Week 69 1-16-17 Centenario

Why i love being a missionary!!!

So this week reminded me why I love being a missionary!!! We had some really awesome lessons and really saw the hand of the lord in our area. We were able to find Gabriel! That in its self was a milagro! We then taught him about baptism and the spirit was sooo strong. I said stuff that i would never had said. We invited him to say a kneeling pray and ask God if he should be baptized so we are waiting to see if he gets an answer (which he will:) ).

On Sunday we when out with Facu and all of our plans fell....which happens a ton when we go out with a member.. but we when to a contact we had called Ernest who is an Israelita. We started talking and he was talking about a ton of Bible stuff..at one point. I didn't know what to say....so I prayed and asked God to give me the right words! ( i was expecting to have a knowledge about the bible and be able to say everything to him hahah) but the Lord always works his way....at one point that told him to be quiet and started to bear my testimony! After Elder Shumway and Facu gave there testimonies and the spirit was sooo strong! We invited him to read and pray about the BOM and we left!! It was a great lesson!! I know the Lord is always with us and he will always help us!! 

We visited a less active and she was a "bird lady" haha she is super awesome but has a ton of birds. She has a ton of pigeons  that are in cages too hahah 

Well i love and miss you all!!!

Elder Nielson

Week 68 1-09-17 Centenario

This week was good. We had a hard time finding our investigadores and also lost a couple. Lucas told us that we can't go by anymore because his parents don't wants us to...he is 20 but he lives there and they pay for his school. It's a bummer because he is a super cool kid and had a ton of good questions. I loved teaching him. One day he will be baptized!!

We had Training with President on Saturday which was really awesome. I learned a ton. We talked about repentance and that it all has to do with a desire and action. That every time that we change to be better we are repenting! It was really cool.

A funny story this week was we were walking and 2 guys that were drinking and smoking weed called us over. They started asking us questions and the one was super excited and the other was gone!! haha They were talking super argentine. like, Che boludo ¿que haces aca vos? don't you guys have huge houses there hahah he was using a ton of slang and after, I asked my comp what he understood and he looks at me and says Nothing! hahah

Well i love you guys!!

Elder Nielson

Nathan as a cow hahaha 

Apple pie that Fabian made!!

Week 67 1-02-17 Centenario

I'm Training!

So we got transfers this week and I'm staying in Centenario so I'm going to have 6 months here but I love it. I'm also training...we went Thursday to get our comps. I was with Elder Beltran for a little bit and we both went to Neuquen to get our comps. My new comp is Elder Shumway from Utah. He is super gringo haha He is a really cool guy and wants to work which is great. We got to Centenario Thursday in the afternoon and we got to teach Enzo. He is a super cool kid but has a hard time reading.

We have also been teaching Lucas a lot. He has a lot of questions and we are trying to get him to read the BOM and pray to get a testimony. We are doing really good.

New Year's Eve was super chill. We pretty much did  the same as for Christmas. Then Sunday in the church, Fabian and I made a bet to see how many people would be in the church. I said 40 and he said 35..he won with 30 people...everyone was sleeping. We then had to work in the afternoon and ended up talking with a couple less actives.

Well i love you all!!

Elder Nielson

In Cinco Saltos with Elder Juarez

The shirts we got made!

Week 66 12-26-16 Centenario

So this week was really great!

The weather was perfect and we got to help a ton of people. We did a lot of service which was awesome in this time of year. My hands got destroyed but its all good haha We taught a ton of people. We had a couple super good lessons. We found Aurelio who is with the Testigos but we have taught him a couple times and he accepted the BOM. We passed his house and he told us that he was just going to leave( Liar). We started to talk and ask him questions. In the end we showed him a ton of scriptures about questions that he had. He let us in and we taught him more and he said that we have reason with everything and that he was going to read the BOM. It was super awesome.

We also talked with Gabriel but he is working a ton....he is super awesome but its hard. We also had a lesson with Irma and she is progressing a ton. She didnt accept a fecha for baptism but she has a ton of questions and she understands everything. She is just waiting for an answer!! 

Christmas was great. Christmas Eve here is way bigger then Christmas day. We got to stay up until like 12:30. We had dinner with Fabian and then we went to the pension and waited for the fireworks! We have a balcony so it was great to see the fireworks. We then had a really good church meeting. We missed a lot of people but it was good hahah

Well i love and miss you all!!

Elder Nielson

Week 65 12-19-16 Centenario

Hey guys this week was really good!!

It's still hot but we are in summer now so it's normal. We had a lot of lessons and found a ton of new people. We put a fecha with a new investigator but she didn't go to church so we are going to have to put another one. With Gabriel Chavez, we couldn't visit at all this week because he found a new job and is working a ton. He is reading and praying which is good so hopefully we can find him this week. We really don't have any other investigators that are progressing but we have a lot of new ones. 

Saturday we went caroling too hahah The kid that hated doing it at home. I made a ton of Chocalate Chip Cookies and we went to like 7 families and gave them cookies and sung. It was actually really fun haha It started to rain a little too.

We have been talking with everyone and giving them little cards for Christmas. You would be surprised of how many people have told me that they don't celebrate Christmas because it doesn't say it in the Bible....hahah Its super weird to me! 

Well i hope everyone has a great Christmas and can remember Jesus Christ and everything that he has done for us! I love and miss you all!!

Elder Nielson

Caroling!!

Cooking today with Fabian!

Homemade Flan!

Week 64 12-12-16 Centenario

Hey guys this week was good!

We had a lot of wind but we still worked hard. We had another lesson with Gabriel and he is doing really good. He didn't come to church this week...but we are working a lot with him! We also found some new investigators. We had contacted a Paraguayo about 2 weeks back and this week we could teach him. Elder Britez is always talking  to him in Guarani which is cool.

We had a Training with President that was for Christmas!! It was really good. We did a couple activities that were really cool and President Casariego gave us a little treat bag haha

We did a service with the Hermanas on Saturday and we painted a small little house. It was super funny. The hermanas was putting water in the paint and we were like you shouldn't put more and she was like no they told me to put this....in the end the paint was super watery and we had to buy more hahah It was a fun service!

Well love and miss you all!! Happy Christmas season! I hope everyone can Light the World!!

Elder Nielson

This was one of the activities. It is a thing that they do here and in Urugauy. They leave there shoes with water and grass and then the Wise men bring gifts!!

Chicken tacos that i made:)

I forgot to tell you guys that one night i got bite like 20times on each foot.....

Week 63 12-05-16 Centenario

The work is heating up and I'm getting tanner....hahaha

This week was super awesome and hot! We had a ton of lessons and a lot of success. One of the best things that happened was that we talked with Gabriel Chavez who's family are members but he isn't. He is 23 years old and his dad died about 5 months ago. We went and taught him with Sergio Flores and had a super awesome lesson. The spirit was way strong and he accepted a fecha for the 17th. He also came to church this week!! He is a stud.

We got to also teach Irma and she is also progressing a lot. She is super awesome and wants to learn.

For Christmas we are handing out cards and also doing this calendar but President made one for the missionary that is really cool!! It's helped me a lot!

Well i love you all

Elder Nielson

Hair Cuts with Fabian