Aloha, Talofa, Hello, Lei-ho
How is everything going??? HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THOMAS!!!!!!!
what a little nugget. 15 years old, that's so crazy! haha. both of the
investigators in both wards are like 15-16 years old... i try to imagine
teaching thomas and robert as i try to be patient with them. haha like do my
very active brothers even read their scriptures every day?? (you better!!!
haha) but also, they are both so shy and one of them is from Samoa, so i don't
feel like he understands everything we say.. the language barrier here is such
a struggle haha. But good news, one of them agreed to have a baptismal date on
the 16th :) which is so awesome, so Sis Yau will be able to be apart of it (if
everything lines up and he is ready) before she ends her mission on the 20th!
:)
So last wednesday we got to take a trip over to Kaniohe, and
it was pretty fun! we have these new "best friends" aka Tiwi, which
tracks our driving and will yell at us when we are doing things wrong haha but
i'm a good driver so no worries ;) I think Sister Warner sent me a picture of
all the Tiwi's getting installed.. but we nicknamed ours Turtle because no one
here follows the speed limit, so we are always the slow car with a ton of cars
really close behind us.... hahah But cool story kinda: when
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| Turtle |
Also we were able to be led to many different people this
week. We finally were able to see a reallllly busy less active lady that has
been struggling because her husband died of cancer this last year :*( so sad.
But it's amazing how strong her kids are (age 8-24) and even though her faith
is shaken, their faith is so strong and they continue living the gospel in a
way that will allow the spirit to always be in their home. What a hard trial
though. Faith is one of those things that we can lose so fast. just like Peter
walking on water. He did something so amazing, but still sunk because he lost
his faith so quickly. We need to follow his example and when we are sinking
call out to the Savior and let him save us and help us. When we build our faith
on Jesus Christ we cannot fall (Helaman 5:12) and i know that's something i
need to apply to myself more... even just spending more time in my personal
study learning about Jesus Christ and strengthening my faith in him.
I wish i could tell you about every opportunity i have...
But i love being able to be an instrument in the hands of God to help them come
unto repentance and also to help them feel God's love for them. We called a
member referral the other day and the girl who referred her didn't know what
her friend would say, but the friend had been waiting and waiting for the
opportunity to learn from the missionaries (of course her phone died and we
still haven't had the chance to call back and get her address). And a man came
into the VC and had a friend who is a member... they’ve even talked about
church and what we believe.. he was telling me that he was impressed with our
church and all these things.. and then we asked "would you go to church
with him?" and he said "yeah, if he invited me i would go". and
then he left. But It really hit me hard. how many people in my path through
life have i just never offered the invitation to, but they would be willing to
learn or to come or even WANT to come and learn but no one has told them or
asked them... EVERYONE, pray about a missionary opportunity, and then really
act on the promptings of the spirit. People really are being prepared and just
waiting to hear the gospel and have that happiness in their life. Please share
it with them!!!!
Okay gross story, so two days ago i went downstairs without
my glasses and showered and then went back upstairs and then back downstairs
and then my pad mate came downstairs and screamed and guess what..... Maggots
ALLL OVER the floor. our downstairs is all hard floor and so there were sooo so
many maggots just wiggling around everywhere. How nasty. and the worst part is
i walked through them (i had to have missed stepping on them or i wouldve
known?!?!) and we had to try to kill all a million of them. So so gross. the
struggles of living along the beach in the perfect weather i guess. Yuck yuck
yuck. but it is clean and we are happy now. except also another sad gross
story, i forgot about all the nasty ants everywhere, and the lovely Miller
family (joann and paul) sent me a package including Somoas girlscout cookies
<3 and i didnt' think about it and left the box on the table.... so many
ants ruined my happiness. Oh well, i loved getting the package and the love and
maybe its a good thing i couldnt eat a whole package of those heavenly
treats...
Also we got to go to the temple and sis yau and i decided to
do Initiatory and sealings instead of a session :) it was soo goood. I
love the peace of the temple. and the spirit is sooo strong. i agree with all
the leaders of our church that said in so many of their talks that we need to
go to the temple as much as we can!!!! the blessings and power we get from
going is so much more than we know!! i loved general conference :) i basically
bawling through the whole thing because it was so good (and maybe because i was
a little tired at 6 am lol) but i finally got to watch the womens broadcast
too. so good! if you haven't seen every talk... go see it!
I know that God really does love each of us so much! and i
know that the Book of Mormon has the fullness of the gospel. I know that
through Jesus Christ we can be healed of sin and guilt. and that the prophet
and apostles really are called of God and receive revelation for us!!!!!
thanks for all the support! I would love to receive some
emails this week of everyones testimonies of what they KNOW is true. I would
love that so much :) pllleeeease. i love you all and have a great week!!!
love Sister Nielsen
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