hey family!!!!

hope you all have just had an amazing week full of great things and miracles all about. we had a great week. work wise we were beat. we had to cover a lot of ground this last week which gave my companion some bad blisters but still he is a capo (champ) and worked it all through. we thought a lot about why we are here in Coronel Oviedo at this time. its a very crucial time here. next month two of the districts (c. oviedo and ca´aguazu) will be combined and 4 of the branches will then become two here in oviedo. 6 missionaries in every branch. so we are part of making it a smooth transition. we honestly really really want to baptize. have been working hard to help people take the steps so that they can be baptized into Christs true church. after working all week long we went out sunday still working. just another testimony about finishing. our last two lessons were great. one was with a guy and his girlfriend. he has gone to church 4 or 5 times and moved right before his baptism. we commited him and his future wife for the 26th. we are going to be working with them all week to help them prepare. one of the biggest miracles was our last visit sunday night. earlier on in the week we talked to some yard workers and one of them is a cuban who is married to a paraguayan and living here. we went over and had an incredible lesson with him. cubans are awesome!!!!! it was so incredible to watch the spirit work within him. we talked about baptism and one of his comments was incredible he said "so when we are born from our mothers we are born physically, and we are baptized that is when we can be cleaned and be born again spiritually." me and elder lamb just looked at one another and said "yep, thats pretty much it." in his prayer he asked God to help him prepare himself for his baptism on the 2 of feb. just a huge miracle and a tender mercy of the Lord.

i learned a ton this week about conversion and the need of not just reading the scriptures but actually studying the scriptures. the last two days i have focused on studying specific topics like faith and covenants and i have learned so much more about those two topics in the last couple of days than i have learned in the last couple of months. having faith in Christ is so incredible how it goes with action. if we truly have faith in Christ we will repent. it was really cool to see the connection of those two topics and also how when Christ came how the covenants were renewed and how we the new and higher law and covenant were established like how before the focus on the sabbath day was sanctifying that day and now it is more focused around the sacrament, and how before you would do sacrifices and how now you sacrifice your own will through repentance and giving yourself to him through repentance. all a new and higher law. soooooooo incredible but so little time to write.

i finished the Book of Mormon again this last week and i asked God if it was true. He DID answer me and i know and testify of its truthfulness. it was nothing wowzy or big just a still peaceful yet firm feeling. i know this is Christ true church and im so blessed to be apart of this work.

love you all and thank you for what you do.

Elder Wilson

Pictures:

1. Campo i´te!!! There was nothing

2. Me in the campo i´te

3. Elder Pastuls last consejo de lideres gona miss mi chiquitito a great missionary and a eternal friend

4. So guess what you may take the Wilson Lawn Care from the man, but you can NEVER take the man from Wilson Lawn Care

5. Big bug with Juan (recent convert) and Manuel

6. The family except Manu. Hector and Florentina. super active in the gospel just flying and waiting for their divorce in 5 months to be baptised