This week was a great week because every day that passed made life that much less stressful :)
Tuesday
was a stressful day because I was in charge. We were on interchanges so
it was another missionary and I in my sector. It was stressful and
pushed me a lot but we did well. We taught 7 lessons in one day, which is
like 3 to 4 days worth of work. Then we had a lesson with an
investigator who found out that I love completos and that we have Mondays free, so he invited us to his house some P-day to make completos,
what a bro :)
Wednesday
was good as well. We had lessons which went well and then we had a
special one with Hermana C. She is a mostly deaf member and she
loves missionaries. Anyways she got E' Cropper and I gifts (not Christmas gifts, just random gifts). She got us mugs of our soccer
teams. To explain, there are 5 main pro teams in our part of Chile and
everyone always asks what team you are from (support). As a missionary
you just have to choose a team and go with it. I am from "The U" (The University of Chile) so she got me a "U" mug. It was a good day.
Thursday
was a long stressful day because we were getting everything prepped for
the baptism. We filled out all the paperwork, cleaned the font, and
took care of some details.
Friday
was a good day. We had the Christmas conference where we got gifts from
the mission (A tin of cookies, a pen drive, and a hard cover copy of the Book of Mormon to read and mark) and lots of learning. We learned that
starting next year the mission is going to change giving missionaries
more control and less guidelines (like the next step of PMG). We had
practices, which is kind of nerve wracking when an assistant to the
president is sitting right next to you. After everything we got a big
delicious lunch and went back to our sector. L had her baptismal
interview and Passed!
Saturday
was good. We passed by lots of less actives, inviting them to church.
After that we taught P, and 11 year old boy and he said he wanted to
come to church (but then he didnt) and then we taught tata J who is
doing well.
Sunday
was a great day. Tata J came to church, the ward had a primary
program which was super cute, and L and K got baptized!!!! It
was awesome but also stressful because I had to give a short talk for
L and then I had to give a 15 minute presentation to the ward by
myself, without Elder Cropper there to save me, while they changed their
clothes. We ended the day with a FHE with the B family and that
was a great end to the day.
Spiritual
thought for the week. We have all been given talents and gifts from
God. As we know from the parable of the talents it is our duty to grow
our talents and to gain more. It is our duty to figure out which gifts
God has blessed us with and to grow them, while gaining the others. I
encourage you all to read D&C 46:11-33 and Moroni 10:8-18 and look
for which gifts you have been given. Then pick one that you would like to
have and grow them, develop them. I know that if you do that you will
become a better tool in Gods hands and that he will give you an
opportunity to use that gift.
Stay Golden! I love you all!! :)
Love,
Elder Nielson
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