do you love me more than these?

Hey everyone!!!!

so things are going pretty well in good ol paraguay. got a nice little heat wave and i actually enjoyed it. weird huh? a thing i was talking to my companion about he goes home in 3 more transfers which is flying for him and he doesnt like the idea of ending the mission. then he turned to me and said after the next transfer your gonna be close to the 6 month mark. i was like huh? no. but i realized that it is true. i then got really sad. i love the mission and i feel like ive just started but im getting close to being 1/4 of the way done. crazy and sad idea.

we had a zone conference (meeting with the president of the mission his assistants and 20 other missionaries) it was amazing and so awesome. it started at 8 and ended around 430 or so. honestly it felt like 2hrs and i could have stayed there and listened to it all day. i learned so much and how i can improve as a missionary. the best part was that we got to watch a talk that Elder Holland gave in the MTC. he is awesome and one of my favorite apostles to listen to. he speaks with such passion the spirit is like. boom goes the dynamite there. he focused on a question that the Lord asked Peter after he came back to find them fishing instead of teaching the people. he asked Peter "do you love me more than these" he had to ask Peter three time and Peter responded each time "Yes Lord". After the third time though the Lord said i dont know if it is exactly like this but he said "then feed my sheep". when president Holland said that i was like wow. the spirit was like a firework just going off like crazy. it was like the fourth of july celebration in plymouth during the grand finale. it made me be more determined to show the Lord that i love him more than anything in my life. that i am willing to put everything on the line for him. I have come to notice that when im giving it all im not hungry, im not tired, im not sad, im complete.

sorry this is not gonna be a huge email. but i just wanted to tell that experience and challenge you all to ask the same question to yourself that the lord asked to paul. "do you love me more than these?"

we do have two baptisms coming up this saturday. Emanuel  and Sofia  i cant wait im so happy for them you can just see their faith bursting out of them. i am so grateful for the people here in paraguay. it is amazing.

the church is true everything about it.
Christ is our lord and savior and we MUST go to him.
He is everything in my life and i love him and our heavenly father more than anything.

my best wishes and love,

Elder Wilson