A FATHER in NEW ORLEANS

Hey folks! I'm headin down to NEW ORLEANS!!! My new area is Chalmette, Louisiana which is east New Orleans. I'm also TRAINING... I'm picking up my very own greenie at transfer point tomorrow so I'm excited to take him and white-wash Chalmette! This is so crazy because I dont feel like im ready to train, especially in a new area, (and a sketchy area for that matter) but I know full heartedly "whom the lord calls, HE QUALIFIES" This is going to be a cool experience because white-washing basically means 2 new Elders in that area, so there's not an elder there that will lead the area and show us the ropes of chalmette, so we self-lead the area and doing that with an elder straight from the MTC.... I'm very nervous... we literally will be relying FULLY on Christ, and practicing what I'm preaching down here. Please send prayers. Now sad stuff... this weekend has been so hard because I had to say goodbye to my meridian ward family, and as soon as I told my bishop I was leaving I have had 2 dinners a night since... we have also had breakfasts and lunches this week like crazy, and then ending those and saying goodbye to these beautiful people has been SO HARD. like I love yall back at home but these folks down here have had my heart ENTIRELY these past 4.5 months. Transfers are sad. My message has to do with love bc valentine's day is coming up and my bro is getting married on the 1st so SHOUT OUT TO BIG D!!! CONGRATS ALI AND DARRIN. So when Jesus was asked, of moses' 613 commandments, which of these commandments was the greatest, he said in 3 separate accounts, basically: "love the Lord thy God, and the second is like unto it, Love thy neighbor as thyself." (Its recorded differently in each) So basically putting it simply, if you're not successfully keeping these two commandments, the Lord will not be pleased with you. Take that how you may. But I'm thinking maybe you'll be spending time in H-Word. (H*ck) SO WHAT THE H*CK DOES THAT EVEN MEAN. How do you show God you love him? Every prayer you say do you just add "oh by the way I love you" Nah, When you truly love someone the words that come out of your mouth mean nearly NOTHING, if it isn't backed up with ACTIONS. YOU ALL KNOW THIS ITS SIMPLE LOVE DOCTORINE. So when Christ tells us that the greatest commandment is to love God, WE HAVE TO SHOW IT. If that's by extending our daily studies and doubling or quadrupling not only the amounts of prayers we say but the SINCERITY of each prayer we say. I cant stress this enough: ---YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS THE MOST IMPORTANT REALATIONSHIP YOU HAVE.--- So please, do something about it, work on that relationship and STRENGTHEN IT. We need our testimonies strong and our FAITH stronger especially right now in the time we live in. Oh yeah also love everyone else in the world, cuz it's nearly JUST as important. That's my message, please dont just read this and say "oh that's cool" and never think about it again, do something about what you just learned. The spirit definitely told you ways you could strengthen your relationship with God while reading this, so listen to him, he knows what's best for you. That's it for me, I'm out ladies and gentlemen, (mostly ladies;)) pray for me as I do my best to train this new Elder and take over Chalmette LOUISIANA! LOVE YALL, stay in touch and remember who you are! Love- Elder Wilson (and for today, the LOVE doctor ;) 1) Bishop Blalock and his amazing Fam 2) The pattersons and sister caraway 3) Shoutout to THE HOT TODD for his birthday today! Getting old is a real thing, but you make it look good pops.