Soon it will get really cold...

I hope that we have a good Thanksgiving as well. In every area in the mission there are some up sides and some down sides and Elder Hurst and I are starting to see the down sides of serving on campus for this time of year. Biggest of them all is that at a University there is something called Thanksgiving Break and then the big nasty one is called winter break. It is really hard to do missionary work if there is literally not a single person in your area to teach. We were able to figure everything out for this Thanksgiving break because it is only for a few days. Actually we will be going on exchanges with missionaries in their areas but I don't think that it will work for winter break because it is 3 weeks long instead of 3 days.

As for the weather. It has been around 40ish for the past week or so and surprisingly enough I am perfectly comfortable with that, but soon it will get really cold and that will be hard.

So there really isn't all that much to talk about this week. I do have to report that people for the most part are flakes. I say that because almost every appointment for the last 3-4 days has fallen through. For example we were waiting at the institute (we always teach there) and this guy has not shown up yet so, we call him. He tells us that he is actually getting ready to go home early because he could to which is understandable. What happened next is what confuses me, we asked when he had found out he was going to make an early trip home, ,he said he had known for a couple of hours. This guy was just going to let us sit there waiting for him while in the mean time he was headed home, I wonder why it is so hard for people to be honest. I'm sorry but this was the case for up to 13 lesson appointments in the past week, and I have learned a lot about patients and diligence but still, it is really easy to send a text or give someone a call.

Over the past week Elder Hurst and I have been talking about all of the none gospel related lessons we have learned on our missions and then we realized that they are related to the gospel in some way, shape or form. I feel that the Lord has taught me a great deal and has helped me be right in the middle of the refining fire but it is really interesting that once you burn off most of the big stuff you work on all of the small stuff.

I really have learned a lot and you have had a big part in helping me get to where I am now. Thank you. Love,
Elder Nelson