Hey family, it was a crazy up and down week, especially with the news about Oscar. I was very sad to hear it but I know that he is being taken care of very well.
This week
was a nice hot week, as the weather is finally starting to change which is
really nice, it is not so cold all the time, and I am now working without my
thermals (still use them to sleep) and for most of the afternoon most days I
can work without a jacket until about 7ish at night, its been nice and seems
like it will be a nice hot summer, while you guys are going into winter.
This week was a good test with us, it seems like we are back
into trying to find new people as we had a handful of people tell us that they
would prefer if we didn't come from now on, so that is always a little struggle but
we are starting to find a lot more people, now we just need to see if they are
going to start progressing or not.
Best of all this last week is a baptism that we had of a 17
year old girl, but it was the weird thing where I found out that she being and
active member was never baptized and nobody ever knew, so we worked with salt
lake to see if her records got lost or something but they found nothing, so we
taught and baptized her, it turned out being a good baptism, her dad baptized
her, a good showing and then there was a dinner afterwards. The baptisms always
kill the day because we have to fill up the font which takes 4-5 hours, and just
eats the Saturday time up, we also always have to clean the font every time because for
some reason, it gets so dirty, but the baptism was good without any problems.
On Sunday, she had her confirmation, and then for the 5th
Sunday, the branch presidency did a class for the 2 hours after church on
family history using familysearch.com,
the members really enjoyed it and I didn't realize how blessed I really am to
have a good family history that is pretty good, still a little work is
needed, but they all liked the website especially the pictures and stories, and
how there are some lines that go back to 1300's, it makes me proud of my
ancestry. Many of the Chileans, unless they can link their roots to Europe cant
find anything very far because then they go to the indigenous Chileans and they
don't have roots. My favorite was the first nelson to join the church had a
stone quarry in Nauvoo, and the prophet came up to him and asked if he could
buy some stone for the temple and I think Thomas nelson said no, but you can
have all you want, it makes me super proud of all my ancestors from both sides,
Erickson and Nelson, its some good people who have a good history of loving the
Lord.
That was about it for the week, although I am really excited
for this next week. I am doing an intercambio with the zone leaders in Puerto
Montt and I have interviews with president on Thursday. To top it all out, we
have the wonderful opportunity to listen to general conference where we can
listen to our beloved prophet, it really is like the super bowl of missionary
work, the only difference is that we get it twice a year. Take care all, watch conference and apply the things that
you learn.
I gave a talk yesterday in church (because the speakers
didn't show up again, so I prepared it during the opening announcements) about a bunch
of ducks, that went to a party and in this party they learned how to fly, and
they flew and flew and had a great time flying, when the party ended they got
down and they went home walking.
We are literally listening to what God wants us to know
(D&C 1:38), it really is the same if God is telling us or his servants.
I love everyone and appreciate the support that is given to me on my mission.
Love, Elder Nelson
