Buenos Dias! :)
This week was a good one with LOTS of Changes! :)
This
week on Wednesday we had a change meeting and I finally got transferred
from Villa Dulce to a place called Quebrada Verde (Green Ocean Cliff).
It is in Valparaiso Oeste which is about 45 minutes from Villa Dulce. It
is different than Villa Dulce. It is a lot poorer and a lot more ghetto.
It is really dirty but I love it because it is right next to the ocean
and I have an ocean view from my window :) That was a big change but
another big change is that now I am a... District Leader!
Being
a district leader means that I am a leader of my companion and 6 other
missionaries. I have to call them every night, teach them every week,
make sure they are happy, healthy, and working :) It is fun but uses up
alot of time :) In my district we have the zone leaders (the leaders of
the district leaders) and 2 pairs of sister missionaries. It is an
awesome district and I am excited to be here working :)
I
arrived and we didn't have anything... no investigators, no appointments
to teach, i mean nothing. So we are going to work really hard to
encounter people and to teach them. In our sector it is pretty hard to
teach people because we are very limited in where we can work. We have
some places that we have to leave before 7 o'clock at night because they
are dangerous in the night time, so it is hard to teach adults (who get
home from work at 6 or 7) and kids (who get home from school at 5ish )
but we will find people and we will teach them. We are doing lots of
street contacts to find them :)
On
Sunday we had mothers day and got to Skype with our families for 40
Minutes which was awesome :) It was fun talking to them and seeing their
faces :) It is crazy thinking that I have already used up half of my
calls! Only 2 left! Time is flying by but I love it :)
My
new companion is Elder P and is from Cour d' lane Idaho! Whoooooo
Idaho for the Win! :) He is a good missionary. He is obedient to
instructions (you have to tell him it is time to do something) and wants
to share the gospel. He isn't an initiative taker but works hard when he
has a guide which is super awesome :) I never have to worry if he is
going to help me out in a contact or a lesson. I have to get it started
and then he is good to help me out :) He likes to talk in the street
which is super good because I haven't talked in the street for so long!
:)
Where
I am now is a branch and a district (Not a ward and stake) But we are
close to become a ward and a stake :) The ward members are awesome and
help us out a lot :) Our ward mission leader is the bomb and does his job
super well :) Now it is just up to us to find investigators so that we
can include the members :)
Something
kind of Crazy... I was in Villa Dulce finishing the training of Elder
V but Before he was in Villa Dulce with me he was in Quebrada Verde
A! I am in his old sector, so many of the members know Elder V and
have a respect for me for finishing his training. That was a blessing
because sometimes it is hard to gain the members confidence.
Spiritual Moment of the Week.
This
Sunday some members couldn't go to church because they were sick so the
branch president asked us to take them the Sacrament. We passed by and
entered the house of one of the members. When we entered and told her
that we were there to give her the sacrament she started crying. She
didn't know that we could do that and was feeling really bad because she
couldn't take the sacrament. After the sacrament in her house she bore
her testimony about the sacrament and was super super grateful to us. It
really strengthened my testimony and helped me realize how important it
is to take the sacrament. Even if we are good people, we always have
flaws and can improve, and the sacrament and atonement of Christ can
help us with that. We shouldn't miss even 1 opportunity to partake of the
sacrament and atonement of Christ in our life.
I love you all and hope that everything is going well :) Stay Golden!
Love,
Elder Nielson :)
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