7/30/12

Hello dear family,
Well todya for pday has been a pretty boring day haha We seriously left the house only to print and then write. We have just cleaned and washed clothes all day. So it will be nice to get out and do some visits night. This week we had hna laura go to church for the first time. This sister is so cute and funny. She has a dancing, clapping and singing back ground when it comes to going to church. Me and my companion were kinda scared that she would let out a AMEN! or a SI SENOR! in the middle of the sacrement meeting. But luckly she didnt:) We were also praying that she would like it and that she would feel the spirit. And guess what she LOVED the meetings. She said that it was completely different from other experiences that she has had in the past but she said i just feel good here it is nice to be some where that has the truth. She is super excited to learn everything. I love working with older people because they are just so real and open. Its kind of funny when we first met her i gave the opening pray in this lesson and at this time i didnt know about her hallelujah amen background so when i was praying she would answer everything with either one of these responses. She has toned it down alot especial after going to church.. Sorry i have ran out of time. I love you all so much have a great week! hna wilhelm

7/23/12

Hello family! Ok so this week has been pretty good week. Even thoguh the work whas been a little hard the last couple changes we can always see the tender mercies. This week we have had a couple spiritual experiences with finding ne wpeople to teach.

Last monday we had a few appts set up but they all fell through last minute. So we scrambled to set up some more appts. and we even went to a few invest. homes but no one was home or answering. Finally we got ahold of a member family that is preparing to go to the temple and we made an appt with them at 7:30. But in the meaning time we had to do some contacting. Whcih contacting here on a monday night isnt very effective. Me an my companion were walking fastly to mak it to the area where the member family lived. And we where going to contact over there for a little bit. When we walked by a lady that was standing out side her family carpentry business we were in such a hurry but we both felt impressed to go back and talk with her. It was so funny because hna alvarado suddenly stopped and did like a 90 degree jump turn and walked durrectly up and started contacting. I think we scared this sister a little bit but she let us in and now we are teaching a new family.

Yesterday we had just gotten don eating and we were leaving our mamitas house. Same thing happened and we had a couple appts. fall through. So we prayed to know what we should do we were going to go do one thing but then we felt impressed to see if a less activew member was home that lived near by. So we turned around and went to this members house but it turns out that they werent home. So we were leaving and came across an older lady named laura. She taked first and asked what are you two doing here in ecuador. We introduced ourselves. THen she asked when will you come by to visit with me. We were like righin now of you can. In our lesson she said that earlier that day she had been praying for friends that could help her learn more about God. She said that she usually walked down a different path to get to her house but change it for this on time.

I know that these two experiences didnt happen casually. I have come to learn that God will guide us and those who are prepared to listen if we are willing to listen to those promptings of the holy guhst.

Sorry well I have ran out of time. I love you all. I hope you had an awsesome 24th. Chao! hna WIlhelm

7/16/12

Hola mi querida familia!:) Once again having a latina companion has made me start thininkng more in spanish. Everytime that happens its hard to write you all an unscrambled letter in Eglish. But its ok. Well this week in Sangulqui has kind of had its highs and lows. We were super excited and preparing for Fabiolas baptism for Friday but it didnt happen. The morning of her baptism she had some opposition hit her and her husband and she called it off. We talked with them and they siad they wanted to become members but not right now. We taked wht them for about 2 hours but they just didnt want to practice faith. I know that they will come around. They just need to build up their faith a little and believe in those promise from our heavenly father. I also know that as long as we keep working we will find those people that are prepared to listen.

President Ghen tcame up with the idea of having all of the missionaries wire an experience that we have had with the misssion work. They are going to make a little book and send it to presdient monson for his birthday. I have been thinking and thinkning about who and what i should write about. you konow its hard writing a prophet. I dont want my story to be boring or wierd. But I decide to write about an experience that i had in Ibarra. Oh we got news also that in August one of the 12 will be coming to visit. We are all super excited.

Thank you everyone for your suport. I love you! Hna wilhelm

7/9/12

Hola mi querida familia! OK it has been a pretty great week. Its kind of weird though because it feels like time just sloooooweed down all of a sudden in this change. I dont know why because we are working so hard. It is kind of nice to find this extra time because we can get some more stuff done. Well I am loving this change already. My companion is pretty awesome too. I dont think i have told you guys about the suquillo family. Well we have been working with them for about 3-4 weeks now. I love this family and it is wonderful to see what the gospel can do to someones life. This family was a reference from an active memver. Vicente the brother just had a kidney transplant like 3 months ago. So he is recooperating. The first time that we visited with them we had to wear masks the whole lesson. Man i didnt think that i was castrophobic but its true. We had to sing and teach a lesson with a mask. I thought i was going to sufficate during part of the lesson. Afterward they said we could take off the mask because we werent sick. What a realief to take off that mask. Well anyways we have been visiting with this family for about three weeks now. Hna fabiola is ready and excited for baptism. She is a great example for vicente. He hasnt excepted yet but is ptrogressing. He still has his doubts but little by little he has openned up. We have invited him to pray to know if it is true. I think these two things really helped fabiola except becaus she read and prayed. I know that the power of pray is real and we can strength our testimonies. Sorry this will be short i have ran out of time. I LOVE YOU! Hna wilhelm

7/2/12

Well we just ended another change...its crazy how time just flies here on the mission. We got changed. Hna Cox went to a part in Quito named Caldaron and I am staying here in Sangolqui. I will miss my hija she was so wonderful and i feel like i learned a lot from the time we had together. Now i am with a sister that is from coastarica and her name is hna alvarado. She is super cute and nice. I am excited to see how this change will turn out. She has been out from like 13 months so we have almost been out for the same time. I will be coming up on my year mark on the 13th of july. When we were in the offices today i say some missionaries preparing to go home. Its crazy because I remember that they only had 6 months when i started. It feels like December is just around the corner. I feel like i better enjoy every moment that i have left here on the mission. I love this gospel and am so grateful to be able to do this work. It is hard work but it is so worth it. I feel gods love everyday and feel many blessings. LOVE YOU! Hna wilhelm