September 19, 2016

Hey ya'll!

Wow this week has been pretty crazy!! To start off we taught a total of 14 lessons this week which is super good for our mission! we are seeing a lot of success which is super nice! I have already gained a lot of mission stories and this is only my first area haha. yesterday me and Elder Wasden were walking around down town Ashland and we walked past this place called Winchester inn. Well this place is known for prostitutes and while we were walking by one of them came over and asked that we would pray for her. We didn't think it would hurt anything so we did it and after when we walked away she smacked me on the butt haha! I couldn't stop laughing it was so funny! On another note we got invited to a lunch appointment from a catholic lady that lives near by and when she showed up she said that she had a surprise for us and that surprise just so happened to be a Catholic Priest! haha Elder Wasden and I looked at each other with the look of "Oh boy here we go" this lady has been known for trying to convert the elders to Catholicism. In fact she even told us that. anyway as our lesson went on, we were talking about each of our religions and we were answering all of the questions that they had. I learned so much about the catholic church and have a whole new level of respect for its members. they were so kind and so open to what they had to say and were willing to answer all of our questions that we had as well. Its so cool when two religions can find common ground on having a love for our savior Jesus Christ. this week we also had another chance to read through the book of Mormon with one of our investigators named Andrew! he is such a stud and has such a love for the gospel. we hope that we can get him baptized here soon so he can keep progressing! 

The spiritual thought that I want to share with all of you this week is to always remember to be an example to others around you. Many of us go through out life without knowing who is watching us and who is looking up to us. so I as we keep our thoughts and our actions pure, we can be that light and that role model to help others find their way through their trials.

I love you all so much and hope you have an awesome week! look forward to hearing from you all!!

Elder Wilson

selfie in front of Poages landing days! super fun carnival that lasted all weekend! lots of ITL

ITL=Invite to Learn

haha gotta get a selfie with Donald!!

Cant go wrong with a nice mug of homemade root beer!! 

Late night selfie with my trainer(dad)

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So my letter from Robbie had this little bit that I though was good showing how the Missionaries are protected.

"I also got to hear gunshots go off about 5 blocks from where I was so that was pretty exciting. gotta love serving in the ghetto! I'm not too worried about it though because one of the biggest drug dealers that lives here says that we are family and will protect us no matter what so I'm pretty comfortable here. haha he also invited us to have dinner with them on Christmas. Which I assume would be pretty wild because the dude is a pretty crazy man! "