May 31, 2010

Hey everybody hows it going? Sorry for no emails last week it was a rough monday and a lot of stuff hit me all at once so I really wasn't feeling up to writing anything. But anyways here I am and this week was pretty good. I had a some cool experiences that were great.

People are very different in this world and at times it´s hard to see them do things that you know are not the brightest or people are just really stubborn and afraid to step out close to the edge to look down, because if they look down they might fall, but if they look down maybe will be able to see how to get down and get on the path that they need to be on. But they wont even try to come to the edge because they are afraid, and they like being where it´s safe being in ignorance and not being able to see if they can make it down. And to all those of you who don't get what I'm saying then read it again because I think this can apply to everyone.

So this week we were walking to find a reference to a house that the sisters gave us and we went to the street and the house didn't exist, so I said well lets start knocking doors which we do a lot, and the first door we knocked a guy came out and we told him who we were and we share about Jesus Christ and he let us come in and the lady that was in the kitchen had this look on her face of "oh no what did you just do". So she came over and we started the lesson about baptism, lesson 3, the gospel of Jesus Christ. They were both religious or they were both baptized as babies (they were Catholic) but we taught them about how Jesus Christ was baptized and teaching them about prayer and how they can know if this is true and the spirit was really strong. The demminer of the womans face and in here eyes just changed completely I know they felt something because I could feel it also. They are not married so we will work with that but they both have dated to get baptized for next month but we will see what happens. I love sharing this gospel.

Also we found this lady and her mom on friday and the mom was pretty against it because she was stuck on the whole all religions are good and they all lead to the same place even if they aren't following the example of Jesus Christ. But anyways the daughter is like 24 or and was really quiet but listened really intently. Long story short we told her to pray about if it´s true and we came back and she did and that never happens with people the first time. But she did and we taught her the restoration and she felt really calm about it and felt peaceful. We have another appt with her this thursday and I am really excited her name is natalie and she has a date for 27 of next month.

Well I gotta go but I love you all and hope everyone is good.

Love Elder Nichols

May 17, 2010

Hey everybody!!!!!

SO this week was pretty good we found a lot of good people and I was really excited about that. We found a really cool girl who wanted to ask God if her baptism was valid when she was a baby and that if she needs to get baptized again. The spirit was so strong in this lesson and it´s really cool when you talk in spanish and the words just kinda come out and you don't have to think about what your saying and you can express your heart about the gospel and bear your testimony. We have an appointment with her tomorrow so that was really cool experience. Also when I was on a mini cambio with another elder from Peru he came to my sector and I was scared because my sector is huge and I don't know it that well but I had a map so I was ok but still a little lost. But the end of the night we had this lesson with this family and the two daughters are members and the parents aren't, and they aren't married so that's the situation. We taught them baptism the last time but the dad wasn't there but this time he was and it was just those 4. So we taught the Restoration and how the church was restored on the earth and such. Now we were teaching this lesson and as we finished the dad said how he had had a really bad day and how he felt much better after listing to us he had just lost his brother and he was feeling kinda down and he said how we are instruments in Gods hands that were sent here. And before that I had talked about praying and asking God and such to receive an answer. They said they wouldn't because they didn't want to be obligated to a church and such. Then I said it´s not to a church it´s to God. But I told him that I cold relate with him how he feels and about eternal families and about a baptism. Then my comp stared talking and it just hurt me that they wouldn't pray and ask God and the mom asked me if I was ok, and from there I was really bold in a really loving way, and gave them my heart and expressed everything I had to them and how I know this is true with everything I have, and I want that happiness for them also and the spirit was so strong. It just hurt me inside, just straight up pain that they were to stubborn not to ask God.

Now after having that experience I think about how Jesus felt when people rejected him face to face. But Hey everybody has there agency and sometimes it really hurts because I know they felt the truth of this message.

Love Elder Nichols

May 10, 2010

Hey everybody I am in a new area it´s called Linares and it is HUGE I am not sure how the heck I am going to ever get it down to where I know where stuff is but with the help of the Lord and lots of praying he might have mercy on me. It´s really weird changing sectors because you dont know anybody or have a relationship with anyone and it´s just weird but I am in a huge branch here with like 120 people it should be a ward, but I'm not really sure why it´s not. My comp is from Oklahoma and he has like 5 months left but I am also living with a latin from Columbia and he is way tight, his name is elder Gil and he is way funny and his comp is from Idaho like 10 minutes away from Rexburg.


I don't really know what to say not much going on here just trying to find people here but we walk everywhere and to get to one part of the sector it takes almost an hour it´s nuts, but hey thats the life of a missionary. It rained here on tuesday and only like half the day and the roads were flooding and such it was nuts. In the night here it gets soooo cold it kinda sucks but it´s all good it makes it that much better when we get into a house so we can get warm haha. There is this guy in the ward who speaks english who came out to work with us and it was really weird speaking english with him he is like 6´5 he is so tall. My comp just baptized a bunch of people here so we are basically starting from scratch now but I am eager to find people. The language has gotten easier when teaching but I still don't know spanish but it has gotten better. Its fun living with a latin because we always have to speak it in the house and him and I talk all the time so´it really good. Well I don't have much else to say but hope everyone is doing good and is staying healthy or something haha. I will write more when more stuff happens. For now I gotta go FIGHT the GOOD FIGHT.

Love ELDER NICHOLS