Hey all!!!!
So as said in my short email last week I am in a new area with a new companion and everything new. My companion is Elder Fernelius he is from Utah and my new area is called San Antonio 1.2. It is about 25min from my last area so i didn't move too much. We are in a pension with another companionship. They are Elder Mairena (Honduras) and Elder Ayala (Mexico) Both are awesome guys work hard funny and a joy to be with. So as you can see my companion is a bit shorter than I but what he lacks in height he has in spirit, service, and attitude. He is a great funny guy we have many similar interests and we get a long really well.
The new area. Its really nice. Its a little bit more what we say campo which is country but its not country i don't know how to describe it in american terms. oh well. my area is smaller than the last one but its really nice. already found where the best empanadas are so it is great haha. the crazy thing is is that after just 2 weeks i can find my way around my area basically. compared to my last area where it took me around 6 or something like that. the ward is great there are young men and young women, rms, and GREAT people. already making some great friendships.
the thing that we are constantly working on while we are out here are inactive members. it is very common throughout Paraguay. With the Lords help we have been able to get some members to come back. what i find is that for anyone who is starting to inactivate is reminding them of the feelings they felt when they made their covenants with God. Help them remember the feelings, but the most important thing is to have love for them. If you don't have love it is all fruitless.
So I don't know if I wrote this before but i feel like writing it again if I did. I am proud to be a minnesotan. Viking/Twin/Wild/TWolves/cold/ hockey on the lake/ german food/ funky O accent and all of that good stuff are a part of me. Sadly I have become weak. Yes Elder Wilson is now always cold. It was around 55f yesterday and i was freezing. I walk around with a sweater and my two layer coat. It is a sad sight but it is true. The Lord is humbling me. For those within the family i am becoming more and more like mom and brig. I know it is sad but true.
We got to go to the temple this last thrusday and my goodness it felt so good to be back. The temple is truely god's house on this earth the spirit there is like no other. It is sad that we only get to go two times a year but it makes those times even more special. Most of the Elders only got to do one session and that was it but we got the special invite to attend a sealing of a family from brazil who became members a year ago. WOW!!!! There is nothing more special amazing and spiritual than seeing a family be sealed for all time and eternity. Everyone had tears in their eyes, and even though the communication could not be perfect with their portuguese and our spanish it was amazing. I am so grateful that there is a temple in chicago. I am even more grateful that i got to be there three times a week for two months before i left on my mission. There is nothing like it and i cannot wait to go back!
Well the best is for last. A big hooo raaa for my wonder father whose birthday was this last friday. Yes i sang happy birthday to myself and did a little happy birthday dance for my father. Truly i love him so much. If anyone wants to see someone who always is serving, full of love, teaching, smiling, and funny, please meet Timothy Maurice Wilson. I am so thankful to have him for a father. He does all of the small things. Always passing by at the end of the night to say good night and that he loves you, looking for any way to serve others, willing to do anything to help another person. He is my biggest example. I hope to be just like him when i grow up. Yes my hope is to have a bit more hair but how things are going i doubt that will happen hahaha. Happy Birthday Dad I love you dearly!!!
My best wishes, love, and prayers go to all of you,
the church is true. we are all here for a reason. life is full of blessing and the many gifts that the lord has blessed us with. let us always be grateful for everything that he does for us. our heavenly father wants us ALL to return to him so let us do everything we can to live with him with our families again because truly there is when we will obtain the highest amount of joy and happiness.
Elder Parker Wilson
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Me and my companion infront of the temple mini waterfall (don't know why but i can only upload one sad and yes my hair may be a bit short but its ok with the president and when i sweat it gets all nasty and doesn't look nice)
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