Last week was a great week. Elder Juarez and I found some really sweet people to teach and I am super excited to help them learn and progress in the gospel. One of them we found through giving servicio. So we were walking down the street and we saw a teenaged kid out in his frontyard area chopping grass with a machete. We stopped and offered to help him. Based off of past experiences i thought that it would be good if my companion took the machete and helped him to cut the grass. while he was doing that i just talked with the kid and his mom about the church. We set up an appointment to come visit them and went on out way. So then we went back to visit them and we shared our message with them and at the end of the lesson the mom said that she always rejected the missionaries and never wanted to listen to them, but that day when we helped her and her son for 5 minutes she said that she felt something. It was the most powerful lesson i have had in the mission. The señora and her hijo accepted the baptismal challenge and are preparing to take that step in their life through living by the principles of the Gospel. Really a blessing that we found them.
So this week there is something called the Semana Santa. It is a week that everyone takes off of work and school to remember the suffering and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I dont know why, but supposedly everyone leaves town and heads to the beach.. So it is a really hard week for missionaries because there isnt anyone homee... Like the whole city is just dead. We will make the best of it and talk to the people who dont go to the beach though!
This weekend is General Conference!!!! I am SO EXCITED for it!! It is such a blessing to be able to listen to living prophets. I encourage everyone to watch it and apply the things you learn from it to make you a better person.
Love all of you so much!!! Thanks for all of the love and support!
Elder Wilks
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