Hunter and Mom Skydiving

Hunter decided for his 18th birthday that he wanted to go skydiving. I decided that I didn't want him to go alone, so I went with him. Since he was the bravest of the two of us, he went first. 

He was so excited, not even nervous!

I have to admit, the plane ride was somewhat freaky. There was only one tandem jumper, so we had to go separately. The plane seemed held together by duct tape! The pilot kept telling me everything that was broken. Definitely freaky.

All smiles and ready to jump!

Hunter had a videographer that jumped first and took pictures of him on the way down. Pretty cool. I was in the plane at this time. After everyone jumped, it nosed straight down and gave me quite a rush/heart attack. It was fun though. When it was his turn, Hunter liked that part too.

Loving it!

Hunter liked it so much he wants to go again...alone...

Yay! He made it safely and loved it. We had a great diver that went with us!

My turn...

I was definitely a lot more scared than Hunter going up.

Right before the jump I wasn't scared at all. It felt like a dream.

It was really cool! I loved falling through the air.

The wind hitting my face like a firehose made it a little hard to breath and it was super cold air. But still so cool.

The skin flaps aren't the most flattering. 

It was almost a disappointment when the parachute opened because it slowed down a lot. Still fun though because he would do tricks that would make us spin.

We made it safely! Dad was pretty nervous for us.

We had so much fun doing this together!

Lincoln Mission January 23-January 29 2024

 Well this week was full of miracles and hard work. I don't have a ton of time so hopefully the highlights will suffice

- our friends andrea and andres got baptized!

- went to the temple

- intercambios with my boy elder Bailey. Had some amazing conversations and set three baptisimal dates

- mixing cement on some guys patio

- working really hard to help our friends complete their goal of baptism

- are teaching a guy who does crazy calisthenics and saw him do a muscle up into a 360 then catch himself. All on the monkey bars.

- set up my eno 

I've found so much joy in the mission and im the amazing blessing of seeing our friends progress. We realy work hard to help our friends reas the scriptures and pray from their own desire. I really love seing when that change takes place. El potente cambio en su corazón. It makes it all worth it. 

Well, that's pretty much it. Have a good week. "Look unto [Christ] in every thought; doubt not, fear not" (D&C 6:36) That means EVERY thought. Pray often. Read the Book of Mormon. Remember Him.

Elder Nelson