This week is the week of Moves once again! And it turns out that I am STAYING! Hurray! Elder Giusti is leaving for huntington which is next to Cambridge and I get Elder Strombom! He's Swedish and I get to meet him tomorrow which is quite exciting. Everyone who knows him tells me I am a lucky guy so thats a good thing. Not a whole lot is going on here in Sittingbourne. This last week me and Elder Hinckley had a workover and we fasted for 24 hours and did nothing but finding all day long. And it was quite a tiring experience which was still quite good because we have 5 new investigators and it really means that we did reap the rewards of our longsuffering and empty stomaches. HAHA then we went to the Browns house for dinner and we feasted!! Jake Brown is an RM and he got back from Canada Halifax mission 22 months ago and he has this mexican hot sauce he buys in london and its called ULTRA DEATH hot sauce. Me and Elder Hinckley put some on our plate and we both took one bite of enchiladas with this stuff and we looked at eachother like OH CRAP! hahahaha this stuff was basically every pepper known to man stuffed into one and is about 900 times hotter than a jalepenos pepper. We were sweating bullets trying to cope with it but it just wasn't happening we ended up with some bread and milk trying to wash it down. And Brother and Sister Brown were just laughing the whole time. It was quite a fun time. Then Last night we went to a part-member family and had pizza and monopoly which was really exciting. Rob and Layla were married and Rob isn't a member but we had a blast. Rob is a big time businessman and a deal maker so once all the property was up it was all about deals and he was all over the place. The only property he had were the railroads which is only four spaces on the board but he had the most money because of strategically becoming a third party dealer in every other deal. He would fork over some extra cash to support somebody in buying a property from someone else then expect half the cash back in a set amount of turns and he would not have to pay as he crossed those spaces that were purchased. He had a strategic viewpoint of the whole board and what someone should buy and what they shouldn't make a deal on. He would Sell his advice HAHAHA talk about smart. We had a blast and really created a great relationship with him which was really good as far as talking to him about the gospel. Sometimes you need to take an approach that shows how much you care about that person. I can't remember who said it but Luis wrote it to me "People don't care about how much you know, until they know how much you care". In my mission I really have learned how to be a person that people know cares about them and wants to be their best friend despite anything they are struggling with. And I know that that is extremely important in life to show everyone you care about them and that you want to do anything you can to help them. I really truly want you all to know that even if someone isn't to keen on you if you show that you care about them and love them and bless them they will sometimes completley change their outlook on you as a person and you will both become closer friends and gain eachothers trust. I want you all to know I love you and I am so happy out here. Aaron, Luis, and Calvin, It may be scary the first 2 or 3 days but remember that when you get that first person you are teaching and you create a relationship built on trust and love you will see amazing things happen. The spirit testifies in an environment of love and truth not on lies and contention. When you love the people you will talk to the people.
Love you all so much
Elder Wilson
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