Elder Robbie Wilson

December 12, 2016

Christmas is in the Air

Hello Friends and Family!!

How are ya'll doing? I hope you all had a great week and are enjoying the Christmas season as much as I am out here In KY!!

This past week was pretty great as usual! We had some snow for the first time so that was wonderful, It made me want to frolic and play the Eskimo way ;) haha it was awesome though. this past week Elder Stephens and I worked out butts off. I think that's why the week went by so fast. hard to believe we are only 2 weeks away from Christmas, or should I say Skypemas ;) haha I'm excited to see my awesome family!

Well to start off Ray Brubaker my recent convert was able to be ordained to the office of a priest yesterday and receive the Aaronic priesthood which was amazing! we were also able to do the same thing for Zack Gibson! he was baptized right before I got to Ashland! now we just have to get both of them to the temple! I love helping these two awesome guys make there way down the path of righteousness. its such a great job :)

This week we were also able to pick up a new investigator!! her name is Rhonda Yates. She is the nicest lady I have ever met. We taught her the restoration and she loved it. she said that it made a lot of sense that god would keep his church the same through out time. She recently has lost a lot of family members and had a lot of questions as of to why she lost them and where they will go and all that stuff so this Wednesday we are going to teach her about the plan of salvation which I think will help answer a lot of her questions which will be great!! But of course it will be the spirit that will do that for us. meanwhile she will be praying to know that what we are teaching is true through prayer and reading the book of Mormon. Its great :)

The Sumters are half way through their Stop Smoking Work Shop and they are doing great!! Today is their 4th day of it which is the toughest day of the whole thing so if they can make it through today they can make it to the end and be done with smoking!! Once they are done with this they should be able to be baptized!! I'm so proud of them! they were both telling me that when they get sealed in the temple that they want to do it in Utah so that I can be there for it which was really awesome!! I love them so much!

Fun Christmas miracle, Elder Stephens LOVES Starwars, and this week we had to run to Walmart to grab a few things and we decided to walk down the Starwars aisle to look at the new toys for the new movie that is coming out. as we were walking down the aisle I looked at the top of the shelf to see a HUMAN SIZED STORM TROOPER HELMET. So I reached up there and grabbed it and showed Elder Stephens and he started to freak out, and it wasn't in a box and he was curious to see how much it cost, so when we got a price check on it the walmart employee said that they didn't sell those and he told us to just take it.. we looked at the price online and they are sold for 60$ and we got it for free haha it was freaking great! talk about tender mercies right?!

This week for my spiritual thought I want to talk about what I learned in Zone Conference. President Saulisbury talked alot about the rod of Iron in Lehi's vision and how there were those who Clang to the rod and those who held fast to the rod. We notice that in the chapter that those who clinged to the rod lost their way and were ashamed for following Christ because of what others had to say about them. Those who held fast to the rod were able to remember why they were doing so and were able to partake of the fruit. The reason why this stuck with me so hard is because its so easy for all of us to cling to the rod and make excuses or get caught up in everyday life and we notice that we grow further and further away from Christ. but when we hold fast to the rod we are able to remember what our goal is here on earth and we come to know god and Jesus Christ more and we are able to feel their love for us. So my challenge for you guys this week is to evaluate your self and look for the areas that you are clinging and do your best to hold fast and be better! I love you all and hope you guys have a great week!!!!!

Elder Wilson