Elder Robbie Wilson

August 7, 2017

21 Years Later

Hey Y'all

Well what a week its been! This past week was filled with celebration and good laughs! Definitely a week for the books! But I have a feeling that this next week will top it!

I guess to start off I just wanna say thanks to everyone who wished me Happy Birthday! It really does mean a lot! Hard to believe that next year at this time ill be getting ready to walk off the plane. I still feel green haha. I still have a lot to get done in this next year! But my birthday was a good one. We spent some time with a family in the ward called the Caldwell's and we had one of our investigators over so it was a pretty good birthday! Two down one more to go right?

So this past week was filled with some good lessons! on Monday we went over and taught Jennifer and her brother Lincoln. they are both great people and have a desire to learn. During the lesson we were teaching about baptism and Jennifer looks up really quick and says "I want that super bad" It was pretty cool. I just hope that she will keep that conviction and desire to follow Christ and be baptized. Right now her only day off is Monday so hopefully she will be able to make it to church sooner or later!

Thursday was my year mark and that was a pretty fun day! we went and taught an investigator named Monty Hanks! He lives out in Hillsville but he is a great guy! He loves talking about Jesus Christ and knows his bible pretty well. He has a cousin who is a member that really pushes him to read and learn from the missionaries. He's already reading through the Book of Mormon for the second time! its crazy! He has some health issues that hes trying to overcome but he really wants to come to church and be baptized so pray that he will be able to make it to church and wont be in too much pain!!

Saturday night we had dinner with an investigator who gives tattoos haha he offered to give me one and I'll be honest I have never been so tempted in my life.... But don't worry I didn't get one... I thought about getting on across my chest that said LDS LYFE but I decided not too.. But you could imagine what it'd be like if I did right mom? ;) haha hes a good guy though, we had a lot of really good talks and I got to know him pretty well!

Sunday was my B-Day and like I said already it was a pretty good day! but we are pretty excited for this week. Every year in Galax they have a huge convention called the Fiddlers Convention where people come in from all over to compete in Blue Grass and we got free tickets to go so we are pretty pumped about that!! and Friday we have exchanges with the Zone Leaders :)

For my spiritual thought this week I wanna talk a little bit about the importance of the Holy Ghost.. Yesterday a kid in the ward who was recently baptized bore his testimony and compared the gospel to a bowl of macaroni and cheese. He talked about how when a noodle falls out of the bowl that it gets cold and will sometimes lose its flavor, but when it gets put back in the bowl it warms back up and gets its flavor back. He likened this to the gospel that when we fall away from the gospel we tend to lose the warmth and the comfort of the Holy Ghost and can lose our flavor for the gospel, but when we come back Heavenly Father is going to give us the same warmth and protection as if we had never left. I loved this comparison so much because it is so true!! This gospel and having the gift of the Holy Ghost really does bring happiness in this life. So if your a cold noodle... COME BACK TO THE BOWL! In there lies happiness and cheesy goodness. I love you all and hope you guys have a great week!

Elder Wilson