Week 73: The Cheese Touch

Good morning New York! 

So this week has been crazy! I feel like I say that every week, but this one really has been. We got to do service early in the week. One day we were supposed to help this lady move lots of rock, but it was super hot so they took us to cracker barrel for our second time. It was so good. And then we moved rock. Found a little road in the mud. 

We helped with Sister Kassow's yard again clearing some beds for her to plant her mint and lemon balm. I like doing service especially outside. I also got to help teach my companions the basics of starting family history work and reviewing/attaching records. It truly is amazing the work that is being done. 

Thursday we had district council and also found out 2 elders in the mission tested positive for quarantine and one is in our zone, and we had zone conference last week. One of my comps is having lots of symptoms, so we went and got her tested on Saturday and will find out the results this week. But we are in full out lock down. I guess full in lock down. But we are going to be fine and might just needs some mental walks for our sanity. So its definitely been a wild ride. But it is comforting to have a personal relationship with God to be able to trust him and his plan. We were sharing Elder Runlands talk, by divine design this week, and what a time to do that. God has a plan, but often we don't know or understand it. And lots of the time we don't even know it is being put in place and worked out. But faith and hope really can bring peace and happiness no matter the situation. 

Love y'all! Stay healthy and away from the cheese touch

Hermana Nielson :D

Week 72: Service Service Service!!!!

Hellooooo to all!

This week has been exhausting but amazing. 

We had zone conference this week. We found out just a few days before, but it was really good. We even got to do it with the Marietta Zone too. So we got to meet the Mission president and his family. They are so cute! He is ready to come in and work and not take excuses. He's also pushing service which is great because the more we have served, the more the word has gotten out and others need service or know of the people who do. So now we get to do lots of service.

This week we got to do lots of service with Saturday being our big day. We learned of a lady moving out that needed help painting her house, so we set up time to come Thursday. Then we got a call Friday that there was an older woman in the ward who has tons of yard work to do that day but was too stubborn to ask for help and didn't want to make anyone else work out in the sun so much. So we tried to coordinate with the missionaries to be able to go over and help, but at such short notice we couldn't change some of our meetings. We called her to tell her that we would be coming the next morning (Saturday) with 7 missionaries to help with her yard. Luckily she wasn't able to work in her yard on Friday and was so grateful for the help! It was amazing and she taught us all the plants she had that were edible and we even tried wild strawberries. They taste like water, but the texture is fun. So then we went home for lunch and then to painting for another 3 1/2 hours. So fun, but so exhausting. We are getting really good at painting ha ha. I'm so grateful that we can get out of the apartment, serve people, and get to know our members. This is such a blessing for us!

Also, for our Facebook page video we had to make we decided to do veggie tales for the Book of Mormon. We bought all these vegetables and made little faces and then went for it. It was hilarious to do, and we find it hilarious still and watch it all the time to laugh. It's on my page if any of y'all missed it and need a good laugh. It is in Spanish, but humor knows no language. 

Love y'all and keep staying safe!

Hermana Nielson :D

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Week 71: Fireworks?! I Hear Them

Howdy everyone! 

This week has been exhausting but great! We have been doing lots of service for members which is a great way to get to know them because you talk while you do it. So add to our missionary resume: house painter, mover, blind duster. And we'll see what else this week :) 

Our new mission president is awesome! His name is mark harris and he played for the 49ers for all you football fans. He has 5 main focuses of:

1. Jesus Christ - the center of everything, the only way to be a successful missionary

2. We are a family - the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Your Ward is your home. 

3. Book of Mormon/PMG - study both daily, they are divinely inspired

4. Body, Mind, Spirit - eat right, get enough sleep, exercise, the basics!

5. Law of the Harvest - reap what you sow, we work hard so we can play even harder. 

So as part of this we are supposed to do a minimum of 10 hours inspired service a week. So good thing we've been getting practice :)

We also found out that the branch can't be made without meeting, so we are here to lay the foundation and groundwork to help get the members used to the idea and meeting together so it can go quick when we can meet again. So that was nice to kind of find out our direction and next steps.

My companions are awesome! I'm excited for this area and how much fun and work we will have here. 

Love Y'all!

Hermana Nielson :D

 

 

Week 70: Tell Everyone I am on my way!!!

Hello to all! 

We had transfers this week, and I got moved to Acworth. We cover four wards and are trying to start a group/branch. So far the people here have been amazing and so nice. We've been able to do some service which has been really nice. 

My companions are Hermana Clark y Hermana Orr. They are awesome! Sister clark was reassigned after being in Chile for 2 weeks then sent home. And hermana Orr came from the Dominican republic. She was there for 5 weeks. So we are having lots of fun and ready to get this branch together! 

Transfers were crazy because we got calls Monday night to find out where we were going, and were told transfers would be Tuesday night or Wednesday. Tuesday morning we were told they were happening then as soon as possible. So things were pretty crazy Tuesday with packing and transferring different people to different places. 

Right now we are teaching Javier English and the gospel and he is amazing! It's really fun to have our lessons with him in the morning before he has work. He's wanting to practice English because he is going to go back to college to take classes to become a hacker. 

So it's been a really busy week, but I'm so excited for this change and to get this branch made before I leave.

Love y'all! Stay smiling :)

Hermana Nielson :D