tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91597401219707096642024-03-20T11:06:16.175-04:00 Hermana Nelson in Las VegasMy name is Alayna Nelson and I am currently serving as a full time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Nevada Las Vegas Mission speaking spanish. I will be serving from October 2014 - April 2016.
<br>Thanks for stopping by! Que Dios te bendiga y te guarde!Alayna Nichole Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839016015248614401noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-17861232229409163422016-05-03T09:59:00.000-04:002016-05-03T09:59:02.284-04:00Mission Accomplished<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, May 2, 2016) </span><br />
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My dear family and friends,<br />
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It is strange to be writing my last email today, that's probably why I waited until way late to email today, trying to avoid the fact that this beautiful life and ministry dedicated to Christ is coming to a close.
The Lord has blessed me to see so many tender mercies and miracles this week of pure spiritual experiences and I feel so privileged to be a part of this work.<br />
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We saw Tiara and Lannard's continue to draw closer to Christ as we've studied with them, their hearts have softened and they are beginning to feel the peace that comes from increasing our relationship with Christ. Tammy, a new investigator had read the whole restoration pamphlet by the time we had our next lesson and we were able to answer her questions and teach to her needs. She has such a strong desire to seek God and Christ out and is excited to read the Book of Mormon and come to church with her husband.<br />
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This past Friday, I got to meet and shake hands with an apostle of the Lord, who also happens to be my favorite one, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland who shared with us how to meet the people we are teaching where they are at and help them raise their vision and realize that they can have and deserve so much more through Christ. It was very spiritual, as we sang in a room full of 400 missionaries, the spirit was so strong. As we stood for Elder Holland to leave, he waved with tears in his eyes and said "I love you" it was a great close to a wonderful mission.<br />
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We also got to take Keyana to stake conference where she got to meet Elder Frost from the Seventy. So many precious moments were shared as she offered to share her snacks with the other kids and said "I love sharing, it makes me feel good" she cuddled with me and at the end wanted to hug Elder and Sister Frost and asked me to go up there with her.
I had a distinct feeling that we needed to take her to the temple before we took her home and we had one of the best temple tours of my mission with her and I know she felt something special there, as we pulled up she just kept gasping and awing at the beauty that was there and when we invited her pick a spot and touch the temple to make a promise with herself that she would enter in one day, she said she felt so much peace and was so happy and almost crying. It will be a memory that we both hold on to for a long time!<br />
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In the past 18 months, I've been to Mexico and back, served in five areas, had 10 companions, found many of God's elect people, had incredible spiritual experiences that have changed me permanently, I've seen the pain and hurt of a world without the Savior and I've seen those who have followed Christ who changes everything and helps us live in the world but not of the world. And I have to come home and give a talk for like 18-20 minutes, one minute to describe every month, it's just not possible to describe the love, light joy and peace that I've felt in the past year and a half.<br />
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I once had someone share Mosiah 18:30 with me from the Book of Mormon, but they changed the wording:
"And now it came to pass that all this was done in NEVADA, yea, by the waters of LAKE MEAD in the forest that was near the waters of LAKE MEAD; yea, the place of LAS VEGAS, the waters of LAS VEGAS, the forest of LAS VEGAS, how beautiful are they to the eyes of them who there came to the knowledge of their Redeemer."
Every area that I have served in, I've come to know my Savior more and better. I'm grateful for the walk I've had with Christ. He's held my hand and I appreciate my Savior so much more now. Las Vegas will never be the same for me, what once was sin city is now sacred city, this place is holy ground now and I can truly say <b><i>mission accomplished!</i></b><br />
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See you all very soon,<br />
Love you lots!<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
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Once a sister always a sister, time to apply everything I know now!<br />
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Ps: Pictures are from: Our sisters lunch,<br />
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My final mission photo,<br />
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and The boulder city kids were reunited again at the mission conference<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-34332782792838247812016-04-29T23:58:00.000-04:002016-04-29T23:58:00.239-04:00The Last 10 Yards<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, April 25, 2016) </span><br />
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Hi everybody,<br />
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Here we are, the last quarter of the game, the final play to determine
the score, the last ten yards 'til the touchdown and boy do I feel the
pressure. It's been a crazy journey with ups and downs, but I made it
to this very play.
I love talking in football terms because it always reminds me of my
dad. We got to watch meet the Mormons as a ward activity this week and
believe it or not I started tearing up at the football part because I
thought of dad, I'm such a wuss. I've just become even more
sentimental as a missionary. It's such a great movie though.<br />
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I had a good week, it's officially started hitting me, though, so that's
weird, but this next week miracles will happen every day! I have been
praying so hard. The allergy came back really bad his week, but I
waited to take my third round of steroids until today so that it would
last me until the end of my mission and I wouldn't feel sick
traveling. The sick eyes are back but won't be here for long.
We did three exchanges this week and got really close with all of our
sisters, I became great friends with Sister Sandoval who I really
didn't know and hadn't served around, but she's incredible and we saw
some great miracles when we taught a girl named Ariana who said she
wanted to be married in a church so her family could have a solid
foundation. We were teaching the restoration, but segued into
temples and how we can be with our family for time and all eternity
rather than til death do us part. She loved it and wants to be
baptized and she's only sixteen! Woah!<br />
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We saw another miracle where a member canceled an hour before a really
important lesson so we were frantically texting people and the only
one who could help was a lady by the name of Sister Alberti who just moved
back into our ward. As we taught part of the restoration to Machelle, Sister Alberti kept sharing things and we realized that Heavenly
Father had orchestrated everything to demonstrate his love for
Machelle. They both had similar religious backgrounds, health issues
and current life situations and trials and it just spoke so much to me
that Machelle is a golden, precious spirit daughter of God and he
wanted her to know. I love miracles like this.<br />
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We also had a lesson with a woman named Tiara who we haven't been able
to catch recently, but her husband (who doesn't really believe in
organized religion) sat in on the restoration lesson and seemed
interested, as we explained the priesthood authority, it made sense to
him and we really taught to their needs, he seemed very intrigued by
the Book of Mormon and by the spirit that was there and we are going
back to teach them tonight. It's going to be so cool.<br />
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Heavenly Father
truly does answer prayers and show us incredible miracles and
blessings.
I love this gospel, I love my Savior Jesus Christ, I love being one of
his representatives with the authority to teach others in His place.
This is the greatest blessing of my life thus far and it truly has
changed me. I'll never look at Vegas the same again. It's holy ground
for me. I love it here. It's time to give it my all, sprint to the
finish and see miracles daily and then collapse on my bed when I get
home. Now is the time to perform our labors, rest later.<br />
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I love you all and will see many of you soon, but until then, I'm
running for miracles.<br />
Love you all so much,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
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Since I've been fighting this awful eye thing, I don't have other
pictures.... So just look at this pretty picture someone drew of
Jesus, I always love seeing him smile. I know he's happy.<br />
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Also, this
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I'll take lots of pictures this
week I promise. Love you all!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-86186940099490739902016-04-29T23:23:00.000-04:002016-04-29T23:38:05.649-04:00A Believer's Prayer<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, April 18, 2016) </span><br />
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My dear family and friends,<br />
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It's been another incredible week. I'm so grateful for the opportunity
to be a missionary, each moment gets more special as the days seem to
slip through my grasp. We keep seeing miracles over here and I know
this is the work of the Lord.<br />
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It was another amazing week, so many
hints seem to happen and the days seem to be too fast and all blurring
together. I've been good about writing in my journal though, so that
will be helpful.
We had a zone conference this week where three zones got together and
got trained on being more accountable to our ward leaders and also
sustaining them, being obedient with our iPads and allowing the
learning and habits we are forming here to change our eternities for
the better and to also help our children. Our Mission President shared
a movie that I want to see if I can find when I get home, it's called The Go Getter and the main character is named Billy Peck. He's a super
optimist and does everything he can to go the extra mile for a company
without compromising his standards or the trust of his employer. It
was great and really got me thinking about how I can do my job
-whatever it may be at the current time of my life- better. It was
phenomenal. I'm pretty sure I won't be able to watch a movie without
analyzing it for purposes of making my life better once I get home,
that will be weird. But all trainings were great and we are working on
applying them.<br />
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I also got to give my first of three departing
testimonies, which was strange. I thought I'd be more emotional, but
honestly I'm just grateful for this, I'm just in awe and can't really
process it all. It's just crazy how merciful the Lord is to us.
I was also given the opportunity to sing in one of our sacrament
meetings and I got to sing the song "A believer's Prayer" by Sally Deford. It talks about someone who has a desire to do what the Savior
has done and help the hungry and needy, to give them courage so they
can stand in his place and help increase others faith in him. The
chorus says, "Let me be light to the wanderer by night, compass and
guide to the seeker, let thy love shine in me, teach me to be, an
example of the believers." It's so pretty and I know I had angels
singing it with me to convey the spirit and feeling that I have,
having spent 17.5 months serving my savior, completely imperfectly,
but with his grace and help to do what he needs me to do. It was a
special moment for me.<br />
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I'm having so many sentimental and nostalgic
moments lately, it's crazy. Being a missionary is the greatest thing,
I'm so fortunate to be changed because of Him.
I love you all and will see many of you soon, but until then, I go to
carry my testimony to as many as will listen. Have a wonderful week
and work to increase someone's faith in Christ!<br />
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Love,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
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Ps: Our zone vision is Connect Everyone with Christ and we were on our
way to a meeting with the zone leaders, Elder Jones and Elder Serranilla and saw this and had to stop, it was a sign for a Christian
church and they have our same vision, so funny haha.<br />
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PPS: This is the triple zone conference that everyone went to. It was also
announced here that JEFFREY R. HOLLAND MY FAVORITE APOSTLE is coming to
our mission on April 29th.....woah. Right before I go home, that will
be cool!<br />
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PPpS: My eyes are still a little red, but not as itchy.. Just trying
not to die in my final days. But I made my first decisive decision
ever when I had a crazy craving for fettuccine Alfredo so we got it
and it was the best thing ever. So yummy.<br />
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PPPPS: I will send the clip I have of me singing to my family and they
will put it on the blog for you to see. Have a good week!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-57754666577848915132016-04-29T22:28:00.002-04:002016-04-29T22:34:05.362-04:00It's Raining, It's Pouring<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, April 11, 2016) </span><br />
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Hello my wonderful family and friends,<br />
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It's been raining and super cold (aka 57 degrees-which is super cold
for us folk out in Nevada) so we broke out the boots (which
turns out have been worn so much they have holes in them and are kinda
good for nothing without duct tape, trust me I am so classy) and the big
puffy coat and have been running through the rain sharing the gospel
of Jesus Christ with the world.<br />
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One night in particular I wasn't
prepared and was working with one of our leaders in the Warmsprings
area south of here and only had a thin jacket and my black flats, well
it was pouring and we just laughed and ran through it knocking on all
these doors in this apartment complex to find people at home. It was
so fun, it was a little chilly, but when will I ever get to do that
again as a missionary for such a worthy cause. By the end, my shoes
were so soaked that they were really heavy and every step I took made
a sloshing sound. But it was neat. I am reminded of a video that we've
been sharing with people called "A shower of Heavenly Blessings" by
President Uchtdorf that talks about rain in a positive way. The rain
is God's blessings for us but when we out up our umbrellas we are
preventing ourselves from receiving that joy. When we keep the
commandments and do all we can to love and serve the Lord, we are more
happy and love the rain. That's how I felt running through the rain,
it didn't make sense, but it was such a joy. I love that the gospel
brings joy.<br />
<br />
In other news, my face is no longer swollen and awful looking, I'm
normal again so this week was so much better, we worked super hard and
saw amazing, simple miracles. I'm looking at every moment as so
precious now because this doesn't last forever and I'm doing things
right now that I'll probably never have a reason to do again. Like
enter people's homes and hear their whole life story and find out they
are a custom embroiderer and met the prophet once. Just random things
that are so special because this is all we do, we don't have
distractions of the world in the way and we are just loving and
serving God's children. It's so simple and profound and beautiful.<br />
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I
love being a missionary with all my heart, I love having good health
so I can run to the end and not faint or be weary and I love my elder
brother, Jesus Christ who has taken this journey with me the whole time
and is bringing me full circle to show me all of the wonderful things
that I've learned and how much more full of joy and love our lives are
when we reach out to others.<br />
<br />
I love you all so much! May god bless you
this week to see the positive in any particularly negative moment and
may you feel his love!<br />
Love,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-3440380196899961682016-04-29T22:03:00.000-04:002016-04-29T22:34:22.913-04:00The Red Panda Goes To Conference<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, April 4, 2016) </span><br />
<br />
Hello dear family and friends,<br />
<br />
It's been a crazy week. I wrote this email earlier and accidentally
deleted it with no way to retrieve it so it won't be as good as the
first time, but here we are nonetheless.<br />
<br />
Conference was simply amazing, I feel so grateful to have been able to
watch it three times as a missionary. The messages were incredible and
inspiring, Elder Arnold telling us to just get to the rescue and stop
talking about it, President Uchtdorf talking about the building being
restored and how Christ can restore us and all the awesome talks on
families being together forever. That's really what it's all about, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only church
that can offer families together forever. I love that knowledge and
belief that my family can be together forever and I love sharing that
with other people.<br />
<br />
This week, one of the highlights was taking the
Montez family and some of their cousins to the temple. As we showed
them a picture before the visit they said, "Woah, that looks like a
castle I want to go there everyday!" And as they walked around they
were in awe at the beauty and peace around the Lord's home. They
picked a spot on the temple and made it their promise between each
other and God that they would go through the temple and be sealed as a
family for eternity someday. I love having people do that, I even have
my own spot on the temple that I can't wait to share with my future
family.<br />
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This week has had a lot of ups and downs as I have continued to fight
my health. After finishing up at a doctor's office today, they told me
I have severe allergies and thankfully not mono or anything else crazy
I've been worried about and that the medicine prescribed will take
away all the struggles that have been keeping me down. Who knew
allergies could do so much harm to you? I'm excited to go back to the
fresh clean air of Columbus, Indiana soon so my face doesn't look
crazy. We've been joking that I look like the animal called the red
panda because of all the redness around my eyes.<br />
<br />
Thankfully things
should get better this week so I can proselyte my heart out before
returning home.
All I can say is that I love the lord, I love conference and listening
to his servants, I believe in what they say and desire to apply it to
my life. I know I'm not perfect and still have so much to learn. Thank
goodness my progression doesn't end at the end of a mission. I feel so
grateful for these precious moments to serve the Lord and now this
worn out body won't get in the way of this fired up spirit. Just like
it was said in conference "Christ has already cured this illness" and
I'm grateful to know that is true.
May you all apply what you've learned from conference for an even more
spiritual week to come!<br />
Love you all!<br />
Sister NelsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-37222201543308488092016-04-29T13:45:00.000-04:002016-04-29T22:37:46.154-04:00That Easter Morn<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, March 28, 2016) </span><br />
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Hello my dear friends and family,<br />
<br />
The first week of the transfer was incredible. Sister Faucette got to
say bye to some wonderful families that we've been teaching and she's
off to Kingman, Arizona. I'll be seeing her this week on Wednesday,
though, so I'm excited about that. Since then, Sister Wilde and I have
had some funny adventures as we've run all over doing the work of the Lord.
This transfer we are continuing our focus on helping find the elect
and bring forth of God's children to the waters of baptism, but we are
adding the overarching theme to be "Connecting everyone with Christ"
and focusing on every contact we have will be helping others increase
their faith in Christ and preparing them at whatever phase they are at
whether it's getting them to the waters of baptism or helping them
prepare to go to the temple.<br />
<br />
It's such a privilege to be working in the
most effective and highest producing part of our mission for the end
of my time here. We are working hard with so many people we are
teaching and were able to help three of our investigators come to
church for the first time yesterday and they loved it. Hard work is
paying off and we will see others come unto Christ this transfer for
sure.<br />
<br />
Sister Wilde and I just keep laughing about everything whether it's
our orange mouths or our homemade bread baby (he was so delicious!)<br />
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The work keeps moving forward. Everyday brings cool experiences and
wonderful people to meet. We got to have traditional Japanese food
this week from a member family who asked what we wanted and I said
"Katsu don" ( did I spell that right Dad?) my Dad always made that and
I'd been craving it and it was so good! We also had sushi and I ate
it! It was an incredible night and so yummy!<br />
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I got to see Sara, an 8
year old from a part member family we have been working with get
baptized this week and she overcame her big fear of water and did it
and she was just smiling so big! I love seeing things like this
happening :)<br />
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We also got to watch the women's broadcast which was the
best one I've seen, my two favorite quotes were "Throw away the
mirrors and look out the window" and "Love is making space in your
life for someone else." It was a great broadcast and it was an eventful
week!<br />
<br />
I set a goal with myself at the beginning of this transfer that
without fail I'd stay up to write in my journal after every day so
that I could remember how I felt for my last transfer clearly and
freshly. I know this will be a treasure to me and my future family one
day. I've noticed the help I've received from the Lord to be able to
stay awake to do so. In the past I would be so tired I'd crash when
going to bed which is why I'm 100 something days behind, but recently He's been giving me strength to do this and I feel so blessed. I am
reminded of wonderful miracles and blessings He gives me daily and it
makes me happy. It helps me know that the things that are important to
me are important to the Lord too. I love my Savior.<br />
<br />
I would be missing out on a wonderful opportunity if I didn't bear my
firm and solemn witness of Jesus Christ today as a representative of
Him. I testify that Jesus Christ lives. He knows us personally for He
suffered for us individually. He knows my strengths and my weaknesses
and He knows how to help me grow. I've seen Him work with me in
patience and love to mold me into the woman I am today. Without my Redeemer I am nothing, but through Christ I can do all things asked of
me because He gives me strength. I testify that the single greatest
event in the history of mankind took place in a garden, on a hill and
in a tomb. Christ suffered, bled and died for us only to conquer not
only sin but death also when He rose from the dead. It is because of Him that I have the hope to see my grandmother and recently deceased
grandfather again and have the hope to be with my wonderful family who
I love for time and all eternity. What greater blessing and knowledge
is there than this? He lives, He loves, He knows and understands. My
time as a representative of Him is getting really short. I pray that I
can bear his name with dignity and grace until the end of this chapter
and through the rest of my life to show others that I am one of His
disciples and I follow Him.<br />
<br />
It's a privilege to feel the Savior
walking beside me every day and I cherish these moments and smile. The
work of salvation is the work of the Lord and I know it to be true.<br />
I love you all, I hope your Easter was Christ-centered and spirit-filled and full of sunshine and feelings of love for and from the Savior.<br />
Love,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
<br />
PS: You'll have to check the blog because I have lots of other pictures!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-20826161361628312312016-04-29T12:41:00.003-04:002016-04-29T22:38:09.578-04:00The Final Stretch<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, March 21, 2016) </span><br />
<br />
My dear family and friends,<br />
<br />
This was a great ending to transfer 12 and now it is time to begin my
last transfer. I can't believe that this is it. But we had a great
week with so many miracles that came from working so hard. We hit all
the standards of excellence this week, met some amazing people while
walking on the street and shared some great lessons and messages about
the New Easter video called "Hallelujah." We are finding so many
prepared people and have set a high goal for baptisms next transfer
but I believe we can do it. The people are out there.<br />
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We've also seen
some great miracles from temple tours and teaching people about
forever families. The Vegas Temple holds a special place in my heart.<br />
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We saw Talia and Nicole get baptized on Saturday as well. It was such
a great day to bring more of God's children back to Him.<br />
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We've also really been trying to organize our apartment and the old
paper area books so that no one gets lost and we can find old
investigators to try teaching again. We are getting the area in great
shape so we can put things on the iPad and I can leave the area better
than I found it when I go home. Sister Faucette and I have a stack of
papers probably 6 inches high that have to be recycled. So much paper!
Ahh but all is going well.<br />
<br />
We found out about transfers this week and Sister Faucette is leaving
me to go out of valley to Kingman, Arizona. I'm way excited for her,
but sad she won't be with me til the end. My new companion is Sister
Wilde, I don't know much about her other than that she's really funny
and she works hard. She's 27 and she'll be here with me tomorrow
morning so here we go!<br />
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<br />
I've been really touched by the scriptures this week. They have become
even more "delicious" to me as I read about the amazing missionaries
in the book of Alma. I read Alma 26, the missionary anthem chapter
this week and felt near tears because of all the miracles I've been
blessed to see and the people I've come to know in this amazing city.
I love it here so much. It's crazy that my time is so short. I wish I
could stay but I'm also excited to see my family, how bittersweet this
is.<br />
I did learn something that has changed the way I look at sin and
hopefully sharing it with you will change it as well. I run into a lot
of people involved with so many awful sad things that perhaps under
different circumstances they may not have fell prey to. I always
wonder how they got there, where did it all start and how Satan can be
so sneaky with us and I learned how today while reading<br />
Alma 30:17-18
17 "And many more such things did he say unto them, telling them that
there could be no atonement made for the sins of men, but every man
fared in this life according to the management of the creature;
therefore every man prospered according to his genius, and that every
man conquered according to his strength; and whatsoever a man did was
no crime.<br />
18 And thus he did preach unto them, leading away the hearts of many,
causing them to lift up their heads in their wickedness, yea, leading
away many women, and also men, to commit whoredoms--telling them that
when a man was dead, that was the end thereof."<br />
I think what Satan does to convince us that sinning is great in one or
both of these things. He clouds our understanding of an eternal
perspective which makes our choices matter and he teaches us to forget
who we are (sons and daughters of a Divine Being). He teaches us to
rely on ourselves and takes away our self worth as divine beings as
well and when that happens, sin seems enticing. I've learned that we
can't ever be stronger than Satan when put into tempting situations,
but we can be smarter than him by remembering who we are and <i>whose</i> we
are and by always having an eternal perspective of the blessings
coming our way because of our divine nature.
I don't know about you, but this makes me want to sin less and
remember who I am more.<br />
<br />
I love you all. I'm grateful for the good
examples you are to me and I can't wait to come home and be around you
more and learn more from you. But until my six weeks are up, I still
have time to be a great representative of the Lord and proclaim his
gospel to the world. I'm very excited about these final days to give
it my all. May you all have a great week!<br />
Love,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
"And the race is about to begin..."<br />
Only those of you who have seen
better off dead will get it but it's so true, here I go! Running to
the very end!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-24270193534203088552016-04-29T10:58:00.001-04:002016-04-29T10:59:00.593-04:00Launch Out Into The Deep and Feed My Sheep<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, March 14, 2016) </span><br />
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My beloved family and friends,<br />
<br />
This week has been a miracle. I feel as though this was a turning
point in my mission.<br />
<br />
We had a wonderful zone training conference where
we as leadership felt inspired to train on our purpose which is to "invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored
gospel through FAITH in Jesus Christ and his ATONEMENT, REPENTANCE,
BAPTISM, receiving the gift of the HOLY GHOST, and ENDURING to the
end." The all caps words were what we trained on. I started by
training on faith and being willing to put it all on the table and launch out into the deep knowing that Christ would make every part of
us like him. Then Elder Jones trained on the atonement and repentance
and how we can apply that in our lives, which in turn allows us to help
our investigators apply it. We moved to Elder Walker who counseled us
to not run away from the promises we made at baptism and to find the
elect who need baptism. And Sister Faucette continued the powerful
spirit by teaching us what can get on the way of hearing promptings
and how we can cut those things out of our lives. We closed by sitting
in a circle and talking about why each of us endures the hardships of
the mission. Some profound things were said there and the spirit was
strong as we sang the spirit of God, I felt angels singing with us. So
many things are coming full circle and looking back towards the close
of this precious time is changing so much.
We left that meeting and began seeing more miracles than ever before.
The Holy Ghost prompted us to say and do things that we knew were not
from us, like listen to some hard trials that our ward mission leader
was going through and to pray with him, or the less active husband of
an active member. One of the most profound things I've heard was said
and I knew it wasn't coming from me because I was astonished as I said
it. We watched the video "Reclaimed" which talks about turning our lives
around through Christ's sacrifice and at the end we were talking about
the scars that life gives us. I remember saying something along the
lines of "You know, scars are actually one of the most beautiful
things. Christ has scars that remind Him of us always, our scars allow
us to remember the scars He took on for us and that through Him, they
are no longer open wounds, but a reminder of his infinite love for us." Sister Faucette and I got in the car and were thinking where in the
world did that come from, we were both surprised but I know it's what
he needed to hear and I feel grateful that I was a worthy vessel to
let the spirit speak through me to him.<br />
<br />
So many wonderful things are happening here and I'm so grateful to be
a representative of Jesus Christ. This means everything to me and I'd
never trade it for anything in the world. I'm coming to know my Savior
in a much more personal way than ever before. I know He's covered up
many wounds of mine through the wounds he took on for me and I have
many scars but those scars mean I've healed through Him and that's a
need for rejoicing.<br />
<br />
We closed the week off with a mini mission for our stake where the
youth came out with us for a day. I missed a good portion of it
because I evidently had an allergic reaction to the weather (I've
never had allergies in my life) and my eyes swelled up really bad and
became super itchy and then it moved to my cheeks. (I'll refrain from
sending the ugly pictures of me...) but I got hooked up with some
medicine. Being an old missionary, I've pretty much run out of money
so when we went to drop off my prescription, we were walking around
and this lady followed us. She came over and said, I had a prompting
that I need to give you 20 dollars... I started crying because it had
been a crazy day and I was so thankful for the money because when I
got to the counter, my medicine was going to cost 45 dollars and I
definitely wouldn't have had enough on my own. Heavenly Father is
definitely looking out for me. Someone else later that day gave me 20
bucks too. I feel so grateful for the prayers and help I receive from
on high.<br />
<br />
I also was able to see Tracy get baptized and got to skype in Sister
George. It was so great to see all my wonderful ward family out there,
I love Boulder (The puffiness was kinda going down in my face, but
definitely still visible) We have a baptism coming up this week and I
just feel so happy.<br />
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There are 7 weeks left to make miracles happen and
leave everything on the table. I plan to do so. I find out what
happens with transfers on Saturday and then the new transfer begins
next Tuesday, I can't believe this is it. Last transfer here we come.<br />
<br />
I love you all so much! May you have a wonderful spirit filled week!<br />
Love,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
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PS: We've been going on so many temple tours, our investigators love it and it's so peaceful there. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-2436178480215921962016-04-29T10:33:00.000-04:002016-04-29T10:35:48.586-04:00There Can Be Miracles<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, March 7, 2016) </span><br />
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Hello wonderful family and friends,<br />
<br />
This week was a week of miracles, every day goes by so quickly it's
hard to remember it all but when we get a chance to sit down and email
and reflect on the week, there are so many blessings that the Lord
gives us daily. Let me share some of these miracles with you.<br />
<br />
The picture below was Erica on her baptism day this past Saturday, it
was a cray day and the baptism was on and off a couple times the days
leading up to it because Satan was working really hard on her
emotions. We were able to sit on the temple grounds and feel the peace
there and have a really great talk that ultimately lead her to firmly
desiring to be baptized and look how happy she was. She's a great
woman and we love her so much. It was a great day.<br />
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Another miracle, not in the pictures below was that we've been working
with a less active family who, after a couple visits really desires to
go be sealed as a family in the temple. They just needed to know they
were loved and thought of. I love going to their house because the
spirit is there and I know that the work that we're doing there is just
as important. We saw our work pay off when the family was at church
yesterday. They haven't been in a long time and they haven't been
regularly coming in even longer, but to see them there warmed my
heart. I know that we can get them to the temple and the Lord is
pleased with our work. I know we are here to teach them.<br />
<br />
Also while at church, our sweet little eight year old investigator
Keyana was sitting next to me and she asked me if I'd go and share my
testimony for her and so I got up to do it. I am so grateful for her
faith because she's such a wonderful example to me. Two Sunday's ago
her cousin wanted to come to church with her but his mom wouldn't let
him, we said that we should say a prayer and so Keyana said it and
they went and asked and his mom said he could. He loved church and
primary and he said afterwards, "Sister Nelson, I want to get baptized
too." We also had another experience with Keyana where we lost our car
key in their yard and it was dark and we couldn't find it. Keyana was
the first one to think of saying a prayer and not two minutes after
she said it her brother found our key. She now has such a strong
testimony of prayer and mine has grown by seeing faith filled prayers
answered. I love that sweet girl. We also got to drive up to the temple and show her how to use
familysearch.org a free program for anyone in the world to find their
ancestors and find stories and photos and records about them. It was
great fun and she felt the peace there as we walked around.<br />
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Last but not least, I got to spend some quality time with one of my
favorite people, Sister Navarro on exchanges, we were able to talk
about life and the mission and since we go home together, we got to
chat about the future a bit. She's so great and it was fun. I know the
last picture makes us look so ugly, but we are tired and worn out but
most of all happy in the service of the Lord and I will take that
tired and happy any day. (And yes mom, that is mace on my keychain, we
are so safe).<br />
<br />
I love this gospel, every moment is precious. Reach out to those who's
hands hang down this week, visit the people on your home teaching or
visiting teaching route, every time we reach out, our life becomes
richer, Ive seen it time and time again as a missionary and oh it is
wonderful to me.<br />
Love you all,<br />
Sister NelsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-2699056331260103182016-04-28T18:24:00.002-04:002016-04-28T18:24:38.886-04:00"Just Say No to Meetings"<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, February 29, 2016) </span><br />
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Hey y'all<br />
<br />
There goes another week down in history. I think I blinked and now I'm
sitting at the church writing another email. We had a ton of meetings
this week and trainings given by districts and by President. We had
interviews with President and meetings with the Stake High Councilor, Stake President and Bishop. My trainer, Sister Defreitas, had a notepad
that hung on the fridge that said, "Just say no to meetings." I
understand now -haha.<br />
<br />
But other than that it was a great week, we taught a lot of lessons
and saw a ton of miracles. We met a family and as we talked about the
great apostasy they said that it made so much sense and that although the
truth is on the earth in the fullness today there are still people
walking around in their own apostasy. It was such a cool way to
describe it that I'd never heard of before. It makes perfect sense and
is so true. That's why God loves us and sends out missionaries so that
no one has to walk through that apostasy, but can have eternal life.
How cool is that, he is so celestial and is pictured below.<br />
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Many other
great miracles happened. I'm so glad to be a part of this. Life is
good!
Also, I'm emailing later because we've been running all over the place
celebrating Sister Faucette's 20th birthday! Technically she's only
five though since she's a leap year baby. It's been a fun day haha.<br />
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So
here are some pictures from my wonderful week.
We have a baptism coming up this Saturday and we've got a ton of sweet
kids that love when we come to teach them.<br />
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I'm so glad to be here. I
know this is where I'm supposed to be.<br />
Love,<br />
Sister NelsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-28457409233732926072016-04-28T17:53:00.003-04:002016-04-28T17:54:20.420-04:00A People Prepared<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, February 22, 2016)</span><br />
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Hello world!<br />
It's been another great week! Our immune systems are just so great
that we have to just catch every little thing that's going around so
we caught another little bug and were wiped out in the mornings, I
think it was a combination of allergies and kind of some respiratory
stuff that just made us not feel so great at the beginning of the week,
but we just kept working despite it and saw lots of miracles this
week!<br />
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We had so many of our investigators at church and we found many
new elect people. The picture below is us with Blaine, it's kinda
awkward, but missionaries are awkward.<br />
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We took him on a temple tour
and he loves what he's learning and wants to be baptized.<br />
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We also had
little Keyana and her sisters with us at church this Sunday, they are
holding so fast to the gospel, she's only 8 but she came! God has
prepared some great youth here like Donea and Maya who are so
accepting of the gospel and applying it in their lives.<br />
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We've also
seen some great miracles with going on exchanges with our sisters. Our
sisters are growing and doing so well!<br />
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<br />
I am loving every minute of my
service and trying to savor them since there aren't many more left.
What a privilege it is to serve the Lord and teach His children. One
thing I did notice this week was I was always feeling super crummy and
not-with-it until we were teaching a lesson and then I didn't feel
sick at all as the spirit worked through us to teach these precious
sons and daughters the truths they already know. Right afterwards,
however, I'd feel sick again.<br />
The spirit of God is amazing.
I love this gospel. I know it's true with all my heart and I can't
wait to continue to share great miracles with you!<br />
<br />
Love you all so much,<br />
Sister NelsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-86762832720726431122016-04-28T16:34:00.003-04:002016-04-28T16:45:40.920-04:00These are the Forty<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, February 15, 2016) </span><br />
<br />
My awesome family and friends,<br />
<br />
It's been a great week. I truly have seen miracles and the hand of God
in my life this week. We were above the standard of excellence for our
key indicators this week which means our hard work to show the Lord
and God's children our love paid off. I truly feel like I'm fulfilling
my calling and I'm running, time is running out. Eleven weeks to talk
to everyone and give away millions of book of Mormons and testify of
Christ as a representative of him. We have set a goal that there are
20 people in this area who need to get baptized before May 4th. I know
they are here we just have to find them. I plan to have many stories
and miracles to share in the coming weeks. I love this area, it's so
ripe and prepared to hear the gospel. The members are great and the
work is moving forward.<br />
<br />
I'd like to tell you a little more about our zone and the vision we
have created together. This zone has so much potential to find the elect
and bring them to the waters of baptism to help them access the
atonement and receive a remission of their sins. The highest baptisms
per month has been 39 but we know it's so possible to do more for the
lord. We have 15 companionships in the zone so each companionship only
needs three baptisms to achieve this goal and it is a righteous goal.
We set the vision as "Make ready a people prepared for he knows his
sheep and they are numbered" it comes from combining a scripture in
the New Testament and one in the Book of Mormon. Christ knows there
are sheep here that need the gospel, they have stories of hard lives
and challenges that can be overcome by His sacrifice, we are keeping
that in the back of our mind as we search. Anyone could be part of the
forty. Missionaries in the zone are taking pictures with the people
they are teaching and sharing their stories on a group we have in the
zone to help us see that baptisms aren't just a number but a person
with a beautiful story and it's so great to be learning about and
feeling connected with these people who God sent us to touch. We are
finding many elect and prepared and I can't wait to start sharing the
stories of our forty with you over the coming weeks.<br />
<br />
I feel blessed to be serving the Lord in this area at this time, to
bring as many souls until him as I can. I know God's church is on the
earth once more in its fullness with the entirety of his blessings,
revelation and it's priesthood, I know Christ is at the head of this
church directing all the work that is moving forward. I'm grateful to
see the lasting changes in people's lives. I know it works and I know
this is the best way.<br />
<br />
I hope you all had a happy Valentine's Day, cherishing your loved ones
and remembering the greatest love we can feel of all, the love of God
and Christ. As we move into the season of luck, remember where all
luck comes from.<br />
So much love,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
<br />
PS: We got heart attacked this week! <br />
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This is Raul, he's a florist and he's the neighbor of one of our
members, he gave us free flowers for Valentine's Day and we are going
to teach his family.<br />
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Our area is so celestial, Kolob exists here!<br />
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We also got to do exchanges with two of our sisters in the zone Sister
Hansen and Sister Gacke.<br />
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It was a wonderful week. May this one be even
better! Check the blog for more pictures!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-89117197451601264152016-04-28T09:44:00.000-04:002016-04-28T09:44:28.988-04:00"This Could be Para Para Paradise"<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, February 8, 2016) </span><br />
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Hello wonderful family and friends,<br />
<br />
Coming to you live from the heart of Vegas, where the hit TV show Cops
originally began is Sister Nelson, starting her last two transfers off
to a great start! This place is nuts! There is always something
happening out here, I can tell I'm going to have crazy stories, but I
already know that this place is paradise for missionary work, the
people are so humble and ready to listen and our area is so big and so
high (meaning lots of apartment complexes) that we'll never run out of
work to do or places to find new people, I wish there were more of me
so I could go all over and be super effective.<br />
<br />
I still feel really
tired but I feel like I have the energizer bunny coursing through my
veins prepping me to do really good work here! I'm ready!
I got into our area on Tuesday and met my new companion Sister Faucette. She's the sweetest most nurturing person I've been
companions with. She really cares about the sisters and about the work
here and we'll be able to do more than we've ever done. The only sad
part about this week was that she got really really sick with a
horrible sinus infection that made the whole left side of her body go
numb and made her teeth sore, crazy. I've never seen it so strong like
that. I was able to go out with a member a few times when we found one
willing to go, but it was hard since I'm very new to the area and
don't know where anything is. So this week wasn't up to what this area
normally is capable of doing, but this week better be ready because
we're going to blow it out of the water. "THIS ZONE IS ON FIREEEE!"
heck yeah it is, I think I'm back to my old crazy self. The mission
hasn't allowed me to lose that trait, but I'm using it to my advantage
these days. <br />
<br />
As I've gone throughout this week though, I've had some neat
conversations with members and with Sister Faucette that have led to
really ponder on gods greatest gift to us. Yes we have agency and our
bodies and Christ's sacrifice for us and many other things, but the
one thing that helps us get through this life and helps protect us,
comfort us, helps us find truth in this confusing world and brings
peace in times of trial is the Holy Ghost. What a beautiful gift that
God gives the constant companionship of a member of the godhead after
priesthood and baptism by immersion to anyone willing. There's a
scripture in the Bible that says even the very elect will be deceived.
I've always worried that could somehow happen to me, but I've learned
that if we're doing all we can to have the Holy Ghost with us, we
cannot fall. What a great blessing that when things become confusing I
can pray, read my scriptures, attend church and build my faith daily,
I can get answers that keep me on the path of making correct choices
even when it's unpopular, uncommon, or hard. I'm not adequately
describing what I learned, but just know that I learned how important
the Holy Ghost is in my life this week and how important it will be
for me to teach my kids how to have the Holy Ghost with them and how
to listen to it.<br />
<br />
I'm so happy to be in this area. I'm grateful for the gospel and for
the opportunity to have the Holy Ghost with me.<br />
I love you all, may
you have a blessed week!<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
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take any more pictures this week since she was sick but just know there
will be many this next week! Love you all!</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-58690262859615908902016-04-27T18:23:00.002-04:002016-04-27T19:25:00.192-04:00Boulder Baptisms<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, February 1, 2016) </span><br />
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Hey friends,<br />
<br />
It's been an amazing week! We got to do a fireside for the youth in
Boulder about doing missionary work which was so fun! We had three
baptisms, Dave and Cat got baptized and another investigator named
Eliza.<br />
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I've felt the spirit a lot this week but especially as I watched Dave's friend of twelve years finally fulfill a promise his
patriarchal blessing said that he would bring a close friend into the
gospel, they cried and hugged before the baptism and the spirit was
incredible. He came up to us afterwards and said, "Sisters I've never
felt this clean in my life," he was glowing. I'm so glad for the gospel
of Jesus Christ and the cleansing power of the priesthood of God that
allows us to be cleaner than ever before. I know they could feel it
and I felt it as well. The spirit of God brings peace, love and joy.<br />
<br />
My time in Boulder has come to an end and I'll be finishing my mission
in the Paradise East Zone, I get to die in "paradise" it will be an
adventure, but I'm ready for it. My new companion's name is Sister Faucette.<br />
<br />
I love my savior, I love this gospel and I love being a
missionary. May each of us draw closer to him that we might learn more
and feel more of his never ending love for us.<br />
<br />
Love,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
<br />
PS: I walked out of my house today and there was snow on the mountain
right by our house, this doesn't happen so it was exciting! Sending
you all love, stay warm! Hugs!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-64748900964010210052016-04-27T16:59:00.000-04:002016-04-27T16:59:48.984-04:00The Greatest Time To Be A Missionary<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Tuesday, January 26, 2016) </span><br />
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My dear family and friends,<br />
<br />
This was such a better week physically! I think I am out of the woods for being sick, but don't worry, I'm taking lots of vitamin c tablets to prevent illness!<br />
<br />
I only have three months left and I plan to work myself to the bone! I want to come home on a stretcher completely exhausted from the work that I'm doing. I know that wherever I go next is going to be the perfect place to "die" (end my mission) in. I only have two more transfers and I find out what my fate is this Saturday and will move areas next Tuesday. It's pretty exciting, but on to this week.<br />
<br />
This week was a great week to be a missionary as you can see from the title of my email. Two very monumental things occurred.
1. There was a worldwide broadcast for missionaries to listen to the Apostles of Christ's church counsel us on how to be better and more effective missionaries and going back to the basics on many things.
2. We were also visited by another General Authority in the church Elder Lawrence E. Corbridge of the Quorum of the seventy. For you other missionary out there, he is the one that wrote "The Fourth Missionary" Talk. Also, fun fact, I met him at one of our member's houses out here in Boulder for Thanksgiving, so I already knew him haha.<br />
<br />
At any rate, this has been an incredible week filled with lots of inspiration and what they've all been focusing on is the most important thing which is The Atonement, Christ's sacrifice for us. But also the Doctrine of Jesus Christ, teaching people to have faith in him, repent of their sins and be baptized to receive "the power of God" which is the holy ghost and to endure to the end by bettering ourselves.<br />
<br />
It's been a truly incredible week.
Some other exciting things that happened this week included, Sister George's 21st Birthday in Vegas, so I decorated the house for her.<br />
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We ate at the elders' favorite restaurant called Chicken Shack, it was the first place I ate at that gave me heart burn, but it hurt so good. Their food is really good (although, this day I got McDonalds... I'd already had the heartburn before.)<br />
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It's been a cool week. Oh and I rode a dinosaur but you'll have to check out the blog for that one!<br />
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I love you all so much! I know the church is true.<br />
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This week I was able to sing in one of our Sacrament meetings, I sang "I Stand All Amazed" We had many investigators come to listen and the whole meeting I prayed the Lord would send angels to sing with me and testify of the message the song says and that I would be able to convey my love and testimony through it. I practiced before church (which is the recording I have) and my voice was shaky because I had a bit of a sore throat, but as I sang for the congregation, I knew it was the best I had sung it but it wasn't because of me. I knew Angels were singing with me. Sister George told me afterwards that it was better than the practice round. I know that Heavenly Father answered a simple pray about me singing a song and I'm so glad for it. I truly do stand amazed at all the love that my Savior offers me! I am richly blessed to be able to serve him at this time in my life!<br />
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May you all have a good week and find moments to simply stand amazed at the world and the love the Lord has offered you!<br />
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Love,
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Sister NelsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-28921187018815939742016-04-27T16:16:00.004-04:002016-04-27T16:31:20.717-04:00Sick Of Being Sick<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, January 18, 2016) </span><br />
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Hi Family!<br />
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I wish I had more to report this week, this will be a bit of a shorter email because somebody got sick again. (ME) But I have things that will help me not get sick again. The science of yeast and bacteria and their balance was explained to me and now I have preventative measures being taken, I shouldn't get sick anymore on my mission and be able to work CRAZY hard!<br />
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I got reunited with sister Navarro for a day when she came here on exchanges and that was really fun. She helped me get pumped and believe there was more and have lots of faith. I'm glad about that.
While I was sick, I was reading a talk that I found on LDS.org called The Last Sacrament Cup and it really helped me understand how important Christ's sacrifice for us was and that even if there was just one of us to suffer for and experience our pains and our sadnesses, he would do it so that he could say, I've been where you are and I know what comes next. Let me help you. Take some time to read it and think about the sacrament, it will change the way you look at it.<br />
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I love you all! I hope you have a good week! Remember how much the Lord loves you and what he's done for us. I'm glad I'm finally feeling better! Let's just pray that it stays that way!<br />
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Love,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
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PS: Next week, Pday is on Tuesday, so if you don't hear from me on Monday, don't freak out!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Sister Navarro on exchanges when I was well.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is me and Sister George this morning to prove that I'm doing better! Have a great week! </td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-50571793853774699292016-04-27T14:42:00.001-04:002016-04-27T14:43:29.732-04:00No Gears and Worn Out Heels<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, January 11, 2016) </span><br />
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Hello Everyone,<br />
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This will be a short email today but I want all of you to know that The Lord has proven to me that I can do hard things. This week, our keys to our (brand new) car were taken away because last month, we went over our mile limit. For FOUR days, we lived like elders and had to walk everywhere and beg for rides from members. 2.5 of those days were very cold and it chose to rain for the first time in forever. Another day, we didn't have member rides and so we had to ride bikes to get to our appointments. I was on a bike that didn't have gears and had to ride uphill a lot. For a girl that does only stretches for her exercise in the morning.... this was a big jump (talk about involuntarily joining the 6 months to sexy program) and I lacked stamina, but I was praying all day that the Lord would help me and He did. I don't know how, but I have mad appreciation for the elders that walk and bike everywhere... but then again, they get to wear pants.
Also, I got to go up to a baptism in North Las Vegas and see the last member of a family get baptized and of course see the familiar faces of my North Las Vegas Family! I miss them!<br />
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This week ended on a good note and the Lord provided like always.
We got to do two exchanges, one with Sister Mere who is from South Africa! She's a convert herself and so I got to talk to her about my sister serving there and the other was with Sister Brown when we were on the bikes! We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us!
I love this picture of the Savior that we found. He is so happy when we put forth just a little more effort each day to be a little better! The church is true my friends and He loves us. I have felt that love this week!<br />
I love you all!<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-41302748537742160542016-04-27T13:59:00.002-04:002016-04-27T14:10:06.220-04:00A New Year<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, January 4, 2016) </span><br />
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Howdy Everyone!<br />
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I hope you all had a safe and Happy New Year! My companion started getting sick New Year's Eve and we had to be in by 6 pm for safety reasons anyways so she tried to rest up, but we both pretty much got sick and weren't able to do much this week. We brought in the new year being two sickies!<br />
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Nevertheless, some cool miracles have occurred that I'd like to tell you about. Sometimes (more so recently) I feel like my emails have lacked substance of miracles and things that I've seen and I apologize for that so it's one of my goals to do better for the last leg of my mission.
So two big miracles. We have a member family who has been working with a young 12 year old named Eliza and they said they were going to bring her to church and then we'd be able to teach her. We ended up going to one of our investigator's houses on Saturday night to teach him a lesson and came to find out that he was her uncle and she was there. She became a new investigator and can't wait to be baptized on the 30th! She is such a joy to be teaching. We feel very privileged.<br />
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Another miracle was being led by the spirit without realizing it. We were driving around one of our lesser proselyted areas trying to figure out where we should go to knock on doors. We were a couple streets down the mountain but looked up and saw a street of white houses and I just felt like we needed to get to them. We figured out where they were and parked at the bottom of the hill and started knocking on doors. The first house was dark, but through the window I saw a man sitting on a couch, he got up, but never came to the door. We ended up leaving our card in his door and every other door that opened was very rude and not interested. I felt a little discouraged but felt like we had at least done our job. Later we got a phone call (we came to find out that it was the guy in the first house on the street, but to start with he wouldn't tell us exactly where he lived) he kept calling us and asking us things about the church and has been through some hard challenges. Ultimately, we got him to meet us and a member at the park and our member was perfect for him sharing his conversion story and it really helped Rocky to feel God's love. He has lots of potential and I really hope we get to keep teaching him. We are teaching him tonight so I'm excited to let you all know what happens.<br />
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Many good things are coming for this new year, our mission vision focuses on helping members be more involved with the work and doing their part to have missionary and spiritual experiences and I'm excited to apply that to my area, but also to myself and family when I get home so we can really help the missionaries in Indiana out.
My invitation to you all this week is to set spiritual goals for yourself in the new year. We come up with a slew of temporal ones, but drawing closer to Christ is something we can seek out every year and also the spiritual things are the only things we can take with us.
May this be the best year yet and may you feel closer to the Savior than ever. May you feel his love throughout this year! I have a feeling lots of good things will happen this year!<br />
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Love you all,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
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PS: These pictures are from more adventures downtown last week!<br />
Boulder City has my heart! I love aliens and the Blues Brothers :)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-69103539831351154502016-04-27T12:01:00.002-04:002016-04-27T12:06:11.281-04:00Happy New Year!<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, December 28, 2015) </span><br />
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Hello dear Family and Friends,<br />
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I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! I'm sorry there hasn't been a legit email sent to you all for a while, life has been crazy, but Christmas was wonderful!<br />
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I got to do many of the things that I did last year like going to a homeless shelter and feeding them, getting Christmases taken care of for families in need, we made three batches of chocolate chip cookies and left them on members' front porches. It was so rewarding to doorbell ditch people and make others Christmases wonderful.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were able to get some donations
to buy presents for a family in need with some of our investigators and then we
were able to doorbell ditch them and it was so fulfilling.</td></tr>
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We have been able to share the video about Jesus Christ for Christmas called "He is the Gift" and people loved it. Christmas was a great time this year and now we are moving in to the new year and my question to all of you is <i>who do you want to be this year, what do you want to accomplish?</i><br />
Make some goals, both spiritual, temporal, personal and family oriented and you'll see great self improvement. God can change us into much better people than we could ever make of ourselves.<br />
<br />
Love you all,<br />
Can't wait to hear from you for your plans in the new year!<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We helped move a lady this week and we were so glad when we finished, it was hard work but really fun!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-25404644940424095332016-04-27T10:44:00.001-04:002016-04-27T12:04:14.374-04:00Merry Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Friday, December 25, 2015) </span><br />
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Howdy Everyone!<br />
<br />
I don't have much time or means to email everyone today, but I will have more time on Pday! I sure do hope that you all know that I love you!
My testimony of the Savior is rock solid. I've talked to many people recently that want to destroy that faith that I have, but it's only making me stronger to withstand trials and challenges. I love this gospel and how it brings families together. I love that we have a living prophet on the earth today who is guiding the righteous people just like prophets that prophesied of Christ in the bible. I love the example that Christ set for all of us in establishing His church, showing us how to love and share his gospel, being baptized and suffering for our sins, I love that he lives again. I love that after a time of darkness that God restored the gospel of Christ to it's fullest by giving us another prophet and the authority to do baptisms in his name and I love that we have another witness of our savior Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon as he shared the gospel with the people in the Americas. I love that God promises us answers about these things if we ask and pray to him. He loves us and that's a beautiful message that we want to share with everyone! I'm so glad to be a missionary at this time of year and share the love that God has for us with everyone.
May this Christmas season bring you much joy and happiness!<br />
<br />
More coming soon on Monday but here are some pictures for now!<br />
Love,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
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Hello friends and family,<br />
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So sorry we don't have a preparation day this week, I'll be able to email later
on Christmas, but I hope you all use your last couple of days to spread
the Christmas cheer that Christ was brought into the world! Lend a
hand to all and share the true meaning of Christmas! May god bless and
keep you all!<br />
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Love,<br />
Sister Nelson<br /><br />A Savior Is Born—Christmas Video #ASaviorIsBorn<br />
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Hey y'all,<br />
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It's been a crazy week. We had the Christmas Conference together this
week and "Santa" came and visited the missionaries.
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We were also super
sick and then we found out that my companion is being made the Sister AP, so she left on like Thursday at 4:30 and
I had to hop from member to member to do missionary work, it was super
stressful, but I learned a lot. I got it worked out and today I have
another sister missionary with me for Pday tomorrow to get my next
companion. She is a temple square missionary and will only be with me
for this next 7 week transfer and then I'm probably be switching areas
and my next area will be my last area and I'll "die" there.
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I've met some cool people though and in the second picture, you might
recognize some people from a year ago, the girl in the black shirt got
baptized and she was in my first area a year ago with Sister D and I
got to go see her get baptized, it was so great!
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Also, Christian, our great member is leaving for his mission on
Tuesday, he's gonna be great, he's going to Brazil!<br />
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Life goes on and the Christmas season is here!
Also, the squad pic is us at the dam, it was so fun!<br />
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Keep spreading the message of Christ, sorry his isn't longer, more
pictures will be sent next week cause I'm out of time,<br />
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Love you,<br />
Sister NelsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-55225172494121988412015-12-17T16:53:00.003-05:002015-12-17T17:09:15.508-05:00Christmas-time is Here<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (Written Monday, December 7, 2015)</span><br />
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Hi Family and Friends,<br />
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (probably everywhere else in the world except here) But I hope that you all are enjoying the weather and the sights nonetheless. Boulder is still the happiest and quirkiest place on Earth.<br />
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This week wasn't quite as eventful as last week although, we are going to the Hoover Dam later today so I should have more pictures next week. But, this week, we were walking around a trailer park and stumbled upon this exhibit of handmade intricate wooden dolls depicting the Savior's birth, they had music playing and free hot chocolate and a guestbook and it was beautiful! They even had a running waterfall! It's so beautiful!<br />
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We love seeing people celebrating Christ at this time of year. Strangely many of those that do celebrate don't want us to share a Christmas message with them, but we still keep going to do the Lord's work and on our way we find dalmatian decorated fire hydrants!<br />
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My dear sweet friends, last night we were able to listen to many of the leaders in our church speak to the world about our savior and celebrating him, it brought the spirit of Christmas in so wonderfully! I love Jesus Christ, I testify that He is our Savior and He started in a manger and one day will come again to rule the Earth and all wickedness, evil, unfair and unjust things will cease. I know that Christ lives today and his birth was so miraculous. I'm grateful that He came to set an example for us and to show the way. Since it is Christmas-time, I'll be sharing videos with you again this year to help bring in the true spirit of Christmas. With this video, Wise Men still seek him, pay attention to when the narrator says that the child will not be found in a manger but he's the brother or sister we once viewed as a stranger. May we all look for opportunities to see Christ in others, to see others the way that Christ sees them, to recognize that they are our brothers and sisters and to treat them as we want to be treated. May this be a holiday season of peace rather than stress and may we not get caught up in it all, but remember what is truly important and how Christ changed the world!<br />
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I love you all, Have a wonderful week! Christmas is not too far away!<br />
Merry Christmas,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
Watch the video here:<br />
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<a href="https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2011-12-019-wise-men-still-seek-him?lang=eng" target="_blank">Wise Men Still Seek Him</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-76671631161010777492015-12-02T16:14:00.001-05:002015-12-17T16:18:57.138-05:00Werly Mines and Thanksgiving<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, November 30, 2015)</span> <br />
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Howdy Y'all from Nelson, Nevada,<br />
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I found my home; just out passed Boulder tucked away in the mountains is Nelson, Nevada, population about 30. It's literally just a trailer park and this old mine that has all kinds of old trucks, cars, and antique stuff all over it. It reminds me of home and it's so fun there.<br />
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Today that's where we visited and got to take a tour of the Mines where many movies have been filmed and other tv shows have taken place. Last week, we were in charming downtown Boulder with a bunch of antique shops and things to take pictures with. It's such a cute place here!<br />
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The work is progressing and we are seeing miracles daily. It was a bit tough teaching during Thanksgiving because it was hard to find people at home willing to listen to the message. Nevertheless, the Lord provides us with miracles each day as we follow him.<br />
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This is a short email this week because I have sent so many pictures home that will eventually be on the blog, so check that out.
I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving and you're enjoying your time that you have together.<br />
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I learned something simple but valuable that has changed my perspective this week "Be Happy With Today" think on that this week and tell me what you all think about it next week! I know God loves us and that his church is on the earth in it's fullest and that is something to be grateful for!<br />
Happy December,<br />
Sister Nelson<br />
PS: I hit 13 months yesterday! WOW<br />
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Montgomery Family Thanksgiving<br />
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Our District in front of a plane that Hollywood blew up on the Werly Mine Property<br />
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Me at Werly Mines!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159740121970709664.post-75426975478622326172015-12-02T15:02:00.005-05:002015-12-17T16:18:28.778-05:00A Week of Thanks<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Written Monday, November 23, 2015)</span> <br />
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Hello Loving Family and Friends,<br />
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What a wonderful week it has been! This week, we were able to give trainings to our zone to help them be more effective, I was able to train a couple of times. I trained on the story about Christ leaving the 99 sheep to find the one and I also trained on increasing our faith in the Lord and in ourselves that we can accomplish his work here. Earlier on in the week, I trained on maintaining our spirituality in a world that is ever yearning for spiritual nourishment, but doesn't know where to find it.<br />
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It was a stressful week with our zone's interviews with President and our zone training council, but it all went well. The vision that our zone has right now is called #ONE MORE towards the wall of sustainability. We are building a wall of baptisms and helping ourselves continue to be effective by finding new people to teach. As you see in the pictures below, the gold brick is won by our zone when they are finding new people to teach, and the light saber is our finding method and it's challenge changes every week, this week it was talking to everyone and next week it will be finding and getting members out with you. Its fun to have challenges that motivate the missionaries to keep going to find one more person.<br />
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I also got to go on exchanges in one of the other sisters' areas! It was super cool. I was with Sister Brown and she's a great missionary! I learn so much from all of the sisters every time we change companions and areas for the day.<br />
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This week is Thanksgiving. It is weird to think that a year ago, I was eating a Thanksgiving feast in Mexico City, in a land where Thanksgiving isn't even a real thing. I was a brand new missionary and I didn't even know what I was doing and now here I am in this little town known to few people, called Boulder City with a population of 15,000 and everyone knows everyone! It is going to be a cozy holiday season, we have some wonderful members here who are going to take care of us! I sure am grateful for that! I am grateful for many things, the list would go on and on!<br />
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In one of the conference talks long ago, someone talked about knowing what time it was at home, meaning that they remembered their families routine and that no matter where they were in the world, they knew for sure what their family was doing. I love that story. I know what time it is at home, I know what my family will be doing this holiday season because of the wonderful traditions that they have instilled in me. I am so grateful to be able to picture them happy and enjoying time together and knowing that they are taken care of and safe. My family will be watching the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade all day, my mom and dad will be in the kitchen making the feast, my dad will say the prayer, it will be really long and make everyone impatient, but my dad is grateful for many things, they will all eat and enjoy the day and laugh and play games and probably watch a movie in the evening. I love knowing what they will do. I am so thankful for family traditions and families in general. I owe everything that I am to my family and loved ones who have made me the person I am today! I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for all of you!<br />
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I am so glad I get to be with my family forever and not just in this life. I am glad that this life has such a rich meaning and experience to it and I'm grateful we get to keep on learning forever! I love this Gospel, and although I miss home, I wouldn't miss being a missionary at this time in little Boulder City for anything. I hope that I am changing enough to be a wonderful daughter, sister, wife and mother when I come home!<br />
May you all spend Thanksgiving with those you love around you close and may it be the best Thanksgiving yet!<br />
Sending so much love your way,<br />
Sister Alayna NelsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0