New Pictures!

Kyler sent some new pictures yesterday! It was so great to talk to Kyler on Christmas! He sounded like he was doing really good and we were so impressed with his Spanish! He speaks the language so well for being gone just under a year!We sure missed him at Christmas this year, but maybe he'll be home for the next one:)

A couple of weeks ago Kyler wrote his dad and I and told us that his companion really needed a new pair of shoes because his were really worn out. So we sent Kyler some money so he could buy him a new pair for Christmas:) From the looks of the pictures he REALLY needed a new pair!

Change 8 Week 1

Hey! So this week we're only going to be online for about 45 minutes in total because I got to talk to pretty much everyone yesterday and I don't think that anyone is working or online to write me back so it shouldn't be a problem. Anyway, last week we only worked 5 days and so we didn't have a ton of time in my sector and we were in a trio and so this last week was especially not great. Although we did have a great day to rest and hang out, and after 8 months it was awesome to get to talk to everyone and hear some of my families voices. I'm doing good here with Elder Herrera still, they never called us with changes last night and so we're expecting that changes will be tomorrow. I don't think that I'm going to be leaving anytime soon seeing as I just got here and my companion has been here for 6 months. It would be kinda funny if I had to pack up and leave but I don't really want to. I hope that everyone had a great Xmas. I'm going to write a quick few emails and then send one out with some pics from what's been going on lately and maybe a video if it works of a new talent that I have been practicing. I love and miss you all and I wish you a happy new year this weekend! Love always ELDER WILSON

Change 7 Week 6

Hey! So this week was interesting, and it's a bit of a long story, but I will try to make it short. So on Monday night we got a call from the zone leaders and they told us that one of the missionaries here in Pasaje (there's only 4) had changes and seeing as there companionship didn't have a phone in their house we had to take them the message so the missionary could start packing. Anyway so me and my companion had to take and drop this missionary off to have his change and bring back the companion. We have been working in 2 sectors all week and in a trio all week because the 4th missionary hasn't arrived yet and so me and my companion, Elder Herrera, have been running all over with this other missionary to work in the 2 sectors and eat and take care of everything. It's been a lot of walking and I have lost a lot of time here in my sector because of it but we have still had a decent week and although we're going to be in this trio for Christmas it's not that big of a deal. We have changes coming next Monday and I'm hoping that we can get the new companion and continue working. We have been working hard to find a bunch of new people and get them ready for baptism by right around the middle of January. I felt really bad because this week we ended without a single person with a baptism date, and my district leader and zone leaders kinda were expecting some good results. They kinda made it clear that I need to work harder and improve our numbers for next week. We have changes next week and I don't think that I will be going anywhere, but anything is possible but if I stay or leave I want to leave this sector with a good strong program and what we are always supposed to do is leave the ward or branch better than when we got here. I think that my companion will be leaving and it will be the first time that I will get to receive a companion, but I don't know, it's not that big of a deal anymore. As for packages, I haven't gotten anything as for the stuff that I know you sent me for xmas. The last packages that I got were 2 from mom and one of them was from my birthday. I hope that we get mail this week, but honestly I don't know, yet I will wait anxiously. I hope that everything is good and that everyone is getting ready for xmas as I am not lol. I am here in the heat and it feels nothing like xmas but I wouldn't have it any other way. The last thing that I want is to be thinking a ton about what's going on at home and wanting to be there. Have a great xmas and I will literally be talking to you soon!! I love and miss you tons!! ELDER WILSON

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Merry Christmas from Ecuador!

I had asked Kyler to send me a picture of him holding a sign that said "Merry Christmas from Ecuador" so that I could have it to send out with our Christmas cards this year, so he had this sign special made and sent this to me to send out:) It turned out great! 

Change 7 Week 5

Hey! This week was a really good week and full of hard work looking for new people to teach and preparing the one baptism that we had. We were really happy to finish up a good week and now we're starting fresh and hoping for an even better week. We had a baptism this last week and it was really cool, it wasn't that big of a deal it was a 9 year old kid who had been going to church and just never got baptized. He pretty much knew all that we were going to teach him and it wasn't that much work. We had a little bit of a hard time finding new people, but yesterday thanks to members references and a lot of contacting we found new people and hopefully they come to progress. Me and Elder Herrera are doing good, anxiously awaiting both of our first Christmas' here in Ecuador and looking forward to a new year. I'm coming right in on having a year out of home and it seems crazy but it has been a good first year and I hope that 2012 will be even better. I got 2 packages from mom this Tuesday, one pre-Christmas and a box that was for my birthday. I still haven't seen anymore and I don't know if I will get all that has been sent before Christmas but I have learned how to be patient with the mail and so I'm not too worried. Me and my companion will be closed in our house for the 24th and 25th of December and we can only leave to call home and to go to church seeing as it's a Sunday this year. I am going to need to know what time I can call this Christmas that works for everyone, hopefully we can make it all work. I hope that you received and liked all the photos that I sent last week, let me know. I love and miss you all very much!!! ELDER WILSON

New Pictures!!

Elder Wilson & Elder Herrera

Change 7 Week 4

Hey! This week was pretty good, we had a baptism and it was awesome! We baptized a couple last week and they have a daughter who didn't end up being able to go to church with them there first Sunday in our program. The daughter was baptized and we were able to baptize their little family. It was even more special because the dad, who was baptized 2 weeks ago, was able to baptize his little girl, this doesn't happen very often and to do it was way cool!! I was super happy to have been able to know and teach them and get them ready for their baptism. This week we are going to have 1 more baptism and that should just about finish us up for this year, and then we will be getting lots of people ready for January. Me and Elder Herrera are doing good, we get along well and enjoy working together. We have had a little bit of trouble finding new investigators but we're working hard to talk to everyone and the members are starting to come through for us with the references. This week was an off week for mail which means that we will be getting mail tomorrow and I did the math and the next day will be the 20th of December. I hope that everything that has been sent gets here before the 20th, it will have to arrive the weekend before because the mail that we're going to receive tomorrow was sent from Guayaquil on Friday. I'm not sure if that made sense but I really hope that everything you sent makes it here but it's Ecuador and I can't really promise anything. I am doing good, I have been learning a lot in the little time that I have had as senior companion. It seems like Elder Herrera has taught me more than I have been able to teach him. We had 2 days of trainings this week with the senior companions that are working out side of Guayaquil and it was cool because I got to go and listen to President Montalti and learn about what we can do to help the people we're teaching. Well I hope that everything is going well for you in the states! I love and miss you tons!!! ELDER WILSON