Letter From Rhys - Week #22 - Snow in the DR! I've got Mail!

Feliz Lunes from the tropical Land of the Republica Dominicana!

There’s been lots of work that needs to be done in our area this week and we’ve been very hard at work. On Tuesday, visited our young man Brian, who we have been teaching for only about 3 or 4 weeks. We actually finished all he needed to be taught to prepare him for baptism this past week! Brian is an awesome kid who’s very intelligent! With our help we downloaded the gospel library on his phone and he’s been taking advantage of this cool library to listen to the scriptures while reading. On Friday, when we had his interview, Elder Dayton, our zone leader, was super surprised on how much of the gospel Brian knew and understood. For a 12-year-old, he has a lot of enthusiasm for the gospel and we are now preparing him to receive the Aaronic Priesthood. 

We have also been working on Hermano Rafael, who we’ve been helping prepare for his marriage tomorrow morning and his Baptism on Saturday! The Family Is super excited to make this step in their lives and have a goal to eventually get sealed in the temple! After Rafael Has been a member for a year he will be able to obtain a standard recommend and enter the temple with his spouse. I know that they are anxiously awaiting for that day though he’s not yet baptized!

The Eye of Faith is real and this family is using it right now to move their progression forward! Along, with these two investigators, we’ve been working with a less active family and helping them make the necessary steps towards temple sealing as well. The Family has been making changes in their schedules and work so they can attend church together as a family. Because they have made their family a priority, we shared and gave them a copy of The Family: a Proclamation to the World. If you haven’t read it or it’s been a long time since you have, I encourage you to read or reread it! The principles it contains are very basic and explains to us the importance of families in the eyes of our God.

I was also blessed with a package from my family this week with all sorts of goodies! I was super happy to receive the last two copies of the Ensign (church magazine), which included the talks given by the leaders of the church during the October General Conference. A long with those, I got a nice big bag of trail mix (Super Good stuff)! Sadly, it’s already almost gone. Sometimes it’s just hard to control yourself! 😉😂

I also received a couple of bags of beef jerky and summer sausage! The summer sausage is really good toasted in between two pieces of bread with some cheese and sweet hot mustard! 😁😎 But wait, there’s more! If you order now you can get this great 8 round Dominican Republic snow ball kit for a solid $19.95 with shipping and handling! All you gotta do is fluff and throw to your hearts content to annoy the heck out of your companion! [Warning: over usage of this product has been known to cause cancer in the state of California and possible death by companions.] Really, they’re just big balls of yarn but it was a cool little thought! Along with this kit, I got 3 more ties and various other things as well, but I was sooooooooo excitited when I saw my dad’s 7 pepper chili recipe and my mom’s chicken fiesta salsa!

Anyway, back on track. Saturday, we had a baptism!!!!! YAYAAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!  This time, Brian and both of his parents showed up for the baptism and we had the opportunity to talk with them about the gospel and how they can also receive the blessings of an eternal family through the gospel of Jesus Christ!

Today we also took a trip back to the Parke del Este and played some football (soccer) with the elders of our zone again. It was super fun and super hot! Luckily, this time, we had water and so we maintained a good state of hydration through the 3 hours we played out in the sun!

Well Folks, That’s all for this Edition of Elder Wheelers adventures! Tune in next time to hear more about the events coming soon to a theater near you!

Until next time!

Going forth with the vision of Christ and an eye of faith,

Elder Rhys wheeler

P.S. There are now more photos of Elder Chu available for all the world to see. I’ll try to take more, too of more recent events!

P.P.S. Mommmmmmy Thanks for the box! I Love you and please... Check for typos! Thanks!!!!!!