maupay nga hapon!!
hey, so i'll try and do my best to update you all with the little time
that i have! so good news,  my old companion, elder Leutze is still in
my last area, and they had 6 baptisms!! right after i left! so i am so
happy for him and for our investigators that got baptized! and wish i
could have been there for that, but oh well. i know i helped bring
them the gospel, im so glad that they accepted it. i love missionary
work, i wish i could be called elder for the rest of my life! i love
seeing the joy, the true joy, that this gospel brings to those people!
and i know thats what im doing in my new area.. so a little update, my
area now is San Isidro. and its right on the coast, so very close to
the ocean. we eat rice 3 times a day, and usually with fish. i really
am becoming filippino! the only thing is my skin...i don't think i'll
ever be as dark as them! oh, and i am tall. but other than that, im
filipino. haha i actually really love the fish here...we just fry it
whole and eat it with rice. its good. and my companio...is AWESOME!!!!
He is Elder Ebisa. he is the NICEST person i have ever met! i hope we
will have more than 1 transfer together! we are pretty much
brothers,...we're best friends, he is so nice, he gives me so many
compliments and i just love our companioship. we are working our butts
off too. and wow, i never thought zone leader would be so busy...i go
to bed around 12 and get up around 5 just cuz we're always
traveling..its just so busy, but i LOVE it! our zone is doing awesome!
and remember that missionary i told you about in the MTC? the one that
almost got sent home for downloading stuff?? well he is one of our
district leaders, and he has turned around like 180 degrees! he's an
awesome missionary and we actually get along GREAT! so i
wonder...where/what would he be like if i kept my mouth closed in the
mtc???so he's doing great now.
as for the language, im learning tagalog from my companion. and its so
mixed here..its not just one language, its 3, all of them mixed
together! which is crazy cuz it should be waray, but its all 3. so im
loving it. my companion says im fluent in Waray, but im still not
satisfied, im constantly working on improving my language.
we also had zone conference this week. and it was awesome! I love
President Andaya! so he came up with these certifications that
missionaries need to get passed off, and its like 3 steps and theres
alot of things that you have to do..its like christlike attributes,
memorizing scriptures, and teaching skills. and so far only 3
missionaries have passed this so far in the mission, and i was one of
them. so it felt good to accomplish something like that, cuz it has
helped me become a better missionary. and become the missionary that
president Andaya wants me to become and most importantly, the
missionary that the lord wants me to be. well, im out of time. just
know that i love you all. and that i love this work! i know that this
work is the lords work and this gospel is the ONLY way to True
Happiness! so i hope we can all help those who are "lost" and bring
them back to experience the joy that we are feeling. i love my
mission! and love you all! thanks for all your prayers!!
Love you!
Love, Elder Nelson