Hey Mom,
This past week was pretty fun. A lot of stuff happened. We had Brava elders over for zone conference and then the aps came and so our house was as packed as ever. But it was fun. We had a lot of good food and it was a good conference.
In the conference we talked about how to work more with members and also how to make our planning better. It was a good training. There were some things that I could improve upon and so it was good to hear. The food was also super good. We had Chickened
Cordon Bleu. It was soooo good. There was also rice and mashed potatoes. The potatoes weren't super good, but it was good enough. Then for desert we had some good'ol home made cake. It was delicious. The top was like this sweet sauce that just melted in your
mouth. Some of the best cake I´ve ever had.
That was conference. The Brava elders are doing good as well. Being a week with them was kinda exhausting because our area only is capable for 1 dupla, and so when we had 2 it was kinda tiring to think of people to pass every hour, but it all worked out.
Transfers are next week, so next P-Day I will know where I am going and who I am going with. We shall see. I think I am leaving. Which is sad, because these people are super cool.
Lionilde, our baptism to be, is headed to Brava for YSA activity. Then we have 2 more men, Wilson and Akhyles, that are progressing really well. Both came to church yesterday, and Lionilde, and had a talk with the bishop. Akhyles said that it was a very
positive conversation with him. So that was good. Then we had one more person, Tania come to church as well. She is a girlfriend of a less active that also came, Taylor. I am super pumped for these people. We should be getting some rescues this week and then
in the coming weeks, some baptisms. Other than that, the work is still the same.
My thought comes from an experience I had this past week as I read my patriarchal blessing and setting apart blessing. I was reading them to see if I was doing all that I could do to fulfill the promises and blessings in them. And it was after my interview
that I read them. And as I read over those pages, my heart filled with peace and I was able to let go of all the times that I failed and didn´t do my hardest, and I knew in that moment that the Lord made up for my mistakes. Then this past week, I have hit a
hard spot. I am just not very happy for some reason. And so I remembered the way I felt the Tuesday, and how I was happy to work and give my all. And Honestly that is what it comes down too. IF we are happy and willing to work and give of ourselves to the Lord.
It says that we must be cheerful givers. So that is a goal that I have this week. To be more cheerful and joyful and happy. And then to help the zone do the same thing. I am far from perfect and I fail all day every day. But I know that the Lord is there to
make up for our failures, if we trust in Him. So that was my week. Hope that everything's going well back home. Love you Mom
Love, Elder Nelson
P.S. I will go to a Cardinals game on my way back from Cape Verde next year. I miss baseball.
This is our district in district meeting, a cool view of Brava, and then a awesome family night a few weeks ago.
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