Week 80: Final Count Down!

Hello everyone. It has been very busy over here. Lots of exchanges and this week we have mini zone conferences over zoom. So we will be packed again. I'm super excited to get to pick up the new incoming missionaries. We are seeing dresses which has been fun, but our p-days are running out. Also don't have any time left, but will let y'all know the updates in two. Love y'all 

Week 79: Hey!!

 Quick email here, because I got to have fun failing at bowling with my district :) 

Busy week that has been great! 

We had 3 exchanges which are so fun, but also very exhausting. For one of them I got to go back to my baby area for a few hours and see my friend Josh who I was able to help teach for his baptism OVER A YEAR AGO! So crazy but great :) he's preparing to go on a mission and is just amazing. Also we reenacted our classic photo. 

We are trying to focus on helping our friends and are trying to figure out the issue we are having with so many exchanges that every lesson has different people and we feel the inconsistency is kinda hindering them from progressing faster. 

This week we have 3 more exchanges, but one will probably have to be a video call because they are in quarantine. So life is going amazing and I'm so happy, but very busy and that's about all I have the time for to type today. Love y'all and stay happy and healthy :)

Sister Nielson :D

Week 78: I don't know what to title this one!?!

 Howdy to all!! 🤠

Another crazy week (I feel like I'm always saying that haha) down. 

As always we got to do some fun outside service. We got to deal with taking old metal tomato cages out of ivy. Boy does that stuff weave itself real good. And we got to help our friend spread wood chips around her front garden area. We've also had opportunities to contact a lot of people. We have been calling people who had been taught previously and there is a good number who are interested in meeting with us again! So that has been cool.

We had two exchanges this week where we split and go out with a different companionship to get ideas and training. The first one, the sister came here with me and one of my companions; and the second one I went to their area and one of the sisters went to my area with my two companions. It's been fun to get to work with other sisters and I've been learning so much. It really helps us know what is going on with the other missionaries and what they need help with. When people are willing to communicate it is great because then we can know how to help them. 

This upcoming week is going to be another busy and happy week :)

Love y'all, 

Sister Nielson :D 

Week 77: Running Around the Block

 This week has been super busy. We have lots of opportunities to serve here which has been awesome! We've done cleaning inside, weed pulling, I mowed a lawn for the first time in a hot sec. It's been so fun to get to know people better while you serve them, or even better serve with them. 

We had exchanges with our stl's which was great because it was my first spanish area, so it was fun to be back for the day. We have two planned for this week and the rest of the weeks as well. We have 9 to go one, so 8 in the next 4 weeks. 

During exchanges they had a lesson with Amelia with a member who really connected with her and brought up the importance of eve's decision and Heavenly mother which usually we wouldn't bring up until later, but it really resonated with Amelia and was what she needed. We are so thankful for members helping us and sharing their testimonies of the truth. We also have been helping a less active member of a few years and are about to reteach the lessons and do family home evenings with her. She really wants to bring the gospel into her home and raise her daughter with it. Her desire impresses me, and reminds me of the great blessing we have of the gospel and the importance of having our homes centered around it.

Have a fabulous week!

Sister Nielson :D

Week 76: Howdy!!

 

Hey y'all! 

I'm loving my new area and companions and am so excited to hit this last transfer hard. I just became the sister version of the assistants to the president, so that was very crazy and unexpected. Especially since I only have one transfer left, and have never served in a leadership position before. But I'm excited to serve wherever the Lord needs me. 

This week has been crazy. We have some amazing people we are teaching. We got to help one of them with some yard work and her daughters even had me hold the chicken on my shoulder. It won't poop they said...it pooped 😂

But the people here in this ward are so nice. We have lots of young couples and families and older widows and couples. They also are going to church, so I got to go in person for the first time since March. The young couples go one week, and then the older group the next. While at church this week I found out that some members from the athens young single adult ward I served in at the beginning of my mission moved into this ward when they got married. I knew about their engagement, but am so excited to get to serve around them again. So fun!

We had zone conference over zoom with Elder Martineau. It was really refreshing and inspiring. We talked about alma 8-12 a lot and of the importance of working through and with the members. When learning about new things it can be hard and difficult, but members can be their friends and answer any questions when we leave. I don't have much time to say more, but love y'all and gave a blessed week!

Sister Nielson :D

 

 

 

 

 

Week 75: Don Pedro's Yes Please!

Hola a todos! 

This has been a crazy week. We had zone conference with our masks and sitting with social distance. It is weird to have missionaries together but no one can hug or really say hi other than awkward gap conversations. But it was really nice to see other people and to be trained by President and Sister Harris. They explained more of their vision of the Facebook pages. 

We celebrated Hermana Clark's birthday! We had pancakes for breakfast, cilantro's for lunch (fabulous Venezuelan food), Brusters icecream for a snack, and cake that night. You can't tell our companionship priorities at all with our celebrating, right 😂 but it was super fun!

We also went with the elders and chalked a park. It was fun to get out and add a little brightness to the ground. We wrote quotes and drew happy little pictures. We found a gazebo to do it under because we found out it was supposed to rain that day haha

On Saturday we got to help a couple do some yard work. We moved lots of paving stones and removed a stump. I've decided I like pickaxes. I really love service and working outside with members. It really helps you build a relationship and get to know them in a way you normally wouldn't. So depending on the local guidelines, call up the missionaries to come help you with service. Or better yet, take them to help serve someone else with you. 

Crazy news came sunday night. We got transfer calls, and all 3 of us are being transferred. It's really sad to be leaving them and all of our people. We called Javier to say goodbye and basically just cried with him for 10 min, but that is missionary work for you haha. Hermana Clark is going cross mission to elberton, and hermana Orr is hopping to the next zone over but is switched English, so that is pretty sad. I'm going down to the mission Office area (near Don Pedros eatery) and am becoming a sister assistant. It was very shocking news, especially since I only have 1 transfer left, and have never been an STL before, so I don't really know what I will be doing. But it'll be quite the adventure. 

Tune in next week for more of Georgia's crazy adventures

-Hermana Nielson :D

Week 74: Negative is Positive

Hello everyone! 

We got our test results back and we are negative! So that is really good. Sister Orr got tested last week, and hna Clark and I at the beginning of this week. The test wasn't painful in my opinion, but it was very uncomfortable. But your nasal passage gets really cleaned out. And today we are officially out of quarantine! The outside is a beautiful world and now we will get to see how hot it actually is outside haha. 

But on to this week. We made another veggietales video that we will post soon. Spoiler alert: it's captain Moroni and Helaman and the 2,000 stripling warriors. It is always a hoot to make them. And there were many peas and blueberries all over the floor. 

We continue to teach Javier. He loves the plan of salvation and said it really brings him hope and explains a lot of things he has thought about throughout his life. He is enjoying our gospel lessons and loves the scriptures we send. He is amazing and I'm so excited for him to continue learning and hopefully be baptized and feel even more hope and joy. 

This week we will be back outside, so watch out Georgia, we're coming for you! 

Love you all and stay sane and safe!

Hermana Nielson :D

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