Week 12

Monday, January 16, 2017

Hey Mom,

This week was great. We had 2 really really good lessons. The first one was with 2 investigators, a brother and a sister, who when we found them were Catholics. But we taught them the first 3 lessons and they have a baptismal date and came to church twice. What a really cool experience. This lesson that was really good was the third. What a powerful lesson. The spirit was so strong and I almost came to tears when I shared my experience of baptizing Esther and helping confirming her. It was super cool. It was hard sharing in in Portuguese, cause I don´t speak Portuguese, but it was a really cool experience. I love the opportunity to be able to share the gospel out here. Then the second one was with an investigator we have been trying to get baptized for like a month. But we read 3Nephi 27 and I can´t remember which verse it was but it says something along the lines of "Be like me and your Father who is in heaven" I really like how Christ thinks we can be like him. It also left an impression on him and I was just super touched by the spirit. It was a super awesome lesson.

And the funny part this week was that we had 3 divisions. It was really weird to be split up from my comp for that long. It was normal for one day, then since my comp is the dl, he had to do some interviews for baptism. So I spent like 2 full days this week with a native companion. It was sick. We taught and since I stayed in my area, I had to be in charge. I was so scared. But the Lord helped me and I was able to de at least a decent job at it. 

Thanks for your support as well. I really appreciate you and am glad that you are my mom. It has been hard at times, and harder at other times. I regret not being the best son to you, or brother to my siblings, but I want you all to know that I love and appreciate every one of you. Thanks for being the best examples to me I could have asked for. I also have some pics for you all of my area. Finally. Love you all and keep up the wonderful examples to me and to everybody else 

Love Elder Nelson​