Hola Familia!

We had an excellent week! During the past week I really gained a true testimony that by demonstrating faith we can show the Lord that we want the blessings of happiness, that only He can give!
During the last week we demonstrated faith by fasting and praying for some challenges that we were facing here in Las Galeras. With the fasting and praying that we did, one of our Investigators got baptized!!!!!!!!! Also, there is more hope about the birth certificates of the family we are going to help get married so that they can get baptized! The Lord wants to bless us with tons of blessing, He is OUR Heavenly Father, and He wants the best for all of us. Sometimes we just need to show our part. By showing the faith that we have the Lord can bless us with the blessings we want! By fasting and praying we can do that!

We also had another baptism last Saturday! It was so awesome! The spirit was there and it was really great! I'm out of time to write. I hope you guys are okay and that you have a great week! Our investigators are doing okay and we have a few more that are going to get baptized this month!

Love you guys!
-Elder Wilson

6/7/2015

That's so awesome that you guys have had a great week! I didn't get transfered so I'm going to complete 4 transfers here in Las Galeras! That's almost half a year! Haha! How crazy is that!


During this last week we have really seen the Lords' hand in our work! We completely overpassed the goals of the mission and found tons of new people to teach and now have even more baptismal dates! The people here are so great! They always listen to us, but a lot of the time they don't do the things we invite them to do! We saw lots of success this week! We're going to see a lot of success in June and July! The lord really helps us when we are obedient to the commandments that he gives us! I know a lot of people think that religion puts restrictions on us and that keeps us from being free. I have seen in the mission how that is completely false! Read John 8:31-32. The Truth really will make us free! I promise you guys that if you do the things that the Lord asks us to do, you will be Happy. Seras felices!


Well I hope that you guys have a great week! I know I will! I love the mission! It's awesome! I found 2 huge pigs and their babies on one of the hills here! I have photos! I'll upload them!


Love you guys lots!
-Elder Wilson

6/1/2015

Bueno, um no tengo excusa por no escribirles en Sábado.... lo que paso es que estaba mirando los vídeos nuevos de la Biblia yyyyyyyy bueno, son muy cheveres. Entonces no tuve tiempo para escribir! Discúlpeme!

Hola Familia!

 Everything is really good here in Las Galeras! I'm 20 now! Ha! I left the teens! I kinda feel different, but not too different!  A lot has happened and I'm gonna try to tell you guys everything! Oh, today is transfer day! So I'll let you guys know if I'm somewhere else next week! 

Our investigators are doing well! They're progressing really well and we now finally have a date to marry the family that needs to get married! 26th of June! It's gonna be awesome! The wedding is going to be in the Parque de las Aguas, in Lima!  I'm really excited to see this family take the steps necessary to progress. Our other family is okay. They are passing through some problems right now. Satan works hard! However, the gospel of Jesus Christ works way harder than Satan IF we do the things he wants us to! do (Read, Pray, and Go to Church!) We also have a few other investigators that are new and starting to progress! We had 15 investigators in church yesterday! Thats a Mission record! Wow! The lord is truly blessing us with people to teach!!

Okay, well I'm out of time! 

Love you guys a ton!

-Elder Wilson

Enjoy your summer break! Maddie your a senior now! Wow! how crazy is that!

5/17/2015

Hola Familia!

I don't have very much time today to write today, but I'll do the best that I can to write a decent amount!

It seems like you guys have had a pretty busy week! We also had quite a busy week working with all our investigators and families. That's awesome that the school year is finally coming to an end! Here school just started back again! So you guys are really lucky!

Right now we're working with 2 families and a couple of other investigators that are just getting to know the gospel! One of the families is going to get baptized the 30th of May! We're working extremely hard with this family so that they can be one step closer to becoming an Eternal Family! This family is awesome, however they lack a Dad in the home, Something that I've really realized during this transfer is how blessed the majority of us are to have a Father and a Mother that raised us. Here that is actually pretty rare. We also have another family that is progressing really well! They have to get married before they can get baptized, so were going to have to wait till June! It stinks, but I know they'll get baptized when the time comes!

I'm out of time, so to end this, I'm not sick, I'm very healthy, and my birthday is this week! I'm leaving the teens. hahaha! I am gonna be 20 years of age in 2 days! The ward here is already planning something. I'll definitely try to put pictures up later this week so that you guys can see what happens! I have 9 months in the mission! The time flies rapppppido! That's all!

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Love you guys!

-Elder Wilson

5/11/2015

Hola Familia!

Well, it was great seeing you guys yesterday on Skype! I hope you guys understood me well! I'm just so used to speaking in Spanish that I've forgotten a little bit of english! Hey, but right now I live in a place that speaks spanish, sooooo that's okay! You guys already know what is happening here in the mission because we skyped yesterday, but for those of you who read my blog posts I'll talk a little bit about what we're doing here in Las Galeras.

We had a baptism the past week here in Las Galeras. I think there are photos on Dropbox of it! Right now we're working with 2 families that are progressing. One of them has to be married, and the great thing is- they want to! So we're in the process of helping this family get married and baptized! This family is the best! We also have another family that we're working with. They are newer, but they are awesome, and attended our baptism on Friday! It was great! This family doesn't have a Dad, and the Mom has just been diagnosed with Cancer. It's a really humbling experience! We're going to work extra hard so that this family can be an Eternal Family!

So that's basically what were doing in a nutshell. I hope everything's okay in The United States!

Love you guys!

 

-Elder Wilson

5/4/2015

Well it seems like you guys have had quite an interesting week! I can't believe that the school year is already coming to an end for you guys! Just so you know, I don't have as much time to write you guys anymore, because I have to write a lengthy report to President about the District. So my letters might be a little bit shorter than usual.

 During the past week we had a lot of success here in Las Galeras. We've been teaching lesson like crazy and talking with almost every person that we see in the streets! Its awesome! I love the mission! We have 3 baptismal dates for the month of May! We're going to be working extremely hard with them so that they can get baptized this month! The area is progressing and the work of the Lord is going forth very well here in Peru!

Usually every Tuesday we have District Meetings, but this week President was here and he came to my training meeting. I don't know what they're called in English, but in spanish they're called Capacitaciones. It was awesome!! 

 I don't have very much time to write this email, however just so you guys know, im okay and everything is going great in Peru! 

So this Sunday we get to talk on Skype!  I'm going to call you guys at night on Saturday to organize everything! It will be a short 10-15 minute call so everything will go well on Sunday! I'm really excited to see you guys!  I'm out of time! Take care of yourselves and I love you guys a lot! Remember to say your prayers and read your scriptures EVERY DAY!  and do your Family home Evenings.

Love ya guys!

-Elder Wilson

4/27/2015

Hola Familia! 

It sounds like you guys had a wonderful week! I am happy that Clara has made a great friend and that everything is okay with you guys! That stinks that the lawn mower died! You guys are gonna have to cut the grass with the push mower! That stinks.... hahaha! It will be good for Carter and Samuel! Maybe there's another riding lawn mower in store... i don't know, haha! 

We had transfers last week. I stayed in the area and my companion left! So now I'm the District Leader of the District Galeras.  My companion has been in the mission 6 months and his name is Elder Peralta and he is from Arequipa, Peru. We've been working extremely hard during the past week! We had 37 lessons and found 11 new people to teach! The work here is progressing really well and my companion is an extremely hard worker! We're going to see people get baptized during these next 3 months!

Right now were teaching 3 families. They're all progressing really well, but one of them isn't attending church on Sunday. Mostly because they don't want to wake up at 7 in the morning so that they can get there at 8. However the other two are progressing really well, but one of couples needs to get married! So were going to work with these families so that they can be eternal families! 

I'm out of time unfortunately. I have to write President Erickson an email every week, so I don't have as much time to write you guys! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLARA! I saw your video with the sombrero and you were awesome! I love you Clara!!!!!!!!

Love you guys very much and I hope you're doing everything you're supposed to!

-Elder CJ Wilson