Thanksgiving was awesome!!!

That is Awesome that everyone had a good time for Thanksgiving but the question is: did the guy's get anything?

Believe it or not but another transfer is done already. It was unreal at how fast it flew by and then we got transfer calls this morning and it turns out that Elder Hurst is needed somewhere else and I will be staying right were I am. It blows my mind how every mission is different and it is different because the Lord has different errands for us all. For example starting on Wednesday Elder Hurst will be with his 9th companion and I will be with my 15th counting the MTC. That doesn't matter though because I wouldn't trade my mission for anything.

As for the week, it was a good one. Towards the beginning of the week we met with one of our investigators that I would define as too intellectual for his own good, if you know what I mean, he is very bible leaned. This lesson was unlike any other lesson we have had with him before. I say this because usually he is very confident in what he says and thinks ahead of what to say, not in a bashing sort of way but just an annoying one. Anyway, this time we confounded him. He was unsure about what he was saying and realized that he didn't know everything and it was all because of inspired questions. I love that as missionaries we have no idea what people think or feel or even need but that we are armed with someone that does, the Holy Ghost. In the MTC Elder Bednar spoke to us about this same principle of being led by the Spirit and I reflect on it often. He said something that I hope to never forget and it was this: "Be good boys and girls, keep the commandments, honor your covenants and you will be led by the spirit." I have really been able to learn that principle throughout my mission and at the same time the Lord continues to teach it to me because I keep forgetting it. As a matter of fact both Elder Hurst and I were both rebuked about not leaning on the Lord and trusting him always. I don't know how it happened but somehow during my personal studies I got to Mosiah chapter 2. As I studied verses 20-24 really grabbed my attention to the point that I felt horrible that I had been neglecting Gods hand to some degree and then after our studies I found out that Elder Hurst and I both studied the same exact thing, even down to the exact verses that spoke to us.

As for our Thanksgiving it was AWESOME! We had dinner with a member of the bishopric and it was amazing plus extremely filling to the point that we had no desire to even think of food but that still wasn't the best part. What I loved the most was that we were able to go and have two service projects. One of them was a mission given to us from the Stake President and it was to organize and run a missionary can food drive and we only had 3 days to do it all. I gotta admit it was a little hard, especially with our limitations that we have as missionaries but it was a great turn out none the less and we think that we were able to gain a lot of trust from the Stake President by doing so. As for the other service it was at a church that was doing a big turkey dinner for the city and we went and helped them set up and take everything down and we think that we were able to leave a very strong impression on them of us.

Well I'm out of time. Love,
Elder Nelson