Have faith give your all, and the Lord will show His grace

Hey fam!!!

wow this week has just flown by. honestly every week on the mission has a million things that i can write to all of you about and tell you about all of the multiple miracles that are happening all over the place. today though i want to mainly focus on two things our first meeting with Pres. and Hna Agazzani, and the most stressful but miraculous(sc) day in the world.


Thursday we had the great opportunity of meeting Pres. Agazzani. It was two of the biggest zones in the mission us Zone 5 and Zone 4. It was nice because i was asked to direct the music and i have found it actually pretty fun directing the music. i have done it for most of my mission now and i very much enjoy it. The meeting was nothing big. Me and Elder Schone presented the zone and the numbers that we got this last month and what we are going to do as a zone to improve and see more baptisms. We then all presented ourselves. I just said my name is elder wilson I'm from chicago and next week humberto sandoval is going to be baptized. something short and simple. When pres. and hna agazzani went up you could just see the love that they have for this work and the desire they have to bring more of God's children to this gospel. Pres. Agazzani is the complete opposite of Pres. Callan. they are both spiritual giants and amazing. he is a super funny guy and you can see the love that he has and the vision that he has for the mission which is baptize twice as much.

so this last week Nestor and Mirna were married and Nestor was baptized. So all of this last week they were getting all excited for the wedding and the baptism. with members we did amazing decorations and some great food, but there was a huge trial of faith that was coming for both ends. saturday morning we get a text from nestor saying that he wants to push it off till next week. we were at the office for a meeting so we waited for after. he then called us and we just didn't acknowledge the push off and set up a visit. we asked the first counselor to come with us to teach. it was one of the most spiritual lessons ever. tears were brought to our eyes and we testified so much and with all of our hearts. i even got a bit direct. after about an hour and a half they wouldn't budge and said they didn't know when they would want to do it. we honestly left defeated with low faith and hope. we felt that we had done everything to help this family be baptized and just had no idea what to do next. before we left though we felt impressed to say to them. if you change your mind we will be at the church at 6 and its all ready for you. we go to talk to the brother who made the cake and snacks to tell him its off and then i get a call. after literally 5 min they decided to get married and Nestor was going to be baptized. The biggest change of heart and miracle in the world. this is the Lords work because there is no other way that they would say yes. that night was amazing full of the spirit. they got married and it was so wonderful. i honestly cant wait to get sealed for all time and eternity with my future wife after seeing all of these wedding and the spirit and happiness they bring. sunday Nestor came with a suit and tie and has so much support from the ward, and now wants to go out with us to visit people to help them get baptized. i honestly through an email can't give the full details. but i know that this is the Lords work and that He can change any heart. I love this work and i love my Savior. His hand is everywhere in our lives we just need to give our all and have faith in him.

This saturday Humberto is going to be baptized and that is another miracle


i love and pray for you all will get pics for ya next week

love

elder wilson

New President Same Vision

HELLO!

Saturday morning Pres. and Hna Callan started on their flight back to Utah.
Friday afternoon Pres. and Hna Agazzani and family landed here in beautiful Paraguay.
They are from Cordoba, Argentina. Have five kids of which 3 came with them and the other 2 are finishing this year of school before coming out. I will admit that the calling most talked about in our pension is to become the AC (assistant to the children) we would be baptizing all the time. teaching lessons at soccer practices and birthday parties would be amazing. Plus a lot easier to find families! hahaha i did have the opportunity to talk to Pres. Agazzani on the phone last night. a very energetic and social guy.  He doesn't speak any english or guarani so he had some difficulty saying my companions name and our area Ka´aguy Rory. don't worry one day i'll teach you all how to say it. We get to meet them all on thursday for a zone meeting for a couple of hours. i'm super excited!!

well this last week we were able to see a whole bunch of miracles and some great experiences. we went on divisions with an area called libertad. I was with Elder White from Logan, Utah, and my companion was with Elder Naef from Arizona City, Arizona. Me and Elder White had a great day found a lot of future baptism and wonderful people. A great elder with a wonderful desire to learn and to grow. Elder Naef is a new Elder and on his 6th day in Paraguay he got to go on divisions. From what i heard after it was a pretty fun experience. He is struggling on his spanish which will come along and my companion did the we gotta get somewhere walking speed for much of the day which was something new for Elder Naef and sounded like a great experience. Both wonderful elders who are going to see miracles.

Just so you guys all know there are 3 walking speeds. slow while walking with a contact. normal when looking for people. and fast when you need to get somewhere now. just so you know my normal speed before the mission was slower than the slow speed.

The biggest miracle this week was Nestor and Mirna. we have been teaching them for the last 2 months or so. they have gone to church multiple times and we were just lost on what else could be do to help them be baptized. we had taught everything and they had received multiple answers. we were working with the bishopric and our ward mission leader. the ward all loves them. so we got to the point after our lesson saturday that we were thinking we may need to stop visiting them for a bit. our visit on saturday we talked about everything and it just ended with me saying "Nestor, I love ya. You need to be baptized. Lets go i'll fill up the font right now." Now sunday after sacrament. we go and talk to them and they say that they have an announcement. In our heads all that we are saying is please please help them recognize the answer that they have received and say Yes. They said "we have decided to take the step and we want to get baptized on saturday." on the outside we were very happy and excited but inside it was the fourth of july firework finally! what a huge blessing! we learned that when we give everything literally everything that is when the Lord steps in and lends his helping hand. that night at a FHE he told the other investigators and the members his CONVERSION STORY!!!! it was so amazing.

The Lord really works miracles, one of those million is that Nestor and Mirna are getting married and baptized on Saturday. I can't wait. I am also learning about the atonement so much and repentance. i am truly becoming converted and learning how to live my life to be the man that God wants me and expects me to be. I love this gospel. I love my savior. The church is true i have no doubt.

love you all!

Elder Wilson

Miracles

Hey Family!!!!


So first so that you all know. you may be hearing about the fights going on here in paraguay between the police and the farmers. i am far, far away from that and i actually believe it is out of our mission. it is more towards the north and I'm still in Asuncion so things are all tranquilo here.

so i'll give you the biggest miracle. margarita (sister of recent convert) and tata (daughter of member) were ready to go for their baptism on saturday. we were not able to get the permision for jhonatan all week long. we gave the paperwork to his grandma so that she could get the signature. she tried 2 times with no success, friday night she goes over there and gets the permission. we honestly postponed his baptism for this week, but we get a text in the morning that said, "jhonatan is gonna get baptized. we got the signature." me and my companion went ballistic (wow haven't used that word in a while) what a huge miracle from the Lord. we have been seeing His hand in the work so much. right now we have two families getting ready to be baptized in the next two weeks. one of the families we shared with just this last friday. saturday they went to the baptism and loved it, and sunday they went to church and loved it even more!!!!! they are so amazing its a dad, mom, and their daughter. (luis, norma, and sofia) they are all amazing. luis has some health issues but the Lord will bless him i know he will!!! 

now to give you the full adventure story for the baptism. its a good one. saturday morning after getting the message at about 7am we head out to go drain the fount. to come to find that one of the main electricity things, which i don't have the vocabulary for, exploded and it didn't work. so we did what we could with the drainer turning on and off constantly. we went home to study. 10:30 we go back and call electricity people to come fix it. from 10;30 till 1;30 we are emptying it all out with just buckets that we brought from our house OHHHH YAAAAA love the mission. well my comp did most of the heavy work. i was trying to fix the machine. we get it out. go do one visit with jhonatan and then come back around 4 to fill the fount and clean it all up to find that the water is going slow. so we take a hose from outside and fill it up. at the end the most important thing happened. they got baptized!!!

i am so grateful for a father in heaven who loves me and who sent his only begotten son to save me. i am so grateful for the atonement it has a special place in my life and I'm really coming to understand it more and more. to leave old bad or ok habits behind and pick up what the lord wants me to do. i know that my savior and my father LIVE! they love us all and want us to receive this gospel and the blessings that it brings. one of the biggest things is to receive the Holy Ghost. when you read 3 nefi 19 it talks about how the holy ghost is what the people wanted most. and I'm so grateful for His guidance and comfort. 

dad is amazing and I'm grateful for him. fathers day has come and gone and his bday will too but i want you to know dad that i love you and pray for you and love your example. i gave a talk about you on sunday and how grateful and key you have been in my life and how you have helped me come to know my father in heaven.

i love you all and pray for you daily

Elder Wilson

Pictures:
1. The Baptism of Margarita, Tata (Fabiola), and Jhonatan
2. Me, Elder Schone, Jhonatan, Tata, Margarita