Hey everybody!!!
So I cant beleve that I will be leaving the MTC next monday. It's crazy the time has gone by here SOOO FAST but I have learned a lot. But I have not gotten my flight plans yet but I do know that I am leaving next monday sometime!! So this week not much happened but funny thing at the fireside was that Whitney Clayton spoke and he is the present of the seventy but the funny part was is that his wife spoke also and she looked like she had botox injections it was hilarious her face didnt move when she talked it was great haha it made me laugh, she was pretty hard to look at when someones face looks like that.
But it was a good fire side and they talked about how were never alone and how when the times get tough the Savior gets closer. Also how important it is to not waist any time and even if it's just 5 minutes you have left to take advantage of it.
This week my comp and I taught the 2nd lesson in spanish and it was the plan of salvation it was great it's amazing how powerful the spirit can be. The scenario was that this man had just seperated with his wife and that his brother had just died and even though it was fake it felt so real. Because even though my spanish is not that great right now I was still able to speak the feeling of my heart and about my situation with my parents, and after we were done the person said they felt the spirit really strong. It was really cool and I am greatful for this chance to share the gospel with the people in Chile. I feel that my spanish has gotten better than what it was so that is a plus. Also I have been much more positive this week so that has been good. It was fun this week again because our district got to host new missionarys again and show them around the mtc. I hosted a elder from hong kong it was cool.
Then that same day I scored a goal in soccer it was a pretty sweet goal I must admit haha Jon you would had been proud!! I hate that I can't remember anything funny that happens during the week that was funny. But I will say that this one elder in the district has some way bad gas and it's bad, but luckily there is a window or we would all die. This food seriously does something to you it's nuts.
LOVE Elder Nichols
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
2 weeks and a couple of days
Hola,
It's crazy to think that all I have left is about 2 weeks and a couple days!!! The time flies bye here it seems like just yesterday I was getting dropped off. But I head for Chile on the 5th of October!!! I don't feel ready at all, and when I say at all, I mean at all.
Anywho this past week Elder Holland was here it was Amazing!! He talked about how as missionaries we need to open our mouths and how preach my gospel was not made to convert the investigator but to convert the missionary. But also how important it is to teach to the needs of the investigator. But what really stood out to me was when he started to talk about how hard the mission will be and how much it will change our lives. He started to talk about how us being servants of the Lord and how we will never get this opportunity back and to have this apostolic power as Elder Holland does. But as being a servant of the Lord we will feel as the Savior felt in a degree as he was laughed at and mocked and the pain he felt in Gethsemane. We will feel that pain a little and bear that cross upon us. That hit me so strongly and I want this mission to be hard, and it already had been such as on monday when I almost lost it because spanish was getting to me and I just wanted to cry. But it's times like those that help me grow and change me. But this week we are teaching the El plan De salvation on monday so everybody pray for me please that I will do ok.
Anywho on wednesday I got to be a host for new missionaries and and that was way fun.
Well I really don't have much else to say but I hope all is going well for everybody and I miss you all and love you all so much.
Love Elder Nichols
It's crazy to think that all I have left is about 2 weeks and a couple days!!! The time flies bye here it seems like just yesterday I was getting dropped off. But I head for Chile on the 5th of October!!! I don't feel ready at all, and when I say at all, I mean at all.
Anywho this past week Elder Holland was here it was Amazing!! He talked about how as missionaries we need to open our mouths and how preach my gospel was not made to convert the investigator but to convert the missionary. But also how important it is to teach to the needs of the investigator. But what really stood out to me was when he started to talk about how hard the mission will be and how much it will change our lives. He started to talk about how us being servants of the Lord and how we will never get this opportunity back and to have this apostolic power as Elder Holland does. But as being a servant of the Lord we will feel as the Savior felt in a degree as he was laughed at and mocked and the pain he felt in Gethsemane. We will feel that pain a little and bear that cross upon us. That hit me so strongly and I want this mission to be hard, and it already had been such as on monday when I almost lost it because spanish was getting to me and I just wanted to cry. But it's times like those that help me grow and change me. But this week we are teaching the El plan De salvation on monday so everybody pray for me please that I will do ok.
Anywho on wednesday I got to be a host for new missionaries and and that was way fun.
Well I really don't have much else to say but I hope all is going well for everybody and I miss you all and love you all so much.
Love Elder Nichols
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Hello
Hola como esta!!!
On sunday was testimony meeting and it was so powerful the spirit was so strong and it was just great. The spirit testified to me why I came on a mission and that I truly do know this church is true. I was pretty emotional but it was good and I really needed to feel the spirit. That night we had a fireside about how we as missionaries need to go the extra mile with our investigators and how important to let them know that we care about them. Because thats truly what is about is teaching to their needs and following the spirit. Then on tuesday night we had another fireside with elder hinkley from the seventy and he talked about lots of things but mainly I got out was that without faith that this work would be nothing and that as missionaries we cant just do it over night and become a perfect missionary and it gave me a lot of strength with learning spanish it was good to hear. A really cool experience I had was in the RC aka referral center and I was chatting with this less active member and he had not gone to church in a long time and thought God forgot about him and just felt bad. So I told him that he should go back to church and how blessed he will be for going back to church and that he should pray and talk withGod and feel His love for him. I could feel Gods love for him so strongly and I told him that I said God loves you so much and wants to bless you and he will. I committed him and he said he would pray. I felt so good and so much joy knowing that I helped him. Also this week was the first time my comp and I taught in spanish and wow it was way hard. It was a challenge and and we have been teaching more in spanish this past week but I feel like I don't know as much as I should but I just gotta have faith and trust in the Lord. I just have to stay positive and know that I can do this and I know I can it's just this in between part that is hard right now.
Today we went to the temple and I had a really great experience and felt the spirit really strong about something I was praying about and I know the Lord hears and answers my prayers. The Savior truly knows us and knows what were going through I know that is true. I hope everybody is doing well and I love you all so much I will try and send some pics by next week or something.
Love Elder Nichols
On sunday was testimony meeting and it was so powerful the spirit was so strong and it was just great. The spirit testified to me why I came on a mission and that I truly do know this church is true. I was pretty emotional but it was good and I really needed to feel the spirit. That night we had a fireside about how we as missionaries need to go the extra mile with our investigators and how important to let them know that we care about them. Because thats truly what is about is teaching to their needs and following the spirit. Then on tuesday night we had another fireside with elder hinkley from the seventy and he talked about lots of things but mainly I got out was that without faith that this work would be nothing and that as missionaries we cant just do it over night and become a perfect missionary and it gave me a lot of strength with learning spanish it was good to hear. A really cool experience I had was in the RC aka referral center and I was chatting with this less active member and he had not gone to church in a long time and thought God forgot about him and just felt bad. So I told him that he should go back to church and how blessed he will be for going back to church and that he should pray and talk withGod and feel His love for him. I could feel Gods love for him so strongly and I told him that I said God loves you so much and wants to bless you and he will. I committed him and he said he would pray. I felt so good and so much joy knowing that I helped him. Also this week was the first time my comp and I taught in spanish and wow it was way hard. It was a challenge and and we have been teaching more in spanish this past week but I feel like I don't know as much as I should but I just gotta have faith and trust in the Lord. I just have to stay positive and know that I can do this and I know I can it's just this in between part that is hard right now.
Today we went to the temple and I had a really great experience and felt the spirit really strong about something I was praying about and I know the Lord hears and answers my prayers. The Savior truly knows us and knows what were going through I know that is true. I hope everybody is doing well and I love you all so much I will try and send some pics by next week or something.
Love Elder Nichols
1 month
This past week was my 1 MONTH mark pretty crazy I have been here for 4 weeks it's crazy how it flew by!! I have about 5 weeks left it seems like long time but the days and weeks just fly by and they all just blur together it's crazy. When I sit down each night to write in my journal I seriously cant think of anything we did that day it's really weird. So way funny story so on like monday my comp and I were coming back from gym and the door was locked and the other two elders that live in the room were on their way back, but we were waiting to get into the room to shower and we never lock the door but this time we did and I was freaking out about it so they finally came and unlocked the door and then we went to go take showers, and when we came back to the room the door was locked and we were all just in our towels and I just started laughing cuz it was so funny. So our district leader had to go to the front desk and which made it that much funnier cuz he was way mad about it HAHA we have some pics I might send them later.
We got a new teacher this week he name is hermana bott she is really great and I think she will be able to push me a lot. We taught a mini practice first lesson in spanish this past week it was really hard and but it just made me realize how much more I need to study but it also made me feel kinda good to know that I did that. But later we did it by ourselves without our comps I got really down because it was much harder. I am trying to stay positive and be mentally tough and know that I need faith and trust in the Lord. It amazing how much better I can understand the scriptures now it's really cool. I was studying about Gods love for us and how he works and some just some new incite I got when I was reading. Also this past week we had some really good devotionals the one on tuesday was about ancestors and where the conversion story started and it was really great, something that hit me strong was when of the speakers said that we are here to get the 2nd group of people in the sea with the net of the gospel. It made me think of all the people waiting in Chile and waiting for me to come and teach them this gospel and have the spirit testify to them. I have such a strong love for the people in Chile and I am not even there yet. It doesnt make much sence.
I hope everyone is doing great and I am so greatful for this gospel and I know that this is where I am supposed to be and may the Lord bless all of you and know that I pray for all of you everynight.
Love elder nichols
We got a new teacher this week he name is hermana bott she is really great and I think she will be able to push me a lot. We taught a mini practice first lesson in spanish this past week it was really hard and but it just made me realize how much more I need to study but it also made me feel kinda good to know that I did that. But later we did it by ourselves without our comps I got really down because it was much harder. I am trying to stay positive and be mentally tough and know that I need faith and trust in the Lord. It amazing how much better I can understand the scriptures now it's really cool. I was studying about Gods love for us and how he works and some just some new incite I got when I was reading. Also this past week we had some really good devotionals the one on tuesday was about ancestors and where the conversion story started and it was really great, something that hit me strong was when of the speakers said that we are here to get the 2nd group of people in the sea with the net of the gospel. It made me think of all the people waiting in Chile and waiting for me to come and teach them this gospel and have the spirit testify to them. I have such a strong love for the people in Chile and I am not even there yet. It doesnt make much sence.
I hope everyone is doing great and I am so greatful for this gospel and I know that this is where I am supposed to be and may the Lord bless all of you and know that I pray for all of you everynight.
Love elder nichols
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