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

Except her cats are super mega creepy.

Muy buenas tardes!

 

Intercambios with Hermana Jimenez

Things are going well here. I feel like the closer I get to the end, the more they ask how much time I have left. I don't want to remember! This week went really well though. We had some really awesome experiences.

Lunes: We wanted to go to the Macro plaza, but it was raining and we didn't want to walk. It stopped raining about mid day and didn't rain very much afterwards. We were only able to have a lesson with Issac to get him ready for Tuesday. He was so excited. Also they gave us food. So that was fun. :) We like food. 

Meet Issac.  He's pretty cool.Me, Issac,  Hermano Efrain,
 Sara (Issac's mom) Hermana Maya

Martes: I had to go to the leaders meeting in the morning. Thats always my favorite. Actually I really do enjoy those meetings. They are kinda cool. Its a break from the normal and its fun to know that you have a say in what's going on in the mission. After that we had a cita with a new investigator. Between the appointments we have had with her she has heard a lot of rumors about the church ( a big problem here) so we had to clear up a lot of what she had heard. After that we went to the chapel to make sure everything was ready for Issac's Baptism. Everything went perfectly. Well...not really, but close. We accidentally took a long time getting ready and taking pictures and some of the members got impacient waiting. But it wasn't a big problem. 

Miercoles: Was a good day. It was a normal day. We got to have all our studies and the entire day to work. Well until Ward Council. But we didn't stay for the whole time. We just went long enough to get a word in. Then we went back to work. 

Jueves: Weekly planning. That's always fun. It means we only have personal study and then we plan until 12. Later I looked back and realized that what we planned in our agendas is exactly what happened that day. Not one single cita fell through. That never happens. Its a good reason to celebrate. We celebrated with Intercambios. I went to Los Olivos to work with an awesome misionera over there. We accidentally got home late though because our ride had to give a class real quick in the chapel. 

Viernes: I left Hna M with Hna Garcia (also in training) and was a little nervous, mainly because I was afraid they would get lost. And they did. But just a little. And they did some good contacting. So it was fine. :) I met some great investigators of the hermanas and enjoyed myself over there. But we also made it home again late after changes because the buses took forever to pass. That's what happens when you don't have a car (...cough Elder Nielsen cough...)...Not that we are jealous...We ended up having a member from Olivos drive us home. They're awesome.  

Sabado: The citas fell through in the morning...back to normal mision life. jaja We ended up visiting a menos activo member who also doubles as a crazy cat lady. Its fun. Except her cats are super mega creepy. We found  anew family to teach. They are kinda AWESOME. Super excited. Love them already and we have only visited them once. They're 9 year old daughter is super cute and hilarious. 

The ward had 6 baptisms. Everyone dressed in white...and the sisters...

Domingo: Church! Wooho. After the services, the District Leader came to do the Baptism Interviews (3 of them). All went well. Then we went and ate some good food and went back to the chapel to prepare everything for the baptism. It was a good day for our ward. We baptized a married couple, Ramon and Angie. And the elders baptized 2 couples. It was super sweet to see everyone there dressed in white. The kid that took the picture with my camera was standing at a weird angle. So I'll try to find a better picture and send it. Lo siento! After that we had to go to a super awesomely boring meeting of the misioneros from the stake. Then we went home. Good day. 

Angie and Ramon with some awesome missionaries. 

Like I said, we had a pretty good week. This coming week should be pretty good too. I like Tijuana. I'm glad I get to be here for the last part of my mission. I can't believe we are starting week 4 of this transfer. Soon we have transfers again, but we are almost 100% sure we will stay together. The members always make comments about how well Me and Hermana Maya get along. Someone yesterday told us that they like how "unidas" (united) we are. I am really enjoying my time with her. 2 weeks ago was all rainy and cold so this week we had a lot of sunshine. I may have got burned a little. The weather here is crazy. Today its cool and breezy. Who knows what we have coming this week. I don't know what to expect anymore. 

Well. I can't really think of anything else worth reporting. That's pretty much it.

Hope all is well with you guys. Have a great week! 

Lots of love!

Hermana Nielsen

Yep thats sarcasm. :)

Bueno!

This week went especially fast and I'm sure this next week will go fast too. We have had some conferences and this week we have more. Should be fun. Okay lets get started:

Monday: When we got here to write last week the crazy man that owns the internet cafe told us that because of the rain, there was no internet it all of mexico! Turns out we walked to the closest colonia to us and they had internet. Guess it was just Guaycura...haha After we started working, we had a FHE with our investigator that will be getting baptized this week and another family. It was fun! And they fed us tortas! 

Tuesday: District meeting, eating delicious food. Working with some investigators that are getting ready for baptsim and then a super fun coorelacion meeting. Yep thats sarcasm. :)

Wednesday: Basically a normal day. We had a lot of citas fall through. When we went to Ward Council that night, they reminded us that every last wednesday of the month is the Priesthood meeting instead and kindly told us we werent invited. So we got an extra hour to work that night!

Thursday we had a conference with the President. They told me last minute that now they are having the Sister Leaders help with the Training.. So I had a part to teach. I think it went well..I hope. After that we just worked. We are struggling to find new people to teach so we are just working a lot with what we have.

Friday: we found one new person! She seems pretty cool. Then we went and did intercambios. I went to Tecate with Hermana Eye and left my companion here with Hna Eyes trainnee. I didnt want to do it that what but thats what the zone leaders told me. It turned out really well.

Saturday: We didnt end up working becuase she got sick and we spend a long time in the doctors office. But everything is okay. Then I came back to Tijuana and we had one more cita. 

Sunday: we ended up being able to have some good lessons and some investigators in church. It rained all day and made it a little miserable to walk around all day, but it was fine. We had a good day.

About 2 hours ago its stopped raining finally. Its been raining for 3 days straight, and they say itll continue this afternoon. Its been fun. haha

Things are going well here. its cold again, which i like. We are working well together and have some awesome baptisms coming up.

Thanks for all the love and support!

Hermana Nielsen