SHOUT OUT TO DAHLIA FOR HER CALL!! BOSTON IS GOING TO BE FOREVER A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE SHE WAS THERE!!!!!!!!!!!! Words cannot express how excited I am for her and how proud I am. Mission calls take on a whole new meaning once you are on a mission or have served one, its a privilege and an honor.
I said goodbye to my district leader Elder Miglionico and my Comp Elder Salinas, both were great missionaries and I learned so much from them. This cambio flew by and everyone just keeps saying it does nothing but speed up. I got to be comps with Elder Garcia tho for 5 days and honestly it was so amazing!! He's a great dude and we became friends so fast. It's so nice having someone understand my humor- I think I've laughed more in the last week than my entire mission combined. He's a goon. I love him.
We had a miracle!! We were working and it's getting really really hot here but we wanted to find a family so bad we refused to quit. Well this lady just straight up runs towards us and says she wants to come to our church. She's a single mother and has 5 kids, 4 are above 8 but the oldest is 14. She's a saint. Her name is Jessica and please pray for her. She said this last year has been horrible for her and she just got jumped and they took her phone, money, id's, credit cards, documents for her kid's school like birth certificates etc. Her friend who is Mormon told her to go to a Mormon church and seek out God. Long story short this was Friday night and she couldn't talk to us Saturday because of work but we made plans for church. Sunday morning and we picked her up and she came all 3 hours and loved it! And this is before even having a lesson!! We went back later that night with an amazing family in our ward who also have 5 kids and they became friends so fast. She has a baptism date for the 11th of March!!! Please please pray for her and her family. She is so amazing! It would be an honor and a privilege to help them come unto our Christ.
Transfers are today and I really don't think I'm going anywhere but you really never know these days. I am so grateful for my time here in Puente and the people here are really second to none. I KNOW that transfers aren't random and through our President they come from God. It's an honor and a blessing to serve a mission and I really am so lucky. It is absoluletly indescribable to close your eyes in the sacrament prayer and hear the voice of someone you baptized into the church. I testify this work is true and there is nothing in the world like it.
I've been reading a lot (surprise lol) and been thinking about what Elder Cook said when he came and talked to us. The last chapter of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and the beginning of Acts is when Jesus is resurrected and comes back to the Apostles. He primarily talks about PREACH MY GOSPEL. We need to feed his sheep, bring our brothers and sisters to Christ, and we are honestly so lucky to have this. Thank you all for your love and support and one more time shout out to Dahlia - she is everything to me and I would not be here without her. Boston is beyond blessed to have her.
Love,
Elder Nielsen
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