Dear Family,
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| Pachuca overlooking Elder Nelson's old ward |
This week was really crazy again. I
don´t think I´ve ever been so tired in my life, but I wouldn´t have it any
other way. This week we went to Pachuca to do divisions (The picture of the
houses is from the upstairs window of the zone leaders’ house looking out over
my old ward) and to pick up Elder Perez. He is the only missionary who was
scheduled to finish his mission this change and so President sent him home 3
weeks early to make the process easier. We left at about 8 in the morning on
Thursday from Pachuca and got home about 11...when President called and asked
that we bring Elder Perez to his house so that he could have an interview with
him. (President has been really sick and couldn´t leave his house). We left
then and didn´t get back to our area until about 5 when we ate really quickly
and left again to go do a baptismal interview...we finally started working
about 7:30 at night. The next day Friday we started working like normal until
about 12 when Elder Jordan rubbed his eyes after touching a plant...his eyes
were apparently allergic and started swelling up and getting all puffy and burned
so that he couldn´t open them. We went to the doctor and got some drops for him
and finally got it all sorted out. We started working again about 4 in the
afternoon and finished the day well. Then on Saturday morning we dropped Elder
Perez off at the airport at about 6:30 am and went from there to President´s
house where we had a planning meeting. Then we got news that a new Elder was
going to be coming on Monday (today). So we woke up at 5:20am today to go get
him and bring him to President´s house for the training and breakfast. We finally
got back to our house at about 3:45 and got about 2 hours of P day....so I am
really excited to go to bed tonight. At the beginning of my mission I would
think..."if I am this tired for the next two years I think I might
die." I guess you just get used to being tired.
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| Elder Crown, Elder Pukahi, and Elder Jordan |
The other picture I sent was of
Elder Jordan and Elder Crown (financial secretary) and Elder Pukahi (visas
secretary) before we left for President´s house this morning...and of the
computer I am using to write this email to you.
I have a couple souvenirs...but I am
not going to buy anything until the end because I don´t want to have to carry
it around with me in suitcases until I know that my next transfers will be
Richland. The temple is still open.
This week we had a cool experience
on Sunday. We were working like normal Sunday after church just street
contacting and looking for new investigators when a huge black man yelled us
over. He was bigger than Elder Jordan. His name is Carl and he is from Haiti.
He said that he had gone to church a lot of times with his uncle in Haiti but
had never gotten baptized. He speaks French and Haitian…and is learning Spanish.
He didn´t speak too well and it was kind of weird. But he lives in a little
room and moved in about 4 months ago and was excited to come back to church
with us this week.
I am happy and healthy and trying to
get better. Also...I´m not dying (far from it) or anything but I´ve accepted
that I will have to know about BYU and other plans and so feel free ask questions
and to let me know what is going on and what classes or whatever you signed me
up for.
I love you all so much and I pray
that God will do according to His will with each one of you...it is the only
way to be happy. Tell me where Laurel goes.
Love,
Elder Nelson
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