Transfer 1. Week 6.

Wow, I can't believe this is the last week of the transfer and that Elder Torres is going home next week! Man, that is just crazy. It feels like I have only been in Kamas for just a week!

Shout Out

First off, I would like to address Elder Clouse's email: Holy Cow, that was hilarious, hahah. That makes me feel better about some of my experience at Babbitt Motor Werks.

Baptisms

Hmm, so what to say about this week... Well, to tell the truth, this week was just one of those weeks in the field where nothing really happened out of the regular. We have just been working and teaching and doing the best we can.  This week is going to be pretty intense if everything goes according to plan, so we will see. [So and So] ended up not getting baptized because he wanted to wait another week so he could have everybody that he wanted at the service, so that means this week we should go up 9 baptisms for the transfer--if everything follows through. I'm really hoping and praying that God will fend Satan of  so that the people will follow through with these ever so important things! So next week I'll let you know how how that goes.

Visas

I haven't heard anything about my Visa yet, but today we are taking Elder Clark to meet the consolate so he can get his. So after he leaves, about half my MTC district will be in Mexico. Man, it's crazy! So apparently the way the Visas work is they are passed through all of the states and every state has to stamp the Visa fo us to be allowed in to Mexico. I'm thinking we should upgrade the plan. But, I'm just really doing the best that I can to learn what I need to learn. There are so many little things that I need to learn, and it just gets frustrating. But it must be done. 

Transfers

We have transfers next week, and it's going to be interesting to see what happens since it's going to change for us with Elder Torres leaving.  I really hope I don't get put back into the Salt Lake Valley. I just wanna stay in Kamas or Park City.  Ohh, and for the record, the address you have for me is the Mission Office Address, so anything you send goes to the mission office, then it goes into a bin for the Kamas Area. We get it at district meetings or when we are allowed to go to the office ( just in case anyone was wondering).

Language Training 

We had a language training meeting last Wednesday. It was really neat to see people from my original district. Everyone seems to be doing well, but it seems like I get to speak the most Spanish out of everybody.  

But things are good here. I'm just so tired, but doing what I can to learn what I need to! I love you all a thanks so much for everything! Take Care!

I'm going to miss the MTC

So this is the week where we are supposed to hear about our visas and travel plans... wow... I thought that I was just going to get stuck in the first week of the MTC for the rest of my life, hahah. But it's possibly nearing the end.  I am really thinking that i am going to miss the MTC. 


So this week has been a same 'ole week at the mtc,  First weeks as a zone leader.  It's really wierd to be the oldest district here, and to be a zone leader on top of that.  Dad, i need you to type up and send me your lesson on the 5 classes of workers and more stuff on how to be a leader. That last letter you sent helped a lot, but i want to teach my elders about the classes of workers.  I hope you remember what I'm talking about. I dont remember all of it, which is why i want it.  


Elder Adams, I dont know why you didn't get last week's email. I guess my mom has gone into summer mode aka Nap time! HAhaha ohh man good times! umm so back to this week.  Yesterday me and elder ricks had an amazing T.A. we had a lesson plan and everything but we didnt follow it at all, the sp[irit was soo sstrong and wee taught accort=ding to it ha ot was crazy. mom thanks for the boat pic it was nice to see the face of atleast someone in our fam after 6 weeks, ut thenagain me and hanna look pretty similar.  


So today at the temple i met 2 people from temple. That was cool, and it was good to talk to people about home. Man i love mesa.  Umm im not sure what to say about this week cuz niothing super speciall happened. Me and elder ricks are really beding blesses when it comes to our progress with spanish i cant thank God enough for that. i think the most important thing for anyone to realize is that we arenothing and Every sucess we have is Because of God, so never stop praying and never stop reading the scriptures beacuse those are some of our most usfull tools that we ahve been given.  THis life is what we make it and were are hear nomatter what we do so we might as well make the best of it right?  


Thanks for everything. I love you all and you're the best! I inlcude you in my prayers, and I can feel yours. I pray for ways to show my love for you and how I can better serve you, so if there is ever anything I can do, please let me know! I need all the service opportunities I can get because service is really the only true way we can feel good about what we are doing, and about ourselves.  Sister Spencer, thanks for the newsletter. Elder Clouse, stay away form those ticks, I reccomend you carry a few bottles of riad, hahah. Elder Mills, thanks for some of your comments in your excerpt. They really helped give me some extra boost this week! 


You are all so great! until next time, this is all form Elder Nelson! 

Have I told anyone that my goal is to eat a mango a day, or at least teach and eat a mango at the same time?

Jacob, Happy Birthday! I’m working on a hand-written letter for ya! (Meaning, I’m hoping to start it today!) I hope your 17th b-day is great. I know it’s gonna be a great year! Mom tells me you started a lawn mowing business. That’s great! Just make sure you work hard and have good quality work so that you can have customers that want more! I’ll work on getting that letter to ya!

Angel, I’m working on a response for ya, too! I’m glad graduation was great! And if you got any more than 36 minutes of sleep on graduation night, then you are doing it all wrong! Hahaha. Ohh good times!

 

Jake, your mission sounds crazy! I’m jealous that you get to meet mofia members! Daggum! I guess I’ll get over it when I’m eating a mango and teaching. Have I told anyone that my goal is to eat a mango a day hahah, or teach and eat a mango at the same time?Don’t worry, Ill send pictures of it, hahah!

So guess what? I leaned how to fold socks for the fist time today when I was in the temple helping out. Man, I feel so cool now that I finally know how to fold socks! Blessings of service at the temple haha!

Michelle, thanks for the Health package. I’m working on a response for you to. I have like, 3 epistles to write today. Daggum! There isn’t enough time fore anything anymore. I thought daylight savings time was supposed to make it so there was more daylight and time in the day, but I swear, all I do on p-days is wakeup, shower, play basketball, eat, and say nightly prayers. It feels like I was just emailing and doing laundry yesterday. Where does the time go?!

I can’t believe I’m closing in on the end of my MTC time!

So, I’m not a district leader anymore because it switches at the halfway point. I liked being district leader, but daggum, it feels good to only have to work on studying. There is so much studying to do here.

So, me and Elder Ricks have officially started teaching in 100% Spanish. Let me tell ya'll, the gift of tougngeus is as real as the voice you are using to read this email out loud to yourself! But I agree with Jake: speaking and understanding another language is crazy. But it’s not as crazy as understanding and reading the Book of Mormon in another language. I love it. I decided that my homecoming talk is going to be in Spanish because I have worked way to hard on Spanish to just speak English when I get home! I love Spanish; it’s such a cool language! And don’t worry, I’ll help anyone with Spanish when I get home.

So I’m really looking forward to the day when I’m this blonde-haired, blue- eyed guy in mesa that has a Mexican accent! Man, that’s going to be a funny day. And I give anyone permission to make fun of me for that, hahah. Especially if I accidently start talking in Spanish, because once I get to Mexico, the only time I think, speak or use English will be in my email home! But I’m so Excited for the challenge of the language. My mission pres said we get Mexican comps, so we have to learn the language, and I’m stoked for that!

Umm, things here are great. It has been great work. I’ve been studying a lot, and my allergies have slightly been buggin’ me—but there is nothing I can do now that I’m taking my the allergy pills (thanks for those, by the way, mom) Despite the allergies, I just keep workin’.

Last night at the devotional we had some guy from the 70 talk to us, and he talked about space and about how man really is nothing and how God really does care for each of us, and how we all have purpose and just all sorts off good stuff. I decided that it’s the best talk I have ever heard! But ya, great week and I cant believe its already p-day, daggum! If I think of anything else to say ill let y’all know when I get back on around 1 for laundry time. I love you all so much and I’m so grateful for your love and support. I want you to know it is all felt and it makes a world of difference!

I’m a daggum workhorse, and I want to go to work in Mexico!

Hey! My companion has a hurt knee, so we aren’t going to the temple today. It’s kind of a bummer, but oh well! What can ya do about it?

It was nice because we got to go off campus yesterday to visit the doctor. It was some place at University Hospital, which was right across the street from Macey’s—you know that store we were at before you dropped me off. Ha, it was kind of weird to think that Katie is a 2-second walk away, but it felt soooo good to see something new. Don’t get me wrong, I love the MTC. But I’m not built for a classroom and studying all day. I’m a daggum workhorse, and I want to go to work in Mexico!

So one of the lunch register people is from Veracruz, Mexico! Me and my comp talk to her all the time. She is pretty cool, but I just love hearing about Veracruz: it makes me sooo excited. I really hope we get our visas on time. We have guys in our zone who are going on their 13th or 14th week in the MTC. I would be bummed if I end up spending an 8th of my mission in the MTC.

So I’m getting ready to start teaching the first lesson completely in Spanish. I have about 100 words I need to learn by next week, so I'll let you know how that goes! I can’t believe I have been here for a month. It feels like I have been here only a week, yet an eternity at the same time! We get so much done here: the days seem like weeks, hahah.

It’s definitely important to stay busy here. But it’s all fun and games. I’ve got the routine down, which helps a lot. My favorite days are Sundays, and then Wednesdays. I like Sundays because they are chill. I’m always in and out of meetings all day because I’m a district leader. The schedule is nice, and it gives my eyes a break from reading and studying all the time! But yea, I’m loving it here.

I decided that the new theme song to my life is “There is Sunshine in My Soul.” I just love that song. I make it a goal to sing it every morning when I wake up. I also like “Have I done Any Good in the World Today.” When I’m singing, I just imagine my self in Veracruz walking down the street teaching it up, haha.

Ohh my goodness I’m sooooo exited for Mexico. I love the MTC, but I wanna be in MEXICO! I wanna work! Something cool about this week:me and Elder ricks decided to study on the 5th floor of our building (18m). We were fascinated to see the great view it had. Pretty much all we see here are white walls, tan brick walls, and mountains—so it’s nice to get a glimpse of something new.

It’s crazy how it snowed! What the heck is up with that?! I thought it was almost June, not daggum January! This Utah weather is crazy.

So something else I have realized is just how proud of Arizona I really am haha. I get so exited to tell anyone about Arizona. Whenever there are missionaries going to Mesa or Arizona, I go and talk to them for so long about it, haha. I guess I just never realized how much I love Arizona!

So me and my comp decided that we are going to make a book and call it "How to survive the MTC Spanish Speaking” haha. And we are gonna hide it somewhere in our room when we leave so that when someone finds it in 20 years they will know all the good stuff and advise that would take them a month to figure out.

I’m sure there is so much more to say but I just can’t remember what has happened in the last week or when—just because time is all smooshed together in my mind, haha. But I’m feeling healthy this week and studying hard to learn Spanish. I’m always doing some activity on Spanish.

Thanks for everything! I love you all, and it’s always nice to hear how things are going back in the good ‘ole Mesa, AZ!