Hola Familia,

I don't have very much time to write because of all the papers we have to do on the internet, but I'll try to squeeze in all the good stuff that happened last week!

As a zone leader we don't sleep very much! I can definitely say that I feel more tired than at any other time on my mission. It's really good, I enjoy it, but 6:30 comes really early and i always wake up tired, I'll get used to it someday, so I'm not too worried. So the work of the Lord is progressing here in Lima, Peru! Last week as a zone we had 5 baptisms! As a companionship my companion and ! had 1! It was an awesome baptism! It was one of those converts who is "Converted" to the gospel. He reads his scriptures everyday and wants to go on a mission! This week as a zone we have the potential to baptize 6 more people! We're going to work really hard to baptize these people and work super hard for February!

In other new- my camera broke, so I probably need to buy a new one so I can take photos.... I'm going to go look at cameras today and let you know how much they are here. Other than that, I'm not sick and I'm happy and learning a ton about leadership and what being tired really means! It's great!

Love you guys a lot!
-Elder Wilson

1/18/2016

Hola Familia!

It seems like you guys have had a busy week and are going to have quite a busy week! That's so awesome that Clara is going to get baptized soon! She'll be the last one of the family that needs to be baptized. It will definitely be one of those really happy and sad days at the same time. It should be awesome!
I'm sure that dad will get through this surgery fine. The Lord will help and bless him, as long as he does his part, the Lord will do his part. I'm pretty sure dad will do his part! haha!

So this week has definitely been one of the best, most tired weeks of my mission! Being a Zone Leader is definitely tiring! We don't get to bed till about 11:30 every night and we still have to wake up at 6:30 every morning. We have to make sure everyone is doing what they're suppose to be doing and go with them to do work visits in their area. So it's lots of going around the area making sure they're working hard and helping their investigators to be baptized. We're in more contact with the assistants and President Erickson. So its a lot of being busy all day, all the time! The great thing is I get to know a lot of people and help them find solutions to their problems. It requires being organized and doing what you're suppose to. Yeah! I'm getting used to being tired!

As a zone we have 3 baptisms this month and we're going to have 4 more this week and about 8 on the 30th. As a zone we're seeing a lot of progress it's really cool! This week my companion and I are going to have a baptism! It's a 17 year old guy who´s really cool and really wants to get baptized! His parents might get baptized on the 6th of February, but they need to go to church more! We're going to try our best to work with them! So my area is a giant hill! I think I'm going to grow some pretty big leg muscles here from climbing like 2000 stairs a day!

I love you guys!
-Elder Wilson

1/11/2016

Hola Familia,

 It seems like you guys have had a great week up there in Alabama! That's awesome all the stuff that's happened over the last week! Wow! I can't believe that Cody and Kourtney have returned from their mission! I can kinda remember when they left... kind of! hahaha!  It seems like you guys are nice and busy. That's a good thing!

 Down here in Lima, Peru something really crazy happened!!  It was Saturday morning, we had just finished our companionship study and we were about to leave the house when we received a call from the Zone Leaders. I answered and said hello and they told me something I was not expecting! "Well Elder Wilson, we just got off the phone with the assistants, you need to get your stuff ready, you have an emergency transfer!" I was like what??!?!?!?!?! So I said okay, got my stuff together and when to the offices. We got there and President Erickson was there waiting for us. He came up to me, shook my hand and said, "Thanks for coming Elder Wilson, you're gonna head out with Elder Brown to Independencia, (Where I started the mission) to be a zone leader with him.

 I think I'm going to learn a lot these next couple of transfers. I'ts gonna be super awesome and hard! I've gotten to the point in my mission where I'm just willing to do the Lord's will before my own. If you think about it, the only way to return to the presence of God is by doing his will and not ours. So if the Lord asks me to do something I do it, without questioning.  That's why 116 pages of the Book of Mormon got lost! I know that if we trust in the Lord and humble ourselves, and if we do the will of the Lord first, we will be happy in this life.

So, I have another new companion. His name is Elder Brown. He's from Blackfoot, Idaho. He's from my group of missionaries, so we both have 17 months in the mission! Its super awesome!

Love you guys a ton!

-Elder Wilson

1/4/2016

Hola Familia! Feliz Año Nuevo!

 It seems like you guys have had an interesting and busy week! I saw the pictures on dropbox! Thats awesome that Grandma Lester bought a new Flat Screen TV and that house is giant! Here all the house are made out of bricks and concrete. They don't use wood at all. They make their houses go up not out. For example the houses here are 5 or 6 floors high. We live in an apartment on the 5th floor of a building. At night it's really cool. You can see all the lights of the city!

 This week has been an especially busy and interesting week down here in Lima, Peru!  I have left my old area and am now in a new area! So I thought my old area was a little bit richer, well I was really wrong! I've been transfered to a new ward called Santa Luisa in the Carabayllo Stake. It's a lot greener here and there's not a lot of poop and trash all over the ground! I'm really enjoying it! hahaha! However, the people here are a lot more prideful and will not listen to our message. Some people will still listen, but they're reallllllllllllllllllllllllllly Catholic!  I'm definitely going to learn a lot here! It's gonna be super awesome! 

Right now its summer time and it's really hot here in Lima. It never rains so I doubt it will cool down.... oh well!!  

 Here in the area we're looking for new people to teach. Last week we found 7 new people to teach! 4 of them are a new family that we found! It's a single mom with her kids! They're super cool! Were going to work with them a lot this week! It's gonna be awesome! We also found a few other people to teach! I hope everything goes well! 

 I'm not sick and I'm healthy, so please don't worry about me! 

I love you guys a lot! 

Oh, I have a new companion! His name is Elder Mamani and he's from Bolivia.

-Elder Wilson

12/28/2015

Hola Familia!


It sure was great to talk to you guys on Christmas day! It seems like you guys have had a great Christmas and that everything seems to be going okay up there in Alabama! I'm not going to write too much because not to many interesting things happened since Friday.


Today is transfers and I don't know if I will have one yet or not. I'll let you guys know next week! I think I'll have one. I've been here for almost half a year now so its time. I can definitely say that here in the Magnolias Zone I've been able to learn quite a lot about my Savior Jesus Christ, and I've really been able to understand the importance of him in my life and in lives of others! I've learned to have a lot more patience and to trust even more in the Lord. The mission is great! If I go, I can definitely say that this area really helped me to grow as a son of God.


Well this week is going to be full of fun and exciting experiences and I'll definitely have more to say next week!


I put pictures up on the Dropbox there in the sub folder.


Love you guys!
-Elder Wilson

12/21/2015

Hola Familia!


Well it seems like you guys have had a great week and are going to have a great week spending time with the family! Well I'm going to make this email short because I'll be talking to you guys on Friday!


Down here in San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Peru everyone is getting ready for the huge parties and excitement that their going to have this Christmas! There's a lot more traffic and people are shooting off fireworks and eating lots and lots and lots of Paneton. I really like Paneton. All of the houses have their Christmas lights up and are decorating their houses with their nativity scenes and everything. Mila Zitting might know all about this. hahaha!


This past week we found some new people to teach and some of them went to church yesterday! It was awesome! This week we also have a baptism! We recently helped a family of less actives to start going to church again and the oldest daughter isn't a member of the church. She has been to church 3 times and now she's ready to get baptized! This week should be a great one!


This thursday I'll probably call you guys at night to set a time for the skype call on Friday! If I don't call, expect a call on skype at about 6 in the afternoon on Friday. Can't wait to see you guys!


I love you guys!
-Elder Wilson

12/14/2015

Hola Familia!

Well it seems like you guys have had quite a great week! Here in Peru I've had a great week!

So as you all know, my other companion had to go back home because of a health emergency and I've received a new companion! His name is Elder Jesus! He's from my group of missionaries so he's going to go home with me or in other words we both have 16 months on the mission. We get along really well, and we are working super hard. My compànion also knows how to speak English! So sometimes we just speak english. It actually is helping me to remember how things are actually said. You guys will definitely notice that my English is terrible on Christmas Day!

In our area we're working with a new Family that we found! They're super awesome! Its a family of 5! A Dad and his wife(girlfriend) of 20 years (They're not married), and they have 3 kids! 19, 11, 8. They need to get married, so that will happen in January or February. We are also working with another family that has plans to get married and baptized on the 15th of January. So we're nice and busy right now trying to get people married! It's tiring but VERY rewarding!

I hope everything is going well up there in the states, and that all of you are happy and doing the things you're suppose to!

Love you all!
-Elder Wilson