15 October 2012

Aloha! this week we saw some real miracles. ok so first off we needed some new people to teach so we decided to go through all our former gators and see if they were ready yet. Holy cow we biked so hard and it was so hot. its been super hot lately. So we had a few positive outcomes from the whole situation. #1 we were able to find two new gators who are awesome, #2 we got 4 new dates for baptism yeah buddy. and #3 i probably lost like 7 pounds haha so yeah im lookin really good right now haha! Today we had Zone conference and we were trained on this new thing called the prayer approach. I don't have enough time to tell you about it but last week the elders in the mission that tried the pray approach as a mission we got 300 plus new investigators. Crazy right. Buts gonna require us to be super bold and super confident so we'll see how this first week goes. im pretty stoked. so NExt week i'll let you all know a little more about how it goes and the success we have. Aight i gotta go. You are all great and i love you all you guys. ALoha!!

08 October, 2012

Whats up Family. hows everything going. So Conference was awesome. There were so many good talks. and there are gonna be so many missionaries going out into the field. its gonna be great. I really like Elder Ballards talk it was really good and straight to the point. But i think my favorite was Elder Uchtdorfs i think it was Saturday morning session. He talked about Regrets that people had as they said before they passed. He said something that really stuck with me and that im gonna remember for the rest of my life he said. "Dont wait to die to know how to truly live." This life is awesome its such a blessing to be on this earth in this time. We need to be happy with whatever life throws at us. life is to short to be unhappy with yourself and with those around you. if your not happy fix that right now. we all have so much to be happy about. Im happy cause i get to be a missionary, and im in hawaii...  haha yeah im in hawaii in case anyone has forgotten. But for reals though the mission and the gosple is awesome its all about happiness and making a better life for ourselves and those around us. The gosple has changed my life for sure. So be happy people. no need be sad! Earlier this week we had transfers and i got some new callings. #1 is that im training a new missionary. His name is Elder Dorny and he's from colorado. we couldn't be more different. but there's a reason that we are together. i just need to figure out what it is. its gonna be a good learning experience for the both of use. #2 is i got called to be the district leader. im a little nervous about this one but hopefully i'll be ok. it'll be good for me. So we did something crazy this week. Elder Dorny sat out on this one so me and Elder Maughan went. So we have this way cool investigator named Rod and he is raising a couple of sheep . one of the sheeps names was ono cabob. Ono means good haha. so it was time for ono cabob to go. and we got to help him kill it and get the meet...... it was crazy. i've never done anything like that but it was a good learning experience. I'll leave out all the details but it was a good learning experience. it was good to see where my food comes from i guess. Next time were doing a pig. Im learning to live off the land out here and its super cool. Well i gots to go. i hope everyone had a good conference weekend i love all of you. Oh thanks for the ties Becky they were all Grade A! i really liked the pink and silver one! ALoha!

01 October 2012

Well its Transfer week and Elder Davis is going home, I'll miss the kid, he's for sure my favorite companion, haha he's getting married in December, Crazy right. Well that means i'll be getting a new companion and guess what, Im training a new missionary again! haha i have mixed feelings about this but don't worry most them them are all good feelings. I heard there is another Elder Wilson coming out here so maybe we'll end up being together we'll see though. i'll send a picture next week. Im super stoked for conference. It makes me kinda miss home though cause its so close to home. I'll be looking in the crowd to see if i see anyone there. But i love watching conference on my mission. it always seems like its directed to me. Well Thats all i have time for this week, sorry its so short next week i'll have more to talk about Guarentee! Love you all and ALoha!!

17 September 2012

Whats up Family. This week was pretty good. We had two of our Gators come to church with us this week which was awesome. So yesterday after dinner one of our appointments fell through so me and my comp decided to go down to keaukahah to see some people. we went this guy Kaleio's to see when you could come work in his yard. we were there for a bit and this his daughter Hoku's friend came over and we al just talked for a while. There was a local kid who killed himself earlier this week which is really sad. he was only 17 years old. But this girl. Her name's Johnny Girl is his best friend so she told us everything that happend. it was really sad but on the other hand i was really grateful for my knowledge of the plan of salvation  and to know what happens after death. When things calm down a bit were gonna teach her a little more about it. anyways where it happend was down at the beach where the built a way sick tree house. She said the feeling there was no good so me and my comp decided we would go down there to say a one prayer. i don't really know why but we just felt like we should. so we did and when where were walking you have to walk on the cement wall to get to the tree house so when we were walking Elder Davis almost fell in the ocean cause it was super Slick and then we heard a small splash and we looked at eachother and we just knew. The phone fell in the ocean. haha it sucked but we got it out. luckily it was way shallow so we just reached in and grabed it. but i thought about all the times i lost my phone in the water and i was like. im glad it was the ocean rather then the hot tub. if it ever happen at home im gonna wish it was the ocean. but yeah This week im super gratefull for the plan of salvation. i wish this girl and her family knew what i knew about it. but thats where we come in. hopefully we'll see some miracles with that. Well thats all for this week. im getting super attractive riding my bike in case you all wanted to know. you are all great i love you all. ALOHA!!!

10 September 2012

Ok so interviews were this week and it was good. Its always good to see President and Sister Dalton, but interviews with Sister Dalton were a little different his time.... kind of weird. so First she asked me how i wanted to be remembered in the misson by the ward members and other Elders. It was weird thinking about it cause i don't wanna start thinking abou coming home yet haha so that was weird and then she talked to me about thinking about School and where i wanna go and she talked to me about Registering.... i don't wanna go back to school yet either haha. Time flies by so fast. it blows my little mind. so yeah thats how interviews went. We had stake conference this week and it was really good. Pres. and Sister Dalton spoke. it was focused all about missionary work. He said something that i was like," holy cow this man is right". He called it the "Mormon Moment". We have Romney running for office and everyone in the world knows it and he just happens to be mormon so  when we talk to people a lot of time there gonna be like, who you voting for or what to you think about Romney or What does he belive you. BAM, let me just tell you what he believes as well as all the rest of us Later Day Saints. Its a perfect teaching oportunitiy yeah. And it doesnt just work for missionaries you kids can do it to. So next time some asks you about Mitt and his/our beliefes, open your mouth cause the lord his giving you the opportunity to share. I just thought i would share that with you guys cause i thought it was pretty cool. Fun fact about Hilo Hawaii. It rains in Hilo more then any other city in the U.S. Hilos great i love it here. you guys are great and i love you all. Aloha!!

04 September

04 September

Well family we had a good week. 1 baptized and 1 confrimed. cheee huuuuuuu. it was for a man named Uncle Frank. he's great. he got baptized on his 76th bithday. haha i was worried he's hip or is back was gonna break in the font but it was all good. it was a little cold though. we made him a cake for his birthday and he snarfed that down haha. so it was temple day today and I got to go to the Kona Temple. I have now been to both of the temples in Hawaiii. It is so so so small but no matter the size its always a good experience. i need to email pictures of the baptism and the temple but i left my camera at home so next week, plus there's a time limit on this computer and im outta time. One year down people, it blows my mind. This last year is gonna be amazing for sure. I love all of you thank you for being awesome. Aloha!!!

August Letters

06 August

So this week was a super spiritual awesome week for me this week. For sure something i will remember for the rest of my life. Ok so first there was a less family i started teaching which was about six months ago. so we've been working with them for awhile and that got active and they prepared to go to the temple so they can get sealed. well on Friday they got sealed and me and another elder got to go and share the experience with them. it was amazing to see the sealing and to be there when they got to take out their own endowments. We'll be next mom and dad haha. it was awesome. ANd then on sunday. those boys that got baptized with the group of five they all got the preisthood on sunday and they asked me if i could be the one to do it. It was cool. i was a bit scared but when i stared to give the blessing it was such ann amazing experience. Definetly something im gonna remember for the rest of my life. So we had a good week this week. Ok family i gotta go. We're doing another slp and slide for PDay today. but i love all of you you are great!!!!! Aloha!!!!!!!

13 August

Ok so today was pretty crazy and im really tired and my legs feel like jello haha. So me and two other elders decided to take a trip up to the another hike and do a hike with two of the elders up there. The hike is called. Stairway to Heaven and yes i did walk by booty cheeks pretty much to heaven. Im glad i did it though it was a one time thing. Its pretty sketchy if you aren't careful people die doing it all the time. Dont worry mom im still alive. But we stayed up all night because you have to get to the bottom of the stairs before the guard does. so we got there and started hiking at two in the AM. Yes that is correct 2am so i have been awake for the past 24 hours and then some. but The hike was great, the first part was way hard but after that it got a bit easier but it still was a butt kicker. I put some pictures of the stairs that we climbed it was pretty crazy. When we got to the top we were literally in a cloud and we couldn't see the sunrise which was kinda lame. but we went back down a ways and i got some pretty sick pictures. Hawaii is beautiful i love it. On Saturday were excited for our Four Awesome baptisms. One of them had to be pushed back she needs a little more time which is ok. we want her to be ready. I'll send pictures of that next week. Ok family, im gonna go sleep now but you are all great, i like you a lot.Love you and Aloha!!!! the las picture is of  part of the mountain from far away!

20 August

Everybody im here to tell you that there is a god and he loves me very much.... Im finally going off Island. Its Transfers on Wednesday and im getting shipped over to the Big Island on Hilo side. Im pretty stoked, its gonna be awesome. I will however miss this ward a ton. there are so many amazing people here who i've grown to love so much. They're like family.  This week was a good week though. We had our 4 baptisms and the other set of Elders in our ward had 5 of their own so 9 baptisms all together in one ward, isn't that crazy. The 4 that we baptized their names are Kelvin, Aron, Nora and NoNo. Kelvin and Aron got the Priesthood yesterday too so that was amazing and i got to baptized Kelvin and Aron and the other to had family baptize them. The work is amazing over here. Im so blessed to be able to serve in such an amazing place. Also because i started running every morning again i've started to lose weight so my clothes are getting big which is great. im looking like a younger more attractive version of Denzell Washington... haha. Ok thats alls i got to  report for this week. you all are great and i love you all. Be safe. Aloha!!!!

27 August

Whats up Family. Well I've made it over to the Big Island and its so sick. Its more like the Hawaii that i was expecting. No big buildings over here, not a bunch of cars everywhere, no traffic.... thats my favorite part. Everything here is way more relax. Everyones not hurrying around everywhere. And my ward is Awesome. Im in Keaukaha ward and its great. Everyone here is so nice. They treat you like there own son and everyone loves everyone. its awesome. My new companions name is Elder Davis, from Las Vegas. He's way cool. i really like him and its only been four days and i've learned so much. He finishs his mission in about a month so thats pretty crazy. Its crazy how fast time goes by. Guess what Else??!!! I hit my year mark this week. does that blow your mind. cause it blows mine. Its crazy how fast time goes by this last year is gonna go even faster. It'll be bitter sweet for sure. but everyday here just gives me one more reason to come back and visit.  Theres a bunch of people here who do like the whole like pig and sheep thing and its all delicious. the other day we helped a guy uncover his emu.... which is just pretty much a big pit in the ground that you cook pig in. it was cool and i want one in our backyard. and in a couple of week im gonna get to kill a pig and a sheep. its gonna be pretty knarly but im pretty stoked. like it with a knife to the neck and stuff but  we'll talk more about that when it happens. Ok i gotta go we're going to some caves for pday so it'll be pretty cool. i'll do pictures and send them next week aight.  I love you all stay safe, and play nice with the other kids. Aloha!!!