Week 63

Monday, January 8, 2018

Wow! Time has literally flown the past few weeks. I apologize for not sending a proper email the past few weeks. It haws been Christmas and New Years so therefore, you should cut me some slack. I will go from day to day as to what happened. Here we go. 

On the 25, I had skype with the fam and it was a good time. Everything was pretty much closed. All the stores, shops and cybers. I was laughing kinda. But anyway, other than that we +assed by some of our investigators and tried to find out why our baptism didn't come to church, Marcos(more on him later). Long story short, we didn't find him. So anyway, we went back home and spent the rest of the night sleeping haha. 

Then the 26-30 we just worked and had a great time kicking off the transfer together, again. It was a good week. Can't remember much of what happened, but I know that it was a good preparation for the 31, New Years Eve. So that day we flew into Praia for council. So, we got to the airport and that´s when it all started. We got to the airport nd we got to the check in and realized that we don't have any tickets. None at all. Our flight didn't leave for like another hour but it was like "what do we do?" So we went to the Binter desk (the name of the airlines here) and we asked what the problem was. They said that we were on the waiting list. So we called the AP's and asked to figure out the problem. Then like 5 minutes after the call, they said we made it on the list So we go over, now like 45 min till our flight leaves, and we start giving our passports to the check in lady and one elder realizes that he forgot his passport. So he took another taxi to his house to get his passport. When he did that, the people said again that we aren't on the list. So we call the AP's and told them agin that we weren't going ot make it to Praia. They then tell us that we either have to pay our way to Praia on just forget about it. Se, with 15 minutes until takeoff, we pull out all the money we can( me, my comp and the STL) and we pay for 5 tickets. It was like 59,000 escudos, or roughly 600 us dollars. Expensive. The only thing that faulted was the elders passport. So we waited there for another 10 minutes unitl the elder showed up. After the Binter lady saw our passports, we all checked in in like 3 min, and went to security. To finish the story fast, we made the plane and had a good p-day in Praia. 

January 1. P-day in Praia was just a day to visit members that I knew when I was here. I have pictures. It was a super fun day. Then the next day, the 2, my stomach was in pain because of the food that we ate the day before. It felt like I worked out. Super funny. But council was good. Then we flew back to Mindelo and then worked to next 2 days and then had zone conference. It was super good. All the trainings that were given was like showing how to find and then teach investigators. It was a good conference. The after that, we had a baptism on the 6. Only on that day did we realize that he actually lived on the other side of our area. Same ward and everything but different missionaries. But we still baptized him. Just now the sisters will teach his mom and him. So there. That's my last 2 weeks. Hope it wasn't boring. I have learned alot these past few weeks as well so therefore, it was awesome. 

But the thing that sticks out to me is my extension. I asked a few transfers ago to be extended, and now I am. I was originally going to come home October 10, now it is...November 20. Man, I am so pumped. These next couple of months will be some of the best of my life. I am so excited to serve the Lord. Also, I think all of you know, but President Monson passed away. It was sad, but as we learned from the last few conferences, God has a wonderful plan for each of us. I hope that you all know that, for I sure do and knowing it has blessed my life for the better. Love you all and hope you have a good week. 

Love Elder Nelson