This week was super eventful! My last day
in the MTC was amazing; at the Tuesday devotional we had
the chance to hear from Elder Russell M. Nelson.... It was
incredible; the Lord truly does know each of us
individually.
individually.
Then that next morning we got up at 3am and got packed up to leave, the airport was a new experience for me to say the least ha ha, due to circumstances I had to get a full pat down and since it was my first time flying I was terrified to say the least. BUT I actually loved it...then as soon as I stepped off the plane I felt like I was soaking wet. Humidity is something else.
Our first day me and the other 20ish
missionaries went to see the temple and also went to liberty jail, oh how I
love those places, the spirit there is so strong. That night we all stayed in
the mission home and the next morning we went to the visitor center (my new favorite
place) then that was it, it was time to get to work. We were assigned our
companion and that was that.
My companion Sister Olsen is the cutest; she's from Ogden and has only been serving for two months. We are assigned to the New Mark area in Kansas City....oh man this ward is incredible! They work hand in hand with the missionaries, in fact almost everyone we are teaching are referrals from members and members come to almost every lesson we teach.
Okay so now a little bit about our investigators. Right now we are teaching some amazing people. We actually have our first baptism on the 21st!!! His name is Steve and he is seriously a golden investigator, he is an ex- marine and has two kids. Last lesson we talked to him about the word of wisdom and he said something along the lines of "well I'm already this deep, I'm not backing out now." Agh he's fantastic.
We are also about six other families or people. Oh man there's a family I meet last night named the K. family, and being at their house felt like being at home. He's an ex marine as well and is pretty intimidating. I love them so much they're so sarcastic and whitty.... needless to say I fit right in ;)
But in all seriousness it's hard to teach them a "real" lesson because he's pretty determined that he's never getting baptized...but I let them know that they're not going to get away with that so we'll make one step at a time. We made an agreement that if they go to church they can call me Sister Nikki and that I'll only talk to them in a Jersey accent....sounds like a deal to me. Oh I really do feel a strong spirit in their home and believe they have the desire to come closer to Christ. So we do have quite a few investigators but most of the work we do is with the less active in the ward. A mission pretty much gets rid of all normal social boundaries. You have to be bold and awkward is a feeling you have 1000 times a day. But long story short I LOVE being on a mission.
The spirit you feel in a lesson is comparable to no other. I have already witnessed many miracles and can't explain the numbing responsibility this calling has. I love you all!!
Sorry no pictures this week, we email on our iPads which means no pictures from my camera...but I'll send some next week.
Loooove this!!!!
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