Hola Familia!!
It's been quite a week. Lots of hard
stuff, fun stuff, and miracles. And I officially have a "laughing
problem" according to my district leader. So last district meeting we were
about to role play having a lesson with a member and Elder Hansen was our
member. Right as we were about to start the elders brought up this funny quirk
I have where I do different hand motions for different kinds of
questions/statements. They just kept saying silly things and we were all dying
of laughter. Elder Hansen was like "I can't handle this!" and got up,
so Elder MacTavish came in to try but right as he sat down we started laughing
again and he said, "nope, me neither!" and he got up. Elder Mutton
was able to work through it, but Elder Matthews had to stand in the back of the
room. My companion had tears she was laughing so hard. It was the best thing,
I've been known to be a laugher in my district (sometimes it can be a
problem... like during role plays haha) but it sure makes us all really happy!
Last Wednesday I was minding my own
business, doing language study, when President Chambers calls! I was freaking
out. He called to tell me that Hermana Nelson (my friend from the MTC that came
in with me) got her visa and was leaving Monday. He wanted me to know first
hand and not from rumors since he knows we're close. He also said they inquired
after my visa, and didn't get much but they said things are moving along. So
could come any week now! Craziness.
The work has been great over here. S,
our 9 year old investigator, is doing really well and we love teaching him and
his family. His little brother C is super cute and is always telling us funny
things but he has a speech impediment so we have no idea what he's saying. We
found a new investigator this week! Her name is A, she's 11, her mom is a
member but her dad is not. She's already been attending church for a while and
enjoys learning about it. The only hold up is her dad... he doesn't want her to
be pushed to baptism. And then in the last couple days we've uncovered a ton of
potential which is super exciting! Yesterday, the last half hour of work, we
were heading over to contact a house that had a record of non members living
there that had one time professed interest. We knocked on the door and this guy
answers - a different family lives there now. He and his kids are not members,
and his wife once was. The kids have been invited to several activities at the
church building, and he has always wondered about some things and agreed with
me that it's important to learn things for yourself from the source. So we're
gonna come back Wednesday and hopefully start teaching them! We also have a
lesson with a full NM family tonight that we're hoping will pan out. So lots of
good stuff in the works!
Yesterday the wonderful Sister B
picked me up to head back to Kearns for H's baptism!! She is the cute 14 year
old girl that we had been teaching for a while from when we first got there. It
was such a happy day. Hope is the cutest, happiest, friendliest girl you'll
ever meet. She gave me a huge hug and it was so wonderful to catch up with her,
and then see her baptized! She was so excited. And a TON of people came
out to see, so many people just love her. It was awesome also being reunited
with Sister Bingham, and catching up with her. The bishop of that ward came up
to us afterwards and said, "I'm pretty sure you two were best friends in
the premortal life. Maybe you taught together too!" I totally believe it.
And Sister B! She is the best. She drove me there and back and I just loved
talking with her again.
So all is well over here. Halloween
is coming up, and people go all out over here. Some houses are just too scary
for us. There's this one that we can't go by in the nighttime because it's just
too much. But holiday time is coming!! The weather has been perfect, which is
good because we've done a lot of walking.
Anyways, the church is true and the
Book of Mormon is the best! I've realized that I need to use it more often -
it's such a powerful book that needs to be shared. It's the best missionary
tool we've got!!
Love you all! Miss ya!
Hermana Nelson
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