gran busqueda

hey family 

i hope all is going well with all of you;  things are going great over here! we are doing something new this week.  right now we are on the gran busqueda!!!! which means the great search. i actually enjoy it. it is a main thing to help us open up our mouths more and talk to more people. a fun thing that happened was while we were walking home  we ran into a man and said hi and started sharing with him. he ended up being a member who served his mission here in paraguay about 15 years ago. we started talking and i randomly asked him "Hey, did you meet or know an Elder Christensen when you were on  your mission?" his eyes opened up and said Yes! i told him that Oliver is my cousin and we started talking about the great O. the guy was Elder Suarez. Oliver got to know him when he was an assistant. Oliver would call themselves "padre e hijo" just shows how you can find so many small world connections on the other end of the globe. (tell O about that experience please)

this last week the cold has come in. this morning i could see my breath, at night i sleep with two blankets, and i walk around with a coat all day. my guess is that most of you want to know how cold it is. well its normally in the 50s and 60s . i know kinda sad i have lost my minnesotan skin. its ok though the Lord humbles us in multiple ways hahaha. 

this last week we met a man named Bartolo. he is a construction worker who lives in a very humble home by the river. he is wonderful a great guy and we have shared with him 2 times. it was great because the first lesson that we had he asked us where our church was, if he could go this sunday, and if we could come and walk with him. can you say miracle of awesomeness!!!!! that was something honestly we needed to boost us up and the Lord blessed us. he came with us this sunday and it was amazing he really liked it and we are going to visit him on tues. 

I've been thinking alot about the interview that i had with president callan. whenever i have had an interview with him i write down notes on the main things that we talk about. it is really interesting how i was able to learn more about them and ponder them all through this last few weeks. i know that those interviews are just sources of revelation. everything that we have talked about i have been studying and have seen about me. its so amazing the progress that one has on the mission. in the next couple of weeks one of my closest friends here on the mission Elder Rios of Jujui Argentina is finishing his mission. when i look at the time that has passed and how i was the first time that i met him and how i am now the change has been so crazy and really amazing and such a blessing. I got to do divisions with him and it was great. we flow perfectly together when we teach and we are best of friends and it was just a great exchange.

last, but definitely not least, i want to say how grateful i am for Mom and Dad. they are celebrating their anniversary (sc)!! i am so grateful for you guys and your wonderful examples of an eternal marriage. thank you so much for raising me in this gospel it is changing my life everyday. i am so grateful for your love and patience. when we are here we see the situations that we put our parents in. we have a young priest who is fixed on going on a mission and is amazing and he has been asked to go to parties that are mehhh and his mom has said no to it. i told him how my mom told me that her main goal was to get me on a mission that she was willing to do anything to help me get on my mission. well I'm here today in beautiful paraguay (rhymed) and i love it the mission changes you and it helps you look through a different light and is just amazing you cant describe it.

i love the gospel, i love most of all my Father in Heaven and His Son Jesus Christ my Savior and Redeemer. i love you all and am so grateful for you!

love

elder wilson