Hola Familia!
I don't have very much time to write you guys, but I'll do my best to write something worth reading haha!
So you guys are going to Orlando! I don't remember if I knew that or not. What are you guys going to be doing there? Disney World? the beach? I hope you guys enjoy your vacation time! I really miss having free time, hahaha! In the mission we don't have any free time, we always have something to do!
So the wedding and the baptism went great! I put photos on dropbox of everything! It was awesome! The ward threw an amazing reception party and there are photos of that on the dropbox! The baptism was after and it was amazing!
This week we're going to go look for new people to teach and help strengthen the people that we have already baptized! Please pray for them and for us!
So that's really all that's happening here in San Juan de Lurigancho. Next week I'll probably have much more time to write since it is the last week of this transfer.
Love you guys a lot!
-Elder Wilson
9/28/2015
9.28.2015
9.21.2015
Hola Familia,
It seems like you guys are doing okay and are pretty busy with school and other things! I saw the picture and the videos! Its crazy to think that Maddie is already a Senior.
So this last week has been a pretty crazy week too! The month of September has been quite a month! It has been filled with a ton of stuff to do! I am just waiting for the moment where I can just take a deep breath and say- "It's over". It's kind of like when Frodo finally destroyed the ring! hahahaha!
This week we are going to help marry a family that is going to get baptized this Saturday. The ward is throwing the reception and its going to be super awesome! I'm really excited for this Saturday! Please pray that everything will go well and that it will all be super awesome! I'll definitely be sending pictures and stuff like that!
So at the moment my companion and I are searching for new people to baptize in October. We have a few goals, but right now were kinda empty. I know the work is the Lord's and if were obedient he will bless us with the people that He's preparing for us to teach. I like searching for new people, you get to know all kinds of people and see all different kinds of personalities. It's really cool and sometimes they're really funny!
Well that's about all that's happening. No, i didn't feel the Earthquake. To be honest, I haven't felt an earthquake since Mother's Day, when we talked on Skype. It's weird to be in an Earthquake.
Love you guys a lot!
-Elder Wilson
9.14.2015
Hola Familia!
Well... we had quite a crazy week! It's probably one of the craziest weeks that I've ever had on my mission! It was filled with challenges and stuff like that, but we trusted in the Lord, and through the acts of our faith everything seems to be going much better.
Our single mom got baptized with her daughter on Saturday! It was awesome and the spirit was felt extremely strong! I forgot my camera again, so you're gonna have to wait a little bit longer to see photos. Sorry Mom!!! We also had interviews with President Erickson, those are always great!!
So this past week I've definitely learned to trust in the Lord even more. I have definitely learned that his ways are definitely not our ways, but his ways are ALWAYS for our benefit. During the week D&C 121 and 122 kept coming to mind. Our challenges are for our benefit. It's really true that the Lord Jesus Christ has suffered all. He has gone beneath everything to give us the opportunity and hope of returning to live with our Heavenly Father again. I'm extremely grateful for my Savior.
Well, we are going to marry a couple this month, and the bride is going to get baptized. The groom still needs to attend church more, but they're both progressing. Please pray for them!
Love you guys a lot!
-Elder Wilson
P.S. For Christmas I need, Reese's, more Reese's and more Reese's. Oreos, ummmmm socks would be nice, and other stuff. I don't really know right now, you should just buy candies and stuff like that. I can buy just about everything I need here.
Well... we had quite a crazy week! It's probably one of the craziest weeks that I've ever had on my mission! It was filled with challenges and stuff like that, but we trusted in the Lord, and through the acts of our faith everything seems to be going much better.
Our single mom got baptized with her daughter on Saturday! It was awesome and the spirit was felt extremely strong! I forgot my camera again, so you're gonna have to wait a little bit longer to see photos. Sorry Mom!!! We also had interviews with President Erickson, those are always great!!
So this past week I've definitely learned to trust in the Lord even more. I have definitely learned that his ways are definitely not our ways, but his ways are ALWAYS for our benefit. During the week D&C 121 and 122 kept coming to mind. Our challenges are for our benefit. It's really true that the Lord Jesus Christ has suffered all. He has gone beneath everything to give us the opportunity and hope of returning to live with our Heavenly Father again. I'm extremely grateful for my Savior.
Well, we are going to marry a couple this month, and the bride is going to get baptized. The groom still needs to attend church more, but they're both progressing. Please pray for them!
Love you guys a lot!
-Elder Wilson
P.S. For Christmas I need, Reese's, more Reese's and more Reese's. Oreos, ummmmm socks would be nice, and other stuff. I don't really know right now, you should just buy candies and stuff like that. I can buy just about everything I need here.
9.07.2015
Hola Familia!
It seems like you guys have had quite a busy week and that lots of interesting things have happened! That is crazy that Addie Jones is getting married! I can still remember when Brother Jones came up to me and asked me about BYU-I and I told him that it was very possible that his daughter would get married really fast, well I guess I didn't lie ha!ha!. That's awesome that Cara is going to go on her mission soon! My advice for Cara would be to study chapter 3 and 10 of Preach My Gospel. That will help a lot, oh and Read the Book of Mormon and pray to see if it's true. If that Book is true, EVERYTHING is true.
So the last week was awesome!! We found some new people to teach and had a baptism! It was great! A 12 year old boy got baptized and all of his family attended. It was awesome! I forgot my camera cable so I can't upload photos until next week! So just be patient! This week we might have 2 baptisms. A single mom and her 9 year old daughter! Please pray for this family!
I would love to tell you guys more, but the Zone Leaders just called me and it's time for us to go. I'm okay and happy!!
Love you guys tons!
-Elder Wilson
It seems like you guys have had quite a busy week and that lots of interesting things have happened! That is crazy that Addie Jones is getting married! I can still remember when Brother Jones came up to me and asked me about BYU-I and I told him that it was very possible that his daughter would get married really fast, well I guess I didn't lie ha!ha!. That's awesome that Cara is going to go on her mission soon! My advice for Cara would be to study chapter 3 and 10 of Preach My Gospel. That will help a lot, oh and Read the Book of Mormon and pray to see if it's true. If that Book is true, EVERYTHING is true.
So the last week was awesome!! We found some new people to teach and had a baptism! It was great! A 12 year old boy got baptized and all of his family attended. It was awesome! I forgot my camera cable so I can't upload photos until next week! So just be patient! This week we might have 2 baptisms. A single mom and her 9 year old daughter! Please pray for this family!
I would love to tell you guys more, but the Zone Leaders just called me and it's time for us to go. I'm okay and happy!!
Love you guys tons!
-Elder Wilson
9.01.2015
Hola Familia!
So you guy have had quite a busy and awesome week!
Last week was extremely busy and awesome! We had the wonderful opportunity to be instructed and taught by an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. He really taught us well! He explained to us that in the church, whenever someone teaches,us we often want to be objects acted upon instead of agents to act. However, as sons and daughters of a loving Heavenly Father, we have been given something called agency. He helped us understand that when we teach we have to treat people as Agents, not as an object to act upon. As agents we act, and from acting true learning comes. I learned tons and am going to put it into practice when we teach. It was awesome.
We had a baptism last week! It was awesome! We baptized the father of 2 recent converts! The son had the chance to baptize his dad, and he did it! It was probably one of the most amazing baptisms that I've ever seen! There are photos on dropbox. Our convert is awesome! He really wants to change his life and dedicate it to his family now. It's an awesome change that he has had!
This week we are going to have another baptism. A 12 year old boy who has been attending church for about 5 months now. Everyone thought that he was a member, well turns out hes not. We've been teaching him the lessons and we are going to baptize him this week. We are also teaching a single mom and her daughters. They have a goal for September 12th. It's gonna be awesome! We're still looking for birth certificates.
Well I love you guys!
-Elder Wilson
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