Happy Memorial Day

Hey family!!!!

well this last week was an absolute miracle week. we received so many mercies and blessing from the Lord. In the zone we had a ton of miracles. in the plans for this last week no one was getting baptized (that was on monday). this last week there were three baptisms in the zone!!! what a miracle!!! we are receiving so many blessings.

a fun thing is that ever since i got here for the first week or so i was sneezing a ton. don't know why but now its gone so tis ok. we were in a super spiritual lesson and i just felt a sneeze fest coming on. i said a little prayer asking God to help me stop sneezing so that i wouldn't be a distraction and the investigators could stay focused on the spirit that they were feeling. it was so amazing because immediately right after -  my sneezing was gone and for the rest of the night as well. just shows more and more how God answers our prayers and helps us out in so many ways we just have to recognize it. i know that God answers our prayers and i am so grateful for that. 

we had such a miracle when we on divisions. i went to an area called fernando de la mora to be with elder altoff (Missouri KC and yes he knows about arthur bryants) the area has been having a few struggles in the last few months so we went there with the mentality of we are finding someone today who is going to be baptized on saturday. we went around inviting everyone to be baptized being bold and calling them to enter into the Lords fold. it was amazing all of the miracles that we had and continue having. we then went to our last visit with a man whose only difficulty was tithing. we explained to to him and a miracle happened that he had received an answer and at the end of the lesson he said "so elder altoff, when is my baptism?" what an amazing miracle!!!! 


my companion is helping me so much to reach my potential as a missionary. we are becoming more and more focused on being challenging and testifying missionaries. to invite everyone to come to Jesus Christ by being baptized into his true church.

this is the lords work and i am so grateful for it. sorry that this is a short email but i pray that it helps one of you in some way today and for this week. The mission is changing my life. i have a vision for who i want to become and what God expects of me. I am so grateful for the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and that i am His representative. how great is my calling. I would like to invite you all to invite someone to hear the gospel. if not now, when? if not us, who? this is His gospel and Christ is coming and we must help prepare our brothers and sisters to meet Him.

i love you all and am so grateful for all that you do!!!!

love

Elder Wilson

Pictures
1. me and elder schone
2. pizza party sooooooooo good
3. dead shoes
4 dead shoes part 2

HEY! from Ka´aguyrory!

Hey family!!!! hope all is going wonderful! i was so happy and am so grateful that i got to chat with you all for a little bit the other day! it was just amazing! so after being in beautiful Sajonia for the last 6 months i have now changed to Ka´aguyrory (kah-ah-gweh-ro-reh) i'll help you all out how to say it later on. i'm still here in beautiful Asuncion and still loving it. this area is really close to my first area of San Isidro and 3 bocas. my new companion is Elder Schone from St. George utah. he is amazing! we click very well and are so excited to work and see miracles here in Ka´aguyrory!!!! we have already seen a ton this last week!!!! we live with the APs who are both my old district leaders from back in the day. its such a blessing to be with them because they are truely two missionaries that i really look up to. we share a ward with them and it is an amazing ward. we aren't close to the river we are closer to the office who is in our zone and its kinda suburb all really flat. lots of empedrado which is killing my current shoes which is awesome hahaha. the members here are all great and everything is going to well. i love the mission it is amazing!!! you are able to see the gospel touch lives and see the Lord hand everywhere!!! ill be sending you a picture of Elder Schone in the next email! Its so amazing because in such a short time of like 5 days here i have learned a lot. been growing a lot in how i plan and how i work. making sure to plan and work not only hard but with eficaz (i think efficiently is the word but im not sure). im grateful to be apart of the lords work and to be out here in paraguay it is such a huge blessing. i want to give a special shout out to mom becuase i forgot to put one in the last one. sorry forgetful son. mom has honestly helped form me into the missionary and man that i am today. she is so amazing and i cant describe it in words. i am so grateful that i can be with her for the eternities in my eternal family!!! love you all and you and all in our prayers!!! love Elder Wilson

Mother's Day

The photos come from our screen shots of Elder Parker while we had our Mother's Day phone call. We had a brief letter as well.

Hey!!! 

Wow this week was full of miracles and awesomeness!!!! we got to do two divisions this week when normally that is not something that helps out a whole ton it did. i was able to be with Elder Izurieta from Argentina who just started his mission and Elder Dyches from Arizona who is our zone leader. they are both incredible elders and i learned so much from them.

we had stake conference this last Sunday and they touched multiple points which i loved.  a mom read a phrase that her son, who is on the mission, said to her in an email and honestly they are wonderful words. "In the way that we treat the Lord's desires, He will treat ours" i hope it makes sense, in spanish its clearer. "En la manera que tratemos los asuntos del Señor, Él tratara nuestros asuntos" It is so true. On the mission many missionaries worry about what is at home, many young men here are worrying about leaving school, work, girlfriend, fam, and other things. I know that if we truly put this statement into practice as advice that i have read from Blair and Lindsey just leave what is at home at home and focus on the Lord's work. He will take care of everything when you are gone. Another point that they talked about was having "The Vision". We need to have a vision for our mission. what we want to become, what our potential is, and what we are going to do to reach that vision. The Lord has already set His vision for us. We are to be as He is. To be like Him and the Father. On the mission we set goals as to literal numbers but also to actions or habits or different things. This must be applied to our daily lives if we wish to reach the vision that our Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ have for us. We must do the small things: daily scripture study, praying with real intent night and day, pay a full tithe, fulfill our callings, partake of the sacrament every week, all in all BE OBEDIENT. Obedience to the Lord's commandments is what will help us return to live with Him again. Obedience is the key to returning to our Father in Heaven again. 

I love the mission. I echo what Elder Holland has said it means everything to me. I am so blessed to have been here in Sajonia with Elder Norton and Elder Horton because during my time here i have not only made the turning point of my mission but of my life. My goal is set and my vision is clear. I will live with my Father and His son Jesus Christ again with my family for the eternities.

i love you all and pray for you every night

love

elder wilson

Zone Conference

Hey fam!!!

This last week has been a wonderful week. Here in paraguay we celebrated day of the worker (may Day) on Tuesday which was fun. on the same day we had zone conference. it was a great one. got to see some faces that i haven't seen in a while which was really nice and meet some new ones. It is pres. and hna callans last zone conference until they finish their missions next month. it was a great zone conference you can always learn so much and the spirit is there. we had some wonderful practices which were able to help me and my companion a whole bunch. my personal favorite part of the meeting 2was the testimony meeting that we had at the end. we got to hear around 40 or so testimonies which was just amazing the spirit was powerful. Pres. callan asked us all to bear our testimonies and have them be short direct power testimonies. it was amazing as i was sitting there contemplating what i could say. i was in the middle of the group so i had a bit of time to think. all i felt inside of me was that i had to say what i know. as missionaries that is what we do every day all day long testify. we also have been focusing on getting a better relationship with the members. we are trying to work with them more and more to help bring the love of sharing the gospel to the entire ward.

this is the last week of the change which is so crazy. I've been thinking a lot about finishing and how we gotta finish strong me individually, our companionship, our district, our zone, our mission. always being a finisher which is just so important. I'm getting into the part of Jesus the Christ when He is about to be crucified. it is so interesting how He had the power to stop everything and He always had the option to just give up, but for His love for us and His Father He finished the most important work known. He made it possible so that we can repent and live with our Father in Heaven again. He overcame both spiritual and temporal death. He is our Lord, Savior, Redeemer, and Advocate to the Father. I love Him and am so grateful for His sacrifice.

sorry its short and sweet this week.

love you all, pray for you daily

Elder Wilson





Pictures:
1. After Divisions Elder Horton, Elder Sevy (Idaho), Me, and Elder Rios (Jujui, Argentina)
2. Can i hear gourmet cook? ya we know how.