Hello!
First off I"ll answer some questions.
I DID recieve the calendar before Christmas and I actually did mention it in the call home. I LOVE IT! I was actually looking through it and saw the picture of us all at the Temple and I saw myself in that old suit and thought, "Hey, why didn't I bring that suit?" So that's the one I was talking about. Mom, however, reminded me why I didn't bring it... it's a really nice suit. So on second thought please don't send the suit, but the socks, shoes, and belt I could use!
The mail here is safe and so you can send me packages to my Chaparral address.
BTW, I own J-dubs. I eat them for a living. It's funny that a group claiming to be the government of Jehovah on the earth wouldn't claim any divine authority for their beginings. And the idea that their wacked out Bible is based on the earliest available Hebrew and Greek texts is down right laughable. So please don't think that I have problems with them, just with that one scripture.
Oh yeah, and I'm not driving a stick which is good because I don't know how, and the truck is good, and very necessary since half of the roads in Chaparral are dirt.
Congradulations to Ben Ivory on the mission call! I think that Washington is probably the exact opposite (in climate) of where I am now. So enjoy enough rain and green for the both of us!
I've got a few quick stories for you. First one that involves a Jehova's Witness. We knocked on his door and he informed us that he was a Jehova's Witness and wasn't interested. I asked him if he wouldn't mind getting his Bible so that we could read together, and he said he was busy. So I asked him if I could leave him with a reference to read later and he said okay. I meant to leave him with Mark 11:26 which is a scripture that they don't have in their wacked out Bible. IT just says 26:--- But I accidentally got the numbers mixed up and left him with Mark 6:11. Well it turns out that Mark 6:11 says
"ANd whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. VErily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city."
Oops.
So this weekend we had a stake conference and DALLIN H. OAKS came! I love Elder Oaks. There isn't an ounce of guille in him. He's so sincere and kind. We only got two investigators there, the rest flaked. I'm studying the "How to help your investigators keep their commitments" section in Preach my Gospel about everyday. I'm SO tired of excuses. But Elder Oaks gave some great remarks and the investigators that were there loved it. By the way I got to shake his hand. He said "Elder Wilson, where are you from?" California. "What part?" San Francisco area. "Is Larry Wilson your Dad?" I was pretty impressed, he's a quick guy. Anyways, Dad, he asked about you and told me to tell you that the Bretheren are praying for you.
I ought to let you all know about a great confounding moment. I have lots of those because this town is so over-run with, to be honest, ill-intended preachers and churches. A few well-intentioned ones too, but a lot of churches are built here just to make money. Anyways I was talking to one pentecostal lady and she said "You believe that Jesus Christ is our BROTHER! and he's not our brother, he's our FATHER!" She was about hysterical so I calmed her down a little bit and acknowledged that yes, in many important ways, Christ is our father. I talked about that for a minute and then said "But sister, to whom did Christ pray, his heavenly father, right?" yes. "Is that Heavenly father our father?" Of course. "So if Christ's father, is our father, that would make us...." She was quiet for a minute and said "Jesus is God, please leave now" The confusion! Apostasy!
Well one more random story and then I'll have to close. Chaparral is the most random town in the world. Crazy things just happen. Poor people living in a run down trailer with a pet peacock, things like that. The other day we were knocking on a door and we heard this little whimper/cry thing on the other side. We keep knocking. "Hello? Can you hear us?" My companion says, it's probably just a little girl. We turn around to leave and I look back, and there's a baby lamb standing on top of a couch, with its head peeked between the curtains, looking at us through the window. CHAPARRAL CRAZINESS! I LOVE IT!
Anyways, despite the adversity and everything, there's a lot of great people out here who are excited to hear the message of the restoration, and how their family can be together forever. The gospel is true and I'm so greatful for it!
I love you all family! Hope everything is going well, keep me updated!
Love,
Elder Wilson
Monday, August 18, 2008
January 7, 2008 - Fueron bautizados otra vez. . que raro
Hello everyone! First to answer some questions:
1) We drive 20 minutes over to a town called Anthony in order to go to church.
2) If you are Google mapping where I live, I'm in the little group of trailers, the farthest one back.
3) It's a branch, not a ward
4) We drive into the northeast part of El Paso in order to buy things (Unfortunately Stires and the Dollar Store just don't cut it)
5) I still do have some emergen-c but I could really use some Mephisto thick socks.
6) I'm fully recovered now and excited to work full speed!
Ok so I think that's all the questions.
So I think I'll give a little more in depth picture of what Chaparral is like. If you googlemap it you can see that it is indeed all trailers. There are hundreds of nasty dogs running everywhere. There are tons of churches out here. The J-dubs are huge. Pentacostals are huge. Some church called the church of Smirnoff or something like that. So I'm actually kinda tired of battling with people at this point. I do a LOT of calling unto repentance. Oh yeah, we drive a truck, too, because about half of the roads aren't paved, just dirt.
There's nothing like Chaparral in the world. I love it, I really do. Yes, it's ugly and uncomfortable in a lot of ways, but you just have to think of it as an adventure and be able to laugh at the pure craziness of it. There are a few cities that are pretty similar to El Paso, same with Tucson, but there is nowhere in THE WORLD quite like Chaparral.
Anyways, as for things that happened this week. We set a baptismal date with an investigator, Oswaldo, who's been investigating forever and has never set a baptismal date. Alma 32:16, does the trick every time. He's awesome and I am PUMPED for his date. It's February 16.
One quick battle story. We were talking with a couple of guys from some weird church and they just had some CRAZY doctrines. One of those was that there is no such thing as authority from God, that faith is the same as authority. We told him that there is a story in the new testament of a people being baptized, and then Paul comes along and finds out that it wasn't done with the proper authority and he baptizes them again. He says "I don't believe it! That never happened! You're making things up." We than take his Bible and have him read the story and he just says "...Fueron bautizados otra vez...que raro." (They were baptized again...that's weird) CONFOUNDED! It was awesome.
Well anyways. I'm healthy now. Everything is going great. The restored gospel is true. I gotta go run, we have a zone activity but I love you all!
Love,
Elder Wilson
1) We drive 20 minutes over to a town called Anthony in order to go to church.
2) If you are Google mapping where I live, I'm in the little group of trailers, the farthest one back.
3) It's a branch, not a ward
4) We drive into the northeast part of El Paso in order to buy things (Unfortunately Stires and the Dollar Store just don't cut it)
5) I still do have some emergen-c but I could really use some Mephisto thick socks.
6) I'm fully recovered now and excited to work full speed!
Ok so I think that's all the questions.
So I think I'll give a little more in depth picture of what Chaparral is like. If you googlemap it you can see that it is indeed all trailers. There are hundreds of nasty dogs running everywhere. There are tons of churches out here. The J-dubs are huge. Pentacostals are huge. Some church called the church of Smirnoff or something like that. So I'm actually kinda tired of battling with people at this point. I do a LOT of calling unto repentance. Oh yeah, we drive a truck, too, because about half of the roads aren't paved, just dirt.
There's nothing like Chaparral in the world. I love it, I really do. Yes, it's ugly and uncomfortable in a lot of ways, but you just have to think of it as an adventure and be able to laugh at the pure craziness of it. There are a few cities that are pretty similar to El Paso, same with Tucson, but there is nowhere in THE WORLD quite like Chaparral.
Anyways, as for things that happened this week. We set a baptismal date with an investigator, Oswaldo, who's been investigating forever and has never set a baptismal date. Alma 32:16, does the trick every time. He's awesome and I am PUMPED for his date. It's February 16.
One quick battle story. We were talking with a couple of guys from some weird church and they just had some CRAZY doctrines. One of those was that there is no such thing as authority from God, that faith is the same as authority. We told him that there is a story in the new testament of a people being baptized, and then Paul comes along and finds out that it wasn't done with the proper authority and he baptizes them again. He says "I don't believe it! That never happened! You're making things up." We than take his Bible and have him read the story and he just says "...Fueron bautizados otra vez...que raro." (They were baptized again...that's weird) CONFOUNDED! It was awesome.
Well anyways. I'm healthy now. Everything is going great. The restored gospel is true. I gotta go run, we have a zone activity but I love you all!
Love,
Elder Wilson
January 2, 2008 - Happy New Year!
First things first.
749-D El Paseo
Chaparral, New Mexico 88081
That's my adrress, hopefully that stops Dad from busting some heads on the way to finding it on his own.
So Chaparral is amazing... I think. My companion and I have both been very sick so I haven't been out for a full day of proselyting yet. But from what I have experienced so far I love it! Lot's of Jehova's Witness, dogs, trailers, dirt roads, and HUMBLE PEOPLE READY FOR THE GOSPEL! So that's a really good combo.
We live in a trailer, just like everyone else. In my last area we had the smallest apartment in the mission (maybe in the world!) so the trailer seems like a mansion to me! It's got a bedroom, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a little study area, and even a little workout room with a bench! It really is pretty nice.
My companion, Elder Erickson, is really good. He's the District Leader here and he's a very good missionary. The only problem with him is that he's got the same weakness that I do: A bad memory. This makes us a really dangerous combo but it's good becauase it's making me stretch and improve in the area of remembering appts. and such.
One good thing about being sick is that I had the chance to start Jesus the Christ, and also to read "The Real George". For those of you who don't know, The Real George is the autobiography of my grandpa George Wilson. I think Aunt Pam sent it to me (THANK YOU!). Anyways, I loved it! It was very very good, and almost (ALMOST) gave me my first desires to move to Salt Lake City at some point in my life.
Oh, family, there are some things that I wanted you to send me and I will just remind you really quickly what those were:
Mephisto Socks
My old striped suit
My brown slip on shoes
One of my brown belts if you can find it.
It's freeeeeeeeeezing out here in Chaparral by the way. That's actually how I got sick. I went to sleep with just one blanket on and was fine but the gas ran out in the middle of the night and I got chilled really bad during the night.
...well I wish I had more to tell you all. I guess the only exciting things that have been happening these past few days are my awesome personal studies and language studies that I've been having all day long. I can't wait to actually get out into Chaparral and start DOING WORK!
I love you all! Hope everything is going well back home!
Love,
Elder Wilson
749-D El Paseo
Chaparral, New Mexico 88081
That's my adrress, hopefully that stops Dad from busting some heads on the way to finding it on his own.
So Chaparral is amazing... I think. My companion and I have both been very sick so I haven't been out for a full day of proselyting yet. But from what I have experienced so far I love it! Lot's of Jehova's Witness, dogs, trailers, dirt roads, and HUMBLE PEOPLE READY FOR THE GOSPEL! So that's a really good combo.
We live in a trailer, just like everyone else. In my last area we had the smallest apartment in the mission (maybe in the world!) so the trailer seems like a mansion to me! It's got a bedroom, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a little study area, and even a little workout room with a bench! It really is pretty nice.
My companion, Elder Erickson, is really good. He's the District Leader here and he's a very good missionary. The only problem with him is that he's got the same weakness that I do: A bad memory. This makes us a really dangerous combo but it's good becauase it's making me stretch and improve in the area of remembering appts. and such.
One good thing about being sick is that I had the chance to start Jesus the Christ, and also to read "The Real George". For those of you who don't know, The Real George is the autobiography of my grandpa George Wilson. I think Aunt Pam sent it to me (THANK YOU!). Anyways, I loved it! It was very very good, and almost (ALMOST) gave me my first desires to move to Salt Lake City at some point in my life.
Oh, family, there are some things that I wanted you to send me and I will just remind you really quickly what those were:
Mephisto Socks
My old striped suit
My brown slip on shoes
One of my brown belts if you can find it.
It's freeeeeeeeeezing out here in Chaparral by the way. That's actually how I got sick. I went to sleep with just one blanket on and was fine but the gas ran out in the middle of the night and I got chilled really bad during the night.
...well I wish I had more to tell you all. I guess the only exciting things that have been happening these past few days are my awesome personal studies and language studies that I've been having all day long. I can't wait to actually get out into Chaparral and start DOING WORK!
I love you all! Hope everything is going well back home!
Love,
Elder Wilson
December 27, 2007 - Merry Christmas from Chapparal
Hello everyone!
First: Where I am. I got sent up the road about 10-15 minutes to a town called Chaparral. Everyone was predicting Tucson but it just goes to show that you never know. The Lord wants me to be where he wants me to be, even if it isn't where In-n-out is.
I'm going to be companions with the District Leader, Elder Erickson. Some of the things I've heard about Chaparral:
1) There are about 5 houses in the entire place, everything else is trailers. There are tons and tons of trailers out there.
2) There's nasty stray dogs everywhere. Elder T served there before and he says that there's more dogs than people.
3) It's a make-or-break area. A lot of elders struggle with it because it's so ghetto and a lot of Elders thrive and love it there. You either love it or you hate it, from what I hear. So I'm gonna love it!
I've heard some other things but I'll let you know more when I actually get there. I already know one of the members out there named Sergio. he loves Elder Thompson so he comes out and visits sometimes. He gave me the nickname "Ivan" (Like in Rocky IV).
Anyways I had a great last week here in El Centro area. We found a new awesome big(7) family and went over and sang them some Christmas hymns on Christmas eve. We also went over and sang to some people that we knew were going to be alone on Christmas. It was amazing to see how much we lit up their day. Also a little bit sad to see people all alone on Christmas. It just really made me appreciate my amazing family.
By the way I got the little package with Mole Family Christmas, Mom's advent, and the chapter from Elder Holland's book. I loved them all, thanks!
Saying goodbye to the members and my investigators was really tough. Especially the Garcia fam. I don't know if I've told you yet but we found out that the Garcias have crossed back over to this side of the border but now Brother Garcia is in Jail for a crime that he didn't do but he'll still probably be there until February while everything gets figured out. I love that family A TON! They call me Califas. That's Mexican slang for California.
I don't know if I've written about Sister Luthi's baptism yet but it was really powerful. For some reason the hot water wouldn't turn on so she got dunked in freezing cold water the poor lady but it was still really powerful, really good baptism.
Thank you family for all of the presents I recieved, especially the electric shaver. It's saving me about 10 minutes every morning which I really appreciate.
oh yeah one thing I forgot to mention. Dad would be proud (kind of). I ate my first oyster! Hated it, it was probably my last, but I sure as heck ate it.
One family that cooked for us on Christmas made some Oyster stew and I tried it. I felt a little bad for not eating the rest of their home made oyster stew, but I was afraid that if I ate any more, I might accidentally leave some home made oyster stew of my own on their kitchen floor.
It was amazing to be able to talk to everyone on Christmas. I'm so blessed to have such an amazing family.
Sorry, I can't remember what else happened this week but next week I'm going to bring my journal with me to write my email so I can remember!
I love you all so much!
Elder Wilson
First: Where I am. I got sent up the road about 10-15 minutes to a town called Chaparral. Everyone was predicting Tucson but it just goes to show that you never know. The Lord wants me to be where he wants me to be, even if it isn't where In-n-out is.
I'm going to be companions with the District Leader, Elder Erickson. Some of the things I've heard about Chaparral:
1) There are about 5 houses in the entire place, everything else is trailers. There are tons and tons of trailers out there.
2) There's nasty stray dogs everywhere. Elder T served there before and he says that there's more dogs than people.
3) It's a make-or-break area. A lot of elders struggle with it because it's so ghetto and a lot of Elders thrive and love it there. You either love it or you hate it, from what I hear. So I'm gonna love it!
I've heard some other things but I'll let you know more when I actually get there. I already know one of the members out there named Sergio. he loves Elder Thompson so he comes out and visits sometimes. He gave me the nickname "Ivan" (Like in Rocky IV).
Anyways I had a great last week here in El Centro area. We found a new awesome big(7) family and went over and sang them some Christmas hymns on Christmas eve. We also went over and sang to some people that we knew were going to be alone on Christmas. It was amazing to see how much we lit up their day. Also a little bit sad to see people all alone on Christmas. It just really made me appreciate my amazing family.
By the way I got the little package with Mole Family Christmas, Mom's advent, and the chapter from Elder Holland's book. I loved them all, thanks!
Saying goodbye to the members and my investigators was really tough. Especially the Garcia fam. I don't know if I've told you yet but we found out that the Garcias have crossed back over to this side of the border but now Brother Garcia is in Jail for a crime that he didn't do but he'll still probably be there until February while everything gets figured out. I love that family A TON! They call me Califas. That's Mexican slang for California.
I don't know if I've written about Sister Luthi's baptism yet but it was really powerful. For some reason the hot water wouldn't turn on so she got dunked in freezing cold water the poor lady but it was still really powerful, really good baptism.
Thank you family for all of the presents I recieved, especially the electric shaver. It's saving me about 10 minutes every morning which I really appreciate.
oh yeah one thing I forgot to mention. Dad would be proud (kind of). I ate my first oyster! Hated it, it was probably my last, but I sure as heck ate it.
One family that cooked for us on Christmas made some Oyster stew and I tried it. I felt a little bad for not eating the rest of their home made oyster stew, but I was afraid that if I ate any more, I might accidentally leave some home made oyster stew of my own on their kitchen floor.
It was amazing to be able to talk to everyone on Christmas. I'm so blessed to have such an amazing family.
Sorry, I can't remember what else happened this week but next week I'm going to bring my journal with me to write my email so I can remember!
I love you all so much!
Elder Wilson
December 17, 2007 - Fire up that chicken casserole captain M. . .
Hello one and all and a Merry Christmas to every one of you! It's nice and chilly here in El Paso and so I appreciate all of those warm clothes I recieved!
Parents: I haven't recieved those lastest packages yet but hopefully they'll come soon.
Sister Clark thank you so much for the package that was so nice! I really appreciated the treats and the gloves and hat!
How are things back home? And in Virginia? Is it snowing a lot? How's everyone doing? I'll bet Nikolai is getting to be huge! Can baby Luke crawl yet? Is baby Eva a cryer? Lemme know!
So it has been an amazing week. We found some great new families and we've got a baptism scheduled for each of the next two weekends: Vanessa, a single mother with five daughters, and sister Luthi, the wife in a part-member family.
We found and are now teaching a really cool lady named Alice! It was a miracle how she was found. Elder Thompson was on exchanges and they felt a prompting to knock a certain door and she had been praying for help! She's AAAAaaaaaawesome!
Quick second to answer Mom's questions:
1) I'm taking pictures with my camera but not nearly enough. I'll try to send home a memory card or a CD soon.
2)I've got enough warm clothes thanks to your package so I'm doing fine in that regard although our apartment doesn't have heat so we're freezing at night and in the morning.
3) Yes we're on car-share so we're riding bikes half the time and I'm going to be using some of your money to buy a new bike because I broke my ancient 1970's bike that I was riding before.
4) I've given out copies of your books to missionaries, members, and investigators and would love a bunch more if you have any more. Trust me I'll find a good use for them. (And yes, they really do love Mary down here)
We got some news from the Mission President that Mike Huckabee has been Mormon-bashing. I'm definitely sorry to hear that. But we haven't felt the backlash down here. I think that people down here are generally more involved in Mexican politics (If they're involved in politics at all.)
Contacted an Argentine the other day and I thought she was speaking Italian at first! So different sounding, the Spanish down there, but cool.
One experience that actually happened a week or two ago but I'm not sure I wrote home about that was HILARIOUS! Elder Thompson contacted a black man on the street and got a reaction that he wasn't expecting. Here are some of the highlight quotes of how the man responded to him:
"Man I'm here living on the streets, I haven't eaten in three days, and you give me a picture of a WHITE JESUS?"
Elder T: "Well do you want the card?"
Man: "Can I eat it?"
By the way, the people down here have some weeeeird Catholic beliefs. I've gotten it a few times where I ask someone "Do you believe in Jesus Christ?" And they say "No, I believe in the virgin".
...
Nonsensical stuff like that throws me for a loop; I don't know how to respond. At least they're honest with themselves.
By the way I don't know if I've written home about this yet but Fort Bliss is in our area over here so I spend every other Sunday at services on the military base with most of the members in full fatigues. They've got some amazing faith out there and I love those Soldier/Saints. Please remember to keep them in your prayers.
Well I'd better get going but I love you all and I'm praying for all of you! The gospel is true! Jesus is the Christ!
Love,
Elder Wilson
Parents: I haven't recieved those lastest packages yet but hopefully they'll come soon.
Sister Clark thank you so much for the package that was so nice! I really appreciated the treats and the gloves and hat!
How are things back home? And in Virginia? Is it snowing a lot? How's everyone doing? I'll bet Nikolai is getting to be huge! Can baby Luke crawl yet? Is baby Eva a cryer? Lemme know!
So it has been an amazing week. We found some great new families and we've got a baptism scheduled for each of the next two weekends: Vanessa, a single mother with five daughters, and sister Luthi, the wife in a part-member family.
We found and are now teaching a really cool lady named Alice! It was a miracle how she was found. Elder Thompson was on exchanges and they felt a prompting to knock a certain door and she had been praying for help! She's AAAAaaaaaawesome!
Quick second to answer Mom's questions:
1) I'm taking pictures with my camera but not nearly enough. I'll try to send home a memory card or a CD soon.
2)I've got enough warm clothes thanks to your package so I'm doing fine in that regard although our apartment doesn't have heat so we're freezing at night and in the morning.
3) Yes we're on car-share so we're riding bikes half the time and I'm going to be using some of your money to buy a new bike because I broke my ancient 1970's bike that I was riding before.
4) I've given out copies of your books to missionaries, members, and investigators and would love a bunch more if you have any more. Trust me I'll find a good use for them. (And yes, they really do love Mary down here)
We got some news from the Mission President that Mike Huckabee has been Mormon-bashing. I'm definitely sorry to hear that. But we haven't felt the backlash down here. I think that people down here are generally more involved in Mexican politics (If they're involved in politics at all.)
Contacted an Argentine the other day and I thought she was speaking Italian at first! So different sounding, the Spanish down there, but cool.
One experience that actually happened a week or two ago but I'm not sure I wrote home about that was HILARIOUS! Elder Thompson contacted a black man on the street and got a reaction that he wasn't expecting. Here are some of the highlight quotes of how the man responded to him:
"Man I'm here living on the streets, I haven't eaten in three days, and you give me a picture of a WHITE JESUS?"
Elder T: "Well do you want the card?"
Man: "Can I eat it?"
By the way, the people down here have some weeeeird Catholic beliefs. I've gotten it a few times where I ask someone "Do you believe in Jesus Christ?" And they say "No, I believe in the virgin".
...
Nonsensical stuff like that throws me for a loop; I don't know how to respond. At least they're honest with themselves.
By the way I don't know if I've written home about this yet but Fort Bliss is in our area over here so I spend every other Sunday at services on the military base with most of the members in full fatigues. They've got some amazing faith out there and I love those Soldier/Saints. Please remember to keep them in your prayers.
Well I'd better get going but I love you all and I'm praying for all of you! The gospel is true! Jesus is the Christ!
Love,
Elder Wilson
December 10, 2007
Hello everyone!
Things are going great here, as usual. Thanks to all who wrote, I really appreciate it.
Actually last night was a little bit of a bummer. Went over to the Carillo family's house last night and they decided that they were going to follow a different church. Felt like quoting Galatians 1:6-7. Also got dropped by two other familes for various reasons. ARGH.
But besides that everything is going well. Found a new family, the Celis family and they're AMAZING! Also we're teaching this amazing woman, sister Luthi, who asks questions like "I'd like to learn more about Joseph Smith" "Is it okay if I try saying the closing prayer?" and "How will I recieve an answer from God?" She's AWESOME!
Mom asked what I'm usually eating. Around Christmas time alot of people start making and selling Tomales so I eat tomales pretty much everywhere we go. By the way have I ever mentioned that everything has chile down here? My mouth has been burning from the day I arrived in El Paso up until now.
Elder Thompson and I did something a little crazy the other day. We were having kind of a bad day and nobody was listening to us and we went by a referal that we had recieved and she didn't want to talk to us and so and we really had no one else to teach. Well across from this referal is a church called "Luz del mundo" (Light of the world) Which is a really false church and we may or may not have had a giant throw down with their pastor before. Well we were feeling crazy and desperate so we walked into their church and started teaching the restored gospel to a few people. Surprisingly, they weren't very receptive, and a few of them even got a little upset. Regardless, it was still pretty fun. (Yes Dad, I know that that's probably against church policy and I'll never do it again)
Anyways I'm afraid I'm running a little late this preparation day and don't have much more time. I love you all and miss you!
Love,
Elder Wilson
Things are going great here, as usual. Thanks to all who wrote, I really appreciate it.
Actually last night was a little bit of a bummer. Went over to the Carillo family's house last night and they decided that they were going to follow a different church. Felt like quoting Galatians 1:6-7. Also got dropped by two other familes for various reasons. ARGH.
But besides that everything is going well. Found a new family, the Celis family and they're AMAZING! Also we're teaching this amazing woman, sister Luthi, who asks questions like "I'd like to learn more about Joseph Smith" "Is it okay if I try saying the closing prayer?" and "How will I recieve an answer from God?" She's AWESOME!
Mom asked what I'm usually eating. Around Christmas time alot of people start making and selling Tomales so I eat tomales pretty much everywhere we go. By the way have I ever mentioned that everything has chile down here? My mouth has been burning from the day I arrived in El Paso up until now.
Elder Thompson and I did something a little crazy the other day. We were having kind of a bad day and nobody was listening to us and we went by a referal that we had recieved and she didn't want to talk to us and so and we really had no one else to teach. Well across from this referal is a church called "Luz del mundo" (Light of the world) Which is a really false church and we may or may not have had a giant throw down with their pastor before. Well we were feeling crazy and desperate so we walked into their church and started teaching the restored gospel to a few people. Surprisingly, they weren't very receptive, and a few of them even got a little upset. Regardless, it was still pretty fun. (Yes Dad, I know that that's probably against church policy and I'll never do it again)
Anyways I'm afraid I'm running a little late this preparation day and don't have much more time. I love you all and miss you!
Love,
Elder Wilson
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