Whad da word!
Hey y'all this week was great here in Baton Rouge! This coming week is spring break for the LSU students, so we had to try and get with all of our progressing investigators and assure them of the blessings of reading the Book of Mormon over spring break :) This coming week is going to be interesting with so many people gone, but we are going to hit those apartments and try and find more people to teach that may have had to stay for work and such. I imagine it being a little like the Mardi Gras weekend where we hit an entire apartment complex like almost 100 doors and 2 people answered haha. I am just kidding, I know the Lord will prepare people for us to teach if we put our trust in him. He hasn't let us down yet, and I know this won't be any different :)
I just wanted to quickly mention the snow balls are back in business here in Baton Rouge! After a 2 week break in December haha. They are snow cones, but southern style. In other words as unhealthy/sugary as possible :) Bless their hearts quite literally! Almost as good as the Splash Pad. Don't worry though, I am staying low and frosty.
One cool thing this week was that I was able to give a baptism interview to a mother and her daughter from the Gonzales area. Marcie, (the Mom) has been seeking the truth for a long time and is so grateful she found it. Sadie the daughter (11) has gone through a lot in her life with her father in prison and other things and just has such a sweet growing testimony. The gospel truly brings families together and blesses us more than we can even imagine. If I have learned one thing on my mission it is how important the family is in our Heavenly Father's plan. That is where Satan is aiming these days. I love my family and am so grateful for all of them!
A few updates: We met with our awesome Nigerian investigator, Samuel, and taught him more about the Book of Mormon and read some with him. We also talked about the fruits of the spirit and how only good things come from God. He told us that he had been thinking about baptism ad that if the spirit prompts him to be baptized again that he would :) We are really trying to commit him to keep reading in the Book of Mormon and pray sincerely. Unfortunately he is just sooo busy all the time that it is so hard to meet with him often. He also slept in on Sunday and missed church... It is just so hard for him since he gets done working at 6 a.m and then church starts at 10:30. He has a ton of potential though and we are going to keep helping him progress!
Overall we have had a ton of success using the Prince of Peace Easter videos. We talk with everyone we can and just ask to share the quick 2 minute video with them and have them pull out their smart phone. One guy named Brandon (just a great guy :) ) invited us into his house for some water and asked us all about our belief in Jesus Christ. It was really cool, because we were able to teach him the Restoration lesson and as best as we could emphasize Christ being resurrected in every principle. He asked about the B.O.M and the bible and I helped compare the Bible/book of Mormon to his X-box 1 and Ps4 sitting on the entertainment center haha it was awesome. We then went back the next day and let him borrow a copy of the Book of Mormon! I am starting to really like that approach, because it gives them more of a desire to dive right in and read. The Miracle of the story was on our way out his roommate met us at the door and told us that he had gone to Institute before like a year ago! To make a long story short he knows some of the YSA members, and we are hoping they both come to institute this next week after spring break.
One last miracle was tracting Thursday night and finding this small family: Husband, wife, and 2 year old boy. They were just living at an apartment complex with almost all LSU students tucked away. We shared the Easter video with them and since they are from New Orleans we showed the specific one about gratitude filmed in NOLA. (The guy in the video, John Lewis is a recent convert down in the New Orleans ward I served in. He is such a stud, totally watch that video!) We talked with Chester about having another testament of Jesus Christ. He was super excited about it and we went back Sunday night and shared the entire restoration with him, his wife Kyra, and little boy. It was super cool and Kyra seems soooo golden. She agreed to read the entire book :) It stinks though, because we may have to refer them over to the other missionaries since we are YSA... It's all good though, they are awesome!
I love y'all, have a blessed week!
Love,
Elder Wilson
