Elder Jordan Troy Nelson: 24 April 2017

So we had a multi zone conference here last Wednesday. It was good we talked about how we need to work as the forth missionary. This was a talk that our president uses a lot. He told us that being the 4th missionary would help us prepare for our future. The forth missionary is the best missionary in the eyes of the president. He’s not perfect. The forth missionary has his or her hard days. They don’t always have it easy. But they know how to learn from there hard times and have success. I don’t think of myself as the 4th missionary. Ill be honest, I know that I’m the 3rd missionary. I hope with what president has told us and me that I can apply that to my life and become the forth missionary.

So we had to do a division the other day with the DL for the interview for our baptism. But that meant I had to go to the other area for the day. It’s pretty good though. The DL and his comp get along really well with us. So I was working with this one elder from Peru, Elder Cussi. I think there must be something in the water in Peru. Because all of them are crazy. Elder Cussi is awesome don’t get me wrong but really crazy haha so anyways we went with a member to go in lessons. This member has really really long hair we will just say that. So we went to visit another member that lived close to the other member. As we were about to end the lesson the member said, Hey we should cut Brandon’s hair because its really long. So we said why not. So he said cut it like the army. We thought hey this would be easy. So we started and then he tells us No no no I don’t want it like the army. The bad part was we all ready started it. So we tried to save it the best we could but we pretty much destroyed his hair. But after was all said and done we went home. And on the way home I told him. Hey elder I’m hungry. Lets call for a pizza. We were walking home at this time as well. So he called dominos but being the crazy kid he is, He acted like a guy who didn’t know Spanish. So the girl on the phone goes. No problem I speak English as well. But the funny thing is Elder Cussi doesn’t know English haha so he passed me the phone and I had to order the pizza. After a long process it turned out that they don’t come to the area after 8. Well this sucked I said. So we called Pizza hut because they had 2 for 1 on that day as well! So I called my comp after all of that and asked him how was the interview? He told me that he passed and that all was good for the 22nd. Lets pray all goes well for the baptism!

So we had the baptism on the 22nd. We baptized 2 kids. One only counted for the mission because he was 8 years old. But his brother was 12 so it was all good for the mission. So when they were asked who they wanted to baptism them they both said me. But then the 8 year old said. I think it would be fairer if Elder Mercado baptized me. So we both got to baptize the kids. The family was really happy because, the family is a part family. We reactivated the dad and his kids and the aunt and uncle. The family loves us as well. They always say hey come in and they always have food for us. That’s one thing that I have seen in the mission. Families will always be like hey elders here’s some food for you. Like the other day as well, we were walking to the church to get ready for the baptism. When a car pulled up right in front of us. Then this lady comes out of her car and says hey I have food for you guys. So we got more food. The thing is she is a member but I couldn’t remember her name. haha

But all in all the baptism was really good. The ward came to support them. They are making friends with some of the kids. The only bad thing was the water was super super cold... I was shaking through my whole body when I was in the water. But all and all it was a good day.

So on Sunday there was a really big soccer game. It was Barcelona against real Madrid. And the thing about these two teams is they hate one another. It’s like the Bruins and the Habs. So anyways we were eating with the bishop and he got super excited when Messi got the third goal for Barcelona. They were tied through the whole game and Messi got the tiebreaker. The thing about this game is the whole town was shut down. The members were all talking about it during church. You don’t realize how big soccer is until you come to a country where everyone plays it and everyone talks about. They all pretty much eat, sleep and drink soccer here. I’ll be honest with you I’m happy I bought myself a Barcelona shirt to wear haha.

So as well on Sunday we were in church and there is this one family that always comes to church. The thing is we don’t know if they are members or not. We ask them and they say yes. Then other members say no they aren’t members. So we didn’t know what to think. So finally we pulled him aside to ask him. He told us that he has always visited the church wit his grandma before when he was a kid. But was never baptized in the church. So we took his name and his birthday and sent it to the office to see if he has been baptized or not.

This week has been good. It’s been slow but we are getting work done. We got a baptism and we are finding a lot of good people here. Thanks for all the love and support that you all have for me! Love you all!

Love Elder Nelson