Hey y'all,
It was so great skyping the family yesterday!! Looks like everyone is doing so well. Happy Mother's Day, love you Mom. Could hardly recognize Chris and Mike, but with the weight gain and everything down here in Louisiana I guess I can't say much haha ;) Things here are really turning and burning, but I will just share a couple experiences for this week.
Miracle:
We were doing service at the Food bank in Metairie, and one of the members of the ward came with us. We met so many way cool people. So Nohemi (one of the members) gets talking to this girl working there with us and invites her to get some food afterward. So we end up going to a little fast food restaurant, and Jess (the volunteer we met) came with us. We had a great time talking with her and getting to know her and then like 30 mins in ( even after we had been explaining our missions/leaving for 2 years, etc) she tells us that she is Catholic, but after moving out and going to school at LSU she started questioning it. Anyways, we end up asking her if she had ever attended a Mormon church, and she immediately gets red in the face, eyes widen, and her mouth drops. She was like, "Wait....y'all are Mormons?" hahahaha!! We all busted up laughing, because she had no idea we were Mormons (and Mormon missionaries especially haha). She seriously thought Mormons were crazy weird people and was so confused, it was so funny. The miracle of the story though is that she attended LSU, and after we told her that I served there 1 year ago she said she remembers me on Free Speech alley!!! It was funny though, because she admitted to taking a pass along card and just trying to avoid all eye contact every other time she walked passed and we were there. Haha! She was so embarrassed, but now realizes she just had no idea what we were all about and what we were doing. She expressed interest in coming to church next week too, so we are excited. Been thinking about how cool that would be if I was meant to teach her, and just took a couple opportunities.
Funny tracting story:
We we were down in the hood of Kenner, just minding our P's and Q's, out walking down this street. We made sure to park our car in a different location as well and hit the road on foot haha. So we are trying to contact a people on the roster, and street contact, etc. One of the names we are looking for is this guy named Rodney Hollis. So we are talking to tons of people and eventually come walking passed this car with a few people standing outside of it. One guy waves at us and basically tells us to keep up the good work and the people down here need Jesus haha. We decided to stop and talk with him of course, and turns out the man's name is Rodney. So I'm like, Rodney Hollis? And everyone goes silent, and he was like, "My brothers!! You remember me!" It has been a decade and y'all are still out doing the work of the Lord. (I honestly think he thought we were the same guys that taught him like 10 years ago haha) The funniest thing was the wife standing right next to him with the most shocked look on her face because we knew his last name. Rodney hit us with like 5 NOLA hand shakes and invited us back this week. Gotta love it! Just getting some street cred down here.
I will keep it short this week. I am loving the work down here, and know that it is true. Love y'all. Have a blessed week!
Love,
Elder Wilson
Monday, July 2, 2018
MAY 7, 2018
Hey y'all,
I am happy to say I made it safely down to New Orleans and am transitioning well back to my Southern roots. It almost feels like I never left haha; it is the weirdest thing. My first week here in Kenner a southern Louisiana family had us over for dinner, and they prepared Seafood Gumbo! Just picture this: A massive gumbo pot filled with tons of shrimp, catfish, oysters (luckily fully cooked this time ;) haha) all on top of a full size Crab smothered in white rice. Definitely a welcome back to New Orleans that is for sure :D And this time I actually really enjoyed it! I have come far and learned a lot since the beginning of my mission I guess, what can I say. Louisiana has changed me, and especially my tolerance to seafood no doubt. I was pounding that stuff. Helped that it was fast Sunday, and we had been fasting all day, but hey....haha
It has been quite the experience pretty much doubling into this area, because sadly the prior missionaries were... let me put it this way, "struggling." It is a quad apartment so there are 4 of us missionaries here, and 2 of them are Spanish elders. I am super excited to have Elder Cannon down here with me, because that man is a celestial being. To quote President Varner, "We are sending y'all down there to cleanse the temple and change culture." I think he was probably just talking about Elder Cannon, but I will do my best to pull my weight ;) So long story short, the area book was "lost" so we have literally been starting from ground zero. Man, not again haha. It seriously is every single time the area just starts getting popping I get transferred lol, bless my heart. We have been hitting the doors like crazy though, and the Lord has been blessing us so much. We set some high goals as a quad and are really working toward them!
We met so many great investigators and have been working many of them. Miracle: Friday afternoon we had been working hard, but really wanted to invite an investigator to come to church with us this Sunday. So we decided to pray of course and call on the blessings of Heaven. Honestly it was pretty brutal in the hot sun for hours and hours, and we weren't having much success. As it always seems to happen, you just have to keep pushing. We kept going and while at a complex we saw this African American family taking groceries up the stairs so we reached out to them. They were sooooo solid!!! We taught the restoration lesson sitting out on the grass, and they are Davin and Sherry. While we were teaching them they were answering all of their own questions! We invited them to church, and they were like, "oh yeah, y'all are coming tomorrow too though right?" We met with them the next day, and they had read everything and just thanked us for the truth. Davin gave the closing prayer and thanked God for this gospel for his future family. They don't have any kids yet, but Davin said this is what he wants for them. It was so incredible! Let's goo! Total miracle and blessing from the Lord. Davin ended up getting called into work, and so I guess we weren't specific enough in our prayer... this week though!! Sacrament meeting was great, and I was grateful for the chance to introduce myself and share my testimony. I shared the analogy of Lehi taking his family into the wilderness and making it to the promised land, and how I was transferred and asked to cross the many waters (Lake Pontchartrain) to make it to the promised land (Kenner/Metairie). Just happy to be here!
One Miracle that I would like to share: I have been thinking a lot about and sharing with other missionaries that you never know the good you do as a missionary. I think we all wonder sometimes if it really matters to be all in, and to give everything to the Lord especially when being one foot in is so much easier. It is especially difficult as a missionary when you don't always see if anything even comes of it all (the fruits of the labor) or if there isn't any visible "success." However, I am truly grateful for this tender mercy the Lord showed me that will continue to help me lay it all on the altar of sacrifice. A couple weeks ago I heard that this family in Picayune, Mississippi was getting baptized and asked how they were found. Well, turns out Elder Heninger (a missionary that went home a transfer ago) and I ended up finding them on exchanges back in January!!! I remember the day specifically and was so excited when we found Yolonda Smith out in front of her trailer. (I had even written her name down and the whole experience in my journal that day) I remember biking back from the exchange thinking how amazing of a family they were, but then never heard anything about it for many months. Until just a couple weeks ago when I heard of the entire family (Mom and her 4 boys) getting baptized. Neither of us were at the baptism, and I only had the opportunity to teach the first lesson, but it sure made me smile. It helped me to remember that we are all in this together and all play a part in this great work of the Lord, even if it just means finding them the first time. And who knows how many people reached out to them and prepared them for the gospel up to this point in their life. Now how many of these things happen? Probably all the time. I was just grateful for this thought, because no matter how small the part we play, we are all important. And ultimately we may never know the seeds we plant as missionaries, and we are all missionaries in the work of the Lord even if we aren't wearing a name tag. I am so grateful for another opportunity to get the work moving forward in this area. There is so much potential, and I am so happy Heavenly Father has given me the blessing of working with Him here.
Well, I will leave it at that this week, and ask for prayers in my behalf and this area. I know the Lord sent me here, and there is work only Elder Woody and I can do here at this time. I am looking forward to working hard, and changing culture down here. I love the Lord, I love the gospel, and I love y'all!! Yaherdme? Oh and looking forward to skyping on Mother's day!!
Love,
Elder Wilson
I am happy to say I made it safely down to New Orleans and am transitioning well back to my Southern roots. It almost feels like I never left haha; it is the weirdest thing. My first week here in Kenner a southern Louisiana family had us over for dinner, and they prepared Seafood Gumbo! Just picture this: A massive gumbo pot filled with tons of shrimp, catfish, oysters (luckily fully cooked this time ;) haha) all on top of a full size Crab smothered in white rice. Definitely a welcome back to New Orleans that is for sure :D And this time I actually really enjoyed it! I have come far and learned a lot since the beginning of my mission I guess, what can I say. Louisiana has changed me, and especially my tolerance to seafood no doubt. I was pounding that stuff. Helped that it was fast Sunday, and we had been fasting all day, but hey....haha
It has been quite the experience pretty much doubling into this area, because sadly the prior missionaries were... let me put it this way, "struggling." It is a quad apartment so there are 4 of us missionaries here, and 2 of them are Spanish elders. I am super excited to have Elder Cannon down here with me, because that man is a celestial being. To quote President Varner, "We are sending y'all down there to cleanse the temple and change culture." I think he was probably just talking about Elder Cannon, but I will do my best to pull my weight ;) So long story short, the area book was "lost" so we have literally been starting from ground zero. Man, not again haha. It seriously is every single time the area just starts getting popping I get transferred lol, bless my heart. We have been hitting the doors like crazy though, and the Lord has been blessing us so much. We set some high goals as a quad and are really working toward them!
We met so many great investigators and have been working many of them. Miracle: Friday afternoon we had been working hard, but really wanted to invite an investigator to come to church with us this Sunday. So we decided to pray of course and call on the blessings of Heaven. Honestly it was pretty brutal in the hot sun for hours and hours, and we weren't having much success. As it always seems to happen, you just have to keep pushing. We kept going and while at a complex we saw this African American family taking groceries up the stairs so we reached out to them. They were sooooo solid!!! We taught the restoration lesson sitting out on the grass, and they are Davin and Sherry. While we were teaching them they were answering all of their own questions! We invited them to church, and they were like, "oh yeah, y'all are coming tomorrow too though right?" We met with them the next day, and they had read everything and just thanked us for the truth. Davin gave the closing prayer and thanked God for this gospel for his future family. They don't have any kids yet, but Davin said this is what he wants for them. It was so incredible! Let's goo! Total miracle and blessing from the Lord. Davin ended up getting called into work, and so I guess we weren't specific enough in our prayer... this week though!! Sacrament meeting was great, and I was grateful for the chance to introduce myself and share my testimony. I shared the analogy of Lehi taking his family into the wilderness and making it to the promised land, and how I was transferred and asked to cross the many waters (Lake Pontchartrain) to make it to the promised land (Kenner/Metairie). Just happy to be here!
One Miracle that I would like to share: I have been thinking a lot about and sharing with other missionaries that you never know the good you do as a missionary. I think we all wonder sometimes if it really matters to be all in, and to give everything to the Lord especially when being one foot in is so much easier. It is especially difficult as a missionary when you don't always see if anything even comes of it all (the fruits of the labor) or if there isn't any visible "success." However, I am truly grateful for this tender mercy the Lord showed me that will continue to help me lay it all on the altar of sacrifice. A couple weeks ago I heard that this family in Picayune, Mississippi was getting baptized and asked how they were found. Well, turns out Elder Heninger (a missionary that went home a transfer ago) and I ended up finding them on exchanges back in January!!! I remember the day specifically and was so excited when we found Yolonda Smith out in front of her trailer. (I had even written her name down and the whole experience in my journal that day) I remember biking back from the exchange thinking how amazing of a family they were, but then never heard anything about it for many months. Until just a couple weeks ago when I heard of the entire family (Mom and her 4 boys) getting baptized. Neither of us were at the baptism, and I only had the opportunity to teach the first lesson, but it sure made me smile. It helped me to remember that we are all in this together and all play a part in this great work of the Lord, even if it just means finding them the first time. And who knows how many people reached out to them and prepared them for the gospel up to this point in their life. Now how many of these things happen? Probably all the time. I was just grateful for this thought, because no matter how small the part we play, we are all important. And ultimately we may never know the seeds we plant as missionaries, and we are all missionaries in the work of the Lord even if we aren't wearing a name tag. I am so grateful for another opportunity to get the work moving forward in this area. There is so much potential, and I am so happy Heavenly Father has given me the blessing of working with Him here.
Well, I will leave it at that this week, and ask for prayers in my behalf and this area. I know the Lord sent me here, and there is work only Elder Woody and I can do here at this time. I am looking forward to working hard, and changing culture down here. I love the Lord, I love the gospel, and I love y'all!! Yaherdme? Oh and looking forward to skyping on Mother's day!!
Love,
Elder Wilson
MAY 1, 2018
Another week that was just great!! It was the last week of the transfer, and couldn't have been better. We started the week of with teaching early morning seminary 2 mornings with the High school kids, and had a blast. Just picture this, "Missionary olympics" with the study of Mormon 8 and 9 :D We found whatever we could from the apartment and had some sporting events. For example, pin the mardi gras beads on the deer skull, and put put golf with a saints cup. It was pretty great let me tell ya :) It sure kept everyone alert at 6 a.m haha.
NEWS: Last night we got transfer calls. It turns out I am headed back down to where I was mission born and raised--NOLA! I will be in a suburb west of mid city where I started and it is a city called Kenner. My new companion will be Elder Woody, and I remember picking him up at the airport many months ago, so that will be great. All I know is that I will be going in swinging and finishing strong, because this may be my last stop! I will be the district leader down there, and rumor has it I will have 12 missionaries in the district, so this may be intense. I am looking forward to the challenge though, and grateful for another opportunity to serve the Lord in a different part of his vineyard. Elder Jensen is trained up and once these reins are off, this man is going to soar. Love Elder Jensen! Honestly feels like yesterday I picked the guy up. Total stud, going to do amazing things.
We had our last couple lessons with Danny and he completely threw coffee. He had been drinking 2 to 3 cups of coffee everyday for almost his whole life and on Wednesday he just got rid of the whole coffee maker in the house. Threw the thing right in the garbage. He told us that he gave up alcohol many years ago, and although he was a chain smoker he did the same with tobacco. Such a good man, and so prepared! His baptismal interview went great, and he told the elder he was excited to serve. On Saturday morning bright and early we got to the church at 8 to fill the font, and Danny showed up at 8:15 in prep for the 9 a.m baptism. As Elder Jensen kept saying, "Danny is smiling like a school girl." Haha he seriously was so excited for his baptism, and it turned out so great. Randy Helm one of the members of the ward down here was able to baptize him, and he is a convert himself so that was way special for him. We had a lesson with Danny in his home with his family, and they are awesome. There was such a special spirit at the baptism, and so great that many members could come and support. I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true with all my heart, and I felt that confirmation again with Danny's decision to enter the waters of baptism. Danny told us afterward, "I just felt a cleansing feeling and powerful spirit after being baptized, and it stayed with me for several hours." How amazing is that? To see a man humble himself and exercise the needed faith to follow the example of Jesus Christ is just amazing. I am so grateful for the blessing it was to find Danny when he had been prepared by the Lord. It was a miracle. His sister had passed away 3 days before reached out to him a few months ago, and although a very sad event, it allowed the Gospel of Jesus Christ to fully enter his life as we taught him many restored truths. The plan of salvation is real. Danny then went with Randy Helm to Slidell to be an Usher at the Glady's Knight event the rest of the day, and was confirmed a member/given the Holy ghost the next day at church.
The Glady's Knight event was such a hit!! Nana Tay, our investigator Grandma that is seriously the nicest lady, gave the sister missionaries a ride, and we rode with Bobby and Joanna Penton. Steve Lee brought his wife Courtney, and Chris and Paige made it to the evening showing. Many others came as well, and it was great to see so many African Americans as well. Those barriers are going down!! During part of the performance Glady's Knight and the choir started jamming out, and next thing I knew tons of us missionaries were clapping, dancing, and praising the Lord in the chapel. Never thought I would see that in an LDS chapel, but boy was it awesome!! Glady's Knight as you can imagine brought a total Baptist music feel and got the crowd singing and praising the Lord with some Amens, hallelujahs, and thank you Jesus' going on. It was such a blast, and Glady's bore powerful testimony of how finding the church has blessed her life tremendously. It was incredible. The stake president at the end was like, "Now if you are interested in learning more from these missionaries now you know these missionaries GOT SOUL!" Amen. So great to be able to break down some barriers and leave it on the dance floor Chapel. Whatever we gotta do to break down those walls, and share the gospel with ALL I say!
I have come to love this area so much, and have made so many lasting friendships that I will treasure forever. It is so hard to leave, but I know the Lord needs me elsewhere. I know that I found those many friends that I promised to find here, and am so grateful. It will be great to be able to keep in touch with them too, and further encourage them :) And Kenner isn't too far!
Well, I love y'all and want to thank you so much for your support. I love my mission so much, and am so thankful for the opportunity to serve the Lord.
Love,
Elder Wilson
NEWS: Last night we got transfer calls. It turns out I am headed back down to where I was mission born and raised--NOLA! I will be in a suburb west of mid city where I started and it is a city called Kenner. My new companion will be Elder Woody, and I remember picking him up at the airport many months ago, so that will be great. All I know is that I will be going in swinging and finishing strong, because this may be my last stop! I will be the district leader down there, and rumor has it I will have 12 missionaries in the district, so this may be intense. I am looking forward to the challenge though, and grateful for another opportunity to serve the Lord in a different part of his vineyard. Elder Jensen is trained up and once these reins are off, this man is going to soar. Love Elder Jensen! Honestly feels like yesterday I picked the guy up. Total stud, going to do amazing things.
We had our last couple lessons with Danny and he completely threw coffee. He had been drinking 2 to 3 cups of coffee everyday for almost his whole life and on Wednesday he just got rid of the whole coffee maker in the house. Threw the thing right in the garbage. He told us that he gave up alcohol many years ago, and although he was a chain smoker he did the same with tobacco. Such a good man, and so prepared! His baptismal interview went great, and he told the elder he was excited to serve. On Saturday morning bright and early we got to the church at 8 to fill the font, and Danny showed up at 8:15 in prep for the 9 a.m baptism. As Elder Jensen kept saying, "Danny is smiling like a school girl." Haha he seriously was so excited for his baptism, and it turned out so great. Randy Helm one of the members of the ward down here was able to baptize him, and he is a convert himself so that was way special for him. We had a lesson with Danny in his home with his family, and they are awesome. There was such a special spirit at the baptism, and so great that many members could come and support. I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true with all my heart, and I felt that confirmation again with Danny's decision to enter the waters of baptism. Danny told us afterward, "I just felt a cleansing feeling and powerful spirit after being baptized, and it stayed with me for several hours." How amazing is that? To see a man humble himself and exercise the needed faith to follow the example of Jesus Christ is just amazing. I am so grateful for the blessing it was to find Danny when he had been prepared by the Lord. It was a miracle. His sister had passed away 3 days before reached out to him a few months ago, and although a very sad event, it allowed the Gospel of Jesus Christ to fully enter his life as we taught him many restored truths. The plan of salvation is real. Danny then went with Randy Helm to Slidell to be an Usher at the Glady's Knight event the rest of the day, and was confirmed a member/given the Holy ghost the next day at church.
The Glady's Knight event was such a hit!! Nana Tay, our investigator Grandma that is seriously the nicest lady, gave the sister missionaries a ride, and we rode with Bobby and Joanna Penton. Steve Lee brought his wife Courtney, and Chris and Paige made it to the evening showing. Many others came as well, and it was great to see so many African Americans as well. Those barriers are going down!! During part of the performance Glady's Knight and the choir started jamming out, and next thing I knew tons of us missionaries were clapping, dancing, and praising the Lord in the chapel. Never thought I would see that in an LDS chapel, but boy was it awesome!! Glady's Knight as you can imagine brought a total Baptist music feel and got the crowd singing and praising the Lord with some Amens, hallelujahs, and thank you Jesus' going on. It was such a blast, and Glady's bore powerful testimony of how finding the church has blessed her life tremendously. It was incredible. The stake president at the end was like, "Now if you are interested in learning more from these missionaries now you know these missionaries GOT SOUL!" Amen. So great to be able to break down some barriers and leave it on the dance floor Chapel. Whatever we gotta do to break down those walls, and share the gospel with ALL I say!
I have come to love this area so much, and have made so many lasting friendships that I will treasure forever. It is so hard to leave, but I know the Lord needs me elsewhere. I know that I found those many friends that I promised to find here, and am so grateful. It will be great to be able to keep in touch with them too, and further encourage them :) And Kenner isn't too far!
Well, I love y'all and want to thank you so much for your support. I love my mission so much, and am so thankful for the opportunity to serve the Lord.
Love,
Elder Wilson
APRIL 23, 2018
Hey y'all this week was incredible! From a slimy battle against raw oysters to an investigator almost starving himself to miracles finding more to teach, I'd say it was a great week!
This last week we met this way nice guy named Frank at the neighborhood crawfish boil we were invited to, and he had told us about his restaurant here in Mandeville. So this last week during lunch Elder Jensen and I stopped in! Well, this will just tell you how nice the people are down here in Louisiana. Frank comes out, brings a menu, and starts asking us what all we want to try. He ends up serving us like 3 appetizer dishes, and 2 full size entree dishes all on him. What a guy! He brought out some gumbo nachos, fried pickles, fried oyster, boudin ball cajun burgers, shrimp tacos, and last but not least a couple Raw oysters. YIKES!! That was nerve wracking to say the least. It was like cracking a raw egg and slurping that puppy... Can't even believe I got that down the pipe. Needless to say we were stuffed and sick to our stomachs after that haha. It was all wayyy good though! Frank is going to Glady's knight on Saturday as well.
So last week we were teaching Danny Meryl one of the last lessons for baptism: tithing, fast offerings, and fasting. The lesson went great, and with scheduling stuff it took us about 6 days for the next lesson. Well, we go to follow up with him on the previous lesson and he is like, "Well, I don't eat much to begin with and usually only eat a couple meals a day. But this last week I have only eaten 1 meal a day because I want to align myself with the church and obey the commandment of fasting." HAHAHA whooops!!! I am pretty sure we mentioned the 1 time per month thing, unless special occasions, but bless this man's heart. We have been starving the poor guy! He is seriously so faithful though and just wants to do everything right. He is excited for his baptism this Saturday the 28th, and is planning to be an Usher at the Glady's knight even later in the day. Just the most genuine and faithful guy you'll meet.
We have been working with several part member families especially those with a husband that served a mission, and have been having great success. This last week we had dinner with Bobby and Joanna Penton, who are expecting their first child in the next few months. It was so great because Joanna is from the Philippines and just super nice, and Bobby told us all about his mission to California. He took us out to the garage and showed us all of his old mission stuff, and that was way cool. We invited them to the Glady's Knight event this Saturday, and they are planning to pick us up :)
We also have been working with a guy named Steven Lee who is an anesthesiologist and served his mission in Taiwan. Him and his wife just recently had a baby girl, and have been thinking about how they want to raise her. We brought a former Stake President with us to visit him this week, and the lesson went great. Whenever I worry about being too bold or blunt I remember some of the Savior's teachings in the New Testament :D Steve made it to church this last week and said it was a great spiritual reminder. They are planning to attend Glady's Knight event too!
As you can see we have seriously been inviting everyone and their dog to this Glady's Knight event, because it is going to be a game changer down here in this area we think. I am so excited for it, and really think it is going to open a lot of doors to the gospel down here.
Miracle: On Wednesday we got a call from a guy from Utah that is one of the builders currently working on the Baton Rouge temple. Well turns out this lady came to "inspect the job site" for her work and ended up talking to some of the people on site. They shared a little about the temple and the Book of Mormon with her, and got her information to learn more. Lucky for us she lives in Mandeville!! Right after we got off the phone with this guy we gave the lady, Marcia, a call. We asked if she was busy that night, and next thing we knew she was inviting us over for dinner at 6 that same day, 2 hours after the original phone call! She fed us spaghetti with her 2 little kids and husband Kyle. They were both super nice and seem way prepared! We taught the Restoration lesson and answered so many great questions. Total miracle!
One last miracle: We were driving to an appointment and saw this older man outside his house carrying some heavy bricks to lay in a garden. We decided we better stop and help him. He was a way nice older man, but wasn't interested in the message after we helped him. However, before we left the lady next door, Lauire, came out to check on her kids running through the yard and started talking to us.
She was super nice and we ended up talking with her for quite a while over in her yard about the Book of Mormon. She currently attends a non-denominational church but was way open. She also knew members that used to live here! We went back the next day to bring her a copy, and she was way excited about the Jaredite people in Ether. We are excited to keep meeting with her too! It was way cool to see that those spiritual promptings are real, but may not end up in the way we expect them to.
Love y'all. Hope you have a blessed week!
Love,
Elder Wilson
This last week we met this way nice guy named Frank at the neighborhood crawfish boil we were invited to, and he had told us about his restaurant here in Mandeville. So this last week during lunch Elder Jensen and I stopped in! Well, this will just tell you how nice the people are down here in Louisiana. Frank comes out, brings a menu, and starts asking us what all we want to try. He ends up serving us like 3 appetizer dishes, and 2 full size entree dishes all on him. What a guy! He brought out some gumbo nachos, fried pickles, fried oyster, boudin ball cajun burgers, shrimp tacos, and last but not least a couple Raw oysters. YIKES!! That was nerve wracking to say the least. It was like cracking a raw egg and slurping that puppy... Can't even believe I got that down the pipe. Needless to say we were stuffed and sick to our stomachs after that haha. It was all wayyy good though! Frank is going to Glady's knight on Saturday as well.
So last week we were teaching Danny Meryl one of the last lessons for baptism: tithing, fast offerings, and fasting. The lesson went great, and with scheduling stuff it took us about 6 days for the next lesson. Well, we go to follow up with him on the previous lesson and he is like, "Well, I don't eat much to begin with and usually only eat a couple meals a day. But this last week I have only eaten 1 meal a day because I want to align myself with the church and obey the commandment of fasting." HAHAHA whooops!!! I am pretty sure we mentioned the 1 time per month thing, unless special occasions, but bless this man's heart. We have been starving the poor guy! He is seriously so faithful though and just wants to do everything right. He is excited for his baptism this Saturday the 28th, and is planning to be an Usher at the Glady's knight even later in the day. Just the most genuine and faithful guy you'll meet.
We have been working with several part member families especially those with a husband that served a mission, and have been having great success. This last week we had dinner with Bobby and Joanna Penton, who are expecting their first child in the next few months. It was so great because Joanna is from the Philippines and just super nice, and Bobby told us all about his mission to California. He took us out to the garage and showed us all of his old mission stuff, and that was way cool. We invited them to the Glady's Knight event this Saturday, and they are planning to pick us up :)
We also have been working with a guy named Steven Lee who is an anesthesiologist and served his mission in Taiwan. Him and his wife just recently had a baby girl, and have been thinking about how they want to raise her. We brought a former Stake President with us to visit him this week, and the lesson went great. Whenever I worry about being too bold or blunt I remember some of the Savior's teachings in the New Testament :D Steve made it to church this last week and said it was a great spiritual reminder. They are planning to attend Glady's Knight event too!
As you can see we have seriously been inviting everyone and their dog to this Glady's Knight event, because it is going to be a game changer down here in this area we think. I am so excited for it, and really think it is going to open a lot of doors to the gospel down here.
Miracle: On Wednesday we got a call from a guy from Utah that is one of the builders currently working on the Baton Rouge temple. Well turns out this lady came to "inspect the job site" for her work and ended up talking to some of the people on site. They shared a little about the temple and the Book of Mormon with her, and got her information to learn more. Lucky for us she lives in Mandeville!! Right after we got off the phone with this guy we gave the lady, Marcia, a call. We asked if she was busy that night, and next thing we knew she was inviting us over for dinner at 6 that same day, 2 hours after the original phone call! She fed us spaghetti with her 2 little kids and husband Kyle. They were both super nice and seem way prepared! We taught the Restoration lesson and answered so many great questions. Total miracle!
One last miracle: We were driving to an appointment and saw this older man outside his house carrying some heavy bricks to lay in a garden. We decided we better stop and help him. He was a way nice older man, but wasn't interested in the message after we helped him. However, before we left the lady next door, Lauire, came out to check on her kids running through the yard and started talking to us.
She was super nice and we ended up talking with her for quite a while over in her yard about the Book of Mormon. She currently attends a non-denominational church but was way open. She also knew members that used to live here! We went back the next day to bring her a copy, and she was way excited about the Jaredite people in Ether. We are excited to keep meeting with her too! It was way cool to see that those spiritual promptings are real, but may not end up in the way we expect them to.
Love y'all. Hope you have a blessed week!
Love,
Elder Wilson
APRIL 16, 2018
This week was an amazing week! The Lord's hand was most definitely seen and we were blessed to be a part of some incredible miracles!!
We met with Chris several times this week, and he is doing great. He has been super busy with work lately, but has been keeping up on his Book of Mormon reading :) One of the lessons we followed up with his reading of Moroni 7, and it talks about how we must do things with real intent (pray and read). It was cool, because he told us that he read the scripture and realized it was speaking to him so he re-read the first little bit of the chapter 3 or 4 times haha. He is doing great, and it has been such a testimony builder for me, because we met him at what seems to be the perfect time. He has been going through a 1 year sober program to clean his life up, and just last week finished the course! He has to wait a few months before the court trial finishes up, but that will just give him more time to learn, progress, and build that foundation on Jesus Christ.
As I have mentioned before Glady's Knight is coming to Slidell in about 2 weeks now to sing and bear testimony of the Book of Mormon, and so we have been inviting everyone and their dog to this event! It has been sooo cool. Like last night we ran into a neighborhood crawfish boil and ended up inviting everyone to the Glady's Knight. This one lady, Sharee, mentioned that she is "a recovering catholic" and actually lives 2 streets down from the church in Slidell!! Let's goo. She seems way excited to go. The guy hosting the crawfish boil didn't seem super excited about music, but sure wanted to get us out on his kayak/shrimp boat with him LOL ;) It was tough turning the guy down, bless our hearts. And then we went and did an exchange over in Hammond this week, and man that place is the promised land haha. We found 3 super awesome families that all seemed stoked about the event. This lady named Tasha actually came to the church in Hammond twice when she lived out in Pontchatoula, and has now since moved a few streets down from the church! She seemed so prepared and a total miracle that she has already stepped in the doors.
Miracle: Elder Jensen felt inspired that we needed to visit some LA's up in an area that we hadn't gone to before, so we decided to follow the prompting! The first miracle was knocking on the wrong house, only to find this way awesome guy that has always wanted to learn about the B.o.M. We had a great lesson with him! We then visited this guy named Jason Gore who actually served his mission here in Louisiana and moved back a few years after. He was the branch president down in Morgan City, and just a super great guy. He works in the oil industry, and just remarried a non-member a few years ago. We could tell he still had a strong testimony even though he hasn't been to church in a while. He told us he has been working on his wife slowly with the gospel as well. The miracle wasn't just finding him though. Turns out he was having surgery on his shoulder bright and early the following morning and has been way nervous about it. He had been thinking about calling someone in the ward to give him a priesthood blessing, but Heavenly Father sent us instead :) He shared so many mission experiences of following promptings from being obedient, and we were able to bear testimony of that. His wife Sharee had never seen a priesthood blessing, and so that was way cool as well. We also invited them to the Glady's Knight event and they said they wanted to go! The same night we felt prompted to flip a u-turn and head the opposite direction we were headed, and ended up visiting this family who's Dad just returned from work off the rig. We invited them to Glady's of course, and it was a total miracle again.
We have been taking out a Priest age young man teaching with us, Isaac Holbrook, and he ended up spending all Saturday with us. We had a blast, and hoping to help him get on a mission. He bore a testimony of how in the last couple weeks he has made it more of a priority to read and pray, and shared how it has only blessed his life. I love how missionary work has so many aspects of helping others. Honestly this week was something else. I could go on and on about the blessings Heavenly Father showed us this week, but words won't do justice regardless (or even irregardless :D).
We had zone conference this week, and so I wanted to conclude with my thoughts/testimony:
As a mission we read the Book of Mormon in 90 days, and President Varner asked several of us to bear our testimonies of our experience. I was grateful for the chance I had to reflect on the experience. I shared how there were sooo many days where I would start reading and just KNEW the B.O.M was true, and couldn't wait to finish it so I could receive a "full witness" However, I learned that you can receive a "full witness" of its truth every single time you read it.
I also found that the Book of Mormon in and of itself is a miracle that I can hold in my hands.
By small and great miracles I have come to see the Lord's hand in this work of bringing souls unto Him. The Bible dictionary shares, “Miracles should not be regarded as deviations from the ordinary course of nature so much as manifestations of divine or spiritual power. Miracles were and are a response to Faith.” Through reading the B.O.M again and furthering my testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ I can say as Moroni does in Mormon 9:11, 15, “God has not ceased to be a God of miracles. But behold I will show unto you a God of miracles.” As Moroni declares I have also gained more of a sure knowledge that God truly is a God of miracles. I testify of the miracles that have taken place in my heart as I have labored in the Lord's service and held fast to the Book of Mormon that I treasure.
Love,
Elder Wilson
We met with Chris several times this week, and he is doing great. He has been super busy with work lately, but has been keeping up on his Book of Mormon reading :) One of the lessons we followed up with his reading of Moroni 7, and it talks about how we must do things with real intent (pray and read). It was cool, because he told us that he read the scripture and realized it was speaking to him so he re-read the first little bit of the chapter 3 or 4 times haha. He is doing great, and it has been such a testimony builder for me, because we met him at what seems to be the perfect time. He has been going through a 1 year sober program to clean his life up, and just last week finished the course! He has to wait a few months before the court trial finishes up, but that will just give him more time to learn, progress, and build that foundation on Jesus Christ.
As I have mentioned before Glady's Knight is coming to Slidell in about 2 weeks now to sing and bear testimony of the Book of Mormon, and so we have been inviting everyone and their dog to this event! It has been sooo cool. Like last night we ran into a neighborhood crawfish boil and ended up inviting everyone to the Glady's Knight. This one lady, Sharee, mentioned that she is "a recovering catholic" and actually lives 2 streets down from the church in Slidell!! Let's goo. She seems way excited to go. The guy hosting the crawfish boil didn't seem super excited about music, but sure wanted to get us out on his kayak/shrimp boat with him LOL ;) It was tough turning the guy down, bless our hearts. And then we went and did an exchange over in Hammond this week, and man that place is the promised land haha. We found 3 super awesome families that all seemed stoked about the event. This lady named Tasha actually came to the church in Hammond twice when she lived out in Pontchatoula, and has now since moved a few streets down from the church! She seemed so prepared and a total miracle that she has already stepped in the doors.
Miracle: Elder Jensen felt inspired that we needed to visit some LA's up in an area that we hadn't gone to before, so we decided to follow the prompting! The first miracle was knocking on the wrong house, only to find this way awesome guy that has always wanted to learn about the B.o.M. We had a great lesson with him! We then visited this guy named Jason Gore who actually served his mission here in Louisiana and moved back a few years after. He was the branch president down in Morgan City, and just a super great guy. He works in the oil industry, and just remarried a non-member a few years ago. We could tell he still had a strong testimony even though he hasn't been to church in a while. He told us he has been working on his wife slowly with the gospel as well. The miracle wasn't just finding him though. Turns out he was having surgery on his shoulder bright and early the following morning and has been way nervous about it. He had been thinking about calling someone in the ward to give him a priesthood blessing, but Heavenly Father sent us instead :) He shared so many mission experiences of following promptings from being obedient, and we were able to bear testimony of that. His wife Sharee had never seen a priesthood blessing, and so that was way cool as well. We also invited them to the Glady's Knight event and they said they wanted to go! The same night we felt prompted to flip a u-turn and head the opposite direction we were headed, and ended up visiting this family who's Dad just returned from work off the rig. We invited them to Glady's of course, and it was a total miracle again.
We have been taking out a Priest age young man teaching with us, Isaac Holbrook, and he ended up spending all Saturday with us. We had a blast, and hoping to help him get on a mission. He bore a testimony of how in the last couple weeks he has made it more of a priority to read and pray, and shared how it has only blessed his life. I love how missionary work has so many aspects of helping others. Honestly this week was something else. I could go on and on about the blessings Heavenly Father showed us this week, but words won't do justice regardless (or even irregardless :D).
We had zone conference this week, and so I wanted to conclude with my thoughts/testimony:
As a mission we read the Book of Mormon in 90 days, and President Varner asked several of us to bear our testimonies of our experience. I was grateful for the chance I had to reflect on the experience. I shared how there were sooo many days where I would start reading and just KNEW the B.O.M was true, and couldn't wait to finish it so I could receive a "full witness" However, I learned that you can receive a "full witness" of its truth every single time you read it.
I also found that the Book of Mormon in and of itself is a miracle that I can hold in my hands.
By small and great miracles I have come to see the Lord's hand in this work of bringing souls unto Him. The Bible dictionary shares, “Miracles should not be regarded as deviations from the ordinary course of nature so much as manifestations of divine or spiritual power. Miracles were and are a response to Faith.” Through reading the B.O.M again and furthering my testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ I can say as Moroni does in Mormon 9:11, 15, “God has not ceased to be a God of miracles. But behold I will show unto you a God of miracles.” As Moroni declares I have also gained more of a sure knowledge that God truly is a God of miracles. I testify of the miracles that have taken place in my heart as I have labored in the Lord's service and held fast to the Book of Mormon that I treasure.
Love,
Elder Wilson
APRIL 9, 2018
Alright from Louisiana!
This week was another fantastic week!!
We met this way nice lady named Donna last week and ended up doing service for her in her yard. Next thing we knew we were sitting down listening to her whole life story of speaking in tongues and being filled with the holy ghost, etc. She shared with us some interesting experiences to say the least. "Satan has been trying to kill me all my life." haha she is a great lady. Anyways, she gave us the huge tub of Jambalaya, and poor Elder Jensen hadn't experienced that kind of Jambalaya yet and I may or may not have forgotten to warn the guy. Bless his heart! "Sweet this will keep us fed the next couple days." (I just smiled) Half way through bowl, he said, "Man if this is Jambalaya then I hate jambalaya." LOL!!!! I assured him that it wasn't the real deal, because good gravy that stuff wasn't even of this Earth. She told us she put puree'/liquid crawfish in it, and I think she might have put her dying cat along with it.... Bless her heart though! It's the thought that counts I guess. I love Louisiana :P
We have been working with this great guy named Danny and this last week we had a great lesson with him. He has been reading the Book of Mormon with the ward and is just cooking right into 2nd Nephi! Hopefully the Isaiah chapters don't slow the man down, because he is greasing up those hotcakes if you feel me. Almost like ordering "something deluxe" at the McDonald's and ending up with a platter of hotcakes. Still trying to figure out how this applies to Danny reading the Book of Mormon, but anyways he is doing great. We had a lesson with him about baptism and read Matthew 7 and then 2nd Nephi 31 and committed him to baptism on April 28th. We are excited!!
Miracle: After a couple months now the schedules FINALLY matched up and we were able to have a get together with Chris and Paige Caronna along with Steve and Baeli Short. Everyone made it off work barely in time and it just all worked out somehow :) Chris made dinner for everyone over at his house and it was just so great. Everyone seemed to have a great time getting to know each other and Steve and Chris are going golfing, and Baeli and Paige are going to start some personal progress/book of mormon studying together! We shared the short Restoration video and talked about it together, and then Paige texted us on Sunday saying she loved Moroni 7 and Mosiah 2! Things are going great. Please pray for them.
Another highlight was bringing our investigator Raymond to church. He seemed to really enjoy it, but almost Hijacked the gospel principles lesson on the Priesthood. Apparently he used to be a pastor and everything so you can just imagine that, and we are definitely going to have to teach more on the priesthood haha. It was pretty funny!
I wanted to finish with a few thoughts that I have been thinking about and reminded of. On my mission I have had the opportunity to meet so many members of the church ( many even RM's) that sometimes find themselves checking things off a list like: serving a mission, going to the temple, being sealed, blessing their baby, etc. They then find themselves not attending church anymore or reading their scriptures because they have "checked everything off the list." I have had much time to think about this especially throughout my mission and am reminded by the counsel given in the scriptures and by Prophets. Our testimonies and ultimately our faith are living things that require nourishment. Like any other living entity without the proper nourishment will dwindle and could even die. As the well known example in Alma 32 shares, in order for a seed to grow we must nourish it, and in the same sense, in order for a fruitful tree to continue to produce fruit we must never stop nourishing it. I love the quote by Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Faith is not so much something we believe; faith is something we live." We cannot simply believe or "have faith," we must do it and live it. Are we simply doing the steps or are we actively taking the steps? I know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is something we must live even when it is tough, but further testify of the joy and blessings that come from following the Savior Jesus Christ's example. It truly is the "Good news." The Book of Mormon contains convincing evidence of these truths, but it is up to us to constantly find them, apply them, and live them!
Hope y'all have a blessed week!
Love,
Elder Wilson
This week was another fantastic week!!
We met this way nice lady named Donna last week and ended up doing service for her in her yard. Next thing we knew we were sitting down listening to her whole life story of speaking in tongues and being filled with the holy ghost, etc. She shared with us some interesting experiences to say the least. "Satan has been trying to kill me all my life." haha she is a great lady. Anyways, she gave us the huge tub of Jambalaya, and poor Elder Jensen hadn't experienced that kind of Jambalaya yet and I may or may not have forgotten to warn the guy. Bless his heart! "Sweet this will keep us fed the next couple days." (I just smiled) Half way through bowl, he said, "Man if this is Jambalaya then I hate jambalaya." LOL!!!! I assured him that it wasn't the real deal, because good gravy that stuff wasn't even of this Earth. She told us she put puree'/liquid crawfish in it, and I think she might have put her dying cat along with it.... Bless her heart though! It's the thought that counts I guess. I love Louisiana :P
We have been working with this great guy named Danny and this last week we had a great lesson with him. He has been reading the Book of Mormon with the ward and is just cooking right into 2nd Nephi! Hopefully the Isaiah chapters don't slow the man down, because he is greasing up those hotcakes if you feel me. Almost like ordering "something deluxe" at the McDonald's and ending up with a platter of hotcakes. Still trying to figure out how this applies to Danny reading the Book of Mormon, but anyways he is doing great. We had a lesson with him about baptism and read Matthew 7 and then 2nd Nephi 31 and committed him to baptism on April 28th. We are excited!!
Miracle: After a couple months now the schedules FINALLY matched up and we were able to have a get together with Chris and Paige Caronna along with Steve and Baeli Short. Everyone made it off work barely in time and it just all worked out somehow :) Chris made dinner for everyone over at his house and it was just so great. Everyone seemed to have a great time getting to know each other and Steve and Chris are going golfing, and Baeli and Paige are going to start some personal progress/book of mormon studying together! We shared the short Restoration video and talked about it together, and then Paige texted us on Sunday saying she loved Moroni 7 and Mosiah 2! Things are going great. Please pray for them.
Another highlight was bringing our investigator Raymond to church. He seemed to really enjoy it, but almost Hijacked the gospel principles lesson on the Priesthood. Apparently he used to be a pastor and everything so you can just imagine that, and we are definitely going to have to teach more on the priesthood haha. It was pretty funny!
I wanted to finish with a few thoughts that I have been thinking about and reminded of. On my mission I have had the opportunity to meet so many members of the church ( many even RM's) that sometimes find themselves checking things off a list like: serving a mission, going to the temple, being sealed, blessing their baby, etc. They then find themselves not attending church anymore or reading their scriptures because they have "checked everything off the list." I have had much time to think about this especially throughout my mission and am reminded by the counsel given in the scriptures and by Prophets. Our testimonies and ultimately our faith are living things that require nourishment. Like any other living entity without the proper nourishment will dwindle and could even die. As the well known example in Alma 32 shares, in order for a seed to grow we must nourish it, and in the same sense, in order for a fruitful tree to continue to produce fruit we must never stop nourishing it. I love the quote by Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Faith is not so much something we believe; faith is something we live." We cannot simply believe or "have faith," we must do it and live it. Are we simply doing the steps or are we actively taking the steps? I know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is something we must live even when it is tough, but further testify of the joy and blessings that come from following the Savior Jesus Christ's example. It truly is the "Good news." The Book of Mormon contains convincing evidence of these truths, but it is up to us to constantly find them, apply them, and live them!
Hope y'all have a blessed week!
Love,
Elder Wilson
APRIL 2, 2018
Hey y'all,
This week was another special one! Man, conference was just such a treat wasn't it? I know that President Russel M. Nelson has been called as the Lord's prophet at this time. It is amazing to see the revelation already presenting itself as he has shared the Lord's will for His church at this time. I am grateful for the opportunity to sustain and defend that truth.
We have been doing service for this lady that is neighbors with a great member family in the ward, and she is so awesome. We have been pressure washing her porches/house since the swamp humidity makes everything green haha. She is so nice and this week wants to have us over with the member family for dinner :) It has been amazing to see how service really opens hearts to the message of the gospel.
Funny story: We were street contacting/tracting in this neighborhood and ended up getting the name of this "nice family on the corner." Turns out they have 2 sooped up escalades out front and even a couple wave runnerss haha. Anyways, we knock on the door and this guy opens and as soon as we asked if it was the Garret's he starts getting way offended that one of his neighbors sent us "because they needed Jesus" even though we definitely didn't say that haha. Long story short, he starts cussing and literally pulls out a wad of cash and offers us $200 to get off his porch. LOL :) We graciously declined and told him that what we were sharing was worth more than that! It was pretty funny, but definitely a testimony builder of how special the Gospel of Jesus Christ is. No amount of money could buy/replace the joy that it brings nor any aspect of it's truth.
For General Conference we were able to watch the Saturday morning session with Chris and Paige at their house. It was so awesome! The night before Chris was basically a Member-present for the lesson on the Restoration for Paige, and it was incredible to see him already testify of the truth. During General Conference we answered so many great questions about prophets, apostles, and even temples. Chris was looking up pictures of temples, and especially the Rome, Italy temple. The night before we invited them to read Alma 32, and the next day Paige had completely marked in red pen all about faith that she had read. It was amazing to hear about the feelings she felt reading, and Chris is right there with her. Paige also posted the Easter video on Facebook :)
So many incredible things happening here, and the joy is great. I will leave it with those highlights!
I wanted to end with my testimony and thoughts from Elder Uchtdorf's talk in the Sunday afternoon session. He shared many powerful truths about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I know that through Jesus Christ "our sins can be not only erased, but forgotten. Behold the man. When you're encompassed by sorrows and grief, behold the man."I know that it is He that made it possible for us to be freed from those bonds of darkness and sorrow that Satan so mercilessly employs upon us. Through Jesus Christ we find the power to overcome. Faith leads to action which leads to power. I loved how he shared that as we learn of him and strive to refine our nature, we further become disciples of Him. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve my Savior Jesus Christ in his vineyard. I have felt his love and seen his footsteps everyday. I have never felt more joy than striving to be a true disciple by learning of Him and following Him. The dots just seem to connect! I know that Jesus Christ lives and was resurrected after 3 days so that we may know we will live again. It is never the end. Because of Him we can continuously improve and the light in our lives may continue to brighten until the perfect day. "Death has no sting. Grave has no victory." And sin may be swallowed up and forgotten through the Savior Jesus Christ. "Behold the man."
Love,
Elder Wilson
This week was another special one! Man, conference was just such a treat wasn't it? I know that President Russel M. Nelson has been called as the Lord's prophet at this time. It is amazing to see the revelation already presenting itself as he has shared the Lord's will for His church at this time. I am grateful for the opportunity to sustain and defend that truth.
We have been doing service for this lady that is neighbors with a great member family in the ward, and she is so awesome. We have been pressure washing her porches/house since the swamp humidity makes everything green haha. She is so nice and this week wants to have us over with the member family for dinner :) It has been amazing to see how service really opens hearts to the message of the gospel.
Funny story: We were street contacting/tracting in this neighborhood and ended up getting the name of this "nice family on the corner." Turns out they have 2 sooped up escalades out front and even a couple wave runnerss haha. Anyways, we knock on the door and this guy opens and as soon as we asked if it was the Garret's he starts getting way offended that one of his neighbors sent us "because they needed Jesus" even though we definitely didn't say that haha. Long story short, he starts cussing and literally pulls out a wad of cash and offers us $200 to get off his porch. LOL :) We graciously declined and told him that what we were sharing was worth more than that! It was pretty funny, but definitely a testimony builder of how special the Gospel of Jesus Christ is. No amount of money could buy/replace the joy that it brings nor any aspect of it's truth.
For General Conference we were able to watch the Saturday morning session with Chris and Paige at their house. It was so awesome! The night before Chris was basically a Member-present for the lesson on the Restoration for Paige, and it was incredible to see him already testify of the truth. During General Conference we answered so many great questions about prophets, apostles, and even temples. Chris was looking up pictures of temples, and especially the Rome, Italy temple. The night before we invited them to read Alma 32, and the next day Paige had completely marked in red pen all about faith that she had read. It was amazing to hear about the feelings she felt reading, and Chris is right there with her. Paige also posted the Easter video on Facebook :)
So many incredible things happening here, and the joy is great. I will leave it with those highlights!
I wanted to end with my testimony and thoughts from Elder Uchtdorf's talk in the Sunday afternoon session. He shared many powerful truths about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I know that through Jesus Christ "our sins can be not only erased, but forgotten. Behold the man. When you're encompassed by sorrows and grief, behold the man."I know that it is He that made it possible for us to be freed from those bonds of darkness and sorrow that Satan so mercilessly employs upon us. Through Jesus Christ we find the power to overcome. Faith leads to action which leads to power. I loved how he shared that as we learn of him and strive to refine our nature, we further become disciples of Him. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve my Savior Jesus Christ in his vineyard. I have felt his love and seen his footsteps everyday. I have never felt more joy than striving to be a true disciple by learning of Him and following Him. The dots just seem to connect! I know that Jesus Christ lives and was resurrected after 3 days so that we may know we will live again. It is never the end. Because of Him we can continuously improve and the light in our lives may continue to brighten until the perfect day. "Death has no sting. Grave has no victory." And sin may be swallowed up and forgotten through the Savior Jesus Christ. "Behold the man."
Love,
Elder Wilson
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