last letter home!

So, I can not believe that I have finally come to my last week writing home. The last two years have passed like a dream. But it has been the best dream Ive ever had :) The other day I sat down and tried to write up all of the blessings I have recieved in my time here in the mission, and as the list got longer and longer I was fill filled with a huge sense of gratitude and amazement of just how much the Lord had taken me and formed me in order to do this huge work. I have learned that going on a mission should never be motivated as a sort of 'personal investment', i mean that you go just thinking about what you can gain, like a stronger testimony, or gain life skills, or whatever, the motivation for going on a mission should be simply  to serve the lord and bring souls unto christ. But, as I have worked hard to do that, the lord has taken me and 'qualified me for the work'. It is this qualification process that makes the Mission the best personal investment that exists. 

Today I am going to go around with my companion and visit some of my converts, and I am so excited to see these people that I love so much. When I am on the airplane taking off from Uruguay, I am going to be able to see a few of the areas that I worked in, and will be able to look down on the country that I love so much and say a little prayer in my heart that the Lord blesses them. i didnt cry when I left home and came on the mission, but I sure will when i leave the mission. 

I love the Lord, and I have learned to be a deciple of christ. I know that Repentance and Covenants brings forgivness of sin, and salvation. I love teaching the Gospel. It is my favorite passtime, and I think that it will be the thinig that I miss most after the mission - sitting down with a 'lost sheep' and teach  the path to happiness, then seeing the light of the gospel enter into their lives. You can see the light first in their eyes, then their whole face, then it spreads to their house and family members.Teaching is a guarenteed chanal to revelation, and I will miss it a lot.

I have had a perfect mission - perfect companions, areas, presidents.. everything. My mission means everything to me, and I hope that it never ends. 

Thanks for all your support, and we will see each other soon! 

I know that about 200 years ago Joseph Smith saw our heavanly father and his 'beloved son', and opened up the doors of heavan again. i know that the atonement of Jesus is a real power. After seeing it work in the lives of others - and especially my own life, how could I not believe it? He loves me so much that he has showed me all of my faults. That might be one of the greatest things that I have learned on my mission. But he has lovingly helped me start to patch them up.

I love Uruguay, and hope to be back ASAP!

Elder Wilson

may 11

So, this week has been very exciting for me. Elder Gonzalez and his wife are here doing a mission tour, and I have been traveling around with them and president Armstrong as they have been visiting all of the mission. 

I cant write too much today, because we have to leave for a city called Maldonado which is a couple hours away. We are going to pick up Elder Gonzales´ son who is coming into the airport, and drive him to Maldonado to be with his parents who are already there. 

Being able to be around a member of the 70 is a big blessing and I have learned a ton from just being around them. 

Well, got to go and keep on working! I love being a missionary so much! There is nothing better than share my testimony of Jesus Christ and his atonement, then teach the gospel to those who accept him in their lives. 

Thanks everybody for your support and prayers - I feel them especially in the moments of tryal and sadness when the people that I love reject the gospel in their lives. 

Elder Wilson. 

may 4

we went with president to a awesome korean restaurant on pday. We went because Elder Ha, one of the office elders, is korean. It was really fun and good food too. 

So, first things first, we had the baptism of patricia and sebastian! it was amazing... But the water heater is apairantly broken, and the water was cold.. but the physical shock of the cold water just makes the experience of the baptism only more impressive. They are great converts, always reading the book of mormon and inviting their friends to also have the gospel. 

I think that the best experience that I had this week is that I was able to go back to Roca, which is the area that I started my mission out in. It, for me, was one of the most sacred experiences of my mission. I was able to see my converts from before the misson, and I loved being with them. Carlos, one of my baptisms there, opened the door and immediately broke into tears and gave me a big old hug saying 'my angel'. it was really neet to see the affects of my mission and the changes in the people that I have taught. I love rocha with all my heart. It is so beautiful, the city itself, but especially the people are beautiful.

We found a new family that we are teaching, that have a baptisma date for the weekend after i leave the mission, so I will keep you updated on the details of their progress. 

I am excited for this week because we are going to be accompanying President Armstrong and President Walter Gonzalez all around the mission to different conferences. I am excited to see what i will learn. 

Thanks for everyting, and pleae prey for our investigadors Sandra and her family. I love the mission, it means everything to me.

Elder Wilson