Hello family! 24 Feb, 2014

Hello family!

OKAY WHAT THE WHAT. Dad. Are you a secret prophesier or something crazy!!! I cannot believe that Jacob is being trained by Nick Emery. Isn’t God so great? I tell you guys. God just wants us to be happy here and so what does he do... He makes all our wildest DREAMS come TRUE!!!!!!! AH! That is just too great!!! I am still freaking out.

Okay a little spotlight time: SISTER BROWN. My sweet companion. First off she is from Lehi, Utah. She did track and cross-country in high school and is going to SUU when she gets home. She is literally the BEST PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD. I love here more than anything. WE basically die of laughter EVERY SINGLE DAY and WORK HARD! It is the perfect balance. Really. It has been incredible. And we are staying together for another Transfer!!! I think I could stay here in Leipzig with Sister Brown for the rest of my mission...(haha. She is probably like GET ME OUT OF HERE!!) I am pretty crazy... but you all already know that :) 

Okay. It is just Birthday Topia at the Nilson home. Dad. I hope you had a good one. James. Before that... How is that crazy kid doing. He should write me. Sabrina. Sweet 16!! Go girl. Drivin and datin! All the dreams beginning! haha And EMI!!! My sweet baby sister who is not even a baby anymore. I told someone here you were 8 the other day... WOW I am looooooooosen it! haha the big 13! That is incredible. 

Kates. You are just Golden. I cannot believe that Jacob and I are here in Germany-4 hours away from one another- and you are all back home. 

Dad, got released. Wow. That is crazy. But I know that President Taylor, Davis, and Bentley are going to be just amazing. That is incredible. What inspired leaders we have in the church.

This week WAS wonderful! We had a lesson with our investigators Lobsang-he is from India and has NO religious background- He has no idea about God or Jesus Christ. It is all very basic with him.  We talked about Jesus Christ this week and who he is. We went through his life with the picture book and told about all the stories and miracles Jesus Christ did. It was so powerful going through the life of Jesus Christ. I love what Lobsang said, he said, He was such an incredible example on a historical level as well as a religious level. And it is so true. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to the earth and helped people. He did everything out of love. He loved us so he came and served others and then in the end died for us.  At the end of the lesson we asked him what he thought about Jesus Christ and he said, "Wow, Jesus Christ has such a big heart." It was so pure and childlike. It was incredible to see how humble and submissive Lobsang was. He just soaked everything in and was so willing and open to what we were saying. It was incredible. He then said the closing prayer!! It was so cute. He was like, "dear loving father Jesus lord..." he said every name possible in the beginning. AH! It was so precious. He said the most sincere prayer and then closed it in the name of Jesus Christ Amen. It was such a wonderful example to me of just being completely humble and willingness to see if God really was there. 

I know that God is there. He really does love each and every single person in this world. I love being here. I am so happy. The happiest little person here in Germany. I love being here. I love being a missionary. 

I hope you all have a great week! Always remember how much God truly knows and cares about each of us! Love you all!!

Josie

A Referral...

Hello Family!!!!!!!!!!! How are you all doing this week. I hope you had a wonderful Valentines DAY! This week has been great for Sister Brown and I!

A little while ago the Elders gave Sister Brown and I a referral for a family. We went by again and again, but were never able to get a hold of them. We kept trying and then last week on Sunday we finally were able to make contact and set up an appointment for Monday. When we went on Monday for our first meeting we walked into a Whole FAMILY sitting, waiting for us to teach them about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They were so incredible! This family is from India and they are excited to learn more. We set up another appointment on Wednesday and after spending an Hour looking for the Church, they finally found it. When we met out to meet them the WHOLE FAMILY was again there. They had all come to see the church. We were able to give them a church tour and make another appointment. They do not know much about Jesus Christ so that is what we will be focusing on this week. They are so nice and are ready to hear about the gospel. It is wonderful how the lord sends us to prepared people. 

The crazy thing about this story is that the family from the referral moved away and this family bought there apartment!!! The lord works my friends. I love you all

Sorry it was so short this week... more next week. 

Happy Valentines DAY- 2/10/14

Hello Family! 

Happy Valentines DAY!!!! I hope you all have a wonderful day of LOVE and LAUGHTER!!

Shout out to the birthday people this week!! Happy Birthday to Todd and DAD!!! 

This week has been wonderful for Sister Brown and I!! After Gustave Left on Sunday many of the ward members were able to keep in Contact with him all week. They would call us up and bring us pictures of him at the Church. He went to the church the day he go home. He found it online and went with his family there!!! We also go to skype with him with a family in our ward. It was so good to see him. He says that he is soooo happy. It was so wonderful to hear that he had already made contact with the church. THEN yesterday during church members came up to us and showed us the pictures he sent them. HE WENT TO CHURCH!!He was there yesterday. He took pictures of all the members and told us that he has an appointment to meet with the missionaries there! He is the best.When we skyped him he was telling us all about church and how nice the people were and how is he is going to make sure that everyone knows about the church-all his friends and family! He is going to do great things down in Rwanda!!! I know it! 

We continued to work hard this week, working with inactive members, members, and finding new people. Yesterday we were going by on two referrals that we received  We had gone by on both of them abou t5 times each and were not able to make contact with them. We were about to call it quits... and then we thought... okay one more time. As we went to the door of the first Kontact, I stopped and said we NEED TO PRAY! So we stopped and said a prayer that we would be successful and be able to make contact with these people. As we said amen we rang the doorbell and immediately were let in! Sister Brown and I were so surprised!! Then as we headed to the next house we knocked and the other family was home as well. We made an appointment our for this week and are going back tonight to have a lesson with this family! 

Family, GOD WORKS. I dont know how many times I can say that , but I KNOW KNOW KNOW he does. He is there. He is waiting for us to call on him. To start a relationship with him. He is our father and Loves us sooo much. He is always there and is willing to help us whenever we need him. 

I am so happy right now. I love being a missionary and I thank the lord again and again that he has given me this opportunity!! I love you all! have a wonderful valentines day!!!! Have fun decorating grandmas cookies!!!!! 

Love you all,

Sister Nilson 

Pure JOY

Oh my sweet family,

I dont even know where to begin. I truly don't know if I should be crying or laughing right now. All i know is that I have never been happier in my whole entire LIFE!!! You really dont even know the Joy of a mission until you are here. Until you get to experience someone coming closer to christ. It is the most amazing thing and I got to experience it this week with my sweet Gustave. 

This week we spent a  lot of time planning for Gustaves baptism. Our WONDERFUL ward mission leader did so much in helping us with the program and getting talks and everything. It was wonderful. On Wednesday we went up to Berlin for a mission conference. It was wonderful. They always are. President Kosak is just incredible and is so inspiring. He always says exactly what I need to hear. On Friday Gustave got back from his trip and we were able to meet with him. It was pure Bliss. I wish you guys could have been there and heard him talk about Joseph Smith and how much he loved him, how thankful he was for him and for everything that he did. How much he loved the Book of Mormon and loved this church. He then proceeded to tell us that his Mom, aunt, and cousins send there love to us and told us thank you for bring the truth to Gustave and that they loved us!!! (answer to prayer 456-have an African family! CHECK!) He said, Dont worry my sisters I will take it to them. I will be doing a lot of missionary work when i get home :) I will be just like you!!

OKAY WHAT!!! I have never before been hit with a BIGGER TON OF BRICKS!!!!!!! Every missionary in the world has such a HUGE affect on the world. EVERY SOUL IS GREAT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, and as we are diligent and serve our heavenly father and find those select souls-then in turn they will tell others about the gospel, bring their families into the gospel, and so on and so forth. This is exactly how god intended it to happen. The church in Rwanda has only been opened for one year. They need Gustave down there, bringing his family and friends so that the church can grow! AH!!! God works my friends. God works. And he know just what he needs to do in order to make sure his work is brought to past. 

Then on Saturday. WOW. Lets just say I have never ever ever in my whole life felt MORE happiness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You don´t even understand!!! man. Okay but lets start with saturday morning. Sister Brown and I planned to make cookies for after the baptism so we ran to the store to get a few things. We just bought flour, sugar, eggs, butter, and some chocolate bars. It ended up being 35 euro!!! Both Sister Brown and I were like WHAT! But we just paid and walked away. As we were walking home I kept trying to do the math in my head and finally stopped sister brown and asked her if I could see the receipt. We looked and the Lady had charged us for 63 Chocolate bars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA! Although that would have been nice, we certainly did not buy 63 chocolate bars. We headed back to the store and the lady just started laughing when we showed her the mistake. She apologized and we got our money back. ADVENTURES on a mission. I love them all. 

Then we headed to the Church to meet with Gustave right before everything started. We were there 2 hours early filling the font, and practising for the musical number. GUess what we sang... BE STILL MY SOUL- SHOUT OUT TO ELDER NILSON aka BECA!!!! haha. I was excited when they told me that was the song because I felt some weird connection to Jake. I love you brother!!!

As we were getting everything ready our ward mission leader Bruder Weber was there literally grinning from Ear to EAR! he was so happy. He could not stop smiling. It was magical. 

Well, my dear family, then we had our last meeting with Gustave. We bore our testimonies to him and he just smiled and said Thank you. "Thank you Nilson, thank you my NIlson" ah. I wish someone would have recorded that moment. It was beautiful.

Then the baptism started. I was already on cloud 999 and wow. I can not even describe the spirit that was there. I can not. It started and people were crying from the firsrt second. Everything was translated for gustave into French. We had a member that went to France on his mission do everything. He and GUstave have become wonderful friends. Gustave has touched so many people here in Germany. He seriously has changed the lives of so many. The baptism was just incredible. After Gustave was baptised and confirmed he got up and bore his testimony. He talked about his conversation story and about how he came to know that this was the true gospel. He started to cry and could not even speak. I con not tell you how strong the spirit was. I have NEVER in all my life felt anything like it. He knows this church is true and said he feels so blessed that he has found it. AS he sat down after his testimony he looked at Sister Brown and I and mouthed the words THANK YOU. I lost it. The tears were flowin, and then I had to go sing... lets just say it was not one of my best performances seeing as I could not GET A GRIP ON MY EMOTIONS!!! But I did not care. EVERYONE there was crying. THE GERMANS!!!! They were all crying. 

Gustave was such an answer to so many prayers. Not only did he help us become better missionaries but he helped the people in our ward have a mission experience. They were just as much a part of his conversion as we were. And that is why it was so successful. Because everyone there at his baptism had a relationship with him, they all loved Gustave. Every single person there came up to Sister Brown and I and told us that they have NEVER experienced a baptism like that. It was the best one they had ever been to. Sister Brown and I take ABSOLUTELY NO CREDIT. It was God, working through us missionaries, the members, and our sweet GUstave. It was simply God moving his work forward. 

I cant even put into words the feelings that were felt and it is making me a little frustrated... haha. BUT Alles Gute. All i can say is that Gustave was the Most prepared person in the world and I am so thankful to my heavenly Father that he allowed me to be a part of his conversion. I am so thnkful that I was here. On my mission, in Leipzig. I love it here. I love being a missionary and I love this gospel. I love love love love love being here. I am so thankful for the opportunity that I have had coming here and being a missionary. I have changed so much and I thank the Lord for being patient with me through it all. 

I know this Church is TRUE. I know it changes people. It changes lives and it can continue to change our lives if we let it. 

My sweet Gustave left Sunday morning to go back to Rwanda. We are going to be able to still have contact with him, which is such a miracle. But all through fasting testimony meeting all the members that were at the Baptism stood up and talked about the baptism. They all said, that they have never felt teh spirit so strong in their lives and were so thankful for Gustave and for al he did. For giving them hope again, and for helping them remember. 

That is what we as member need to do. WE always have to remember. We already have this knowledge. So let it work within us and make up happy. THat is what god intends for us. He was us to feel this amount of Joy always. Yes, we all have challenges... let me tell you, this mission has been anything but easy, but I would relive it ALL again just to feel the Joy I feel right now!! I am on a missionary HIGH!! 

Now this week we got to go and find some more investigators :) Glad I am so happy right now!!! haha. 

I love this Gospel and am so so so thankful for this opportunity. Nothing is better than this. 

Gustave loved Learning German but one of the only words he knew how to say was GENAU!!! Which means exactly or you´re right- so we always did it. You can see it in the pictures... haha. 

WEll. Love you all. Hope you have a good week. Smile always and realized how blessed we truly are!!!

This email was a big explosion of my brain and i am pretty sure it makes no sense. Oh well. If anything just know that I am happy! :) love you! 

Love you

Sister Josie Nilson

You have never felt such Joy!!!‏‎

Hello my sweet family!!! WOW! Can I just say that I am on a missionary HIGH right now!!! I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY! I remember reading Katie's emails that said that and I was always like, yea yea yea... okay Katie calm DOWN! BUT NO!!!! WE CAN’T!!!!! THIS IS THE BEST CALLING IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Okay. Whoa!... just had to get that out of my system. So Sister Brown and I changed our p-day last week so that we could go to the temple with a member on Friday. WOW. Family. Can I just tell you how marvelous it was? IT WAS MARVELOUS!!!! WOW… But such a story. Buckle up... okay! So Sister Brown and I still had a lot of stuff to do so we had to get up 30 minutes early to get everything done. We were running all around doing study, grocery shopping at a market, sending packages, buying Sister brown new boots, you know the works... and still made it to the members house by 2:10. 10 minutes early... thank you very much. We were just sitting and talking waiting for her husband to get home from work so we could go. Well he ended up getting home late and so we got a really late start. We were all super nervous and they kept saying... well I hope we can make it... I was thinking to myself... HOPE???? HOPE???? NO WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS!!! This is our one chance. This was the four-o’clock session and the next one started at 7. So this was our only chance. I was praying so hard we would make it and after getting stuck behind 2 huge slow trucks, red lights, and other snowy obstacles we pulled into the Temple parking lot at 3:58pm. We sprinted into the temple and low and BEHOLD our dear sweet Couple missionaries that we were meeting there had STOPPED the session and told the temple people that we were coming and they HAD to wait for us!!! They are the BEST! So guess what! We got to do the 4:00 session. I have never changed so fast in my LIFE!! It was so beautiful. I could have stayed there for the rest of my days. AH. The temple has a special peace about it that I don’t think you can find anywhere else. I feel so blessed that I was able to go to the temple. 

WAIT DON’T STOP READING BECAUSE THIS EMAIL IS ABOUT TO GET SOOOOO GOOD!!! 

So... you all know my sweet little African brothers Gustave and Roger. Gustave sent us a text on Saturday cancelling our appointment and said, "Sisters I have something to tell you." Well we were excited maybe he wanted to be baptized or something and then told us, something happened on Saturday with Rogers family and he had to go to Belgium and then is heading down to Rwanda from there and we did not even get to say goodbye. My heart broke into about 5000000000000000 pieces. But I understood because family always comes first. But we still have Gustave till February 17th right?? WRONG!!!! As I was sitting by him at the end of church yesterday he said, "Nilson, I am leaving on Sunday." (Meaning next Sunday.) I was like WHAT!?!?!??!?!?! And then the next words... and I got my answer... I want to be baptized before I go. 

Now I know you are all thinking, WHAT!!! How can that be bad?? That is wonderful!! BUT! We still had lessons that we needed to teach him, our Ward mission leader does not like doing fast things, and our bishop had gotten mad at the last missionaries here for doing a quick baptism. As i was trying to work everything out in my head I was thinking while listening to the talks... well the whole sacrament has been on Tithing and Fast offerings... check that off the list of to do's, we had brought up the law of chastity once or twice in lessons...hmmm that will do... He knows where the church stands...We had never talked about the Word of Wisdom, so that still needed to be done... then to add onto it he leans over again and says oh yea, Nilson, I am leaving tomorrow and wont be back till Friday. Then I leave back to Rwanda on Sunday. BOOOOOMMMMM!! My brain shattered. I was thinking about all the logistics about what the ward members would say!! AHH!

AS sacrament meeting finished I was talking to him about it and he said Nilson. Please I need to get baptized. (Then there is that thought in the back of your mind that says well is he just wanting to get baptized now because he is leaving)... Lets just say I was a little overwhelmed. I looked at him and said, Gustave, I don’t know. Then someone pulled him away to talk to him and I was left standing alone. (Don’t worry, Sister Brown was still in sight and sound she was just talking to a LESS Active that HAS BEEN COMING BACK TO CHURCH!!! BOOYAHHHHH!!). Then all the sudden someone YANKS me around and it is our Ward mission Leader. He says Sister NIlson, Gustave told my wife he wants to be baptized. How many more lessons does he need? I just looked at him and said, the word of wisdom. He said okay. You take Gustave down to the classroom and teach him the Word of Wisdom, I will go find your district leader and we will do the baptismal interview in the Third hour. I WAS IN SHOCK! Was this really A GERMAN pushing a BAPTISM!!!! He just looked at me and said GO!!! NOW!!! haha. So I grabbed Gustave grabbed Sister Brown and tried to explain what was going on. She was a little confused but by the time we were down stairs she understood what was going on. THE LORD WORKS LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, just wait it gets better....

When we got into the classroom the sweet teacher who has a really great relationship with Gustave said, okay are you ready for the lesson. I tried to explain to her what we were doing and she said, well what lesson do you need because today I felt prompted to prepare a lesson on the Word of WISDOM!!!! WE WERE LIKE WHAT!!!! We all just sat there for a minute in Silence knowing the Lord was behind this all!!! I felt so humbled sitting there. The Lord just softly spoke to me, my sweet Sister Nilson, this is my work and I will do thing in my timing. Thanks for your concern, but please... I just felt God hand moving this forward. We then proceed to teach Gustave about the Word of Wisdom. There were four members in the room, Sister Brown and I, and Gustave. We all took turns baring our testimonies on the importance of the Word of Wisdom. He had a few questions about coffee and tea, but we cleared them up and he said he had no problem with it. Then the most incredible thing happened. I asked Gustave, Why did you all the sudden change your mind and want to be baptized? And he looked at me and said because, Nilson, I got my answer. He then told us that for months he had been praying to see if the church was true. I remember telling you in past emails that he KNEW it was true but needed a "sign" or needed  "something more than a feeling"-As we tried and tried to tell him he had already gotten his answer, he just kept saying, no, no, no. I need time. Just give me time. So we did. (Okay back to his side) He told us that he had been praying and praying. Then as he was getting ready to do this tests he said, Lord if I get higher than a 90% on my tests then I will know that this is your church and that I need to be baptized. Well on Saturday night he got a call from the professor and he told him that he had gotten a 95!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He said, in that moment I have never felt the Lord so strong in my life. He reminded me of the promise I had made to him-I know that this church is true. I feel like I have a family when I am here. I have never felt a spirit like this before. 

By this time the 4 Germans (2 of them spoke English and the other 2 cant really speak at all) were BAWLING!!!!! I was about to loose it and he just said Thank you. Thank you so much for finding me and for helping me find this true path to God. It was the best moment of my whole life. Family I cannot even explain it to you. You have never felt something so special. After that meeting he had his baptismal interview and I was talking to the Ward mission leader who was there but could not understand English (but who had also been crying) and he said, Sister Nilson, would you explain to me what just happened!! haha. I then go to relive the whole thing again. Translated what happened and then he had to excuse himself to get his composure back. THEN!!! The Bishop came out and was so happy!!!!!!!!! He told us congratulations and talked to Gustave for a while. That was the biggest miracle of it all. That our church leaders were all on board and pushing to make it happen:) 

FAMILY! This church is the true church! I have no doubt about that. This is GODS WORK and he will move things along in HIS timing. I know that the church in Rwanda is going to be thrilled to have an incredible member to add to there little branch. He is amazing. I have learned more from him. Gustave has brought us Joy when we had some pretty sad days. He is so wonderful and I feel so grateful that I was able to be apart of it all. Finding Gustave Started with a prayer... and it has progressed through prayer.... and now the next phase into his new life is baptism and receiving of the Holy Ghost.

I know that prayer works and that the Lord knows how to work with his children. He knows how they receive their answers and what their needs are. He knows us personally and if we will look to him and follow him than we need not fear. He is there. He is watching over us and is always there guiding us to where we need to be... We just need to take his hand and follow. 

I am so grateful for the experience of a mission. I never ever ever thought it would be so hard and rewarding all at the same time. I am so thankful for this opportunity!! Let’s thank the Lord one more time.... I love being here. I love being a missionary. The Lord is with us.

I love you family. Sorry this was SUUPPER long. Hope you all read till the end and that it made a little bit of sense... I have never typed so fast in all my DAYS! SUCCESS!!! 

Love you

God Works :)

Sister Josie Nilson 

Happy New YEAR!

Hello Family!!

HAPPY 2014!!!! Man, Can I just tell you that Germans know how to celebrate New Years. They have huge fireworks, music, parties, BOMBs, and THE WORKS. The only problem is... I AM A MISSIONARY. Therefore I have to go to bed at 10:30, however when there is a party right above you and bombs going off outside you window it is a little hard to do that... REALLY THOUGH!! It was CRAZY! People went NUTS. As i was nestled up in my bed all the sudden I jumped out of bed thinking something was happening when I realized it was simply just germans celebrating the new year! WOW! It was great.

My brother Gustave is comtinuing to progress in the Gospel. We had a New Years eve get together and watched Thomas S Monsons Biography and Gustave loved it. He said that he loved how there was something different about the members of the church. He then told us that he was continuing to work with his sister, who is still in Rwanda, on finding he Mormon church and meeting with the missionaries there! He is so amazing. Already doing missionary work!

We had two more lessons this week trying to prepare him for baptism, but everytime we ask him to be baptized he is very unsure. He knows that our church is true and loves the Book of Mormon, but he has been baptized before and is nervous to do it again. He said, Sisters I met with missionaries just like you before and I got baptized. Now I have learned more and know that I need the proper authority to get baptized but I just dont know who has it. We were able to bear powerful testimonies about the priesthood and the authority from god. He know that it is true but is says he still is "waiting for his answer." 

We jsut love him and are patient with him. I know that he will get baptized and be like the Branch President in Rwanda one of these days. haha. He is inceredible and has SUCH strong faith and a pure love of god. He teaching me something everytime we meet with him. Just remember him in your prayers that he will be able to recognize his answer from the lord. 

I love LOVE LOVE being a missionary family. I am so thankful for everyone who has made it possible for me to be here serving the lord. I am forever indebted to you. Really this is the best experience i have ever had in my whole life. I have learned so much, grown so much, seen so much. I hope that through this experience the Lord can change me into the person that he needs me to be. We always want the Lord to know that he can count on us. So always be doing the things that we know we should be doing, so that when the Lord needs an errand run he can call you up and know it will happen! 

I love you all. Thanks for all your support.

Special shout out to jacob!!! I love you jake!!! Enjoy the MTC and have fun learning GERMAN!!! It is the Language of Heaven so be glad you are learning it now and not later... haha!! LOVE YOU!!!! 

Sister NIlson 

This ones for you!! 12/30/13

Jake!! Oh meine GUTE!! You go into the MTC  sooo soon!!! I heard that your farewell talk was amazing. MAN! I am so proud of you. Not going to lie I wish I was there and had the opportunity to hear it but mom said she will send it too me... so Alles Gute.

How is everything going with the family. How is grandma doing! Grandma Harley you cant scare me like that. I am so gratful that you saw the signs and got to the hopsital as soon as possible. I am praying for you everynight. ANd all of you everynight BY NAME! Yes my prayers get a little long sometimes... Know that I am thinking about you always and pray for your success. I love you all so much. 

Talking to you was the best thing in the whole world!!! Man that goodbye was rough. I cried and cried... But dont worry i got myself together and finished out the day strong. We had a marvelous christmas holiday. I am so thankful for the memebers here and for all that they did for us. They made christmas wonderful!!! Man I sure do miss you though.

I just want to let you guys know though, I LOVE being here. I love being a missionary and I love sharing the gospel with people. After talking to you I was feeling a little homesick, okay lets be honest here, I was feeling a lot homesick... but the next day we had an appointment with our investigator Gustave. Roger left for the Holidays but Gustave was still here and he said he could meet with us. When we asked him how he was doing he said he was great because he had God in his life. He began talking about time and how short life is. He said that we need to make sure that we are living everyday in accordance with what the lord wants because we never know what is going to happen. He says "We eat today and leave the tomorrow up to the Lord." Meaning that everyday is special to god and as we follow him then we need not worry about what will come tomorrow, because if we are living the gospel of jesus christ we know that whatever god has planned for us will be for our good. Come what may and love it. It was the perfect introduction for our lesson we had planned, the plan of salvation. We talked about how much good comes from this gospel and that through this gospel can we find TRUE and EVERLASTING joy and happiness. We talked about the family and of course I got a little emotional... I am so thankful for this gospel. And for this wonderful plan that Heavenly Father has prepared for us!!!! We have the perfect plan made for us and as long as we are trying our best, we can know that everything is going to be okay. Everything will be great. 

Random Story!

We went to a members house yesterday for dinner. They are friends with President Kosak. Remember how I told you all about the Rap that I made up for my spiritual thought in District meeting... well... somehow president got a hold of it and then sent it to this member. So after dinner i had to stand up and do my rap... it was hilarious... Man I am a weirdy... Oh well. There is nothing we can do about it. 

Well my wonderful family. I love you all so much and am sooo thankful for you!! Have a wonderful new years. We are having a party here with all our investigators. We will be watching the Biography of President Monson and talking about new year resolutions. It starts at 3 in the afternoon and ends at 5! MAN! That is the way to ring in the new year!!! haha. 

Love you!!!