Again, this letter was in all Spanish- so the translation may be off a bit and of course because his vocab is limited it reads funny!

Hello Family!

So last week was excellent! We had many lessons and our investigators are making progress. We had 8 investigators attend church yesterday! That's fantastic!  The rule in the mission is that investigators need to attend church 3 times for them to be baptized. I am very happy because of that. This week we have one baptismal service. I am excited for that! In November we have, like 5 or 6 baptisms! This is the best! The work is progressing very well.  I have learned  that the Gospel of Jesus Christ changes people's lives. During the week we had an investigator who experienced this change. He has made the decision to be baptized with his family. Wow. This church is the church of happiness and it is true! I am happy !!!!!!!!!!!!!

So my health is fine and everything in my life is good. I'm understanding the accent and the language of Peru a lot better! For example, I taught an entire lesson with an investigator! I love the work and mission. The people of Peru is tops and my trainer is tops! He and I are friends. I am grateful for him and his example to me.

 My companion and I went to eat out one day this past week. Oh! I was eating a giant burger! As pretty huge! WOW!

For you, the last week was good! The videos of Clara and Lily are the best! Lily's exactly right! A commandment from God is to follow the prophet.  The words of the prophet are the same as Heavenly Father and Heavenly Father commands us to attend church! Every Sunday! This is very important because when we attend, we learn, we progress. We do this so that our testimony may receive strength.  Clara is right too! The Will is a gift of God, we can choose our own decisions, but we need to choose the right decision for us to return to God's presence as a family!

I hope your week is fantastic! I know my week will be! If you have not sent my Christmas box, please put candy and other things like that, because the sweets here are a bit bleh.

Thank you for your prayers and kind words!
With much love,

-Elder Wilson

October 20, 2014

This letter was originally ALL in Spanish. I had to google translate it for the blog and correct just a few things.  I left alot of it, as is. So if it sounds a little funny that is why. Overall, I could understand everything! SO proud of how far his language is progressing and how hard he is working. 


Hi! So my week was great! We taught many lessons and had good feelings. Then, during the week we had a baptismal service in the neighborhood with a family that  I taught 4 or 5 times on companionship splits this month and in September. I have a photo of this in the dropbox. I'm very happy! for that, This is the work of salvation and baptism is the door to salvation. Terrific! So my companion and I have many investigators with alcohol and tobacco problems. We are working with them. Many times the problem is with who their friends are. We  have many dates for baptisms in November! The first date is November 8th! I'm very excited about that. Oh I can not remember how to pray in Inglés. Oh well.....

Then, the other day, I ate chicken feet! There is a photo in the dropbox of that! Ha! They taste like chicken, but are very rubbery. Ha! My health is the same, and medicine for my acne is great! So I'm grateful for that. My companion and I are such good friends. He's the best! The language is progressing, I can understand a lot more now. I'm very grateful for that. Every thing is fine, then it's only going to be another fantastic week!

Okay about your questions!
1 No, we have everything we need and the temple has a Distribution Center, like the one in Salt Lake.
2 Cards- send them to the mission home. My partner told me you can send me boxes, but send them to the CCM in Lima Peru. Write my name and Peru Lima North on the box and  I will get the box with the new missionaries that come in.
3 everything is cheap in peru. Like, I have 200 sols left for this month, and i usually spend 10-15 each day.
4 Send me Reese's, a huge thing of jiff peanut butter and nutella.  My companion is from Santiago Chili.  His family is very similar to ours. So, he is just fine.

I can not believe that October is almost done! Where is the time? I think there are birthdays  this week! Carter and Dad? Happy Birthday!

With love,
-Elder Wilson

Hola Familia!

Entonces, la ultima semana fue bueno! Muchos lecciones, invitaciones, y mas. Durante la ultimo semana tuve muchos deferente tipos de experiencias. Uno, con a drunk guy, y muchos otros. Alcohol es una problema aqui. Hay muchos personas que toman alcohol cada noche. Entonces, mi companero y yo hemos les llamando personas a arrepentirse de este. En Octubre 31 tenemos una fecha para un bautismo. El tiene 54 anos y es progresando. Yo  espero sera bautizado. Pero tenemos 7 fechas para noviembre! Buenísimo! Otro que eso, la gente son buenísimo y la comida es fantastica.

Ooooo entonces yo come estomago de baca. Estaba no mal, pero un saber diferente.

Conferencia fue fantástica. WOW.me gusta la mensaje por Elder Uchtdorf sobre luz. Absolutamente muy fantástica. Yo cree es muy importante estudiamos las escrituras. Porque necesitamos buscar por luz para recibirlo. mi companero y yo hemos enseñando personas que necesiten hacer 4 puntos para sus testimonio a progresar. Y yo cree que esos punto son muy cerca a la mensaje de Elder Uchtdorf.

1. Leer las Escrituras- Cuando leemos las escrituras nuestros conocimiento progresa y podemos encontrar mas luz.
2. Meditar- Meditar es muy importante, porque mediante meditando, podemos recibir revelación personalmente. Este revelación es una clave a recibir luz y fortificar nuestros testimonios.
3. Orar- Orando es la clave. Cuando nosotros preguntar dios sobre una pregunta o un problema, podemos recibir respuestas. Mediante la espíritu Santo.
4. Asistir la Iglesia- Durante la reunión sacramental podemos recibir revelación personalmente y aprendemos muchos sobre El Evangelio de Jesucristo.

Okay enough Spanish! My health is fine, its honestly been a great blessing that I've been this healthy. I thank the Lord everyday for this. The soccer game was fantastic. We got sick jerseys! They match the US national team jersey, but we have different things on them. I put pictures up so go take a look. I bought a pair of futsal cleats for like 17 dollars or 50 sol. They're normally about 80 dollars in the US, so why not, right? Soccer jerseys here are really cheap, so if you want like 1 or 5, let me know....

I'm really loving my mission. Yes, there are hard times, but how can I  expect it to be easy, if it wasn't easy for the Savior. The feelings that you get when you see someone progressing and learning are indescribable. It's awesome. Today marks 2 months in the mission. See ya in 22.

I miss and love you all!
-Elder Wilson

Hola Familia!

Hola!

Entonces, estoy les escribiendo hoy porque en el lunes nosotros somos teniendo The Entire Mission Football Match. So yo necesito escribirles hoy! Oh Feliz Cumpleaños Maddie! Yo recuerdo teniendo 17 años. Que fue mi ultimo año en escuela.

So during the last week a lot has happened! My third companion moved to the offices of the mission so it's just me and Elder Pastenes. On P-day we went to the mall and it's really nice. I think it is nicer than madison square. I can buy ANYTHING there. So, if you will put money on my card I can buy clothes and other stuff. In the mall its the same price, more or less, than the prices in the US. However, in the Grand Terminal shopping area they sell EVERYTHING for pretty cheap, it's just not as good quality. So, for pants if you'll just put money on the Card I can buy them here.

So we've taught a lot during the past 5 days. Marriage really is a problem here. No one is married here. They just live together. So we've been stressing why marriage is important and inviting people to get married. We've been successful with one family. It's really hard for the people to get married here because you need documents to get married, no one has them, and it's hard to get them. We've invited more people to be baptized as well. We have 4 more people with dates for the 25 of octubre. I'm excited to help these people to be ready for that date. I can see now why a mission is hard work. I get frustrated with myself sometimes when I can't understand what's going on or what's being said. Then I just remember- It's my second week here! I know with time I will learn the language.
'
So.... I got a little sick this last week. I'm over it now. It was pretty much a small cold. Runny nose and a head ache. The food isn't agreeing with my stomach so we all know what that leads to! However the food, for the most part, is fantastic! Also the drinks! So good. Peru is really dry and dusty! Nothing stays clean for long, So I finally had my first anti-mormon confrontation. We were walking from the bank after getting money for the month and a guy from the United States said. "Oooo we got a guy from Salt Lake City baby, you're going to h#//!!!! " I simply said, "No, I'm from Alabama!" and kept walking. It made me laugh.

I'm really excited to get to watch conference and hear from living apostoles y el profeta, Thomas S. Monson.... IN SPANISH. So I hope I understand what they're saying. I can always read their talks next month, but I'd like to understand them now.

I hope everything is going well for you and everyone at home! I pray for you all everyday. I definitely am missing home a bit. However I know it's more important that I help other people. I'm starting to get used to the freezing cold showers! ha!ha!

I miss and love you all,
Elder Wilson