FAMILY!!
I
love all your dearelders! Thanks so much! They are sooo great! But
Monday is your last day to send them cause Tuesday I'm going to
HAWAII!!! Ahhh! So crazy to think about. But I am SO excited! As much as
I love the MTC, I'm ready to go. Ready to teach REAL people about the
restored gospel. I'm just.. tired of role plays, even though I know they
won't end after I leave the MTC, I just wanna get out there! But I am
going to miss all the incredible people I've met here, and being around
them everyday. It's no coincidence we were put together. Ohh! So be
ready for a phone call Tuesday sometime between 8am-11:55am. (Mountain
time.) <-- that's what time my plane leaves. Y'all better be home!
Hahaha sorry about that bankgeek, I'll be better!
Oh
Pdays we ususally go to the temple, do laundry, and write letters. Yep.
That's about it. Last week we still had a class after dinner, but today
I think they are giving us time to pack.
I found that $40 that I thought I lost for my phone
bill, it was in my scriptures. Hah how fortunate! Do you want me to
send it to you?
That would be so stinkin sweet if
Erin went to and played at BYU-H! I can totally see her doing that and
then working at the PCC! Ahh! That would be so cool! Get after it girl!
Also, I LOVED Carly's drawing of me! I showed it off to
everyone and it's definitely going to be hung up everywhere I go! She's
such a doll. Love you Carly!
Ok so, one of my
favorite days probably was last sunday. For Relief Society we had Sister
Rosemary Wixon (General Primary President) talk to all us sisters.
Best. Relief Society. EVER! I loved it! I'd been thinking a lot about
how I am going ot relate to people. Almost everyone in my district has
gone though that defining trial or circumstance that's shaped and
refined their testimonies. Death of a parent, divorce, convert, less
active, adoption. It's made me realize how bless I truely am! The Lord
loves me so much. But how am I going to relate to people in their hard
times? I've gone through trials, but nothing that is going to be
comparable. Sister Wixon has us sing some primary songs. We sang, "I
hope they call me on a mission" and emphasized that we all sang this
back when we were in primary! that the Lord has been preparing us since
then. We also sang "I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ" and to
listen with our new missionary ears. 'I belong to the church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, I know who I am, I know God's plan, I'll
follow him in Fatih, I believe in the Savior Jesus Christ, I'll honor
his name, I'll do what is right, I'll fowllow his light, his truth I
will proclaim.' And it just hit me so hard. I've been singing this since
PRIMARY! that is a simple testimony that I have been singin since I was
a child. And I know it's true. And it is my exact words today as a
missionary, and why I have chosen to serve. I've known this forever. And
now I get to proclaim the world his truth! There are people that have
been prepared for ME to teach. How blessed am I!? I love this gospel.
And I love being a missionary.
Also sacrement meeting is done a little differently, we
meet together as a zone. But they give us a topic and we all have to
prepare a talk to give. And then in the meeting our branch president
chooses 4 missionaries to speak. Our topic last week was on the Book of
Mormon. Before the meeting started I was sitting there, reviewing my
notes of what I would say if I got called. And after doing that I knew,
yep I'll be speaking today. Sure enough it happen. I decided to talk
about my experiences with the BOM. I talked about **Ms. Smith and how I
tried to give her a BOM and but how she yelled at me saying, "how dare
you" and was so offended that I would do such a thing. How this really
scared me for a while to want to share the gospel with others around me.
I don't usually tell that story, I don't really like talking and
remembering it. But I really felt like I needed to, that maybe someone
needed to hear it. I loved seeing all the missionaries faces so engaged
and listening. It's so cool when you figure out how and when the spirit
talks to you to know what to say and at the right time. It's something
I'm still learning, but I love it when I'm able to recognize that it
wasn't me.
Funny story. So wednesday morning we were doing service
cleaning bathrooms and this darling tiny brazillian girl comes us to me
and points at her face and says in broken english "What is this!?". It
was a zit, and obviously she noticed I have plenty and am experienced in
this area. I then tried to explain to her what it was and that they are
normal and just come. By this time my roommates and companion are by me
and try to help. One says "it's puss" another "Like an infection" she
understood that and her eyes got really big. We reassured here that it
will go away in a couple of days. She then said, "I don't like. I've
never had one before." We all kind of looked at each other and laughed.
How to do you explain to a foreginer what a zit it? Haha. She as going
to temple square and kinda followed me around the rest of the time
having me help here with some English words. I think I said "faith" a
million times so she could repeat it back to me. She was so sweet
though. I run into her in the cafeteria and hse just gets so excited to
see me and says hi.
Well I have so much to say! And I wish I could tell you
everything! But know that I love you. And I am SO happy that going on a
mission was part of Heavenly Father's plan for me. I can't imagine
being home or doing anything better with my life. No worries, I will
represent my name tag well. Nielsen and Jesus Christ.
Love you!!
Sister Nielsen
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