THE HOPEFULLY NOT SO BORING ADVENTURES OF ELDER WILLIAMSON CHAPTER XXXVI

hello there.. *we got transfer news this week *my comp is leaving to go be a zone leader, so i'm getting a new comp *my comp also went to the dentist *there were a couple of people burning stuff randomly, and we don't know why *like some tires in the street.. i got a video, but it's just confusing *my new comp is super cool *he might not be the largest in stature, but he's a spiritual giant *annnd he cooks our food now, so i don't have to debate whether i'm going to eat pancakes for the 97th time or just order uber eats.. also for the 97th time *for some reason he likes running too.. so he's trying to kill me now *we're working with a lot of members, so we can get people to church more effectively *we heard there was a cyclone coming, and it was gonna be pretty big *soooo thAt was cap, it bArely rained this week *it's kinda hot here that's pretty much it.. have a good week, love you guys! alma 17:10-12 And it came to pass that the Lord did visit them with his Spirit, and said unto them: Be comforted. And they were comforted. And the Lord said unto them also: Go forth among the Lamanites, thy brethren, and establish my word; yet ye shall be patient in long-suffering and afflictions, that ye may show forth good examples unto them in me, and I will make an instrument of thee in my hands unto the salvation of many souls. And it came to pass that the hearts of the sons of Mosiah, and also those who were with them, took courage to go forth unto the Lamanites to declare unto them the word of God.

THE HOPEFULLY NOT SO BORING ADVENTURES OF ELDER WILLIAMSON CHAPTER XXXV

i am completely out of intros.. i think that's been pretty clear for the past couple months... anyways.. *we had our district pday, so we played a lot of basketball, and i ate an excess amount of smashburger *i went on an exchange with elder foster and he's a beast, super good teacher *and then we found 14 people on wednesday cuz we're trying to find a ton of people this week *then thursday we had a temple trip!!!!! WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *it was super cool as always *hung out with my boy elder vancott for a sec *and then went on an exchange with elder ashcraft in our area and we found 7 more people *and then we found 6 more people the next day *and.. then like 6 more the next day *sooo anyways we found a decent amount of people this week, cuz we kinda need to go thru people really fast in this area to be able to find the people who can make the journey to church *also, my eggs from only a week ago, that i had never opened or anything, somehow turned to liquid.. and they became covered.. like cOvered in maggots.. so idk if they were somehow iN the eggs before i bought them, buttt i'm actually pretty glad i hadn't tried to eat any of them *they also spread to my bread, so i've been living off of smoothies and uber eats for the past week *this next week will be pretty interesting too tho.. they changed the transfer days to friday or saturday, so we now get transfer news on tuesday or wednesday.. i won't be leaving anyways, cuz i just got here, but my comp thinks he's gonna leave.. he's a little tired of the area, and he wants to go be a zone leader.. we'll see tho *i've shaven my head again, and maybe given up on having hair in this country that's all tho, have a stupendous week, love you guys.. 2 nephi 25:16 And after they have been scattered, and the Lord God hath scourged them by other nations for the space of many generations, yea, even down from generation to generation until they shall be persuaded to believe in Christ, the Son of God, and the atonement, which is infinite for all mankind—and when that day shall come that they shall believe in Christ, and worship the Father in his name, with pure hearts and clean hands, and look not forward any more for another Messiah, then, at that time, the day will come that it must needs be expedient that they should Dude you want to learn something cool about Adam-Ondi-Ahman????? So I just recently stumbled onto Andam-Ondi-Ahman. This is the location where Joseph Smith revealed that Adam and Eve existed after the Garden of Eden. Now I wasn't sure what to expect when I went to this place because someone told me, "It's just a big field." Well when I got there they weren't wrong, but they were also not right. It wasn't just any ordinary big field. It was a giant field that was in the middle of very dense trees! Not a little mountain meadow but a huge one! In addition, I have never understood the name Adam-Ondi-Ahman. BUUUUUUUUT I know a little more now. When Joseph was learning more about languages he inquired of the Lord what God's language is. We have learned in the Bible that God's name is Elohim or that is the pure name we have called him. In this instance though Joseph Smith learned that his name is Ahman. Through further translation and investigation one of the possibilities of the meaning of Adam - Ondi - Ahman is: Where Adam became like God. If you think about that, this isn't where Adam was resurrected, this wasn't his place of judgement, this wasn't heaven. This is the place Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden and became Mortal. They became like God once was. Very interesting. Love you T. Caleb Perkins 801.425.3487

THE HOPEFULLY NOT SO BORING ADVENTURES OF ELDER WILLIAMSON CHAPTER XXXIV

welllll.. basically our whole mission is changing now.. we all got our own phones.. sooo it's just like the states now.. it's super weird.. only one of the phones has a chip tho, so i basically just have an ipod, buttt... *we had zone conference, and it was super weird, cuz it's the last zone conference of the president and his wife.. sooo we all have our own phones, and we're getting a new president *also all of our senior missionaries are leaving, and we aren't getting new ones.. sooo they're gonna have to start sticking elders in the office to do those jobs *we we're all kinda sick again this week.. i slept for like 4 hours on wednesday, so i didn't end up going out.. and the two who did go out were back after like 2 hours cuz my comp was dying *i finally found some protein powder to buy, and it's pretty expensive here, and it probably won't do much, since typically people lose weight in this mission, buttt may as well try *ok ok, one day.. umm lets see.. sooo.. basically my comp and i are walking from a lesson, and we're just down the jungle road that we take to get to a far off part of our area, and somewhere along the way this random lady on a scooter pulls up.. and she just says something about her eye, and how we can give her company for a sec.. or something like that idk.. and her eye looks pretty swollen, but i'm thinking she's about to ask us to drive her home or something (people here are very trusting with their bikes) then she kinda drops her helmet into the road (cuz they mostly don't really wear their hemlets here but they a lot of the time hAve it with them on their bike).. sooo i go grab her helmet and hand it to her, and then she just goes "there's something in my eye, can you see it?".. i look at her eye, and sure enough there's a little bug on her eyeball.. so we're like "oh wow.. yah there's.. uhh.. something..".. so naturally she just looks at me (yk, with the eye without the bug) and she's like "take it out!" and i'm like "uhmmm" and she's like "can you not? just take it out?".. so i do a speed scan of possible reasons of why that might not be a good idea, buttt there wasn't reAlly any real reason not to.. sooo i was just like "uhhh.. ok".. so anyways i'm digging around in her lower eyeball, and she's just sitting there all casual, and i'm asking her if it hurts and stuff, and she's all nonchalantly "no no it doesn't hurt, get it out tho".. so a little later i pulled out a tiny bug covered in.. ummm.. eyeball juices? orrr.. ig maybe it's tears technically? i'm not sure.. but she just thanked us, and said something about how the bug was a tiny mosquito, and then she just kinda drove away again, and we kept walking... *this week we've had some really good lessons.. were still cycling thru people kinda quickly, because we're having a bit of a hard time finding people who are willing to make the trip to church.. hOweverrr.. we have one guy who walks an hOur uphill (on that same jungle road as bug in the eye lady, he's the reason we were out there) to get to church.. and he's getting baptized in like 3 weeks, because he is sooo elect.. he dropped all of his bad habits after our fiRst visit, and he is blasting thru the book of mormon.. and also he walks an hour to church.. uphill.. *we have another lady who is truly searching for the truth, and she's so awesome! she told us yesterday that sometimes satan comes to her in dreams, and she tells him "i know who you are, and in the name of jesus christ, i will fiGht you!!" so were working on getting her all the lessons and everything so she can get baptized *and another lady is literally already a member (meaning she comes to church every week, and she loves having us over, and she's already doing missionary work) she just hasn't been baptized, because she lives with her x-husband (cuz she makes all the money, and he has a lot of medical bills and can't support himself or live on his own).. sooo we're working on getting that sorted out *buttt anyways, things are getting super cool here! andddd that's all folks, thanks for joining us on... anyways.. have a good week, love you guys! moroni 10:32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.

THE HOPEFULLY NOT SO BORING ADVENTURES OF ELDER WILLIAMSON CHAPTER XXXIII

this week i have made a rather unfortunate discovery.. you know when you are eating cheetos, or doritos, or takis, or any kind of chip that gives you "cheeto fingers"?.. welll apppppArently there is so much humidity here, that when you get cheeto fingers, the air makes the dust that is caked on your fingers start to get wet.. and then it becomes soggy.. and i didn't wait long enough to find out (i was too terrified) but i'm pretty sure that if i had let it, it would have just started dripping everywhere and making a sort of chip dust soup.. which now that i'm thinking about it, that might be super fire actually.. buttt i'm not sure i would trust a soup that is made from only chip dust and soggy air... *we went to a little garden thingy on monday *my comp thought he could beat up the ceiling fan on full speed with his head... ceiling fan 1.. comp 0.. *we watched an old man sit in a chair.. then we were teaching the family.. then suddenly a giant angry duck came to fight the old man.. the old man won, and the duck was thrown back outside *on this same day, i got some kind of rash thingy on my neck because of a cat ig? *a different day there was some kind of giant spider on my neck *i went on an exchange with elder townsend *got sick this week for a couple days, but not bad enough to not go out.. sooo i just spent a couple lessons asleep, or just in a different universe *at this very moment i have the hiccups *i watched a lot of gospel library videos and movies and stuff this week, and there are some really fire ones *we had stake conference, and it was super cool.. a ton of people showed up from other wards and everything, and we got.. 3 investigators i think? but that's the most we've had since i got here, sooo we're making progress!! anyways, that's all i got this week.. good luck, love you guys! alma 53:7 And it came to pass that he did no more attempt a battle with the Lamanites in that year, but he did employ his men in preparing for war, yea, and in making fortifications to guard against the Lamanites, yea, and also delivering their women and their children from famine and affliction, and providing food for their armies. what are wE doing to prepare for war? to build up our fortifications? to guard against that which we know to be wrong?...