10/4/2015

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