No Letter - Just Pictures

The hills in Tijuana that I walk up and down daily



This is a street name - also what I often get called

houses

Baptism

Creepy but really helpful!

Hello hello!

This is gonna be a rushed letter. Sorry about that! Lets see if i can find my agendo so  i know what happened this week. I have lost it so many times this week. A taxi driver hunted us down to give my agenda back. Creepy but really helpful!

Cleaning Party at the new house!

Cleaning Party!

Eating with the Relief Society

Moving Day

Cheap Easter Candy

We made an OREO

Hermana Maya

Elder Cruz

This week we are only going to talk about highlight (and lowpoints) of the week. I don't have a ton of time. 

Our investigator that was progressing really well broke up with his girlfriend (member) and didn't cmoe to church :( :( :( 

Our baptism for friday cancelled last minute because her stepdad said no. but we talked to him and next week she can get baptized.

We had a relief society activity on saturday and the food was really good.

We moved houses and I really like our new house. 

We had 5 investigators in church. That was awesome.

I'm really sorry. I'm the worst. I have to organize my time better. We'll see if next week i can do better. I have 2 more mondays to try to improve. jaja!

Love you all

Hermana NIelsen

Scary. But awesome.

Buenas tardes!

Yay. Another week that went buy insanely fast. You'd think that after a while, I wouldn't be surprised by how fast time goes. Nope. Still gets me every time. Lets see what my agenda says we did this week...

Monday. Just a normal day. We found an investigator that we hadn't been able to see for a while. She accepted a baptismal date and has a ton of interest. So we are excited. We had a lesson with an investigator that is progessing. He is going to get baptized in May. :)

Tuesday. We had our District Meeting like normal, had some good lessons and went to our Coordinacion Meeting. Except our Lider Misional didn't come...so that wasn't very successful. We are planning an activity with the ward. Right now we are announcing it as a secret activity so that the members get curious and go. It should be fun. I hope everything works out.

Wednesday. We had a multizone conference with the Presidente. They asked me to do part of the capacitación (training). So I had a 25 minute Presentation. It went really well even though I was super nervous. I didn't die. So that's a plus. I spoke on a talk from Elder Tad R. Callister of the 70 that he gave in the MTC in 2008. About being Misioneros Consagrados. Super good talk. AFter the conference we just ate with a sister from the ward and had another lesson before we went to Ward Council. That was fun because we just sat and listened and they didnt even give us time to talk... Love when that happens.

Thursday: Planning! Its the best part of the week. We put a goal for a baptismal date with another investigator for 8 May. That's pretty much it.

Friday: We got to visit one of my recent converts who is doing awesome. She is so great. She's reading the Book of Mormon and even though she doesnt understand it completely, she loves it and is excited to follow what it says. We ate with the Presidenta of RS and she is making me a dress so we did the measurments. I'm so excited. Friday night we met the Sisters from Olivos in our church building and we did exchanges. I went to Olivos and Hna Urbina (from my generation) stayed with my comp.

Saturday:

 I worked with Hna Garcia. It was a really successful day. The members of her ward pretty much know me now. They don't get surprised when I show up because they know its just for a day. We got back to my ward in the evening and had to go have the traditional "Thrifty" ice cream. Its Ice cream from the US. But I have never heard of it before the mision. Its super delicious though.

Sunday. Was good. We ended up having to go to a super boring meeting in the STake Center. It aws the elders turn to go, but because I am so nice and generous, we took their turn. jaja. 

Fun facts of the week:

They are closing a bunch of Chinese Restaurants here because they found out the were using dog instead of pork...That's gross. But its fine because Ive never eaten Chinese food here in Tijuana. The members are dying though. So mad!

Last month our ward baptized more than all the wards in the mission. (11 baptisms) So that's kinda cool. 

We are looking to change houses. So that should take place this week or next week. We'll see how things go,.

That's all I have to report for this week. Hope all is going well for everyone there. For those who havent talked to my parents lately, the countdown is at 29 days. Scary. But awesome. 

Love you all!

Hermana Nielsen

..so that ruined our plans

Hola Familia!

Not much to report this week seeing as how I was in the house pretty much the entire time. I've decided to stop working. Haha JUST KIDDING! My companion was sick and seeing how all of Mexico goes on vaction during Semana Santa, we coudln't find 2 hermanas to help us (one to stay with my comp and one to go with me). So I stayed with her and cleaned. 

Last monday we went to walmart again and may have accidentally bought shoes at a store right there close. But it was worth it. I spent 149 pesos (about 10.50 dollars) on a pair of cute shoes for Sundays

Tuesday was the District meeting. Pretty normal and boring. 

Wednesday we had the Leadership Council like we do every month. Except in the conference, they announced that we aren't going to have them every month anymore. Just once a transfer. So that was my last one. Really sad about that. I love those meetings. While I was in the council, my companion stayed here with a joven that is getting ready for her mission and they kept working. But when I got back, I saw that my companion was still coughing and not feeling very good, so I took her to the doctor. (She did NOT want to go. She was a little mad at me.. oops) The doc told her she had bronchitis and a whole much of other stuff and gave her meds. Also told her she couldn't walk around in the sun...so that ruined our plans.. I think she doesn't know what missionaries do...haha

Thursday we planned. Well. I did. The meds made my comp really tired and she slept a lot. After that, I cleaned, updated my journal, cleaned, studied, cleaned, ate, studied and went crazy. I do NOT like being in the house all day.

Friday. I had 2 sisters that were going to be able to accompany me and the both cancelled last minute. Spent another ful day inside.... :(

Saturday Conference! yeah. Loved it. The missionaris there (the oldies) got really excited when they called Armando Carreon as a 70. (the old mission president.) We even were able to watch half a session in English. I loved the talk about the music of the gospel! My favorite. After that we went home to take her meds and she got kinda dizzy so she laid down..and fell asleep. More time inside...

Sunday! Conference. Woohoo! I almost died when they announced the temple in Bangkok! I turned to my companion and told her "I think my mom just died." haha 

Like I said, not much to report. 

Love you all!

Hermana Nielsen

Beginning of the End!

Well. I can't believe I'm starting my LAST TRANSFER as a misionera. That's sad.. and happy..but sad.. I don't really know. I have pretty much accepted it. Before when people asked me how much time I had in the mission, I always said  "About a year." Now, I don't lie. I've become comfortable with the idea. haha Today is transfer day, but seeing as how my companion is still in her training, we obviously stayed together. 

Well. This week was pretty uneventful. They have started getting more strict making sure we are contacting and knocking doors. The goal is 70 contacts a week and 42 doors. So they call every day to make sure we are doing it. Its hard because a lot of times we don't have time. But we are getting there. I forgot my agenda this week so lets see if I can remember what happened..oops

Monday: We went to the Macroplaza to go to walmart! Quite the adventure.. But not really. We visited some new investigators that are kinda awesome too. Good day.

Tuesday: We had a meeting with the Zone. They trained us in how to contact using the giveaway cards for "Gracias a que El vive" for easter. If you haven't see the video, go see it. And share it! I can't share in on FB seeing as how I would get in a lot of trouble, so you guys do it! Please!

Wednesday: Pretty normal day. We were able to contact a LOT and have a bunch of lessons so that was awesome. 

Thursday: Planning. 3 hours of torture. haha Its our favorite part of the week if it wasnt obvious. Not a super successful day, but it was fine. We contacted a lot and got to knock a bunch of doors.

Friday.. Yeah. I don't remember. So sorry! 

Saturday: I don't remember a lot, but the womens conference was awesome! Loved it. 

Sunday: Pretty good too. 3 members brought friends to church and introduced us. All three are awesome and super prepared. Super excited!

Funny things from this week:

I discovered that the word "llama" (yahmah) in Spanish means 2 things in english; flame and llama. Its really funny when you accidentally translate wrong in your head. 

My companions Spanglish is worse than mine. She accidentally busts out some english words in the lessons more than I do.

Hope everyone is doing well. We are doing great. ITs getting hot, but we are fine!

Love you all!

Hermana Nielsen

This is study time when you are reading the Isaias chapters in spanish. Spanish Libro de Mormon,  Spanish Biblia, English Book of Mormon. Just to make sure I understand

That pile of blankets is my companion. She doesnt feel good.(she's fine dont worry. Shes got a really bad cold)  This morning she laid there for like 15 minutes telling me over and over , "Hermana...I'm sick.." Don't worry. I filmed it. jaja

A weird rash showed up on my leg...

Bueno!

What a fast week. Its just getting crazy. I don't know how anyone has time to do ANYTHING with how fast the days are going! Lets get to the weekly report:

Monday: We visted a really cool investigator in the afternoon and some really awesome people at night. They gave us food. Everyone always wants to feed us. Its making losing weight really hard! guess that's gonna have to wait... jaja

Issac being enlightened by the scriptures

Tuesday. District meeting. Found 2 new investigators. Then we did intercambios. I went to Tecate. Wooho. Its about an hour and a half drive. but with traffic we made it there in 2 hours. Traveling always makes me tired. But we had a fun English class that night. I worked there with Hna Hernandez. 

Wednesday we walked around all of tecate. The good thing it wasn't hot outside. But i still got really tired. We made it back home around 9.

Thursday was planning day. yay! fun... we found a new investigator that is super awesome...but doesn't live in our sector :( boo! We also did intercambios again that night with the hermanas de Florido. They are both close to going home.. One goes home next week, the other next transfer (with me) They are both pretty dead as missionaries...so that's fun... I went to the doctor for a weird rash that showed up on my leg (no i didn't think to take a picture...sorry!) She told me it is an allergic reaction to the stuff floating around in the air when its windy.. and I made it spread because I kept scratching. She gave me a cream to put on it, but forgot to tell me that you can'

 

Intercambios en Tecate. I found a Thai gym

And a Stardrinks.. NOt starbucks. Dont be confused

 

I went to the United States...well my arm did...

My tierra! (My land!)

 

t be in the sun after putting it on... Learned that the hard way. What happens? you may ask.. IT burns the skin and irritates the area even more. Lots and lots of pain. But it only lasts about 4 hours.. no worries...

Friday: I worked with Hermana Leon (that goes home this week). She walks SOOOOOOOOOOO SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! I almost died. Shes a good missionary. But doesn't really see the point in looking for new investigators... or contacting. It was a long day..When we got home, I found this note from my companion in my agenda after i came out of the bathroom. I think she had a rough day too...haha

Saturday Pretty normal day.

Sunday too. No investigators came to church..thats a bummer. but 3 got confirmed! woot woot!

thats about all for this week. Sorry its not to long. In a rush as usual

Love you all

Hermana Nielsen

my companion tries to preach to pigeons.. They aren't interested...

Hola!

 

Hope all is well with everyone. Things here are going well. Its getting hot. Really hot. But that's to be expected. Actually.. Nothing is to be expected. Tijuana is loco! They are expecting rain agian this week. Should be cold. I'm excited. But who knows. The weather changes so fast here its ridiculous.

This week went well for us. Monday not so much. After calling the entire world to try to find someone to have a Family Home Evening with, we couldn't find anyone. So we visited a menos activo that has a lot of health problems. She was so happy to see us. She fed us pancakes. We should visit her more often.

Tuesday was Zone Conference. About 15 minutes before it started, the ZLs told me that they want the Sister Leader to help in the trainings now. So..I helped...ish. haha but it went well. In the afternoon we found this really cool lady who is super interested in listening. When we were about to finish the lesson she asked if we were Mormons and we said yes. Turns out she got baptized at age 14 but stopped going about 20 years ago. but she is interested in coming back and now are teaching her 3 kids too. Kinda awesome.

Wednesday. Not too much to report. Just a normal day of citas falling through. but we are doing well. It did start getting hot Wed though. That wasn't super fun.

Thursday: We didn't get to have a ton of lessons. But its okay because we had a baptism! yay! Karen is really awesome and has been preparing for a while. She spent a while not knowing if she wanted to get baptized or not and in the end we let her choose her baptismal date. She chose her birthday. Everything went really well...except there wasnt gas..so the boiler didnt work...so she got baptized with really really cold water. But she was okaywith it. Super happy. She's great.

Friday. We found another awesome lady that has 25 years less active. She's great though. has a lot of health  problesm. But thats normal here I think.. 

Saturday: We found 4 new people to teach. So that made us feel really good. They all have really great potential too. We had Stake Conference at 7 that night which was cool. They did like a panel/discussion about the Area Plan for this year. It was interesting.

Sunday: Stake Conference. Went well. But not a ton happened after that.

Things are going really well here. Really busy. Really hot. But I'm enjoying myself. People keep reminding me that I don't have much time.. and I dont like that. But I'm excited. I'm really excited for Allyse this week. I can't believe she is already getting home. That's crazy. And DeeAnn too. We're all getting there. I can't believe how fast time goes.

Funny Things from this week:

During a lesson this week, Me: "Issac (recent convert 13 years), do you remember what Priesthood is?" Issac: "I used to know. But yesterday I was reborn and I forgot"

 

During a contact on Thursday a guy gave us a pineapple.. We don't have a knife..so we still havent eaten it.

When we cant find anyone to contact, my companion tries to preach to pigeons.. THey aren't interested...

Well. Thats' all for this week. Love you all! Thanks for everything.

Hermana Nielsen