February 19, 2018

Holiness to the Lord

Hey Y'all 

What a week its been! This past week has probably been one of the most rewarding weeks of my mission! I have witnessed so many blessings/Miracles that have strengthened my testimony of the Gospel! I'm grateful to have a loving Father in heaven that is mindful of us and everything that we are going through. It truly does bring me peace and confidence in my self and in my everyday life. We found out that Elder Dutson will be getting transferred this week unfortunately.. I'm sad to see him go, hes blessed my mission/life in so many ways and I'm eternally grateful for that. I know hes going to tear it up in his next area just like he did here! Dudes a stud! 

So to start off the week... NATHANIEL IS BEING BAPTIZED! We were able to talk to Sam and Veronica (she's Nathaniel's Mom, the one that wouldn't let him be baptized earlier) and she said that she feels like he is ready for baptism and that its only fair that she lets him choose which church he joins!! So many prayers and fasting have finally payed off. Nathaniel will enter the waters of baptism this Wednesday! which is perfect because its right before Elder Dutson leaves to his new area!

On Tuesday we found a new investigator that will be our next baptism! We Taught Jacob the message of the Restoration and after the lesson he told us that he knew that the Book of Mormon was true and that he wanted to be baptized! So now we are helping him prepare to enter the waters of baptism as well. He came to church yesterday and the ward really opened up to him! he had a great experience and cant wait to come back next week. 

Another cool experience we had this week was while we were walking to one of our lessons we were stopped by a man that was working on a house that we were walking by and he called in to talk to him, when we walked in he just UNLOADED everything that he was going through and said "You guys have been called of God to do this so you better have my answer." we were both kind of in awe at first and a little dumb founded, we didn't know what to say but when we had a minute to think about it we were able to give him an answer that later brought him to tears. He was going to court and had a chance of going back to prison and losing his daughter who he held so dear to his heart. He was an amazing guy and you could tell that he was trying to change his life around. We shared a few scriptures out of the Book of Mormon and Bible with him that helped lead him to some answers, One that stood out to him the most was Alma 37:37 which tells us to counsel with the Lord in all that we do. I was trying to keep the tears in while I was reading it, The spirit was so strong and I know that we were able to help Micheal out that day. I love being able to bring light, and peace into peoples life as missionaries. I love being a difference maker! 

And to top off this amazing week we had the chance to go to the Washington D.C. Temple!!!! that was an amazing experience for sure. I never realized how big it was! haha I mean that things is HUGE! It felt so good to be able to clear my mind of all the stress and worries and just focus on the spirit that was there in the temple. I look forward to being able to go whenever I want when I get home. We don't realize how blessed we are in Utah to have temples all around us. Elder Dutson and I had the opportunity to do the baptizing for our Recent Converts. That truly was an amazing experience. I could feel the presence of their ancestors as they were baptized and brought back into the fold of God. The trip to the Washington D.C. Temple is something that I will always hold dear to my heart. I'm grateful that my heavenly father blessed me with such a great experience. It was crazy busy there too, one of the workers told us that 800 people received their own endowments that day. Crazy! We also saw 4 weddings that day...................... that made me low key trunky lol.

I want to invite you all to find time to go to the temple this week. Its the House of The Lord and the only place on earth that we can escape the craziness of our everyday life. We are blessed when we do missionary work for those people beyond the veil. For those of you who didn't have the opportunity to go on a mission, this is your chance to do missionary work. Take advantage of every minute that you can to go to the temple! Elder Dutson and I had the opportunity to bear our testimony in front of our stake in the temple and i'll leave with you what I left with them. I know that the temple can bring direction to our lives when we need it most and that they are here not only for us but for those who have moved on from this life. I know this is the Lords work and that he is hastening it in his own time. Do all you can to be apart of it!! 

I love you all and hope you have a great week, Sorry for the huge email. 

Elder Robbie Wilson

Washington DC Temple Trip