February 24, 2015
All is well,
Where do I even start?
At English group this week I was with
Sister Palmer and Sister Chase because I was waiting for sister Coleman to come
down to Saratov. At english group I was sitting next to a boy on the very end
of the row, R, who knew very little English and asked me to translate much
of the time. We were explaining the apostasy and ending up playing telephone to
show how things get completely skewed up when truth doesn't come directly from
the source of truth. Because I was second to last I had a thought to just
change the entire sentence completely... but instead of making up a new
sentence I just whispered a bunch of gibberish into R's ear something that
didn't make sense in English or in Russian that sounded something like,
"selkfjlke sdoi aspoie wex ielk" which he was totally cheating so he
wrote it down on paper and then when it was time for him to say it he read it
out loud and it made NO sense. I don't think I've laughed so hard in sooo long.
Everyone in the room was laughing with us as he continued to say the sentence
with his Russian accent which just made it twice as funny. He was a real good
sport about it too :) Maybe this isn't even funny... but it was, you had to be
there ;)
At 12:00 that night we went to the train
station and picked up my new companion. Oh man. I am with the lovely Sister
Coleman :) She has one of the most outstanding personalities that I have ever
beheld. She is just a very thoughtful person and so honest and open with me
about things. I can't wait to see the miracles that will happen in Solnechney
thanks to having such a strong companion here, and she is just ready to WORK.
She really understands a few things quite well. And that number one... We are
here to baptized people. We do not need to be meeting with people who are just
willing to meet with us to talk about religion. Our purpose as missionaries is
to do what? Help people to receive the restored gospel, which includes BAPTISM.
We should not be meeting with ANYONE just because they are willing to meet. If
we give up those people who are willing to meet with us then Heavenly Father
will help us to find those who are ready and willing to act on the message. So,
we have been clearing out our area a tad and been putting some people away and
are going to get out and do some more finding, which will be AMAZING because
contacting with Sister Coleman is the best thing ever.
This weekend we will be having a baptism
:) F is getting baptized and she is so ready. She will probably be a relief
society president someday, I will be honest. She is so giving. Wow if I could
describe that woman I would say honest and charitable. And I can honestly say
that Sister Coleman and I really haven't done anything to deserve this baptism.
Heavenly Father is just very generous and gives because he loves us.
My prayers are going to be a lot more
personal with Heavenly Father... I think I am just realizing how personal my
relationship with him is and how personal it is with each individual being here
on this earth. Knowing that I talked face to face with God just as Moses did
before this life helps me to trust him so much more, it helps me to trust that
he also is preparing each one of his children to return to him by stacking up
special experiences, and when the time comes each one of them will be ready to
accept his plan.
If anyone is thinking about going on a
mission... I would recommend a yes :) It's the best decision I've ever made. I
will never regret serving a mission. I would not rather be any where else in
the world.
Love, Sister Wilson
PS I know that I am in the highest
incident mission in the entire mission field, but I have never felt more safe
in my life. Especially as sisters. I've rarely felt that I am in danger.
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