7-6-2009 E-MAIL

Subject: CH... CH... CH... CHANGES!!!!

Hey there everybody. Sounds like the summer vacations are going well for everybody. The weather here isn't hot, but its the Peruvian version of winter... like 50 degrees at night. Things are going pretty well. It looks like we ended up saving our area with the people we baptized these past few weeks, and they are going to leave it open. But we dont know the changes yet, so I'll have to verify next week. Last P day was pretty great, the sisters made peanut cookies. And me and Ferrer y Brinton felt bad so we ...''helped'' make home made root beer. Turns out we can't cook and the root beer was horrible, but it was a good time. We have also figured out just how HUGE our area is, it goes into another province. We have one guy who lives 6 hours away. The Bible teaches us to leave the 99 to search for the one lost... ROAD TRIP! Its just an idea but it probably won't happen cuz it's a bit dangerous cuz we'd have to travel in one of those buses that have all the chicken crates stacked on top.But we are going to have to start all over with investigators if they keep us open, cuz we've been spending this whole change working with the few people we have. But we have a family of 4 that might save us. Not much happened this week. We've been visiting the girl we baptized last week, Maribel, she's such a stud. We left her Ether 12 to read, and came back the next day and guess what... SHE READ IT, crazy. That usually doesn't happen. It's people like her that keep me motivated. And even though its a bit harder out here, there are people prepared out here. We have a lady named... well her name is Lady, and shes been to church close to every week since I've been here. But her hubby is a bum and doesn't want to get married, so we are really going to start working with those two. And as for Bolivia... ''NEXT MONTH''...(chuckle)
Dad- Have fun in France. That makes me glad I didn't have to deal with jet lag. Crystal- Sounds like a nice weekend, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you ate some corn while you were there.
EE- Ya I just heard that McNair was killed, bummer. Ya let me know about the baby. Valynn- Ya me and my comp get along great, he's a bit crazy though... and trunky haha.
KK- Thats good to know my trunky poster is giving missionary opportunities. Alright fam, until next time... Love you guys, I'll let you know more about the changes and all that good stuff.
Love Elder Wilson
PS You know whos gonna be home for the next 4th of July... ME

6-29-2009 E-MAIL

Hey everybody, sounds like summer is going pretty well up there. Down here it is finally starting to feel something like winter, which means we aren't sweating so bad every day. This was a pretty crazy week. We just ended the most successful month in the history of this zone. We baptized more than 40 people. The month before was the second most successful. It helps to stay motivated when you see results like this with your investigators. Our area improved too, we baptized two people this month. Last night Maribel was baptized. She's a 17 year old girl, and is the best convert I've had so far in my mission. She's the only convert I've had that actually prayed meaningfully about the Book of Mormon, and she had quite an answer back from it. Then she left her job so she could come to church. She's awesome. We are working with another guy Juan Fernando. His schedule is pretty nuts, but he is even more prepared than Maribel. But we were already planning on baptizing him if he went to sacrament meeting and a baptism. But he didn't go to the baptism this weekend or to the meetings. It doesn't look like we'll have time to baptize him. But honestly I'm not that worried, I know he'll be baptized, but it just won't be with us. The day I hit my year was a crazy day, we had baptism interviews all day... but NONE of the investigators showed up, so we were pretty bummed. But I think all but one ended up being interviewed later and got baptized. But when we went back to the house some members came over and we had ourselves a little shin-dig(thats a weird word). I burnt my shirt, that was a real nice feeling. After I bought some marshmellows, chocolate and the closest thing to grahm crackers I could find and we made some smores, soooo good. Oh and I have absolutly no idea whats going on with Bolivia. Last Monday Bolvian rep left Peru cuz things between the two countries aren't so hot right now. But I've heard that he came back and that we are leaving in like two weeks. But ten months ago they told me that too. I still have to be interviewed by this dude and wait for my Visa... again. Also Dad, I would just like to apologize for taking for granted the fact that whenever I did any kind of building project, my boss was a engeneer. Cuz wow, we built this patio cover thing, but the contractor was a 60 year old crazy latin lady. It took us three days to build this thing that should have taken 5-6 hours tops to make. The plans she drew up(on a post it note)were mathmatically impossible, but whenever I tried to explain it she'd just get mad and say I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE! Not a good time.

Mom-Thats good you guys got my photos, some are almost 6 months old

Valynn- ya it was pretty crazy to hit the year, now I'm starting to realize how short the mission really is. Every month passes faster than the onebefore.

EE- sounds like things are going really well for Chase, do you find out about the baby this week?

Kim- Thats good to hear that Brennen likes camping. Thats one thing I'm going to do a lot more when I get back.

KK-I got your photos last week, but after I had sent the email so I didn't get the chance to tell you.
OK, gota go, love you guys. Elder Wilson