General Authorities this Sunday!

Hey family!                                  1-25-12

Thanks for the letter!  I hope you get better mom.  It shouldn’t hurt too badly.  It's cool to hear about you reading Preach my Gospel.  On the mission it's required that we read it every day.  I’m learning a ton from it still.  I’m learning a ton about understanding and following the spirit.  If we don't follow Him we'll be lost all day and not have any success.  That family turned a little bit soft and Lima's even getting mad at us a little bit.  But there are these two girls that should be baptized this Sunday, you should pray for Zuldy and Layana because Satan's tempting them a lot.  It's ridiculous.  Anyways, the Apostles will be here this Saturday.  Our mission's getting blessed a ton.  This is the third Apostle here in two years.  And usually they stop by your mission once every three years.  Anyways, last Monday was tough.  There's been a lot of gossiping here on the mission.  Anyways, the assistants have been getting some false information as to the sources and they thought that one of them was me.  Anyways the President called me and burnt me for 11 minutes for talking bad about someone I don't know.  Anyways, I was talking with some other people about it and they all called the president to tell him that I never talk bad about anyone.  Anyways, it sucked being burnt.  But he taught me something in the burning.  That gossiping is something that could impede our temple recommend.  Because we're supposed to support our local and general church leaders, and if we gossip and speak badly about them we're not supporting them and thence, we're not worthy for our recommends.  Cool huh?  Anyways, I’m exhausted.  Last week was a crazy run all around.  We were traveling a ton to interview other people.  Our zone used to be one of the worst zones but this transfer it's the zone that's baptizing the most.  It's super cool.  Anyways, I hope you all are good and that mom gets better.  Love you guys!

Elder Williams

General Authorities Coming to Peter's Area!

Hey mom and family!                                             1-18-2012
Thanks for the email!  I'm glad you guys enjoyed your guys' trip!  Last week was crazy, I'm super tired. I did some interviews on a "miracle" baptism for our sisters.  We found a family monday that's going to be baptized next week.  You guys should pray for them, we're gonna do whatever it takes to get them baptized (Lima, Delores, Vitoria, Pryscilla, Ana Carolina[thats one name[).  Anyway, our ward mission leader's awesome; he does a lot for us.  The only problem is that he's worried for the people that we're gonna baptize because he doesnt know if our ward's going to be able to retain them.  To be honest it might be a little bit difficult, but they'll stay firm and help the ward out a lot.  I can't believe mom got sick.  (Hope you get better.)  So next week two apostles are coming here with a seventy! Elder Ballard and Elder Nielson with Elder J. Jensen.  It should be pretty cool.  We took a survey today so that they can know how to help out the mission.  To tell you guys the truth I'm a bit nervous.  I don't know why; I guess it's cuz i've never talked to a general authority before!  Anyways, love you guys!

Elder Williams

Hey Dad!                                                           1-18-2012

Thanks for the email.  Being a DL is fun but tough.  I'm  liking the opportunity every Tuesday to teach in our district meetings.  I’m jealous of your guys'trip to the coast.  I miss the ocean; I think I’m always going to live near the ocean.  Anyways the mission's great; I’m learning a lot and having a good time while doing it.  Lately though, it has been a rather tough area, but the Lord's blessing us a ton.  We're finding much "wheat amongst the tares" here, and hopefully we'll have some more success.  The problem is that the ward is not ready for the people that we're baptizing, so we'll have to care of them and slowly prepare our ward for their baptism.  

I Hope mom gets better...surgery sucks!  Now that the subruban is gone, I guess you'll just have to buy yourself a new car, too bad... (haha!)

Love you dad!

Elder Williams

Pray for Peter...

Hey family!                                                           Jan 10-2012

This week was great!  We baptized the family!  The baptism was great.  It's pretty funny while you guys were all sick I also got pretty bad also.  For the past 2 weeks I've had a lot of the “runs” and whatnot.  It's been pretty hard to leave far away from home to work.  Anyways things have been good here.  Pray for me here that my testimony can be strengthened.  It's harder here than I thought; we don't have anyone to teach because everyone doesn’t want to hear us.  Also we don't have presidencies like EQP, RP, and YM YW.  Our bishop doesn’t even have counselors.  I’m hoping for a change in the ward soon from the stake.  Anyways, our Ward Mission Leader is way good.  He helps us out a ton plan and whatnot.  But yeah, negativity is something that's not allowed on the mission.  Excitement or as translated "being of good cheer" is as my buddy said the third commandment that the savior has given us.  It's said a lot of times in the scriptures.  We need to always be happy, excited, and of good cheer in the gospel.  Being DL is pretty sweet, I love giving the doctrine lessons every meeting we have, the elders and sisters in my district are great!  The mission's awesome!  Love you guys!

Elder Williams

Happy New Year 2012...by burning ties?

Hey family!                                                                  1-3-2012

This week was great.  The new area's tough, the zone in general is widely known as the "black hole".  There are barely any baptisms.  But then I got here and saw that the missionaries just pass by here with this in their mind and get discouraged and lazy so they don't work.  So I think the president put some good missionaries in to get the zone alive again.  For example the week I got here we found a family that's going to be baptized this Sunday (pray for them by the way, Marcelo, Alessandra, and Gabriella).  It's a good faith tester, to see if the missionary’s faith is good enough to work through these difficulties.  At the end of this second week our zone should have about 10 baptisms in total.  So in two weeks we should have 3 more baptisms than the 6 weeks of work last transfer.  The Lord is blessing us a lot here in the zone.  My new district's cool; its two sisters and two elders and us.  The elder's seem to be a little bit unexcited to work though, but it’s cool.  I’m jealous that I couldn’t have been there with the whole family to pass the New Year.  But it's pretty weak that you guys didn’t even wait til midnight.  We didn't want to but we didn’t have a big choice.  About 5 til midnight everyone let off their fireworks, like their big dog fireworks that are outlawed in the states.  Anyways, the fireworks went on for about 15 minutes straight, it was cool to see all the pretty lights and the stars and moon go away what with all the smoke.  In celebration me and Elder Merrick burnt a 2011 calendar and a tie.  I got some videos to show later when we get home also.  It's cool; we just speak English to each other, so I get to practice my English a little bit.  It's cool, he's just like me, except that he played semi-pro soccer and has a lot of money.             Love,  Elder Peter Williams

  Peter and his companion celebrating New Years by burning their old ties!

Peter's OTHER new Companion???