Dear Familia,
I just got the package from Vanessa yesterday, though with
permission, I might open it before leaving the offices because changes are
coming up and I may have to pack it into a suitcase. It might fit better once
opened. I´ll wait for permission from you first though. I think I will call
Vanessa this week to see about sending instructions and when she would be able
to take it. I´m going into center of Lima today to buy a few things to put into
it, so if there´s a charge on my card, then you´ll
know why.
I will likely go one, possibly two more times to the temple
before leaving. I plan on trying to go sometime next week (before leaving the
offices) and then maybe once more in January before finishing. I love going to
the temple. Here, I have been able to put more emphasis on what´s said in the
presentation because of the language, and being able to focus on the dialogue
helps me to recognize some little things. I think of all the things that could
happen in life, establishing a habit of going to the temple often is what
stands out as the number one indicator of a strong church member.
I think that I actually prefer being in the field. Administering
for the mission is good, and I can definitely feel that I have grown tremendously
as a person since coming to the office. I know that I have tried to help a lot
of missionaries and more than anyone President and Sister Erickson, but being
in the field can´t be matched. I have been able to see that I am happiest out
of the spotlight haha. If there is a mission assignment that is all of the
analytics and the work visits and the responsibility of being an assistant without
the trainings, I´m there. I feel a lot of the time like mom. I love learning
and studying, and even the person to person interactions, but the actual
training or the actual giving of the class "me es dificil". I know
that God gives each of us weaknesses and talents and sometimes I feel like He
wants me to develop some that I feel don´t come as naturally as to others. I
will welcome the challenge of being back in the field and being able to work
more seguidamente (subsequently) with investigators and members. That´s where I want to be,
helping people to reach the spiritual progress that they need.
Congrats to David and Rylan. What´s Kenny think of the marriage? He must be
ecstatic that they´ll probably stick around the Tri-Cities. Congrats as well to
Josh and Tyler. The mission is the best thing that could ever happen to anyone,
and I know that it comes to be a part of you. There´s things that I have
learned here I will never forget and people I have taught here that I´ll never
forget either.
I did a work visit with Elder D and Elder M this week,
waaaaayy out in Los Angeles Zone. It was so great to spend some time with a
couple of missionaries that I have known practically my whole mission and to go
out and teach with power to a humble people. At one point, we stopped to buy
some Gatorade knockoff at a tienda because it was actually a pretty hot day. We
walked down the street talking about patriarchal blessings and the next lesson
we were going to teach when from out of nowhere a glass bottle hit the street a
couple of feet from Elder D´s foot. We kept walking but I could tell that
a young man from the park had thrown it at us. We weren´t in any real danger,
but it was a very real reminder that we are constantly in opposition. The
gospel moves forward like a giant 18 wheeler, and the devil is doing his best
to stop it. His problem is that the most he can put out there are a couple of goat
heads before we pass him up and keep on down the highway.
I love you all, I know that everyone is anxiously engaged in a
good cause, but this week, try to think if all of the causes we engage
ourselves in are as good as others. There´s a really great article about the
science of happiness on the church website. Go and read it!
Love,
Elder Nelson
The other picture is of me and Elders C y W on a work
visit in Canto Chico. That happened last week, but I wanted to send some photos
:)
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