Hello Family!

Do not have much time to you to write now, but we will talk through skype on Thursday, so it does not matter.

I'm in the same area with the same companion, Elder Pastenes of Santiago, Chili. President told us to keep working hard and baptize seven more people! Ha!

We have a baptism this Saturday! I'm very excited about that! This week will be awesome! Today we will have a family home evening with many of our investigators and less active. We are going to celebrate the birthday of one of our less actives birthday with a cake!

  Tomorrow we will have the ward party in the night, and Wednesday super p-day, and after that I will call you to arrange Skype and everything! So in the evening or night on Wednesday, be ready to receive a call from your son in Peru!

On Thursday I will speak to you through Skype! I'm excited about that! I'm excited to see and hear how you are and everything!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMUEL !!!!!!

Much love!
-Elder Wilson

12/15/2014

How are you? Like you, this week was very fast! We taught many people and went to stake conference with our investigators and less active! We have a baptismal date for this month! I think that it will happen on the 27th of this month! I'm very excited about that! We taught many new investigators! Like most people here, they have problems with alcohol and drugs. But one told us that he's a thief! Like a thief of great items! That's crazy! But no matter, he wants to change his life and we will teach and help him to make his wish!

So I've been reading Mosiah, I want to share something I learned from my reading in the Scriptures! I learned about the importance of faith and repentance and the importance of teaching these things to our investigators! I want you to read Mosiah 25-27. You will learn a lot about the importance of repentance and faith in our lives. Because as a missionary, I am teaching the importance of those things with all of the people here in Peru.

About me, I'm all well and excited to serve the Lord! My Spanish is progressing and meets the twelve week requirements, so now the normal mission routine starts today! Perhaps I will go on this next transfer, but not now. You will know the next p-day if I change! 10 days until Christmas! People are very excited about Christmas, and I'm excited to talk to you!

Okay I'm going to answer your Questions now!

1. yes, I will email you guys on Monday and have a super-p-day on Wednesday With all of the mission, then on Thursday I will skype you guys.

2. I will skype you, I will Have More information on This next-day p-day. Probably in the morning or around noon that day, but I don't know for certain!

3.Yes you can. (Put christmas music on there please! The Good stuff, like orchestras playing the music, not kid stuff)

Yeah the snowball fight was awesome! Thats cool that you saw us! Oh and Samuel and Carter Awesome job! You guys sounded amazing! They are masters of playing music! And lily, thats so awesome that you can do those cool gymnastic things! Keep practicing! Oh and awesome job on your Marathon Dad, That time is impressive!

With much love,
-Elder Wilson

12/08/2014

Hello Family!

So many things have happened over the past week! We had 1 baptism! There are photos on Dropbox! I am very grateful and happy about it! I know have had 7 baptisms while on my mission.  As I say, the people of Peru are ready to learn and accept the gospel in their lives! We teach many lessons and have many people who are progressing for baptisms in December and January! My companion and I will work hard during December and January for our investigators. We hope they can feel a change in their lives. The Church wants us to share something really special with everyone here. It is called "He is the Gift". This message is about Christmas and Jesus Christ and is pretty. I wonder if the church is doing something special in America. Oh! we have a family that is receiving lessons. I believe that someday the father of this family will become a Bishop! I can see it! The way he talks and knowledge of the Gospel is excellent!

There's something I feel I must share with you. Yesterday I saw something very sad having to do with the consequences of alcohol with one of my investigators. I will not explain everything, but there was blood. Please do not do stupid things, like drinking alcohol! There are so many other good things that you can do!

Well, I'm fine! My Spanish is progressing and my health is fine! The food is Awesome! When I return to my house, I'll cook many things peruviano. You will eat well! I can see all around that Christmas is near! Many people are talking to us about Christmas and Jesus and all! We've been talking to our members and investigators about Christmas and New Year here in Peru! They tell us that Christmas is pretty crazy here! I'm going to take many pictures for you! Oh, downtown Lima is beautiful! Very different from my area! Ha! But, I love where I am at. There are photos on Dropbox! The buildings there are of Spanish origin! Really cool!

I am excited to talk with you at Christmas! It will be on Skype for 1 hour!

I do not have much time!

Thanks for all your prayers and love
With much love,
Elder Wilson

12/1/2014

Hello Famila!

So you're lucky this week, I don't have a lot of time, so i have to write in Spanglish!

So the last week was good! We had 2 more baptisms! There are photos in the dropbox! We Taught lots of lessons and our investigators are progressing. We Might Have a baptism this weekend if our investigator is ready. So maybe another!
So I think it is super awesome how great the people are here. The people here are ready to receive the Gospel. I am seeing changes in the lives of my investigators ! Im starting to see a change in myself too! Its awesome!  I'm becoming more direct with my investigators. The people in our area need to learn and fulfill commitments, and when our investigators fulfill their commitments, they always tell us the feelings of peace they feel and that they are receiving answers to their prayers. Its amazing!

 We had Thanksgiving here! La Familia Rodriguez made it for us! It was AMAZING! wow! Definitely the best food I've eaten during my time here on the mission. There are photos in the dropbox! So the last week was great! Their were some hard times, but what's a mission without hard times!
We have hard times to help us learn and grow, so that we can become better people. So, it's really hot and humid right now.... Bleh!

 Oh, and our bathtub broke and the owner doesn't like that. so they might kick us out of the apartment. Oh well, we'll just have to find another!

 My companion and I met the mission goal for people progressing and Baptized! The goal for the mission is 8 people progressing, 4 people baptized and 2 families baptized. We had 11 people progressing, 6 people Baptized and 2 families baptized. This goal is really hard to achieve and not many missionaries do it. So, we're going to receive a certificate from President Erickson! It'll be awesome!

Christmas is definitely getting close! The people here are starting to give us lots of food and decorations are being put up here. Christmas is going to be awesome! I have heard that at night it is very crazy. Like lots of fireworks and people dancing and stuff like that! It'll be sweet!

So I Went to Migration. That was fun... I had the opportunity to see the first world part of Lima, the part with skyscrapers and other cool stuff! That was awesome!

Today for P-day we are going to lima center to do things and take photos and stuff. It'll be awesome! So .... my watch broke into 100000 parts, so im going to buy another one today. It'll be like 10 soles, or 3 dollars for a nice digital one.

Oh Mom and Dad, if you want to come here to pick me up from the mission, I would recommend that you learn a little Spanish because to get from the airport to a hotel in the Center of Lima is a little difficult if you don't have someone helping you translate from Inglés to Spanish.

Thanks for all your prayers and love! The mission is Maximo!
Love you all very much!
-Elder Wilson