Dear Family,
wazup everyone. HAHAHAHA!!!! DALLIN GOT HIS BUTT KICKED!!!!!!!! way to go dad, show dallin who's boss!!!
so this last week on friday, president called me and told me i was going to be emergency transfered to an area a little more north, and that i would also be transfered again on wednesday, today. so for about 5 days my comp. was a cool tongan elder. we had alot of fun and worked pretty good. then yesterday president called me and told me i would be transfered back to the same ward i was in previously, just a different area in the ward, and i would be serving as a zone leader. :"WHAT?!" yeah, i was really surprised. i figured i would just finish my mish as a sr. comp. but i guess not. so i'm a little nervous, but excited. and i already know my comp a little bit, so i think we will work good together. and i will be in a car like half the time, so i decided to not buy a bike and just wait and see what happens when i get home. yeah, i will admit, i was kinda bummed that i decided to not buy a bike, but it's all good. riding in a car is cool to.
so other than that, not a whole lot is going on with me. i haven't got the package yet, because i am a ways from the mission office, but i will probably get it today. oh, and i now have a new address, but i don't know what it is. soo... yeah.
oh, and any e-mails sent to my old e-mail, will just be automatically forwarded to this one. i believe. but yeah, i did get an e-mail from mike, but not from dallin. did you guys get the pics i sent last week? i just used the e-mail on the comps at the i mac place cause it was easier and i couldn't figure out how to attach it on my email.
so michael thinks he's gonna graduate huh? Crazy! that is really wierd to think that i am already that old. crap man. so your gettin hooked up with brad huh? that's pretty cool. i think you'll enjoy it. and yeah, you can use my tools, just don't loose any of them. do you know what he is going to have you do? like undergrounds, or finishes? let me know how ya like it.
so is dallin excited for the summer? and then he will be a junior! good luck, junior year is tough. but you got a whole summer to play and not worry about it.
hey, so have you guys gone back to that brazilian restaurant? come on man, you can't let me down! :)
so you can tell, once again i have come to that point when i am running out of things to write. oh, so chicago has a TON of cotton wood trees! it's crazy! there is always cotton flying all over the place and getting stuck to your sweaty face while your cruising at high speeds on your bike. it's really interesting. and at some of the parks, the grass is just all white because of all the cotton. it's pretty cool.
well anyways. we have to head back to our apartment to meet up with my new comp and go to my new area. so I hope you all have a great week!! Michael, Congrats on your Graduation and Happy 18 th Birthday bro!!! have a blast at grad night!!!! be sure and come up with a good pose for your pic!
take care everyone!!!! AMO VOCES!!!!!!!!
Elder Wilson
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
May 19, 2010
whats up familia!
so how is everyone doing? how is the weather down there? it's finally starting to get warm here. today is like 72 degrees and the rest of the week is supposed to be in the 70's and the 80's by sunday! i am so glad to finally be able to wear a short sleeve shirt! so today we are probably going to go play soccer or some other kind of sport. dunno yet, but i am really hungry, so we will probably go get some mcdonalds. :) oh, and i finally got my card from the mission. so i do have money now and don't have to use my card. so that was good.
and did i tell you i got a back pack? i think i wrote that in the letter i will send today. anyways, i got a sweet backpack! it was like 70 bucks, but it is way nice and i can totally use it for college when i get home! I bought it at a Burton snowboarding store. it's cool.
so we are teaching a girl named jamie. her and her mom. she is progressing really well and she had a baptismal date for the 29th, but she wants to move it back a little bit. so we will go and talk to her tonight about it. but we are still very excited for her.
i got a letter from grandma and grandpa yesterday. tell them thanks for me and i will try to get them a letter out by next week.
so about that lady from brasil, Damiana, try emailing her again, and give her my address and ask her for hers, so i can write her and see whats up.
so i am going to see if i can send some pics home from here. i am at the apple store, so we will see what happens. oh, and i might go to look at a bike today. i saw a sweet bike that i really want to get and it wasn't really expensive. so we will see. well if you can't tell i am really stretching to find stuff to write about. so i guess i will end my letter for today. so i hope you all have a great week and that lots of cool stuff happens so that you can tell me all about it next week. only a 134 days left. crazy huh. i am reading the doctrine and covenants backwards, going by how many days i have left. so yeah, thats how i know. it's so i can keep myself on track so i can work my butt off everyday!
Well, I love you all and hope you guys are doing good! go and tell tator hi for me! The church is true!!! Jesus Cristo is our Savior and Redeemer! The Book of Mormon is true!! be sure and read it everyday!!! EU AMO VOCES!!!!!! UM ABRACAO!!!!!
Elder Wilson
p.s... Micheal, Dude!!! i can't believe you are going to graduate already! be careful man, because after this, time flies like crazy!!!! but live it up, have fun at your graduation and at Grad night! Congratulations!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! Love ya Dude!!!!!!
so how is everyone doing? how is the weather down there? it's finally starting to get warm here. today is like 72 degrees and the rest of the week is supposed to be in the 70's and the 80's by sunday! i am so glad to finally be able to wear a short sleeve shirt! so today we are probably going to go play soccer or some other kind of sport. dunno yet, but i am really hungry, so we will probably go get some mcdonalds. :) oh, and i finally got my card from the mission. so i do have money now and don't have to use my card. so that was good.
and did i tell you i got a back pack? i think i wrote that in the letter i will send today. anyways, i got a sweet backpack! it was like 70 bucks, but it is way nice and i can totally use it for college when i get home! I bought it at a Burton snowboarding store. it's cool.
so we are teaching a girl named jamie. her and her mom. she is progressing really well and she had a baptismal date for the 29th, but she wants to move it back a little bit. so we will go and talk to her tonight about it. but we are still very excited for her.
i got a letter from grandma and grandpa yesterday. tell them thanks for me and i will try to get them a letter out by next week.
so about that lady from brasil, Damiana, try emailing her again, and give her my address and ask her for hers, so i can write her and see whats up.
so i am going to see if i can send some pics home from here. i am at the apple store, so we will see what happens. oh, and i might go to look at a bike today. i saw a sweet bike that i really want to get and it wasn't really expensive. so we will see. well if you can't tell i am really stretching to find stuff to write about. so i guess i will end my letter for today. so i hope you all have a great week and that lots of cool stuff happens so that you can tell me all about it next week. only a 134 days left. crazy huh. i am reading the doctrine and covenants backwards, going by how many days i have left. so yeah, thats how i know. it's so i can keep myself on track so i can work my butt off everyday!
Well, I love you all and hope you guys are doing good! go and tell tator hi for me! The church is true!!! Jesus Cristo is our Savior and Redeemer! The Book of Mormon is true!! be sure and read it everyday!!! EU AMO VOCES!!!!!! UM ABRACAO!!!!!
Elder Wilson
p.s... Micheal, Dude!!! i can't believe you are going to graduate already! be careful man, because after this, time flies like crazy!!!! but live it up, have fun at your graduation and at Grad night! Congratulations!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! Love ya Dude!!!!!!
May 12, 2010
Dear Family,
hey everyone! how's life treatin ya? did the jazz lose again? hope not.
I am doing good. this week has been going by really fast. and because i just barely talked to everyone on sunday i don't have a whole lot to report. but i will do my best.
today for p day we are here at the apple store in downtown chicago, e-mailing, and then we will head over to the mall so my comp can buy some shoes, he's really needing some!, and while we are there i will be looking for a backpack. i don't know how much longer mine will hold up. so hopefully i can find something cheap. and all of the other elders want to go eat at the Donald Trump tower or the Handcock (which is one the 97th floor!) but i don't know if i want to because i dont have any money, and i already had to use my card today to get some money to go shopping later. hopefully i will get my mission card soon. it really sucks not having it. so that will be my p day today probably. we can't do alot because it is really cloudy and it is supposed to rain today. but finally by the weekend it should be nice and clear and about 65 degrees. Finally! I've been freezing lately.
One of the other elders that works in my area is going home next transfer, and he will be leaving his bike in the mission for a different elder, my comp might try to snag it, but he let us ride it for the day yesterday to see how we like it basically. it is a single speed and it was pretty sweet. so that did not help me out at all with my decision to buy a bike, because i really liked riding his. and we had to go to a bike shop yesterday to buy some parts cause my comp got a flat. so then i got caught checkin out all the sweet bikes. anyways... i dont know what i am going to do yet.
so if you can't tell i have aready run out of things to say. oh yeah, chanae wants me to write some thing for grandpa huh.
hey, when Tim gets down there tell him... eu mandei um abraco!
Actually mom, something you could throw in would be my spanish crap from high school. that is if it fits. it's in michaels closet in a red folder. and then some random goodies are always welcome. :) thanks a ton! and did you by any chance get a package sent out to my comp, Elder Oliveira, in Brasil? if not it's okay, i think that he would really apreciate one and could use one more than i could though.
Well, i hope you guys have a great week and that all is going good! Amo Voces!! Se-Cuidan!
Elder Wilson
Dear Grandpa Elder Wilson,
Happy Fathers Day!!!!! I hope you have an awesome Day!!!! I wanted to thank you for your amazing example of Faith and love! Thanks for all of your love and support and for always helping us kids out with our random school projects! We new that we could always count on you to help us out when we got stumped. From our pinewood derby cars to other science projects I was always so proud to have such a cool grandpa! You Rock!! ;) I hope you have a great day! my prayers are with you and i hope you have alot of fun serving our brothers in Hawaii! good luck!! Te Amo!!
Elder Wilson
hey everyone! how's life treatin ya? did the jazz lose again? hope not.
I am doing good. this week has been going by really fast. and because i just barely talked to everyone on sunday i don't have a whole lot to report. but i will do my best.
today for p day we are here at the apple store in downtown chicago, e-mailing, and then we will head over to the mall so my comp can buy some shoes, he's really needing some!, and while we are there i will be looking for a backpack. i don't know how much longer mine will hold up. so hopefully i can find something cheap. and all of the other elders want to go eat at the Donald Trump tower or the Handcock (which is one the 97th floor!) but i don't know if i want to because i dont have any money, and i already had to use my card today to get some money to go shopping later. hopefully i will get my mission card soon. it really sucks not having it. so that will be my p day today probably. we can't do alot because it is really cloudy and it is supposed to rain today. but finally by the weekend it should be nice and clear and about 65 degrees. Finally! I've been freezing lately.
One of the other elders that works in my area is going home next transfer, and he will be leaving his bike in the mission for a different elder, my comp might try to snag it, but he let us ride it for the day yesterday to see how we like it basically. it is a single speed and it was pretty sweet. so that did not help me out at all with my decision to buy a bike, because i really liked riding his. and we had to go to a bike shop yesterday to buy some parts cause my comp got a flat. so then i got caught checkin out all the sweet bikes. anyways... i dont know what i am going to do yet.
so if you can't tell i have aready run out of things to say. oh yeah, chanae wants me to write some thing for grandpa huh.
hey, when Tim gets down there tell him... eu mandei um abraco!
Actually mom, something you could throw in would be my spanish crap from high school. that is if it fits. it's in michaels closet in a red folder. and then some random goodies are always welcome. :) thanks a ton! and did you by any chance get a package sent out to my comp, Elder Oliveira, in Brasil? if not it's okay, i think that he would really apreciate one and could use one more than i could though.
Well, i hope you guys have a great week and that all is going good! Amo Voces!! Se-Cuidan!
Elder Wilson
Dear Grandpa Elder Wilson,
Happy Fathers Day!!!!! I hope you have an awesome Day!!!! I wanted to thank you for your amazing example of Faith and love! Thanks for all of your love and support and for always helping us kids out with our random school projects! We new that we could always count on you to help us out when we got stumped. From our pinewood derby cars to other science projects I was always so proud to have such a cool grandpa! You Rock!! ;) I hope you have a great day! my prayers are with you and i hope you have alot of fun serving our brothers in Hawaii! good luck!! Te Amo!!
Elder Wilson
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Hey 4 Eyes!....May 5, 2010
Dear Family,
Well,... first of all, happy 5 de mayo! today for 5 de mayo/ p day we are going to be playing soccer with a bunch of other elders and then go some where to eat. so that should be fun. if we don't get rained out. today, actually just barely i got my hair cut. and it is really short! wow.... a sister from the ward, who has a salon cut it. she did a two on the sides! yeah, its short. while she was cutting it, i was watching and pretty much just freaking out the whole time because it totally looked like a mexican hair cut! so then when she finished i had to tell her to take more off the top so it wouldn't look to mexican. hahah but it looks good, just super short. but in two weeks it'll grow out.
so the game last week was a lot of fun. the cubs lost 3-2 unfortunately but it was still fun.
so we have had some changes up her. they are called GLASSES!!! i don't know if you noticed but i had to buy some glasses, and i used my card to do it. crazy huh! who would have thought that i would need glasses! definetly not me, and guess what..... I dont have glasses!!!! hahahahah my comp had to get them and didn't have any money so i payed for him and then he payed me back later. you guys that i had to get glasses, what are you crazy! i have perfect eye sight! gosh!! anyways, my comp has been having headaches later and realized that he couldn't read signs from far away. so he got some specs. they're pretty cool to.
thats totally gay that the Jazz are losing. dang man. que porcaria!
so yeah, we are still getting doors slammed in our faces. i have actually only been let in once the entire time i have been out here. but it's all good. we do more contacting in the streets because we have more success that way.
so i have decided that i really like biking. it's alot of fun! so i have a question for you. i really want to get a good road bike, and then i would be able to use it at home to ride to work and stuff when i get back. and then i would totally save on gas money and what not. so i was thinking, if i want to buy a bike when i get home, why not get a good one now, then i can get lots of good use out of it, and then ship it home and keep using it. but then i think, well i already have a bike that will get my by. so i don't know. what do you guys think i should do? let me know what your thoughts are.
anyways.. i am kinda running out of things to say, and i will be talking to you guys on sunday soooo, yeah. and i will be calling you guys, so don't worry about that. i will probably call around...7:00 pm. my time. which would be like 5 your time. sound good? if not, well.... i hope it does because there really is no way of you guys getting a hold of me. unless you send a letter in the mail by tomorrow and it gets here saturday :) but hopefully that is good.
well have a good week! i love you all!!!!
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you have a great day!!!! Talk to ya then!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!
have a great week everyone. eu amo voces!!!
Elder Wilson
Well,... first of all, happy 5 de mayo! today for 5 de mayo/ p day we are going to be playing soccer with a bunch of other elders and then go some where to eat. so that should be fun. if we don't get rained out. today, actually just barely i got my hair cut. and it is really short! wow.... a sister from the ward, who has a salon cut it. she did a two on the sides! yeah, its short. while she was cutting it, i was watching and pretty much just freaking out the whole time because it totally looked like a mexican hair cut! so then when she finished i had to tell her to take more off the top so it wouldn't look to mexican. hahah but it looks good, just super short. but in two weeks it'll grow out.
so the game last week was a lot of fun. the cubs lost 3-2 unfortunately but it was still fun.
so we have had some changes up her. they are called GLASSES!!! i don't know if you noticed but i had to buy some glasses, and i used my card to do it. crazy huh! who would have thought that i would need glasses! definetly not me, and guess what..... I dont have glasses!!!! hahahahah my comp had to get them and didn't have any money so i payed for him and then he payed me back later. you guys that i had to get glasses, what are you crazy! i have perfect eye sight! gosh!! anyways, my comp has been having headaches later and realized that he couldn't read signs from far away. so he got some specs. they're pretty cool to.
thats totally gay that the Jazz are losing. dang man. que porcaria!
so yeah, we are still getting doors slammed in our faces. i have actually only been let in once the entire time i have been out here. but it's all good. we do more contacting in the streets because we have more success that way.
so i have decided that i really like biking. it's alot of fun! so i have a question for you. i really want to get a good road bike, and then i would be able to use it at home to ride to work and stuff when i get back. and then i would totally save on gas money and what not. so i was thinking, if i want to buy a bike when i get home, why not get a good one now, then i can get lots of good use out of it, and then ship it home and keep using it. but then i think, well i already have a bike that will get my by. so i don't know. what do you guys think i should do? let me know what your thoughts are.
anyways.. i am kinda running out of things to say, and i will be talking to you guys on sunday soooo, yeah. and i will be calling you guys, so don't worry about that. i will probably call around...7:00 pm. my time. which would be like 5 your time. sound good? if not, well.... i hope it does because there really is no way of you guys getting a hold of me. unless you send a letter in the mail by tomorrow and it gets here saturday :) but hopefully that is good.
well have a good week! i love you all!!!!
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you have a great day!!!! Talk to ya then!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!
have a great week everyone. eu amo voces!!!
Elder Wilson
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Querida Familia....April 28, 2010
querida familia,
thanks for the e-mails! i was really sad to hear about josh's mom. i hope the family is doing okay.
so yeah, i heard that the thunder tied up the lakers! how crazy is that. do they even have anyone good on the team. that would be cool if they couldv'e won it.
so i am doing okay. all the latin people out here just eat spicy foods! man, it never ends. my mouth is always burning and the after effect hasn't changed much. but i am slowly getting used to it. but man, what i wouldn't give for some rice and beans right now. yesterday we had two dinner appointments! it was crazy, i have gained 8 lbs since the last week! so that should make you happy mom. i now weigh 141. so yeah.
letters take about 3 days to get here. so that is way nice, but it also really sucks to come home everyday and check the mail box and never have anything. hahaha.. but it's all good. it's like the best two years, "it would be nice if they would put the bills in my name, then i would get something once in a while!" (just kidding) :) but the elders said that if you were to send any big packages, then to send them to the mission office. oh, and thankyou so much for my mp3!!! i finally have music!!!!!!
so i am finally getting used to the whole biking thing. but my butt always hurts! as well as my legs. the other day we walked into a bike store to buy some patches, my comp had a flat, and i saw this awesome road bike! i totally wanted to buy it! it was so sick! but it was like 350 bucks, and i already have a bike, so i had to walk away, but it was sweet.
today for our pday i am going to the chicago cubs game! sweet huh! i will be sitting over by the pole by first base. but my comp has some sweet tickets! him and some other elders will be about fifth row up from third base! they were 50 dollar tickets, and he had them before i showed up, so me and some other elders got these ones. i am excited though. my first pro baseball game, and its at wrigley field. so that will be sweet!
so chicago doesn't have amazing fruit or food or beaches like brasil, but it has some freakin sweet cars!!! wow, i have seen some awesome cars driving down the road! it's pretty sweet. one day when i am out of the rat race, i am going to come to chicago in my sweet car and drive down the roads! hahahaha... and then go shopping in downtown at the miraculous mile, or on michigan street. they have some sweet stores.
michael seriously borrowed money from dallin!!! hahahahahaha!!!!!!! how pathetic!!!!!! come on mikey!!! get a job! hahahaha... just kidding. but seriously, its one thing to do it from like mom or dad, but from dallin. wow. you really must be desperate!!! STOP SPENDING MONEY ON GIRLS!!!!!!! :)
how are the jazz doing in the playoffs? they still in it? i hope so! let me know how they are doing.
so my spanish is actually getting better, i am using less portuguese to talk to people now, and more actual spanish, but it still through portugues in there sometimes and people get a little lost, but its all good. so there is a store here that is like way cheap and they sell macaroni and cheese for 35 cents a box. so in other words, we are eating mac and cheese alot! or we go and buy mcdonalds, there dollar menu is pretty sweet. you know, i didn't think that i would ever say this, but i have actually craved mcdonalds while i have been out here. wierd huh, its actually kinda gross. but oh well. its cheap and easy.
well ,once again i have written you guys another novel. i hope you thoroughly enjoy it! :) have a great week. oh, and be sure and go by that brazilian restaurant this week. you guys gotta keep in touch with that hot chick, Aline, so when i come home i can date her! anyways, have a great week! let me know how the jazz are doing! until next week!!! Love you all!!!!!! a igreja e verdadeira!!!!! se-cuida!
Elder Wilson
thanks for the e-mails! i was really sad to hear about josh's mom. i hope the family is doing okay.
so yeah, i heard that the thunder tied up the lakers! how crazy is that. do they even have anyone good on the team. that would be cool if they couldv'e won it.
so i am doing okay. all the latin people out here just eat spicy foods! man, it never ends. my mouth is always burning and the after effect hasn't changed much. but i am slowly getting used to it. but man, what i wouldn't give for some rice and beans right now. yesterday we had two dinner appointments! it was crazy, i have gained 8 lbs since the last week! so that should make you happy mom. i now weigh 141. so yeah.
letters take about 3 days to get here. so that is way nice, but it also really sucks to come home everyday and check the mail box and never have anything. hahaha.. but it's all good. it's like the best two years, "it would be nice if they would put the bills in my name, then i would get something once in a while!" (just kidding) :) but the elders said that if you were to send any big packages, then to send them to the mission office. oh, and thankyou so much for my mp3!!! i finally have music!!!!!!
so i am finally getting used to the whole biking thing. but my butt always hurts! as well as my legs. the other day we walked into a bike store to buy some patches, my comp had a flat, and i saw this awesome road bike! i totally wanted to buy it! it was so sick! but it was like 350 bucks, and i already have a bike, so i had to walk away, but it was sweet.
today for our pday i am going to the chicago cubs game! sweet huh! i will be sitting over by the pole by first base. but my comp has some sweet tickets! him and some other elders will be about fifth row up from third base! they were 50 dollar tickets, and he had them before i showed up, so me and some other elders got these ones. i am excited though. my first pro baseball game, and its at wrigley field. so that will be sweet!
so chicago doesn't have amazing fruit or food or beaches like brasil, but it has some freakin sweet cars!!! wow, i have seen some awesome cars driving down the road! it's pretty sweet. one day when i am out of the rat race, i am going to come to chicago in my sweet car and drive down the roads! hahahaha... and then go shopping in downtown at the miraculous mile, or on michigan street. they have some sweet stores.
michael seriously borrowed money from dallin!!! hahahahahaha!!!!!!! how pathetic!!!!!! come on mikey!!! get a job! hahahaha... just kidding. but seriously, its one thing to do it from like mom or dad, but from dallin. wow. you really must be desperate!!! STOP SPENDING MONEY ON GIRLS!!!!!!! :)
how are the jazz doing in the playoffs? they still in it? i hope so! let me know how they are doing.
so my spanish is actually getting better, i am using less portuguese to talk to people now, and more actual spanish, but it still through portugues in there sometimes and people get a little lost, but its all good. so there is a store here that is like way cheap and they sell macaroni and cheese for 35 cents a box. so in other words, we are eating mac and cheese alot! or we go and buy mcdonalds, there dollar menu is pretty sweet. you know, i didn't think that i would ever say this, but i have actually craved mcdonalds while i have been out here. wierd huh, its actually kinda gross. but oh well. its cheap and easy.
well ,once again i have written you guys another novel. i hope you thoroughly enjoy it! :) have a great week. oh, and be sure and go by that brazilian restaurant this week. you guys gotta keep in touch with that hot chick, Aline, so when i come home i can date her! anyways, have a great week! let me know how the jazz are doing! until next week!!! Love you all!!!!!! a igreja e verdadeira!!!!! se-cuida!
Elder Wilson
Wazsup!?...April 22, 2010
Querida Familia,
So yes, and no, i do still feel a little like a greenie but not as much. i am finally getting used to our area and the Spanish is getting easier. it still isn't nearly as easy as Portuguese, but it is coming along. you know what, i really miss teaching about the gospel in Portuguese. it's really weird, but i just miss it. it's not the same in any other language, i guess you could say that Portuguese is like my holy language in a way. hahaha... but I'm sure with time i will come to like Spanish to, but i think i will just leave English behind;).
So this week was good. nothing to crazy happened. although my comp. broke his bike. we were leaving the library last week and he started peddling and his frame broke. weird huh. it wasn't just a part of the bike, but his frame! so luckily we had an extra (girl) bike at home and he used that until we could get a different bike from some elders that live up north a little bit. so on friday we went and got that bike and it is a lot better. he really ditches me now! i will have my bike in the highest gear, peddling as fast as i can and he can still waste me. but he has a better bike and bigger tires, so it's all good. but yeah, i will totally have awesome legs and a butt when i get home! SWEET!!!!!! hahahaha...
So i don't technically live in down town Chicago. i live pretty close though. it's about 20 min on bikes. down town is way crazy, it's pretty cool to see all the big buildings, the Hancock, and the Trump. and it is way crazy during rush hour. you do not want to be down there in a car during that time, it would suck.
Oh yeah, so what i said last week, about Americans being rude, i take that back, it's the Polish people that are jerks! the true Americans aren't bad, decent people, but the Polish people are just down right rude to your face. it's really sad. apparently they used to have polish speaking missionaries here, but they hadn't had a baptism in over 30 years, so they closed it. crazy huh. the Polish people are really closed and hard hearted. basically they were born Catholic and will die catholic and they have no idea why. but luckily i don't work with them, I just run into them knocking on doors and such.
So the weather in Chicago is messed up! it will be like in the low 60's one day, then the next day it's 85, then it will drop down to the 50's or 60's again. huh, I just want HOT weather! today isn't bad. it was cold this morning, so i am currently wearing a sweater and my suit coat, but that is mainly because of the wind. i think i would actually enjoy Chicago if it wasn't for the wind here. i could totally live here and buy nice bike and just bike everywhere, because it is all so flat out here, except for the wind, and the winter of course. but i am enjoying myself.
The food isn't bad, the Mexican food that is. i like it but they always make it so spicy! i think the spices will kill me before anything else does. In Brasil they don't eat spicy food, so i am not really used to it. On Monday i had, basically, some chicken soup, and they served it with a bunch of lettuce and other stuff to throw in the soup. well i say, what i thought to be, green bell peppers, so i throw a few spoon fulls in. but come to find out, it was these super spices jalapenos! yeah, i almost died when i tried to eat. i lost the feeling in my tongue, my face got red, i started sweating. and the family could tell what was going on and they half laughed and told me to dump it out and got some fresh soup, But, i am a missionary!, so i forced myself threw it! wow, it was tough. by the end of the night, i couldn't taste anything and my mouth and lips were on fire. Oh, and when it came out the next day....wow, it burned just as much!!!
Chanae!!! i need you to read pg 742 of Jesus the Christ. (you will like this one dad!) it says that the last nephite battle took place near the hill cumorah in NEW YORK, by the place where Moroni buried the plates!!! and that is basically doctrine because it was written by an apostle and it has the church name on the back!!! so hah!!!!!!! GOT YA! (just wanted to let you know that dad and I are right) :) LOL.
Well all, i hope you enjoy the book i wrote you. i hope it brings you lots of laughs:) Have a great week and enjoy the nice weather of Ivins for me. Eu sei que esta e a Igreja verdadeira!! Jesus Cristo e Nosso Salvador do mundo! e o Livro de Mormon e verdadeiro!!! Eu amo voces!!!!
Elder Wilson
p.s.... for the big W....
Happy Mothers Day!!!!!!! to Grandma Wilson and all mothers alike, I wish you all a very special and happy mothers day! i hope it is full of joy and happiness, and of the Spirit of our Lord!!!
Grandma, i wanted to thank you for all of your love and support for me. and for all of your prayers and fasting that you did in my behalf so that i would get better from my surgery and so that i could return to the mission field! You are a great example of faith to me! thank you so much for your testimony and for your encouragement! I love you so much and hope you have a great mothers day!!!! good luck in the "mission field"! Muito obrigado por tudo!! TE AMO!!!!!
Elder Wilson
So yes, and no, i do still feel a little like a greenie but not as much. i am finally getting used to our area and the Spanish is getting easier. it still isn't nearly as easy as Portuguese, but it is coming along. you know what, i really miss teaching about the gospel in Portuguese. it's really weird, but i just miss it. it's not the same in any other language, i guess you could say that Portuguese is like my holy language in a way. hahaha... but I'm sure with time i will come to like Spanish to, but i think i will just leave English behind;).
So this week was good. nothing to crazy happened. although my comp. broke his bike. we were leaving the library last week and he started peddling and his frame broke. weird huh. it wasn't just a part of the bike, but his frame! so luckily we had an extra (girl) bike at home and he used that until we could get a different bike from some elders that live up north a little bit. so on friday we went and got that bike and it is a lot better. he really ditches me now! i will have my bike in the highest gear, peddling as fast as i can and he can still waste me. but he has a better bike and bigger tires, so it's all good. but yeah, i will totally have awesome legs and a butt when i get home! SWEET!!!!!! hahahaha...
So i don't technically live in down town Chicago. i live pretty close though. it's about 20 min on bikes. down town is way crazy, it's pretty cool to see all the big buildings, the Hancock, and the Trump. and it is way crazy during rush hour. you do not want to be down there in a car during that time, it would suck.
Oh yeah, so what i said last week, about Americans being rude, i take that back, it's the Polish people that are jerks! the true Americans aren't bad, decent people, but the Polish people are just down right rude to your face. it's really sad. apparently they used to have polish speaking missionaries here, but they hadn't had a baptism in over 30 years, so they closed it. crazy huh. the Polish people are really closed and hard hearted. basically they were born Catholic and will die catholic and they have no idea why. but luckily i don't work with them, I just run into them knocking on doors and such.
So the weather in Chicago is messed up! it will be like in the low 60's one day, then the next day it's 85, then it will drop down to the 50's or 60's again. huh, I just want HOT weather! today isn't bad. it was cold this morning, so i am currently wearing a sweater and my suit coat, but that is mainly because of the wind. i think i would actually enjoy Chicago if it wasn't for the wind here. i could totally live here and buy nice bike and just bike everywhere, because it is all so flat out here, except for the wind, and the winter of course. but i am enjoying myself.
The food isn't bad, the Mexican food that is. i like it but they always make it so spicy! i think the spices will kill me before anything else does. In Brasil they don't eat spicy food, so i am not really used to it. On Monday i had, basically, some chicken soup, and they served it with a bunch of lettuce and other stuff to throw in the soup. well i say, what i thought to be, green bell peppers, so i throw a few spoon fulls in. but come to find out, it was these super spices jalapenos! yeah, i almost died when i tried to eat. i lost the feeling in my tongue, my face got red, i started sweating. and the family could tell what was going on and they half laughed and told me to dump it out and got some fresh soup, But, i am a missionary!, so i forced myself threw it! wow, it was tough. by the end of the night, i couldn't taste anything and my mouth and lips were on fire. Oh, and when it came out the next day....wow, it burned just as much!!!
Chanae!!! i need you to read pg 742 of Jesus the Christ. (you will like this one dad!) it says that the last nephite battle took place near the hill cumorah in NEW YORK, by the place where Moroni buried the plates!!! and that is basically doctrine because it was written by an apostle and it has the church name on the back!!! so hah!!!!!!! GOT YA! (just wanted to let you know that dad and I are right) :) LOL.
Well all, i hope you enjoy the book i wrote you. i hope it brings you lots of laughs:) Have a great week and enjoy the nice weather of Ivins for me. Eu sei que esta e a Igreja verdadeira!! Jesus Cristo e Nosso Salvador do mundo! e o Livro de Mormon e verdadeiro!!! Eu amo voces!!!!
Elder Wilson
p.s.... for the big W....
Happy Mothers Day!!!!!!! to Grandma Wilson and all mothers alike, I wish you all a very special and happy mothers day! i hope it is full of joy and happiness, and of the Spirit of our Lord!!!
Grandma, i wanted to thank you for all of your love and support for me. and for all of your prayers and fasting that you did in my behalf so that i would get better from my surgery and so that i could return to the mission field! You are a great example of faith to me! thank you so much for your testimony and for your encouragement! I love you so much and hope you have a great mothers day!!!! good luck in the "mission field"! Muito obrigado por tudo!! TE AMO!!!!!
Elder Wilson
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