CANADA Week 16-November 14, 2017-La joie et la Tahitian

I realized that I didn't actually take any pictures this week so I snagged one of my brotha Elder D real quick. He is always scheming haha.

Bonjour ma famille! J'espère que vous allez bien (I hope you are well), and everybody else too! This week was insane, and super fun, and I will never be able to explain all of it haha. Thanks for all of your emails, it is nice to be able to hear from you guys, and stay at least a little up to date. And sorry if I don't respond to everyone, but time is precious here in Canada!
  

This week was really fun because we had exchanges, and my new companion for the day was Elder Maire. He is this little Tahitian guy, he's 25, and he is a stud! He converted at age 23, and even though only his Mom is a member he decided to accept the call to serve and left a year after his baptism. He has 8 siblings, and none of them or his Dad supported his decision, but he made it and stuck with it and he has been happy. I was able to learn a lot from him. I also was able to test out my French for real haha, because he doesn't speak English. 

Some seriously sketchy stairs that we have to go up every once in a while to see one of our friends. The picture doesn't do it any justice, but they wobble all over when you walk on them and they are super tall too haha.

I also wanted to write a little about a subject that has become important to me during my time here in Canada. It has been a short 3ish months, but I have met more people and devoted myself more than I think I ever have before, and I have gained so much from it. I have met people who have had more difficult living circumstances than I had ever really even thought of, like Elder Maire, and they taught me an important lesson. Joy is ALWAYS a choice, and it is not just a choice, but it is our purpose here on the earth. 2 Nephi 2:25- Adam fell that men might be and men are that they might have joy. It may seem impossible, but even in the hardest of situations we can choose to just take a little step back, smile, and move on. Elder Clayton expressed this with a simple sentence this conference that stuck out to me, he held up a M&M that his wife had just handed to him and said, "Life is good. It is like this peanut filled M&M." It was random and funny, but a simple truth. Life is good no matter the circumstances. Remember every once in a while to actually enjoy it. Oh and also read President Nelsons talk  `Joy and Spiritual Survival`. It has helped me out a lot on my mission, and it comes from an Apostle of God so read it.

Speaking of Apostles of God, Elder Renlund will be coming to our mission Saturday. We are going to get on the bus again Saturday morning to make the trip to Montreal, and I am pumped! 

Ottawa zone conference with Elder and Sister Clayton.

Side note... it was hilarious because we had interviews with President this week and he told Elder D to shave his sideburns, and he was so mad because he said they "made him look like Joseph Smith", but he is going to tonight haha. 

Thanks for all the support you guys give me, we really can see the effects of your prayers here! I hope you are all ready for another Idaho winter(or wherever you are...) because I think this Canadian one might kill me! Love ya!

Elder Wilson