March 19, 2018

THIS LIFE is the time

Hey Y'all!

Another week has come and gone and just like that we are more than half way through the transfer. Hard to believe how fast the time is flying by! This transfer has been like the blink of an eye. I can't wrap my mind around how fast time is going by. This past week was a really good one though. We accomplished a lot and had a lot of fun doing it!

So we found out last Monday from Jacob that he was behind on rent and that if he didn't pay it in full in 10 days that he was going to have to go back to jail.. it was really startling to all of us cause he was doing so good with everything and decided he wanted to stop smoking and then out of know where Satan comes a long and BOOM he finds him self in a ditch. So we said a prayer together to find a means where we could help him pay his rent and I was reminded about the church welfare program. after talking to bishop brown we were able to find a way to help him out this month so that he could have more time to find a second job. I sure am grateful to be apart of the everlasting gospel that is here to better others lives and help others find the true meaning of faith in Christ. That experience truly did strengthen my testimony in not only the power of prayer, but he power that charity has in ones life. Jacob came to church yesterday and is still super pumped to be baptized! 

We were also able to have another one of our investigators, Virginia, come to church. haha she is such a sweet lady and came strollin' in rocking a huge cross haha it was pretty funny, but she enjoyed the service. Unfortunately we weren't able to meet with Mike this past week because he was feeling under the weather which also kept him from making it to church. So pray that he will be able to make it this next week! 

We also got to go on exchanges with the Phillippi Elders which was a lot of fun! I got to go with elder Cornwall haha I love that kid. He's looking to play ball for Dixie when he gets home so we had a lot in common and a lot to talk about as you could imagine. You get two baseball players together that have never met and they become brothers in the first two hours haha. Love that guy!!

Yesterday was a pretty fun day haha we had church then went over and spent some time with one of our investigator families The Swigers and hung out with him and his baseball team for a little bit and right before his practice he introduced us to all of his players parents and told them to let us in there homes so we could teach them haha hes a great guy and will be a wonderful member missionary some day! after that we went to a dinner appointment and then we taught Jacob and he proceeded to teach us how to make homemade mustard gas and napalm ha so that was pretty funny. After we were leaving our appointment with Jacob I was walking behind Elder Garrett and slapped him on the back of the head and he thought it was someone else so he got super heated and almost turned around and decked me haha it was really funny.. You had to be there to understand..

For my spiritual thought I want to share another scripture from the Book of Mormon. 

Alma 34: 32

32 For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors.

Remember that we cant become perfect over night and that God doesn't expect us to be perfect tomorrow. He never expects us to be perfect in this life. But he has given us our LIFE to become like him. So if your struggling with something right now that doesn't seem possible to overcome, remember that you have your whole life and then some to work on that and become better. The Savior is beckoning to us to come unto him, listen to his call, use the atonement each and every day and trust in the Father's plan. I love you all and hope you have a great week!! 

Elder Robbie Wilson

Gotta do some indoor golfing this week at a members.. that was sweet!

God looks to live in West Virginia!