Don't Forget to put Away Your Laundry, Ky

Hi young people,

This week was full of things that happened, as some weeks are:

On Tuesday District council was really fun. Elder Nelson always gives excellent trainings, I learn a lot of things I can improve on every time. After District Council a member fed us lunch right there at the church building. It was really fun to eat as a district. Also the members were really lucky to hang out with so many missionaries, anyone who doesn't get this opportunity is missing out.

We also had another lesson with Mary, and it was awesome. Most of the concerns from last time she had prayed about and gotten her own answers on! As we were preparing to explain more about polygamy she said, "Oh yeah I prayed about that and I already got an answer for why God did it."So we went on to Temples and explained more about what happens in Temples. She was really excited and ran inside to grab something to show us. It was a picture of some temple (we couldn't Identify which one), and she said the Sister Missionaries who had taught her had given her this picture. Apparently she'd had a dream about a temple, and when she had described it to them, they had identified which one it was and has given the picture of it to her! One of her boys came out as we were teaching and apparently I've been talking to him on Facebook! He said he was considering going on a mission and then his Mom had been scared off by the Baptists. Then her daughter drove up to say hi cause she's someone we see at Dairy Queen every evening! Apparently all these people are the same family, so if we can get them back to church, not only will we be able to baptize some of them, but we will also hopefully rekindle their desires to serve missions. Mary asked for a book about Joseph Smith because she wanted to learn more about his life. She already knows its all true. We will get her a copy of a book which I cannot remember the name of, but it should be good. We invited her to say the closing prayer, and she said, "I'm not that good at it" but she agreed anyway. Then she said the best prayer ever, praying for the prophet, all the missionaries, and other great things. It was a pretty fun lesson.

On Wednesday we called and talked with a ton of companionship in our Zone and taught them how to do use Facebook more effectively and helped them make goals. We noticed the contrast between different companionships' view of Facebook. Some were pretty discouraged about it, and then some (like the Sisters in our district--1/3rd of their finds come through Facebook) love it and know that it works. We gave each companionship advice--being the wise and noble people we are. 

We also had a lot of lessons fall through, which was annoying--I guess other things like hairdressing are more important to them then their eternal salvation. 🤷‍♀️

Thursday evening we did a lot of walking around and found some people. Other than that Thursday was boring, I'm sure you wouldn't care to hear about the giant bunny.

Friday in the morning it pourrrred and stormed. There was tons of lightning and thunder, so I decided to study outside on our mini back porch (as one does). It was really fun to see the rain and storm all around as I studied--would defintely recommend! To hear more tips you can subscribe to Elder Nielson+ for 12 easy payments of $24.99

Later in the day we helped some members move a whopping 300 feet. Now let me explain the situation, before you make fun of this. So we were carrying a dryer, as one does when moving--and, it was hot. Super super hot. And super humid! And when it gets humid, things get slippery. And when things get slippery, things slip. So as we were walking, this dryer started to slip. To combat this, we picked up the pace. The more it slipped, the faster we walked. Everyone knows you don't just set something down when you have committed your time and heart to it! So we pressed on under these difficult circumstances. We had scarcely got inside when things got out of hand, literally. There was a huge crash haha--we looked around hoping nobody had seen. We quickly picked it up again and ran it the rest of the way. Luckily it didn't look to be damaged at all! It's their fault anyway for not thinking to use a dolly sooner.

Later on Friday we walked around and found 3 new people to teach! 

Saturday was fun, in the morning we taught one of our most progressing people (named Mark) and the lesson went really well. He had lots of questions about the temple recommend interview and baptismal interview. He's really easy to teach because he remembers every single thing we teach him.

After Mark we went over to help the same people move some more things. At this point it was starting to get hot. After helping out there, we went over to a non-member's house to help move a ton of fake flower supplies and bouquets. At this point it was EXTREMELY hot, especially since we were carrying things to and fro. It got so hot that all of us had actual water streaming down our faces. I'm not sure I've ever sweated so much in my entire life haha--it was kind of fun! We were in pros and so after the moved we went home and changed. We didn't shower though cause we knew we would be out in it again in the evening. One of the ladies we had helped was super nice and had given us each a Taco Bell and a Dairy Queen gift card. So we ate at Taco Bell for dinner. It was actually surprisingly super good!! I never has Taco Bell much back home but I was impressed. I will attach a picture, tell me what's wrong with it. 

After dinner we walked around New Boston which was really fun. We talked to everyone we saw and found a couple new people to teach! Street contacting in neighborhoods is pretty fun cause you already know where everyone you talk to lives! 

After we got home I started making a set of teaching scriptures cause it seemed like it would be fun, and sure enough it WAS fun :)

On Sunday right after church we cleared out the chapel, set up tables, and had a potluck! They are going to do this the second Sunday every month. It was super fun, probably the best Potluck I've ever been to. There was so much variety. I especially loved the Spaghetti, the tortilla soup (some of the best I've ever had), the pork sandwiches (some of the best I've ever had), the Alfredo noodles, the banana pudding, the cheesecake, the German chocolate cake, and the salami platter. As you can imagine we did not just lightly munch on the occasional item. 

After the potluck we studied at Tapp Park. It was 95⁰ but felt like 110⁰ haha--I think I much prefer walking in this heat then sitting in it, in fact it's kinda fun to walk in it. But comp study in it is less fun for sure.

Overall it was a good week, we found 6 people and got 3 to church.  

That's not everything that happened this week...

-Elder Nielson