6/27/16

I cannot describe the great things that we are experiencing here.
Never have I felt God more in my life before. It is the best
experience when the situation allows us to teach completely through
the Spirit. To be teaching someone with tears in our eyes and tears in
theirs, feeling the love of God through our words and the Spirit, is
the best. People comment what they feel when we are in their house.
They feel something different, something better. There is nothing
better than the work of God. Nothing better than being an instrument
in His hands. The more that we accept His will and obey Him, the more
He will use us.


We are performing miracles. I love this work and I love the gospel.
And I know that the only way we can know and love this work is through
living it.

Everyone have an amazing week!

-Elder Nelson

6/20/16

When Christ was on the earth He taught about those who pertain to His
gospel, will have their burdens liftened and their lives will be
filled with peace. More and more every day I am learning of this. This
last week has probably been the week in which I worked the hardest on
the missions. We were able to meet most of our goals and excel some of
them by more than 30%. We are so happy to see our progress and the
progress of those that we are working with. The more we work the more
happiness and peace we find.

Yesterday in church we talked about those who found the truth but lost
thier ways. We talked about the conversions and how their is a social
conversion and a spiritual conversion. The church is perfect, the only
thing imperfect are the members. So we need to help those strengthen
their relationship with the gospel and also have good realtionships
with those that are in the gospel with them. This way they can be
strenthened and remain strong in the gospel.

Everyone have a great week!

-Elder Nelson

6/13/16

We are working hard trying to work our best and find those prepared
for the gospel. And we are finding them. We started this week with a
trip to Dorados and a zone conference that was pretty good. We are
talking with everyone and teaching several people. It is amazing to
see the gospel put in action.

Yesterday we had branch conference. It was great, the stake president
came and talked about temples and marrage. And gave us Elders a task
that will change the city if it goes right. We learned yesterday in
Elders Quorum about true greatness. We can learn about this perfectly
in Christ. We can look for worldly greatness and seek to obtain, which
reward will only be temporary. Or we can look for true greatness and
seek to give, which reward will be eternal.

We taught about fear to some investigators, which lesson really stook
to me. Everyone knows right from wrong. But everyone makes the mistake
of choosing what is wrong when they know its wrong. Several of us have
fear to give our all, to do everything that we know is right. But only
now am I starting to learn that only in giving our all, can we find
all of ourselves. True peace, true happiness, and true love, only
exist in our best. The opposite of fear is faith and if we have faith
that in our best, we will have reward, we will find it. So have faith,
and be the best that you know.

Everyone have an amaing week!

-Elder Nelson

6/6/16

We worked hard in the rain this week. It seemed to be nonstop all
week. But it was fun. Its the fun part of the mission. We were able to
find several new families this week and several less active members.
We are teaching everyone about the Restoration of the gospel, whether
it be new or old news to them. We teach the importance of its
occuring. We are working more with the branch, having meetings
frequently and having visits with the members. We are working to unite
the branch, uniting the relationship between the members and between
the members and the investigators. Everyone needs friends. Everyone
needs to be united in the gospel.

We are seeing miracles and are so happy to realize them.

Everyone have an amazing week!

Elder Nelson

5/31/16

So one by one, everyone in my district left and my new companion Elder
Craig arrived. We spent the first week contacting a lot of street
contacts that we had and introducing Elder Craig to a lot of the
members. Sunday, we had stake conference in Dorados. So we took a bus
early with the branch, watched stake confrence, and returned. It was
pretty good. They are exciting the members to try to split the stake
into two. So it was a good conference. We also had Mission Confrence
in Ponta Porã. So we took another bus there and had Mission Conference
Yesterday. Its was awesome. We will work hard to make goals, and put
our investigators on these goals, and we are promised baptisms. We are
excited for this.

When i was in Alta Floresta my companion Elder Donato and I found a
family. They are an awesome family but we taught them several times
and they still wouldn't visit the church. The husband always said,
"One day, we will go." We decided to give them one more chance and
that time he said, "We will go this Sunday." Since then, the family
hasn't missed one Sunday. My companion and I were both transfered but
happy to hear the news that they were all baptised and stronger than
ever in the church. I learned from this experience that no effort is
worthless in the Lord. The Lord has a plan and in His hands, we can do
anything.

-Elder Nelson

5/23/16

Transfer today! Everyone in the district will be transfered, except
me. I will stay in the city alone with my new companion, Elder Craig.
Its going to be rough, I know little of the other area. But it should
be good. We will work hard and we will facilitate miracles I know it.

We were able to meet several new people this week. It has been a
transfer of hard work, trying to find the people prepared by the Lord.
It has been difficult, the area has some difficulties, but we now will
work super hard and make these difficulties our strong points.

I know this is the Lords work. I know we have