Elder parker's letter cam on time I just got carried away in the hassles of the week and forgot to post. Regrets. Remember to write him
Hey everyone!!!!
So this sunday we were hoping to get all of our investigators to church so that we could have 4 baptisms this saturday but sadly due to the rain only one came. But still huge blessing and we are planning a baptism for this saturday for a grandaughter of members who is Monce. We just have to get the permission from her mom and its all good to go!!! Actually we already have her permission we just need her to sign the paper.
So i dont know if last week i talked about Gustavo. Gustavo is a kid who dropped out of school and now just works like crazy. He lives with his uncle and aunt. His mom and brothers who are all members live in Argentina with whom he doesnt really talk to anymore. Anyway he is amazing gave up smoking and drinking. He had a baptismal date for sat but unfortunately he got pulled to work out in the campo for two weeks. We talked to him and were very direct and said ¨Gustavo, do you really want to be baptized?¨ His response was the best one i have ever heard. I dont only know that its the true church of god on the earth and what I'm supposed to do in my head, but i feel it deep in my heart that i have found the true gospel of Jesus Christ.¨ Yes!!! how amazing. He is committed to be baptized in two weeks.
So this is the last full week of this transfer. Ya WHAT??? I feel like ive just got here. But its ok time flies by. The area that we live in i have really come to love. The area is not as huge as my old one but the people are really nice. That is a common thing with all of the Paraguayan people. They are so friendly and awesome!!!! Yesterday Paraguay beat Brazil in the Copa America. So now they are in the semi´s a future note for any future missionaries in countries where soccer is a religion. During the soccer game go to investigators who dont have tvs and make official visits because literally the streets are dead. Its crazy as soon as the game is over the streets are full of people till the end of the night.
Well im sorry but this is gonna be another short and sweet. I can promise a long one with photos the next week.
The church is so true. Ive been reading ¨Our Heritage¨ and its just helped me realize more and more how amazing this gospel is and how the restoration is one of the most amazing things to ever happen on this earth.
My love and prayers go to you all
Elder Wilson
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Doin How We Do
Hope all is going well with you all. This last week has absolutely just flown by. We still have not moved just waiting for the office to call us to tell us what we gotta do. This last week we had interviews in Asunción with President Callan. Really a great and awesome guy. We are so blessed to have him as our president here in the Paraguay, Asunción mission. We are getting all prepared for the visit from our area authority who is Elder Arnold. The main focus has been becoming more organized and being more time officiant. What perfect stuff for me huh? In all honesty i think evan would probably be the best at all of that down here. While there we got to get some new blankets and a heater for our new house which is really nice and after we all went out for lunch with the district. (there are 8 elders in mine) We went to the super fancy place to eat pizza down here which is of course PIZZA HUT!!!!! k what i dont get is how pizza hut in the US is terrible and the buffet that we got to eat was amazing!!! they put corn on most of their pizzas here kinda weird but its not too bad.
So this weeks email is gonna be more of an informative of ¨Paraguay along with how the work is going. First informative:
so what we normally eat here for everyday meal varies but is the same. In our house me and my companion normally would cook biscuits which alot of the time we bring to members or investigators and they LOVE them. and every morning i cook an egg with a ton of tomatoes onions and peppers and then some toast. when me and my companion cook we normally cook rice or noodles with some Alfredo sauce for the noodles or just veggies for the rice. at our lunch appointments the norms consist of noodles/rice always with a tomato sauce, meat, onions, garlic, then bread, tortillas which are not like mexican tortillas they deep fry them with cheese inside and stuff really yummy. at every meal with members we eat a veggie called madioca. it is a rook here that is similar to the potato but not really. some people say its in the US but i don't recognize it at all. some elders hate it and others love it. me i love it. its a filler and its really healthy so double score!! k so you know how the Lord always brings miracles to our lives. well I LOVE RICE!!!! i know you all thought those words would never come out of my mouth/fingers but i do. normally i can eat it just plain but if its got something else i chow it down. nuts how the mission changes ya.
the weather here is fun. the thing that i think they get for natural disasters are just big floods. when it rains in pours. like as if its hail but its rain. i cant describe it ill try to do a short video and send it but it turns all of the streets into rivers which makes walking an adventure.
politics here is very interesting its corrupt and most people know it but nothing really changes. the president is a catholic bishop i think and nobody really likes him.
my lang is getting a lot better. i have 5 vocab words everyday that are normally weird but fun words that you dont use all the time. im actually speaking more guarani here. its not much at all but i can say a few things. the most common way of speaking guarani is called ¨jopara¨ which is a mixture of spanish and guarani.
and yes my farmers tan is better everyday yay.
k so this last week the best things that have happened have been with a couple alcibes and ramona. alcibes has progressed a ton and hes getting ready for his baptism sadly because it rained last sunday and not even most of the members come to church when it rains he didnt come. but we are helping him and ramona to get married. they have a little boy junior who is 2 and we just gotta help them along but they are progressing amazingly well.
we are also teaching a kid named gustavo who is 16 works all the time and doesnt go to school anymore. he lives with his aunt and his gma because his mom is working in argentina. he has been progressing like a mad man its amazing. he has a baptismal date for the 23rd and he knows the gospel is true and this is the true church of god here on the earth. what is even more amazing is that he used to smoke a bunch. now done. now we have to work on not drinking. when we were teaching one of his friends was with us who is a heavy smoker and was drinking vodka during the lesson. he offered some to gustavo and he said no. HOW AMAZING IS THE LORD!!! he has helped gustavo stop smoking and now in the process to stop drinking. amazing!!!!!
this truly is a great and marvelous work. it is so amazing to see people take the gospel and put it into their lives. it has not only blessed my life but its blessing all of those we teach. this last week my testimony or the restoration grew tremendously (spell check). one of the promises that a i believe Elder Samuelson gave this last general conference is that if you testify your testimony will grow. when i was talking about the first vision i felt a feeling that i cannot describe but it was amazing. i KNOW that joseph smith is a prophet of god and he with the help of the lord restored the gospel of jesus christ on the earth again. this truly is his work and his glory.
my best wishes and love go to you all.
Elder Wilson
Pictures
1. So you ask, what is the purpose for these big rocks?
2. To be broken into smaller sharper rocks to make these roads.
3. Which eventually does this to your shoes after 4 months or so.
4. Ostrich (spell check) Abistrus (spanish)
5. I dont know if I've sent this before but its a drawing of my last district. guess which one is me.
So this weeks email is gonna be more of an informative of ¨Paraguay along with how the work is going. First informative:
so what we normally eat here for everyday meal varies but is the same. In our house me and my companion normally would cook biscuits which alot of the time we bring to members or investigators and they LOVE them. and every morning i cook an egg with a ton of tomatoes onions and peppers and then some toast. when me and my companion cook we normally cook rice or noodles with some Alfredo sauce for the noodles or just veggies for the rice. at our lunch appointments the norms consist of noodles/rice always with a tomato sauce, meat, onions, garlic, then bread, tortillas which are not like mexican tortillas they deep fry them with cheese inside and stuff really yummy. at every meal with members we eat a veggie called madioca. it is a rook here that is similar to the potato but not really. some people say its in the US but i don't recognize it at all. some elders hate it and others love it. me i love it. its a filler and its really healthy so double score!! k so you know how the Lord always brings miracles to our lives. well I LOVE RICE!!!! i know you all thought those words would never come out of my mouth/fingers but i do. normally i can eat it just plain but if its got something else i chow it down. nuts how the mission changes ya.
the weather here is fun. the thing that i think they get for natural disasters are just big floods. when it rains in pours. like as if its hail but its rain. i cant describe it ill try to do a short video and send it but it turns all of the streets into rivers which makes walking an adventure.
politics here is very interesting its corrupt and most people know it but nothing really changes. the president is a catholic bishop i think and nobody really likes him.
my lang is getting a lot better. i have 5 vocab words everyday that are normally weird but fun words that you dont use all the time. im actually speaking more guarani here. its not much at all but i can say a few things. the most common way of speaking guarani is called ¨jopara¨ which is a mixture of spanish and guarani.
and yes my farmers tan is better everyday yay.
k so this last week the best things that have happened have been with a couple alcibes and ramona. alcibes has progressed a ton and hes getting ready for his baptism sadly because it rained last sunday and not even most of the members come to church when it rains he didnt come. but we are helping him and ramona to get married. they have a little boy junior who is 2 and we just gotta help them along but they are progressing amazingly well.
we are also teaching a kid named gustavo who is 16 works all the time and doesnt go to school anymore. he lives with his aunt and his gma because his mom is working in argentina. he has been progressing like a mad man its amazing. he has a baptismal date for the 23rd and he knows the gospel is true and this is the true church of god here on the earth. what is even more amazing is that he used to smoke a bunch. now done. now we have to work on not drinking. when we were teaching one of his friends was with us who is a heavy smoker and was drinking vodka during the lesson. he offered some to gustavo and he said no. HOW AMAZING IS THE LORD!!! he has helped gustavo stop smoking and now in the process to stop drinking. amazing!!!!!
this truly is a great and marvelous work. it is so amazing to see people take the gospel and put it into their lives. it has not only blessed my life but its blessing all of those we teach. this last week my testimony or the restoration grew tremendously (spell check). one of the promises that a i believe Elder Samuelson gave this last general conference is that if you testify your testimony will grow. when i was talking about the first vision i felt a feeling that i cannot describe but it was amazing. i KNOW that joseph smith is a prophet of god and he with the help of the lord restored the gospel of jesus christ on the earth again. this truly is his work and his glory.
my best wishes and love go to you all.
Elder Wilson
Pictures
1. So you ask, what is the purpose for these big rocks?
2. To be broken into smaller sharper rocks to make these roads.
3. Which eventually does this to your shoes after 4 months or so.
4. Ostrich (spell check) Abistrus (spanish)
5. I dont know if I've sent this before but its a drawing of my last district. guess which one is me.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Its A Cold Cold Day in July (3 green and speckled frogs)
Hey all!!!!
So things are going fantastic in the new area!!! Right now we are in the process of finding a house because a new rule in the mission and maybe its for all missions not sure about that, is that there cant be two companionships in one pension. So we have found two options and the office is looking at them. Another positive thing that came from moving from Minnesota to Illinois I learned how to go house hunting with mom and now check it out i can do it!!!! Ya so hopefully we will be moving in the next week or so.
So this week has been a good productive week. We had 3 people come to church who all have baptismal dates and we have a couple that have a date for the end of the month who we are working really hard with. It is Alcibes and Ramona. A young couple with a kid who are learning so fast and are truly amazing. Alcibes is already past half way done with the Book of Mormon!!!! The great thing is that these last two weeks we have found close to 40 new people to teach. The tough part is being able to visit them all but I know that the Lord will help us find a way to find those who are ready to hear his gospel.
Honestly I love the Paraguayan people. They are all so amazing, tranquilo, humble, open, and friendly. We have found so many people that we can sit down an chat with for a little while and the great thingis most of what we talk about can be pulled into sharing the gospel. A thing that hit us kinda hard though when it comes to teaching is the cold and the American Cup. (Soccer tournament of south/central America) When Paraguay plays everyone literally everyone is inside watching the game or at a bar watching the game. It kinda reminds me of some sundays in the US where everyone is inside watching their favorite team.
So this last week we were able to get the Liahona that has all of the General Conference talks. Even though i got so much from listening to conference i realized that i also missed a bunch also. I am so grateful that the church not only records the talks so that we can listen to them time and time again, plus we can read them!!!!! I have been reading 1-2 a day during my personal study time. My favorite so far has been President Eyrings talk on giving service. We have the great blessing of having so many service opportunities everyday. From helping a lady bring her groceries home, digging a pit for a septic tank, to even putting a new roof on a chicken coop (which was awesome). Service is all around us and there are so many opportunities to take to help our fellow brother and sister. A part of President Eyrings talk talked about how parents should give their children opportunities to serve. I am so grateful for mom and dad for not only their examples of service but also helping me and everyone else in our family learn how to serve. There are some missionaries that the want to serve is not that great and im so grateful for my parents for giving me those opportunities.
I am so grateful for this gospel and the blessings that it brings. Everyday my testimony grows from all of the wornderful spiritual experiences. Joseph Smith restored the only true and living church on the earth today. Our father in heaven and Jesus Christ appeared to him. The Book of Mormon IS another testament of Jesus Christ. Through Christ all is possible. He suffered for our transgressions, through his eternal sacrifice we can return to live with our Heavenly Father again.
My prayers and love go out to all of you and may God bless you all,
Elder Wilson
Pics
1. Book of Mormon in Spanish and Guarani
2. Me taking down some Mate Dulce (Milk, Sugar, and Vanilla liquid, and the Yerba is shredded coconut) YUM!
3. LARA!!!! the land ladies dog she is tons of fun.
4. The four Elders of San Antonio
5. My last area. (The family of the branch president. The dad is halarious, the mom aswell and always would give us an empanada yum)
So things are going fantastic in the new area!!! Right now we are in the process of finding a house because a new rule in the mission and maybe its for all missions not sure about that, is that there cant be two companionships in one pension. So we have found two options and the office is looking at them. Another positive thing that came from moving from Minnesota to Illinois I learned how to go house hunting with mom and now check it out i can do it!!!! Ya so hopefully we will be moving in the next week or so.
So this week has been a good productive week. We had 3 people come to church who all have baptismal dates and we have a couple that have a date for the end of the month who we are working really hard with. It is Alcibes and Ramona. A young couple with a kid who are learning so fast and are truly amazing. Alcibes is already past half way done with the Book of Mormon!!!! The great thing is that these last two weeks we have found close to 40 new people to teach. The tough part is being able to visit them all but I know that the Lord will help us find a way to find those who are ready to hear his gospel.
Honestly I love the Paraguayan people. They are all so amazing, tranquilo, humble, open, and friendly. We have found so many people that we can sit down an chat with for a little while and the great thingis most of what we talk about can be pulled into sharing the gospel. A thing that hit us kinda hard though when it comes to teaching is the cold and the American Cup. (Soccer tournament of south/central America) When Paraguay plays everyone literally everyone is inside watching the game or at a bar watching the game. It kinda reminds me of some sundays in the US where everyone is inside watching their favorite team.
So this last week we were able to get the Liahona that has all of the General Conference talks. Even though i got so much from listening to conference i realized that i also missed a bunch also. I am so grateful that the church not only records the talks so that we can listen to them time and time again, plus we can read them!!!!! I have been reading 1-2 a day during my personal study time. My favorite so far has been President Eyrings talk on giving service. We have the great blessing of having so many service opportunities everyday. From helping a lady bring her groceries home, digging a pit for a septic tank, to even putting a new roof on a chicken coop (which was awesome). Service is all around us and there are so many opportunities to take to help our fellow brother and sister. A part of President Eyrings talk talked about how parents should give their children opportunities to serve. I am so grateful for mom and dad for not only their examples of service but also helping me and everyone else in our family learn how to serve. There are some missionaries that the want to serve is not that great and im so grateful for my parents for giving me those opportunities.
I am so grateful for this gospel and the blessings that it brings. Everyday my testimony grows from all of the wornderful spiritual experiences. Joseph Smith restored the only true and living church on the earth today. Our father in heaven and Jesus Christ appeared to him. The Book of Mormon IS another testament of Jesus Christ. Through Christ all is possible. He suffered for our transgressions, through his eternal sacrifice we can return to live with our Heavenly Father again.
My prayers and love go out to all of you and may God bless you all,
Elder Wilson
Pics
1. Book of Mormon in Spanish and Guarani
2. Me taking down some Mate Dulce (Milk, Sugar, and Vanilla liquid, and the Yerba is shredded coconut) YUM!
3. LARA!!!! the land ladies dog she is tons of fun.
4. The four Elders of San Antonio
5. My last area. (The family of the branch president. The dad is halarious, the mom aswell and always would give us an empanada yum)
Monday, June 27, 2011
New Places, New Faces, Temple
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
Picture:
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)
Thursday, June 23, 2011
First Transfer
Elder Parker is on the move. We didn't get a full letter but a few notes today, found below.
hey so we are going to the temple and i'm gonna write a big letter after we get back with pictures!!!! i'm in a new area called San Antonio 1.1 we are 4 in the pension my comp is Elder Fernelius from Utah
hey so we are going to the temple and i'm gonna write a big letter after we get back with pictures!!!! i'm in a new area called San Antonio 1.1 we are 4 in the pension my comp is Elder Fernelius from Utah
i am basically 20 min away by bus from my old area so i didn't move much. its a bit more campo'i only a few paved roads and a lot of empedradas which are big rocks that they hammer in individually to make the roads. very pretty but they kill your feet. good thing though is that my feet aren't blistering as much anymore. Its getting kinda cold and i'm becoming more and more like brig its around 64 and its kinda cold. kinda sad on my part
gotta go to the temple i'll talk to y'all after
love
elder wilson
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
vocabulary
Hey everyone!!!!
so this last week has been the last week of the transfer. we figure out tomorrow morning if we are staying, going new comp all the new shin dig. My companion says that I'm gonna stay and im going to train.we will see what he knows shortly kinda crazy. we get a total of 40 new elders in the next two transfers so its gonna be a crazy flock of new faces but that just means more fun and more new people!!!
so a fun first story. as many of you know my vocabulary is kinda unique and different. from using words that are completely out of context that i put into a sentence to my natural awesome vocabulary that i got from my mother. in the last district meeting i used a word that i thought to be normal but everyone else found to be kinda out of the blue. this wonderful and bubbly word is "okie dokie smokie bokie". for me this is just another word that can truly explain the situation. it has been a tim and rindy wilson family word since i can remember. truly one for the books and an awesome word. thank you family for my awesome vocabulary!
(don't worry I'm working on using that same kind of thing with spanish as well)
to explain two of the pictures i did cut open my finger. i eat an apple a day to keep the doctor away as we all should do. one morning i was eating my apple to discover that a worm had entered and eaten half of my apple. really nasty but being an elder who is hungry instead of seeing a ruined apple i saw a half bad apple so i decided to cut in half. who knew that cutting through the part of the apple where the worm had eaten would be softer. i ended up cutting straight through and about a quarter inch into my finger. as normal i was like whoa I'm bleeding that isnt good. second i started freaking out cuz i cut open my finger but with anti bacterial cream good ol medical tape and cotton its all comin together nicely.
second story we were at a members house who truly i am very close to the ibanez they are awesome and amazing. the grandma and granddaughter are members and the rest of the fam is both friendly to us but at times no. it was the youngest of the fam (eugenia) birthday yesterday and we had set a time to come and teach one of the grandsons and came into the party. while i was singing be still my soul to the birthday girl. (yes and i sang in church this week and have been asked to do a special number this sat) one of the uncles who is normally not really talkative with us and doesnt like mormons all that much. came over sat on the chair i was on. the arm rest and said "hermano lets take a picture!!" he was a bit drunk and it was kinda interesting but he was more friendly to us then than ever before.
prayer is amazing this last week our recent investigator who is getting baptized on sat. Rosa gave the most sincere and awesome prayer in the world. it wasnt the words that she said that made it amazing it was the spirit that it brought. she asked for very simple things but at the end both me and my companion had bits of tears and i was just a beaming ball of happiness!!!!! it was amazing. she went from smoking 20 cigarettes a day to 1 in one day and she is gonna quit today in ptrparationfor her baptism.
this gospel is so true i love the missionary moments that we have and i love what i am doing. this is the best place in the world. the people here are awesome and they are ready to learn. i encourage all to read the Book of Mormon over and over again it is the word of god and is amazing!!
ill give ya word if there is any change next week!!
best wishes and love to you all
elder parker wilson
Pictures:
Cut finger with knife
Cut after 4 days of healing
Tapas front
Tapas back
so this last week has been the last week of the transfer. we figure out tomorrow morning if we are staying, going new comp all the new shin dig. My companion says that I'm gonna stay and im going to train.we will see what he knows shortly kinda crazy. we get a total of 40 new elders in the next two transfers so its gonna be a crazy flock of new faces but that just means more fun and more new people!!!
so a fun first story. as many of you know my vocabulary is kinda unique and different. from using words that are completely out of context that i put into a sentence to my natural awesome vocabulary that i got from my mother. in the last district meeting i used a word that i thought to be normal but everyone else found to be kinda out of the blue. this wonderful and bubbly word is "okie dokie smokie bokie". for me this is just another word that can truly explain the situation. it has been a tim and rindy wilson family word since i can remember. truly one for the books and an awesome word. thank you family for my awesome vocabulary!
(don't worry I'm working on using that same kind of thing with spanish as well)
to explain two of the pictures i did cut open my finger. i eat an apple a day to keep the doctor away as we all should do. one morning i was eating my apple to discover that a worm had entered and eaten half of my apple. really nasty but being an elder who is hungry instead of seeing a ruined apple i saw a half bad apple so i decided to cut in half. who knew that cutting through the part of the apple where the worm had eaten would be softer. i ended up cutting straight through and about a quarter inch into my finger. as normal i was like whoa I'm bleeding that isnt good. second i started freaking out cuz i cut open my finger but with anti bacterial cream good ol medical tape and cotton its all comin together nicely.
second story we were at a members house who truly i am very close to the ibanez they are awesome and amazing. the grandma and granddaughter are members and the rest of the fam is both friendly to us but at times no. it was the youngest of the fam (eugenia) birthday yesterday and we had set a time to come and teach one of the grandsons and came into the party. while i was singing be still my soul to the birthday girl. (yes and i sang in church this week and have been asked to do a special number this sat) one of the uncles who is normally not really talkative with us and doesnt like mormons all that much. came over sat on the chair i was on. the arm rest and said "hermano lets take a picture!!" he was a bit drunk and it was kinda interesting but he was more friendly to us then than ever before.
prayer is amazing this last week our recent investigator who is getting baptized on sat. Rosa gave the most sincere and awesome prayer in the world. it wasnt the words that she said that made it amazing it was the spirit that it brought. she asked for very simple things but at the end both me and my companion had bits of tears and i was just a beaming ball of happiness!!!!! it was amazing. she went from smoking 20 cigarettes a day to 1 in one day and she is gonna quit today in ptrparationfor her baptism.
this gospel is so true i love the missionary moments that we have and i love what i am doing. this is the best place in the world. the people here are awesome and they are ready to learn. i encourage all to read the Book of Mormon over and over again it is the word of god and is amazing!!
ill give ya word if there is any change next week!!
best wishes and love to you all
elder parker wilson
Pictures:
Cut finger with knife
Cut after 4 days of healing
Tapas front
Tapas back
4 Attached Images
Monday, June 6, 2011
shorrt and brief
soooo alot of complications with internet today. slow internet and a bus ran into an electric pole so we lost most of it.
all is well I'm doing great loving the work got some new investigators that we are pushing for baptism. Transfers are next week so ill be tellin you if I'm in a new area or new companion in two weeks. this email is going to be really short I'm sorry but i need to fly
the church is true
god has prophets on the earth again
i love this gospel with all of my heart
it changes lives i have seen it with my own eyes (rhymed)
i love you all and wish you all the best
long email next week
love
Elder Parker Wilson
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