Christmas phone call!

We got our much anticipated phone call on Christmas morning!  Actually we got a surprise pre-phone call the day before to let us know when she would be calling.  What a great surprise!!  Made my day!!!  We talked for a little over an hour but it sure didn't seem like it was that long.  Jacque is doing great.  Her first companion got sick and put on bed rest so she got transferred to Quito.  She is really enjoying it there.  No baptisms yet but she has met some sweet families that she loves.

Thanks so much for all the faith, thoughts and prayers that are sent her way.  She says she doesn't know where she would be without them.  So.......from a grateful mother -  THANK YOU!!!!

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!!

Life in Quito!!!

Hi family!!! I love you all so much! I hope everyone is doing well! So
my first two weeks in Ecuador I spent in a cosal city called Santo
Domingo! Nice and humid! My favorite! But its not hot there so it
wasnt bad. My companion was Hermana Mateo and she is a trooper! Her
dad passed away about 6 months ago, she had 3 months in the mission,
and she is so strong and full of faith and I admire her for that. Last
week she got really sick and the doctor told her she had to rest for 8
days so I got sent to Quito to work with the mission nurses and I am
loving it! And not just because I can speak english now although it is
so great and I´m considering it a blessing even if I dont have a full
time spanish tutor right now! Their names are Hermana Groesbeck and
Hermana Rogers! Hna. Groesbeck is finishing her mission this week, her
parents are coming on Wednesday to pick her up and they will be here
for a week! I{m kinda sad because she is so great and I have loved
learning from her! Hna. Rogers is great too! She has been here a
little over 2 months so we are both pretty new and I am sure its gonna
be a blast trying to understand what people are saying with our lack
of spanish speaking skills! But we are going to give it our best! So
in Santo Domingo we had a baptism for Alicia, an adorable little mom
of two sweet girls and it was eventful thats for sure! We got there
and the water to the font wasnt working so a member from the ward got
up in the attic to I supose what was a well, and we had to fill up the
font with buckets! And when all that water was gone it was only about
half way full and it was kinda yucky with attic grossness and it was
freezing cold Im sure and oh man I felt so bad for her! But she seemed
happy so thats all that matters right? But I love Quito! It is so
green and pretty and un humid and its just so fun! The ward members
are so sweet and loving and I just love being here! I have only been
here for 4 or 5 days so nothing too exciting has happened yet!
Maddie looks so cute and happy to be at school! Im sure she is having
the time of her life! And I see you went school clothes shopping for
her! haha she is so cute! I finally got your Thanksgiving package
today! It was over 4lbs so it went to "mail jail" and I had to go pick
it up and pay to get it out. So just make sure everything is under
4lbs and it has that green sticker on it! And I dont know if everyone
has the address to the mission home but that is where you should sent
mail too! And I was going to give you the address to the mission blog
but I forgot it! I will try and remember next week!
Are you guys all ready for Christmas?? This is my most favorite time
of the year! We should be having a few baptisms on Christmas so we
will get to have the perfect white Christmas! What a perfect way to
celebrate the birth of Christ! I am so so grateful to have the Gospel
in my life and the peace and joy I have from it. Thank you for all of
the fasting and prayers and thoughts that I know are being sent my
way! I don{t want to think about where I would be without them! I know
they are what keeps me going every day! You guys are amazing! Thank
you for all that you do and all of your great examples to me! I love
you all!! xoxoxXo
Love forever and always,
Hermana Nelson

¡Grand Eres Tu! - (What ever that means!)

Familia!!!! It has been two months today! That is so crazy! Time has
gone by so fast! One more week and we are off to Ecuador! I am so so
ready to get there! It has been great here but it feels like this is
all the mission is because it´s all I have known but there is more to
it! We have gotten to experience the real mission a few times on our
proselyting days but I´m ready to be a real missionary! So this last
Saturday we went proselyting again and we didn´t have a teacher or a
member with us, just my companion and I, and it was so so awesome! We
taught 5 really great people, one was an adorable little family and
the kids were so cute! It was a mom with her little boy and girl and
her niece and the little girl was so interested in what we were saying
and when we gave the mom the Book of Mormon she tried to take it from
her and read it but the mom didn´t want her to bend the pages so I
gave her the Restoration folleta- I don´t know what its called in
engish anymore- and she was so so excited to read it! She was
adorable! And all of the other people were great too! It´s so amazing
to feel yourself being led to people or doors that are willing and
excited to listen! And I am so lucky to have an amazing companion! She
is a really great teacher and I am learning so much from her! I just
wish I was fluent in Spanish so I could make more sense while I´m
teaching! But the Spirit is the teacher and I have seen these people
feel it even though they probably can´t understand a word I am saying!
So I just keep doing my best and the Lord will take over! It´s hard
sometimes to talk from my heart when I have to concentrate so hard on
forming sentences but I have been trying to work on it and it is
making a difference! It sounds like everyone is doing great and having
fun! I can´t wait to get pictures of Maddie leaving to school on the
short bus! She´s just a little baby! That´s so wierd! A car seat on a
short bus? haha I can´t believe she will be 3 in a few weeks! I´m sure
she is getting so big and grown up! I love you all! Thank you for all
of your thoughts and prayers! I definately feel them and I know they
are why I am able to keep going everyday!
xoxoxXo
Love forever and always,
Hermana Nelson

Peru - Nov. 10th, 2010

FAMILIA!!!!!

How is everyone doing?? It sounds like you guys are staying busy and
having a lot of fun! I can´t believe it´s November already! How was
Kyle´s Birthday? I hope it was a good one! I was thinking about him
all day! Kori wrote me and told me she was pregnant! YAY!!! I´m going
to pray every day that that baby girl is born on my birthday and not a
day before or after! Yes it´s going to be a girl! :) Brandi´s wedding
sounds like it was perfect! Of course! And she is going to be pregnant
very soon also! I´ll pray for you too Brandi! haha It sounds like work
is picking up! That´s good! But don´t work too hard Dad! So my new
companion is so so sweet and I love her to death! Her name is Hna.
Matute from Iquitos Peru! She is 24 and she delivers babies! She is a
little mother hen and takes care of all of us! She is so loving and
happy and she is such a blessing to me! And she is an AMAZING teacher!
I love being able to teach with her! Yesterday we had a practice
lesson with Hno. Loli, a former 70 and his wife and the situation was
they were very religious and prayed to the Virgin Mary and anyway she
asked how he felt about Jesus Christ and he said if I was there when
Christ lived I wouldn´t have fallen asleep in the Garden. I would have
helped Him carry the cross. WOW. We both couldn´t say anything because
we were crying. It was so amazing. I feel the same way. I am so so
grateful for the Atonement and I wish I could have been there to help
carry the burden. But all I can do now is do everything I can to make
that suffering worth while. I can do my part to be obedient, to repent
and keep my covenants and I can do all I can to bring the Gospel to
others. I´m so excited to get to Quito and to see the changes the
Gospel will bring to people´s lives. I´m grateful for the opportunity
I have to live the life of the Savior for a while. To serve others and
to help them on the path to eternal life. But I also get to feel a
little fraction of the pains and sorrows he felt. We watched a talk by
Elder Holland and he talked about being a representative of Jesus
Christ and he said that meant also having to step onto the path
leading to Gethsemane. What we will feel is only a teeny tiny fraction
of what he felt but we still have to feel it. He said Salvation is not
a cheap experience and that´s why it has to be hard. It is hard but I
know it will be worth it. I know I will be a better person because of
it. I will be able to understand the Atonement better that I ever have
or ever would have if I didn´t come on a mission. And I know no matter
what happens, no matter how low I get, He will always be by my side.
And I will never be put through something I can´t handle. Thank you
for all of your thoughts and prayers! You guys mean the world to me.
Thank you for all that you do for me so that I can be here and be
learning and growing in ways I never thought possible! You guys are
amazing!
xoxoxXo
Love forever and always,
Hna. Nelson

Peru Week 3

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope it´s a great one!! and I got Kyle´s letter last week! Is his email working? hahahahha Jed is hilarious! He would say something like that! haha The Buddy Walk sounds fun! I want to see pictures! And I want to see a picture of Chaylee´s hair! And yes Chaylee I did find that picture you stuck in my suitcase! A new bishopbric?? That´s awesome! They will be great! Good job Ellie! That´s awesome! I wish I would have brought piano music! And I didn´t bring any pictures with me either.. And I didn´t bringa copy of the race.. Will you email it to me please? Today we are going on a tour of Peru! I´m really excited! Yesterday our companions all left, it was sad but we are all excited for them! My companion was crying and hugging me and talking in Spanish and I had no idea what she was saying to me but it was really sweet! We are all getting a Latino companion again so it will be good! We got to go proselyting again on Saturday and it went a lot better than last week! We talked to quit a few people and taught a few lessons and it was so cool! my spanish is still horrible and Saturday made me even more frustrated because I just want to be able to say everything I want to say but it will get there eventually! Thank you for the talks! I love them! Hopefully I will be able to print them someday soon! How was Halloween? And Brandi´s wedding? Was it last week? I can´t believe it´s already November! It´s crazy! We will be in Quito in three weeks! I can´t believe how fast these last 3 weeks went by! Well I´m sorry I don´t have a lot of time today but I love you all! Thank you for everything! You are the best family ever!! The gospel is so true and I am so grateful for everything you do to allow me to be out here serving the Lord! 
xoxoxXo
Love, Hna. Nelson

The Life of a Missionary

October 29, 2010

Family!! Hi!! How is everyone doing? I can´t believe i have been in
Peru for 2 weeks already! we only have one more week with our Latino
companions! Crazy!! It has required a lot of patience these last two
weeks but I have learned a lot! Being in an entirely new culture is
crazy but I have realized I just have to love and embrace it and not
compare it to the MTC or home or anything. Cause when you compare you
are unhappy! These past two weeks have defiantely been the hardest but
it is making me stronger! Things are done so differently here. We
don´t have as many opportunities for spiritual upliftment and learning
the gospel. It´s just spanish 24/7!! Which is great! I l have learned
a lot being here! But I still have a long long way to go! The other
day we ahd a little meeting with all the North American Sisters to
talk about how we are all doing and stuff and one of the sisters who
has been here for a few weeks said when things get hard for her she
likes to think of her kids up in heaven cheering her on saying Go Mom!
Go!! It was so cute! And I love to picture that! So Saturday we go to
go proselyting! It was legit! We had a list of non members they wanted
us to visit but we didn´t get to all of them. We were with the bishop,
a member and a missionary in that area so I was surrounded by people
who didn´t know a word of english and I understood probably 10% of
what was said the entire time! But I got to experience real life
missionary work and it was crazy!! I was so grateful I got to come
back to the CCM and learn more of how to be a missionary cause I am so
not ready for that all day every day! We only got to visit with 3
people cause most of the people weren´t home but the first house was a
50 year old lady, Lidia, who is so little and cute! I had no idea what
was being said the entire time so all I could do was bear my
testimony! Actually that´s basically all I could do the whole time!
haha The second house was a 16 year old girl, Thais, who is inacctive
and she is really cute! We read some scriptures with her and she said
she would go to church on Sunday! and the last house we went to visit
was an inactive lady, but there was also another lady living with her,
Theresa and we taught her about the Restoration! And it was so
awesome! The other missionary pretty much had to teach it all. I
talked a little bit but had to hand it over cause my spanish is not so
great. But it was so so cool to actually teach a real investigator!
She seems like she is very sad and not happy with life. She didn´t
seem very interested in what was being said but I bore my testimony
and when I told her I know we are all children of our Heavenly Father
and he loves all of us her, it caught her attention! It was so awesome
and I could definately fee the Spirit! I can´t wait until I know
enough spanish to acutally teach someone! We get to go proselyting
again this Saturday; I don´t know if we get to go back to the same
area but I´m praying that I can do better this time! It´s so
frustrating not being able to say and express everything you want to!
There is so much I want to say people but I lack the words and it is
the worst feeling ever!! But I will get there eventually! I love you
all and I hope everyone is doing well! Can´t wait to hear from
everyone next week!

xoxoxXo
Hermana Nelson

Lessons!!!

Haha sorry I´m so chaotic! My mind is always going a million miles an hour! anyway.. I love love love reading the scriptures!  I would always read them before but now I really understand what it means to feast on them! It´s really like a peice of heaven when we have time to read them in EnglLeish!!  The temple is so so amazing. It is my most favorite place on earth! I know you can do a lot of good where ever you are and be a great instrument in the hands of the Lord! You don´t have to get a mission call to be a missionary. Serving the Lord is the best thing ever and will bring you so much peace and happiness that you have never felt before! I have never been so happy. I love you!!   The way things are done here are so different than Provo so it was like starting new all over again! We don´t have as much time to just study by ourselves and they don´t tell us what we are teaching before we get in there so we have no idea what to say, and then they tell us we need to be more prepared! But how can we be more prepared if we don´t know the words to say because we haven´t studied that lesson?? I can do lesson one just fine! But other than that I have no idea! So it´s crazy, but so fun being clueless all the time!  Today is one month since I have been out!! 17 more months left! I can´t wait to get out there and actually do some work!!  In our lesson yesterday I said the closing prayer and I prayed for the "investgators" and afterwards the latinos were freaking out a little bit because I said the names and the people and they don´t really exist! So I guess in practice lessons you aren´t supposed to pray like you are in a lesson because if you do it is a waste of a prayer basically!  Haha my bad!!  Anyway I better go do laundry..... I love you all!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxXXXXOOOOxoxoxo -me

One Week In Peru!!!

Hola!! One week in Peru!! It´s so much fun here! I have decided that even though this is the hardest thing I have ever done, we just have to laugh and enjoy all the frustrating things about learning a language because if I didn´t I would be home; I wouldn´t be able to handle this! But the Lord is on our side and we just take it a minute at a time! But we decided we are all going to have to be friends after we get home because we will be so weird no one will want to be friends with us! We find the weirdest things to entertain ourselves! It´s a lot of fun! We have to teach, or try to teach, once a day and it is so hard! It´s so funny to think how we must sound to the Latinos having to stop and think before we say every word! They have so much patience for us and our gringo accents! And it is so much fun playing charades and trying to communicate with them! And having no idea what in the world is going on ever! The other day we were getting dressed for gym time and the hermanas told us to bring our bands- we had no idea what for but we brought them and we walked outside and saw all the elders standing in a line on the soccer field with this little Perusian man in front of them in is sweet workout outfit with a whistle around his neck! What in the world??? So we get out there and he starts yelling in spanish and blowing his wistle and starts doing exercises and yelling some more for us to do what he was doing! It was the most hilarious experience of my life!! We could hardly do the exercises because we were laughing so hard! All the North Americans looked so confused the whole time!! And we had to count while doing them and he would come yell at us  "Louder!! Louder" "in spanish!! in spanish! no japanese, no french, spanish!!!" It was so funny!!! I felt like I was in boot camp! And then afterwards he bore a very deep and intense testimony about missionary work and it was awesome! He was a very intense man! And Aparently, we get to work out with him every monday!! So the food here is ALWAYS THE SAME THING FOR EVERY MEAL!! Rice and chicken!! It is good but it never changes!! And we hardly get and fruits or vegetables!! We are all craving food from home! But we got to go to the store after the temple today so we all got oreos and chocolate! haha The temple is so pretty!! Claro! But its so tiny! And the people are so short here so everything is farther down and it´s really funny! and oh my goodness people are insane drivers here!! They don´t stop or slow down for anything! They just honk and you better get out of the way or you will get hit! The bus ride to the temple was a grand experience! haha we had no idea what we were in for when we got on! But on the way back a guy was sitting next to Hermana Ward who spoke english and he asked her why did the people put Joseph Smith in jail and kill him? And we told him they just didn´t believe he was a prophet and they didn´t like what he was teaching. And anyway long story short he thought that the people who followed him killed him and we said no no no they loved him! The people who didn´t believe in him were the ones who killed him! So anyway it was fun to talk to someone in a real life situation!  I don´t really remember what I told you guys last week so sorry if I repeat myself.. My companions name is Hermana Meza! She is really cute and kinda quiet but she is getting more open with me! The girls here are very quiet and reserved, in front of the Elders at least.. When we get to our rooms they go crazy but it´s just wierd to not be able to interact with the Elders as much. They repect the women so much, which is good but sometimes we just want to be equal! We can´t sit with the Elders at meals or in firesides or anything! They have a table reserved for the Hermanas and we always sit in the front row! It´s so sad! It´s like socially unacceptable to be friends with boys here or something! The other day I said I´m tired of being respected! haha yeah I didn´t really think about how that would sound before I said it! my brain just doesn´t function anymore! I can´t speak english or spanish!!  But the Latino Elders are so funny!! They are always making us laugh! And the North Americans tell their companions things to say in english like you look very pretty today! They also taught them how to say you stick so when they came up to one of the Hermanas to talk to her he said you stink! And he was supposed to say you look very pretty today! It was funny! But they are so sweet! last night after we taught, the elders we were teaching gave us feedback and I wasn´t really paying attention cause I didn´t know what he was saying; I was talking to his companion and when they started I looked over and hermana Meza was crying and I had no idea why!! So the whole time I  had to participate all by myself and I had no idea what was being said so it was interesting! But afterwards all the Latinos came to comfort her because I didn´t know what was wrong or what to say to comfort her. So I just hugged her but all the elders were so sweet to her and comforting her and asked if she wanted a blessing and it was just so cute! What I could make out of all the conversation was she just felt overwhelmed with having to teach and not knowing what to say and she just felt like she couldn´t do it. I know exactly how she feels!! But we just have to remember to have a good attitude and smile no matter what! And love life because life is great!!! On the plane from Atlanta to Peru Hermana Norman and I sat next to Elder Nuñez and talked to him for the entire 7 hours! We basically know his whole life story now! But he is so adorable! He had a call about a year and a half ago to San Salvador but something happened and he didn´t go and he stopped going to church for a while and then the bishop called him and gave him a calling in Primary and he said it changed his life! He decided he needed to be and example to the kids so he put his papers in again and now he is here! And he said this is the best thing he has ever done. But he said if he would have gone out the first time it would have been for the wrong reasons and he would have probably gone home and never come back out. He just has such a sweet testimony of doing the right thing for the right reasons and not letting anyone or anything get in the way. It was awesome! So now we are all really close and feel even more like a family! but I´m not in their district anymore and it´s so sad! We get so excited to see eachother! Which is all the time but it´s not the same as being in the same class! I saw Hermana Norman and Elder Nuñez in line the other day and Elder Nuñez got so excited he tried to hug me!! Luckily he remembered we are missionaries and we shook hands! But it was funny I laughed pretty hard! Anyway my thoughts are all over the place so sorry this is all random and not in order but I love being on a mission! I´m so excited for the day when I can speak spanish without having to think about it first! That day will probably be the week before I get home but any day is better than none right?? Well I love you all! I hope all is well and you are loving life because I am!! xoxoxXo Hermana Nelson Haz lo justo!

I'm in Peru!

Hola! I´m in Peru! It´s so crazy!! Yesterday was the longest day ever! We got up at 4 to get ready and get to the bus and we didn´t get to bed until 2 this morning! It looks a lot like Mexico here so I still haven´t really comprehended that I´m in  South America right now! And I won´t be back in the US for 18 months! It´s so crazy!! You can´t see the sky here because it´s so humid or because of polution or both. I don´t really know! The CCM is so small but there are lots of pretty flowers and plants and it´s really pretty! It is so humbling to be here and to not know what anyone is saying. We all feel so lost! But we will get it eventually! I am in a room with girls I don´t know and I´m not with my district anymore and it´s so sad! But it´s way small here so we will see eachother all the time. Our classes are all with Americans but we have Latino companions that we eat with, companion study and teach. My companions name is Hermana Mesa! She is very nice but very quiet! Of course she doesn´t speak any english so it´s hard to talk about anything! I already blew up my alarm. We didn´t get transformers because Ecuador is the same voltage as the US but Peru is different! So I´m gonna have great hair until I get a transformer!  So no packages can be sent here.. So in about a month you can send my charger to Quito if you find it! The address to send letters is Hermana Nelson, Quito Ecuador   Av. Melgarejo 159/ Urb. Campo Verde/ La Molina, Lima, 12, Perú the dashes mean enter! we can´t figure out how to enter on these keyboards! haha But mail is too crazy so Dear elder or email is great! I´m sorry this isn´t very long.. I think I´m kinda in shock and can´t think of anything to tell you all! My mind is just spinning right now! Hopefully by next week I will be adjusted and I will have lots of stories to tell you! I love you all! xoxoxXo    Hermana Nelson                                                                                                                  

Another letter home

Hola! How is everyone doing?? Thank you for all the letters! Letters are the highlight of our days! Yesterday was my companions birthday! Her family sent her a cake and a package of presents and they sent me a little present too! They gave me fluffy socks! :) Only one more week until we leave for Peru!! It's so crazy! In some ways it feels like I have been here forever but in others it seems like I just got here. I found Elder Ward though! I didn't see him for the first few days he was here and now I see him every where! Things are going well here! I don't remember what I told you last week but all we do is study and eat all day long. I can never keep track of the time of day! After lunch I feel like it's night time; after dinner it seems like it's lunch time! It's weird. So was General Conference AMAZING or what?? I loved it!! It was all so great! I especially loved the Saturday morning session! Mom- I'm sure you cried the entire session! haha But I learned a lot! President Monson is so cute! I can't wait for the Conference Issue Ensign to come out! If they give it to us in Spanish I'm gonna have you mail me the English one! Next General Conference we will be listening in Spanish so it was so great to listen in English this time! So learning Spanish is HARD! I get pretty frustrated with it because I don't know how to say everything I want to say so it's hard to teach a lesson in Spanish about something that means so much to you but you can't express that. I'll get there eventually though! I am so so glad I have a deep testimony of the gospel! If I didn't I wouldn't be able to last here. The work is tough but I know it will be worth it in the end! So my advice to anyone going on a mission- learn to LOVE the gospel!! Cause if you don't you will have a miserable time in the MTC. Actually that's my advice to everyone! Learn to love the gospel with your whole heart and you will be more happy than you can imagine! I wish I could study the scriptures all day long!! It's so exciting to read everyday and to find new things every time you read. And Preach My Gospel is awesome to study with also! So what is going on at home? Anything exciting? I wish I could see Maddie's new signs and hear her new words! Send me pictures please! I didn't bring any pictures of the family, except the ones on my camera.. Well I'm sorry I don't have a whole lot to tell you. There really isn't anything that changes around here. Once I get to Ecuador I will have tons of stories to make up for the lack of words now! I hope everyone is doing well!! I l love and miss you all!

xoxoxXo

 

Love,

Hermana Nelson

A couple of pictures

Our district in the MTC!

Me, Hermana Norman, Ward, Caldwell, Elder Johnston, Nunez, Hancey, Hasson, Behmer, Gambles, and Elder Jones.

 Me and my companion Hermana Norman.

First Letter Home

Hola familia!! How is everyone?? It's hard to believe it's already been a week! Time is wierd here.. the days are long but the weeks are short! Basically all I do everyday is study all day long! The fist few days were hard to get used to everything. I felt like I had no idea what was going on or what we were supposed to be doing and it was pretty overwhelming. You kinda have to figure a lot out on your own. But I've gotten used to it now and I love it! I have never gotten such great sleep! I'm so exhausted by the end of the day that I get some awesome deep sleep! Thanks for the package! I got the shoes yesterday and I was so dissapointed there wasn't anything from home in them! But then I got the other one this morning I'm okay now! The language is coming pretty fast!  We taught our fist lesson- in english- but it went way better than I thought it would! The missionaries you teach take on a roll of someone they know that isn't LDS and it becomes very real and the Spirit just takes over! It's awesome! Next Saturday we are going to teach a lesson is Spanish! Scary!! But I'm studying as much as I can so hopefully I can remember how to say everything! My companion is Hermana Norman. She is an adorable little 4'10 girl. She reminds me of Annie-the movie. We are a lot a like and just get a long great. The Lord really knows what he is doing! All the companionships are perfect for eachother! I love being here, it's so much fun! I've heard things my teachers have said, or things that have been said in devotionals, and I know this is where I need to be right now! It so awesome being surrounded by people who love the Lord and the gospel and want to do everything they can to be obedient! So new plans!! We are going to the CCM (MTC) in Peru October 13th! I'm way excited!! It's not for sure- nothing ever is- but if we get our Visas in time that's where they are sending us! It will be so great to be immersed in the language and be forced to learn it and learn it fast! One of my teachers, Hermano Cragun, served with Brandi's fiance Seth! He told us a story about one of his companions Elder Haywood and I said was his name Seth?? And he said yeah...... I said I know him!! He was a little freaked out and probably regretted telling the story cause it was about a companion who had a hard time staying focused on what they were doing... Sorry Seth!! haha but he said you were an awesome compaion! So General Conference is this week!! I'm excited!! I love hearing the Prohet and Apostles speak! It's gonna be fun to listen from a missionaries point of view and see how much applies to me or the people I will be teaching! I'm starting to realize the Book of Mormon is full of missionary stories and it's awesome! I don't know why I was so nervous to talk about the gospel, I thought it would be so hard to explain and teach but it's really not. It's so simple! God loves us. We are his children. He provided a plan for us to be able to live with him again. He sent his Son to earth to teach his gospel and to die for our sins. We can have our sins forgiven if we are obedient and repent when we have made a mistake. Obedience is key! That's pretty much the MTC motto! But it is true! If you are obedient you are happy! Everyone is happy here! I love it! I love you all! Have an amazing day!!!

xoxoxXo

 

Love,

 

Hermana Nelson