One is a little crazy but we'll see how that goes...

Buenas!

Guess I'm gonna have to quickly fit 2 weeks in this letter seeing as how last week I couldn't write. The good thing is that last week wasn't that eventful. So it shouldn't be that hard. 

Monday we found 2 new investigators, a couple Ramon and Angie. They were listening to the missionaries before but said they weren't ready at that point. They smoked and drank and liked their life. But suddenly 2 weeks again, Ramon showed up at church and said they were ready to be baptized. We are teaching them now and they are progressing awesomely. They are going to get baptized 10 of March!

Tuesday Zone Conference. Also, lunch with a super racist family. That was funnnn

Thursday we found a lady while contacting that invited us in and listened. She has recieved  the misionaries before and likes listening but it looks like we are going to have problems with the husband... like usual. haha 

Friday we pretty much knew Hna W was going to leave so everyone wanted to eat with us. We ate 2 times on firday (and 3 on saturday) so everyone could say goodbye.. so much for trying to lose a little weight before the end of the mish...

Saturday. We ate a lot....They called us to tell us the changes. I stayed here in Tijuana as STL and training. Hermana Wiscomb went to Mexicali...oops

Meet Erik

Sunday After church we had a baptism. Erick has been listening since The end of december. He is 17 years old. It was really great. We were super happy.

Erik and his family

Monday we had to drop Hna W off at 7 at the bus station, I stayed with an hna from our ward that lives across the street and then she took me at 11 to the capilla in paraiso to meet my companion. We had a special meeting for everyone that was going to be training, then we met our companions but they didnt tell us who was going to be comps with who, then we had another meeting. Then they gave us our comps. My companion is Hermana Maya, 22 years old, from Distrito Federal. Then we ate, then we went home, she unpacked and we started working.

Nothing too exciting these days. Just getting to know a companion. 

Meet Hermana Maya. She got here last Monday. Its been fun!

Friday they told us to be in the capilla for a special meeting in the morning. I saw some of my old comps and it was way fun.

Saturday Normal work day except all of our citas fell through almost! but hey, that happens. Thats when you get to know new people n the street and teach them instead.

Sunday - We met 4 new people and started to teach them. That was cool. One is a little crazy but we'll see how that goes... We have 5 people in church so that was cool. getting close to some other baptisms. 

I should have more to report in the coming weeks. Thats all for now

love you all!

 

 



Ran into old friends at the conference



Sometimes it pours on us when we are contacting in the streets. and we get really wet...

Wet!

Only 4 minutes to email

Alexa didn't get a chance to write a full email today - they had changes and were only allowed 4 minutes to send a quick message home.  This is what she said:

"Things are good. today we had changes. Hermana W went to Mexicali. I am here with Hermana Maya. She is my trainee. I'm still Sister Training Leader. Should be fun. Its getting hot, but we deal with it."

 

So - she is still in Tijuana where she will probably stay for her last two transfers and she is now training a greenie who I am assuming is Latina.  Guess we will learn more next week!

I talk about food A LOT

Hola Familia y amigos!

 

Companions

 

 Here we are again. I feel like I have spent half of my mission in this chair writing letters home. Which is awesome because I like doing that. But weird because time passes so fast.

This week just flew by. We are now starting the last week of the transfer which means we may have changes next week. Its kinda likely. Should be fun. :)

Monday: was the day we went to walmart and then learned how to make gorditas and tortillas. As Hna Allen told me, I just noticed I talked about food  A LOT last week. It could be because we are starting a diet... :( dang. haha

Tuesday: I had to go to the Leadership meeting. It was a lot different than normal. We formed counsels and made plans on how to make the mision better. It was actually really cool. But long. But then they fed us awesome food so it was fine.

With  a favorite family

Wednesday: Normal day. And then Ward council. Kinda a long day but we found 1 new person to teach. Her name is Amparo and she is kinda old. But cool. Shes Adventista. (7th day adventist) Should be interesting. 

Thursday: We had planning in the morning and then Interviews with the Presidente. It went well. Right after that we had intercambios (exchanges) and I went with one of the hnas in Olivos. It went well. She is so cute. :)

Friday: After studies in the morning we went and changed back. 2 new people to teach in the morning, and lessons with some awesome investigators. Fun day. 

Birthday Cake

Saturday: Kinda a long day. A little frustrating because we couldnt really find many people in their houses. And its starting to get hot again. The cold only last for like 10 seconds this year. :( I miss it. 

Other Birthday Cake

Lunch at Chilli's

Sunday: Nothing special. Oh yeah. Except my birthday. That was kinda awesome. An hna from the ward gave me a pair of earrings. The hna in the comida made us lasagna and spaghetti. It was so delicious! And at the end of the night we went with our favorite family and ate more cake. haha! So great.

Today we ate at chilis to celebrate some more. :) Again with the food...guess i'm a little obsessed. haha It was a good week. 

Sorry not a ton to report. Hope all is well.

Love you lots!

Hermana Nielsen

Kinda weird, but it worked out.

 

Don't tell the presidente I entered FaceBook.

Amigos!

I cant believe its Monday again. The weeks just fly by. I feel like I'm always looking forward to Mondays so we can have a break for a sec and then Monday comes and we remember that it is the busiest day of the week! Lets see if I can remember what's went on this week. 

Monday: After the normal Pday activies, we went to a super sketchy area of our sector to visit someone who isnt really interested in our message. After that, we found a menos activo family that we are going to start working with to get them coming back. Pretty much a normal day.

Tuesday: District meeting. Then we ate with the hermana who cooks the best in our entire ward. We had a couple citas and then had to do exchanges with one of the companionships of hermanas in Tecate. They came here (an hour bus trip), Hna Huerta stayed with me in Insurgentes and Hna Wiscomb went back to Tecate with the Hna Melendez. We went to the Coorelacion meeting that night and it was awesome. Way productive..which is unusual. We have some good plans to get our memeber working.

Intercambios

Wednesday: we worked here in my sector. Hna H is being trained so I had to verify that everything is going well in her training. Good news, it is. :) She is a cute girl but gets really nervous in lessons. we put a baptismal goal with an investigator that is progressing really well. Ate a TON of tacos. Then after 2 or 3 appointments, traveled to Tecate. We did a weird switch. There are 2 companionships of hermanas in Tecate and I had to work with them both last week. So when we got to tecate, Hna H went with her companion and Hna Eye (from the other companionship) went back to Tijuana with my compnion and I stayed with Hna Campoverde. Kinda weird, but it worked out. 

Thursday: I worked with Hna Greenfield ;) in her sector and we found some great new people. It went super awesomely. Thursday night I got home and we were able to go find 2 new people to teach. Kinda awesome. 

Friday: We had our planning in the morning. Long but good. Then we visited our converts because it was Michelles birthday. They gave us cake and we taught them. Good trade I think. The hna whose turn it was to give us food forgot..so she made us a sandwhich really quick. We got hungry really fast after that. I cant belive how much food i eat these days! Its not okay. 

Saturday: Was a good day. We had a lot of lessons with some investigators that are progressing really well. We aren't sure if we are going to baptize in February. There are 2 possibilities. But we aren't sure. We just have to keep praying and working. We will see what happens. 

Sunday: Sad again. We had 4 investigators come to church. But only 1 that we can report. 2 aren't married and 1 can't listen to us because his parents won't let him. But he leaves every sunday morning telling his paretns he is going to play soccor, comes, changes and stays for all 3 hours. He is 17 years old. 

Today we hurried and cleaned and did everything in the morning because some investigators and the Married couple missionaries invited us to learn how to make tortillas and gorditas. SUPER DELICIOUS! My lucky family is going to get to try that when I get home. It was a good day. Just a little rushed. 

Gorditas!

Its been a good week. Time is going faster and faster every day that I just can't believe it. It's insane! I feel like I still have so many things to do in thes last few months. I am not ready to go home. It makes me sad everytime someone reminds me how much time I have left. I need more! but I am excited to see my friends and family. I do miss them a little. 

I think thats all I have to report this week. Hope everyone is doing well. Love you lots!

Hermana Nielsen