District Leader and Trainer all in the same week

Dear Mom,

Well your receiving words from Elder B-Dizzle Nielson! So i got my new Companion this week, he is fresh out of the MTC. His name is Elder Mitchell from Mesa Arizona. Definitely opposite of me but i love him. So being the Senior Companion is cool, i make all of the decisions and where we are going, i am like a veteran at 5 months! Also this week i got called as the District Leader. I am the Leader over 4 sets of missionaries. So my whole world got changed up to where i have all of this responsibility now on my shoulders. But I love being a leader. It makes you work harder and strive to be the example in your District. They look up to you and expect you to answer their questions and help them be better missionaries. So i have my first District Meeting tomorrow so wish me luck! i am pretty excited. So i love being a leader.

Wait the Camera worked??? are you kidding me! I tried fixing that thing forever! Dangit.

Yeah instead of eating you guys out of house and home, i am eating myself out of money! haha. No we usually always eat at the house from the groceries that we buy. But i am usually to lazy to cook myself a real Meal. Except the other night i made this awesome mexican rice and meat, and then chips, it was soooo good! I act like i have worked at a Mexican Restaurant or something!

Yeah i am pretty excited for thanksgiving! We have a couple members that are feeding either us or the other Elders so i am really excited! And thanksgiving morning we are doing a Turkey Bowl! So Football Thanksgiving Morning!!! Im excited.

Yep i got the package, thanks so much! I was needing contacts, my eyes were hurting from wearing glasses so much!

Haha you got that video? haha they were spanking him for his birthday and i was like i want to do it! haha and it was funny!

So something i would like maybe for christmas is some Cds from a group called Vocal Point. They are good, they are an a Capella group. Thanks for everything mom, you are the best. Things will work out with you guys, just keep doing your best! Ill be praying!

Love Jesus. Love Elder Nielson

P.s. Sorry the computer would not let me upload the pictures! ! sorry

Brayden is a Trainer! (No transfer but has a new address)

Hey Mom,

So here is the latest on transfers...

I am staying in Oxford, i am training a brand new missionary. So i am pretty dang nervous. And then they are taking the Sister Missionaries out of Oxford and bringing in another set of Elders, so that will be fun on p-days and stuff! So i am moving into the Sisters old apartment because it is so much nicer than our apartment. So i am pretty excited about that! The new address is 801 Frontage rd. apt.#911. So that is the latest update on transfers and stuff, so now i really am taking over the area because i will be the only one that has been in the area, been here 4 1/2 months.

This last week was not productive much at all. It has been a rough last few weeks. My companion is going home so all i hear from everyone is about him going home, that is all he talks about and that is all everyone asked about, so it was rough. I had to tell him just last night to stop calling old members on our phone. That is not what the phone is meant for, all he would do is text and call random people. I told him that when he goes home in 2 days to call and text all the people he wanted, to just have a hayday! But i wasn't gonna listen to him talk on the phone till midnight. So i was the bad guy haha, kinda liked it! 

The weather here right now is awesome! it is like in the high 40s or low 50s! And fall here with all the trees is awesome! So i am looking forward to the cooler temperatures, but i don't like that it gets dark at 5 oclock at all! 

So Christmas huh? Ya'all get ready? Um i am not sure about what i want, i really don't need anything and you have bought me a bunch of stuff already! so you dont need to get me anything. Save the money. 

So yeah, a little damper on the end of this week but i am kinda looking forward to getting the new missionary and then heading down and working hard. Its gonna take a lot of getting used to. This is the hardest thing i have ever done in my life, but i love it. So that is this week, sorry i dont have any pictures cause i am in a different area right now until transfers and i get a new companion, love all ya'all, and miss you very much. Thanks for all that you do for me! Love Jesus. Love Elder Nielson.  

Being transfered (maybe)

Hey Mommy,

I did make it through another week, this week was long. Right now the investigators we have are really new, we have been doing a lot of finding and things like that to try and to find some solid investigators. But we did find a couple solid ones so far, only if they will come to church! We found this black family and they let us in and we taught them the Restoration. They seemed interested and it was awesome. We then invited them to church, Steven the head of the household looked at us straight in the face and said i will be there at church... what time does it start. Guess what, he never showed up at church! Its just like people don't care what we think haha.

The Ward here is pretty dang sweet, they love me, what can i say? haha. There is like 3 or 4 people that are talking to you, its crazy, its like you know my every move now. haha. They don't like my companion to much though, for some reason they all like say right to his face... "why do you never laugh or smile or have fun?" i think its is pretty awesome. They are used to me laughing and making jokes and actually talking to them like human beings. We are opposites as companions.

So got some news this last week that rules for missionary dress go into effect January 1st. So that makes it so i cannot wear a backpack anymore, and i cannot wear the khackis that you sent me, it can only be khacki slacks, so i will have to get some of those or something. So that is kinda lame.

Also this week, we were talking to president and we were saying it is a little difficult to get rides to our meetings since we are so far away, and the members are busy and stuff. So he said one of the only solutions was to take Elders completely out and put in a new set of sisters. So that means if he follows through with that plan... then i am leaving Oxford next week. Which stinks! So i have been hoping and praying that i stay cause i do not feel like i am done here. So i guess i will let yall know what goes down. Until then, love all you guys, and miss you so very much! Love Jesus. -Elder Nielson

Another text from Oxford

We received this text from a ward member in Oxford on Nov 9th. (happened to be Kevin's birthday)


the text said: " I am sending this, I love having Elder Nielson in Oxford"

No idea what Brayden was doing????

Sacrifing Lambs ...what???

Hey Mommy,

Whats crackin'? Things are going good. Yep yesterday was 4 months for me, still i feel like a young one, and that i know nothing, but it will get better. So on Halloween we went to the Oxford ward Trunk or Treat, it was fun, i went around to all the cars and i said "I am a Jehovah's Witness, Trick or Treat!" Which is funny cause the J dubs do not believe in holidays at all! haha. Guess you just had to be there. Other than that we did nothing all day except walk around or go see members, it is not a real productive day for missionaries. So Yeah i have had plenty of District meetings, we have meetings every week. It is Either District meeting, Zone Meeting, Specialized Training, or Transfers once a week. What we do at those is just do training and help each other out. So about the temple, usually you only go before your mission in the MTC, and then right at the end of your mission, so i won't get to go for awhile unless it is a special occasion.

Haha that is some funny stories about Camden and Brynlee, they seem like they are growing up so much! I don't remember them ever being able to talk so well or anything. To me they are never going to grow up, they are still 3 year olds that cause havock.

Sorry i am not writing you back letters mom, i just have like no time at all on my hands, it really sucks. 

So this week was a hard week, we were just so sick of the week we wanted it to be over. 3 times this week with 3 different people. So the first guy, his name is Bill. He randomly came to church and stayed through all of it. We asked if we could stop by tuesday night, and he said of course. We get to his house and he just starts going off on what he believes. This man Bill believes in the Tora, or the first 5 books in the Old Testiment. So what that means is that he lives the old law, or the Law of Moses. The Law of Moses was before Christ's time here on earth where they did sacrifices, they stay away from pork, they don't eat shelfish, and they do a lot of weird things, it was meant for the time of Moses. So we asked him to try and see if he fully lives the law of moses if he still sacrifices lambs? He said oh yeah i do i have video evidence of me sacrificing lambs. We were stunned, i wanted to literally puke. This guy still thinks it is ok to sacrifice, first of all he has no Authority to sacrifice and second it probably is illegal. He is crazy, he also un-patronized from the U.S. and is a citizen of the house of israel. He is just way out there. And to make it worse, we are meeting with him tonight to throw down and talk to him about the Book of Mormon and how Christ was the great and last sacrifice. Then on Saturday we ran into 2 people that live the Law of Moses and they just talked at us for 45 minutes about how it is right. I HATE people just talking at me, it is such a waste of my time. I am here to talk about the Book of Mormon and how i know it's true... not about you and your killing lambs and throwing away a good slab of Bacon. Geeeez! Some People. Sorry i went on a rampage there but we are not trained on how to approach people like this that do not believe in Jesus Christ but believe that they can do it themselves. This is the South, everyone loves Jesus! Jesus wakes them up every morning and does this and that... haha Baptists are crazy as well.

Well enough of me going on about the dang law of Moses. Things are going good here, i am trying my best to learn the scriptures to the best of my ability. Thanks so much for all you do Mom, you are the Best Mom i have ever had! Thanks to everyone. Love Jesus.

Love you, Elder Nielson

(loving Elder Nielson smile, he looks so happy)