Week 2 addendum :)

Josh also sent this to Rob today.  We are cracking up over our very picky eater and the food! and the wonderful spirit and growth that is happening. 

Hey dad,

So its been great here, ( Minus the food, lol, some food i just have to plug my nose while i eat)

My spanish is coming along. I have a feeling missionary work has changed a lot since you've served:P we actually dont do a lot of memorizing scriptures and lessons. we memorize key things,  like the invitation to be baptized, and the goal of a missionary. All the scripture memorization is on your own time. It makes it a little more difficult, but no one said the job was going to be easy. the devotional we had on sunday wws beyond phenominal. We had one on tuesdsay too, but it didnt come close. On sunday , i felt as if he was talking to me personally, even though i know it was for all of us there. He also quoted the "14th article of faith." i am determined to find him one day before i leave so that i can use it. It was not only completely hilarious, but it was sooo true. It talked about how , " we believe in Meetings..... " But as i told you earlier, i constantly feel the presence of Mark, I know he is here, and any time i am feeling in distress i here a voice saying i'm here, and i'm not leaving you. its hard to explain in words, but it is comforting to know i'm never alone. one of the elder's in my district brought , "Mormon Doctrine," by Bruce R. Mckoncey( i forgot how to spell his last name. ) but oh my gosh! i WANT IT. if you are gonna send me anything for my birthday or for christmas, That is my Major request. I have heard though, that it is very difficult to find copies.  but, the material in in, is great. I love you so much dad, and appreciate the family updates, i would have loved to see ella give her scripture. Hope everything is going well. Talk to you next week, 

- Elder Wilson

Week 2

Alrighty everyone,

So this week has gone by so fast. The longer we are here the quicker time flies. We have mainly studying day in and day out. Most of our spanish is terrible with hilarious accents. Our teacher, Hermano Cruz, laughs every once in a while because of how bad we pronounce things some things, but i will say that we have all come pretty far since we started. we all can pray, bear our testimonies, and pathetically attempt to teach lessons in Spanish. besides that, its difficult. But we havent given up yet:) we are trying to talk to more of the Lations but its very difficult to understand them. they all speak way to fast and usually in slang. On sunday night we had an amazing devotional by one of the people that work here. I could not stop listening. it was honestly one of the greatest talks ive ever heard. I also had to give my first talk in Spanish on Sunday. Of my, was that nerve wracking. It was supposed to be completely in spanish, but i forgot which verse i wanted to read, and i couldnt find it in the spanish scriptures fast enough, so i ended up having to say it from memory, but in english:/ oh well, besides that i did okay. not a very long talk though. HAHA! So the guy that we were teaching lessons to is now our night instructor. His name is Hermano Zumaya. He is really cool. I like him a lot! Hermano Cruz and Him have promised to give us a tour around the city if we come back after our missions. lol. all the elders have that as there current goal. Besides all of that, there isnt much new going on with us. Today we had the opportunity to go to the Mexico temple, but only to the visitor center. the temple is so amazing, we all wished we could have gone in, but its under constructional work right now. something was wrong with the ground it was built on. i think it is sinking or something. But the visitor center was awesome. Plus it was nice to get outside of the gates for a while. the city is 1 of a kind. its gorgeous and completely packed. the best way i can describe it is, china town in San Francisco, on Crack. (but replace all the oriental merchandise with hispanic merchandise, lol:) Well thats about it for this week! we are just trying to learn as fast as we can. 

Love you all, and thanx for all the emails. 

 

 

Week One

We missed out on the first week email for technical reasons.  Here is the first email he sent Rob. :)

Hey Dad,

 I appreciate the letter you gave me. It made me smile during my 7 hour lay over. 

Mexico is so cool. I enjoy it and the landscape so much! Dont worry about the rules, we wake up at 6AM every morning, 30 mins early so that we all can get showered and stuff. My companion is really cool. Spanish is going by okay. Weve practiced teaching an investigator 3 times now. i do most of the talking because it has to be completely in spanish and my companion cant speak unless the words are right in front of him. i guess high school paid off after all.

weve had a total of three devotionals since ive been here, and the spirit is incredible. i am learning a lot. i cant help but get the feeling that Uncle Mark is here with me. during one of the devotionals, i felt as if i turned around, i would see his face. i know there is a reason, just dont know what that reason is yet. 

I love you, and know that i am doing the Lord´s work honestly. I just pray that my spanish improves quickly. 

Love your son, 

- Elder Wilson