HELLO FAMILY!!!!Okay so my pdays are on tuesdays! So yes. That is great.Thanks for all the letters and notes. Just to let you all know, while I am in the MTC is is better to do Dear elder instead of emails. They work the same way. I just want time to write you all and I don't want to spend any time reading if you can send it via Dear elder. Of course when I get on my email I would like a few but perferably from family! haha
Next item- Things I need!A bigger bag- Like the bag that Uncle Rex gave Katie and I from Mexico. I would really like that. Could you patch the hole in the bottom corner and then send it my way? Thanks!Also I need more Long sweats adn or capris- BUT THEY CAN NOT BE SPANDEZ MATERIAL! They have to be very loose!Lastly- could you create a word document of all the pictures/outfits romy made for me. and then print it off and send that too me also in a package. you see it is very important I look stylish... bahahahahahah!!!! ATTITUDE DRAMA!!! -Shout out to little Eliza!!!
So WOW. The MTC. First I would like to say that no one can ever prepare you for the experience of a Mission, and even more so the first week at the MTC. It is NUTS!!!! I got there the first night and about 7:45 thuoght to myself, "What have I done sweet jesus what have I done!"- Hollar! JAKE! YOU ROCK! seriously though. I was devastated. I thought how in the world could I have wanted to do this. What was I thinking. That next day we had our first German classes(they only speak German to us BTW) and did not understand anyone. Me and one other sister are the only people in my District with no german background-good german backgrounds- So that was interesting. Then they told us that we would be teaching a lesson to our first investigator on Friday. Was I sstressed yes! Did I want to come home. Even more so. I could not even read your letters to me because I knew I would burst into tears so I knida just kept them locked away till I could maturely read them without becoming a cry baby. Wednesday Night I prayed sooooooo hard that the Lord would let me know that I was where I was supposed to be!! Thursday night we had a beautiful testyimony meeting with our Zone and It was so wonderful. i was still feeling very down and did not think I was supposed to be here when our branch pres said, "Sister Nilson and Sister Pickett are our knew Coordinating Sisters."
Now, I know that, that does not mean anything and it does not mean I am special or anything, but for me it was an answer to my prayer. the Lord really did know that I was in the MTC-it was incredible. I was so overcome with emotion. That night I was do thankful to be a missionary and to have alreaady begun creating a better relationship with my heavenly father! BEST DAY!
Next-- umm the days kinda all blend together here so yea- on Friday we taught our first investigator. His name is Fabian and let me tell you it went terribly!!!!!! We had no I dea what was going on we could not understand a word he said and it was just down right terrible!!! Then Saturday- we taught him again. This time we went in with goals to listen tothe spirit more. Yea, that did not happen. We were basically reading our translated scripts and the whole time fabian was just looking at his watch and checking his phone. When I left I was sooo mad!!! I almost started to cry. I was mad at myself because I could not say anything! I have this incredible gospel to share and I couldnt do anything!!!!! German is sooo hard. So i went to bed really bummed and thinking a lot about fabian. Then sunday rolls around-
Every missionary says "if you make it to sunday you are good" and that is totally ture!!!! It was so crazy- Sister Pickett and I were in meetings all day and that morning my branch president came up to me and said, "Sister Nilson- could you sing for us in Sacrement Meeting today-in an hour! WAS???????- that is the German word for WHAT!???!!! So I frantically got a sister to play for me and another sister from my district has a really good voice and I had an impression I should ask her to sing with me so I did. We sang "I stand all amazed" and let me just tell you. WE ran through the song once and then had to do it. The lord is so great. He has a way of making us feel like we are on top of the world. When we got up there and sang instantly I lite up. I have missed SINGING!!!!!!! And I got to do it. Again the lord was saying Josie I know you are in teh Provo MTC and I want you there. Already my blessing of being able to share my talents is comign true- the song was sooo beautiful. I litterally wanted to start laughing because it melted teh souls of everyone there! I love being a missionary and being the lords tool to bring the spirit into others lives.
Okay one last story and then I am going to run out of time- but Monday we had our third lesson with Fabian. So we went in there said some stuff and then Sistyer pickett started the lesson. We are ofcourse still reading our scripts because we cant speqak yet adn instanly Fabian went to that boared stage. He was looking at his watch and his phone. And thought. NO!!! That is not happening today!! SO the second Sister Pickett was done I basically yelled in his face! There were prophets then no p[rophets!!! Prophets then No prophets!!! And I was waving my hand up and down and basically went crazy!! He busted up laughing.... we all did!!! Then the rest of the time I just talked with my hands and my terrrible have I mentioned terrible German accent!!! He laughed the whole time and we had a great great time. And he said he would read teh book of MORMON!!! Best DAY!So the moral of the story is don't be a boring missionary!!!! I thought that the spirit would just come if we prayed at the beginning and end but that is not how it works. you have to use the talents god has given you and one of mine is enthusiasm. So even though it may not have been as reverent... bahaha he actually listened for the first time!!! So i would call that a success!!!!I Miss you all so much! Record jake and emma singing les mis tonight and put it on my ipod. Just do it with your I phones.I have no time left and so Just LOVE YOU ALLi miss you so much! I asm hopefully going to get letters out to you all soon!!Dear elder me!!!! PLEASE! Letters are litterally GOLD HERE!!!!Love you all!Please send those things to me asapLove you!!Wirtte next tuesday!!! MMMMUUUAAAHH!!! tell people to dear elder!
