Hello All,
So from now on im just going to be writing one email per week directed to all who wants to read it. This week has been a lot of fun, we have been riding these old dumpy, rusty bikes that the mission has had in storage for two years. Our mission is mostly a driving mission so us bikers dont get the usual TLC. haha so this week both of us are thinking about buying bikes ones that actually get us from point A to point B. Since we have been biking i can really feel a particular muscle grouping in my legs gaining strength. I love that feeling, its as if im back in the weight room again. For nourishment Elder White and i have been eating a lot of peanuts, eggs, pbj's and any protein we can get our hands on. Since my companion is on his last transfer i really need to learn the area in a short amount of time, since he will go home and i will probably stay here for a couple more transfers (6 weeks= 1 transfer). I thought i knew the area well but since we have got bikes the area got a little bit bigger which is good but that means i have to learn the street names, what members live in there etc. oh well no worries i have 4 more weeks to learn it all, im really glad that i have a good trainer in Elder White. He is from Utah, he grew up on a farm and is the youngest of 6 siblings. Since he is at the tail end of his mission i can see what kind of person/ missionary i can become in two years, thank you for giving me that insight this week Colin i like looking at it from that "perspective" Tm haha. Im glad that your team got the full loan for school thats awesome, and it sounds like you are up in the air again haha. Man i hope when i get back we can go on some hunting trips since i have never really done so. it sounds like a lot of fun haha, yesterday my companion and i tried to hunt a ginnie hen with sticks and stones haha it flew away but it was fun, and a lot of colored people were staring at us. Its O.K though the colored and black people think we are so cool because we are white, its like we are celebrities. In my area there are a couple ghetto's one of them is called Chicago, it is all poor people and homeless people. Its basically shacks built with mud walls and a tin roof. The shacks are really small and usually families mexi pack it into them haha. in the ghettos on weekends everyone is hobbling around drunk and high, its definatly interesting to see their lifestyle and how it differs from ours. My area also has some quite expensive homes and those are located in New Orleans and Northern Paarl, NP is where all the white Boers live and NO is where the successfull colored people live. these areas are located up on a hill and and Chicago is kind of down in a valley in between both NO and NP. Our flat is located in Np and its not too bad so dont worry mom but each day E. WHite and I scrub the floors and take care of it. Dad that is awesome you are under contract with eharmony they are pretty big at least they seem big because i remember their commercials. Thats awesome how reliantz is kind of taking off haha thats so cool. Ok so the vandals are 2-2 at least to my knowledge now thats pretty good hopefully they can get to another bowl this year and really start building up a program. Im kinda sad that the truck is sold but thats one less thing in your hands, thats a good thing its sold. and you know whatever you think is best for the powerwasher is cool with me.. it could really help you keep your new home in boise nice and sparkling. I know that whatever you do with reliantz or that gig with sid the lord will bless you with whatever decision you make with faith in him. is really interesting out here to notice how much faith can really play a role in your success, i.e Elder White his whole mission has never taught a white family, but me being a brand new missionary havent really seen how difficult it is to teach white people here in SA. this past week i decided to knock on some doors in North Paarl and had all the faith in the world that they would let us in ( just like in the colored areas, they always let us in because we are from the U.S) and at first the guy seemed really stubborn and wanted us to leave but we built a relationship of trust with him and taught him haha. Elder White was astonished that we got into their door. Faith is like that parable that states " if you fail to plan, you plan to fail" so if you think you cant do it then you wont. thought of the week i guess haha. Mom, thank you for sending those shoes last friday its going to be nice to be able to switch these ones out day by day. Im glad you dont care about shipping costs because i dont really either haha. Sounds like you guys have a great plan for housing so far, i know dad would really like to live on the course thats funny. Its really annoying when i tell people where im from i say washington and then they say oh wow D.C ive been there. In annoyance i tell them NO Washington DC is not a state.. Washington is a state ahaha they dont understand. Once you guys move ill be able to say im from Idaho again because home is where the heart is. The money that MSF provides us is o.k it gets us by but every once in a while i will have to use my debit on certain items. Overall i love South Africa, JoBerg was really shady but Cape Town is Beautifull you would love it, always sunny and it seems like you are on a tropical island. Paarl is one of those towns like issaquah, used to be a farm town but is now kinda suburban. Although here in Paarl there are still a lot of vineyards its a really cool dynamic town. Ariel How are you doing? how is School going? what about you Brian? Whitney? let a missionary know haha send me a letter if you want correspondence because i have no addresses. Love you all!
Elder Nielsen
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