Transferred
Hey Family!
Sorry this letter will have to be a short one..
I am no longer in Mthatha, I have been transferred to serve in a branch called Cleary Estate, which is in Port Elizabeth. It is a sweet area, and Port Elizabeth really reminds me of Seattle, just warmer weather constantly. My new companion is Elder Vernon from Utah, he is a really sweet guy and so far we have been getting along fantastically, so it will be a really great transfer and I am looking forward to it.
Mom and Dad I wish you luck with everything that has to do with getting into a house, I will keep you in my prayers. I am sure everything will work out just fine, some things just take time is all.
Colin and Whitney I look forward to the big news next week, thats exciting! and Colin good luck with your trip to ATL!
To everyone else thank you so much for your letters,
Elder Nielsen
Monday, January 9, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
Week 69: January 2, 2012
Hello Family
Yes mom, we did bring in the new year asleep, but we were up on the roof watching fireworks until ten haha.
This week I received your Christmas package Ariel, and thank you so much for the calendar and shirt, as you can see in the picture I was wearing that shirt. Also I received the post you sent me Emily, thank you so much for that! and also for your e-mail this week. Also to the Lyman Family, thank you so much for your continued support, it is so much appreciated!
Everything is going super well here, this week is transfers so we will see what happens with all of that. I am not too nervous, I am o.k with whatever happens, either I will stay or go. We had some pretty good success teaching people throughout the last couple of days, and we are really building up our teaching pool quite well, soon though it will explode as university starts up again. I am really enjoying the work and everything that goes with it, especially in my studies as I have been memorizing scripture references for teaching principles found in PMG, and that has really helped out in teaching.
Today for P-day I think we are just going to relax, but it would be really cool if we went to the Nelson Mandela museum nearby. He was born not too far from Mthatha.
Have an awesome week!
Elder Chase Nielsen
Monday, December 26, 2011
Week 68: December 26, 2011
Quick note
Hey everyone,
It really was great to hear all of your voices this weekend, I really enjoyed the call home. I know that you all had a wonderful Christmas, and I sure did as well.
Ariel and Brian have safe travels home to Texas and Mom, Dad and Kirt you do the same back to Georgia and Wyoming.
Colin thank you for the letter, that sounds like a great Christmas tradition that you and Whitney will be able to carry on down the future Generations.
Love you all have a great Week and new year!
Write to you then,
Elder Nielsen
Monday, December 19, 2011
Week 67: December 19, 2011
Merry Christmas
I cannot wait to talk to you guys on either Christmas Eve or Christmas day, if I am correct it will be Dad, Mom, and Uncle Kirt. On Christmas Eve I will call from here maybe around 4 o'clock, which means it will be about 9 Ante-Meridian your time in Destin, Florida. I will call your cell phone Dad 425 358 1184, if you would like me to call your other phone we will sort that out then. Mother's day does seem a bit far away come to think of it, but at the same time Christmas has really come fast, faster than any other year.
Sounds like you are experiencing some warm weather there in Georgia, well it sure has been heating up here a bit as well, wow and we have some Gnarly thunderstorms our here, it's pretty cool. The humidity in the eastern cape is much much more than in Cape Town, which has it's up's and down's.
This week Elder Simpson and I were able to make some good progress in the area, we finally got a solid baptismal date with an investigator and have been working hard on finding good people to teach, each day it gets more enjoyable knocking on doors and proselyting in general. At times though it is hard because right now people are going to different places for the holiday's, only to come back sometime in January, some streets of our area is like a ghost town. The holiday season is a season of it's own for missionary work though, it's probably one of my favorite times of the year to do the work.
Ariel thank you for the information, I bet it is a wonder for you two to look at Ava and just imagine where her spirit was residing not too long ago. Knowing the doctrine behind the plan of salvation creates a lot of time to ponder and think about His plan for us. I too cannot wait to meet her. Continue to do well in all your efforts there, and Brian keep working hard, it really sounds like you are doing well.
I think I will leave you with that for now, until we get to talk on Saturday :)
Merry Christmas, Love you all
Elder Nielsen
I cannot wait to talk to you guys on either Christmas Eve or Christmas day, if I am correct it will be Dad, Mom, and Uncle Kirt. On Christmas Eve I will call from here maybe around 4 o'clock, which means it will be about 9 Ante-Meridian your time in Destin, Florida. I will call your cell phone Dad 425 358 1184, if you would like me to call your other phone we will sort that out then. Mother's day does seem a bit far away come to think of it, but at the same time Christmas has really come fast, faster than any other year.
Sounds like you are experiencing some warm weather there in Georgia, well it sure has been heating up here a bit as well, wow and we have some Gnarly thunderstorms our here, it's pretty cool. The humidity in the eastern cape is much much more than in Cape Town, which has it's up's and down's.
This week Elder Simpson and I were able to make some good progress in the area, we finally got a solid baptismal date with an investigator and have been working hard on finding good people to teach, each day it gets more enjoyable knocking on doors and proselyting in general. At times though it is hard because right now people are going to different places for the holiday's, only to come back sometime in January, some streets of our area is like a ghost town. The holiday season is a season of it's own for missionary work though, it's probably one of my favorite times of the year to do the work.
Ariel thank you for the information, I bet it is a wonder for you two to look at Ava and just imagine where her spirit was residing not too long ago. Knowing the doctrine behind the plan of salvation creates a lot of time to ponder and think about His plan for us. I too cannot wait to meet her. Continue to do well in all your efforts there, and Brian keep working hard, it really sounds like you are doing well.
I think I will leave you with that for now, until we get to talk on Saturday :)
Merry Christmas, Love you all
Elder Nielsen
Monday, December 12, 2011
Week 66: December 12, 2011
A White Christmas
No I am not talking about snow, talking about a harvest! because the field is white already to harvest :)
Yeah this week we found a golden investigator, and it was a really cool experience. We taught about the Restoration and it was very well understood, that makes a missionary smile. When all the principles of the Restoration are taught, and taught well, the spirit of the Lord is able to testify to the hearts and souls of our investigators that God lives, Jesus is the Christ, and that our unique message about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon is True. We were able to feel all of these things in our lesson with a woman named Nokwanda, who is a principle of the local school, and her son. After a short little while of finding, we finally found someone who really seems prepared and ready to receive our message, we were super excited.
I have gotten used to the idea that Christmas here is in the summer, and the only white I'll be seeing is the prepared investigators that we have to teach. I am totally fine with that, there is no other place that I would rather be than right here in this small town named Mthatha. It is totally an African place, so culturally strong and unique. I hope that I will be sticking around this place for a bit longer still.
Zone Conference this past week was fabulous, it was a Christmas themed message, and it was very inspiring to us all. We were fortunate enough to watch a movie called "17 Miracles" it's about the Willy Martin handcart company, and the story is told from the journal entries of Levi Savage, a returned missionary who traveled with that company. It was an awesome movie, and it taught me how much more I can sacrifice in my life and service as a missionary. If you haven't already seen it, it would be a good one to see.
Thank you all for your letters, they are much appreciated!
Dad, take luck with your presentations this week, I am praying for you!
Everyone have a lekker week, Love,
Elder Nielsen
No I am not talking about snow, talking about a harvest! because the field is white already to harvest :)
Yeah this week we found a golden investigator, and it was a really cool experience. We taught about the Restoration and it was very well understood, that makes a missionary smile. When all the principles of the Restoration are taught, and taught well, the spirit of the Lord is able to testify to the hearts and souls of our investigators that God lives, Jesus is the Christ, and that our unique message about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon is True. We were able to feel all of these things in our lesson with a woman named Nokwanda, who is a principle of the local school, and her son. After a short little while of finding, we finally found someone who really seems prepared and ready to receive our message, we were super excited.
I have gotten used to the idea that Christmas here is in the summer, and the only white I'll be seeing is the prepared investigators that we have to teach. I am totally fine with that, there is no other place that I would rather be than right here in this small town named Mthatha. It is totally an African place, so culturally strong and unique. I hope that I will be sticking around this place for a bit longer still.
Zone Conference this past week was fabulous, it was a Christmas themed message, and it was very inspiring to us all. We were fortunate enough to watch a movie called "17 Miracles" it's about the Willy Martin handcart company, and the story is told from the journal entries of Levi Savage, a returned missionary who traveled with that company. It was an awesome movie, and it taught me how much more I can sacrifice in my life and service as a missionary. If you haven't already seen it, it would be a good one to see.
Thank you all for your letters, they are much appreciated!
Dad, take luck with your presentations this week, I am praying for you!
Everyone have a lekker week, Love,
Elder Nielsen
Monday, December 5, 2011
Week 65: December 5, 2011
Molweni - Hello Everybody
Lots of good things happened this week, especially with finding new investigators and working with the members. I am really loving Mthatha a whole lot, and I am learning a bit of Xhosa, a language with three different types of clicks.
I have been eating baked potatoes and peanut butter jelly sandwiches a lot recently, those are my staples. Oh and in the mornings I have been eating oats, and I am feeling pretty healthy. Elder Simpson and I don't really cook as a companionship together as much as Elder Scicluna and I did but on occasion we will. I like to ask him about the marine corp and what kind of stuff he did there, and we also talk about guns a whole lot. The one South African in our district thinks we are both crazy and thinks it's insane that we both have guns. Apparently here it is almost impossible for someone to own a gun, which makes me feel safer. You can only have one if you have like 5 different types of licenses and have a reason such as hunting to own one.
We had quite a bit of success this week with our finding efforts, we met a lot of good potential investigators and even had some people invite us in immediately. So we were able to keep really busy and be successful with everything we did. We unfortunately had to extend some of our baptismal dates back, but they are still hanging in there. We will see what comes from them.
Tonight we are all driving down to East london to have Zone Conference, we all can't wait. There will be a couple of my past companions that I will be able to catch up with and see, and of course Zonce Conferences are always spiritually uplifting. We are also having a gift exchange, like a white elephant or something, so that will be fun.
Mom I think I will be able to get something like that for you, Mthatha might be a difficult place to find something like that but I will keep my eyes open. There are a lot of cool little South African trinkets, or curios as they are called here. That house really does have a southern look to it, I like it. Mthatha reminds me about Georgia a lot, because of the warm summers day and a heavy thunderstorm at night, I love that a lot, and sitting on those porches watching a thunderstorm would be flipping sweet. Could you send me Elder Hamilton's and Elder Tanner's mission addresses?
Looks like you all had a good Thanksgiving, and wow that aquarium looks really cool!
Love you all lots, have a great week
Elder Nielsen
Lots of good things happened this week, especially with finding new investigators and working with the members. I am really loving Mthatha a whole lot, and I am learning a bit of Xhosa, a language with three different types of clicks.
I have been eating baked potatoes and peanut butter jelly sandwiches a lot recently, those are my staples. Oh and in the mornings I have been eating oats, and I am feeling pretty healthy. Elder Simpson and I don't really cook as a companionship together as much as Elder Scicluna and I did but on occasion we will. I like to ask him about the marine corp and what kind of stuff he did there, and we also talk about guns a whole lot. The one South African in our district thinks we are both crazy and thinks it's insane that we both have guns. Apparently here it is almost impossible for someone to own a gun, which makes me feel safer. You can only have one if you have like 5 different types of licenses and have a reason such as hunting to own one.
We had quite a bit of success this week with our finding efforts, we met a lot of good potential investigators and even had some people invite us in immediately. So we were able to keep really busy and be successful with everything we did. We unfortunately had to extend some of our baptismal dates back, but they are still hanging in there. We will see what comes from them.
Tonight we are all driving down to East london to have Zone Conference, we all can't wait. There will be a couple of my past companions that I will be able to catch up with and see, and of course Zonce Conferences are always spiritually uplifting. We are also having a gift exchange, like a white elephant or something, so that will be fun.
Mom I think I will be able to get something like that for you, Mthatha might be a difficult place to find something like that but I will keep my eyes open. There are a lot of cool little South African trinkets, or curios as they are called here. That house really does have a southern look to it, I like it. Mthatha reminds me about Georgia a lot, because of the warm summers day and a heavy thunderstorm at night, I love that a lot, and sitting on those porches watching a thunderstorm would be flipping sweet. Could you send me Elder Hamilton's and Elder Tanner's mission addresses?
Looks like you all had a good Thanksgiving, and wow that aquarium looks really cool!
Love you all lots, have a great week
Elder Nielsen
Monday, November 28, 2011
Week 64: November 28, 2011
Hey Family
Mom I believe you forgot to attach those photos, have not yet received the Christmas package but it is still quite early, plenty of time until Christmas day.
Colin and Whitney congratulations! What are you going to do with all of them ducks?
Well I have a new companion, his name is Elder Simpson. He is a big guy from Arizona, and he happens to be a united states Marine, pretty cool guy. We are going to get along great, also Elder Naylor one of my old companions has come to Mthatha, and it has been really cool to catch up with him and share memories together. This will be a really sweet transfer for sure. Of course when changes happen on mission everything changes, mostly what you eat changes but that seems like everything.
Sounds like everyone had a great Thanksgiving, we were planning on having a big feast but we just never found the time. We were going to make mashed potatoes and have some grilled chicken but we settled for some PB & J. Nothing special but it was filling, for a while.
We found quite a few new investigators this week, and we are excited to find some more. There is not really a special story of the week, it was just a bit of an adjustment as transfers usually are. I really look forward to the next six weeks, they will be full of great stories and experiences.
Thank you all for your continuing support, have a great Week!
Love,
Elder Nielsen
Mom I believe you forgot to attach those photos, have not yet received the Christmas package but it is still quite early, plenty of time until Christmas day.
Colin and Whitney congratulations! What are you going to do with all of them ducks?
Well I have a new companion, his name is Elder Simpson. He is a big guy from Arizona, and he happens to be a united states Marine, pretty cool guy. We are going to get along great, also Elder Naylor one of my old companions has come to Mthatha, and it has been really cool to catch up with him and share memories together. This will be a really sweet transfer for sure. Of course when changes happen on mission everything changes, mostly what you eat changes but that seems like everything.
Sounds like everyone had a great Thanksgiving, we were planning on having a big feast but we just never found the time. We were going to make mashed potatoes and have some grilled chicken but we settled for some PB & J. Nothing special but it was filling, for a while.
We found quite a few new investigators this week, and we are excited to find some more. There is not really a special story of the week, it was just a bit of an adjustment as transfers usually are. I really look forward to the next six weeks, they will be full of great stories and experiences.
Thank you all for your continuing support, have a great Week!
Love,
Elder Nielsen
Monday, November 21, 2011
Week 63: November 21, 2011
Thanksgiving + Transfers
Thank you all for your letters, it's good to hear from everyone. I am jealous that you all are going to enjoy Thanksgiving and the feast that comes from it.
This week we worked a lot with the members in our area and found some pretty good success, the work always goes smoother when you use the members. We possibly have some baptism's coming up at the tail end of December, but that is a fair distance away in terms of the preparation of the investigators. It would be awesome however to have someone baptized on Christmas Eve and then confirmed on Christmas day! That would be a memory that nobody could forget. Around this time of year here people are out of school and on Christmas break, as of right now most of the schools have finished for the year and those schools who haven't finished yet are soon the close in the next week or so. The holiday season is basically the same here than there which is quite interesting.
Yeah last week was quite disappointing, basically all of my proselyting materials were stolen, which is quite humorous because there is no profit that a thief can have from scriptures, pamphlets and church produced DVD's unless of course He decides to read them and turn a new leaf. I have ordered a new pair of scriptures through the mission office but I will not be taking those out into the area at all, I now have an economical bible that I will use to proselyte with, and if somehow that one gets stolen it wont be too much of a loss. I will probably not be sending any more pictures until I can save up to get a cheapo camera again, because I definitely want pictures to remember my mission from.
We did some service out in the village this week where we built a wall out of homemade bricks and some makeshift mortar, it was a really cool experience. The Family we did it for was so incredibly grateful for our efforts and fed us a nice lunch. We always like to do service because it definitely helps out in the missionary efforts, directly after service you will see referrals coming out of the wood work and people to teach like crazy. Also it fills in the morning hours, which are usually awkward times to proselyte during.
Transfers are this week, nobody is leaving the mission this transfer and nobody is coming in. I personally hope that nothing is going to change, I would love to have Elder Scicluna as a companion for another transfer. We really work well together and have a lot of fun at the same time. Also the other guys in the district too, I hope nothing changes with them, we just have an awesome time together and we all work hard. Whatever happens is what happens though, I won't be sad if anything happens, change is good. Whoever you serve with and wherever you serve doesn't really matter, it's just a privilege to be able to do this king of work that really matters the most.
Brian, Ariel, and Ava I hope that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving in Georgia, I am sure it will be fun to visit all of those cool places around the Atlanta area again. And for you Brian and Ava for the first time it is going to be a blast. Hey Callaway gardens although we only went there once was Awesome! those Christmas decorations were incredible, that will be a really cool experience.
Mom and Dad, good luck with work and the house search! and also have a great Thanksgiving weekend, I know that you will all have an amazing time!
Colin, I will keep you in my prayers as you are seeking for a sweet job. Have a ginormous feast this week!
Love you all so much,
Elder Chase B Nielsen
Thank you all for your letters, it's good to hear from everyone. I am jealous that you all are going to enjoy Thanksgiving and the feast that comes from it.
This week we worked a lot with the members in our area and found some pretty good success, the work always goes smoother when you use the members. We possibly have some baptism's coming up at the tail end of December, but that is a fair distance away in terms of the preparation of the investigators. It would be awesome however to have someone baptized on Christmas Eve and then confirmed on Christmas day! That would be a memory that nobody could forget. Around this time of year here people are out of school and on Christmas break, as of right now most of the schools have finished for the year and those schools who haven't finished yet are soon the close in the next week or so. The holiday season is basically the same here than there which is quite interesting.
Yeah last week was quite disappointing, basically all of my proselyting materials were stolen, which is quite humorous because there is no profit that a thief can have from scriptures, pamphlets and church produced DVD's unless of course He decides to read them and turn a new leaf. I have ordered a new pair of scriptures through the mission office but I will not be taking those out into the area at all, I now have an economical bible that I will use to proselyte with, and if somehow that one gets stolen it wont be too much of a loss. I will probably not be sending any more pictures until I can save up to get a cheapo camera again, because I definitely want pictures to remember my mission from.
We did some service out in the village this week where we built a wall out of homemade bricks and some makeshift mortar, it was a really cool experience. The Family we did it for was so incredibly grateful for our efforts and fed us a nice lunch. We always like to do service because it definitely helps out in the missionary efforts, directly after service you will see referrals coming out of the wood work and people to teach like crazy. Also it fills in the morning hours, which are usually awkward times to proselyte during.
Transfers are this week, nobody is leaving the mission this transfer and nobody is coming in. I personally hope that nothing is going to change, I would love to have Elder Scicluna as a companion for another transfer. We really work well together and have a lot of fun at the same time. Also the other guys in the district too, I hope nothing changes with them, we just have an awesome time together and we all work hard. Whatever happens is what happens though, I won't be sad if anything happens, change is good. Whoever you serve with and wherever you serve doesn't really matter, it's just a privilege to be able to do this king of work that really matters the most.
Brian, Ariel, and Ava I hope that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving in Georgia, I am sure it will be fun to visit all of those cool places around the Atlanta area again. And for you Brian and Ava for the first time it is going to be a blast. Hey Callaway gardens although we only went there once was Awesome! those Christmas decorations were incredible, that will be a really cool experience.
Mom and Dad, good luck with work and the house search! and also have a great Thanksgiving weekend, I know that you will all have an amazing time!
Colin, I will keep you in my prayers as you are seeking for a sweet job. Have a ginormous feast this week!
Love you all so much,
Elder Chase B Nielsen
Monday, November 14, 2011
Week 62: November 14, 2011
Another Baptism
Hello family, all is well here in South Africa. As it is starting to cool down there, it's warming up a bit here. Actually the weather this past week was quite mild, but we are expecting a great surge of heat sometime soon.
Yes we had another baptism just this weekend, it was a great service and the Spirit was definitely felt. It really has been an amazing experience teaching sister Anathi, she was so prepared to receive the gospel and it was just in our Heavenly Fathers plan that we were to meet, teach, and baptize her.
The last picture is a bit of a sad story, that is evidence that our car was broken into this last week, and some of our belongings were stolen. We have reported it to the police, and done all we possibly can. It is too bad that there has to be opposition in all things, but that is just the way it is. Also last night someone tried to break into our house, but once they tripped the alarm they were booking it. Sounds like we have a lot of work to do as missionaries huh? We certainly are the warriors against wickedness, that's a cool way to look at it I've found. In 2 Timothy 3:7 I believe it says that those who are righteous are bound to be persecuted. We cannot let some thieves ruin our experience on mission, rather we will just press along.
That house you are describing mom sounds quite nice, again whatever you two decide I am completely happy with. Yes I did receive the Halloween package, thank you So Much. I loved the items you packed in there, and so did the members in the district. I bet that task you are undergoing right now is a bit tedious, good luck with it and all will be well. This week I have received news that in order to make it a possibility to serve in Namibia I will also need to complete new medical forms, they have sent me them and I will get them completed this week. Thank you for working so quickly in getting the police clearance to the office. Hopefully this will be the last of many steps that the Government of Namibia has made in order for missionaries to go there. I initially will have to pay for it, but however the mission will refund.
Dad, the service you went to is that the guy who sounds like coach Jackson? just curious. Sounds like this week might be a little tough for you, that can't be an easy task. I pray for you continually. Thanks for giving me the update on the Football scores, I can't believe it is already November, it goes by fast that's a fact.
Ariel, thank you Soo Much for doing all of those applications for me. You are the bestest sister Ever. Hope you, Brian, and Ava are doing well and enjoying life. I am glad you are enjoying the weather in Texas.
Hope you all have a great week! Love you
Elder Nielsen
Hello family, all is well here in South Africa. As it is starting to cool down there, it's warming up a bit here. Actually the weather this past week was quite mild, but we are expecting a great surge of heat sometime soon.
Yes we had another baptism just this weekend, it was a great service and the Spirit was definitely felt. It really has been an amazing experience teaching sister Anathi, she was so prepared to receive the gospel and it was just in our Heavenly Fathers plan that we were to meet, teach, and baptize her.
The last picture is a bit of a sad story, that is evidence that our car was broken into this last week, and some of our belongings were stolen. We have reported it to the police, and done all we possibly can. It is too bad that there has to be opposition in all things, but that is just the way it is. Also last night someone tried to break into our house, but once they tripped the alarm they were booking it. Sounds like we have a lot of work to do as missionaries huh? We certainly are the warriors against wickedness, that's a cool way to look at it I've found. In 2 Timothy 3:7 I believe it says that those who are righteous are bound to be persecuted. We cannot let some thieves ruin our experience on mission, rather we will just press along.
That house you are describing mom sounds quite nice, again whatever you two decide I am completely happy with. Yes I did receive the Halloween package, thank you So Much. I loved the items you packed in there, and so did the members in the district. I bet that task you are undergoing right now is a bit tedious, good luck with it and all will be well. This week I have received news that in order to make it a possibility to serve in Namibia I will also need to complete new medical forms, they have sent me them and I will get them completed this week. Thank you for working so quickly in getting the police clearance to the office. Hopefully this will be the last of many steps that the Government of Namibia has made in order for missionaries to go there. I initially will have to pay for it, but however the mission will refund.
Dad, the service you went to is that the guy who sounds like coach Jackson? just curious. Sounds like this week might be a little tough for you, that can't be an easy task. I pray for you continually. Thanks for giving me the update on the Football scores, I can't believe it is already November, it goes by fast that's a fact.
Ariel, thank you Soo Much for doing all of those applications for me. You are the bestest sister Ever. Hope you, Brian, and Ava are doing well and enjoying life. I am glad you are enjoying the weather in Texas.
Hope you all have a great week! Love you
Elder Nielsen
Monday, November 7, 2011
Week 61: November 7, 2011
Serving in South Africa
The first two pictures are jakaranda trees, purple in color that bloom in late spring here. Since it is the last time I will be seeing these trees i have decided that I needed to take some pictures of them. The last picture is quite typical to Africa, when you make a mistake, make the best of it. I can imagine what these guys thought when they ruptured this fire Hydrant by mistake "WOW, this thing is gushing large amounts of water at an incredible rate, good thing cuz my hands are really dirty".... and then later one asks the other how are we going to fix this? This is probably one of the reasons we mysteriously have no running water at our house for days on end. Gotta love it
This past week was great, every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday we have an opportunity to do service for Members and investigators. On Wednesday we did service at the Binta's, a part member family who we are sometimes fortunate enough to teach. We are basically clearing their Simba grass and weed infested backyard in preparation for a vegetable garden. It proved to be tough work, which is good because we are building up some nice hard hands. We know that it will be a blessing for them once we have completed the almost endless amount of work. On Saturday we went out to the villages and did service for the Mamoza family, there we are busy moving dirt into the foundation of the house that they are waiting to complete, that too hardens our hands a bit.
Yesterday we had 7 investigators come to church, and the other guys had 10 so there was a total of 17 investigators attending church yesterday, that's a pretty large amount of investigators to teach in the Gospel Principles class. It's a good thing that I taught the Sunday School class, and we also had our lesson on the spirit world, and funny enough tonight we are holding a Family Home Evening and we will be teaching about the spirit world.
On Friday we are holding a baptismal service, we are really excited for that! Hopefully more baptism's will follow this one, we have really put in a lot of work in this area. This week we plan on finding a whole slew of new investigators, we have struggled a bit in the past weeks finding new people, but we have been kept busy with all of the appointments we have set up.
I think the house you are thinking of making an offer on is a good house, it looks very nice. It's much like the house on Se 47th, as far as the rooms to bathroom ratio. However this home seems to have a bit more room inside. Whatever you feel is the best home for you two I am completely happy with.
Glad the Vandals finally won, for some reason they always, always have to make it hard for themselves to get a win.I guess that's why they are a fun team to watch, cuz if they win it comes down to the wire.
Love you all So MMUCH,
Elder Nielsen
The first two pictures are jakaranda trees, purple in color that bloom in late spring here. Since it is the last time I will be seeing these trees i have decided that I needed to take some pictures of them. The last picture is quite typical to Africa, when you make a mistake, make the best of it. I can imagine what these guys thought when they ruptured this fire Hydrant by mistake "WOW, this thing is gushing large amounts of water at an incredible rate, good thing cuz my hands are really dirty".... and then later one asks the other how are we going to fix this? This is probably one of the reasons we mysteriously have no running water at our house for days on end. Gotta love it
This past week was great, every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday we have an opportunity to do service for Members and investigators. On Wednesday we did service at the Binta's, a part member family who we are sometimes fortunate enough to teach. We are basically clearing their Simba grass and weed infested backyard in preparation for a vegetable garden. It proved to be tough work, which is good because we are building up some nice hard hands. We know that it will be a blessing for them once we have completed the almost endless amount of work. On Saturday we went out to the villages and did service for the Mamoza family, there we are busy moving dirt into the foundation of the house that they are waiting to complete, that too hardens our hands a bit.
Yesterday we had 7 investigators come to church, and the other guys had 10 so there was a total of 17 investigators attending church yesterday, that's a pretty large amount of investigators to teach in the Gospel Principles class. It's a good thing that I taught the Sunday School class, and we also had our lesson on the spirit world, and funny enough tonight we are holding a Family Home Evening and we will be teaching about the spirit world.
On Friday we are holding a baptismal service, we are really excited for that! Hopefully more baptism's will follow this one, we have really put in a lot of work in this area. This week we plan on finding a whole slew of new investigators, we have struggled a bit in the past weeks finding new people, but we have been kept busy with all of the appointments we have set up.
I think the house you are thinking of making an offer on is a good house, it looks very nice. It's much like the house on Se 47th, as far as the rooms to bathroom ratio. However this home seems to have a bit more room inside. Whatever you feel is the best home for you two I am completely happy with.
Glad the Vandals finally won, for some reason they always, always have to make it hard for themselves to get a win.I guess that's why they are a fun team to watch, cuz if they win it comes down to the wire.
Love you all So MMUCH,
Elder Nielsen
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