Elder Mel Wilson

  Oct 3 email -  How is everyone doing  I hope all is well. Sorry I haven't been consistently writing each week! Things have been super busy but the work has been greater than ever.  The experiences on my mission have meant everything to me. Right now we are teaching a wonderful couple who plan to get baptized on the 22nd of October. Their names are Elvira and Pablo.   Please pray for them if you can, they are wonderful people who have strong desires to follow Christ. I'm grateful for the opportunity we had to listen to our prophet this past weekend, as well as the apostles and other inspired church leaders. It has lead me to reflect inward and ponder on how grateful I am for living prophets and the light of Christ in our lives. Nothing can ever or will ever bring greater happiness, than the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives. Prophets direct us to Jesus Christ and his infinite, endless light. These are truths that I, for myself, have come to know.  O...

  Aug 29 email  What's up everyone!  Sorry it has been a minute since I've sent an email.  Things have been crazy!  Sadly, I left Brownsville after an absolute amazing transfer.  Super grateful for the amazing members and friends I met there and for the lessons learned.  My last week there, our friend Jorge chose to follow Jesus Christ and be baptized    I'm now in Mission, Texas and my new companions are Elders Wood and Iverson!  We've been super busy and have been enjoying the work so much.  Excited for the miracles we will see from the lord. I've been studying a lot of the Character of Christ.  Everything that Jesus Christ did was centered on reaching out in love, service and compassion to others.  1 of many things that I've learned on my mission, is that not everything is about me. It is about Jesus Christ and God's children.  That's it.  Putting others needs before our own may seem hard but through applying ...