ASADO!

Every one that was there!

 Baptism of Pamela (the older one) and Coti (the other). 

 ASADO!!!!!!!!! This is how we do it here in Uruguay. It is delicious. Last PDAY we got together with a couple elders in the house of a member and had a barbeque (Asado). The way of cooking it here is just to make a big fire, and then spread the coals under a metal rack. Its way easy to do, and it tastes better, so I know how Ill be cooking my meat after the mission :)

We had a great week. Recectly the Lord has been blessing us with a ton of awesome families to teach.  Right now we are teaching 5 families that are progressing. The problem is that none of them are married... So we are working really hard to help all of them to be able make that step. Its really fun to be able to teach families. To help them understand the importance of marriage and the plan that God has for them. I feel like the spirit is always stronger in the charlas that we have with families. 

One thing that was fun that I did this week was an exchange with one of the District Leaders in San Jose de Mayo, a little city about 2 hours away from Las Piedras. I really enjoyed wirking there, because it has the small, interior-city feel that exists here in Uruguay. I cant really explain it, because it doesnt exist in the USA, but I love working in small little cities like there. I hope to be able to end my mision in somewhere like there. I bet there might be a few pictures of San Jose Uruguay somewhere on the internet if you look... 

Anyways, I am really happy with what is going on right now in my life an my mission. Please prey that we can find people who can get baptized quickly, without the need to change a bunch of things first (like getting married etc..)

Thanks for everythnig, 

Elder Wilson

weekly email

First things first, We had the baptisms of Pamela (19) and Coti (11) Barloco! They are part of a family of 5 that about 2 years ago were investigationg the chruch for about an entire year, but in the end never got baptized. The priblem was that the parents are not married, and its complicated because the spouse of the mom got married years ago in the USA, so he has to get a divorce there in order to get married, which is really complex and expensive... especially because he was illegal in the US when he got married. But we have faith that things will work out so that they can be able to get married and be able to got baptized. 

It was a really special baptismal service because a lot of members showed up, and especially a lot of non members. I love baptismal services because the spirit is ALWAYS present. In the baptismal service I love to just sit back, relax, and see all of the hard work and sacrifice pay off. I know that the reason that I am here on the mission is to baptize. I love being here, and I really am enjoying my time. 

today is Pday, and it was a really fun pday. In the morning we played soccer (like every single pday) and then went to a members house and had an Asado! (Barbeque) It was super delicious, and really fun to spend time with some other Elders, and with the familly. I really love the people here in uruguay. they are super fun to be around, and really funny... Its hard to describe, but I'll act it out to all of you after the misson :)

Anyways, thank you all for your support, and pray that we can find new investigators!! thats what we are in the search for. 

I love you all

Elder Wilson. 

ps I'll send pictures next week. my computer is not letting me right now.

food, conferences, and a hug

a standard Uruguayan food, the Milanesa. Its a massive piece of breaded and deepfried meat that they slap on a tiny bun and put on fried egg, ham, and a bunch of other seasonings and condaments and stuff. I love them, and they are super cheap ha. We baught one for every single missionary for the lunch at the zone conference 

a picture of all the people that showed up at the baptism of Miciela and Nicolas, this is more people than go to the sacrament meeting, so that was really awesome to see all of the support. Where is waldo? hector is also there, and the mom of nicolas and mikiela, who we are teaching and she wasnts to get baptized, but her husband does not want to pay to get married.

  this is my zone with president and hermana Da Silva at Zone conference

Elder vera, Marcos who baptized miciela, Miciela who got baptized (15 years old), Nicolas (12 years old but looks and acts like a 17 year old) who got baptized, Michiel who baptized nico, and me.

This was a really good week. At the beginning of the week we had my first zone conference as a zone leader here in Las Piedras. it was a special zone conference because it was the last one for President and Hermana DaSilva before they end their missions. It was cool because they showed a bunch of graphs and stuff that illistrates the progress that the mission has had in the last 3 years. It was aweosme to hear their testimionies at the end. they are the best mission presidents in the world, and I will miss them when they leave, but also I am excited to see the new presidents come in. Haha it was funny because at the end of the conference when everybody was saying goodbye for the last time to them, the Hermana gave evey missionary an hug!!! it was a conflicted feeling that i felt, but I figgured that since the president was standing right next to me it was OK ha. So thats the first time i have let a woman hug me in a year and a bit...

 

We are really happy because we will have 2 miracle baptisms this weekend! Illtell you all about them next week when they get baptized. We are also seeing a lot of progress in the way that the ward is supporting us in the work. Its hard in this ward to work with the ward leaders, because they are not overly relyable (for example this last sunday none of the 3 members of the bishopric showed up to church), but they are really good people. We keep on doing our best to get them to participate.

 

Well, please pray for Pamele and Coti (the baptisms for this weekend) so that they can stay firm.

 

Elder wilson

weekly letter

This was an awesome week! first things first, we had the baptisms of Nicolas and Mikiela Perdómo. they are brother and sister who we found clapping doors. their conversion really was really all because of what the ward did for them. All we did was teach them, and let the ward members do their part. It their baptismal service we had more members show up than usually go to sacrament meeting! it was awesome, and one of my favorite baptismal services that I have ever had on my mission. I have some good pictures of them, but I cant send them because my computer is acting up. Now we are with the Mom Claudia, who is awesome, just as active as her kids who got baptized, but she needs to get married, and the husband is putting up a fight. But prey for her please!

This sunday was one of the best sundays that I have had in my mission. We really saw a ton of miricles. First of all, our investigators almost all showed up, and had a good spiritual experience. Also, we got there and along came Nicolas and Mikiela with their sunday clothes! I felt so awesome to see nicolas rounding the corner in a new freshly-baught full suit and tie. the only thing that he was missing was a name tag that says ¨"Elder Perdómo", and mikaela came in a skirt and everything, and the mom even dressed up too (even though she had swarn to us that she would never dress up for church. Also a ton of our converts and less active families showed up too, and Hector got the priesthood and everything, it was awesome- 

This saturday wasw a special day for me as I completed 1 year in the mission. It was a good moment to look back on what I have done so foar and to be able to make new goals and stuff. I cant believe that things are flying by so fastly! I feel like I just arrived here, but now Im a full blown missionary. Im scared that this next year is going to go by even faster than the first one, so I know that I am going to have to work super hard to get everything done that the lord wants of me. 

Anyways, gotta go, but thanks to all for your support, and till next week

Elder Wilson. 

parades, transfers, and a resourceful baptism

The baptism of Hector! He is a Capo. Hector is the tall dark one, the little one is the member that baptized him (note the size difference)

 pictures of my district

May 18th was a super important day for the city of Las Piedras.

Ok, sorry, but i had problems with my computer last week, but here we go for this week. 


So, first of all let me explain a little bit about Hector, the baptism that I had last week. Everything was going fine, he was all interviewed up andeveryting. The day of the baptism we went to the church to fill the font... and there was no water in the chruch! so we went into panic mode, and started to thing of the options. First, we called the fire department, and they came to fill it up with a fire hose, and they had just started to fill the font when the got a call for a real emergency and had to leave... so we were left there with a font full only about one foot with pretty durty fire water... but long story short ( and a ton of phone calls!) We had to just borrow the baptismal font of the church in the next door city. in the end, even though we saw a ton of opposition, everything turned out good, and it was one of the most spiritual baptismal services that I have ever had (eventhough he ended up getting almost baptized about 10 times, he had problems making it all the way under the water). It was a good testimony to me to see that no matter what opposition came our way, he wanted to get bptized that night, and the lord worked everything out for us in the end. 

Last weekend was changes, and me and my companion both will stay here 6 week more! There were a lot of whitewashes in our zone, so we are having to work really hard to keep things running smooth, but i love having awesome district leaders who are self sufficiant. We are excited as a zone because we are seeing a ton of miricles (and beause we have 3 OROs in our zone which consist of a Brasilero and from Australia.)

This weekend we will have the baptisms of Nicolas and Miciela Perdomo, a brother and sister who are super amazing, but I will tell you all about them next week !

Thank you for your prayres and support. I love having so many people who are supporting me, and helping the work of the Lord to progress. 

Elder Wilson

A Mother's Day Skype Call

 This morning we got to Skype with Elder Wilson. He's doing so great, and it was awesome to see his face and hear his voice! (or should I say his Spanglish?)

We love you, Covey!

weekly letter

the zone leaders with President and HNA DaSilva

This week was an awesome week! The wether was perfect for missionary work. not hot or cold. Probably the most exciting thing that happened is that Hector (our investigator) came to church and we announced his baptism for this wednesday. He is super awesome and prepared for baptism. Heis a super humble guy, he works as a car watcher, which is a person that makes shure nobody steals the cars that are parked on the side of the streets, and if the people feel nice, they can tip him.... or in other words, he is really poor and humble for that. The nice thing is that he works on the street where we live, so if we want to make contact with him or check up on him all we have to do is poke our heads out the window and yell to him. Its a nice way to make daily contact. Ha, sometimes we see him sitting down on the curb reading the book of Mormon with his other friends.

 

From him I have learned of the importance of talking to everybody. He toldus that there are always a bunch of missionaries passing by, but they never talked to him.. and he was just waiting for contact. So, its been a great learning experience for me to be able to teach him.

 

But I am doing good. oh, the exciting food of the week for me is cow-bladder paste. Its really delicioso. you can easily spread it on all variety of foods. oh, and I was n a contact and a dog started peeing on my leg, which was a good experience also. and a drunk man priomised me that I am going to be the first person to be resurrected when christ comes, so thats also a nice thing to know, something reassuring.

 

But thank you all for your prayers and support. I am excited to be able to see my family this sunday through skype!

 

Elder Wilson