the "HE WAS" a great....... to "HE IS" a great......
Even though life has its difficulties we need to recognize that there is a God that has a Perfect Full and Eternal Love for each and everyone of us. greater than our own and greater than we think. I will never doubt the truthfulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that he lives and His Prophet is Thomas S Monson. The Lord through Joseph Smith Restored the Church in all its truthfullness, authority, and Sacred Salving Ordinaces. I Know families can be together for ever, that is part of Eternal Life. this isnt the end, i remember my last day in church in Jose C Paz Hermano Lobos wanted me to pass by in the night but i couldnt, we went to the despedida in san fernando, he started to cry and told me that if he didnt see me again here then hed see me up in heaven, he asked me Right? i assured him with teary eyes too that YES! I know hes in the rest of the Lord and that even though every sunday he went to church and suffered that i learned that he understood that its more important his spiritual state than his physical state, when he had control over it. God is real. and lives as well as his son Jesus Christ who atoned for all of us. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Elder Wikstrom.
The conversion comes line upon line; precept upon precept.
What a great Conference we had also=)
I Love the Prophet, his counselers, the 12 apostles and all the other General Authorities and I sustain them fully!