July 14, 2014
Well I am moving to my new area this Wednesday! That will
make for 4 areas and 7 companions in my first year. That is a lot more
then I expected haha:) The area I will be going to is called the Isle of Wight.
Just of the coast of Portsmouth so I will be moving back to my old zone which
pretty cool. My new comps names is Elder Belnap and from what I hear he
is a hilarious guy so the Lord has once again blessed me with another great
companion! I sure will miss Crawley though. Going to miss the Cragg
family with who I stay with. Their oldest son Ben is the greatest and will
miss him a ton! This week was pretty fun. We did some more service for a
guy we met on the street six weeks ago. He had us clear this big area of vines
with massive thorns and all I had was gloves with holes in them and a scythe haha. Then we hand to cut big ole branches off that had some massive thorns
that were just solid wood. Elder Gunnell took a few and made a crown just like
the one they put on the Saviours head. Really put into perspective what
must have felt like to have that pressed into your head. I had a few fall
on mine from them falling and it didn't feel all that good. That amazing part
though is the guy we did service for only wanted us to help him six weeks ago
but he came to church and new some members and said next time he will bring his
whole family and won't have appointments so he can stay the whole time! So
amazing! The Lord is definitely blessing the people here in Crawley. It was
funny cause when he came to church he recognized one of the members and the
member recognized him and shouted his name and gave him a big ole hug! It was
the greatest! I just love this gospel and all that it does for us.
Saturday we went to the temple with an investigator and it helped her so
much. She really felt the Spirit and made the comment I don't know how
anyone could not accept this and know its true. The temple is such a
blessing and how grateful I am for it and all the blessings and love that pours
from it. How wonderful it is to have a Heavenly Father that loves us so
much and pours out so many blessings! THE CHURCH IS TRUE! Well that's it
for most of my week. Hope you all are doing well and LOVE YA TO
SHREDZZ!!
Love,
Elder Wilson
Arms after removing thorny bushes
The Thorny Bushes
This is one of the family members that Collin lives with
London Temple with an investigator
Dad's Note
Collin gave me a task to study D&C 8 and 9 which is about asking the Lord and receiving answers but it also talks about why we may fail and this is fear. Here is a little something he wrote to me that I would like to share.
Glad you studied D&C! I love those chapters as
well since it is always a nice rebuke:) I love how you just lays out how
to receive personal revelation. It is amazing how much he loves us and
truly wants to talk to us. Fear is definitely a killer of faith. The
two scriptures I love that help me to remember that there no need to fear are
D&C 6:36 and Timothy 1:7. The Lord gives us every opportunity to succeed we
just have to be willing to put the effort in. We must also remember that
doubt and fear lead to despair and Moroni 10:22 lets us know that despair comes
from inequity so if we want to rid or selves of fear and walk uprightly before
God we need to always repent and let Virtue garnish our thoughts unceasingly!
Thanks for sharing all that with me. It was something I needed to hear. I
think the greatest blessing of serving am mission are the ones that go to your
family. Elder Nielson gave a talk to the new mission presidents and told
them "Why do missionaries serve missions?" It is to bless their great
great grandchildren with blessing of being sealed in the temple for eternity.
Everything we do in the church is to point to the temple." I thought that
was pretty amazing that I am here not for myself but for my future family.
The Lord is so mindful of us and all our needs! My heart swells with so
much gratitude as I remember and see all the blessings he gives me in my life!
Thanks for all you do dad and I LOVE YA TO SHREDZZ!!
Love,
Elder Wilson
Here is a little info as to where he is getting transferred to:
Collin said they have huge festivals i the summer and the population goes from 100,000 to 250,000 during the summer.
Climate
Being one of the most southerly parts of the UK, the Isle of Wight has a milder sub-climate than most other areas, which makes it a popular holiday destination, particularly the resorts in the south east of the island. It also has a longer
growing season than most other areas in the UK. The mean temperature is 13 degrees Celsius averaged over the whole year, and is 18 degrees in July and August. The microclimate of places such as
Lower Ventnor is influenced by their sheltered position under the cliffs. The Isle of Wight is also sunnier than most parts of the UK and
Western Europe, with 1800–2100 hours of sunshine a year, more than areas of northern
Spain.
Modern history
During the
Second World War the island was frequently bombed. With its proximity to France the island also had a number of observation stations and transmitters, and was the starting-point for one of the earlier
Operation Pluto pipelines to feed fuel to the
Normandy landings.
The
Isle of Wight Festival was a very large
rock festival that took place near
Afton Down, West Wight in 1970, following two smaller concerts in 1968 and 1969. The 1970 show was notable both for being one of the last public performances by
Jimi Hendrix and for the number of attendees reaching, by many estimates, 600,000. The festival was revived in 2002 in a different format and is now an annual event.
