April 2, 2017

So this week has been fabulous! I'm so excited to be able to hear General Conference this next week. We watch it the week following because of the time delay! but from what I have heard its the best General conference! 

So I'm still serving in the Doncaster area! its a wonderful place to live! Its half suburbs and half city. We spend most of our time finding people to teach at the box hill center. I sent some photos of it. its usually more packed with people but this photo was late, right before we finished. 

So miracle for the week. Elder Wheeler and I have been praying to find new people to teach so that Elder Watanabe can have a chance to teach investigators! So we set some finding goals and started GQing (general questioning) while I was trying to find people that would receive the message I saw a guy looking rather sad sitting on a bench. His name is Charles. We started talking and he expressed that he was going through some really hard challenges. He was getting divorced from his wife he lost his job and he didn't think he would be able to get permanent residency in Australia. I do not know how to deal with any of those situations. so I just said Charles I have no Idea what to tell you, but I know someone that can answer your question. then him and I talked about prayer and we said a little prayer together! he said that he needed to go but he wanted to learn more! so the next day he came back and we taught him again, then the next day and the next day we taught him twice and at the end he asked the greatest question ever. How can I get cleaned of my sins? and "how can I do that water thing" "you mean baptism?" haha he is so prepared. sadly he lives in Darwin which is 4 hours flight from here and he is just staying for the week but he wants to meet up with the missionaries and start going to church up there! it was such a blessing. the Lord helped Charles to find the path of happiness and he also gave us all the ability to share our testimony! God really does answer prayers! he really does bring Peace. #princeofpeace. I love this Gospel so much

love you all 

love elder wiser! strait from the 801

this is the Esslinger family!
They are amazing, we just finished a message about building a
strong foundation and we used their "kinects"
do you remember those toys kinda like
legos in the green tub that I used to play with.

and Elder Watanabe has been working so hard,
he was a bit tired.

This is the best dish ever, it is crispy pork fried rice
with a taro and coconut shake at china bar!
We eat here weekly! Brother Foster is in the back ground,
he is a ward missionary that helps us so much!

this is where we GQ all of the time!
Elder Wheeler took a picture of me talking to a guy on the bench.
His name is Kevin and he turned out to be an inactive member.
We had a really good chat, I hope it brought him some peace!

March 26, 2017

Wow time is flying! So we picked up our new companion on Thursday! He is wonderful! his name is Elder Watanabe, he is from Japan! His English is really good. He studied at byu Hawaii for a year before he came on his mission! He was born in the church and he is the first person in his family to ever serve a mission! Elder Wheeler and I love him so much! He thinks we are kind of crazy because we both have a serious case of "mission-humour-itis" our sense of humour is warped. But we think were funny! Its so amazing to be around new missionaries because they rely fully on the spirit, they have no idea what to do because have never experienced it before! and Elder Watanabe really listens to the spirit! We had a wonderful dinner the other night with the Parton family. We were sharing a spiritual message with them about the prayer that Alma prays right before he preaches to the apostate Zoromites Alma 31:30-36. and Elder Wheeler and I shared our part of the message and then gave the "its your turn" glance to Elder Watanabe, he thought for a minute and then shared the most powerful testimony about hope! Alma had hope that the Zoromites would return to the Gospel and that we need to have hope that our friends can join the Gospel. Up to that point there was a good feeling in the house but when he spoke it was like angels sang! It was so sincere and powerful! I felt so blessed to be able to witness the spirit bearing testimony of what my companion was saying! Just like the apostate Zoromites, all of our non member friends had the Gospel and accepted it. Our job is to help bring them AGAIN back to Christ! We just need to try our best and the spirit will do the rest. Just as my wonderful companion simply bore his testimony and the spirit flooded in! Everything is on the Lords time. As long as we do our part everything will work out! I know that this Gospel is true! I know that the spirit is a constant companion to those who are worthy of it!. Its never to late to become worthy of the Holy Ghost! repentance is real, and through Christs stripes we are healed!

I love you all! 

love Elder Wiser

this is Elder Watanabe
our new companion! he is amazing

this is a photo with a lot of people that came in the same day as me.

this is a model shot

this is him being really tired.

this is Christian,
the one that is coming to the states!

and this is a zone sport and scripture study!

March 19, 2017

So this is another transfer down! we received transfer news late Sunday night. . . .which is in the future for you! but here is the transfer news. . . . . . .elder wheeler will be staying in Doncaster area. . . . . . . . . and I will be staying also.. .  .but wait there is more.  . .. .we will be training a new missionary!!!!!! yaya im so happy elder wheeler and I are very excited to stay in the area! we had some serious miracles this last week which i will tell you about a bit later! and its a wonderful place for a new missionary to start his mission! both of his trainers are crazy though. 

so funny story of the week: the better you know my skill set the funnier this will be! so one of the neighbouring areas had a baptism this last week and they couldn't find a musical number and so elder wheeler being such a charitable guy said. . ."don't worry elder wiser and i have it covered" "we can do a great musical number for you" i tried to talk him out of it be he convinced me it would be our first song of many that we would sing as a companionship #pvboyz so we get to the baptism and i start to get a little nervous! we found a person to play the piano for us and he just happens to be a concert pianist which is great! and and both elder wheeler and i started to get even more nervous! and then both of the speakers go and give wonderful talks and then Boom its time. . . . .so we both sheepishly get up to sing in public for the first time and the music is beautifully played! as we open our mouths to sing the first note both of us missed it elder wheeler a little bit high and my self a bit low! at that time i got really nervous so my voice got really shaky and elder wheeler and i painfully (for us but more so the congregation) finished the song and sat down! i did not look up to make eye contact with anyone for the rest of the baptism. and we quickly ran out the door before anyone could talk to us because we were so ashamed! so embarrassing! singing is not my talent hahaha..

Miracle time: so our area has been known to have a hard time finding new people to teach. but we have seen so many miracles with the ward members! we have come to see that everyone in the ward really desires to do missionary work but they just don't know how to get started! its a known fact that when missionaries come over they ask "who do you know that we can teach today" and members give the same names that they gave the last elders. but elder wheeler and I just started asking members for their friends names so that we can pray for the member to have a missionary experience. so we have a board with all of the members friends name and we often pray for each one individually! this way of finding is slow because we don't have any way to contact these people and it is all on the members head! but amid our other finding tools its super effective! prayer really works! in the middle of last week we got a call from a sister in the ward, she said "my friend Bron is really struggling, i have been helping her for over a year and she just asked if she could come to church with me and meet you missionaries" we definitely agreed. and then right after we Got a call from Bro costigan,(served in sterling's mission) he said, "hey elders Steven (the guy we had been praying for) said that he would come to church". so Sunday roles around and both bron and Steven come to church. we were supposed to teach Gospel principals but we really wanted to have a individual lesson with Bron on the plan of salvation! so God made it possible. Jordan Balmes just happened to be visiting the ward to drop of a birthday present to me! and we asked him if he could teach the Gospel principals class. so he taught in a different ward haha. i really owe him! and we were able to have a powerful lesson with Bron and her fellowship! we will be meeting with  her this week. and the other investigator Steven had a great experience in one of his classes he learned about prayer and how to pray. . . so brother costigan(fellowship) said "Steven you should try it some time" and Steven immediately says "okay, Dear heavenly father . . . . . . " and then proceeds to say a prayer right there . . . ..it was so wonderful ha kept saying "wow i learned a lot today, i want to be spiritual" so exciting ! missionary opportunities are everywhere as long as we pray for them! miracles are real! the Gospel is going to help both of these people in their lives! I LOVE MISSIONARY WORK SO MUCH!!!!!!!!! and i love you all to have a great week. send me your missionary experiences.

love Elder Wiser

this is bro and sister costigan! they help us so much

and this is the rode-bromanis family! they are great! love them

March 12, 2017

Hey Mama I am on! I know its kinda late on Monday night but we had a public holiday yesterday! Labor Day. So we are emailing today! How is everything? Thank you for the pictures.​​

Gooday family! Everything has been going wonderful in the great down under! I am loving my new area and its needless to say but I love my new companion! So this last week we had quite a few cool experiences.

We have a lot of people to visit in our area. But lately we have struggled to find new people that are ready to hear the gospel. So we prayed all week for it and then finally on sunday we fasted to find new people. I know that fasting brings miracles. Right after church we went strait to the city center in Box Hill. And we took an amazing member with us! His name is Brother Costigan! He served in Sterlings mission! The three of us GQ (general question) people from church till our dinner apt. We had quite a few random experiences. Like Bro Costigan had a random guy kiss him on the neck haha. But by the end of it we had 17 new people that we can follow up with and share the gospel. Such a blessing the Lord really provided for us! Elder Wheeler picked a transfer scripture and its Alma 31:34-35 and it really came true! When we increased our desire the Lord put people in our path. And the same promise is extended to everyone. If you really have a desire to share the Gospel then the Lord will put someone in your path. 

So last Saturday I was invited to attend the sealing of the Savage family! Such a miracle. That is what the mission is all about. To see a family that I love and have worked with so much be sealed together by the power of the priesthood. No longer does the phrase "till death do you part" apply to them. There was a powerful spirit that attended. And they were so happy! I felt so blessed to be able to witness that and know that my family to is sealed together. And every family has the exact same opportunity. Gods plan is great

And if the morning wasn't already spiritual enough I had the blessing of traveling to one of my previous areas to see Dorothy baptized right after! she has progressed so far! She has read the Book of Mormon constantly since we have met her and she is now in 3rd Nephi she just cant get enough of it! and she will be the key for the rest of her family to join! Her testimony is strong and she has a great desire to draw closer to God. Its was so amazing to see her make the baptismal covenant with God.

Everything in the Gospel is for our Good. The Gospel principals are like the lines on a road. We have our agency so we can choose wether to follow them or not. But when we do follow them we are safer, happier and more free to travel about. God wants to bless us. He doesn't just bless us after we obey, obeying is the blessing! 

I love you all so much have a great week. love your Grandson/son/brother/friend Elder Wiser

These are the companionship shirts!! from the 801 #PVpride

Elder Wheeler and I attended a chinese district meeting.
We had to have Elder Thompson from Utah translate for us!

This is BYOC day at seven-eleven.
You can bring any cup and fill it with a Slurpee for 1 dollar!
So here is what we did.
Us and all of the other 10 year olds. haha

This is an Audi R8 not bad for Box Hill!

This is Dorothy and her grandson Lain.
At her baptism! Such a great day!

This is the Baldwin family! They are awesome.
I met up with them after the baptism of Dorothy
and finally got a picture with them.
I love this family so much.
We have way to much in common.
The father, Jaymz, has all of the same hobbies
that I do but he is a genius when it comes
to computers. (He says all of this code
and numbers and letters and names but
then translates it into English so I know what
he is talking about) and the wife
Jessie is so sweet and loving.
They have two beautiful children that are
smarter than me already.
The family just goes together so well.

March 5, 2017

Wow so this week was very busy! We had a lot going on!

Just an update on the investigators we are working with. Blake, that really keen investigator, called and said that he changed his mind and would not like to be a Christian any more, he said that life was too busy and he just doesn't have time. We are going to try and contact him again but we are going to give it a rest for a while so that we don't scare him off. Its really heartbreaking to see how close he was to finding his answers. But Its all in the Lords time. It will happen when its supposed to.

 Also Dorothy will be Getting baptized this coming Saturday! She is from my last area Cranbourne but we received permission to attend!

and I don't know if you remember the Savage family from Dandenong ward, well I just heard that they are going to be getting sealed for time and all eternity in the holy temple! IIMMM SOOO EXCITED FOR THEM!!!! and President Vidmar gave us permission to attend that too! I'm feeling so blessed that we are able to see two amazing covenants with God all in one day with people who I dearly love! MIRACLES

So this week we didn't have any investigators come to sacrament but we did have a less active lady attend. She was baptized about 4 years ago but had some really hard challenges and felt like God abandoned her and then lost her testimony that God even exists. So we have been working with her. She came to church for the first time in a very long time. It was amazing because it was fast Sunday, and every testimony was so simple, and everyone just shared how they received their answer that God was really there. It was exactly what she was looking for. We will be meeting with her again this week to follow up on how she felt about it. I really felt the spirit in testimony meeting. It felt so nice just because the Gospel is so simple, sometimes we over-complicate things but when I feel the spirit its like a moment of clarity and the impossible becomes possible and the confusing because simple! God will never leave us alone, and he always listens to our prayers wether we listen to his answers or not! I love you all have an amazing week

love Elder Wiser the 4th (maybe 5th)

February 26, 2016

wow what a week, congrats to my lovely sister and Connor who are now engaged! I'm very excited for the both of you. And thank you for picking a date so I can attend to! love you both.

Things have been going wonderfully! Elder Wheeler and I get along so well that its not even funny, actually it is pretty funny. Elder Wheeler doubles between a champion of a missionary and a comedian. We are seriously laughing all of the time, he specializes in puns, we have a bunch written down and I will have to send them sometime.

The ward is doing really well. We have been finding a lot of new people to teach and its been wonderful. It took us a while to be able to get our footing. but we have a pro active ward mission team that makes everything so much better! His name is brother Scanlan, he is from Samoa, he is so faithful! Brother Scanlan is all about action so we are planning a giant party (luau) however you spell it, the Hawaiian party. and a huge chapel tour, its going to take a lot to get it all together but hopefully it goes smooth. This last week him and a few of the other ward missionaries came out and went tracting with us, I think that was my first time on the mission! It really stood out to me because some people view ward missionary as an "easy" calling, but every single calling in the church is important! everyone plays a vital role, every person has the chance to exceed what they thought was possible as long as they petition the Lord! I love the Gospel and the way that it is organized. As Elder Uchtdorf said, "stand close together and lift where you stand" he said that while talking about moving a grand piano but then he related it to the gospel! lifting in your designated spot/calling. "nobody can or should try to move a piano alone, The same is with the church" everyone needs to lift together! and God will help us when we don't feel we have enough strength. 

so I had a big growing moment this week. Since we serve in a predominantly Chinese area, the previous missionaries set up English teaching class. That responsibility fell on Elder Wheelers and my shoulders. I don't know if you remember my English skills back at home but they were less than average. I wish you could have seen my trying to explain to Peter, a Chinese man, (and also myself) what a vowel was and why they are so important. Good thing Elder Wheeler is a master and saved the day! We will be teaching again every week but we will be better prepared next week. 

Thank you for all those that sent Chinese words, they helped,

and thanks for sending the miracles that you have! I love them! keep sending missionary experiences.

love Elder Wiser

I believe I can fly

This is the sweetest lady ever her name is Katie
we found her while trying to find a less active in her area.
She loves the book of Mormon! so great!

This is when we went tracting on elder street!
I thought it was effective.

a cool jump photo,
we had to take 50 to get this one to turn out good.

and balancing act.

February 19, 2017

Elder Wiser has a birthday on March 4th

If you would like to write him a birthday message here is his address:

Elder Stanton Wiser

Australia Melbourne Mission

76 Cathie's lane

Wantirna South VIC 3152

Australia

Here is his letter from this week-

So this has been a roller coaster of a week. We had a lot of ups and downs. At the beginning of the week we found out what day Elder Shreeve would get his flight home. A few of his flights were cancelled on the way home so he ended up staying the night alone in a hotel! Most terrifying thing! But he made it home safe and he should be having surgery this coming Tuesday! I miss him to death. But he will be back serving after the surgery! So I sent a picture of our last night together! We stayed in the mission home with President and Sister Vidmar. 

MIRACLE: We received a referral last week from the city missionaries. They had met a young lad and he said that he was interested. So once we got his details we went over to his house. Blake is 17 years old, he just moved from Vietnam two weeks ago. He moved by himself and is living with a Chinese host family. He cannot communicate with them unless he uses a translator. So he is in a foreign land by himself. He expressed his desire to learn if their was a God. He felt like something has been missing and he doesn't have a direction! We shared with him the message of the restoration and how God, in a great expression of love, restored His full gospel back to the earth today. We have the ability to find out the truth for ourselves by praying! He said a very sincere closing prayer and asked for a witness if God is really there. He also said "if this is the true church then I am willing to join. He is working towards the baptismal date of March 18! its so cool to see how the Lord works. Elder Wheeler and I still don't really know the area but after praying and fasting people are coming out of the woodworks. I love missionary work! Its so rewarding! even though I am imperfect, if I have the right desires, then the Lord uses me as an instrument! There is nothing greater than seeing peoples lives change for the better! I love this Gospel so much! It is true! The fullness of the Gospel is on the earth. Its the same church that Jesus Christ set up! There is a prophet on the earth that has the authority to say "thus sayeth the Lord." "If you have desires to serve God you are called to the work, the field is white already to harvest"!

I love you all

please keep sending your miracles I love them

Love Elder Wiser and Wheeler (from the 801)

This is a sketchy bowling alley in the middle of no where
on the top floor of a rundown building!
But we had a good time! I bowled 138 and 133
which I felt good about until the owner,
who was blind bowled standing backwards and
got two strikes! haha he was the man!

so we had a mission visit by Steven B Allen
(head director of the missionary department for 18 years)
and we decided to match as a zone!
so we are all wearing navy blue!