December 26th, 2017

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Y'all! :)

I can now officially say that I will be home for Christmas haha, Hard to believe that next Christmas I will be home with the fam bam again! Crazy how fast time flies. This past week was a good one! We had MLC which was a lot of fun cause I got to see a lot of my mission buddies that I came out with! After MLC we had exchanges with the AP's which was a lot of fun. I went with Elder Willie and all we did was tract sooooo ya what a time right? haha no it was good we were able to talk to a lot of people and share a lot of the light the world cards. Its funny to see peoples reactions when you go to hand them a card. Some of them thought it was going to condemn their soul if we gave it to them cause we aren't real "Christians" I guess haha. we just laughed and told them a little bit about our message. It was a fun exchange though! Elder Willie is a good guy, He reminds me a lot of my self. 

This past week we also had Garth Beck Jr's baptism!! It was a great service. I love being able to be apart and witness someone entering into the waters of baptism. The spirit is always so strong and always so confirming letting me know that this truly is the Lords kingdom again on the earth. What a remarkable opportunity I have to be able to bring others back into it! Garth was confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day saints on Sunday and had an amazing glow about him! I'm so excited for him and wahat he has in store for his future!

This Sunday I was also lucky enough to give one of the recent converts here, Brother Sam Wimer the priesthood!! I felt so honored that he asked me to do that. I can honestly say that, that was the first time I have ever felt the spirit put words into my mouth of what I needed to say. It was a testimony strengthening experience for sure! 

Things out here are going pretty good! We are working hard and loving every minuted of it. We have been having some good success, and we are really enjoying our time together here in Clarksburg. I feel truly blessed to have Elder Dutson as my Companion. Hes the man! 

I hope you all have a happy New year. Think of some goals that will make you stretch and become your best self this year. Remember there is no growth in a comfort zone and there is no comfort in a growth zone. Set goals and report them to heavenly father so he can help you reach them this new year! I love you all and hope you have a great week!! stay safe :)

Elder Wilson

The Exchange;)

Baptism

MLC

December 18, 2017

Merry CHRISTmas!

Hey Y'all.

Well another fast week in the books! hard to believe that next week is already Christmas. Feels like just yesterday I was up at Mack and Abbie's house skyping my family and now I'm getting ready to do it all over again! crazy how fast the this year has gone by.

Things here are going really good. Caleb and Stephanie came to church again this week and really liked it. Things are really starting to look uphill for them so I'm pretty excited for that. we are going to be putting them on date this week for baptism so hopefully all goes well there. This past week we taught them the Plan of Salvation and they really liked it!

We also had Nathaniel at church this past Sunday which was a lot of fun haha, the kid is so funny. Reminds me a lot of Kaydon when he was a kid, just super energetic and super random ahah it makes me feel like I'm home again. yesterday we had a lesson at his house and his older brother Charles came in and sat down during the lesson and started participating in the lesson so that was a pretty big step. our end goal is to get the whole family together so we can work toward getting them all baptized so they can be sealed as a family. Its cool to see how when one joins the rest begin to feel compelled to see what this Gospel is all about. All I can say is nothing happens by chance!

We had exchanges with both sets of elders this past week which was a lot of fun haha. Its always a blessing to get to work with other missionaries and see how they go about the work. Being a Zone Leader is a huge blessing in that aspect.

Things are going really good out here. I'm enjoying my mission every day and have really come to appreciate the true meaning of Christmas this year. I want you all to focus this week on a way that you can bring the true meaning of Christmas to someones home this year. Its right around the corner so you better get going on it!! I love you all and hope you have a good week! Don't forget about me this Christmas season :)

Elder Wilson

December 11, 2017

14 Days till Christmas

Hey Y'all! 

Holy cow can you believe that Christmas is only 2 weeks away?! I have no idea where the time is going but it sure is flying by. I need to buckle down and get ready for the months to only go faster and faster.. I sure am stoked to see my family again on Christmas day :)

Things here in Clarksburg are going really well! we were able to get Stephanie and Caleb to the church for a church tour this past week and then they came to church!! it was awesome to see them there. They were really worried about how their girls were going to act during sacrament but they were little angels the whole time :) and luckily they came on a Sunday where I got to speak and one of the members of the stake high council spoke, and it was all focused on looking through the saviors eyes! so it was a great Sunday for them to go for the first time :) our other investigators are doing really good as well. Nathaniel is doing really good and is really excited for his baptism, He said that he wants to grow up to be a missionary so that was really cool to hear. He will be a great missionary some day :) 

This week we also had our Christmas Zone Conference which was amazing. It was so great to be with President and Sister Lindhardt. They are such an inspiration to me and know how to motivate/inspire me to be better everyday! Elder Dutson and I have set some serious goals and created a vision that we hope to accomplish not only in our area but in our zone as well. One thing that stuck out to us the most is that we need to Qualify to use the Book of Mormon as a tool in our life. If we aren't doing our part then its not going to have the full affect in our work. I want to be able to say that I qualify for the converting power of the Book of Mormon. I look forward to stretching my self and making our vision a reality!!

I hope you are all doing your best to light the world this Christmas season. I want to invite you all to go on to mormon.org and watch the daily videos and see how you can help someone feel the Christmas spirit this year. There are many people who go with out love or with out the feeling of belonging during the Christmas season while you are being blessed. Look at people through the Saviors eyes this holiday season and reach out and help someone feel the warmth of the light of Christ. It will make this holiday season a special one for you. I love you all and hope you have a great week!!!!!

Elder Wilson

we painted some nerf guns ;)

carpet selfie :)

Car Selfie :)

Our Christmas Tree

mine and elder Dutsons tree :)

We got two bags of cookies and a cup of apple cider while tracting the other day :)

December 4, 2017

2/3 of the way done!

Hey Y'all!!

Wow can you believe that its already December?! It doesn't feel real to me. Last year at this time I was about to enter into my "Dark Year" and now here I am preparing to enter into my "Light year" Though I feel like those two names should be switched around. Hard to believe that 2018 is only a month away... Time sure does fly, Just makes me recognize how much harder I need to be working!! I'm excited for the last 8 months of my mission. I'm so ready to put all of my experience and knowledge to the test!

So my new area is Clarksburg WV! Its my first time serving in West Virginia on my mission so its been fun to see how different WV is compared to VA haha the grid system in this state looks like someone took a pencil and just scribbled everywhere its hilarious. My new companion is the one and only mission legend Elder Dutson! He is a great guy and is a great example of a good leader. He motivates me to be better and to work hard everyday. I knew him when we were in the MTC so we have been good buds since day one of the mission so I'm pretty excited to get to work with him! This area just had 5 baptisms this past transfer so we have to start from ground 0 again but we are excited to get after it this transfer. We have already seen miracles in just the past 3 days. Yesterday while we were at church we were both fasting for new people to teach and prepare for baptism and right before 3rd hour of church one of the members came up to us and said that he wants us to teach his son so he can be baptized by the end of the month, so that was a huge miracle. Then later Sunday night I got to meet an investigator family that have been taught for a couple months, they were great people and told us why they started to learn with the missionaries, they said that they are looking for a church that they can be apart of and get there two little girls into. so we set up a church tour for them this Saturday so that they can get a feel of the chapel and what we do every Sunday. then hopefully they will attend church with us the following day! that was miracle number two! and then later Sunday night we went and taught a recent convert and his son who is super Hyper and crazy and we had a bomb lesson with him and put him on date for January 27th which Elder Dutson said they had been trying to do for the longest time but could never get him to settle down for lessons. so we have had 3 miracles in just one day. I love this area so much already haha I'm more than excited to get after it this transfer!

Other than that not much change has happened haha, we have Zone Conference this weekend which I'm pretty pumped for, we get to teach during the meeting so that should be fun and interesting but it will be a good learning experience for sure. Growth is always a good thing!

I hope all of you are doing things everyday to light the world and be a Christ like example to those around you. The Christmas season is a great time to get out and serve other people and to bring the spirit of Christmas into every ones life. I love you all and hope you have a good week. Stay safe and remember Christmas is only 20 days away!!

Elder Wilson

Wonderful Grandma Deanna!

Christmas Sweaters

My boy Micheal the tattoo artist!

The Nichols family!!

Sweet Grandma Ruth!

Denise!! shes a Wilson :)

 

Saw Elder Hanson :)

The parsons!

Some of the fellas at transfers!