February 16, 2015
Sorry I never told you last week where I was going because I
had no idea where I was going till 5 clock that night. Well I'm now in Little
Hampton and serving with Elder Ertmann from Morgan, Utah! Yep he is my 7th
Utahn companion. He is also my 11th companion and am now on to my 6
area. Crazy how many different people and areas of England I have
seen. Little Hampton reminds me a lot of Hedge End. That is bunch of old
people and small area. We are a 5 minute walk from the sea so looks like
I will spend a solid year right by the sea which is pretty epic! Sorta hope
this isn't my last area, but if it is oh well the ward and people here are
awesome! Plus I'm right by my third area so I can see the members I lived with
all the time:) Elder Gunnell is also my district leader which is hilarious and
awesome since I only got one transfer to serve with him. Elder Green is also in
the next city over so will be seeing him a lot which is sick since he goes home
in three months! Also get to be right by the temple again which is nice since I
have been exiled for the last 7.5 months! Elder Ertmann is epic! He is 20 and
loves to hunt. He owns property in South Africa and says all I have to do is
pay for the plane ticket. Its only $2500 so that's pocket change! Just have to
go get me a lion! He also was less active all growing up and then about 2 years
ago decided to be active and now just tears it up on his mission! Brought the
rest of his family back into activity as well which was really cool. He
is so chilled and so dang funny. Just cracks me up constantly with all his
stories. He came out last April and I actually went on a split with him
for like two hours when he was brand spanking new. Trained by an Elder
from my group so it was epic. Pretty dang excited for this transfer.
We have about 4 investigators. 2 are a couple that have been
investigating the church for 50 years so they are more like members then
investigators. Then another one named Sandy has been investigating for a few
years now and has decided to be baptized before the summer starts so that is
epic! Her daughters where baptized 4 years ago by my old district leader Elder
La Mazza. The other guy is a Jehovah Witness that they just found and
likes to Bible Bash. Seeing him on Tuesday so time to bear down in pure
testimony against him and get him baptized! Other then those people and a few
of the craziest less actives I have ever met we just do a whole lot of finding!
Real quick we have this less active that is crazy and will call us up all the
time and say I bought you this chicken so come get it. He buys us whole flippin
chickens! So funny.
The beginning of this week was pretty crazy. I found
out Monday night before going over to the Stake President's to eat dinner that
I'm leaving tomorrow morning. So we go eat dinner then go to John and Judith
Martin's to say goodbye since we were suppose to eat there the next day and
just took some pics. We then packed until midnight which was fun. Well
the zone leaders come and pick us up and while driving there decided to tell me
that I'm spending the night in Bideford which is an area in Plymouth Stake and
leaving my bags with them. So I just chilled in the same clothes for like 3
days haha. Bideford is fun though cause Elder Williams (from my mtc group
and old district leader) and they have a car! So we went to a D.A. with this
old couple and there nonmember sister and taught her. We then went to young men
and women's and had waffles and played this fun game. Well while playing this
game I went to move and just let out this big old fart. It was pretty funny.
Everyone kept telling me how glad they were that I'm not staying. Ooops! We
then had to wake up at 4:30 in the morning went and picked up someone in Exeter
who is going to the Isle of Wight. Lucky dog. Then on our way to Yeovil
we got stuck in traffic so we turn around and start going down the back roads
which are barely wider then your car. Well we start having loads of cars
coming the other way so we barely get by that when a bus comes from behind and
get everyone stuck. We barely escape and spend the next half hour telling all
the other cars to turn around. Turned out a Lori (Semi) jacked knife on
the main road and now everyone was using the back roads! Anyway got to Yeovil I
then got in the Poole Zone leaders car and talked about ranching and driving
trucks the whole two hours to Staines. Sister Barnes who was on the Isle of
Wight with me was in the car so that was cool to catch up with her. We also
drove by Stone Henge which is right by the motorway. Just in this dirt field
with sheep. Pretty funny to look at. Yeah then after getting dropped off
in Worthing saying hi to Elder Gunnell and then leaving to my flat. Well about
a half mile away from my flat one of my suitcases decides to have both sets of
wheels just blow up or something so I drag this 50lbs bag full of books and who
know what for a half mile. That was great. So yeah that is my exciting
week! So many adventures.
I forgot to mention last week that the week before on P-day
that it snowed for the first time of me being in England! It was pretty sick!
Made snow angels and had a weak snowball fight haha. That's my week and
hope you have had a great week and an even better week! LOVE YA TO
SHREDZZ!!!
Love,
Elder Wilson
Stake President, his wife, and daughter.
Then John and Judith my couple of my favorite members ever!
First snowfall of my whole mission
Manolito and Reece
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