October 8th

The age change was crazy!!!! And so exciting the Lord's work move forward and faster!! Tell Karlee to SERVE!! It will be the best thing she will ever do in her life!! Serve! That is crazy how fast people could be out on missions now. Tell Lazy lex I love her tons and she should serve too!!! :p Ha I loved everything about conferience!! The singers were so white and Ginger!! Everyone down here is Brown so it was crazy how Red haired the women were! pelirojos! ha I needed to hear every word that conference had to offer. It was the first time that I actually loved it and needed it. Yes I had to have Elder Stewart and Aguilar hit me a couple of times! Ha Also we have a new missionary in the apartment and his name his Kyle Willams not Kyle Wilding it is super close though!! He is from Washington. How is everything with you! Did mike hunt at Johnson creek? It is crazy how fast the time is going!! Tell Pauline I say hi to her and the whole crew! And for them to visit Morom.org and read why I am out here! Please. They lost too sad day that means they will take state! :P I can't believe how fast the time has gone almost 5 months crap. I am doing super great like always sometimes tripping over my feet but I get back up and hit it running again. that is super Cool Ean can serve tell them to send him over here I will train Him! :P maehhhhhhhh I hope that everyone that is of age now which is so cool will and can serve! Tell Karlee she is headed down here!! :p maehhh I also need a really good durable kick stand for mi bike. I know I ask for tons. I hope you know that I love you guys so much and that I can feel your prayer for me everyday. Melissa you can go to lessons with the missionaries they would love it if you and Kenna went!! Try and do as much missonary work you can I wish I would have had a better knowledge before I came out that 2 minutes of missionary work can change the world and someones life more than you can know!! That is the best and easiest way to bring sheep to this is through member work that is where it should all start not by knocking doors but throgh members!! Mom feed the missionaries one time and ask them what you can do to help them all my family members pray to find it and do it!!! Will you do it!!!? We are Mormons! I know it!! I love it!!! spread this for the Lord!! I want you to post on my page a Mormon message it is on the Restoration I think it has Tom L. Perry talking throught it? And tell people to post it on their walls to spread this to the world poceto y poceto. Sorry this is all about missonary work and commitments but this is so important and true. If you love the Lord then there is no question you will down it and serve! I love you all so much and Pray for you everyday!! Nos vemos mas alla. Les quiero mucho! Amor Elder Wilding!! Start singing Christmas music too!!

Querido, Presidente Trayner
Elder Aguilar and I have been trying to work with our members more and part member families. Which I am am hoping this will be the best way to work to find more people who are prepared.
We have been working with the landaverde Family the Mom is a momber baptized in 2001. She is going through a divorce/separatation at the moment. She knows that this is the way for her family to find happiness and unity that has been missing for a long time.
A handful of our active members are going through some rough times right now and we have been helping them out which is good to know that we can help out anyway that we can.
Most of our investigators that had baptism dates have slipped away missing appointments and not answer their phones or doors. This is the Rosalez family and Sual that have slipped away so we have had to hit finding more.
We found a lady in the topish-side of our area when we were lost looking for where a referal lived and we asked her if she knew the person and she didn't. Then we started to talk to her and she had been taught by the missionaries before as a testimony about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon!! She was interviewed to be baptised but she didn't really know about the coffee rule and that was the only thing that held her back. I know there is more in our area that are prepared and need this too.
Also conference was the best and the church is true.
Amor Elder Wilding

More Stolen pictures!

So I have started a get pictures from Kyle campaign! Feel Free to join in! I am hoping that he will given in the pressure! 

This is his Zone! They are super cute! I can't believe that Kyle looks so old! I am dying! His hair is so long!

Another Picture! 

This is a link to the place where i stole the pictures from at the end of the most recent post is a video of the missionary's sing Happy Birthday! I am super sad that I can't pick out his voice but it is so good to see him!

http://texastrayners.blogspot.com/

October 1st

Haha No where is Jake Wilding not Jackson I know where jackson is sillys. :) We watch conference at Church. Prayers um i am doing pretty good learning faster than I thought I could learn! Pray I can become the person the Lord needs me to be. I feel sometimes a little inatiquit. Pero I would love if you guys could buy me the Book of Mormon in spanish on CD's the Senior couple that comes by once in a while told me to ask for that. I don't remember if I told you guys this story that we had the AP's at our 2 district meetings ago and Elder Aguilar is our District leader and put me with on of the Aps to do a role play of teaching in spanish. Which made me so happy not but I did the role play in spanish on leaving someone you just meet for 5-7 minutes a chapter in the book of mormon and i did it and he says wow you still a verdecito? I said yes well your spanish is really good!! Pero your acient is well not so good I laughted and said yes I know "one of our investigators told me it is like a chiniese acient! haha She spoke English and Spanish. elder Duncan Said yea your vocab is there and he conjagted but your acient haha he told me to read alound in the Book of Mormon in spanish with elder Aguilar I also the Guys who teaches spanish and helps the missionaries says listening to the book of mormon on CD helps so. But I am doing really good don't think I can vote for MIT cuz i didn't regiester to vote. Ops No hurricanes down here yet. but some good ran storms still can get hot up to 100 the other day!! Also going to get a greeny in our Apartment Elder Stewart is training Elder Aguilar and I our staying in our area for one more transsfer. Oh hey also I need a camera cord that connects to the camera to the computer! also!! Also who sent the little box with yummy goodies in it!! I loved it!! It had all the food that goes along with our momories!! Got my trunky but only for a little maahhh. I love you guys so much!! I can't believe that i have almost been out in the mission for 5 months!! Whoa the time is going so fast!! Also no animals cuz Mike and I didn't do our Elk dance!! Que lastima! Also I wasn't there to carry the crossbow and the snack!! And lso to make sure we smelled like Yummy Cow Elks in Heat!! hahaha I think that is everything if you can but if not it they have it also buy the D&C movies in spanish but if not no big deal. I feel like I ask for tons. I think I left my camera cord there in my dresser in the closet but not sure in the cmaera box. Love everyong super tons!! Hopefully you can understand my emails from the fast typing and bad english!! Con Amor, Elder Wilding

September 24th

That is good to hear that you had so much fun and everyone is doing good! OH yes to put down my seats in the car you have to take the covers off so you will but able to see that off to the side on top is a nob and you pull it up and push the seats forward. then put the covers back on and then for the future you can pull the nobs with the covers still on cuz then you know where they are next time. :) ha That is good to hear about Nathan, Clayton, and Jackson are doing so good!! :) Yes I live in an Apartment with 2 other missionaries Ellos son tontos (you with have to ask Shawn or Melissa what that says)  haha in a good way though. This week was super slow at the begining but at the end it speed up some more. That is super nice that Poppy and Kathee are sending me money they are the best!! Well I think I am doing petty good I can't think of anything I need right now off the top of my head? Oh hey what ever happened to my room? Did Kenna have to clean it? If she did porecita. Also where is Jack Wilding serving I really can remember :) ANd you might want to send my CLayton and Nathans Blog every once in a while go to MYDEARELDER.COM cope paste them and it is super easy ask Tia Mellonee she knows how :) How cold is it up there? It has been perfect weather down here!! My companion is doing lots better he is a funny kid can be a little funny the way he thinks but I love him. He think in 2 transffers I will be traning I think he is crazy! The language is going good I can speak good when I don't get nervous or loose confence but when I do that is when It is a little harder. I always have dreams about you guys in the night it is awesome they feel sdo real! Oh funny story time so I was in great shape when I left right?! Ha well saturday we took a all bike day and I actually did a little good workout. We went a good distance on the bikes cuz it is 3 miles just to get into our area and then our area is pretty big! But the next day I was so swore! I could barely move when I woke up!! I am so out of shape!! I haven't got fat yet but just out of shape! :) Haven't baptised yet but our area has and had tons of less actives and we are bring tons of them back to church it is awesome. Hopefully in October we will have some!! Cross them fingers we have 7 people with Baptism dates for october so I am hoping but I am learning and doing so good even if I haven't had a baptism yet we are being so blessed in so many othe places! I know I have the best family in the world!! I the best extented family I know heaven is going to be somethiiing like Indian Creek and Hunting camp all thrown into one big thing with volleyball courts in the middle hahahah naaahh But I love you guys so much and try to find my preithood thing that dates back to Jose Smith... or make on please? :) Love you so much!! COn AMor!! AMor, tu hijo Elder Wilding

Letter to the President

Querido, President Trayner
This week was a little bit slower with the work, however, at the ende it picked up a little faster and better. We had to get the whole Rosales family on the same page with learning and baptism. So we got them all on the same page so that is good but they didn't make it to church becuase the had to run their abuelita to Mexico on sunday becuase she was here on vacation. We also found a couple of new investigators who look pretty good.

We found Lupita Landaverde and Raul. Lupita is 15 her mom isd a memeber but hadn't been coming to church for a while becuase her husband was a little controling but right now they are separated and headed for divorce but Lupita came to church after our first lesson we had with her on saturday.

Raul we found and he wants to change his whole life and be baptised and knows we were sent from God only had a small lesson with him but his date is the 21 of October along with Lupita.

We just need to stress more about the BD check list with the Rosales family more to get them moving move down the road. I amn doing really good can't believe how fast my mission is going already!

My question for the book of mormon is "How can I know how to serve God more in my life." The Scripture I thought that might be good is using Mosiah 2:17-18 and then maybe the using leaving the chapters of Nephi being an example through action for the Lord as some Chapters to leave with them

Sept 17th

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!!! Oh I forgot to thank everyone for the sweet poster from Indian creek I love it!!! I got the package on thursday when I had time, them gave me a slip monday went in came to go pivk it up cuz we were not in the house when them came. I love the Mackay shirt so much how did you know to get that color!?!!?! Also the shirt is the same brand and color of my ligers one my ligers one is just a little faded by same colors!!!! Sweet!!! Also love the movies they are going to help so much!! AAnd the sheets are sweet!! I am so glad to hear that Tate did so well!! Yes I am trying so hard to write in my journal better the first part of the field was hard to do that cuz of getting into the swing! Yes I got Mike's letters and loved them I read them at night and had sweet hunting dreams with him and the family! Ha Also had a dream about kenna, Melissa, and I were pore down here on the streets colleting things and everyone spoke spanish of course and so I had to "try" and translate ha. But it was fun! Thanks Mike I loved reading the letters you wrote to me it helped me out :) I am doing so good down here my companion is still having a hard time but he is getting better everyday. i think It is because his dad got remarried and it is hard on his fam and su madre. I am learning and growing so much down here and having fun even in the harder times! Oh and I am turning into mike so bad a tease my companion and Elder Sweart like Mike teases! ha Like maybe wiping my burgers on my companion while in the car and he doesn't notice ops and teasing my other roomate but making everyone laugh in a good way. ha I loved the pictures in the box too!!! And thanks for the sweet pictures of Ruby Mike and Kim I am so proud and so glad to have you guys you will be such good parents!! How is everyone one doing? Oh yeah mom you can send my the newspaper not going to lie I loved reading them. :) How Dad's job is giving him a little time to breathe? :) So sorry about the stressful week melissa. Also JJ I am so proud of you for hiking up the mountain... you umm have less then 2 years to prepare for the bug blug in the mackay river!!!!!! Ha Well less than 20 months now! :p Oh something fun off to the side tone I just this week told elder Aguilar about Mrs. Funk ha! Also just realized today that the song off of the JUngle Book the Bare necessities is the "Bare necessities" not the "Bear necessities" My whole life until now I though it was bear because it is a bear that sings it but then singing it in my head I weas like oh bahaha now I get it!! ahaha It is Becuase Elder Eggli said oh yeah I just need the Bare necessities bahah wow I am dumb!! ha I am understanding the spanish more and more everyday and now can read my scritputes and understand most all 'most" is the key word :) Elder Aguilar thinks I will be training not at the end of this transfer but the next but I tell him he is crazy!! ha When we teach Rosalinda Rosalez i try and teach her in spanish but she knows nothing about the scriptures or the gospel so even after I teach a little Elder Aguilar will brush it up and she still will be like what? I don't understand but know it is true. ha Did highland win Melissa again Hillcrest? :p Also where is Jack Wilding serving I forgot? ops?But I loved rthe box so much and tell kyns thanks for the sheets! they are awesome! Que Padre!! Also thanks for the watch knys it is still working and going strong and people like it!!! Les amo much con mi todo corazon!!
Amor Elder Wilding

And

Letter to pres. I thought I would send this to to make it faster   :)    This week has been much better for me and Elder Aguilar. We are finding more people that are prepared and need this gospel. Rosalez family it is hard to teach went all of her 5 boys are at home. However we taught her and one of her sons the restoration and tried to make it basic and it went a little over her head, she doesn't really have a gospel backgrouond. She told us she knows it is true by the feeling that she has when we teach her. She came to church will her youngest boy who is 7 and all her other boys were at their Aunt's house. Have some really good potentials that we are hoping to turn into investigators this week and another big goal is to try and have the whole Rosalez family on the some board in the teaching process. We are doing really good up here though. My spanish is getting better everyday so that is good.
Con amor, Elder Wilding

September 10th

No I haven't recieve a package yet from JJ? It probably will be here tomorrow? HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!! i am so blessed to have a dad that is so loving and strong in the Gospel!! Down here some of the men, well a lot, are kind of wicked and bad. But I kn ow that I have the most loving dad in the world!! Look at all your children still activie in the church!! My area has a lot of kids who are falling away and it is hard on the parents. I so blessed to have your amazing example to me in my life!!
Kenna what happened last week? also Dating Alex? Como como como? Ha Elder Aguilar is doing so much better. We might be loosing a hermana in our district? :( She is sick and can't get better? THings this week have looked more up wards. We are finding more people we really need this. I just need to practice on being bold when people don't do the right things when they know it is from God? If that makes sense? ha I am a little to nice when they need that fire under their butts. The Luna, Cupcake family, we might start teaching them this week again the mom wants us to come back? If she will come to church? We will see? We found this lady last night who is christain and loves what the Book of Mormon is and loves the idea of following prophets! We go back on wednesday? We found a lot of people last week now we need to go back and have a lesson and set baptisumal dates! Haha I know this is the Lords work and I know this is his true church will the right priesthood back on the earth. Love you tons!! Can't wait for my first baptisum when ever that might be!!?? :)           Love Elder Wilding!!! :) Love you all!!! so much Happy birthday DAd!!!!

September 4

Dear Family sorry I didn't write yesterday it was a holiday you know? :) Well this week has been rougher but I am going and learning so much!! Our investigator Vidie keeps not thinking she is ready for baptismo but it is teaching me to be a better teacher and missionary for the Lord. I know that the Lord had prepared people for the missionaries to go out and harvest. However my purpose as a mssionary is invite everyone to come unto Christ not just people who don't have the Gospel or just inactive but the people that I love a work with everyday. :) I hope you guys and everyone to know that you have helping me and to prepare to be out here right where I am right now! I hope that everything is going smooth we your one up there!? Eat some big cotton candy for me at the fair!? Also digame who drew on Elk and if Dad is going to have to to hunt and if Mike is? Also tell Aunt Jeanie I love her! :) I am doing ready good the tough time make us the better!! Oh also you can read Melissa's Email too it has some more info. I know that I have the spirit with me all the time and that it helps me andf us to know what to do and say for the ones that we love a hold close. ALso Mom Dad take time to have together prayer everynight and read from the Book of Mormon 14 mintues a day! That is my comittiment today to everryone and I know you will be blessed so much!! ALso kenna and Miss have prayer togther cuz you are missionary companions :) Love you tons!! AMor ELder Wilding! PS DOn't stress I am doing great I always have a good attitute!!