Elder Wilson Relationship

Sorry for late update mail. I've been working improving what's already done as I didn't have much else to do during last week. This is brief summary of things that I've done during last week.

This week you may make some startling new discoveries. Be open to surprises from people you thought you knew well. You may even learn something about yourself!

Good discussion forum, everyone providing excellent tips and information which adds a lot more value to our learning, especially this week that I was not sure what answers were expected for the discussion.

The Mormon service I visited, had a few similarities but also a few distinct differences from the Catholic service that I am used to. Before this particular Sunday, I had never attended a Mormon service, nor had I spoken to anyone who believed in Mormonism or the “Latter Day Saints.” With that being said, I was welcomed much more openly than I had originally thought. Before entering, I was approached by two members of the church; two young women (sisters) between the ages of roughly 19 to 22. I arrived about an hour before service, that way I could ask a few people some questions, but the two girls beat me to the punch. They initially asked me if I had visited before and I responded saying that it was my first time, and I was attending as a student observer, with no intention of converting, but would love to learn about the faith. They nodded and proceeded to explain to me the reasons as to why they believed so strongly, and also a bit of background information on the faith. One of the girls, explained to me that there has been a lot of skepticism about Mormonism due in part to the fact that Joseph Smith Jr, was so young and how his explanation of “Moroni” (An angel no one had ever heard of), and his entire religion and the scripture used, “Book of Mormon,” could have just been a part of his imagination. The other girl told me how she was beginning to lose faith a couple years back, but she then regained it, after she experienced her own tests, and was able to get passed her

This week was not too bad in regards to any of the work I actually needed to do. There are definitely some concepts that I think I need to improve my understanding but I think that I did take away what was available from the texts we were provided.

This night was one of the best nights there ( and not just because I was leading it). This night was the night that people opened up the most, and let there walls down, and let one another see each other's brokenness, that we may be healed by the Lord, keep each accountable, and pray for one another. This was the first time that I knew that I was supposed to go into ministry, although I had thought about it before. Here on this mission trip was also when I knew that I was going to be baptized for the second time. I was baptized once before, I knew that I had realized that I was not completely aware of what I was doing. I told my youth pastor that I wanted to be baptized aging, and he was very happy for me. We got back from our mission trip, and about a month later I was baptized by my youth pastor on July 31, 2016. The only way I could describe how I felt afterward was “complete”. It made with special experience even better, that I was able to share it with all of my church family, that has supported my through my walk with

I want to start out by apologizing for being late this week with my posts. I wasn’t late on my postings during Thanksgiving week, however this week was Championship Week in college football and I managed to make it to the Big10 championship game for the entire week! Although my team lost in the last minute of the game it was definitely still a once in a lifetime experience for the most part.

This week was full of topics that I had not studied before. I enjoyed learning about the Mexican American War. This is a topic I am very unfamiliar with. As a resident of Texas, I was surprised how much I did not know. I had always assumed that Mexico had a weak army so learning that they had a bigger and more powerful army was interesting. I was also unfamiliar with all the figures that played a role in the Mexican American war. I wonder if we could have a president who now who is able to keep his campaign promises now the way James K. Polk did. It was encouraging to me to see that the American soldiers acted appropriately and treated the Spanish priests that they encountered with respect and behaved well. It was fascinating to see Robert

In 1-3 sentences, in your opinion, what was the single most important point of this week's readings, and why do you feel that was the most important point?

Wilson was a very shady person; who only cared about his well being. He killed his first wife, because he knew that she would screw up his relationship with Jessie. The only thing that he needed was for Polly to talk to Jessie about the kind of guy he really was. He lied to Jessie many of times. When he first met her, he told Jessie that his first wife had died, then changed the story to they just got a divorce. He made it look like it was Polly’s fault in the relationship by saying, “… she was a woman who had no morals whatsoever who had tricked him into marrying her” (33). Two days after killing his wife, he married Jessie. He lied to Jessie about his whole life; never saying he had kids, never implied that Polly was in Canada with him, and

I told friends and family that I was considering baptism, and as a result they provided me with useful information about Christianity and supported my decisions. After evaluating all of this new information, my heart filled with joy, and I decided to accept Christ and be baptized. I thought I would have to wait until Easter, but Sam discovered that there was an option to be baptized before that, on Sunday, March 13th. As the date approached, I became excited and eager because my family and friends were going to be there to witness this life-changing event with me. My Small Group friends not only witnessed this joyous occasion, they participated in my baptism. Shortly thereafter, I persuaded my family to attend a Sunday service to better understand my feelings for the Church. I realized that, now that I was baptized, I was never

Below is my weekly update for this week from 14th Sept '16 to 16th Sept '16 .

The weather this week is relatively calm. I only came across two interesting items. One is hurricane Matthew and the other being the earthquake warning in southern California. Quite honestly I’m not sure that the earthquake warning counts as weather but it was very interesting and in my opinion is related to geography. So, I will talk about the hurricane.

I like the way you use to address this week’s topic. It is very clear and organized.

This week had a pretty big lead up because it was the week of the Coles County Clash. In other words probably one of the biggest games I’ll cover the entire time I am covering games throughout this internship. This week in general was hectic in part due to other classes and my job I have in my off time. This resulted in me unfortunately not being able to setup a time to meet with Renee to discuss some of the data I have collected.