McKay Speaks at the Hendrick's Veteran's Day Assembly

McKay was asked to give a speech at his middle school Veteran's Day assembly. He was so honored to be asked. He worked hard on the speech. 

I love what a good relationship McKay has with the teachers and admin of Hendricks. This school has been a blessing. 

McKay's friend (and troop mate) was asked to do the pledge. 

Go McKay! He did such a great job! We were so impressed.

This boys just blows us away! He's awesome. 

 

Palmer Mission October 31-November 6

Palmer has been out 17 months today!

 Whats up Pibes, how are yall? This is like the thousandth time that Ive said that ajaja but whatever, just gotta keep going like Dory once said, something like that. The mission veil is real. Anyway, this week was normal...just worked as hard as we could to find those people our Heavenly Father needs us to find and we didnt BUT we tried our best...but the week went something like this

Lluvia en Argentina

So since we are in a more rainy part of Argentina, it rains a lot...epic right. But anyway, I dont remember which day but we ran to catch a bus and the next day I woke up with just such bad pain cuz Ive been dealing with a little problem lately so we tried going to a hospital all day and it never worked out so at like 3 I said ok lets just go work cuz Im done being lazy so me limping with Elder Burrison behind we get on a bus and then Elder Elison...if it rains we are just going home so we get to Itambe Guazú and start contacting and boom it starts pouring and we have 0 umbrella and 0 jackets so I put a plastic bag over my bag and we just keep grinding but we got soooooo wet but we found a person and made some amazing contacts and it was just a great day and then we got McDonalds and took a taxi home and got there right on time and the taxi driver was super cool! But then the next day it dumped on us again but good things happened in the rain

Brother Nelson Robs Alcohol

So this is just a story that if I wouldve seen myself from a different point of view it wouldve been interesting but since I didnt...I didnt notice. But anyway, our friend getting baptized has kids that just love taking our tags off so Logan (the kid) took my tag off and put it in my pocket and didnt realize and then our friend pulled out a bottle of alcohol and of course I dont let that slide so I took that and we left to go throw it away and of course we took a pic but then I pretended I was Michael Jordan and dunked it in a trash can so yeah. A white dude in a white shirt and tie without a tag and a bottle of alcohol...that I stole, so lets hope nobody took that wrong.

But yeah thats literally the whole week, we just worked hard and did everything we could for the Lord and yeah. Basically it, have a good week. Jesus loves you!

Elder Nelson

Lincoln Mission October 31-November 6

 So because of the independence days and the weekend, panama took a week off of rioting. We don't know if they'll decide to start again, but we'll see. We were relieved, because another week straight under house arrest would have turned me into Kyle from that one studio c sketch (Ask Mckay, he'll know.) We had a great week and found 11 more people to teach. Lots of spiritual experiences and lot's of fun.

Monday

I don't know if I put this in my last email, but I got a haircut this past p day. It was kinda short (and I lost in monopoly deal) so my comp just shaved it all off. Honestly, showering is so much easier, it doesn't get in my eyes, it never looks messy (maybe a little... different, but not messy.) And the heat and wind feel so much better. No regrets. Even if it might not grow back. I'm like Aang from Avatar! After our p day time (ends at 6 pm), we were walking back to the house and a man called us over, he asked if he could buy us juice and we said sure. He bought us some orange juice and then asked if we could come by his house and share a message. Of course we said yes and he explained to me where his house was (he didn't have a phone) and I knew the exact area he was talking about. It was a crazy experience and just a day full of miracles. I think the haircut could be good luck.

Tuesday

We went by to contact José (the man from monday) and arrived in his area. We asked this one lady if she knew him and she told us no one lived around there by that name. We continued, contacting some houses, and then found him! He invited us inside and we came face to face with that same lady from before... his own mother. We shared a great lesson and he was very positive. He was a great listener, answered our questions, and just a great guy. We then passed by our friend karen. Her daughter is our age and a little bit flirty. For some unknown reason she actually LIKED my haircut. Really weird. She might be crazy, blind, or desperate for a green card, but I prefer to be on the other side of the room. I did get a great picture in sunflower glasses and a car ear headband though, that might be what was attractive if I'm being honest.

Wednesday

On this day, all of the lessons for the first 2 hours fell through so we went around contacting. We contacted this one house and someone yelled at us that no one was home. We looked around to see who it was and some guy in a broken down bus is waving at us... strange to say the least. We  contacted him and found out his name is Toni and he lives in the bus. We gave him a prayer, and left and all the sudden my comp dies laughing. He said it was the first time he'd blessed a bus before and it took all he had to not die during the prayer. We then contacted this guy who was far behind this big gate sitting in his hammick (he owns a small banana plantation.) He quickly told us "Soy Católico!" And my comp replies by screaming back,"usted es alcohólico?!" Which basically means: "'I'm Catholic!' 'You're an alcoholic?!'" I instantly died laughing to the point of crying as the guy promptly went back to doing nothing. It was the funiest thing I'd heard in a while and it took me a while to stop. We then had a short lesson with a guy who owned a bunch of horses. Wasn't too interestd but was a nice guy.

Thursday

This was the first day we could actually travel to the city for our district counsil. We had a good time and talked about the importance of what we do and how we need to always be diligent and have urgency in the work. I love these two attributes, because when this doctrine is truly TRULY understood, there is nothing of more importance. What we do brings salvation and exhaltation. It unites familie. It fights against addiction. It brings us as close as possible to our Savior, Jesus Christ. He restored his church through the prophet Joseph Smith and it is the only way we can live with God in the Celestial Kingdom in a state of unending happinness. Wow. What we share, do, and say can affect someones relationship with Christ, can change their lives completely, and will affect their eternity. When this doctrine is understood and BELIEVED, then we will do all that we can. Then we will see miracles. Then God can bless us more fully. I just love thinking about it. We also got dominos (Bacon with white sauce taste divine for some reason.)

We had exchanges with Nuevo Mejico and I got to go with my friend from my same group, Elder Oviatt! We had some great lessons, laughed a ton and the random spanish words spanishdict was giving us, and worked hard

Friday

We went to Sabanitas, reunited with my comp Elder Johnson, then went to a nice salchipapas place for lunch (fries and sausage together with amazing sauce. 10/10) We then took another blessed trip on a Diablo Rojo and arrived in the veinte and had a pretty tranquilo day. We went to the harby's and then some lessons then finished out the night with contacts, dinner, and sleep

Saturday

Another good day. We had the english class which went well and were able to teach José again. We invited him to church and he never came... but we'll see him today. Had some more great lessons and worked hard like always.

Sunday

Como siempre, it was another great day. We took the sacrament and the two of the Harbys came to church! We had some grest lessons after. One was a video call with a person named Mahli. She was a facebook contact and very high energy. She's 20 and lives in San Juan which is decently far away from the chapel, but we'll see what happens. She speaks pretty good english and has a cool desire to learn as much as she can. We have hope for her. We planned our week and it looks great, just with a lot of finding more of God's children to teach!

Today

We finally could go to Sabanitas for our

p day and it was fun. We played card games and ate hoa hoa's again (chinese restaurant.) We had a good call with Mahli again and will meet with her again on friday. We finally were able to do real shopping and we can eat real food again (can doesnt necessarily mean we will... only a joke mum.) We'll have exchanges with the zone liders, who only speak spanish so we'll see how that goes.

Sorry for yet another essay, I have 2 hours of travel time on Diablos each p day, so it gives me something to do. Ojalá que tengan una buena semana

Elder Nelson