6-22-15

Well this week has been a grand ole time. It's been the last week of
the transfer. I don't know where the time is going. I swear I was just
getting a new companion.
 
It has been somewhere between 100 degrees and hades ALL WEEK.  We had
AC but the unit broke. Not to mention we are in the farthest part from
the beach in all the mission. In the beginning it was slightly humid
and the world was ending. That made me laugh to think about summers
back in STL.
 
Despite us spending hours in the sun these past 2 months. Next to
nothing is going on in this ward. We're caught in this predicament
where people are either so rich they aren't humble enough to listen to
God or they are so poor they are killing themselves trying to provide
for their families and have no time to even sleep. So the search
continues.
 
For whatever reasons we have been having the pleasure of bumping into
people who are SO convinced they know the bible and everything
thereof. People who have views or opinions and then are obsessed with
the fraction of scriptures in the bible that can be interpreted to
agree with their views. We tried talking to this man who was about to
cross the street, he saw we were missionaries and turned back to talk
to us. This man then took it upon himself to pull out his pocket bible
and share with us like 8 scriptures that all say that Jesus is the
Christ. He would turn to the scripture, have my companion read them
out loud and then ask what that means to us. We then tried to share
with him about how all the things he was talking about are teaching
that we can also find in the Book of Mormon. He then put his bible
away and said that now we are accountable to how Jesus is the Christ
that we should start following him. This is the man who said he has
read then Book of Mormon and he 'prefers to follow Christ' as if that
was a separate option from the Book of Mormon. I don't in any way,
shape, or form, expect people to change their lives the moment we talk
to them on the street but I find it a shame that "God didn't see fit
to spread equally the gift of intelligence." All I want is for
everyone to stop assuming that they know, and to learn. The
opportunity to learn here in this life is such a gift and to assume
that there is nothing more we can learn, change, or improve is
listening to the enticings of the adversary.
 
I want to give a big thanks for my dad and those that are dads or have
been dads to others. even though it's no longer Father's Day.
Yesterday at church was great. Lots of great stories of dads from the
'older' folk in the ward haha. Such an important role he plays, and I
never listened -.- Love ya dad!
 
So transfer calls, I think you might want to hear about that. Elder
Strong will be staying. In a different area. He's going to the city of
Carson YSA ward. He isn't too excited about that. I always hate.
Transfer calls and then it's always better than you imagine. So time
will tell. My new companion is Elder Cocker. He is straight from
Tonga. I know him a little bit. Really funny guy. We will have a great
time. This transfer is his last transfer. So I will be staying here in
Downey for the rest of my mission. Seeing as how I have this transfer
then 4 weeks after that.
 
Not much new past that! Love you all. Be good!
Elder Wilson