October 31, 2016

Hey Ya'll!

Wow what a week its been! remember the letter last week how I told you guys that we lost contact with most of our investigators? well this week we were able to get them all back! we got in contact with Keith foster again and got him back on track for baptism. I love when people realize how much happiness the gospel brings into their life and how it can act as a protection for them during the hard times! this past week we also were able to pick up another new investigator! His name is Ray Rubaker! he has been investigating the church for the past month and is really loving the discussions. He was at church with us yesterday and looked so awesome! everyone really liked him which helps us out because it gets him excited to be a member. Hopefully we can get him to enter the waters of baptism here soon!

Things are going great here in Ashland KY! hard to believe that I only have two more weeks left of being trained! feels like I just got here yesterday, and now I probably only have 1 more transfer here! Missions truly are a blessing and I have already grown in so many ways since I have been here. I can't wait to see what is in store for the coming months!

My spiritual thought this week is a short one, but is of great importance. this week I wanna talk a little on the Book of Mormon. Since I am serving as what is known as the bible belt, many people have questions as to what the "Mormon Bible" is. So what is the Book of Mormon? We believe that the this book is another testament of Jesus Christ. We believe that it goes hand in hand with the Holy Bible and that it is not there to take away from anything, but is there to help support and give direction and answer questions. The Book of Mormon is about God's people here in the Americas. In the bible Jesus Christ mentions "Other sheep that are not of this fold." well the people that we read about in the Book of Mormon, are those other sheep. If Heavenly Father loves all of his children, then doesn't it make sense that he would spread his gospel across the world? makes sense doesn't it? In the introduction to the Book of Mormon in the bottom two paragraphs we are given two promises. The first one being that if we read this book with pure intent to find out if its true, and seek for an answer, that we will receive it and will be blessed for searching for it. The second promise is if we know that the Book of Mormon is true, then we know that the church of Christ has been restored, we know that Joseph Smith is a man of God, and we know that Jesus Christ is the Savior and Redeemer of the world today. I want to challenge all of you to read the Book of Mormon, and to seek for your self if it is true. I know that as you do that you not only will be blessed for it, but that you will receive and undeniable answer. I love the Book of Mormon so much and am so grateful for the comfort, peace, and guidance it has brought into my life!!

I love you all so much and hope you all have a great week!(:

Elder Wilson

The fog was cool.. and so am I(;

Another selfie I guess haha

One of the last car selfies with elder wasden..

The amazing colors!