Monday. April 27. 2015-Week 38

Mi familia!!!

Well let's just start off by answering one of your first questions. Missionaries don't take breaks, don't need breaks and don't want breaks and most of all I am just going to keep working until I break hahaha!! This is the work of the Lord and I know for a fact that in the short life of Jesus Christ, He sure as heck didn't have time to take breaks because there were people who needed to hear the gospel!! It doesn't matter if we are teaching, walking the streets, in a taxi (or here in Peru a moto taxi), or in the dang bathroom I am going to talk with every person in Peru because I am one of the only people here who knows how to walk forward with faith on the path that our Father in Heaven has made for us!! I have officially eliminated the word break from my vocabulary because I don't have time for a break because the people who don't have the gospel in their lives don't have time to wait. Our work: D&C Chapters 4, 18, 33

Well it sounds like you guys had one heck of a week like always!! School and sports and church and friends (and in Tater's case....special friends hahaha never brush your teeth bro;)) and working and on top of it all that crazy woman Grandma Sue was at our house wow.....you had your work cut out for ya this week haha. I am so glad that you guys had the chance to see grandma and pass some time with her. I sure do miss her a lot.

 

How is everyone doing with their Book of Mormon reading? I sure do hope that every single person that lives in my house is reading their Libro de Mormon. It guides us and it helps us to feel the true love that our Savior has for us so READ IT!!!!! A LOT!!!!!

So as of right now I have no idea when we are going to Skype because I think we are going to baptise on Mother's Day so it will be later in the day. Elder Gonzales is going to talk first so we will talk I'm guessing at like 6ish?? I'll work out the plans this week but we will be doing it at Gino's house. 

This week was crazy but great. I am working my butt off. I have a ton of things to do with training Eldercito Gonzales, planning a ton of reuniones con mi distrito and on top of it all trying to baptise the world but trust me its a great thing to be busy on your mission.

 

I got letters this week so thanks mom!! I love reading about what going on at home and also your conference quotes were awesome!!

 

This week Elder Gonzales and I worked our butts off as usual but we also focued a ton in reading his Book of Mormon. He is reading like 2 chapters a day but we, together, are reading like 7 or 8 chapters a day and just trying to nail out his Book of Mormon. He has a million questions and I love it because it makes me feel like he is really learning. He is coming along great with reading but wev'e still got a ways to go!!

Rony is getting better!! We visited him a ton and he talked with the bishop and through prayers and fasts he is really starting to feel the love of the Lord in his life once again. Keep praying for him. We also came across 2 new investigators this week that were awesome!! They have such a love for our message and what we are sharing and I can smell some more baptisms in the near future. Please pray this week for Viviana Viera, Carla Carasco, Maria Viera, Maria Atoche, Jamil and Jael, Gabriel Bravo, Marcos Maldinola and as always my buds Rony Sanots and Gino Fossa. We will be baptising Jamil and Jael this Saturday and we have goals to baptise about 6 more in these next 2 months so keep them prayers acoming!! 

With your questions about Gino. His family is awesome!! He has 3 brothers and a sister I think but only his mom and his sister are members. He works as an English teacher in one of the universities here in Piura and no he doesn't have a girlfriend right now but we are working on him hard to find one so don't worry he will have one soon!!!!!

The gym is going great!! I'ts really a crap pit but hey it has weights and machines so I am just going as hard as I can right now because I don't know if there will be a gym in my next area. I am also running every other day and doing sprints because dad told me to before my mission so I am in pretty good shape right now. Like I could step on the lax field right now and kick some serious butt haha!! Elder Gonzales likes the gym a lot but hates to run haha and also Gino has been starting to work out with us!!!

Well that's about all for this week. We have interviews tomorrow with presidente Rowley (his last ones with us because he leaves in 2 months:(  ) so I am going to receive some serious revelation!! I love you guys so much and I hope that you are happy and that you know that I am happy here!! The church is true and by the time I'm done here all of Peru will know it!! I love you guys and am always praying for you!! Hope you have a great week and tell Tate to take it easy with the ladies hahaha!!!!

Much Love 

Elder Wilson

Monday. April 20. 2015-Week 37



At a museum today. Elder Wilson & Elder Gonzales

Mi Familia!

So I thought I would just start off by telling you all how lucky you are. There is an old lady in our ward and she has had 3 children serve missions and she thinks its the craziest thing that we get to email every single week because she only got one card a month from her kids while they were on their missions!!! If that's what we had to do I don't think mom could do it hahaha.

So it sounds like everything went great this week....except BYU freaking lost again!!!! To Westminster for that!! Oh I can't wait to get home and shut that goal scoring machine of Troy Vance down!!!! Love ya Troy! 

Looks like you are all having a great time with grandma, she is a party animal haha. Keep her busy, she needs it!!

Tate I love hearing that you are kicking some serious butt out there on the soccer field!! You are an animal, but only because you take after your big brother haha.

Perry I hope you will remember all of the parts to your play for when I get home in 1 year because I want to see it all!!

Wow I am always so happy and proud of you guys and you always look so great in all of your pictures and stuff. Better than when I was at home!!! Maybe I'll just never come home......haha;) 

This week was a great one but man am I tired. Maybe it's because we finally talked the local gym owner into opening early for us so we can work out!! Heck ya I am officially back in the gym and going hard. It's seriously a big blessing because I have been doing push ups and abs and running for basically the last year and it's good but it just wasn't getting it done for me. Now we are still running but we also have the gym so we are waking up early and going hard every morning!!

This week I had a big reunion for leaders with Presidente Rowley. He gave us the topics of all the lessons we have to prepare (because I have to teach a reunion to all the people in my district every week for like 2 hours!! The first one went really good though) and he also gave us all the run downs on how to be a good leader. It's a lot of responsibility to be a leader here in this mission but it is also really awesome! I am learning so much and I have had the ability to help many people and missionaries to be more successful here in the mission. It's crazy to think that I am a missionary with experience now but wow my 1 year mark is coming up really quick!!

Everything is going great with Elder Gonzales. He is learning like crazy and he is actually learning to love the work and the people. For me there are 3 things that make a great missionary. 1. Your ability to feel and act through the promptings of the spirit 2. Your obedience 3. Your love for the people. These for me are the signs of a great missionary and Elder Gonzales is really coming along quickly in these 3 categories. He for sure lacks in his knowledge of the scriptures and he doesn't know how to teach great but I can promise all of you that he will be an amazing missionary because he has a love for this work and the Lord. He's not thinking about his home any more and he is just getting to work reading and studying like a mad man!! I love it!! I have read the Book of Mormon and the Bible and Doctrine and Covenants and all the other things of the church and they are all amazing. I have such a strong testimony of all of the words of these books but if you read it as a missionary you will see that they are all very common and teach the same thing. It is to follow the example of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and I am very happy with my companion because he is doing just that. Trying to become better every day and literally trying to be like Jesus (#primary hymn).  

This week we had the confirmation of Gino Fossa!! He is now an official member of the church!! I was so happy and the spirit was so dang strong it was just an amazing overall experience!

 

This week I also had another crazy experience. The sister missionaries called me and said that we needed to go to their area to give a blessing of health to one of the ladies they are teaching. So we went and talked to her and got to know her and all of her problems and then we blessed her. I gave the blessings but I know that they were not my words. I had never really felt so controlled by the spirit before it was amazing. It was one of the strongest times that I have felt the Lords power in my life and the lady we were blessing felt it to. She started crying and we talked to her for awhile after. Wow I am seriously so grateful to have the priesthood in my life and for my ability to help people come unto Christ through this power. I will continue to use it and magnify it for the rest of my life because I know that to complete with the will of my Father I must show forth His power to the world. 

Today we went to Piura Central with Gino to check some stuff out and to go to a museum of some famous Peruano and it was a good time. We don't really do much here for P Day so it was something different.

Also I just want to ask you all to pray so hard for Rony this week. I am not going to say anything about what's going on but please you guys and everyone you know pray for Rony Santos because he needs us so much right now. Also pray for Jamil and Jael, Hermana Maria and also Gabriel Bravo because they all have baptism dates!!

That's all for this week. Just teaching the gospel and trying to change some lives while I'm at it. I know with all my heart that what I am doing is the work of the Lord and that he has a plan for me to help many people come unto Him. I have had amazing, underscribable experiences here that I will never forget and more than anything I have felt the power of the Lord and the love that He has for us.

 

I love you guys so dang much and I hope all is going great in the life. Keep working hard and praying harder because He is always listening. Well talk to you all next week!! The church is true and the book is blue haha!! I love you all!!

Much Love

Elder Asher Dean Wilson

 

Elder Wilson & Gino.

I asked Asher who this bust was and he said, "It's the head of Miguel Grau and he is a famous Peruano and we are in Piura Central." I asked what he's famous for & he said, "He was some sort of naval hero or something but Peru still lost the war to Chile so I don't know why he is famous hahahaha."

"Just talkin with Miguel."

 

Monday. April 13. 2015-Week 36

With Gino on his baptism day.

 

 

Mi Familia!!!!

What a dang week this one has been!!! I am dead tired but happy as all get out!!! It sounds like you all had a great week at home. I'm sorry you were sick all week Perry girl:( But it's good that you are feeling better now. Tell Maddie that I say Happy Birthday!!! Also Tate keep kicking butt on the soccer field. You've got to stand out bro because I want to play together at BYU!! I almost died when I read that Tate is actually going on a date!!! What a flippin miracle!! I never thought that I would actually see this day come and I am surely going to mark the 25th of April on my calendar hahahahaha. Love you bro. Be smart and be safe. 

So I am currently with a new companion. Elder Mauricio had a transfer last week and now is in a different area:( I really was sad to see him go. I am now with my new companion and he is very new. His name is Elder Gonzales and he is 20 years old and is from Baranca, Peru, which is about 4 hours north of Lima. He is a great guy but this is also his 5th day here on the mission!! He is a brand new missionary and I am his trainer!!! Talk about a huge responsibility!!!! He is awesome and so ready to work but he still just doesn't know anything haha. We are learning slowly but surely and I am trying to give him as many opportunities as possible to experience success in these first few months of his mission. He is sort of a spaz haha but I like him a lot and really think these 2 cambios together are going to go really great. Please pray so much for Elder Gonzales to learn quickly and for me to be a great teacher!!!!

So yes, I am now 19 years old and yes, I do feel old hahaha;) Everyone thought I was super young out here on my mission being 18 but now that I am 19 everyone just thinks I'm normal old Elder Wilson again hahahaha. I did have a great birthday though. So this is the first time in my life that this has happened but I actually fasted on my birthday this year. We were fasting for the baptism of Gino and a couple other things so when we passed by all the houses of our members and stuff they all tried to feed us and had cake but we had to turn it all down for another day. It was hard but we were very blessed through it all. On my birthday we set 3 more people up with baptism dates!! Hermana Maria Viera for the 26th of April and also Jamil and Jael Farfan for the 3rd of May. How awesome is that!! Through my birthday fast I now have 3 more people to baptise in these next few weeks!!! Please pray for them so much because they are all amazing people!!!

 

The next day was one of the greatest days of my life. We were able to baptise Gino Gaettanno Fossa Peña as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!!! It was such an amazing service and the spirit was crazy strong!!!!! So like you pointed out in your email, I did not baptise Gino. Gino had originally picked me to baptise him even when Elder Mauricio was still here so we were all planning on doing that. On Friday night I knelt down to pray at night and prayed to receive revlelation as usual and I felt so strongly that my companion, Elder Gonzales, should baptise Gino. It was really hard for me to accept because Gino is seriously one of my best friends but I listened to the spirit and talked to Gino and he said that it was ok. I am so glad that we were able to make the change because it just helped Elder Gonzales start his mission of soooo great. He got to baptise in his first week here in the mission!! So I gave a talk at his baptism and it was all good. What an amazing experience to see Gino be baptised and I know that the Lord is truly working through me right now. After the baptism we had a big party at Gino's house to celebrate his baptism and my birthday!! We ate and talked and they slammed my face into a giant cake hahaha!! It was really a great time and I am so so so so so so so grateful for this family!!

So I am not sick at all, the weather is miserably hot you seriously just can't escape it and Rony is doing great. He is having a tough time remembering to read his book of Mormon but we are still working with him like every other day. He is working more now so it's a little harder but he could use your prayers to stay a little more focused. We are also still working with a lot of people to work towards baptism and to return to the church so please pray for Maria Viera, Jamil and Jael Farfan, Viviana Viera, Antonio Castro, Juan Tallero Gabriel Bravo, Marcos Maldinola, and Moises Hernandez because they could all use your help. I think that's a big enough list for this week haha. 

So all is well here in Peru. I still love my mission so much and it is awesome because I know the language now and I can just preach the gospel. I love you guys so much. I don't think you understand how big of a help you are to me every day. I love you emails and mail and I really feel your prayers every day. I love that you always have my back. I really do have the greatest family ever!! Keep up the good work. I love you all so much and hope you have a great week!!! Love you!!!!!!

Much Love

Elder Wilson

P.S - It's ok if BYU drops a game right now cause it ain't gonna happen when I get back!! and if Troy is reading this keep puttin in work on the field son!!!!!!

Birthday of Elder Garay

Ward Conference
 

My one day with Elder Beltron
 

Meeting my new companion, Elder Gonzales

 

With my first companion, Elder Orellana, and my new companion, Elder Gonzales

Happy Birthday to me with eggs & flour in my hair haha

Best day-Gino's baptism

Celebrating Gino's baptism and my birthday

Awesome crab cowder Hermana Fossa made

My birthday cake

The sister missionaries made me a birthday lunch



Last night with Elder Mauricio
 

Elder Garay and Elder Mauricio

 

Monday. April 6. 2015-Week 35

Elder Wilson & Gino.

Mi Familia!

Hey guys!! Well it sounds like you guys had a wonderful week with family and also an amazing Easter Sunday. I am so glad that you all had the opportunity to focus on what is really important about Easter and cut out the crap with the Easter Bunny hahahaha! I can promise you right now that I will never celebrate Easter in my house with the Easter Bunny and eggs!!!! 

This week was a great one and sad one and a very powerful one. Geno and Viviana are progressing like crazy!! We have been working with them soooooo much to find their faith and to really know for themselves that the Book of Mormon is true. Wow I have gained such a testimony of the Book of Mormon in this mission it is crazy!! There is nothing else in the world as powerful and as perfect as that book and the amazing message that we can receive through its words. I have read it, I have studied it and more that everything I have prayed about it and I can tell you all that I know with 500% of my heart and soul that it is true. It changes lives and it brings happiness with it!! For this exact reason we will be baptising Geno this weekend (my birthday weekend!! Talk about best birthday present ever!!!!). So please keep praying for all of them and putting their names in the temple and all of that good stuff because they need you. 

Conference was amazing!!!!! I will write you a letter about what I liked the most but for short I think my favorite talk was from either Elder Causse or Elder L. Tom Perry. They are spiritual giants and every time I hear them talk I learn soooo much!! They only share the simple truths but they speak with the power of Christ and that is what changes lives. I read somewhere that it doesn't matter how much you know because you will never teach with the power of Christ with just knowledge. Testimony is everything and those men share their testimonies with power!!!!!!!!! Also they talked a ton about marriage and the importance of being parents this conference so I think I'll be getting married right when I get home......hahahahahahaha;) We also watched conference in the stake center with air conditioning!! 10 hours of a/c!! It was amazing!!

Also a side note. This week a drunk tired to kill Elder Mauricio with a brick. He started calling us liars and devils and said that he was going to kill us. So we just stood their and looked at him and he came charging at us. We dodged him first and I was about to drop that old fool but then a guy came out and kicked the guys butt and made him leave. This guy is one of our investigators now hahaha. The Lord works in strange ways. 

So we had a transfer this week and yes it was very sad. I had really gotten very used to Elder Mauricio and we were having so much progress in this area. He is gone now and I am with a temporary companion because my new companion is still in the CCM en Lima!! I am going to be training a new missionary for these next 2 cambios so please pray for me and him to get along good and quick and for me to be able to help him to be a great missionary. I am also now a district leader here in the mission so also please pray for me to receive revelation to help my area because I am in charge of a good number of people now. I know that the Lord has put His trust in me and I won't let Him down!!!

So this week I will be praying for your pictures and also for presidente Monson. Ohhh wow I hope he is ok. I couldn't handle that man passing on!! It's still not his time!!! I sure do love our prophet.

So that's all for this week. I hope all is well at home and I hope you are all doing all that you can to be true disciples of Christ. Think about it and change whatever is necessary in your life to be closer to Him and to do His work. Read, go to church, pray and share what you know with everyone. It's not an option. We are here to share the gospel not to keep it to ourselves. I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!! Love you!!!!

Mucho Amor

Elder Asher Dean Wilson

 

 

 

**All of these pictures are from Gino. He posted them on his Facebook page. It's been such a blessing to see these pictures (Asher is in need of a converter for his camera that will allow him to send more pictures that he's taken. I'm not sure if it's something that is hard to find there or if he hasn't had time to get one?) But I am SO thankful to Gino sharing these photos!

 

Elder Wilson & Elder Mauricio.

 

Monday. March 30, 2015-Week 34

Elder Wilson, Gino, Elder Mauricio

Mi Familia!!!

Ohh my gosh!! I am currently sitting in the corner of some little internet shack sweating like crazy just to write you guys so I hope you feel pretty special hahaha!! And this computer really stinks so no pictures this week but I'll send a ton next week! Sorry . . . .

Sounds like all is going well at home. Spring Break hahaha I don't even remember what the word break means because la obra misional never ends but I am very glad that you all are enjoying it!! I don't hear enough about sports! How is Tate doing in soccer? How is Mountain View Lax doing? How is BYU Lax doing? I've got to know this stuff so keep me updated!! Hahaha Tate can't live without Logan!! Nothing's changed since I've left home!! Those tw are stuck together at the hip!! What are they gonna do when they go on missions?!?! So ya, I've officially been out for 8 months . . . . I feel old haha!! But wow how fast this time has flown by!! It really does seem like I just got here and now I am becoming one of the experienced missionaries! Pretty cool stuff and I just love this mission more and more every day!!

I get to watch conference this weekend also!! We will be watching en Espanol but we will be watching it live so I am pumped!! There aren't too many people here with TVs and stuff like that so we are going to watch it in the stake center, which is OK with me because there is A/C!!!!! But what a great experience that we have to watch this session of conference and receive direct revelation from God through His living Prophet and Apostles. This last week I have read the whole conference from Fall 2014 and WOW I have received so much revelation in my life so I know we are going to hear some amazing things in this one!! I encourage each one of you to fast and pray in preparation for this great day and do all that you can to share this message with everyone!! Share conference with everyone because we as members of the church know that through conference every single person can hear something that will change their lives!! I love conference and I want to hear from everyone in the family about their favorite talk next week!!

Well this week went great! We are seriously seeing so much progress in our area right now, it's crazy!! We have tooooooooons of people listening to our lecciones and also a good number of people with baptism dates. Gino has officially committed to a date for his baptism! We are going to be baptising him this 12 de April!! One day after my birthday!!! I know he is pretty excited about this and I know that Elder Mauricio and I are super excited about it so now we are just going to do all that we can to make sure that this all works out great. The only sad part is that this Sunday we have transfers . . . . and I am 90% sure that Elder Mauricio will be leaving Jorge Chavez one week from today before the baptism of Gino :(  It's ok because our goal as missionaries is not to baptize for ourselves but to build the kingdom of our Father. It doesn't matter if we are planting the seed or reaping the harvest if we are participating in the Lord's work. 

This week we also had a visita de trabajo which is when we go and work with other leaders of the mission for a day. I went and worked with our zone leader, Elder Robertson. He is awesome and we preached the gospel with some serious power! He is from Canada and he showed me a bunch of pictures of Canada and WOW, it's awesome!! I think I'm going to move to Canada when I get home hahaha ;)

This week I also ate cuy, which is guinea pig!!!! I have waited 8 months to get to eat cuy and now I can check that one off the bucket list! So Perry I hope you don't have a pet guinea pig when I get home because I will be cooking that sucker up and eating it! They're pretty tasty!!

So ya overall this week was great. We currently have 4 people with baptism dates. Gino, Viviana, Antonio, and Maria. They are all advancing at their own pace but it really is hard here. There are so many distractions that are trying to pull them from their path to receive the truth in their lives and sometimes they just don't listen to us. That is why I ask for your prayers every week because they really do help us so much!! Through your prayers you are participating in the mission work because you are helping people all over the world to receive happiness in their lives.

I am happy, healthy, and sharing this gospel like no one you've ever seen. These are the things that are the most important to me in the whole world and I hope that all of you can share in my joy by sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. Read, study, pray and never waste a chance to share what you know with other people. 

I love you all and hope you have a great week!! I'm always praying for you!! Ohhh and we also got to watch Meet the Mormons today and that is an awesome movie!!! Love you guys!!

Much Love,

Elder Wilson

Monday. March 23. 20015 Email from Elder Wilson to Tate

Brotha!!!!

Thanks for the email bro! I'm glad to hear that you are still tearing it up on the soccer field, in the classroom, and most importantly in the church!! So you are finally 16!! I have been waiting for this day for the last few years because it is now time for my baby bro to step it up and be a man and yes, that means taking some girls on dates!! Haha! If I don't get pictures of you and your dates I will be beating your butt when I get home!! So it sounds like you are still chillin with a good group of guys and that you aren't doing anything stupid. But always be careful. Trust me it is easier to do what is wrong than to do what is right. Keep working hard dude because you've got to go to BYU with me!! You will be tearing it up on el chancha de futbol while I'll be tearing it up on the lax field!! Ok Tate I am glad to hear that you are studying in the scriptures but you've GOT to study in the PMG!! I was very unprepared in this way for my mission and for a long while it showed. Read it, study it, live it!! Ok, I don't have a ton of time right now because we've got to go to a service project but I love you Tate. You are my best friend and for that reason I just want you to be happy and successful. Do all you can to do what is right and be an example to others because you will be where I am right now before you know it. Keep working hard and having fun and I'll see you soon! I'm always praying for you.

Elder Asher Wilson A.K.A Your older brother and your superior hahaha!!

Monday. March 23. 2015-Week 33

Geno's dog, Kena, a German Shepard. I am buying one for sure when I get home!! I take her running with me in the mornings.

Mi Familia!!!!!!

What a great week it sounds like you had!! Tate is now a little closer to manhood & it sounds like you are all busy with everything. Mom I loved hearing about your temple story because I miss that place so dang much!!! I don't get to enter one of those beautiful buildings for 16 more months and you get the chance to go all the time so take advantage of it!! The veil is very very thin there. I was also very happy to hear that BYU LAX is tearing it up!! I'm hoping they'll still have a solid squad when I get home!

So this week was great here in Peru. Today for PDay all of us missionaries in the Piura area went to a huge are of Incan ruins and it was pretty sweet!! They really hadn't maintained anything too well and there was scaffolding all over them but it was till cool to hear the history. It was a really good PDay here in Piura!!

This week was good, and long, and hard, and awesome!! First off, it rained all week long!! Like hard core Peruano rain. All of the streets were full of water and there wasn't a ton of people in the streets. They must have been scared of the rain but Elder Mauricio and I sure weren't!!!! We worked our butts off this week, like more than usual. At first we were sorta down about the rain scaring everyone off, but then we realized something . . . people do not drink (beer) inside. So because everyone was inside it meant that there were very few drunks!! What a blessing that was!! We had educated conversations with people that I hadn't ever seen sober in my 3 months here hahahaha!!! The Lord puts things in our paths to test us but what we always need to remember is that He will always provide for us. He wants to see what we do in bad situations. If we can put our faith in Him and push through we will receive amazing blessings!! 3 Nefi 31:20 "Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life."

Also this week we had a multi zona conferencia. It was amazing!! You said that you received revelation in your stake conference, so did I this week in mine!! To be in conference with Presidente Rowley and about 65 other missionaries is one of the most amazing things in the world!! I received so much revelation and was filled with the Spirit through the words of Presidente Rowley and it just motivated me more and more to work. He taught us all about the importance of testimony this week. We talked about the importance of gaining our own personal testimony first and then helping others to receive theirs. Through your testimony you  can feel the pure love and power of Christ in your life!! We also did an awesome skit of Ammon cutting off the arms of the Lamanites, and it was Awesome! I ahd to talk more than anyone else in the show but let me just say . . . . I nailed my parts hahaha!! 

We also gave a lot of blessings this week and we saw miracles. I know and testify that the Lord can work through us. I feel His power every time I put my hands on the head of another person and give them a blessing. We are holders of the most powerful force on Earth!!!! We must do all that we can to show the power of God through the Priesthood!! We were chosen and selected to be fearless holders of this great power, so we can't sit back and wait for opportunities to use it but we must search for these opportunities!! I love the Priesthood and I will honor my Father in Heaven by using it to help others to receive blessings in their lives.

We have 3 people with baptism dates right now!!! Viviana (11 de Abril), Gino (4 de Apbril), and Antonio (19 de Abril). Pray and fast and do all you can for them because they are amazing people and they are ready to accept this covenant in their lives!!

One thing about Elder Mauricio and our most spiritual experience of the week . . . We are teaching a family, and have been for awhile. They are amazing but it has been close to impossible to feel the Spirit in the lecciones because they are so crazy running around and always with their music and a lot of the time they just don't listen. So this week we planned and prayed hard for them. We showed up to this leccion in their house and it was wild as usual. We did all that we could to calm them down but it just wasn't working. We decided to start with a prayer. Elder Mauricio offered the first prayer and wow . . . I don't have words to describe it. They were not his words and he spoke full of the Spirit of the Lord. We destroyed all distractions through this prayer and when we finished there was nothing but peace and the Spirit. We taught an amazing lesson and it was the first time that I have really felt the Spirit in that house. Now I know that Mauricio can be frustrating and all of that, but I know with all of my heart and soul that he is a representative of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and he speaks with His power. I am so happy to call him my companion!!

Ok well that's all for this week. I am healthy, happy, and working hard so don't worry about me. Thanks for your emails, I love reading them!! I love you guys SOOOOOOO much and hope you have a great week!!

Much Love,

Elder Asher Dean Wilson

With Gino and his mom.

Elder Edwards.

Elder Prince.

Elder Ayala.

With Moises.

RONY!!!!

A church with statues of Jesus, the 12 Apostles . . . and the Virgin Mary.

Ruins.

Dead People.

Ancient Incan instruments.

Peruano dogs . . . yep they are nasty!!

Our tour guides . . . little kids!!

The zone.

Elder Huranga (mi pata).