called to serve

called to serve

Monday, February 16, 2015

Fam Damily weeeeeeeeek 21? I think?

So now that I have a big chunk of my mission behind me I feel pretty old wise and experienced. Haha just kidding I am still about the same.  But most importantly I am feeling like I got this, it is a good feeling, to know that you know what to do, and how to do it. I am not as tired when the alarm goes off at 630 in the morning, or at 4 in the afternoon after eating a big lunch. I am more focused and more in sync with the missionary schedule, rules, and work. I can feel myself becoming what the Lord wants me to be. It is a good feeling. I invite you all to try something me and my companion decided to try as a recommendation from some missionaries in our district. In the attitude of fasting and prayer, make a list of all the things you think the lord wants you to change, and really pray to know what his will is for you in your life. Write them all down somewhere where you will review it daily, morning and night. Then make a promise to the Lord that you will behind all the bad things and start doing all the good. Fast from those bad things for 40 days, and Don't let a single day go by without looking at your list and adding new revelations from the Lord and reviewing your progress. You will fail in some things, and will need to pray for strength every day but the lord will make up the difference if you do your best. You can be a more capable tool in his hands, you just need to show him you are willing to do his will, and he will use you to further His work. 

This week we had an awesome experience with our investigadora's husband Frank (not his real name). He has a good vision for his family, and that vision is a family dressed in white in the temple. It turns out he has had a really hard time with his wife lately, he was praying to know what to do. He was about to leave his wife and daughter for good when He saw us in the street one night while driving his taxi. He stopped and talked to us, asked us to teach his wife and daughter the gospel. Then he said that night he prayed to know if he should stay with her even though she had done some very offensive things and hurt him very deeply. The spirit told him, quedaste con su familia. ella no entiende mal y bien, y ella le necesita para entender el evangelio. si quedara, valdria la pena. le ama a ella, no salga
Stay with your wife and daughter, she doesn't understand good and evil, and she needs you to help her understand the gospel, and if you stay, it will all be worth it. You love her. don't leave. 
He took that as his answer and has worked so hard to help his family accept the gospel. and he is fighting the adversary every day for his eternal family. He understands perfectly that this is a war, a war with a great prize. Eternal families. The lesson I learned from Frank is this: 
FIGHT FOR YOUR ETERNAL FAMILY!
Also I want to tell you about Miguel Angel, he is a member that helps us a ton. He spends every night in his humble little home praying that his neighbors will accept the gospel, and accept the missionaries, he has literally shared it with everyone in his whole colonia, (neighborhood) including the local christian pastor who seems very interested in the church (and has about 70 in his congregation ) But the part about him I love the most is he showed me the little mat he has next to his bed where he neals to pray every night, he told me I don't know how many times I have sat hear pleading with the Lord to give me the opportunity to share the gospel with my neighbors and I don't know how many tears I have cried when they just won't accept it. But he keeps working, keeps sharing and keeps living the gospel. Every morning he works in the streets to smooth them out  (theyre dirt roads) in his Mormon service vest trying to talk with anyone who goes past. 
He is an example to me of the importance of Sharing the Gospel. It is everything. 
SHARE IT!!!
I love you all and miss you all.  
My companion and I are doing great, even though we are having a lot of trouble finding new investigators right now, but all is well and we are having a lot of fun
mucho amor
Elder Wilson

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