This week has been great thanks all for the wonderful letters and for all the support! Sad to inform those that sent me stuff to the last address I gave you was wrong here is the one that is correct 725 Shorman Lane apt #13 Lenoir, NC 28645.Anyways, I got a new comp this last week my first real change in the mission field was super worried but turned out okay. He likes reading the scriptures and taking long walks with his companion in the morning! But really he is great!! Here is a good story for you all! So my comp got called to serve in Australia 2 years ago and started his mission waiting for his visa here in Lenoir! Here is where it gets good! He went to Australia for about 14 months and then on Christmas Eve he totaled the mission car and got pretty banged up! He went home because of some things like reaction to shots and others things. Anyways, he wanted to come back out for his last 6 months and they said you're going back to where you started so anyways that's my comp Elder Smith from Morgan, Utah 22 years of age!My week has been normal nothing to crazy had the chance to help Sister Roberts with her home. We cut down around 5 trees that were growing into her home. They were huge no joke! I'll have to send a video but tonight I can't because of the lateness of my message! But after the service she glowed like a Christmas tree no joke she loved us! I loved doing it we got to run the chipper and most of you know how boss I am with putting away trees!🌲 Anyways, I love service!Here's the thing... our area is in the dumps right now and we're trying to get her back up and running like a good area! So I'm digging deep for stuff in this email!Anyways, I got people to baptize love you all!!!Love Elder Nelson❗️♥️
This week has been great!! On Wednesday we were able to see Meet The Mormons!! It was pretty funny and cute at the same time!!
Here is my story for the week! We drove our bikes to Lenoir and thought we would try to find all day!! So the first thing after we lock up our bikes is some guy tells us to come give him our number! We asked him if he knows elders and he said he was about to go on a mission so anyways we thought he was a member!! So we set up an appointment with him on Saturday. At about 2 we go over and he says right when we sit down I'm ready! We asked him for what? He said to be baptized!!! We said we thought you were already a member and anyways it turned out that some elders gave him lessons like 2 years ago and he bailed on his baptism! He decided he would set up his own church so he become a pasture for his church!! But he realized it wasn't the right church so he gave up on that job and saw us and remembered he wanted to get baptized. Anyways, he was baptized yesterday and it was great!!!!
Elder Morrow is leaving... sad days, but stoked for the new comp!
It's starting to get cold, but I'm loving the cold weather cause we have to ride our bikes with church cloths on!!
This last district meeting I signed up for a musical number and stood up and everyone was like what's going on then I pulled out my harmonica and played like one note and sat back down it was pretty hilarious everyone was laughing because of the pure awkwardness!!
Thanks again for all the love. Here is my address. I would prefer stuffto be sent here:
725 Shoreman Lane, Apt 13
NC, Lenoir 28630.
Love you all Elder Nelson
This week has been great I'm sure you are all are aware of my cancer! Jk but for reals this week has been a good one hope all of you had the chance to watch General Conference! I know I did and I had a blast!! Istayed awake during the whole thing probably the first time in my entire life!! That's exciting!!Last Monday turned into a sad day one of our converts had her kids taken away and she can't talk to her husband and she is now in a shelter home. It's been rough for her this week but she has so much faith she even came to all of the General Conference! She knows she has to trust in God that's the only way she'll get her kids back!We have been finding and meeting a lot of people luckily there are a few nice people that we talk to that light up our day! It's hard to find all day and not talk to a single person you talked to but hope they have more understanding of our religion!Transfers are this next week and I think my companion will be getting transferred so keep me in you're prayers that I will be able to take over this area like a boss #aboutit.I have been reading the Book of Mormon ever morning and it helps answers questions through out the day!! I love the BOM and hope all of you will have time to ready it!!We went to Brother Shipps house he is one of the funniest old man in the branch. He got the new iPhone 6 and was showing us all the cool things about it and I took some selfies with him!We moved a member and I was able to shoot a cute little time lapse video... I'll send it!!Anyways, I love you all and say thanks for the wonderful letters and prayers you send my way!!
This week has been very exciting! We have been trying to grow our teaching pool, but it's very hard lately! We have been knocking a lot and meeting some great people!Yesterday we knocked on a girls house she was very excited to get her faith back and she shared with us that just earlier that day that she has been wanting to get back to church! With tears in her eyes she said, "I never answer the door my mom always does!!!!" Anyways she seems really nice and we're excited to meet with her. We're gonna read the BOM with her on Tuesday!Okay so as we were walking a street the other day a man stops by us and asks us what faith are we and I reply with much excitement Mormons! He laughed and look at me and asked me if I was wearing magic underwear. That guy thought he was hilarious!! I should've said rude things but my mouth is so clean now I don't even know any badwords!!😏This week we had a zone meeting cause our mission isn't doing so well here's the numbers! Last year this mission had 100 less missionary's and they were able to baptize almost 600 for the year!! Here is our numbers our goal was 809 and were at 370ish! So anyways were not gonna get 800 so our new goal is 601ish cause we need to beat last years numbers!! Anyways, the meeting was really great we talked about goal setting and plans so we are gonna be master planers this week!After zone meeting I took over my area for the day with Elder Bishop!! He is great and has 14 siblings!! Holy Macaroni!! Anyways, we had a blast he told me all his crazy story's out in the mission... that kid has had a good one! We were able to teach the BOM study group class on Thursday night that was very interesting! We had fun through!It's starting to get bit chilly here so mom sent me some of the biggest coats I have ever seen so I look pretty hilarious! Kinda like a midget.!!I'm getting pretty stoked for General Conference!! We have been trying to get people to come but you know it's missionary work so it's hard cause nobody likes you!! But we're having a hot dog grill off before the priesthood session!! !Some sad stuff happened this week. Brother Guthrie passed away. :( We have been trying to get him back to church really sad for his daughter who has been helping him out lately. On a brighter note, he's probably ableto make it to church now!! ;)Anyways, I've been loving all the letters lately! Thanks a lot!!I love you all!!!!
