This week was an excellent week. I was able to do a lot of fun things. We had a lot of cool experiences and were able to improve in almost every aspect of the work. I was super tired the entire week, but also super happy, which for some reason always seems to be synonymns in the mission. We just went out and did work the entire week without end. Last week we struggled to find New Investigators becuase we were not able to find Spanish people to teach, but this week we were super blessed in that. Out of all the people we really got to talk to that were Spanish we probably made like 80% of them New Investigators, which was a giant blessing that we were able to do that, and have all these people to go back and teach now. I also went on an exchange into Boca Raton, which is in the North of our zone. It is a pretty nice area, I went with Elder D, who has been there for almost 11 months now, which is crazy because President A almost never leaves anyone somewhere longer than 4. He will probably finish there too because he only has one transfer after this one too. It was a pretty fun exchange, I got to see what it is like up there, and we talked about a lot of the trainings we have had, and how we can use them and why we do things. This week we had a goal as a district to get 21 New Investigators, and on Saturday night we had 10 as a district, 6 coming from our area, which was a little scary, but the Lord blessed each companionship to be able to do awesome work on Sunday, we ended with 19, which was awesome, especially when I talked to each one of the companionships on hwo it all happened. The sisters had a member randomly bring a friend and the girl said she wants to come every week now. In our area Elder J had a cool experience while I was gone. He foudn this one guy while knocking, and at the end he was able to set a date with him to be baptized, then he gave the man a card for Mormon.org. Then the man said look what I have been reading, he pulled out a Book of Mormon and said that his Grandmother had just given it to him and he loved it. We are going over today and are super excited to see him and get to know him better, and help him come unto Christ. This week my favorite experience came from an interview I gave, The interviewee was a little nervous abou the baptism still, but we had an excellent interview. At the end I asked how he felt, and he said he thinks this what God wants of him. I then read with him Alma 42:30, and after reading it he said, "Wait a minute Elder, is that Alma 42:... 27 or 30?" I confirmed and he said, "There's no way! This is definately what God wants me to do! I was praying to God and I said just lead me somewhere in the Book of Mormon so I can know if this is what you want, and I opened up to that scripture. That's the reason I decided in the first place! This is definately what He wants, WOW! Thankyou!" It was a super cool experience, and it helped me grow my faith in God will give us the words we need in the moment, because I had not thought of that scripture until I opened the scriptures to share something with him. It was super awesome. I know this work is the work of God, and that we all have a part that we can play in it. I know this is the Church Jesus Christ established on the earth, and that through his gospel we can receive eternal life. I love this work and i love this gospel, and everything that has been given me. I love you all and thank you so much!
Elder Wesley Christopher Bowen
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