So this week has been absolutely amazing!
I would really like to start off with a spiritual message. In church yesterday, I gave a talk, and the
topic was enduring to the end. Enduring
to the end are things like attending church every week, keeping the
commandments, loving others and things like that simple put. While I was talking, the Spirit hit me, and I
started talking about missionary work, and how to help others endure to the
end. One thing that I shared was that
every day when someone says, “I don't need you,” or they don't accept the
gospel, I always turn to my companion and say "why can't they just have an
open mind?" "why can they not
see the greatness that can come for this?" "I'm out here trying to
give them the thing that gives me the most joy, that families can be together
forever, that life doesn't just end, that God has prepared a way for them, but
they just shut me down. I love them so much, I want to share this happiness
with them.” Also, I told that I love to
smile. I love to smile because I'm
happy. I'm just simply happy because I
know that my Redeemer lives, and the eternal truth that has been established by
my loving Heavenly father and His son are here, and that I will be able to live
with my family for eternity if I choose the right. Because
of that, I'm never sad. I am always
happy no matter what.
So anyway on to the week! So after P-day finished, we went to a recent
convert's house and just had the best dinner! We had an amazing lesson as well, and I really
do love her so much! I love being able
to do missionary work. Many may think
that missionary work is all about proselyting, but it isn't. I do this because I love others, and to edify
myself. Through this, I know I have
matured so much more than I could have ever done in even 4 years of college,
and I'm only through 2~3 months. Anyway,
after dinner and an amazing lesson, went home and planned lessons and called
many investigators.
On Tuesday, I got to go teach a class call 기쁨우리 or the translation is joyous people.
It is an English class we teach
every Tuesday to special needs individuals! I love them all so much and they are amazing!!
I'm so happy that I was able to do that!
Then afterwards we tried to go talk to
some investigators, but they all fell through, so we went out and proselyted
for a little bit and got in contact with another investigator so we taught him!
Then we had dinner and after we had
dinner went home and called up members and others and just told them how much
we love and appreciate them!
Wednesday, we planned for a very long time and planned
activities for the ward and also went and taught others! While planning, I was looking through past
contacts and I found a man who could speak Japanese, and so I called him on the
phone and talked to him! We have an
appointment with him tomorrow (Tuesday, December 1st)!! I am
very excited! Then we went out to eat
with the Branch President and showed him our plan for the Branch and for the
people and what we are going to do to get the youth involved in the ward! It was great! And dinner was amazing! It was like Buckwheat noodles ("Soba" in
Japanese) with spicy stuff and just yummm..
Thursday, we had a meeting with some fellow missionaries
that are in our area, and also Wednesday night, our Branch President told us that
we should coordinate with the church cleaning specialist because the basement
had flooded, so we saw the specialist before the meeting. However, he was like “I don't know when I'm
going to come, but I'm going to come,” so, we came to the church after the
meeting. While we were waiting for him,
we finished eating lunch. So, we decided
to go clean the basement by ourselves. The water was deep, and we didn't want to get
our shoes wet, so we filled up buckets after buckets, and with bare feet went
running to the drainage system in the street and dumped the water out. Our feet were so cold! After that, we came inside, and got changed
into our normal church clothes, and began planning for other events because
planning was really needed. Then as soon
as we started planning, Brother Pak came in and said that he brought a
professional equipment, and that he might need our help, so he asked us to stay there. So we stayed while he got the excess of water
out, and told us that we could go home, so we were like ohh... okay… When we were about to head out, a man came in
and started talking to Brother Pak. The
man just wanted to talk to the missionaries. He came in asking for forgiveness, and gave
us his life story. He was balling, and was
just such an amazing guy. We had the
best lesson and he accepted to be baptized. I love this man so much! And then, he asked if we could get some water
so we show him to where it was on the 2nd floor of the building. On the second floor, the chapel is there. So we went inside, and he is like in utter
awe. So I shared an experience about
church, and how wonderful it is, and he was like “this is amazing!” I asked him how he was feeling, and he said “I
just feel like I'm being hugged and I'm home.”
So, we asked him how he knew we were here. He
said, “while I was wandering looking for
answers, I saw you guys dumping water, and I knew you were men of the
Lord.” According to him, he also went to
three other churches, and no one was there. So he came. He is amazing. I really do love him. Then after this amazing experience, we went
and got chicken for Thanksgiving dinner!
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Friday, it really hit me that wow.... I love this place
and I love all these people! I don't
quite know them all yet, but I will! So
we go out and talk to people, do service and I just love being here!
Saturday was a day filled of surprises. We got to teach
English and had a great chat with a student about the gospel. We got to talk to members, and we got to talk
to other people and give them love. I
also love being able to call others at the end of the day and talk to them
about how much I love them!
Sunday was very great! I gave a talk at Church and apparently
everyone was listening to me speak according to Elder Tuinei (My
companion). I accompany on the piano
every week, so it is always fun playing! I
love being able to do other things, and I continue to get back into piano!
I love being here. These people are amazing, and I really do
think, all the time, these are my people. I love these people because they just have the greatness about them. I love them
because they love me. Even me being a
weird foreigner, I love them! This is amazing and I really know that my
Heavenly Father lives and loves me too. Also
because now it is December, I want to share this with all "https://www.mormon.org/christmas?cid=HP_SU_11-29-2015_dMIS_fSPC_xLIDyL1-A_"
Love,
Elder Wilson
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