Elder Robbie Wilson

June 19, 2017

Days, Weeks, Months, Years

Hey Y'all!!

My oh my what a week it has been! Not gonna lie this past week was one of the slowest weeks that I have had in a long time.. I don't know what it was but man it was long. I sure did learn a lot though. I also came to realize that sometimes you just gotta learn to keep things to yourself and realize that the one person that you can always trust and look to is heavenly father. I'm grateful for his love and for the sacrifice of his son that has blessed my life so many different times and so many different ways. The Atonement truly is Gods greatest gift to his children!

Thought his past week was pretty long we had a lot of fun. Earlier this week we got to help one of the young men in the ward work on his eagle scout project which was a great time. I learned how to shingle cedar roofing so that should come in handy some day.. I'm not sure when but hey who knows right? A funny moment from this week was we were helping at the food pantry and Elder Basteen and Elder Crouch had the wonderful idea to eat Chile peppers and when we did Elder Basteen was legit crying and Elder Crouch threw up and I just sat there laughing because they were both being soft haha, I guess some people can handle their heat a little more than others can lol.

So earlier this week I was feeling a little stuffy because my allergies were starting to kick up a little bit and I sounded a lot sicker than I really was, and we had a lesson with Brenda who is a new investigator that we picked up a couple weeks back and when we showed up I started talking to her and she freaked out and said "why in blue blazes are you sick?!" "and why didn't you tell me?!" hah so the rest of the week she has called me every night to make sure that I'm taking my vitamins and allergy pills so that I feel better haha. thought it was pretty cool. she truly has turned into my Grandma away from home! I sure have come to love her.

Today we got to go golfing with one of the Investigators in Vinton 2's area which was a lot of fun. Jim is a great guy and its only days until he finally decides to be baptized. He is a great guy and has a great heart. I love being able to get to know him and teaching him when I get the chance to on exchanges!

Needless to say things here are going pretty good. I'm grateful for the opportunity that I have to continue to serve in Vinton. For my spiritual though this week I wanna share something that one of our members in the ward named Brother Hodge shared in his lesson during priesthood yesterday. He share a quote that really hit me and has actually made me step back and look at my self. He said "Hell is when the man you are, meets the man you could have become." The reason why I like this is because its so easy for us to cut corners or to take the easy way out. But the Gospel is meant to be followed by obedience and exactness. There are 3 points that if we follow we will full fill Gods will for us;

1.Be Obedient

2.Do what you are told to do

3.Ask what you can do to help.

as we do these things we will live happy and free lives. I promise you guys that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is here to free us from wordily sorrow. I have seen it time and time again. I want to invite you all to take a step back and look at ways that you can become a better person this week. God never said it'd be easy, he only said it'd be worth it!

I love you all and hope you guys have a great week!!!

Elder Wilson