6/12/17 - Never Ever Change, Lima

This week was insane!!!! We had Elder Godoy and Elder Christensen of the Seventy come and talk to us and it was incredible. Elder Godoy shared how he was baptized as the only member of his family at 16. He lost contact with the sister missionaries who taught him. He ended up going on a mission, then being a mission president, then a Seventy. He ran into one of the sister missionaries who taught him while he was in Utah at a conference and he ended up sealing her child in the Temple. Now that's a conversion story. This work is so much bigger than us and it's so humbling and absolutely so wonderful. They both talked about how we need to read the Book of Mormon and how important it is -  it's really so important. I'm starting it again and I'm so excited!!!

Crazy story of the week- I woke up to drunk guys fighting in the street. It was 6 in the morning on Sunday. One of them had a rock and wanted to hurt the other and there was a lot of yelling and so on. Our neighbor, whose name is Chino and is one of, if not the craziest, person I've ever met runs out and pushes the drunk shirtless guy down and then runs inside. 5 seconds later he runs back out with a 9 inch knife and his brother had a 3 foot metal pipe, He runs right up to the drunk guy and barely misses stabbing him before his other friend half tripped and half tackled him. He went after them again but it was like 4 on 1 so they got it out of his hands. He then runs back inside and they all take off. I almost watched someone get murdered from the comfort of my own bed before church. Never ever change, Lima. 

A member in our ward had to come home from his mission early for health reasons and he's going back out after 8 months and he is going to be so great. Pray for Elder Valaszquez. 

Chambios are today. I don't think I'm leaving but vamos saber. I love you all! Please pray for Cesar Preciado and Eddy Consila - thank you!!!!

Love,

Elder Nielsen