8/29/16

Every time I start to write an email, I have to erase everything and start again because I start in Portuguese, its difficult. This week was great! We are improving a lot as a zone and as a district. (the photo) 

Elder Freire and I found a lot of cool people this week. We met a guy who has a lot of questions about religion. He belived in God but didn't know how he should act. So we were super happy to help him out. We also met a family. The famly was taught by missionaries a year or so ago. The father remembered how the missionaries taught about dispensations so it was great to teach him based off of what he already knew. They are all interested in our english class. 

We had some pretty great lunches this week, im gonna gain some weight in this area! There are some pretty awesome desserts that the members are making for us here... Ah, so good!

I love the gospel, the cure for anything. I had several awesome experiences this week that i can testify of the gospel. It is the best thing when someone applies the gospel in their life. Its something unexplainable but the gospel can heal anything. The gospel can fix anything. In our district meeting this week we talked about promising our investigators promises. If they live a principle of the gospel, we promise them a certain blessing. It works every time. A man in our ward fell and broke his rib this week. He told us that he was in immense pain and he felt that he couldnt do anything to fix it, but then he remembered he could pray, and his pain was tooken away. The next time something goes wrong or something gets hurt, instead of looking for a solution or cure in the world, turn to God and find what you need in the gospel. 

Everyone have an awesome week!

-Elder Nelson

8/22/16

We are working hard. Trying to be the best we can be and have the zone be too. We are focusing more in the end result of the investigating process. We are focusing more in the investigators going to church and marking their baptismal dates. We are finding several great people. We encountered a couple saturday and we were able to teach them and bring them to church the next day! They loved it and accepted baptism. We are excited to help them arrive there. We also encountered a man who has some trouble with smoking. He wants to stop and we promised him that he can through the gospel. He accepted a baptismal date but wasnt able to go to church because of his work. We are learning a lot of the process of investigators and we are excited to use it and help the zone use it too. 

It rained a lot this week. Saturday we saw the rain coming so we grabbed our umbrellas. When the rain hit, it was so strong that the umbrellas did nothing. We got soaked. It was even better that we were with a guy who is preparing to go on a mission. Welcome to the mission. We went to a city that is clost to Dourados, Fátima do Sul. We go there to see if people are ready for baptism. Its a really small group but im excited to help the people and the church there. The members are excited here and we are doing a lot of visists with them. And it helps, a lot. We are excited for the progess of us and our investigators. The gospel does miracles, but only if we believe in it and use it. 

Everyone have an amazing week!

-Elder Nelson

8/15/16

I am here in Dourados now. Its a big city. And its pretty great. There are a lot of awesome members here and a lot of excitement in missionary work. So i am super excited in what will come. 

This week has been pretty crazy with the transfer, travels, learning the area, and taking on the responsibility of a zone leader. My companion, Elder Freire, is on his last transfer and we are trying to make the best of it. There should be some pretty good stories to come as we are fufilling his mission bucket list. 

Its awesome to see people work together. Its horrible to see gossip tear people a part. We all need to judge, the people who we want to be around, and how we can help other people. But sometimes we will judge unjustly, judging the bad things in people. God doesn't teach not judge but, "Open thy mouth" and, "judge righteously"(Proverbs 31:9) When we talk about other people we should look to the best in them, and not look at their weaknesses. Always 'Judge righteously' and not gossip. I know that we should love everyone, look the best in them, and be united with them, and we will be extremely blessed. "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there i am in the midst of them."(Matthew 18:20)

Everyone have a great week!

-Elder Nelson 

8/8/16

So I am being transfered to Dourados. I will become a zone leader there. Its an area that ive visited several times already and i am excited, ive heard great things about it. 

This week has been great. We have worked very hard these couple transfers and it has been amazing. I have learned so much here in Maracaju and ive learned to love everyone here. It will be tough to leave but I know the Lord is calling me to Dourados. 

Everyone have an amazing week!

-Elder Nelson

8/1/16

We started english class this week. We put up a banner in front of the church recently with our number and we have a lot of people calling us. We had 7 new people come to the class this week. It was super cool. These people are really cool and we are excited to continue with them. 

We have so much work to do. Its so great to fill our plates with the work of the Lord. We are talking to people straight up whats their difficulties with going to church. We are learning not to cut around the bush. This is salvation. This is serious. We are able to address many people difficulties with talking to them straight up. These are our brothers and sisters, we need to talk to them as brothers and sisters.

I love this work. I love the Lord. Everyone have an amazing week!

-Elder Nelson

7/25/16

We headed out to Dorados this week. We did a split there and also a zone meeting. We learned a lot togethere. A lot about teaching. We are now bettering our teaching to help more people. The better we teach the more the investigators and us learn together. (D&C 50:22)

We tested our spiritual power this week and are working more to find those prepared. We were able to have 3 new investigators at church yesterday which was super awesome. It was great to help them around and learn. 

We talked a lot about agency with a member this week. We are free to choose good or bad. This is the gift God gave to us. This is the gift that Satan tried to take away from us. But we cant create our own path. We cant choose some good some bad. We cant choose an eternal destiny that God has not prepared. Which at sometimes seems like we dont have agency. But we really do, this is the beautiful thing. We must trust God that His plan is the best, and that He knows the best. We must use our agency to choose His plan. And at the end of His plan, and only HIS plan, we become capable of choosing our eternal destiny. (Heleman 14:30)

-Elder Nelson