Elder Robbie Wilson

February 13, 2017

Virginia is for Lovers

Hey ya'll!

Well what a crazy five days its been! The drive out here to Vinton was super long! we left Charleston at 11 and I didn't get here until about 5 o'clock! It was super long but I got to see a lot of beautiful country which was awesome. Cant complain about that right? The area is awesome though we are right next to down town Roanoke which is the biggest city in the mission! it reminds me a lot of SLC which is always nice :)

So leaving Ashland was a lot harder than I expected it to be! Saying good by to everyone who I had grown to love definitely wasn't as easy as I thought it was going to be. One of the greatest things about being a missionary is getting to meet such wonderful people. But having to say goodbye is easily the worst part. I just look forward to the day that I get to go back to the wonderful land of Ashland KY! That area will always have a piece of my heart!

Since I wrote you guys only a couple of days ago and since I haven't been in the area for too long I don't have a lot to write about but I promise my letter next week will be better!

For my spiritual thought this week I wanna talk about what I learned in Stake Conference this past weekend! So last Saturday night we had the wonderful opportunity to go to the adult session of stake conference and listen to one of the 70's speak. Elder Paul Sinclair (who is a fantastic speaker) told a story that stuck out to me in his talk. He was telling a story about how he was going white water rafting down a river and when he was preparing for it he noticed on the packing list it said to bring a rain jacket. He said he thought that was weird because he knew he was going to get wet so why should he wear one anyway? Well he decided that he would just bring it anyway just to see what happens. Well while he was on the raft he got soaked right away so he decided to ask the guide why he was asked to bring one if he just gets wet any way. The guide laughed and said that it wasn't to keep him dry, but instead it was to keep him warm while he had water splashing all over him! He than began to mention how this is a lot like how heavenly father blesses us. We are expecting it to be in one certain way and we hope that its the way we want it to come. But sometimes we are too prideful to look for the blessings that heavenly father things are more important for us at that time. It was a great point because I know that we as people do it all the time. So I want to challenge all of you to try your best and look for ways that heavenly father has blessed you differently than you thought he would and THANK him for it. as you do so you will notice the many blessings that heavenly father has given you in your life. I love you all and hope you have a great weeek!!

Elder Wilson