Hola familia! First off I want to give a shout to my boy Dustin
Barlow for getting his mission call to the Guatemala, Guatemala City
South mission! He leaves July 24th to the Guatemala MTC.. so sick! What
mission was Brian in? I can't remember. The Spanish is coming along
okay! It is very frustrating to learn, but I know if I work hard and do
my part, the Lord will help me. My companion is still hard to get along
with. He was homeschooled and isn't the greatest communicator. Oh well,
only 4 more weeks. I really am ready to get out of here already! Sitting
in class all day gets super old. Our progressive investigator is a good
experience, but it's super challenging. Preparing for the lesson with
my companion is hard enough, but going in there and asking him questions
and teaching him a lesson all in Spanish is tough. I feel like the
biggest idiot because I know I'm saying a lot of words wrong. Let's
see.. our devotionals I don't remember who spoke! We had a Seventy speak
last Tuesday, and just the president of the MTC this past Sunday. I'm
not sure who is speaking tonight, they don't tell us until we get there.
Mom, thanks so much for the package! I love those cookies, they're the
best! Just send me that photo album whenever it's ready, that will be
awesome! That's sad to hear about Dan's mom, I hope she can pull
through! Dad, step out of your comfort zone just like me and just be an
ordinance worker! Everything will work out, I promise. I was able to go
to the temple last P-Day. It was pretty good! You know how I get anxious about the dressing
part? Well this time was even worse! Everything had to be tied on the
spot. I was so nervous haha. I said a prayer at the beginning asking
that everything would go well and it did! Umm favorite meal.. there are
actually no Lucky Charms here, just Marshmallow Matey's! It doesn't
really seem like anybody eats that actually, mostly the Fruit Loops. The
food here really is so awful. I have to force myself to eat it because
I'm so hungry. Brian, thanks so much for that poem! It really was the
best. Can someone please laminate it and send it to me all typed up?
That would be great. I'm so glad the kids are praying for me, I really
need it! :) I'm glad the kids all liked my letters. I wanted to give
them each an individual letter with their own envelope! I love my
nephews so much! Other missionaries talk about how they have a cute
nephew and I just feel bad for them because they don't have Hayden,
Teagan, Carter, or Dallin as nephews! Heather, for sure let me know how
the ultra sound goes! I'm so excited. So I made a new rule. No more kids
until my work here is done okay? That obviously goes for the married
kids! :) Hopefully Carter can do without his binky! Let me know how that
goes as well. As for Trevor, only 5 more months of school, you can do
it! I laughed so hard when I read about Teagan getting all the cups out
and water all over the counter mom. I can totally see him doing that. So
the other day my companion and I got a chance to teach a lesson in
English! Oh my gosh it was sooooo easy compared to Spanish! Apparently I
asked some really good questions and people felt the Spirit really
strong when I testified. My teacher then asked us the next day to teach
him as an example to the rest of our district. I wanted to go into more
detail about my district, but they seriously give you no time. Only 30
minutes and I had to read everyone's email before I wrote this! Oh well,
maybe I will in a letter soon. It's just so much easier to type. Mom,
some things I may need in my next package: Fitted bed sheet! I don't
know why they told us to bring flat ones, but the fitted ones would
probably work better. I don't need a pillow anymore, I just stole one
from another elder that took off to Chile a couple days ago! Also that
laminated poem that Brian has.. it's awesome and I love it! Umm I would
like maybe a tennis ball and a rubik's cube? I get really bored in our
rooms at night and feel like I need something to do. If you don't want
to send the rubik's cube that's totally fine! I know the one we have is
really awful, so maybe a new one? And instructions on how to do the top
layer? :) I would maybe need a few more underarmour shirts. My
basketball one is a long sleeved one, and I don't want that. I don't
know about that black utah one because I already have one. I don't know
if I have anymore, but if you can find some cheap ones at the store
somewhere that would work. I also need my gray nike web belt. I don't
like wearing my church belt with my jeans. Also if you can find a really
cheap Shakeweight at Ross or T.J. Max I would like that too! An elder
has one here and he loves it. I am definitely sleeping better but some
Advil PM couldn't hurt. Anyways I have 5
minutes left and I stil want to try and send some pictures so I gotta
hurry! I love you guys all so much and thank you for everything! I'll
probably continue to write letters if I can find the time! Love you all!
I leave you with the legendary Tweety Bird's seeds of wisdom: Don't
mistake a raisin cookie for a chocolate chip cookie. That is the main
reason I have trust issues.
-Elder Neilson
p.s. If the pictures work, I am standing next to Elder
Jensen, then it's Elder Pachner I believe (my companion), and then Elder
Hancock, our district leader!
p.s.s The pictures didn't work
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