Dear Family,
whazz up everyone?! hey thanks for all the e-mails!! i haven't gotten that many in a long time! it was sweet!!! so thanks so much! it was really good to hear from all of you...(except chanae;) hahaha it's all good chanae, i know, you don't hear from me either. ;)
so no, my comp is still here with me unfortunately. i say unfortunately because i really want him to go to brasil and learn to love it like i do. but we continue to have lots of fun and he keeps me going lots of the time. once in a while i need some extra "greenie power" to keep me going. especially in the mornings. i have never been a morning person, and lately it has been really tough. although today I jumped out of bed i woke my comp up! so yeah... as for everything else. basically the same old stuff. this past week was a crazy week needless to say. lots of service projects going on and we had a meeting with a 70, elder maynes. it was really good and i learned alot.
so our service project was lots of fun. we live with 2 other elders and their recent converts family bought a house to move in to, they are basically homless at the moment, and the house needs lots of work. some of the plumbing was terrible. broken pipes and what not. so me and elder garcia, a guatamalen elder, took it upon us to basically REPIPE the whole house. hahahaha...yeah... it was fun. i did actualy enjoy getting down and dirty and doing something different for a change. and being able to use my plumbing skills was fun. so while we were doing that, my comp and elder lemke were painting the house. it was alot of fun overall. well like i said, nothing to new is going on. we are at the moment looking for investigators that will go some where. we constantly have new investigators, but the trick is to find the ones who will go to church and read and all that good stuff. we usually have about 4-5 new people a week. so you can image how hard it is to find some one "golden" or solid. but it is alot of fun.
so did chanae and bryce not get the condo they where looking at? are they going to try to buy it.
oh, so yesterday we were mowing a members lawn, then she invited us in for some lemonade. while we were talking it up and drinking some juice, her daughter was showing off her new i pod to us. WOW!!!!! i am so behind on technology!!! it was the new ipod touch!! dang man!! it is so legite!!!!! don't know if i would buy one, i would have to play with one for a few hours first. but it was sweet!
so there are a few thing i was wondering if you could send me. a few cd's actually. we need more music for our car. in my room i have a few cd's that i got in brasil. they are in my closet on the top shelve. it looks like a blank cd, but if you look close it says Missao Fortaleza. and there are two of them. the other one i think it says Que coisa boa! so if you could send both of those and i was wondering if michael, with all his free time, could go through my lotr sound tracks and pick out the good songs, not the dark ones :), and burn them on a cd and send them to me as well. and the pirates sound track to please. that would be awesome. so then we don't go crazy with all the same music.
so mom, i totally forgot that i had put that reminder on your phone! hahaha, i'm sorry it mad you cry. when i read it i felt bad but started laughing at the same time. just because i totally forgot about that. Well, happy 2 YEARS!!! crazy huh! only two more months to go. actually not even that. lets see, if you want to get technicall about it...... it would be.... 57 days! so almost 2 months... but who's counting. ;) anyways...
The Church is True!!!!! Jesus Cristo is our Savior!! and the book of Mormon is True!! I love you all!! and i hope you all have a great week!
eu amo voces!!!
Elder Wilson
hey michael, with all your free time, you should see how fast you can read the book of mormon!! i have always wanted to do that, but i always get caught up with other stuff. and i don't really have that kinda of time as a missionary. but, you should totally do that, it would be so sweet!!!!!!!!!!!
have fun dude!!!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
September 1, 2010
Dear Family,
hey everyone. so whats new this week? that totally sucks that michael had to get a screw in his mouth! is it really big? you should send some pics.
as for my comp and i, we are doing pretty good. nothing to new. although the other day i had a super amazing experience! so this kid that we are teaching, Sergio, he is part of the big family, completely blew me away on friday! we get to his house planning on inviting him to be baptized and to go over the 3rd lesson. so we start off the lesson and he just starts asking all kinds of questions. who was joseph smith? what did Christ mean when he said "other sheep i have which are not of this fold"? What does it mean to carry your cross? and if this, meaning the church, is the only way? after answering all of his questions, he busts out a few scriptures in the bible (this kid knows the bible better than i do!) around the theme of prayer. ask and ye shall receive... when two or more of you are gathered in my name there i will be also... stuff like that. then he says to use, "you two, are men of God, so if we pray right now, God will be with us." we agreed. then he said "so right now, we are all going to pray together. if this is true, i need to know so i can follow." so right then, we all knelt down and he offered one of the most amazing prayers i have ever heard! ( this whole time i was just blown away by the faith of this kid! i couldn't believe what he was proposing to us! it was freakin awesome!) and during that prayer i felt the spirit so strong. you could just say my whole body was on fire! it was truly amazing. so after the prayer i asked him how he felt. and unfortunately he felt nothing. so we went over how God will always answer us, but it will be in his time and his way. then we talked about baptism and that by accepting to get baptized and working towards a set date, then he would also be showing the Lord that he truly wants to know. and he accepted our invite to be baptized on the 11 of sept.! it was so sweet!!! now we just need to get the mom to church so she can get a baptismal date as well! so we are very excited for them.
other than that, the work is going on. lots and lots of door knocking!!!
thanks a ton for the letter.
well i hope you all have a great week!!! thanks for everything!! I love you all!!!
elder wilson
hey everyone. so whats new this week? that totally sucks that michael had to get a screw in his mouth! is it really big? you should send some pics.
as for my comp and i, we are doing pretty good. nothing to new. although the other day i had a super amazing experience! so this kid that we are teaching, Sergio, he is part of the big family, completely blew me away on friday! we get to his house planning on inviting him to be baptized and to go over the 3rd lesson. so we start off the lesson and he just starts asking all kinds of questions. who was joseph smith? what did Christ mean when he said "other sheep i have which are not of this fold"? What does it mean to carry your cross? and if this, meaning the church, is the only way? after answering all of his questions, he busts out a few scriptures in the bible (this kid knows the bible better than i do!) around the theme of prayer. ask and ye shall receive... when two or more of you are gathered in my name there i will be also... stuff like that. then he says to use, "you two, are men of God, so if we pray right now, God will be with us." we agreed. then he said "so right now, we are all going to pray together. if this is true, i need to know so i can follow." so right then, we all knelt down and he offered one of the most amazing prayers i have ever heard! ( this whole time i was just blown away by the faith of this kid! i couldn't believe what he was proposing to us! it was freakin awesome!) and during that prayer i felt the spirit so strong. you could just say my whole body was on fire! it was truly amazing. so after the prayer i asked him how he felt. and unfortunately he felt nothing. so we went over how God will always answer us, but it will be in his time and his way. then we talked about baptism and that by accepting to get baptized and working towards a set date, then he would also be showing the Lord that he truly wants to know. and he accepted our invite to be baptized on the 11 of sept.! it was so sweet!!! now we just need to get the mom to church so she can get a baptismal date as well! so we are very excited for them.
other than that, the work is going on. lots and lots of door knocking!!!
thanks a ton for the letter.
well i hope you all have a great week!!! thanks for everything!! I love you all!!!
elder wilson
August 25, 2010
Dear Family,
so i have some catching up to do because of last weeks "no" e-mail. Me and my comp are doing good. we have a baptism coming up on the 11th and hopefully another shortly after! we are currently teaching a family of 7. A mom and her 6 kids. 4 of the kids are over 8! so we are working hard and hoping and praying that all will work out with them so that they can get baptized soon. the oldest son, sergio, is totally solid! he liked church and really wants to know if the bom is true. and said he will definitely get baptized when he knows its true! so our next visit we want to give him a date to work towards. the mom, silvia, has to work on sundays, so we are trying to find a time with her for when she can come to church! but we are super excited for all of them.
oh, and last week, we were visiting a less active family and started talking about brazil. how my comp is going there, when the boy said, hey, i have a friend who is brazilian! No way!!! i said, where does he live!!? so right after our visit with them, we ran over to the house knocked on the door, and spent 45 min talking to the mom in Portugues!!!!!!!! it was so sick!!!!! i loved it!!!!! unfortunatley for me, i have totally lost my accent, but it was still so fun. and we have another visit tonight! so we are taking over a bom in portugues and it will be sweat!!!! you know what is funny, Marli, the mom, said she was going to hook me up with her niece, who lives in brasil! haha, yeah, i got a kick out of that.
so yes, my comp is still here, and i still continue to pray that he will get is visa soon. we are doing good though. my spanish continually gets better, and my portugues just kinda sits there and does nothing. and my english sucks! my comp is always correcting me. it's not as bad as it was when i was in brasil, but it isn't that great either.
well, i'm out of stuff to write,soooo.... i hope you all have a great week! thanks for the e-mails and for everything!! I love you all!!!!! the Church is true!!! the Book of Mormon is true!!!!! I challenge you all to talk to some one about the gospel and then see the blessing that come from it!!!!!! Amo Voces!!!
Elder Wilson
so i have some catching up to do because of last weeks "no" e-mail. Me and my comp are doing good. we have a baptism coming up on the 11th and hopefully another shortly after! we are currently teaching a family of 7. A mom and her 6 kids. 4 of the kids are over 8! so we are working hard and hoping and praying that all will work out with them so that they can get baptized soon. the oldest son, sergio, is totally solid! he liked church and really wants to know if the bom is true. and said he will definitely get baptized when he knows its true! so our next visit we want to give him a date to work towards. the mom, silvia, has to work on sundays, so we are trying to find a time with her for when she can come to church! but we are super excited for all of them.
oh, and last week, we were visiting a less active family and started talking about brazil. how my comp is going there, when the boy said, hey, i have a friend who is brazilian! No way!!! i said, where does he live!!? so right after our visit with them, we ran over to the house knocked on the door, and spent 45 min talking to the mom in Portugues!!!!!!!! it was so sick!!!!! i loved it!!!!! unfortunatley for me, i have totally lost my accent, but it was still so fun. and we have another visit tonight! so we are taking over a bom in portugues and it will be sweat!!!! you know what is funny, Marli, the mom, said she was going to hook me up with her niece, who lives in brasil! haha, yeah, i got a kick out of that.
so yes, my comp is still here, and i still continue to pray that he will get is visa soon. we are doing good though. my spanish continually gets better, and my portugues just kinda sits there and does nothing. and my english sucks! my comp is always correcting me. it's not as bad as it was when i was in brasil, but it isn't that great either.
well, i'm out of stuff to write,soooo.... i hope you all have a great week! thanks for the e-mails and for everything!! I love you all!!!!! the Church is true!!! the Book of Mormon is true!!!!! I challenge you all to talk to some one about the gospel and then see the blessing that come from it!!!!!! Amo Voces!!!
Elder Wilson
August 4, 2010
Querida Familia,
so this week has been quit interesting. lots of random and different things have happened.
so first of all, Thank you so much for the packages!!!!!! we got them Monday night!!! it was freakin awesome!!!!!! thanks for everything!! and those ties are pretty sweet to! and yes, i did get the birthday card. i got it a couple of weeks ago, but thank you so much! and please tell grandma and grandpa wilson thank you for the chocolates and the money!!!! and grandpa campbell! for my b-day, to be honest, we did nothing. just another normal day. but we really didn't have time to do anything anyways. i had even forgotten it was my birthday till about 8:45, while i was studying. anyways, we plan on making some cake and cookies today!
so i have been having a blast speaking to my comp in portugues!! it is freakin awesome! i will be sad when my "son" gets his visa and leaves, but also very happy for him because i know he will love Brasil just as much as i do! it is great because i my portugues is getting back up to speed, and my spanish is getting alot better because now i do all the talking basically, my comp doesn't speak any spanish and doesn't understand alot. so that kinda leaves it up to me, but he, my comp, teaches in portugues and the hispanics can usually understand him. so thats cool!
so the other day, when went by some old investigators that had been taught about a year ago by the missionaries. the parents aren't interested at all but said we could go by on sunday. so we dropped by and the parents were gone, but the kids were outside shoot hoops. so we started talking to them and then their 23 yr. old sister came out. so we contacted her and she was interested. so we shared a brief but powerful message about how the book of mormon is important and how she can find out through prayer! it was very cool and you could just see the spirit working on her!! she told us that she wanted to learn more and that she wanted to find out if it was true for herself!!! it was totally awesome! so we have a return appointment on saturday, but we will probably be teaching her at a library or somewhere else because her parents won't accept it. that's what she told us. so we are super stoked to talk to her again on saturday and are praying very hard that she will go "the distance".
and yesterday we also had another interesting exp. (my comp is just getting loaded with all kinds of crazy experiences in his first few weeks.) we go to our car, it was parked in front of some guys house while we were tracting, and the guys comes out and says," you know, after you pulled up i went inside and read for an hour stuff about you guys on the internet". then he just blew up!!! He yelled at us that we were brainwashed and that we worship multiple gods and all other kinds of crap! it was so crazy!! so i calmly told him we would like to sit down with him and explain what it is that we believe in. but he just kept on yelling at us telling us how crazy and screwed up we are. so we just walked away! but it was so crazy! i get sad by people like that. because the chances of them ever accepting the gospel are very slim, which means we will probably never see them in the celestial kingdom. but it did give us something to laugh at a little later after we got home. it's interesting how things like that always happen when you are knocking doors.
well family, i love you all so much!!! thanks for all of your love and support!!! i hope you all have a great week!!!!
Amo Voces!!!!!
so this week has been quit interesting. lots of random and different things have happened.
so first of all, Thank you so much for the packages!!!!!! we got them Monday night!!! it was freakin awesome!!!!!! thanks for everything!! and those ties are pretty sweet to! and yes, i did get the birthday card. i got it a couple of weeks ago, but thank you so much! and please tell grandma and grandpa wilson thank you for the chocolates and the money!!!! and grandpa campbell! for my b-day, to be honest, we did nothing. just another normal day. but we really didn't have time to do anything anyways. i had even forgotten it was my birthday till about 8:45, while i was studying. anyways, we plan on making some cake and cookies today!
so i have been having a blast speaking to my comp in portugues!! it is freakin awesome! i will be sad when my "son" gets his visa and leaves, but also very happy for him because i know he will love Brasil just as much as i do! it is great because i my portugues is getting back up to speed, and my spanish is getting alot better because now i do all the talking basically, my comp doesn't speak any spanish and doesn't understand alot. so that kinda leaves it up to me, but he, my comp, teaches in portugues and the hispanics can usually understand him. so thats cool!
so the other day, when went by some old investigators that had been taught about a year ago by the missionaries. the parents aren't interested at all but said we could go by on sunday. so we dropped by and the parents were gone, but the kids were outside shoot hoops. so we started talking to them and then their 23 yr. old sister came out. so we contacted her and she was interested. so we shared a brief but powerful message about how the book of mormon is important and how she can find out through prayer! it was very cool and you could just see the spirit working on her!! she told us that she wanted to learn more and that she wanted to find out if it was true for herself!!! it was totally awesome! so we have a return appointment on saturday, but we will probably be teaching her at a library or somewhere else because her parents won't accept it. that's what she told us. so we are super stoked to talk to her again on saturday and are praying very hard that she will go "the distance".
and yesterday we also had another interesting exp. (my comp is just getting loaded with all kinds of crazy experiences in his first few weeks.) we go to our car, it was parked in front of some guys house while we were tracting, and the guys comes out and says," you know, after you pulled up i went inside and read for an hour stuff about you guys on the internet". then he just blew up!!! He yelled at us that we were brainwashed and that we worship multiple gods and all other kinds of crap! it was so crazy!! so i calmly told him we would like to sit down with him and explain what it is that we believe in. but he just kept on yelling at us telling us how crazy and screwed up we are. so we just walked away! but it was so crazy! i get sad by people like that. because the chances of them ever accepting the gospel are very slim, which means we will probably never see them in the celestial kingdom. but it did give us something to laugh at a little later after we got home. it's interesting how things like that always happen when you are knocking doors.
well family, i love you all so much!!! thanks for all of your love and support!!! i hope you all have a great week!!!!
Amo Voces!!!!!
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