October 22, 2008

HEY my family!!

How is life under the big red mountain! thanks for your e-mails!! I haven´t finished reading them but I will and hope fully i will have time to reply to all! so yeah, that cologne thing was way funny! it was seriously the biggest mess! sadly though, those comps are now gone out in the field. we all got really attached to our brazilian comps, especially after they bought us treats! but we now have new brazilian comps that came a week ago and they are really nice. one of them got homesick really bad last night so we gave him a blessing to help him calm down. the brazilians can get home sick really easy cause alot live right here in São Paulo.
Last night i had the oppurtunity to give a blessing. my teacher irma aline had a really bad migrane again and so she asked for a blessing. our DL gave me the oppurtunity to give the blessing. it was a really neat experience! Friday I get to go proselyting again! I am way excited! oh, and we are now 5 hrs. ahead of you because of day light savings here. we went forward an hour. so it is only 7:30 at home right now. crazy! oh and forget about the mail thing. last week i got a letter wednesday night and that sucked cause then i wouldn´t get any mail for a week. but i did get one from grandma and grandpa gubler. you can read about it in the letter i am sending to day. and you can read about the ctm pizza:) well, not much changes around here. oh, my teacher irmão Silva got robbed last night going home. crazy huh. he´s okay but they stole all of his stuff. junky huh. well family, i don´t know what else to wright about sooo.... oh actually, it´s really sad. one of the elders in my district, Elder Stoehr (stair) is being sent home because of a past transgression. We are all very sad cause he is a very cool guy, but we are happy for his decision to talk to the ctm pres. we all hope he can come back soon.
I have no idea if my comp. has a blog. i really doubt he does. his family isn´t into that kinda stuff really. and yes, he will be with me for the duration of the ctm. I´m excited. we need to improve on stuff but it´ll be good. oh, and i played the prelude music for our devotional last night on the violin. it actually went well:) at least all the brazilians i talked to after said i did good ... sooo. yeah:) oh and elder richard g. scott is coming to talk to us! that is way exciting!

Love you all so much!!!!!!

Elder Wilson

October 15, 2008

Oi!

Sup my family!!! how is everyone!!!!! thanks so much for the e-mails!!! and mom and dad, thank you so much for the gift certificate! You really didn't have to do that much, and since it is so much you can count that as my christmas present, cuase i have no idea what i would want. although i am missing 2 garment tops. i dońt know how though. the only thing i can think of is that we didńt mark two of them, and i wash my clothes with my comp, and sometimes one of our roomies throws his in to and his are not mraked. but he has the smiley face ones.... so i dońt know what happened. but i have enough garments to get me threw to washing and then a few extra so thats not a big deal... my last letter wasńt even in the inbox... sooo... ím really sorry mom. So did you go to the mountain? how was it? I loved General Conference!!! It was sooo amazing! and Dad, your talk sounds way good! I wish i could hear the whole thing. and the talk you are using, that one was amazing! I love pres uchtdorf. he's way good! I think my fav talk was the one about angels, and then the one that pres. uchtdorf gave about hope!
oh, so i got your letter last week on thursday. the day after my pday. so if you can remember the day you sent it, could you send it 2 days earlier so i get it right before my pday. then it will be easier to answer them and remember what everyone said. so this week was so hectic! I sent a letter so you can read all about it but i will tell you some stuff so you dońt have to wait. We went proselyting on friday! It was awesome!!!!! I loved talking to people and telling them my mesage. even though i was rejected countless times and i even had a lady litereally run away from me, it was awesome. Me and my comp gave out 2 bom. and probably 15-20 pass along cards in about 2 1/2 hrs. we ran into a member and she started talking to us(it was soooo hard to understand her. half the time i just nodded my head yes and looked at my comp.)then she started helping us give out pass along cards! it was soo cool. she got quiet a few people to take them. it was soo awesome! such a sweet lady! oh, and this drunk guy came up to us while i was talking to someone in my crappy português and he treid to get my comp to walk with him. then he tried to get him to smoke his cigarette! it was way funny! but luckily the irma (sister) jumped in and helped.
we also had to give a 15 min lesson in português last night that we totally bommed! it was soooo terrible! you can read all about it in my letter though. well, other than being completly stressed ím doing good. everything is pretty much the same. saddley enough our brazilian companheiros left yesterday for the field. and now i think we are getting american roommates unfortunatley. it́ll be good but i enjoy the brazilians. they help me learn.
so the ctm has a violin they let us play and i got the chance to ́rent` it out to practice to play prelude for a devo coming up. cool huh! I am so glad i get to! and my companion, elder keliiliki is amazing at music so he is arranging a piece with If you could high to kolob. It is soo cool! oh, and unfortunately he is hawaiin but he is from spanish fork. so he doesn't have a place in hawaii. oh and would you being willing to keep my comp in your prayers to. thanks family:)
Mikey, thanks so much for fixing my guitar dude! your rock! I really miss playing it! soo much! I really miss music too.

Ím really sorry everyone is sick. that sucks! seriously! i hope you all get well soon!!! I love you all soo much!!! thanks for your support and for being the best family in the world!!!
the church is true!!! Jesus cristo is our savior and redeemer and through him all things are possible.

Elder Wilson

October 8, 2008

ahhh

so i just typed up a huge e-mail and then when i hit send it said i had to log back in to send the letter, but then it would log me in. so i dońt know if you got it or not.... i hope so cause i dońt have time to type it up all over again.....

basically... conference was awesome!!!! I loved it!!!! mom and dad, make sure you have your food storage built up cause i had a feeling that you will possibly need it in the future. sorry about willey... thats really sad... the church is true!!!

:) sorry this is short. i really hope you got that other e-nmail.... oh and it is safe to send candy bars... they arrive not melted and in good condition:)
love you all so much!!!!!!!!

Elder Wilson

September 21, 2008

Ola! From Brasil! How are you doing? How's the family doing? What's everybody up to? How's Tator & Jack? :) I am doing muito bam! (very well). I am staying very very busy. And the language is slowly coming. So far I have learned how to pray and bear testimony and it's only the 5th day! The spirit is truly helping!
The CTM (MTC in Portuguese) is very exciting! I have a super busy schedule. Everyday and every night I go to bed dea d. But I love it! Basically, I sit in a classroom all day. I have personal study time for 4 hrs then I have two different teachers that come at different times. I have gym for an hour every couple of days and I eat a lot of beans and rice for lunch and dinner every day! I have gained 5 lbs! Crazy huh. The food is pretty good. Believe it or not, I like beans :) But not alone - they have to be on rice.
São Paulo is a massive city! Very dynamic but beautiful at the same time. I will try to take many pics. Yesterday dragged on and on :) I was so tired! and it was raining all day so it was darker then usual. When 2:00 came around it felt like 7:00. It was crazy but it was a good day. My companion is very cool! He is from Springville. Well I have some grammar lessons I need to do so I better go. I love you all so much! Thanks for all of your love and support and for all you have done for me!
Eu sei que a Igreja e verdadeira!
Eu sei que Jesus Cristo e o nosso salvador!
Eu sei que o livro de Mormone verdadeiro!
Te amo!! Elder Wilson

October 1, 2008

Peanut Butter Bars:( I want some!!!!

Oi! everyone!! thanks for the e-mail.
my p-day is the same every week. and i only have an hour for comp. time. that is if theres not alot of missionaries. cause the computers are across the street from the mtc in Cheney cookies (the missionary ties place). oh and mom, they have THE BEST CINNAMON ROLLS I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wish you could try them!!!!!!!!! they are so amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but its 4 reis for one. ( which is about 2.50 dollars) they are amazing though!!!!!!!!!!! the cookies are really good to.
the luggage thing was fine. the place you pick up the luggage was right by the terminal i walked in so it only took me about 20 min. no biggy.
I really miss the cornbread! yoúll get a letter in about a week ish telling you all about it. i just sent it today so. and the one i sent last week should get there in the next few days.
on p-days we got to the temple at 6:30 in the morning and get back about 12-1, but next week we have visa thing at the police station instead of the temple. then we can walk around outside (within the boundaries the mtc set) and buy stuff or just see the city. but we cańt take cameras outside of the mtc so you wońt see much of Sao Paulo. sorry.
so they gave us 60 reis to last us the month and ím down to 20 :) because i bought some stuff. a little hymn book in portugues and i had to buy some shampoo cause i left it in the shower and it got stolen:( and then flash cards and some cookies and cinnamon rolls. but i get more money in two weeks so it́s good:) so what are michael and dallin and chanae up to? whats new? what are you and dad doin. so i noticed that last week chanae hadńt updated my blog.... except for the pic. :) how long ago did you send my letter? hey, i forgot my oil vile and the oil in my drawer in my nightstand. so if you send a package or anyhting. wanna through that in for me. so did my room... i mean michaeĺs room:) ever get packed up, or cleaned:) has he sold my truck or 4 wheeler yet? if he does sell the fourwheeler tell him to sell the ramps to. he could easliy get 80 bucks just from the ramps.
So did you ever get those sheep. you should send me some pics so i can see what they look like. is it anoying to feed them.
so i really miss pizza right now! they serve pizza here on thursday nights, but it́s not nearly as good. it́s kinda wierd. they have this pizza with chocolate topping too, it́s really wierd.
dońt worry about the rice and beans thing mom. ím used to it. i was used to it by about the third day. just cause we have it for lunch and dinner. ím kinda tired of it though. it́s time for something new:)
Love you all so much!!!!
Elder wilson.

hey mom, you wanna forward dereḱs letters to me. thanks!

September 17, 2008

Dear Family,

Hello from Brazil!! It is really cool down here. The houses are really interesting. Some of them look like they are made out of wood and stuff we would throw away, and that's because they are. It's a little different. Pedestrians have no rights so you have to watch out for buses and cars, and motorcycles so you don't die:) You would not believe how many motorcyclists there are! It's crazy. They are weaving in and out of traffic. I'm just waiting for one to get hit.
Oh, I'm here and I'm safe. :) So the plane ride was so long!! I was going crazy! And I still am, I'm soooo tired. I only slept for about 1/2 of the 10 hr. flight, and they won't let us get any sleep till at least 8:00. So I barely have any energy to stand! :)
Oh, Mom, I need my yellow fever booklet thing. It's yellow and the lady had me sign it and stuff. I need it to come home in two years. The food here is interesting. Rice and beans :) plus other stuff.
My companion is Elder Keliiliki (pronounced Kay-lee-e-lee-key). He's Hawaiian. He was in SLC with us.
Thanks for the letters everyone! I loved them. :)
So apparently, everyone says it's easier to know Portuguese and then learn Spanish then the other way . :( Great huh. I am so lost when they speak in Portuguese, but it will come!
Give everyone my love! I love you all so much! Hey Mikey, make a few 3's in bball for me tonight. :)
Love you!!

Elder Wilson
Fist Bro!


Brian's companion is the 2nd Elder on the right.