Week 28

This week was super boring. Sorry family. Just happens sometimes. We had some really good lessons with our new investigator Jose though. He is so ready for baptism and already accepted the invitation to be baptized and was such a sad lonely guy when we first found him. This week we asked him to pray for the strength to share the gospel with his kids and grand kids. He said he really wants to, but he doesnt think they would accept it. But either way he is reading the book of mormon and absolutely loves it. He was telling me about nephi and laman and lemuel and how Lamana and lemuel keep screwing up but nephi is just so good and strong all the time. He really was getting so much from that book. 

The book of mormon is such a powerful book. I can see the way it is changing Joses life every time we see him he is happier and smiling more. I know that book is from God. 

This week I wrote out a list of all the things I was working on. As a missionary you have investigators and a whole bunch of personal side projects. For example my list included the following- finish the book of mormon in spanish, also the new testament in spanish, try to write in my  journal every night without fail, try to study the atonement everyday, etc. Little goals and stuff to help me be a better missionary. I wrote all my little side projects down and the list was huge. I decided to label why I was doing all of them, for what purpose. Almost every single one was to have the spirit more, and teach more with Him. I have always thought that is something I sometimes lack in lessons. So... help little brother out. 

How can I have the spirit more in my lessons, and thus become a more pursuasive and more powerful teacher and missionary? 

I hope you all enjoy conference this weekend as much as I am going to. To celebrate this wonderful season of conference, I cut my hair, bought a whole lot of tacos, candy and soda and now I am writing the best family in the world. 

What are you guys´ plans for conference? 

Hope you all have a great week. 

Love Elder Jacob Wilson

Week 27

FAMILY!!!

this week has been a good one. We had an investigator in church ( the mason ) and he loved it. and is coming back next week. Also we found some great new investigators and made a lot of good progress with the ones we have. Elder Read and I are having a blast and everything in Puebla is fantastic. Today it was pretty hot, I am scared for the summer. It is going to be a looooong hot summer and I do not like being hot but I guess that is just going to be the way it is. Our apartment has 3 fans in it and one is usually on all night long. Also, today it felt really humid, also not something I am going to like. 

I have been reading lately in our heritage and about Joseph Smith. That man was somthing incredible. He really did give everything to the church, to the Lord and to building the Kingdom of God. I love reading about him. I am really excited for the upcoming conference. We are going all out, treats, food, soda, It is going to be a missionary christmas, and I cant wait to hear from the servants of the Lord. I hope you all remember that when we bring questions to conference, the lord brings answers. I tried that in the last conference, and it was answered by the second speaker. So bring questions and doubts and concerns and really have an open heart and listen. 

Right now our two favorite investigators are Alejandras mom, Raul the shoe salesman with nine fingers, and Jesus the Free mason. It is so much fun to see them progress and have experiences and to be actively taking a part in their path to salvation. I feel like these people are so close to the truth and I want so badly for them to just realize how important all this is. but the lord has taught me to be patient and I have seen how he slowly brings people to the gospel. In the war of souls, the Lord is definitely bringing people in, but he does it in a very personal way, one lost sheep at a time. I love that about the gospel, that we all come to the truth at our own time and at our own pace and it is a very personal journey. And he sends us missionaries to help speed things along. I have met people here that I have really connected with and will be a part of my life forever, and I am thankful to the Lord for giving me the opportunity. 

Best experience of the week, twice we had our investigators comment on how we bring this spirit and presence into their house. The spirit is what is converting these people. So I challenge you all to try to bring the spirit into the home of someone you know, or better, invite them into your own home so they can feel the spirit in yours. I know the spirit is real, he testifies of the truth and helps us all to understand. 

Have a wonderful week and show everyone how much you love them,

Elder Jacob Wilson

Week 26

Hey everybody. 

This week has been super long and not a ton of news. We have been struggling to find our investigators but we got to confirm Alejandra in church on sunday which was really cool. Mostly its my turn to ask questions. haha

What is going on back home lately? anything cool or new?

Why have I not heard much about the two new babies we are going to have in our family this summer?

Can someone please send me some more music, remember anything with motab or a hymn instrumental. I would greatly appreciate that. 

Today, I went and bought a Sams club membership, it only cost me about 100 pesos because I opened it with my companion. So now the options for food are endless. We bought a huge bag of pancakes, 12 big muffins, bread and nutella. It is going to be a good week. 

And also we went and ate carne asada with the bishopric for our pday. It has been a pretty awesome day. I hope you all liked the picture in the rain. The rain here is beautiful and I love when it rains at night. The house is so much cooler now because the its starting to heat up here in puebla. So the rainy days are a nice break from the sun.

My companion and I have been doing really good, no news on any investigators just yet, but everyone is progressing slowly to the waters of baptism. I hope you all can feel my love all the way from Puebla Mexico. Keep sharing the góspel.

My favorite thing I learned this week, is that I am not trying to convert myself into a missionary so I can serve for two years more and retire. There is a much higher calling than Elder, and that is something we can all attain. I am working towards becoming a disciple of Christ. A missionary is a short term  calling. But Disciple of Christ is for the eternities. Remember who you promised to represent when you were baptized. Mosiah 18 8-9

Witnesses at all times

in all things and in all places. That means always!!

Love you all, have a great week.

Elder Jacob Wilson

Week 25

We finally got our first Baptism! She is one of the most prepared investigators I have ever met. She was reading and praying before we even met her. Her father is a great example for her and teaches her well, he is less active and working on getting married so his wife can get baptized too. Then next year they hope to get sealed in the temple. So this is only one of the family and others should be getting baptized soon. 

This week went by really really fast. We had three days in a row where we taught Alejandra so she would be ready for her baptismal Interview. The interview was saturday and the baptism was on sunday. It was an awesome little service. 

I have been healthy happy and doing great. 

We bought a kilo of tacos al pastor a Puebla specialty to celebrate the baptism (we bought it on saturday) and I got a package this week too! I don't know which though, I haven't gone to pick it up from the zone leaders yet. 

We have been having a blast. This week has been the week of the masons. The free masons. If you dont know what that is, go watch national treasure.

We have two in our ward, one is the ward mission leader and the other is a good friend of ours. The ward mission leader here grew up in Texas and speaks english his name is sergio church. His dad was from Philadelphia and his mom is poblana. He is a mason and loves dropping secrets to us about masonry. The crazy thing is he was recently rebaptized after being away from the church for a long time. So he has never been inside an LDS temple (yet) but he always talks about all the symbols in masonry and they are so similar. He says the only difference between masons and mormons is the priesthood, which is why he is a member of the church. He understands the masons are lacking in that area. 

Also there is this former missionary named Zeus that is a mason. He took us to meet one of his friends who is now one of our investigators named Jesus and also a mason. There are a lot of masons here

The ward mission leader came with us to the lesson with Jesus and as you can imagine it was a match made in heaven (or inside a mason temple) they got along like best friends. 

He asked us to give him five days to read the book of mormon, pray about it and write down his questions. He said he reads fast and will have the whole book done by next monday. So I am Super Excited to go back and teach him again. He was such a sincere old man, just looking from some further knowledge to help him get closer to God. One thing that really caught his attention was that our church leaders are married. He doesn't like that the fact that catholic priests, the pope etc. all spend there lives alone. He thinks it would be much better to be married and they should be equals. He honestly is such a perfect fit for the church. I cant wait to teach him again. 

Week 24

Well, we had an incredible baptismal service this week. It was 12 people commiting to follow christ and be clean from the sins of the world all in one night. The Sister missionaries in our ward are absolutely killing it right now. they had a family of six all baptized and confirmed the following sunday (yesterday) I was terrified to do the confirmation in church, but my companion did one too, and his spanish is way worse than mine so that helped me calm down. But the best experience was this old man we baptized from another ward, deaf, hobbles around with a cane and could not by any means get baptized the normal way. soo we got creative. 

we walked him into the font with his cane and with a chair. He sat down in the chair for the prayer and then it was the fun part. He was so old he couldn't really do anything but sit there and hold his breath. We took the chair out from under him, dunked him, he threw his hand in the air... didn't count. Then we changed positions. We had four elders in the font with this old guy, I got leg duty, push his legs down under the water, easy enough. My companion was holding him under his shoulders and on his knee. Anyways the other three are holding him in their arms, hes just laying back like he is in a lazy boy recliner. Then they count down from 3, 2, 1, and I look in this old mans face and he was so peaceful I gave him a thumbs up and asked him, Everything Ok? he just smiled and laughed a little and closed his eyes. Soooo peaceful and calm. and the four of us all pushed him under the water at the same time and baptized him. The bishop gave us the thumbs up, BAPTIZED  as He came out of the water still peaceful and happy he thanked us all and we helped him to his feet and gave him his cane and he hobbled out of the baptismal font. It was the coolest baptism I have ever seen in my life. 

The rest of this week was pretty boring. We are worried about our investigator that is supposed to be baptized this saturday, her mom is still not married, so she probably wont get baptized with her. But her dad ( a member) still wants to baptize her, and she is ready. The only problem is that we don't know if mom is going to join her daughter in the font on saturday. 

I have been really doing awesome lately, my comp is my best friend, again, and the lord is blessing me a ton. 

I know this is the work of the Lord. It is so good to be here and just give Him all I got. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone that wants to have an incredible spiritual experience and forget the world for a couple years. it is a blast. 

Week 23

Well everybody, I had a great week, and I got really sick yesterday, so it was good and bad. But mostly good.

The best part was a great lesson we had with our golden investigators family, and our new family of almost golden investigators. These two lessons we brought with us the angel Hermana Ernastina, she was so perfect for these families. She testified with so much power and showed so much love for these strangers who she had never met. She taught flawlessly, on a whim, just as an answer to a question of our investigator, she then proceeded to back up what she was saying scripturally, with her own testimony and with so much spiritual power. She has a daughter on the mission right now in honduras, and she was telling this investigator that she has never been happier, her daughter is serving the lord and she knows it is the truth, then she asked me for my family picture that I always have in my bible. She showed the picture of me and my family to this investigator and asked them. Do you think this young man could ever leave such a beautiful family for two years, not seeing them or calling them if he didnt know that this was the true church of Jesus Christ?

 It was so powerful and convincing. The truth is, I did leave a lot, you guys are incredible. The best family anyone could ask for Not to mention the comforts of home, my friends, music, movies and all the other things missoinaries give up., but that is the beauty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  We never give up more than we recieve, so I knew if I left the best family in the world, somehow the Lord would match that blessing and give me more than I had before.

Also this week, it has started to get hot. I am sweating in this little internet cafe and I dont know how I will survive the summer. Nobody here has air conditioning. It is going to be rough.

Other good things from this week, I had interviews this week with President Stellmon and Sister Stellmon

I love president stellmon so much, he told me, well, you have had it good your whole life,

yes president thats right

so I want you to be like the rich man and go the savior and ask him, what do I still lack

and when he tells you give something up, it is going to be something hard, something you really love, something you would never think he would want you to give up, but if you do it, you will be a better person.

So heres to giving up what the lord asks you to and never looking back. Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven everybody. 

I love you all

Until next week

Elder WIlson

 ( i think Matthew 19 is the story of the young rich man if not, go find it and read it)

pics

digging a giant hole for a member

and just for fun

sorry this computer sucks so the pics wont upload, just picture me in a giant hole I dug with my hands, and a bunch of rabbits. thats all until next week love you all

Fam Damily Week 22

Hey everybody, I got to baptize the Sister missionaries' Investigator this week, She is a basketball player six two, and she is the girlfriend of a member here who is a pro basketball player. But her name is Astrid Berenice Sanchez Curmina and she chose me to baptize her because one day we were at her boyfriends house eating and she said I had a noble spirit... so yeah. I'm noble. just thought you all should know haha  

Then this week we had an awesome lesson with our golden investigators Elizabeth and Alejandra, their Baptismal date was changed to the first week of march but they came to church and that was awesome. Also we have one investigator Leopoldo who is living the word of wisdom and trying to quit smoking and he is doing so good. already gone down from 11 smokes a day to 4 and by week 3 he told us he will quit completely. He is progressing really well and reading the book of mormon and told us he thinks Joseph Smith is a prophet of God so that is all good with me. This week my companion got to speak in church too so that was way cool, only 4 weeks and he is speaking in church, I really felt like a proud papa. He is the best and we are such good friends. 

Also the last 4 weeks we have been digging a hole for a member in the ward. Hermano gabriel. He loves missionaries because he says we are the only people who have always loved him and had patience with him. The hole when it is finished will be 1.5 meters wide, 4.5 meters long and 1.5 meters deep. If you don't know how much 1 meter is, about 3 feet. so yeah, it is a huge hole. I will send a pic when it is finished. But this week instead of digging it we moved his three cactus he had out of the way because that was where he wants the hole. We are only about one third of the way done after about 8 hours worth of digging. It's hard but pretty fun too. Like everything in the mission. Hard, but fun. 

I speak pretty decent spanish now, my goal is to be able to tell people I am argentine and have them beleive me. I think by the one year mark, I will speak well enough to do it. thats my goal at least. 

Not a whole lot of super exciting stuff this week, sorry, just not the most exciting week ever. 

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

Week 20

Well the mission is only 102 weeks. I have just realized I am about one fifth of the way through. Wow. Two years is not a long time. 

Cool experience this week about eternal families. We have two investigators with baptismal date, our plan was to teach about the plan of salvation and then put the goal of: getting sealed as a family in the temple next year,  in the next visit. ( the hermano is a member, knows all about that stuff, his wife and daughter are investigadoras) anyways we taught the first half of the plan of salvation and the next appointment we were going to put that goal of getting sealed in the temple. and at the end of our lesson, the hermano was like. 

Guys I want to say something, I really want to take my family to the temple and get sealed, and I want you guys to help me, so don´t leave us, I know we have a long way to go, but I know my family belongs in the church. BOOM! SPIRITUAL EXPLOSION

It was so powerful, we put the goal right there, will you guys work towards being an eternal family and do all that it takes to reach that goal? They accepted

Other than that family, this week has been slow and not a lot of people have been home. But the golden family is still working towards their baptismal goal. So all is good. 

Overall, I feel this week that that the Lord is just pushing us to our very limits. He wants to know how much he can trust each one of us, and he will work with us according to our obedience and willingness to do what he asks. Make him proud and do your very best this week. 

Blessings are always greater than sacrifices. 

I hope you are all doing great, I miss you and I love you and I know that the Lord has a lot in store for us if we obey and do our best. 

Elder Wilson

Fam Damily Week 19

My Dear Family and friends. 

This has been one of the hardest weeks yet, but also the most rewarding. Elder Scott is now safely in his home, and it was hard for me to say goodbye to such a good friend and such a good missionary. I love that guy like family. Saying goodbye to him was a lot like saying goodbye to all of you back in september. Hard, but I know it is the right thing.  But my new companion is awesome. His name is Elder Read, He went to Davis high school and he is from Layton Utah. He is taller than I am which is pretty awesome because when all the kids here see us walk by, they drop their little corn on stick with mayonnaise and stare with with their mouth wide open and big wide eyes. I think we might be the two tallest people in the country. At least that is the way people act when they see us. He is an awesome missionary and has such a good testimony. He is here for the right reasons and he works hard. His spanish is not the best, but He has no fear and just speaks his testimony the best he knows how. He really testifies with the spirit and you can feel it. 

In our first lesson together we got 2 new investigators to commit to a baptismal date. It was really an incredible experience, we taught the restoration and then my comp invited them to be baptized, and then I invited them to be baptized because they didn't understand him at all, and they accepted. Then I was like, We think you guys should try to be baptized by the 21st of February and they said that is perfect. And it really was perfect because they had already planned on getting married on the 14th which means they will be living the law of chastity for the week before their baptism. SO SICK! I don't know why I just felt I needed to put the date for the 21st and it turned out perfect. They even went to church this week! The Lord is preparing his children and inspiring his servants. 

The worst part of the week: I got pooped on by a bird. That was lame. 

The best part: I had a ton of extra money this week and bought a but load of food, and we got two new golden investigators and I bought an Ipod so please send me all the music you like that is mormon tabernacle choir or hymns or instumentals of hymns. 

Week 18

Big news family, My companion and dear friend Elder Scott has completed his mission and will be flying home to Arizona on wednesday after two years of honorable service to the Lord. 

I could not be more happy for him, but it is always a little sad to see a missionary go home after giving so much to the Lord's work. He told me his is content, and happy, and a little sad. I feel the exact same, because I love Elder Scott and I am going to miss him a lot. 

Also, I will be training a brand new missionary and stay in my are for 12 more weeks. I don't know why but the Lord says I am ready to train. I will find out tomorrow who he is, where he is from, if he speaks spanish or not. And next week I will let you all know what happens. This will be fun but at the same time, really hard. 

I have been thinking a lot lately about all the hard goodbyes, I had to say goodbye to basketball, High School, My Friends, My Family, My Free Time, My Guitar, My Home, Good Food, and after all that Here I am having fun. So I think about how it will be hard to say goodbye to Elder Scott and I remember all those other hard goodbyes that led me to this point. How if I didn't ever say all those difficult goodbyes I would never have met Elder Scott in the first place. The Lord has a very incredible ability to turn a sad goodbye into an incredible new experience. So Yes I am sad to say goodbye to my trainer, but at the same time, I know that there is some great new blessing awaiting me. I have to give up the little amount that I now have to the Lord, and he can in turn give back more. He has never failed me up to this point, and I have a firm Faith that he will not start now. 

The Lord is Good, and He knows what is best. So just go with His timing, His plans, and His guidance and it will be all good. Sometimes we all have to say goodbye to something really really good, but waiting for us is a greater more beautiful blessing. I so testify in the name of our Savior Jesus Christ that all blessings are from God, and he is trying his best to bless us, we just have to follow him. 

I love you all and miss you all

que les vayan bien todos

Elder Wilson

Also today I had a chocolate shake from McDonalds so the lord is good and blesses his servants. 

Week 17

Hello family!

I had a really cool experience this week with a new family of investigators. I had to teach them without Elder Scott, Yup just me and a whole bunch of Mexicanos that don't speak a word of english, speak really fast, and say I have an accent. But I went with the Bishop of the ward and a member who used to be a bishop, so What could have gone wrong right? Two bishops and a missionary. 

But anyways I was really scared because it was our first lesson with them, and I was going to have to pretty much teach the whole thing by myself. It was a little choppy, but  It was a good lesson, and the spirit was there, and they all 4 accepted the invitation to be baptized if they receive a confirmation from the spirit. 

So I now consider myself a spanish speaker, because I can teach lessons, and right now at least, that is all I need right? Then during the lesson, something happened. If you grew up in the U.S.A. you probably would think it was super awkward and weird like I did. But apparently down here it is totally acceptable and normal to breastfeed a baby with out any shame or covering in the middle of a visit with complete strangers. haha, I was surprised. I guess you can say that is a good sign of mutual trust and friendship. 

But the family is really good and eager to learn. 

I hope you all know how much I love you and I wish I could tell you in person about all the experiences I am having here in Puebla. Until I get that chance, I will give you some pictures of recent adventures. 

First off we celebrated the Mexican equivalent of christmas on the 6th of january, the dia de los reyes magos, the day of the 3 wise men

Then elder Scott and I bought ourselves reyes magos presents, authentic world cup Mexico jerseys and mexicans don't like to smile in pics so here is us pretending to be authentic

then I got a package full of candy, christmas letters, and a tie and socks from the ward that was sent on november 19th. haha mail is sooo slow here. 

Week 16

Happy New Year, week 15 is my first letter home in 2015!

Also, this has been my best week yet. We had a great week. We started by celebrating new years with burritos again on wednesday. Throughout the week we found six new investigators to teach that are really good. And we taught a really funny lesson to people who pray to this idol that gives them things. The son of the family told us he prayed to the idol to get an xbox, and sure enough, he had an xbox right there in front of us in the living room. It is kind of sad how lost people are here, religiously speaking. 

Elder Scott and I have been doing awesome, everything is just going so good for us this week. Our goal for next week is try and put a baptismal date goal with every one of our investigators. 

I wish we had a huge long story of awesome things to tell you. But I did get an awesome present from someone in our district for our district gift exchange. I will attach the picture, it is a little small, but I Love it sooo much. 

anybody else like cast away jokes?

This missionary is very happy and loving the work so I hope you all continue to do your best in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with everyone! Everyone who is baptized, Read Mosiah 18 and quickly review the covenant you made when baptized and your responisbility to share the gospel with everyone, in every place you find yourself, in every opportunity, and despite what the world may say or do, You promised to be a disciple of Christ so keep your Promise and you will be blessed!

¡Feliz año nuevo!

Elder Wilson

Week 15

Hey family!

Last week was christmas which was awesome. We had a real Christmas posada, a kind of super catholic Christmas tradition. You can look it up and see what it is, but don't worry, we didn't worship any idols, just sang the songs, remembered the Savior and finished with a piñata. On Christmas eve my companion and I ate candy, cookies, banana bread, and watched Joy to the World. Christmas day we spent mostly with the other elders in our ward and finished by going to dinner with the Ward mission leader and his family. For the classic Mexican Christmas dinner, which we had twice. They eat: Roast turkey, bacalao, beans, christmas pierna (pork chops?) and fruit salad. and coca cola, lots of coca cola, with mexican rolls called tortas. 

I was all delicious and then afterwards we got to call home! 

It was awesome to talk to everyone that was at megans house. It was a much needed little trip back home for those 90 minutes. 

This week was very slow as far as people to teach. We had a hard time finding anyone, because obviously, they are all on christmas break, but this next week should be much better. 

We had a cool experience with Burrito Wednesdays. Because wednesday was Christmas eve, we changed burrito wednesday to saturday. We went to our favorite little burrito place with the other elders in our ward. When we arrived, they were eating burgers. We asked them why, and they shared the following experience. 

They were just sitting waiting for us to get there when a man talked to them about an experience he had with some mormon neighbors. He and his family were very poor, and they couldn't always afford food, and their neighbors would give them milk and other things, and helped them to get by during that difficult time. He said they were very generous, and even gave him a book of mormon that he still has. He said to those elders, he felt it was time to give back, and bought them both a burger and a drink.  They asked if he would like to listen to missionaries, and he accepted, and they got his address and name. He lives in our area so the other elders passed the info to us. all this took place about 5 minutes before we arrived so we still havent met this family. 

The point of sharing this story, is that by doing what Christ would do, by serving our neighbors out of love and charity, we help them to feel of His love. Those feelings urge them to seek after Him, with open hearts, and open minds. When they feel that, they begin to accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is a story of a seed planted, by simple acts of love and service, that grows into something big. This family is now willing to accept Jesus Christ and His representatives into their home because of this simple act of service. 

So please, go out and serve, you may not see the results, you may only plant a seed, but every act of selfless service allows others to feel the love of God. If you have within your means to be the answer to somebody's plea to the Father for love, support, assistance, or just friendship, then go and do it! You may one day find that the seeds we plant here, will continue to grow and spread, and even after this life, they will remember your acts of love. You can be an answer to a prayer. 

Love you all,

Merry Christmas

Feliz Navidad

Pictures of 

Pinata

Popocatepetl the volcano with snow on top!

and 

my district after our zone activity

we made snow men, then threw snowballs at them. 

Week 14

Hey everybody,

It's almost Christmas!!!!

I hope you are all ready, becuse I am. I made about 4 dozen choc chip cookies, we are going to give them to some people here in the ward. Also, we are going to be teaching some great Christmas lessons this week about the Nativity story. 

There hasn't been anything too extaordinary that happened this week. We had some good lessons, but mostly, we are excited for Christmas to come. We continued our new tradition of Burrito wednesdays. Which we will continue on both christmas and New Years.  

I got some interesting Pictures this week, hope you like them. First is all my cookie supplies I bought, second an interesting sign in front of somebodys house by their garden, and third is Elder Scott and I celebrating Burrito Wednesday after our nightly planning session. 

I hope you are all enjoying this wonderful season to focus on the Savior, His Birth, His Life, His Example, His Death, and His LOVE! Remember Him always.

On Sunday we had a really good lesson about Service. We were asked to think of one talent that we have. I said, I love making cookies. 

Then we were asked how we could use that talent, for it's real purpose, which is to bless the lives of those around us. Perhaps your talent is singing, cooking, drawing, smiling, talking, or anything else. Remember that this talent is a Gift from God. Now, think of how you can use your talent to serve other people and help them to feel Christs love for them. Now go out and share your talents, our of selfless service and love. 

 17 And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellowbeings ye are only in the service of your God.

Go out and serve the Lord this Christmas!

Love Elder Wilson

I also finally recieved some Mail! it is dated November 7th and November 14th, One from bonnie shirley , one from Grandma Carol, and one from the First Presidency also One big one from Mom dated November 12th. SO that's how long it takes for mail to get to puebla, don't beleive the lying people in the mail rooms.... nothing in mexico is ever on time.