Hey Everyone!
Sorry you didn't get an email yesterday... the library was closed, so you'll have to deal with getting it a day late! I hope that you all enjoyed your Memorial day and enjoyed spending time together and remembering the incredible people who have fought to create, preserve, and extend our freedoms. This week for us was all over the place, but there were some cool things that happened.
First, last Monday (the 19th), the ward had a ward FHE deal, where they used Google Plus to connect multiple families to have Family Home Evening together. It was pretty neat, and there was actually a pretty good turnout. We had your typical family home evening - starting with a song, a prayer, and a scripture before having a lesson and then a game and treat. The lesson was based off the video "The Whole Armor of God" (https://www.lds.org/media-
Another cool visit we had this week was with a family where the mother wanted to find something for a couple of her boys to do, that wasn't video games, so we mentioned the boy scout program. So, we got the ward's young men leaders to come with us and had a sweet visit with them and they were super pumped to come join scouts... but they only have scouts every other week here and it was one of those off weeks this week. But, we had a cool experience with them when we watched this Mormon Message:http://www.mormonchannel.org/
This week we also got to help a member out and do some service for him helping to work on a building he's got, that when it's done part of it will be used as a missionary apartment, so that was pretty fun. It's always fun to see member willing to sacrifice a little to help out the missionaries in their area. But, it was pretty fun, and topped off a pretty good weekend that we got to have. On Saturday morning (before the service), we got to visit with Oscar and his boys, which was pretty neat since they came to church the next day (the first time since I've been here), and then that evening we got to visit with Connie who had just gotten home earlier that day from her back surgery that went well! A week or so ago she wasn't sure if she'd actually get the surgery, but thanks to some blessings from the Lord she was able to have the surgery Friday and be back home by Saturday, so that was pretty neat. Then on Sunday, in addition to Oscar and his boys, a few kids from an awesome family we're teaching were able to make it to church (their parents work on Sundays) which was sweet. They said they really enjoyed it, so that was awesome.
In my studies this week, I've been spending a lot of time going through the Book of Mormon and marking it up, so I read about 25 chapters in Alma since the last chance I got to email y'all... since that's quite a bit of material and I only have very little time... I'll give a quick summary... since Alma 25-50 has soooo much great stuff in it. Alma 26 is awesome, especially for us missionaries (which is everyone) as Ammon is a fantastic example of what to rejoice in and knowing your purpose. Another sweet chapter is Alma 30, mostly because of how straightforward Alma is when he talks with Korihor, especially in verse 44. In chapters 31-34 they are preaching to the Zoramites, and there is a ton of pure doctrine taught there, and I especially enjoyed Alma 33 this time as it focuses on prayer and placing your faith in Christ. Alma 36-42 is Alma's counsel to his three sons, all of which I enjoyed but I particularly liked chapter 41 because of how much Alma breaks down what it means to restore something - which applied particularly well to the restoration of Christ's gospel in these latter days. Then begins the war chapters, with chapter 48 being among my favorite one of those as it talks about captain Moroni's attributes, and caps off in verse 17.
Well, that's all I got for this week! Have a great week! Love y'all!
'Til Next Time,
Elder Jordan Nielson
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