January 31, 2016

I'm pretty sure that January didnt exist because it went by so fast! I feel like yesterday I was on skype calling home and now its February! It has been a really good week! There was some definite miracles in Churchill Park ward! The ward has been making missionary orientated goals and so everyone is getting really excited about missionary work and they have been asking for materials to hand out to their friends and neighbors! It makes me so happy to have the support of the ward! and there are a few part-member families that have been coming to church! There are three Philipeno families and all of the husbands are non-members and they are all related! So they throw these big BBQ's Philipeno style and invite us to come and then we get to share spiritual thoughts at the end to this huge group of people! Its really amazing! and there was a 20 year old girl that moved in with a family in the ward! her name is Bridget! she likes to sit in on the messages that we share with the family and we are going to invite her to start taking the lessons really soon!

      This week we were able to have interviews with President Maxwell! its always so amazing to talk to that man, the spirit shows in his countinence. so after a long wait it was finally my turn to be interviewed and it was a really short one! basically he asked me if I was good? I said yes. He asked me if Elder Morones is an obedient missionary? I said yes? He asked how the family was? I said good. and then we had a prayer. haha it was not long at all but it honestly inspired me so much! I know that President Maxwell is called of God to be the mission president. In the white hand book it says that, a leaders influence is best felt when the missionary feels the leaders love and sincerety, and I know that President Maxwell really cares about me and wants me to succeed! I feel like the same applies to all leaders in the church! They really do care about us and they want us to succeed!  and they are willing to do all that they can to help us accomplish that.

        Big news again! last night the phone starts ringing really late and I though who would be calling this late! I have nobody that I need to talk to tonight! I pick up the phone and there is a big "PRESIDENT MAXWELL" on the screen  . .. . .I answered again and basically we had a simular conversation that we had in December! Elder Morones is getting emergency transfered to a place called Rose Bud. He leaves tomorrow! and I will be getting an Elder that has only one month left on his mission! his name is Elder Garcia-Kempf! but dont worry Elder Morones and I are not the cause. I feel bad for Elder Morones, he has already been emergency transfered twice from his trainers and he has only been out for two months. He is an amazing missionary though! and he will do great! I will update you more if I find anymore information about the sudden transfer. So the next day will be us packing up and preparing Elder Morones to leave his first area!

      But I am loving the mission! it is honestly the best thing that I could be doing! Its definately a growing experience but I have really realized how much Gods hand is in the work! He strengthens me every single day and gives me the energy that I need! I know this because me, Elder Wiser, could not accomplish the things that have been happening by myself! I can feel the extra strength and peace fill my heart every single day. and just as I know that my leaders love me I know that Christ loves me and he wants me to succeed even more! He knows how to best help me and he is doing it! I really pondered this scripture this week prov 3:5-6 the lord will direct us!

I love you all have a great week

January 24, 2016

Hello everyone! This week was ......you guessed it, another amazing week! It went by so fast! 

So this week we were working with a huge part member family, and they all have decided that I looked exactly like. . . . Justin Bieber! So they all wanted me to sing to them and take pictures and stuff! It was so awkward, I don't look like him do I? and don't worry I didn't sing for them! 

     So here is a little news about the emergency transfer. It had nothing to do with me or my new companion. It was because an elder finished his mission mid transfer in a Samoan ward and Elder Morones' companion went to fill that spot and then I came in to fill his spot! and that is all I know!

      This week we had the privilege of attending a world wide missionary broadcast! It was so amazing! I was able to sit right behind Elder Liu and so we had a really good chat about our areas! I honestly miss him though! He was such a good companion! But there were so many things that stood out to me in that broadcast! I took like 10 pages of notes! But I will just pick a few of my favorite one-linerd said that really stood out to me; "The restoration is a fact" its so true, the restoration is a proven fact and it can be put to the test! if we ask Heavenly Father if the fullness of the gospel is on the earth today he will tell us yes! I love how bold that statement is! and another line that stood out to me was "we should always have the name of Christ on our lips" He is everything! Everything in the gospel relates back to Him and our main goal is to follow his example and make it back to live with him and Heavenly Father again! As a missionary every word that I say should relate to Jesus. It was also said that "when you don't know what to say, bear testiomony of Jesus Christ and His infinite Atonement" and a lot of times I don't know how to respond to certain situations but I do know that Jesus Christ is there for me! He suffered all sin and all temptation to pay my debts and to know how to best help me! 

I have rean out of time again

I love you

love,  Elder Wiser

January 17, 2016

Hello Everyone,

This week went by so fast! I cannot believe it! I hit my six month mark on Jan 15! It went by so fast. I don't know how fast the last six months went for everyone at home but I think that time goes faster on this side of the equator. I have loved every second of my mission! I am learning so much every single day. I really can't believe that it has gone this fast. now I know what people mean when they say that your mission will fly by, its flying all right!

      So update on my companion, he is the man! We get along really well. So like I said he is an amazing artist. In our free time he draws like armies of stripling worriors and captan moroni and stuff. He is really talented. He loves super heroes, I have learned a lot this week about the difference between Marvel and DC comics. hahah Who would have known the variety of things that we learn on the mission! Elder Morones is a very good teacher and he is always positive. During lessons I will just bear my testimony and then look at him and he will pick up right where I left off! I love him to death! I'm really glad that we are companions! This is going to be another amazing transfer! 

    Funny experience of the week. We went to a members home for dinner and they had put in a lot of work to make gluten free enchiladas. He was explaining that they might be a little bland and so he was searching for this hot sauce, he was looking and looking but he couldnt find it so we just decided to start eating and after the first bite . . . . .my companion says "Hey brother Denny I think I found the hot sauce" I think it was all in that first bite haha it was so spicy and I had just said that I like my food really spicy so I had to just keep eating! The spices totaly destroyed my mouth I still can't taste very good haha I guess you had to be there but I was trying to be all manly and just eat it like I couldnt tell that my mouth was on fire! 

      This week we weren't able to catch up with Ernie, he has been training for football and had scouts come over from Utah and observe him the whole week. So we will catch him this week. The work in the area is still alittle slow but we are finding people one by one to teach and we are really excited for this next week. I'm very grateful for the power of prayer! I always have a lot of questions about what to do in certain situations and the Lord is always there for me! I know that He anwsers prayers! I love you all sorry for the short email

have a geat week 

love Elder Wiser

This is what our area looks like

this is a picture of elder morones and a family 

Us with Ernie

This is what our flat looks like

January 10, 2016

So this week was another awesome one down under! We have been running low on K's (miles) in the car so we decided to conserve some and take the busses for a day . . . Ya I don't think I have ever used public transport in my whole life so the first bus went really good and then all of a sudden three busses and a train later Elder Morones and I are on a 30 min bus ride that is only getting further and futher from our appointment. And then it crossed our area boundry so we just had to sit on the bus and talk with everyone that we could. We felt really bad but hopefully we planted seeds and helped others to draw closer to Christ. So I was really humbled by that experience and I am ever grateful for the car haha. 

    So spiritual experience for the week. We were driving in the car and we had about 20 minutes before our dinner appt. So we decided to knock some doors. We were out in the middle of nowhere so the first thing we did was try to find some houses. Once we found some houses we wanted to pick the one that was prepared to receive the gospel. So as we were driving by my eyes caught this house address that said 96. For some reason I really wanted to go to that house. It was the only one that stood out to me and I had a really good feeling. So after parking and walking down a very. . .very long driveway we arrived to this little house tucked back in the trees and this lovely old lady answered! Her name is Helen and she is so kind, we are going back this week to teach her and her granddaughter. It really amazed me how the spirit works. when I saw the house address I just knew that I needed to go there! It wasn't loud or pushy but I just really desired to go there. I know that the spirit really is there to guide us! All we have to do is listen!

      So we got some bad news. Patrick and Lucas the two people that we were teaching last week decided that they did not want to learn anymore, their father was a former investigator and he basically told them that it didn't matter. So we set up one last appt. to try and see what their concern was and every time we would ask Patrick a question his father would answer for him and so we didn't really get anywhere. It was really heartbreaking but they will have there time in the future. They know what we do now and when they start having questions they will know where to look. 

     But good news we met with an investigator named Ernie. He is golden! He is 6 ft 8 and he is a huge samoan. He is so humble and he loves learning! We have been trying to help him overcome the challenge of pressure from his aunty and uncle. He really wants to get baptised and he has prermission from his parents but his aunty and uncle are strong in another religion and they are doing all they can to stop him. But he is  fighting through it! I feel so blessed to be able to be out here helping people to find what makes my family and I so happy! I love being a missionary, I am not perfect by any means but I am strengthened every single day through the Holy Ghost and the atonement of Jesus Christ! I love you all and I hope you have an amazing week.

love the elder from down under 

Elder Wiser

January 3, 2016

Wow it is 2016. That is so weird! Well sorry that I missed you all last week! We had some struggles with the library cards and finding computers! but alot has happened. So my companion Elder Morones is from Farmington Utah. He wants to be a character designer so he is amazing at drawing! he is really funny and he is very good at comunicating so we talk alot haha! We get along really well! I know that I am supposed to be his trainer but I learn so much from him. Transfers are coming up at the end of next week but I highly doubt that ether of us will get moved for a while! I'm excited to be his companion next transfer. We have a blast

    So again I'm short on time but I had some amazing miricles this week! Since we basically got doubled into the area, we didnt know anyone and there was nobody to work with! So we just kept looking for people to find! We decided to go look through all of the former investigators and we knocked on this mans door named Patrico. He had meet with the missionaries a few years ago! His 14year old son named Patrick answered the door and invited us in. It seemed like he knew who we were and what we did but after talking for a minute we found out he had no idea. I have no idea what made him invite us in but we ended up teaching the lesson of the restoration to Patrick and his friend Lucas! they are prepared and willing to learn more! We had another place to be so I started to end the conversation and Shaynas voice came into my head and said "do you invite them to be baptised on the first lesson?" and then I thought . . . well this is the first lesson and I havent invited them yet. . . so we extended a baptisimal date for Feb 6 and they both accepted! We are really excited to work with them! and along with them there are some other new investigators that we found this week! its really cool to see how the Lord will accomplish his work, all we have to do is be obedient and be in the right place at the right time! I know that Heavely Father answers prayers, we have really been studying the character of Christ and how much He loves us! it is amazing to search the scriptures and see all of the amazing examples that we have! The scriptures apply to TODAY! I am very thankfull for all of you back home, for your examples and for your support keep it up! I love you 

have a great week 

love Elder Wiser

December 27, 2015

hey mom sorry that I cant email this week! It was a public holiday this Monday so I will catch you next Monday! I don't have enough time on this computer to email! everything is still going good! I just conducted my first district meeting! that was exciting! I loved seeing you this week! I love you so much

December 20, 2015

  so this week was so crazy! we had the missionary Christmas party with all of us in the mission! i got to meet up with my whole MTC district! they are champions! and i will sent pictures but i got a picture with four missionaries and we are all from weber high! YYYAAA go weber high! i get to talk with you guys this week! i am really looking forward to it! i even got my hair cut today;) i got a bunch of packages from home! you guys spoil me so much! thank you thank you thank you! i haven't opened any of them yet because they all so don't open until Christmas! i wont lie i was really tempted! but im holding out! 

     so this week we were in a members home giving a spiritual thought and my phone started to buzz so i pulled it out to turn it off and i read the name  "PRESIDENT MAXWELL" my heart sunk, he never calls specific missionaries unless there is news! so we ducked out real quick and when i answered he sounded really sad and almost hesitant! i was so nervous i thought he was going to tell me something about my family! but he said that there is an emergency transfer and they need someone to fill a hole in a different area. so i will be leaving tomorrow to go to a place called church hill park! i don't know anything about my new companion except he has only been out for three weeks so i will be finishing training him! and i have been told that the ward im going to is fantastic! the elder that left was the district leader and so i will be filling his role of district leader, and that's all i know right now! but i will give you more information when i call on Christmas! 

     i wont be able to set up the call until tomorrow because i don't know anything about the new area but i will get to you soon! 

     oh so good news cassie and her family came to church this week! it was so amazing! the speakers were awesome and they seemed to enjoy it! but they left very quickly after sacrament because of the heat! it was around 90 something degrees inside the chapel! we were getting cooked! but we are really excited that they are progressing! i am sad that i am leaving them at this point but elder liu is fantastic and he will carry on the work! 

     i have a picture on my camera of the temperature this Thursday! it hit 43 degrees C. which is 109 degrees F. so it was pretty warm! but where ever we went people let us in to stay out of the heat haha! we were using the weather to our advantage! 

     sorry that this letter is so short i ran out of time! but i have been focusing my studies on the prophets and apostles words and on the new testament the last few weeks! i have really learned a lot about the power of the atonement of Jesus Christ! that is the greatest gift we could ever be given! he is always there for us to strengthen and lift us! he knows who i am and my faults and weakness but also my strengths! and he will use all of them for my good! MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone that reads this! i hope you have an amazing Christ centred Christmas! i love you all! 

love elder wiser