You have no idea the amount of gratitude that is swelling in my heart at this very instant!! I Loved all of your letters so much and more importantly I love all of you with all of my heart. I can't even put it into words. As I feel of the Lord's love every single day and as I feel of his love, my love for everyone especially my family increases. I want nothing more then to have an Eternal Family and I hope that can and will be the ultimate goal that we all have. Family is so important and so central to the plan that God has created and prepared for us. I wouldn't trade any of you for any one on this whole earth and I want you to know that! My heart swells when I think of you.
Gage! Ah I am so proud of you little buddy! It is so great to hear that you are doing so well in school and football! I knew you could get there and you did it! It's just gonna take a lot of hard work and I know you can keep doing it. I am so glad that you have been lifting weights and more importantly reading your scriptures! Lifting weights makes our muscles strong and reading our scriptures and praying makes our spirits strong! I am so proud of you buddy. Keep up the good work and always do your best. And try to stay away from those girls!!;) haha you ladies man.
Emmry! Oh my favorite little girl on this whole earth!! I love you so much Em. This little girl gave a talk in sacrament meeting yesterday and she reminded me so much of you! I just wanted to run up to the pulpit and give her the biggest hug in the world and kiss her on the cheeks just like I did to you! I do still have that iphone that you made for me and I look at it every single day! Thank you so much for that Em. Keep up the good work in school! I am so glad you like your new school. I wish that I could see it. I love you Em with all of my heart. I wish I could come watch the program!
This week has been kind of a crazy week. So I got a follow up trainer, Elder N and he is great! He is from California and He only has 4 transfers left in his mission. He has such a strong desire to work really hard and accomplish great things. He is already helping me so much. I am feeling a little bit overwhelmed at times and inadequate. Having to lead an area 6 weeks into my mission is quite a change for me. I have been relying on the Lord so much to guide us and to help me learn quickly and prayer has helped me tremendously.
Unfortunately almost all of our investigators have dropped us in the last week or so, so we have been doing a whole lot of finding. We know that people are prepared and we just need to be guided and directed to where they are. On Friday we were tracting and doing some street contacting with no success. We were feeling pretty down and decided to go into the park and pray.We both prayed and felt really good, I instantly felt a burning inside me and the discouragement was just suddenly gone. I just wondered in my head 'How is it Done Father?' and what came to my mind was 'because of my love'. The Lord loves us so much and his love can fill any void we have in our lives. It is truly amazing. Afterwards so we got on our bikes not sure where we were going. As we were riding, I had a prompting to turn right and so I did. Elder N asked what we were doing and I told him I wasn't sure. So we kept going around, not sure what to do, and we finally decided to tract this street. We did that for awhile and were about to leave but we both felt that we should knock on one more door. We went over and knocked but no one answered. WE knocked again and the lady next door opened her window and asked if we wanted to go talk to her! We went over and had a tremendous gospel conversation and she took a Book of Mormon and a pamphlet and told us to come back. It was truly a miracle!
Last night we felt really good about another street. We ended up placing 3 copies of the Book of Mormon and met some people that were extremely prepared to hear the Gospel. It just really reminded me of Alma 26. It is the deepest desire of my heart to find people and bringing them to the happiness of the Gospel. Things with Sarah are alright but I think we are going to have the sisters here teach her. We feel like they might connect better with an 18 year old girl and that she will be able to open up.
Mum and Dad thank you so much for your letters. I love hearing about everyone and everything. I don't think either of you realize how much these do pick me up in a time of need! I am so grateful for it and I love hearing about everything back home! I am so grateful that everyone is doing so well. I hope you liked my Rooster Cogburn quote haha I thought it was flippin good!
I have been doing a lot of Family history and I found out some amazing things! John Henry Owen Wilcox actually converted as a young boy. He woiuld dress up as a girl to hide from his uncle because his uncle tried to kill Mormons! So crazy. He also was in a hand cart Company that crossed the plains. Hazard Sr. was a captain in the Revolutionary war and died from gunshot wounds!! The Spirit of Elijah is a real thing and Family history is so amazing! I think you should all try it out and make an account.
Mum I love you so much and I want you to know how proud I am of you. I can see your desire to follow Jesus Christ and that is so amazing and I am so happy! Sometimes the roads that we walk are not easy, but with and through Christ they are made possible. We must remember that God is the gardener and he knows what we can and should become. Let him help you become that.
Dad I am so glad your house is coming along great! You should send me some pictures of it! I really wish I could be there to see it. I'm so happy that you are excited to get married. I know that when we center our marriages or any relationships we have around the Gospel, they will be strong and not fall. It reminds me of Helaman 5:12.
I am so grateful for all of you and I love you all so much! I hope you have a tremendous week!
Love
Elder Wilcox
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