10/26/2015

10.26.2015

Hola Familia!

Well it seems like you guys have had quite a great week! Thats awesome that you guys had the chance to stand up for me during stake conference. hahahaha! That's awesome that we have 4 missionaries in the field from the ward. I think it would be awesome if Maddie and I go to college together!  So that's my opinion on where she should go to school!

 Last week was great! We had lots of chances to teach and help people to know more about their Savior Jesus Christ! We also helped a less active family attend church for the first time in 3 years. We had been working with them for almost 3 months now, and finally they went to church! It was amazing! I hope they keep going to church!

 We had 2 baptisms last week! I put photos on dropbox! The baptism was amazing!

My son(my greenie companion) had his first baptism here in the mission! It was awesome!

A future missionary from the ward baptized the young man. I had the most wonderful time hearing their testimonies and the changes that they have experienced in their lives. It's amazing what the Lord Jesus Christ can do in the life of any person!

 This week we're going to have 3 baptisms. We've been working with a family for about a month and a half now, and they're now ready to get baptized! It's a single mom with her two sons! They're twins! We've been helping them to know more of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and this Sunday, before sacrament meeting, they're going to get baptized! It's going to be great!

Well I'm great, and we're working really hard and being obedient to the commandments and were seeing the blessings from it.

Love you guys a lot!

-Elder Wilson

10/19/2015

10.19.2015

Hola Familia,

Well it seems like you guys have had quite a busy week. That's great!  I don't have much time to write, but I'll try to let you guys know the important stuff that's happening here in Lima Peru!

 This week we're going to have 2 baptisms! One of them is the husband of the couple we helped get married and the other is a 12 boy who is probably one of the most intelligent people I have ever met! They're both going to get baptized this Saturday! We're really excited for the baptisms and I'll be uploading photos of them next Monday!

So we're teaching another family of 4 that want to get baptized., It's an older lady, her daughter and her 2 children! Her kids are twins and they both are 15 years old. The two kids are very shy, but they're starting to open up to us, I think I'm going to learn quite a lot of things from them. They have a baptismal date planned for the 1st of November. Please pray for them so that they can progress and get to know their Savior Jesus Christ.

So we're working really hard and we are enjoying the mission a lot! So that's about all that's happening here in Lima Peru right now!

Oh, mom if you can put some new black socks and toothbrushes to last me about 9 months in my package, that would be great!

Love you guys a lot!

Elder Wilson

10/11/2015

10.11.2015

Hola Familia!

So it sounds like you guys have had just a great Fall Break! I've had a wonderful week preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ with all the people that we see. Transfers were last week and i didn't have one, but my companion did! He left and I got a new companion! He's a greenie! Im training him! hahaha! and at the same time I'm a District leader, so I'm going to be learning quite a lot this change! Here in the mission, the people that we train, we call them our sons, so I have a kid- his name his Elder Hernandez. He's from Bogota Columbia. He's awesome!

This past week we had a lot of success! Right now were teaching 9 people and 5 of them are progressing towards a baptismal date. We have a few people with goals for the 24th of this month. Please pray for them so that they can progress and keep doing the things that will help them progress!

I love you guys a lot! Mountain Lofts looks awesome! I have a few friends that are here in the mission that want to live with me there!


-Elder Wilson

10/4/2015

10.04.2015







Hola Familia,

Well I sure hope you guys are enjoying your vacation time! I finished putting up the photos from our baptism! So you guys can go look at those. I also put up a photo of my favorite meal in Peru, its called Filete a lo Pobre.... its reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly good. The food here is actually really good, just not the Organs and intestines that they try to feed me sometimes.... hahahaha!!

The last week has been great. We found some new people to teach and had the chance to listen to the Prophet and the 12 apostols... (I dont really remember how to spell in english...) It was awesome to see 3 new apostols get called. I think it's cool because now I'll get to watch how they progress and see how the Lord works through them.

One of the things that I've really learned this past transfer is that this is the work of the Lord Jesus Christ, not the work of Elder Wilson or his leaders. We are just the guides or the tools that the Lord uses to advance his work. We help the people to do the things they need to do to get converted- saying your prayers everyday, reading the Book of Mormon everyday, going to church every Sunday, and living the commandments that the Lord has given us. If we do those things we will stop being who we once were and change. We don't change ourselves by doing those things, we permit the lord to work in our hearts to change us. WE HAVE TO ACT. We can't just sit around all day doing nothing and expect to be happy, to change, and be successful. We have to DO something. When we teach I always give this example when talking about the Atonement of Christ and repentance:

"To wash cloths we need two important things, Water and Soap. Through the atonement of Jesus Christ, He gives us the water and the soap free, for our entire lives, but just because we have water and soap doesn't means our clothes are clean. WE HAVE TO WASH. WE HAVE TO SCRUB. We have to take the soap and the water and scrub, scrub, scrub until our clothes are clean. Repentance is the same and through it our spirit is made clean and we are made truly happy!"

So transfers are today and I'll lets you guys know what happen next week!

Lots of Love-
Elder Wilson