talking to the fam on Christmas Day!
Elder Ehlert (an assistant) and me
Christmas caroling at a children's home
more Christmas caroling...
a Christmas present from Elder Millar my comp!
our Charlie Brown Christmas tree and ZL presents(sent to Elder Hale in our apartment)
Our Branch Christmas party....chicen & rice
Our Branch Christmas party....chicen & riceLeft to right: Elders Millar, me, Fernandez & Hale
Hey everyone how are things going? I hope that you all had a great Christmas. Mine was good. This week was full of events. On Wednesday, we got to wake up nice and early to go to La Serena for our Mission Conference. It was a very nice conference. There was one part where we all broke up into our zones and went around to different stations learning something new. The zone leaders were in charge of teaching the stations. The station that my comp and I had was called Enseñar al Encontrar or teaching to find. We taught people how they could establish a relation of trust and share a complete gospel lesson in less than 1 min and 30 seconds. It was pretty fun. We did three groups and each group took around 40 minutes and then we switched. There was also a Christmas program. I was asked to lead the congregation in singing a few Christmas hymns. President and Sister Gillespie gave us all a personal journal for Christmas. It has the mission logo on it. It’s really nice.
That evening we had our Branch Christmas Dinner. It was really good and there were a bunch of people that came. Good stuff. It was like the food that we eat every day haha; chicken, rice, and salads.
On Thursday, we had an activity as a zone. We went to a children’s home and sang Christmas songs and then gave them gifts. We had one elder dress up as Santa clause. It was a good time. That evening, we ate dinner with the Gonzalez family. They made a ton of food! It was really good.
On Friday we had a zone activity. Elder Millar and I went to the church early and started making breakfast. We made waffles and pancakes for everyone. It turns out that we are pretty awesome breakfast chefs. There was enough for everyone to get full. It took awhile to make enough waffles for 14 missionaries with only one waffle iron that made only one round one at a time. We then watched some videos on Preach my Gospel and then played soccer out on the court. It was a really fun activity. That evening we got to talk to our parents! It was really good to be able to talk to them and the rest of the family.
Well that is kind of what has been going on for me this week. I don’t have much time to explain other things that have been going on because they are all long stories….but I hope that everyone has a great new year! Take care! Chao!
Elder Nelson
That evening we had our Branch Christmas Dinner. It was really good and there were a bunch of people that came. Good stuff. It was like the food that we eat every day haha; chicken, rice, and salads.
On Thursday, we had an activity as a zone. We went to a children’s home and sang Christmas songs and then gave them gifts. We had one elder dress up as Santa clause. It was a good time. That evening, we ate dinner with the Gonzalez family. They made a ton of food! It was really good.
On Friday we had a zone activity. Elder Millar and I went to the church early and started making breakfast. We made waffles and pancakes for everyone. It turns out that we are pretty awesome breakfast chefs. There was enough for everyone to get full. It took awhile to make enough waffles for 14 missionaries with only one waffle iron that made only one round one at a time. We then watched some videos on Preach my Gospel and then played soccer out on the court. It was a really fun activity. That evening we got to talk to our parents! It was really good to be able to talk to them and the rest of the family.
Well that is kind of what has been going on for me this week. I don’t have much time to explain other things that have been going on because they are all long stories….but I hope that everyone has a great new year! Take care! Chao!
Elder Nelson
