February 10, 2019

Does anyone read these?

hello po! kumusta po kayo! ang week ko sobrang maseya talaga! ang area ko mahirap minsan pero ok-lang. ang mga toa dito sa sinait sobrang tropa!  for anyone who knows tagalog im sorry about the spelling errors i fifn my best haha 

Well this week went by so very fast I can't believe it to be honest! the weeks seem to be going faster and faster its crazy but nice haha! 

So we got 2 more BGDs this week which is super awesome! the problem we are having with most our investigators is trying to get them to come to church especially because most of them live about 9 miles away from the church so its really head and the only have like one or 2 motorcycles but we are trying to get them to come out especially the younger ones! 

We might have a baptism this week which will be awesome! he is about 12 i think! 

Its really hot here during the day like 90 degrees and then at night its like 70 ish and its sooo cold! i freeze! but my companion always reassures me that summer here is killer hot so I'm not really looking forward to that haha

That's all I really got! if there's anything you want to know don't be afraid to email me I'd love to hear from you all! 

This week I finished the Book of Mormon and I just want to say that I know that the Book of Mormon is true and I want to challenge all of you to this year read the book of Mormon all the way through and to truly gain a testimony! its so amazing and it has blessed me out here in the Philippines and never failed to make me happy! love you all and hope you have an amazing week!

 these are my boys all but minus one!

February 3, 2019

Kain Kayo!

Hey everyone! Another week another baptismal date haha! or 5! well this week has been a really interesting week haha! 

On Tuesday we went to district council and met all of the new elders and it was nice to meet all of them! one is a poly from Herriman Utah ( where I live) but I don't know him haha he's pretty shy it seems but seems like he will be a good missionary! Then later in the day we went to Jordan and taught people there and we were at a members house and he decided that he wanted to make food for us so we waited there while he cooked playing with his son and then when we went to eat he sets this giant plate full of rice for everyone (naturally because rice is life) and as I'm scooping some on to my plate I see something moving in it and it's an ANT well I figure it's ok probably just that one right....right? nope.... There were ANTS ALL OVER!!! So I got a big scoop of meats and veggies and in my head I just said "sometimes in life you just have to eat the ants" so I ate that entire plate of ricey ants and then when I finished Tatay Ruben looks at me and say "Kain kayo! kain kayo" which means eat you eat you, so I got another big scoop of rice, yum, and then more meat and I just didn't look to closely at the food haha the good news is that ants don't taste like anything haha!

The next day I had exchanges with Elder Clarke and it was so much fun he is one of the other elders that lives in my apartment with me and me and him are tropas! so it was a good day and I always learn so much from him! I also realized that I can now teach lesson 1 in Tagalog so that had been really cool! haha its nice to be able to help my companion more now!

On Thursday we had interviews with president and his wife and I love them so much they remind me of my family! its amazing! and then because my companion is district leader we had an interview for a baptism and then after that we walked like 5 miles to get to a house and then to get home was like 2 miles so that was a fun day of walking haha

Then on Friday we went out to Santa Cruise and taught a family and group of friends who were already our investigator but they have so many kids and they are all girls and its so funny because one of the moms was like telling all her girls to come in and listen to our lesson because I was so handsome and then all the girls there and the older ladies we just telling me I'm so handsome which is pretty awkward because like what do you do haha i just sat there and said thank you and then a Tay came in and he even called me handsome and that was super funny haha we all laughed, its funny because they think I understand like nothing but I can understand a lot of what they say so its funny to hear them talk about me haha, 5 of them now have baptism dates and hopefully more this next week!!

The rest of the week was pretty basic but we did have a baptism on Saturday so that was fun! it wasn't in our area but it was still fun!! 

My spiritual thought this week goes back to the ants and that sometimes in life you just have to eat the ants and keep going forward because eventually one day there will be leachon and you will be happy so always remember to read the book of Mormon and pray always! love you all!! Hope you all have a great week! love you all! 

mahal kita!

Elder Wilson

January 21, 2019

The Best Weight Loss Program

Hey everyone! 

Well to be honest this week just flew by for me! 

So we have a lot of investigators. We have 12 and half of them have a baptism date! Hopefully by the end of this week they all will! it will be hard with like 2 of them because the father is Muslim and really hates us but that's ok we still teach when we can! It's super funny when we teach this group of 4 nais they all for like 1 hour were just telling me how handsome I was, so funny, like they were telling my hands were so beautiful and my hair and my eyes it was so funny and then one of them tried to hook me up with her daughter and was kinda mad when we sad we can't date on the mission haha but it was funny! We had a good lesson with them and were about to extend a BGD out to them but it wasn't a good time yet so we waited! 

So I bet you are wondering what I meant by the title of this email well when I got to my area I think I was about 270ish maybe more and now in 7 weeks I think am down to about 240 and still losing weight and summer is right a round the corner and my companion says you just sweat all day everyday so I will be loosing more it seems haha! Its been a blessing for sure though because I was sad I even put that weight on so Its a blessing to be loosing it again! 

We keep having small earthquakes so I'm just waiting so a big one haha but the ones we have now are really short and small so NOTHING to worry about (mom) 

We got a new trainee Elder in our place now and he is really cool! he is from LA (legaspi alibi) haha get pranked and he is so humble! when he got to the mtc he literally had nothing no money no shoes and no luggage but they got him stuff and his district gave him a suit case! that's one thing about here in the Philippines that people are willing to give if you are in need even if they themselves are struggling its truly amazing to see!

My spiritual thought for this week is that while yes obedience is so important always remember that its important to be striving to live all of the Christlike attributes and not just be hitting one key on the piano! play the melody!! well I love you all and hope you have a good week!

love ,

Elder Wilson!

lady in the front is who's house we are at and then some of the youth in our ward with us!

My first baptism! Tatay Julito!

bye bye magturtur