November 21, 2016

Hey you beautiful children of god!

Hey guys! how are things going? things out here are going great. this letter might be a little short just because I emailed you a few days ago so don't cry if its not what you hope its going to be.. Ill try my hardest;)

Well I have my new companion, his name is Elder Stephens and he is from a small town in central Utah called Fairview, he is super musically talented and has an opportunity to play for Disney when he returns home! he is super awesome and we have already had a great time together! this next transfer will be a blast!

This past week has been super amazing/cold/busy/cold/awesome/cold. we taught a lot of lessons and saw a lot of growth out of each one of our investigators. its super cool to see how the spirit changes peoples lives for the better! this week Brother Ray Rubaker will be entering into the waters of baptism and will become an official member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! He is doing so well and couldn't more excited! this Sunday we also had the Sumter family at church again! they are truly doing all they can to walk better lives and its so cool to see the change come from it. This past week they both told us that they are ready to quit smoking so that they can be baptized before the year is over! it was so awesome and I'm so excited to help them through their journey!

This upcoming week is going to be great as well. tomorrow we have a mission conference and we get to hear from one of the general authorities which will be super awesome. I'm so excited to see some of the other missionaries too! then on Wednesday we are being fed by the Sumter's for thanksgiving which is always a blessing because CJ makes some of the best food ever, they truly feel like my family away from home, its so amazing. and then on Thursday we are being fed by two different families which will be awesome because hey who doesn't love food right? then on Saturday is Rays baptism! its gonna be such a great week and wow I cant wait!!

For my spiritual thought I wanna talk about building a foundation on Jesus Christ. In Helaman 5:12 we read that if we have a strong foundation in the lord and in the gospel that we will be able to stand anything that the adversary throws at us. I know this to be true because as we go through life we can experience alot of different temptations/trials/addictions but no matter what the case, if we have a strong faith and love for Jesus Christ we can make it through each of those things and can become cleansed through the atonement and can build upon our foundation. I love you all so much and want each of you to know that you all have had a great role in my life. I'm grateful for ALL of you this week. I hope each of you have a great week and stay safe!!

Love

Elder Wilson

We got to go to the festival of trees here which was awesome!

An amazing train set that was built, took them five days to set it up!

The theatre, this is in the Paramount which is a super old and historical theatre!

My favorite tree(:

Me and Elder Stephens!

The Ashland bandwagon!